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Show V. IlLTUIiN OF THE KINO. N THE PALACES of renelop. In Ithaca, sounds of V laughter and loud cheer were heard. aa The queen on the seated throne and round about her were the and nocourtier ble:" The great and tje dame beautiful damsels. Before the throne stood one of the I great princes who had congregated bout Penelope, seeking her hand In IpW 2V Y&v " fif7nage; "It la now twenty year, moat gra- I clous and beautiful queen, he said, "since our king and your husband, V j asti, departed from these shores. We hare all beard of the great and wondrous deeds he has performed, et with it, all ean we rail him noble? All these long years he has left you, pearl of the universe, the wisest and best ef women! Not ope word has he vouchsafed jou that he still lives, yet you refuse to listen to the offers that I and the princes continually lay before 1 you-- . -J ohr "Hear me out, gracious queen, l.e continued, as Penelope raised her hand to stop hla speech. "It Is twenty yeais toJay since our master sailed away. Why longer delay to give your answer? You have put us off all these years under the pretense of completing the furctal robe for Laertes. Hut we have licnrd that while you work at the web In the daytime, the night sees the of the carefully-wrougoh, queen, do not rebuke me for il.'.ig speaking! 1 voire but the of all your follower. We i;u plote you to settle our hopes and fears this day; we beg you to fix your rhoi e upon one of us! Fcr a moment the queen sat thre i a If si: pifod by the Impertinence of the pr.rce, then drawing her regal jg ire to It full height she looked around tier; i rr face ovcrsnrcid wl'h (hanky and oeiilgn pity. "Vou know not what you say," sue aid, in a low, firm voice; then, turn-Ir- g her train, sbo paced from !Ue Iirecnre-thaiube-r to hrr c.vn npaii-ntrn- t It F ht ts tr In the meantime a very dlffftetit cne waa being enacted In another and rnr lowly part cf the kirgdoi.i, Eu.vreus, a swineherd, bad found at bis ("cor that rooming a poor beggar ,g for nuccor. An 1 the man hlni-c!- f pi ut need, gave hla little ,o the t it err. While they two were together numeeus suddenly started tip t c'cht of Tcler.inrbus, the bon of Lly.-c- . who had Just this momcht from a long and fruitless! smith " ' for los father. rrledv-tilow' now, Eumseua' youth; tell me how projects things in the palace." Alaa, matter, answered Eitmaeus, , "all la not well. Sine tbs nobln tried to lake your life, before you went In earth of our beloved king, that they might mere readily lay alogo to mir queen, the land bas seen sorry sights. Day after day, the palace rings with laughter; the kings substance is aqusn-deieand tho queen la not free from tho Impudence of the nobility, lhcy mole! her continually and desire her to marry one of them. But she, noble oul, la true to her lord, and win have note of them. Ton know the web ahe bas been making for Laertes? This very day. I heard some say. ahe would be rebuked for It And they declared last night that this day should see the settling of the mind of Iecolcpe on one of the princes, "Enough, enough? cried the enraged prince. , "Do they dare to Insult my mother In her own bojse, In her own fd !, never-finishin- kingdom?' - And bo would have rushed to the , v : .LiVthzrzzi i i - A y ,44r M n- SHOT AN ARROW AT EACH IN- TRUDER. palace had not the beggar suddenly-!u- terpoeed. "'Slowly, slowly, rash youth, he seld. laying bis hand ou the shoulder of Ttlcmaehus. TVhst will you, poor man? said Telemat bus gently. "Look!" answered the beggar. And suddenly the old-mstood up and towered In majesty over Tele- maebua. Hla eye flashed with strength and vigor of manhood, and his noble carriage bespoke him a hero and n king. Eumaeua fell down to worship,' feeling ure that Jove himself had thus jtw wealed himself, and Telemachut waa mute with astonishment. "My eon. do not not know me? I am father!" tHyseea, your Into each others arm and wept for Joy. When they were calmed once more liyaaea told them all hla adventures. "When the Phaeaelana, he eonclud- d. ao kindly sent mo here in the wonderful ship that needed no guide, no pilot. I slept. And when the vesse touched the strand I still slept. And so they tarried me 'and laid me on the banka, and when I awoke this morn- tng I knew not my own land, which for twenty years I have not era. But tho wise Minerva appeared to me aa a shepherd, told me where 1 was and led me here disguised. She told me , att long-abse- nt now she nan warned you to come home, Trlemachua, and thus 1 find you here. Now listen how wc shall avenge ourselves on'the