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Show V A NEWS Sl'MMARY. severs .snow storm struck Fergus Fc Is, Vhmt on Sunday j S voral non maj dir e : result, of th r t in oxfonl Ohio ftohliors at Kokomo Ind . looted farmer s houthen Mow it to stoats It (la o i'ie suit i it has reom memle-- l ila all Bulganaia apt tired i j - bo allot i , The striU g i I a i ng bar! UK i,i eu Sm IVim ism liueuien, M ih e June , a e oi I to work ork City The raspo Kers of Niw have strip k ti r Ihe ie opinion of their union rci entlv formed Jack Stewart O Neill editoi of tho Orange TexaH, Duly Tribune, sui unit d at a hotel in Now Orleans James Boswell was fatally injured in a game of football at Winnipeg his u ek being dtslocatid in a scrimmage. The Socialists of Massachusetts have nominated a state ticket headed by John 0 Chase of Haverhill for governor Twelve hundred schools In Porto Rico opened on the 28tli GO.'Hh) pupils being received, three times that mine her being enrolled. Wilson S Blssell, pcctmaster genv oral In the Cleveland administration, la seriously 111, his death being looked for at any moment At the village of Kobcharlna, Inhabited by Turks, 400 houses are reported to have been burned, most of the Inhabitants being killed President Twohy of the old National bank at Spokane estimates that It costa only 15 cents a bushel to raise wheat In that country. Horticulturists are investigating the report that an Insect Is working havoo In the pine forests In the San Bernardino forest reserve The monthly coinage statement ahows that during the month of 1903, Rhe total coinage of United States coins was $2,626,371. Governmental jurisdiction of marriages is the solution of the divorce evil advocated by Dr. George E. Howard, professorial lecturer In history at the University of Chicago. The Britisn newspapers express the greatest concern at the untimely death of Sir Michael Herbert, and pay warm tributes to hls personal qualities and the valuable services he rendered at Washington. Too proud to accept food from her neighbors, Jane Tucker. 62 ream old. who lived In a back room of a New York City lodging house, has been found dead from heart disease superinduced by starvation. The ministry Intends to propose to the riksdag to rebuild the great palace at Chrlstiansborg, which was burned twenty years ago, as a gift to the aged king A portion of the palace will be made & royal residence. The monthly statement ofthe public debt shows that at the close of business September 30, 1903, the debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to for $9 116,752, 54G, which la a decrease the month of $6,171,812. It is claimed an attempt was m&da to delay the execution of the Van' Warmer brothers in New York by the forging the presidents name to a bogus telegram, but the officers paid no attention to the message. in Dashing over an embankment their automobile, Herbert Bowen, a publisher of Richmond Hill, L. L bis wife Agnes and their year-ol, son, Herbert, jf., were seriously hurt while descending a hill In East New York. The grand jury, at Bunker Hill, I Us., has held Mrs. Ida Gullers, who Is accused of poisoning Ewarts Checks-flela boy. The Gullers hare charge of a milk dairy and Ewart was a son of one of their customera of Eugene Deuprey, formerly-o- ue San Franciscos foremost lawyers, la dead. He was brought Into unusual prominence daring the trial of Theodore Durrant for murder, when he defended the slayer of Blanche Lamont. The Benedictine monks who earns to Mexico some months ago have alseveral societies ready established among the laity. The order did not take part In the early missionary and education enterprises In this country. It Is reported on good authority that documents found oa a Bulgarian killed at Razlog, bearing the signatures of Bulgarian officials, tend to show that d the Bulgarian government was in the organization of the revolution. In the Philippint Negotiations Islands between the vaticair and tht United States government regardinj the sale of the land held by the friars and the removal of the native monks from the Islands hare been called oS by Plus X. Edward L. Dwyer, a promoter and once the husband of Duchess De Caa telluccia, has been discharged from bankruptcy for the second time in foul years. His liabilities amounted ts $274,836. while hls assets wars 2 Bitted v to hls clothes. Sep-tembc- d, ' 1 the Bonaua mine near Whitney, Ore. A three das convention of that n of the Order of ilallwa) Teleg raplier- - nest of the Mississippi in as held in Denver last week The switchmen's strike on the B, & F road at Butte has been called off and all the old men but five a 111 return to their old positions It is feared that a strike of carpen-te-- s and