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Show Count luclmer. the Sea Devil i tuaelas Mora Mm erta4. Um SaeaaW, m uaaar bar arepar Ma wi arita all Ifc Norwaflaa caaaouflate cWra4 away. p4 amila war toward Maaatra. The fwa rw nM aura at aVUI ana tarat lie. aaa CauM Luckaat oflr1 a aria I Mm Aral aaea wao ahauM elanl Ik Brrt aria nutl. Oil Clbraltar In nMn awl a lari Brfflah ataaaaahia, a raiainf la l(iial "Chreeeaietar liana, ptaaee." la aaarS bar. CHAPTER .V Continued I shouted the command, snd the drum beat "clour for action." A sec-tion of the rail could be lowered and raised as a gun shield. It dropped clattering snd revealed the muule of the cannon. Op witb the German flag and Are, one across ber brows. It was the Seeodle'a first shot against the enemy. What's that by Joet Nothing hap-pened, no movement on deck, no slow-ing down of the ship. Then a Dug went np the mast the British flag. It was like the fantastic thing's tbat hap-pen In a dream. 1 thought I must be ssleep. Another sbot across her bows. She suddenly changes her course. Hello, she wants to get away. A shot over the stern, soother over the smokestack, and now she bove to. A boat was In the water rowing to-ward ns. We all put on our best man-ners, and I welcomed Captain Chewn aboard the Beeadler. What did we want of him, he asked, so bewildered that be stuttered. "Well, ' first a friendly chat." I replied. Be was aa old salt with a tcroggly gray beard. I liked him right oft His ship was the Gladys Royal, bound from Cardiff witb Ave thousand tons of coal for Buenos Aires. I told him that much as 1 disliked sending any ship to the bottom of the sea, nevertheless, we mnst sink the Gladys Royal. "Oh, no," be argued, "we are bound for a neutral port and wont harm anything. It will be bad for me to lose my ship, and I have a wife and children at borne." "Do yon believe. Captain Chewn, that under the soma circumstances, a British naval officer would show any mercy to a German shlpT Ha marin nn rent LOWELL THOMAS Oopyrlsht by DoubUdar. boras A Co. know bow a British captain often Is, with bis nose right down on his Job, with no thought except his cargo snd bis lookout for submarines and cruis-ers? Well, evidently this chap couldn't be bothered witb a funny old Norwe-gian windjammer. Sails set and mo-tor running, we held across his course and got In front of him. Now, at sea, a sailing vessel always has the right of way over a steamship because the iHtter can maneuver more rapidly. But that meant nothing to this stentn-ship- . She swerved not an Inch, and seemed quite content to run us down. We bad to Jib and let him go In the wind, or there would have been a col llslon. The Englishman passed ns at threo hundred yards. The German dug wus climbing swiftly to our masthead "Fire," I commanded, "let's see if that will make him change his mind." The gun boomed and a shell went screaming over the steamer. "By Joe." I sold, "be sticks, to bis opinions." The steomer's stacks belched fresh clouds of smoke. Her course changed not at all. Another shot this one, by way of emphasis, Just over ths smoke-stark- . The steamer turned into the wind. "A wise baby, that skipper," com-mented Leudemann sacarsilcally. "He knows a windjammer can't soil against the wind. We, of course, couldn't catch him in a chase, but our range was still point-blan- A sbot through the smoke-stack and a couple Into the bull. Wo could see the crew running around wildly. A siren was screaming. A shell exploded on deck. The propel-ler stopped, and the steamer slowed down snd lay' rolling in the trough of the sea. The Englishman must have known that he hadn't a ghost of a chance to escape onder fire at such close range. First of all. he hod been discourteous r . handbag In his hand, a solitary, woe-begone figure. Wa flnully bad to send a boat for him. On our deck ba got a stern, formal reception. "Any casualties among yonr men, captalnr "No, worse luck. Not a man scratched, by Joe, and the blighters scurried around like rabbits at a dug show, l,ook at them in the boats out there. They haven't got here yet the beggars. Let ine at that gun, by Joe, and I'll sink them." It was hurd not to sympathise wltb him, but still his conduct bad appar-ently been Inexcusable. "Why did yon endanger your men's lives like that captulu? It not only was the height of folly, but It was In-human 1" Just then our ship's surgeon, Doctor I'letsch, came slung. "Hello, captain." "Hello, doctor." They