base marauders and of the queens pea"? " A long conversation rustled, arid Ulysses finish? t by sjylng that he would appear at the banquet that dy disguised as the beggjr, and be commanded Telentar hus to pay no more attention to hlui than be would to any stranger seeking help Then Telema-chu- s re went palaie, and when he hsl seen the queen, he went to bis roons and remained there. So no one ' knew he. bad retui ned was Then suddenly a. lqul about heard, dt was only ihe prince greetnro- ings what the-- herald had-y-- ru claimed. "I, Penelope, Queen of llb,a, to the lords within my domain; "This day iTrltl give myself in marriage, with my crown and lands as dowry to him who shall prove himvelf worthy In the feat of strength that I shall decide on." That was all. But It filled the noble with rejoicing, and when the time for the banquet drew near all were gathered In the great hall. Their Joy was to reWhen Peneceive a check, however. lope entered, radiant In all her Jewels and her robes of finest spun materials, a murmur of admiration ran through the assembly. But the next moment It waa changed to one of chagrin, as they saw Telemachus walking behind his mother They had hoped that he was dead, since It was so long since he had been heard of in the kingdom. When all were seated, tlseg entered, his tattered robe bardy covering hla worn figure. As he crossed the threshold, his dog, now grown feeile with lifted Its head, and age, giving a yelp of Joy tiled to drag bis oil form to hU tieloved And then feet. master's ho fell dead, his worn-ou- t heart having flirt been rewarded for his long watching and waiting No one noticed the ini Ident save the beggar, who. seating hlmrelf by the hearth, diew his hand before his moistened eyes ra te-ti- AS- - A BABY SHIELD. A MAINE LEATHER STOCKINC." lla Shot Thr A KENTUCKIAN USES A SIX ! Ordr la Very Short On the level lowlands of the Molun-ku- t MONTHS-OL- D INFANT, a short di.stame below Sherman Mills, Aroostook count j, on a farm as Threatcaed hf 111 lnml fie Sougkt bvel and as smooth as any weoicin Ik SftMt ( ower'lly Weeper f m prairie, resides Mr. Joseph T, Leavitt, a g ntlcman Ujiwaid of 60 years of age, A l fcrer llrerd of Tyj.it1 well and favoiably known in that sei-Mountain Trial. an and also In western Penobsiot and hast .Somerset, where .he formerly TYPICAL trial ini save the lwiston iMe ) Jourthe mountainous nal He is not a hunter bv trade or regions' of Kca-tu- i piofeseion. hi two principal occupaky has Just ben tions thiough Ufe having been farming ii conekided ti dciL-i- at Haj-- and blatkmkhing. stilt he has a skill renn- - at btmtfngTiaipihg'ani Ashing that A boy named fi w can equal ty4, killed bu Several years ago Mr. lit left ,;V uncle, and he and his house with hla repeating rifle In bla father were in- pursuit of deer. A light snow had dicted. Pace fled to fallen and he boob struck the the mountains, f esh trail of deer that he knew must t vherl his father and all hia relative be near him. Being on the windward lived. After some difficulty, both Ab side of the deer and fearing that they and hi father were captured. would scent him and flee, he made a The trial of the boy began week be- wide circuit around the place where he fore last, and all the mountain people judged them to be, moving with all the - - a Pe Iav descended Into Hayden, armed to the t eth, to Intimidate witnesses and get the boy clear. Judge Floyd Hall, who is a very brave man. issued an order lhat none but witnesses should be admitted to the court room, and that the sheriff should search them at the door and check all weapons. So the trial progressed peaceably enough. The sheriff sat behind a huge pile of weapons at the door and the witnesses glowered helplessly at one another. The boy was convicted and was sentenced to imprisonment for life. As it was feared that the further continuance of the strain would result is bloodshed, the mutterings of the friend and enemies of the Paces growing louder every day, the trial of the elder Pace waa postponed and he waa released on $4,000 bond. Pace had to get back to hla house in the mountains The family and friend of the man hla son murdered hail sworn to take hla life. So all the way home stealth, deliberation and caution that was in olden time said to characterise the movements of an expert scout trailing an Indian warrior or vice versa. On reaching the leeward side ha moved forward a few paces aa nolse-lel- y as Cooper's Indian Chlngachgook and caught sight 'Of'nlcfrJual as the animal was lying down. In lying down the (leer became hidden from view by an lifter enlng log. The hunters reso- He lution was immediately taken. cocked his rifle and threw it forward for Instant use; then he calmly reached out one hand and snapped a small t. The noise was slight but twig The deer sprung to Its feet and was shot on the Instant. 