stone masons at l?alston, Mont Is hound to occur and that building operations a ill be brought to a standstill At Cripple Creek the mine oaners are graduall.v replacing the union men. and asst rt that aithin a month all the propelies a ill be operating a ith a full foice J Johnson of Raallns, ahile hanging a revolt r on tlie a all dropped the aeapon ahnh aas discharged, the bullet stiikmg him in th leg, Inflicting a painful a mind The Cornucopia mines near Baker City Ore , formerly owned by John E Sarles of ea York have been sold to a New Jersey corporation, capitalized at $5 uftO (HH Mrs Blanche Russell of Spokane suicided bv taking enough aconite to kill a dozen persons, dying in great agony. Ill health and domestic troubles aas the cause Major .scott J Anthony, one of the earliest pioneers of Colorado, is dead at Denver He first came to Colorado with an ox team In I860, locating at California Gulch, now Leadville A forty stamp mill is to be erected at once at the property of the Montana Gold Mining company at Jar-dinMont This will give the company eighty stamps in operation. The saloon owned by John Eng-stroat Rawlins, Wyo , was robbed last week of $335. The guilty ones have not been apprehended, but two loafers about the place are suspected. The thugs who have been attempting to extort money from the Northern Pacific company are believed to be the men who stole a ton of giant powder from a warehouse near Butte recently. Chief of Police Travis of Helena has received notice that unless the two men recently arrested in connection with the Northern Pacific dynamiting outrages are released, the city jail will be blown up. Sheepmen In the vicinity of White Sulphur Springs, Mont., are being caused much annoyance by dynamitnumber offiocks having been ers, destroyed, and recently a number of attempta having been made. Charles Crossin, aged 61 years, a stone mason by trade and a man well known in Montana for the past twenty years, committed suicide in Butte No by taking morphine sulphate. cause Is known for the deed. Matt Longa, a rancher living near Red Lodge, Mont . was fatally injured by being crushed under a wagon loaded with oats Longa "was driving and fell over the front end of the wagon, the wheels passing over his body. Victor Janejan, the aged slayer of William Perrenton, was sentenced at Missoula. Mont, last week, to serve a term of a year and a half In the penitentiary at hard labor. Clemency was due to the prisoners advanced age. Dr. L. M. Willard of Loomis, Wash., was found dead in bed he'having suicided by taking chloroform, because of fears that he was going blind. Dr. Willard was the stepfather of Hooper Young, the noted New York, criminal. ThNurthera Pacific railway . officials are said to have received another anonymous letter making a threat against the companys property. This time the dynamiters propose to blow up the depot at Livingston, Mont. An assault case, in which Mrs. Roy Coxe, a highly respected and prominent woman of Gilt Edge, Mont., was the victim, has been brought to light, A miner named McNamara, who has disappeared, has been identified as the assailant. A lynching is promised The Wyoming supreme court, in a lengthy decision at Cheyenne on the 39th, denied the motion of Tom Horn, the stock detective, convicted of the murder of little Willie NIckell in the Iron mountain country, and resentenced him to be hanged on Nov. 20. Jim Connors, the wounded robber who attempted to hold up anjO, R, & N. train a short time ago, has been identified as one Roberts, who was arrested with "But oh Cassidy and Kid Curry near Billings, Mont, in 1897, for robbery. Later the trio broke jail. Last week citizens of Pueblo, headed by a brass band, attended the breaking of ground for a new electric line which is to run from Pueblo to Beulah Springq and ultimately to be extended across the mountains. The' new road Is to bA about thirty miles long. A .level! loo (lieu union plumber of Pit shut i a e stimk fot an advance tv Four men were seriously Injured by the premaluie explosion of a blast at poi-tlo- non-earne- msks a thorough test of them before consenting to the venture I shall drive thenxmyaetfntidhpfftk cut, frankly SC In whatever the result of the trial else we may differ, Elnathan and I are MARION AJC a unit in our care (or your welfare ZZZZ. . So. it we show ourselves and the heavenly span of quadrupeds at the door today, you need not fear to accept our ASSOCIATION FRE INTERNATIONAL Invitation The gentle and affectionate reassurJisuary Constance should be thankfCHAPTER VI (CoTiMS. It was October before the family ul to us all her days tor opposing her ance contrasted pleasantly with Mr. mandate. authoritative made a formal removal to loan. One !urd