greeted each other Ilka long-lo-friends, save that there was a shadow of uneasiness In ths captain's fraternal demonstrations. Doctor detach bad gone out wltb our armored cruiser Moewe on one of her freehootlng expeditions. Among the captured captains of that cruise was our present guest who, while aboard the Moewe, had atruck op a pleasunt comradeship wltb the doctor. Now be, along wltb the other cap-tains, had been released on parole. They had signed written promises tbat they would engage In no further war actvlty. Believing ha bad broken his parole, he thought the Germans would hsng him from a yardarm U they ever caught him. When be saw we were an auxiliary cruiser, bo al-ready felt 0 rope tightening around his neck. . Tbat was why ho bad tried so desperately to get away. We amused ourselves wltb a formal discussion, after which I addressed our guest wltb suitable gravity. "We are ot the opinion, captain, that your parole did not cover your calling as a merchant captain. Only direct combatant service was Included under the beading of war activity. Therefore, wo feel ourselves under no In Ignoring our friendly signals. Tben bo had violated the rules of ocean traffic in not giving our clipper the right of way. And now in cold blood We now got an explanation of the queer behavior of bis ship that had so puzzled os after our first shot Cap-tain Chewn, an r at sea, simply thought we were trying to compare time in the old traditional way, by firing a blank mortar. Be hod raised his flag to serve as the mortar shot on bis side. He would afterward lower It to give the exact moment Tbat It the way In vogue today. But when our second shot was Bred, the cook on the Gladys Royal saw the shell strike the water and thought we bad sighted a submarine and were firing at It He gave the alarm, and the captain started to zagzag. It was only after the third shot that they saw our can-non pointed at them and the German battle flag at onr masthead. "By Joe," and tbo captain pounded the rail wltb open admiration, "yna fooled me bloody well. It was the d dest trap I ever saw." I sent a prize crew aboard the Gladys Royal wltb orders to bave ber follow the Seeadler. I wanted to watt and blow her np after nightfall. Cruis-ers might be roaming somewhere In these parts, and It would be unwise to run the risk of attracting their atten tlon with the sound of an explosion. We Dhotogranhed our coot ore care- - unhappy necessity of banging you." Well, the smile bn tint bard, weather-be-aten face was like a sunrise. We now understood the mo-tives behind bis actions, and we re-spected bis plucky attempt to get away In the face of point-blan- k gun-fire. Sailors ourselves, we could only salute this aktpper who, wltb a worth-less, spineless crew, bad to take the wheel himself, and tben only to And his rudder chain smashed. The aea was so rough now that wo did not send a bombing party to board the Lundy island, but sank ber by di-rect gunfire. Tbat night Leudemann and I tat over bottles of beer and talked about our prospects. "Well, old chsp," said L "everything bas begun well It's a flno cruise. But when will they sink osl" "Not at any rate,'' bo replied, "un-til our hotel Is full." Ton see our buccaneering raid was pretty certain to remain a secret until the time came when lack ot space would compel us to releaso onr pris-oner and send them to port Then the news of our free boo ting Jaunt would out and cruisers would ba bot after os in every part of the world. "And if we don't capture snv mora v Lutece, Captured by the Casiawsy he had endangered the life of his crew. Accoruing 10 me unwritten rules of etiquette among pirates and raiders. It was up to us to put out a boat and board a prize. But instead I slgnuled the steamer: "Cuptuin. come aboard P Let him come over to us If he's sucb a tough guy, we'll show him who rules the waves In this purt ot tne Atluntlc It was funny. Finally, I had to laugh. The ship was the Lundy la land bound for France wltb a cargo of Madagascar sugar. An Important cargo, sure enough. Sugur was scarce in all the countries at war, snd we Gennuns. whose supply of sugar con slsted mostly of a great longing for It could sympathize wltb the captain's eagerness to net the precious mer-chandise to port. When the flrst shot struck the Lundy Island, the crew, black, brown, and yellow, fell Into a panic. Witb shells falling, running the ship or staying wltb It meant nothing