'The report of the rifle brought another deer to Its feet and the second xv aias promptly dispatched. Near deer a third deer was now ..ccond ie iieu tunning, but was speedily over-tike- n by the third bullet from Mr. about to Leavitt's repeater. more woilds to ny T To protect himself he tool; lonqucr and finding none at hand and differently from what they seem to be gauntlet. then suddenly remernberlng that the uow. Dynes waa received Into the with him a six months' old baby. Hi was to carry the child and, If he law as it then was only authorized him plan I .nqtiet-roon- i of the queen, anl set ted with a portion from her table When the guests had been sen nt, they grew even merrier than before, ami It was net long befmc Ulysses the for their toatse joke Or,o even went so far as to raise a etool and strike Iljsses with it. apd Tricorn hua could scarcely rontrol his nnger and indignation at seeing his father so treated within his own hall. But a Iok from Ulysses, .quieted him ar.u thing nt on as before Th n, at last, they railed for the featof strength. Penelope smiled, and first that all weapons should be removed from the room. luc In the excitement they might be put to a wrong1 use. When this was done, twelve rings were arranged, sev-er- al feet apart. In a long row down the hnll. Then a large bow and a quiver of arrows, which Ulysses had won In one of his heroic deeds, were brought out, "Whosoever can string this bow and SHIELDED BY AX lNNFANTS INNOCENCE. aboot an arrow through the twelve me have for may his bride." tings, Bald Penelope. waa attacked, to hold it In front ol him. to kill three deer, Mr. Leavitt, like a Telemachus first took the bow and He knew that hla enemies would not citizen as he Is, promptly tried to bend it to fit the arrow to the even to kill him. This ceased hunting and set about dressing kill the baby, string But struggle aa he would, he waa the and only thing that saved hit life. the three deer, shot single-hande- d could not bo much as move It. to be a complete proalone, in what was probably the quick"He I only a atrlpllng, cried a burly The baby proved tection. Once back in his mountain est time on record In this country. noble. Give It to me! fastnesses he waa safe. But. of course, And so they deled, one after another. not yet. They havo long the end He Wti Happy They greased the string with tallow and memories for hating in the mountains She Is mine," murmured Algernon with oil. but no one could bend the of Kentucky. bow. When all had tried. Ulysses Roseleaf Vincent. ate pihhI forward and begged permis"She is m'ne." BIG POKER CAME. A balmy zpphyr softly sighed outside; sion to try. How they Jeered, and buffeted him for hla daring even to ask The Vrut Melt "Luck) Baldwin (Uked the sparkling lights shone brilliantly In With Tour Arc. so high a favor. But Penelope cried o'erhead that was what they were The biggest game ot poker have there for. The whole world seemed out: "Let him try. Though he la so cld, heard of In the past few years. said 8aturated with pure joy. He drew her closer to him and hia he saya he was once a soldier. Let him a Californian, "was played in San Fianclseo about two years aeo between eyes gazed lovingly on hers. 'My try! Thn they made way. and tlyssea, Lucky Baldwin and a California cat- queen!" He did not speak aloud but he waa taking the bow, bent it as easily as If tleman. The gamo was limited, but one It had been a willow wand and sent the by one the players dropped out, until filled with such ecstatic bliss that the arrow flying through the twelve rings, nobody was left In but Baldwin and spheres In their courses seemed to sing: where, at the end of Its course It struck Uie cattleman. They agn td to waive "My queen!" But Algernon ah. sordid soul set the Into the wall, and then remained fast. tne limit, and the catti-ma- n And then Minerva took the disguise pace. He wanted to bet lio.mki Bald- loved her not, for her looks alone. For, from Ulysses, end he stood revealed. win staid and offered Jo go him $10,000 though Slic s as Indeed a welcome sight "Behold me Ulysses!" he cried In better. The cattle ownr- - seratihed h4a the thought that ahe would bring him wealth capped In him this rejoicing. Now tee how 1 head, and said he dido t have tbs thunderous tones. She would capture the pot, containshall reward you' all for daring to af- muih to lose, but he would like to