Iraniendeutalism about conge- Witherss of the brothers, sometimes both, spent niality and mutual attraction and the Ccnatance! you will bold yourself in two or three days a week there in Sep- Jlke puerile nonstnee What a wreck readiness to drive out with us this aftember, and, smeexthe uncertain sun-ohi- lie would have made of her happiness I ternoon We shall call for you at three and cold rains of autumn con- had she been h ft to put sue the course o clock, I wish you and Harriet to be fined the ladies, for the moat part, to dictated by her own caprices I hope, I entirely prepared for the ride when the house,, they were ready to second jtargaret. that we shall not have to we come. Young horses do not like to the proposition to seek their winter combat the like errors In our daugh-ler- s stand In the cold. when thev grow up An Impulse she. did not stay to dequarters Edward Withers was regu"Constance had a fund of larly installed aa one of his brothers strong fine drew Constance to the window as household, and under his auspices city common sense in spite of her erudely the two gentlemen descended the front life also put on a new face for Con- extravagant theories upon certain sub- steps side by side. Mr Withers was a Muls vs. Zehorska. stance He had a box at the opera, and jects, rejoined Mrs Romaine Thanks trifle the taller of the. two, but hls all off! snorted the bay mule, Its Elnathan was foremost to suggest that to it, and, as you justly observe, to figure was angular and unbending; as she dangled her long ears dejectedConstance should accompany him out counsels she has mart led better Edwarda topple and elegant, while ly In the empty It's all off merger. that any other young woman I know scarcely a trace of family Ukenees exthither. Is 71 Henceforth now' zebrula the That Is, when you are not engaged Yes, 7 can ask no more enviable lot for isted between the swarthy visage of the but I'll bet my oats this new tangled our sedeep-eupUs with than girls eyes, long one like herB elder, to escort single ladies, added the usurper can't sing The Alamo tn According to these Irrefragable auper lip, and high, narrow forehead, double C' with a little nior, with a dry smile. cupalo on top Which will not happen often 'f I thorities, then, our heroine had steered and the lively glance, clear complexion, of It. as I can! of made clear the and mouth that Edwards rock upon which so many can have my sisters compa. y laa'ead, spirited He, haw! Ho, haw!" brayed the olf replied the other, cordially. But can- of her age and sex have split, kept out II physiognomy a goodly sight to more maid mule In the corner stall He not we make up a family party of four of the current that would have strand- - K8 than those that met the parting haw! , ed window at 8nllle her, he the ca8t Parlor UP high and forlorn, upon the bar- for night? I can promise run "This zebrula, or zehorska, or mule-ovitcheadland of eelibaoy; had, virtu you a treat. or whatever it Is, may please Musical treats, when they are op- ously eschewing crude" Instinct, and with its gaudy striped coat, for a time, heart promptings, and natural laws (fit eratic, are thrown away upon me, was will miss they will miss but they the answer. But I am anxious that oply, in Mrs. ltomaines creed, for the slobbered the bay mule with us," of guidance Constance shall keep up her practicbeasts, and birds, and her voice full of wet chaff; "they will ing, and, to this end, desire her tc have other irrational things), rendered Just miss us at daybreak when our every opportunity of improving her and graceful obedience to the equitable our our clarion cry awoke them to I Hke e In In countenance dlspost-ththan principle can taste and stjle. You and she presiribed and practiced ly give wood! Ob! be haw! autocrats of the best tlrcles. I tlon8 altna end conduct as dissimilar paw the morning home concerts of the latest gems in and the gray mule Oh! he haw! this line for Harriets benefit and These burning and shining beacons a two npsht men can be." abandoned herself to grief, while her I cease not, night nor mine. day, to warn off I Harriets Bhsllow treble sounded at stomach twitched and twftched aa a last Harriet applauded the Idea to the the Impetuous young from the rigors her dhow like repetition of tho No one would ever take a horsefly Jed thereon. echo, and was careful that he should and desolation of Seylla, and cast such thought Bobbed the mousw And to think, Yet be them she to said. relatives," not regret the young peoples absence each Is excellent In his way. Dont colored mule with the gray whiskers, on the evenings they spent abroad, we have been so good, we haven't you think to? playing chess with him for a couple of kicked the