to them. The captain roared and stormed, but thut was all the good It did. So he seized the helm, himself Just then s shot hit the rudder chain, and when he turned the wheel nothing happened. The crew started taking to the boats, and the tough old salt was left alone on deck. Our signal for him to come 00 board left him help-less. His boats were out there with the crew floundering at the ours. The sea was pitching and rolling, and they were so frightened they could hardly row. He paced the bridge with his ships." I reflected, "wo can go on cruising Indefinitely." "Then left catch some more quick-ly," laughed Leudemann. "It will be great sport to play hide and aeek wltb cruisers." That mate ot mine was alwaya Itch-ing for trouble. But then tbat was wbat wo bad all come through the blockade In hope of finding, so If we wanted plenty of excitement tben the sooner ws sent the crewt of eight or teo ships Into some port the sooner would the alarm go out "German raider In the Atlantic I" Then, too, Lloyd's Insurance rates would start to soar when the news got out and ships with supplies that the Allies needed haril would be held In port Also, a number ot cruisers would 00 doubt be detached from blockade patrol duty across the North sea. Tbat was the Interesting part of It those cruisers and how to elude them. "Leudemann." I suld, "the better the lookout, the more ships we will catch. We already have a good look-out, but I've thought of a way to have a better one. A hundred pair of eyes are better than two pair." ' "What do you meau?" "Well, from now on, I'm going to change that offer of ten pounds and a bottle of champagne that we promised to the first ot our two lookouts to spy a ship. I'm going to open It to every one on hoard I' (TO BE CONTINUED.) fully. At dusk we transferred the steamer's twenty-si- x men. white and black, to our ship. The captain brought his belongings aboard. I also sent Lieutenant Prelss to pack op ev-erything aboard the captured vessel thut he thought we might need and ferry It over. He displayed excellent Judgment, too, and turned up wltb a welcome store of excellent provisions We sailors could be content with a sailor's fare whenever need be, but we wanted our guests to dine well at all times to help make up tor the sor-row of losing their ships. Prelss and bis men planted a bomb In her bold, lit the time fuse, and took to the boats. Fifteen minutes passed. Then the Gladys Royal trem bled fore and aft. She went down stern first, and In ten minutes her forward quarter stuck straight .out of the sea. Her bow re-mained above water for a long time. A steamer hove Into sight She car-ried side lights, and from that we Judged ber to he a neutral. Suddenly a second explosion, from the accumu-lation of air pressure, burst the bow of the Gladys Royal. With a final quiver, she took her last plunge Into the depths and slid out of sight while we scurried away into the olgbt wltb all tails set Captain Chewn was agreeably sur-prised to find himself assigned to a cozy cabin. His only complaint was that he had 00 one to enjoy It wltb him. This sociable mariner liked com-pany. So we promised to supply hlrn with companions as soon as possible. Mnrh wa wanted In nlpflRe fun. tain Chewn and show him that we were accommodating hosts, we al-lowed the next ship to sull by in peace She was a British passenger steamer bound through Gibraltar. We had room enough for all ber passen-gers, but we did not want to be both-ered with women and children. At noon, with a heavy sea running, we sighted a steamer cutting dlugun ally across our course. No flag, no name. We signaled her for informa-tion, but there was no response. Sure-ly she mu?t be an Kngllshmun wltb a hard lioileO efficient skipper. You I cm Acidity The common cause of digestive diff-iculties U excess acid. 8oda cannot alter this condition, and It burns Urn stomach. Something that will neu-tralize the acidity Is the sensible thing to take. That Is why physicians tell the public to use Phillips Milk of Magnesia. One spoonful of this delightful prep-aration can neutralise many times Its volume in acid. It acts Instantly re lief Is quick, and very apparent All gas Is dispelled; all sourness Is soon gone; the whole system Is sweetened. Do try this perfect anti-aci- and re-member it Is just as good for children, too, and pleasant for them to take. . 