pu; front your queen; for daring to make up bis cattle aa collat.ral Baldwin ing $1.37 and two beer checks. He already had two oueens and a my house a place of revelry! was agreeable, and the c,,uie wire aswith an he pair of acejj,nd she filled hla hand. shot Then, unerring aim. sessed at $10 a head. Turn the cattlearrow at each Intruder till all were man raised Baldwin $1U,OJO. That Detroit Free Press. dead There was no chance for de- made Baldwin scratch hi., head and fense, for alL their wearone had been hem and haw a little. He sai lie waa Slowly. Unit (In by Srhrotlioii Intaken away; there 'was no chance of In the same predicament as hi friend. Superintendent Linden, at the escape, for all the doors had been se- He didn't have quite that mih to lose stance of Director Rlter, called the atcured. " ' BuL' said Baldwin, you Uow my tention of the police lieutenants And 11 And so perished the mqn who had house on Market street,' giving th sergeants to the ordinanceof of Nov.ears abused hospitality and failed to defend number Af the the trolley speed regulating last, property 'wclLJU put unweakness. And wo did Ulysses return to that against 750 of your i attic, mak- In passing schoolhouses, making itcomhla kingdom and hla queen after the railway passenger lawful for any ing a total of $73,000.' to run any toll, the hardships and privations of d, The cattleman and then pany operating in the city between the war and the accomplishment of heroic It came to a show-dpwelectricity by car propelled The ruralist m. and 6 p. m. at a greatdeeds. laid 4own four queens.' Baldwin laid hours of 8 a. than alx miles an hour down four aces. It was the stiffest er rate of speed of 150 feet on either distance a over 'Yoathfal Ratnlsmt. game of poker played na the Pacific side and In front of any public school. Aunt Marla Now, Johnny, don't be coast for many long years."' The ordinance also provides that It naughty. Because Lily wouldn't play shall be the duty of the bureau of pohorse with you this morning i no ' Klnc la Kxil on duty lice to Instruct patrolmen not school should reason why you play An Interesting book could be written where schools are to time the public Remember with her thla afternoon. tolling the story of the Africsn Kings, speed of the car at feast once a day so the golden rule or rather great chief in exile. There aa to become familiar with the rate pf Johnny (from the west) What're yer la an Artbl In Ceylon, and Zobeir. who speed and to report the same to their talkin about? I ain't no goldbug. viowaa aent to Gibraltar. Then there jg superior officers. The penalty for a Boston Transcript. Ja-Jwhom the English dispatched to lation of the ordinance la a fine of $20. the West Indies (with a badly selected Philadelphia Ledger. lot of wives, aa he complained patheticCarl a A4yrtlln(. J and Behankln of Dahomey, who Mavlvljwl Gsnramt Quite a profitable business la done ally), street and In some large town by lending turtles waa lately indebted to the French for a Every, elty 'wants good suitable school to and The passage Martinique. sewerage od to, restaurant. They are permitted too, have Zulu chiefs interned English, ot various al building and public wqrka lo remain In the windows for a few Helena Gungunhana and iTempeh- kinds. The affairs to be attended to In day and are then taken to different of whose future residence place )g a city are not political, but financial. A parts of the town as advertisements business firm- - Polifor other .eating houses. London to be decided. city is like a great to have anythinr to'4o not Sketch. ought tic Lord Blythswood say that he ha, with city elections. . The Very beat men an Instrument capable of measurin public enterprises A bouse divided against Itself makes down to the sixty thousandth part of tn manage Important Cyrus bechosen to office-R- ev. Iota of fun for the neighbors, an inch. Richardson. , v sufll-nen- !! 1 1 ag-ce- n. a. jhHo ! ' BUIDAtr TRIPS. But when we beg.nja iurow shoes and rue after couples i. ho have their faces tinned toward a ich romantic THERE SEEMS TO BE NO LIMIT parts of the vwu'.d eg rhlwr a. el i.1 , It become a niucsi more ctiious matter, TO ORIGINALITY. and many a heartfelt for the safe the return voyaepr accompanies eiided by I.uug-lUte- . a TlepRnu e congr itulatlons ovei the happv j efi Ooe Vo I uple Sven I he kounil eat Knciurrr Took 111 Hrlile Awe) la e A MALAY CIPLS LIFE. ) ligftC'! to He Marrlrd U,o hfaa I One N I' HE HONEY- OIl. At evening, when the fierce sun went ( moon, as in ever-thm- g el s e, the down behind the grten bauian tree that lirneA have greatly nearly hub Mputi t ri 