boss in six weeks! Oh answered "Yes, Constance, moving hours, and then reading aloud monewoe! He haw! Oh sebrula! Oh away. CHAPTER selected or VII. articles by political tary Oh muleovltch! He haw! PON aa smooth a "Only their waya are ao different!" himself until he dropped into a doze. this At Juncture the "old man cam "I Elnathan cousin. like current were Con- persisted the They were left thus to themselves more to set a mouse trap where It would stance and more as the season advanced. InWithers' best, of course, but Edward ts the more In vitations to parties, concerts and dinconscience and pru- popular man of the two, I believe Isnt do the most good. The resentment that rankled and ners rained in upon Mrs. and the dence rot'ked to he? In the hearts of those wrangled do know! not I Constance Messrs. Withers, and to most of these really the leep during outcast dumb brutes, exand room falsehood. spurned the left the uttering Constance went, attended by Edward months of early of man, took fiendish servants iled her Harriet had a trick of making IfiAt winter. Win only. Mr. Withers had never been social from Inclination, and he was only intensely uncomfortable whenever the form and fell upon the boss! The hay mule "hlsted first, but it too glad to delegate his duties In this summer been so re- - talk between them turned npon th .If 2 still a matter of dispute, as to is brothers. line to his wife, now that the protecwith plet light killed him! which her"1 to she said hate comparisons! tion of his brother rendered his attendand warmth. There There's one less man to buy ia t divine delight in the alow sweep self, when she reached her room. "And ance unnecessary. gritted the mouse colored Constance did not confess in words of Hie outer circlet of the maelstrom; it Is forward and Indelicate in her to mule. He has! Haw haw! to herself how greatly her pleasure was the half consciousness of the awaken- institute them In my hearing.' When the coroner arrived with th Convinced that the sudden heat augmented by the exchange of escorts. ing heart, like that of the babe who, It was natural that a man of her hus- aroused from alumber by his mothers warming her heart and cheeks was ex- local reporter, they let the boss body bands age and disposition should pre- voice, smiles recognition of tho dear cited by Harriets impertinence, ebe down from the branches of an elm a fer hls own fireside to dancing and tntulc before hia eyes are unsealed by made it her business to stop thinking tree in the next block and returned small talk, and a wearisome feint of her kisses, or hls head la nestled upon of the conversation and its origin eo verdict In accordance with the hoof-prisoon aa the could dismiss It and turn on hie spine. hearkening to harmonies that were un- her bosom. Over In the barn the docile mules That to every human heart inch her attention to pleasanter things. It intelligible and without sweetness to him. She enjoyed gay scenes with an arakenlng cornea, sooner or later, I was more Innocent and agreeable work; were munching their hay piously and easier conscience thst she did not see hdd and believe (or certain. Deserts for Instance, to write out Edward's part refusing to notice e manipulated fastened to a fisb-phls grave visage at every turn of the oi salt and bitterness there are in the of a new duet upon a fair sheet of feather-duste- r waltz or promenade and was not haunt t spiritual as well at in the material paper which be could hold In hie hand ia the bands of a neighbors boy. friends wer Man's enrs-footsed by the thought of herwtflshnvss tn 'wrtdr bub there was a time when the as be wtood by her at the piano, th having dragged him from hls beloved Creator whose name la Love, pro- printed copy being so blurred as to try ing good again, just to get A chanc retirement How much this feeling of nounced them "very good, when as bis eyes. He was very slightly near to kick another zebrula advocate into relief was intensified by the circum- yet the flood, and the rain of fire and sighted, although a casual acquaintance the reception room of SL Peter, Never slap a mule on the rumpt, stance that her willing cavalier w as the brimstone had not nlade havoc of all would not have suspected It She moat delightful talker, one of the best their pleasant things, nor the soft soil copied muslo legibly and rapidly, and she may be loaded. dancers, and assuredly the most grace- been hardened Into flint and gravel by lately had hit upon this happy device fully attentive to his fair charge In the dearth and heat And, to that garden of making him some poor return for In Twisted Land. cordon of beaux who frequented the of th Lord's planting there came a day the manifold services he had rendered