'evict. -- cfcc khaceeb .changed, - say "the would" ISsWnd" the call to ptayer on a New York lici ordhollow, log that hung up before the er. mosque says the O.er-lan- d Twxv young perMonthly. Then Busuk aud her sons who are to be playmates would fall on their faces, married this month while the holy man sung in a soft, mohave pidHned to notonous volt the promises of the koran, the men of the campong answerspend their honey Allah il Allah." he would sing, They expect to stay ing. and the bridegroom, and Mohammed is his prophet." they who is something of a writer, con- would answer. Every night Busuk would lie down on templates gathering materials for-book upon the social and political con- a mat on the floor of the bouse with a ditions of the country before they re- little wooden pillow under her neck and when she dared she would peep down turn. Another couplswill journey slowly through the open spaces in the bamboo around the world, spending a season floor into the darkness beneath. Once at Nice, a winter in Egypt, a summer she beard a low growl and a great dark among the Norway fiords, several form stood right below her. She could months in the orient and Australasia see its tail lashing its sides with short, and a leisurely return homewaid across whiplike movements. Then ail the dogs in the campong began to bark and the our own continent. Last spring one happy pair took a men rushed down their ladders scream(A tiger! A trip through Alaska and returned ing Harimau! Harimau! home with Innumerable rouvenirs and tiger!) The next morning she found that her native trinkets. Another bride and groom spent six pet dog Fatima, named after hersrif, monthB upon a yacht ciuising about had been killed by one stroke of the the Pacific ocean, and still another pair great beast's paw. Once a monster took their introductory journey into python swung from a coooanut tree the realms of matrimony by means of a through the window of her home and wound itself round and round post cairiage drive throughout their native of her mother s loom. It took the a dozen state. men to tie a rope to the serpent's tail d An athletic couple of and pull It out. So the days weie passed New Haven.j Conn., are reported as in the little campong under the gently-swayin- g "hiked" three it states, having through cocoanuts and the lithe Malayand one notoriety-seekinpair even an gul giew up like her companions. la nHo to ihuj-gnl hfick rn f Hof r free ami wild, with little thought instead of using the conventional coach the morrow. That some day she and white horses. wab to be married she knew, for unce men women and been have Many her first birthday she had been enunited in the bonds of ma'ruuony w lnl to Mamat, the eor of her fat fie. s gaged at a consideiable altitude from the the punghulo of Bander Bahru friend, gtound in balloons, hut it remained Saved ly a Drink. for two natives of the Wolverine state A child 6 years of age had develooed to plan a honeymoon in one of these ships of the air. Owing, however, to a bad habit of rising in the night to the extreme nervousness of the bride, drink from the water bottle, and hud On the night n early descent was mane and the been forbidden in vain. distance actually traversed was but of a recent storm hU parents being away, his aunt tucked him kafely in trifling Down in Alabama, quite near the bed. Now, Dickey," she said, "remember city, where the songster dreamt lie I can tell if you go to the water botrl" saw a pretty yaller gal," an impecuniOh, no. auntie," he smiled slyly, ous pair decided on a novel wedding how can you? i considerable trip. They traversed "I ean tell, she said' with conviction. distance, the groom trundling ap old But how? said Dick, skeptically. wheelharrowi .which contained their I can," she repeated; and since you even the and, upon luggage, occasion, wont you boy, I shall promise, naughty bride herself. And she did so, to Another enterprising couple of our empty the bottle. own city, who, for purposes of econo- the young reprobate's consternation. In the midle of the night the gable my, combined with honeymonlcal bliss, of the house was blown down, and as and steward engaged, respectively, like thunder crashed the ceilthrough stewardess on a West Indian passenger of master Dick'sToom. As his aunt steamer, enjoyed their tiip so much ing servants rushed in a terrible that they have retained their positions and the met their gaze. The bed was alsight indefinitely. most hidden by masses of bricks nnd Along our northern frontier and masonry, two Iron feet at the head beacross the line in Canada, honeymoon the driven completely "through