Fathers in th' kitchen fashionable resorts just named, did. when or of what duration He knows, her. "All that I can do leaves me deMakln' apple pie. Mother's st th office not enter into her complacent calcula- and 'perchance He alone when the plorably In hls debt," she reasoned. Boomin thlncs tions. She was on excellent terms with south wind blew eoftly, and all the never knew what waa the fullness and Sisters gone a fishing herself and all about her at this Junc- aplcee thereof flowed out spikenard disinterestedness of a brothers love unWhere th big fish lurk; ture. The acquaintances who had and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, til I met him. But all brother are not ( Willie's in th hammock Doin' crochet work. carped at her reserve and want of ani- with all trees of fraklncense, myrrh so considerate or devoted aa Is ha I Sumos In th garden mation in the few aasemblies at which and aloes. It may have been but for should understand that Plantin' columbine; TO BS OOKTIKCln. she had appeared as a bride candidly ane glad hour one moment of bewilavowed that nothing could be more dering bliss, that the heart thus visited Be Was Indeed A charming than her affability and guy was transformed Into fountain of good humor, and that ebe was far hand- gardens, a well of living waters and Judge Hawley of the United dtatee somer than they had supposed at first streams from Lebanon. The next may circuit court related recently from the lave witnessed the rush of the deluge bench a good atpry at the expense of sight. The more captious subjoined, sub-ros- r the bursting of the pitchy cloud; a distinguished lawyer and United that it was evident she appreci- and behold! In place of Eden, a lair States senator, whose name was not ated (convenient word!) Mr. Edward of wild boasts, a house full of doleful mentioned. Tbls prominent member Withers, and how fortunate she was in creatures, meet for the dwelling of owls of the bar waa very absent-minde- d at securing the services of an escort so and the dance of satyrs. times. One morning he waa on bis Other visions than these Images of way to court In a unexceptionable in every particular, great bnrry, and since her huBband seemed to have re- woe end terror abode with Constance; "DINGED IF I AINT TWISTED to overtake a friend, ranounced society just as she fairly en- formless fancies, fair aa vague; spe- happening Looks like snow in ark ed: "I dressed In such haste this 'Cordin to th signs. tered It cious reveries In which she lived I forgot my watch." A that morplng - River's nuwln' up hill, - . "But;'' subjoined No. 2, audibly de through 'coming years aa aha was do- -' tittle' further on he said; . I wonder Sun ts nrtttn high; liver ed, "people had different ways of lag now, surrounded by the same outCanopy Is bowl shaped. If I have time to go back and get It," Convex is th sky. looking at these things, and, so long as ward comforts; her steps guarded by as be wetch and be bls out spoke pulled Mr. Withers lived happily with his the same friend, whose mere presence Sidewalk's far th' bottom. Trees are upside down; ife.Nand countenanced her in all that reant contentment; with whom the from bis pocket No, I have not time," Gravity is niaunchwiM she did. whose business was It to hint Interchange of thought and feeling left he concluded, after consulting the dial, Hers in Twlstedtown. at impropriety or misplaced confi- sothing to be desired from human sym- and he walked on. Nearing the court Is but a liar, Truth hired a messenger to go for dence? Charity la greed. pathy. It was a severe shock - that house he ' how the dogs look th Lawny, a for him dollar the watch, paying That Mr. Withers did Countenance ihowed her the precipice upon the breed! With a cat-ta- il service. The messenger returned with his wife In her lively career was not to lowery verge of which she lay dream-biLove Is hate, and Cupid"" the information that the timepiece be denied. It gratified him to see her, Is a servant girl Lost his bow and arrows The brothers were, one morning, dis- could not be found, whereupon th magnificently dressed, go forth to gathnam now is "Peart Front erings at which, as he was sure to bear cussing at breakfast the merits of a pair lawyer exclaimed, looking up from hls got twisted. Everythings la That very afterward, she was tht object of gen- d horses that had been offered for books and papers: Muddled is my mug . Since 1 drank that cider eral admiration for her beauty and vi- ale to the elder. For a wonder Ed- strangei Then he took a swift glance From tn of brown Jug! vacity. It tickled hls vanity to have vard displayed more caution in accept-h- g at bla watch and said: "It makes no the jockeys declaration of their