and In ing trips on skates, snow-shoe- s floor. With a shriek his aunt fell on and toboggans have sleighs, her knees. "O, Dicky, poor Dicky!" she become of common occurrence, and cried. "Hes been killed. a hav numerous couples occupied The wordirhad hardly left her lips hunter's log cabin In the backwoods when there came a light, faltering .step during the Joyous season. from the bathroom and as they turned It la Interesting to no'e that a couple there stood Dicky, his teeth chattering swam the whole distance of Long with cold, a candle in one hand, and a Sound as their wedding journey. full water bottle In the other. For a full When, however. It is furiher explained moment he surveyed the bed with its they were accompanied by a naphtha ton or two of debris, and then shook his launch and were both prolessional head with sorrowful admission. ' swimmers, the mystery L not so mysYeth, aunty, he declared; "you thed terious. Boston Globe. could tell If 1 did. you Another experience that might almost seem to rival the foregoing In Climbing Down tho (oldn 8talr. "You know what enemies Wilson and originality waa the case of the Baltimore & Ohio engineer who received Watson were? Well, when Watson died orders to take his locomotive out with- old Wilson sent a beautiful flora! gates in a few minutes after the ceremony ajar waa performed, and, with the aid of "Im glad to hear it. 1 hate to think his fireman, smuggled his bride into a maq could not forgive the cab and tOSTT her to the en'd of his "Walt till I get through. B.h nd th. run. gates was a stairway leading downs But probably the mast strikingly ward. Indianapolis Journal. original form of the wedding journey FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. that has ever been accomplished was last one took that the fall, the place A large factory for the manufacture happy pair being married by tele- of razors by special machinery Is being phone. The reasons for this were al- erected near Berlin. most wholly of an economical nature, A French society is being formed In the bride's dwelling place being In a Paris for the study and improvement New England city, while the groom was of the various breeds of sneep dog. engaged in business at Los Angeles, Elevated The Brooklyn Hetghs Cal, After the ceremony the twain made Railroad Company has furnished a their respective way to the nearest reading and recreation room for Us railway station, where they took train employes. and met. as at Council -- Within a quartern an hour a TuesBluffs, Iowa, the groom day, .March 3, Londoner experienced a hla bride thence back to the home he thunder atorm, a gale, snow, hall, rain ' and sunshine. had prepared for her. One admirable feature of the present T The late Mrs. Charles Tileron of moons Boston' bequeathed to the' Bostonian fashion, of la the diversity afforded In choosing society a map of Boston harbor In 1799, suitable gifts. Thus, the couple bound with the ahore and islapds worked in to the troolca, the mountains of India silk. or the Aztec ruina of Mexico appreciDuring the coming summer the ate such articles as a camera, a pair of school grounds of Cincinnati will be fieldglasse& an alpenstock or half a used aa playgrounds for children. It hundred other similar arlirles ol real la proposed to provide sxe.cd piles for use or neeessily. and the almost Inevithe children to roll in. table duplicate butter dishes aud olive The' sea Is Infinitely more productive Tonga are avoided. It is true that an than the land. It Is estimated that an overplus of photographic or optical ap- acre of good fishing will yield more paratus might thus result, but theti food in a week than an acte ot the best these articles are always more or leas land will yield in a year. desirable, even Jn quantities, and-nSeveral English theaters are now criticism la engendered qy their absence warmed by electric radiators, to th from a prominent position on the buffet delight of their patron. It is, great or dining table. said that all draughts have beca ton Some few years ago, when the happy away with by th'.s method of head' pair were accustomed to ramble away ing. In their coach to take train or boat for The vital statistics of S.enten, Me., refew weeks jaunt to Some neaf-b- y for the twelve months Jus: c!os?J show sort. the minds of the wedding guests a curious coincidence. During the if ere filled with naught but pleasure year there wete Tn th Town, sixteen and anticipation of the joy in store for births, sixteen detttba, and a'.x'tcn marthe departing newly wedded. . OKI) -- er VV u-- iv ltr patm-thatch- -- newly-wedde- g B Is-la- -- ey o riage. |