difference, anyhow. I can do without her do the honors of hls mansion to a Fairys Calves. choice company of Edward friends ttness for family use than did hls it The judge is late end there 1 plenToledo Blade says: "Miss Fairy Th aaid hers whose messenin and relatives. Mr. Withers waa very ty of time. And he paid the people eyes be, the Tltmarsh has a pair of calves that cannot be beat in this section of our glorious sedate millionaire, could never hope to cbstlnate la his adherence to what ever ger another dollar. Perhaps somebody wifi writ republic. be more than the respectful representa- principle or prejudice he believed that a poem about them, as somebody did kc mone of hls had tive seen cause to adopt, and hls about Mary's littl iamb. Boston GlobAi bags. They were glad Parte Fatlmmaa date Ws are In with this: to congregate in hls stately salon ere had been captivated by tie showy now carry clubs, Parle In Policemen two little calve. Fairy had now, to partake of his fiae old wines team; hls credulous bearing gained by They wer so very eweet They are' pure and excellent vlanda, and unite In laud- the adroit tongue? of the dealer. All beautifully decorated. one that saw them said That every Th calves could not be beat. ations of the handsome woman who (hat Edwards dlssuaslors could effect white, with yellow handles. Around th . Concord Monitor blue ! doubls a ribbon, painted bore bin name; Adulation did not n "acquiescence" Inhls "proposaTYhar middle where arms the at with the point city took to the beach; them MIm was he Fairy spoil her, pleased to observe. they should try the horses before th They sported In the brine, She hid never been more deferential lelgh that afternoon, before deciding the ends of the ribbon cross. Th whltl And saw them who those alt agreed color will be more easily noticed thaa Those calves were superfine. in her deportment to himself, more ipon the purchase, - the stieki Gasette. Chelsea coachmen, other by to any consult and obey him than Harriet clapped her hands vivaciouslready when the star of her popularity was y. "And then Youll drive by and give being held like conductors batons by And after sporting in the brine ' Now what do you suppoaeT A turn behind the beauties. highest and brightest Ir this she testI am the policemen In the middle of the Mias was quite short with them hose. ified her good sense and feeling heart r--r they must be heavenly from what street, to direct travel to the right oi And Fairy on them played the Duqueane Heights Gazoo. To whom should she be grateful and Cuusln Elnathan says, j I am wild to left or to stop It when, needful. dutiful if not to ljgr benefactor, the e themf No doubt Mies Fairy thought It slick, Of Coant The hose, mad aa a Turk, architect of her fortune and happiness? "There is a look in the eye of one n trick. Is a pretty good story Remarking twas a That Watt Association with him and with hls that bespeaks the Got in it (open) work. of another work." spirit wont It but Weary you tell, Woods Run Growler. brother had developed her finely. "He pglon," said Edward, apart to e, "Course It wonh Dyou Whereat the calves chirked up a Wt Watkln took credit to himself for the penetrabe travelin around with It And bleated loud, but fie! Td apose tion that had dected the germs of so "Dont rid after them! she It shocks me when I think of It! If it did? Indianapolis Journal winked at pnerby! much that was wumable and attracThey quickly. "Your brother will PlttBourg Dispatch. tive when she wee still In the obscur- fe'd If yen tell him DlfffirfiBM of Opinio. nn plainly.,how should all beware naughty menstorm - . Hi you consider them. ity of her brother's house. Ted "Whats the name of that sub- These Before the dust high Ned "Th peomoved to? down their upon "A happy family, a thoroughly well- - j "Not unafefor him and myself, urb Tom rubbering Swoops tn And the hits them 1m eye! remarked ptfhaps; LiiTbardty hmatures to be ple who live there say it is Farad organized establishment, be while it may Charles Romaine to his 1f", at the j0rutod with yotir life and limb, he Tark, while everybody e'se calls It th For To pet the barnvard calf. close of a visit they paid hls sister in j ffJoincd. "Rest assured that t shall jumping-of- f P oe. To even suir) t hairy a tahes A BARTERED LIFE. NORTHWEST NOTES. A in wage-- V- -- m F. J. Nash And wife have confessed, in Cheyenne, to forgery and check raising. Nash and hls wife recelve-a check from a Mexican herder near Rawlins and raised the amount from $4 to $490 and attempted to pass the check In Raallns. and also at f . ne et h, -- Wvt&iLw'. s! nt ol b, n? 1 sky-hig- h. beeet-Minde- a, -- g. , n? -- 7 . low-dow- Con-ganc- ! pas-ab- le Would not be nice by half. |