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Pinkhnm'a Jsnw'w' Sanative Wash. 1 Tne medicines that will do for me what the Vege-tabl- a Comnound and Sanativa Wash have done are certainly worth their weight in gold. I think I have given them a fair trial and I expect to take two more bottles of the Vegetable Compound." Mes. Charles Mob-oa-k, E, F. D. I, Tully. N.Y. V it JaA I fa i--- ' Ww&s)mw LeiM " fa U . ' By ELMO SCOTT WATSON J U;. 'lM f ! J l IP THE town of Fred-- I't i it "! " SPtl IjLJl,! erlcksburg, Va., there Lga--f4--- M., iOf".. 3 fcJVl stands s 'oy stone ' tJm. f j I IS BA Jhaft which is said to ROO1rt WMCH WASHfYCTOrfyijrCm " --3 LrEfl have the unique d'stlnc-Iy- y His MOTHffiS BUZSMfG SSL'.Tl!ll'B'J. tlon of being the only ML monument in the United ISSSSJSiJ States erected entirely by the efforts of women to a woman. Perhaps the simple In-scription on the monument explains the reason for that distinction. It reads "Mary, the Mother of Wash-ington." As the annual celebration of Moth-er's Day It Is May 32 this year ap-proaches, all Americans should be In-terested in the story of Oils mother who gave to the nation one of Its greatest men. Washington himself once said that his mother was the most beautiful woman he ever saw. but even more Interesting than this natural tribute paid by a son Is the testimony contained In a letter writ-ten In 1772. Curiously enough this letter was found In a deserted house tear the fork river during the Civil war. It reads as follows: "Wms Burg. 7 Tth of Octr, 1722 Dear 8ukeyj Madame Ball of Lanem-- r and Hr 8weet Molly hav gone Horn. Mama thinks Molly th Com. Hut Maiden Sha Knows. She la about rlxteen yrs. old, la taller than Ma Is verry Bensahle, Modest and Loving. Her Hair Is Ilka unto Flax, Her Eye re the color of Yours and her Chekea sra Ilka May Bloaaoms. I wish You could See Her." mate and young man's companion. Of the mother l(was more afraid than of my own parents; she awed me in the midst of her kindness; and even now, when time has whitened my locks and I am the grandfather of a second generation, I could not behold that majestic woman without feelings It Is Impossible to describe." "Mother and son were much alike In character, personal appearance and conduct. Both were wonting In hu-mor and Imagination, and both pos-sessed In an extreme degree conscien-tiousness, gentleness and determina-tion," snys the writer previously re-ferred to. More recent historians have shown that more than once during Washington's early life there was a clash of these two strong wills, but there was a strong bond of affection between them, nevertheless. At the outbreak of the Revolution Washington, realizing the dangers which the war would bring to Vir-ginia, tried to induce bis mother to move Into town from her home on the Rappuhnnnock opposite Fredericks-burg. She bad previously declined the offer of a home with her daughter, Mrs. Betty Washington Lewis, declaring that she preferred to rule her own home. But at last Washington's In- - LaFayette came with Washington's nephew, Robert Lewis, to pay bis re-spects to the mother of the greatest American. She received the courtly Frenchman In her garden, met all his fine phrases witb dignity and gave him her blessing when he bade ber good-by- . As he left he said to a friend, "I have seen the only Roman matron of my day." It was In this little home, too, that the last scene In the association of the Washington mother and son took place. In the spring of 1789, Charles Thompson, secretary of congress, ar-rived at Mount Vernon to notify Washington that he had been elected the first President of the new nation. After preparing to accompany Thomp-son to New York, then the capital of the United States, Washington rode to Fredericksburg to say good-b- y to his mother. Both knew that this would probably be the last time they would see each other, for Mary Washington was then past eighty years of age and suffering from cancer. After an affec-tionate greeting between mother and son, so says one account Washington said, "The people. Madam, have been pleased, with the most flattering unan-imity to elect me to the chief magis-tracy of the United States; but before ine "sweet Molly" referred to In that letter was Mary Ball, who ou March 6, 1730, became the wife of Au-gustine Washington, a friend and neighbor of her father's, and It was on February 22, 1732, that she gave birth to the boy who was destined to be the founder of a new nation. In addition to being a woman of great beauty Mary Washington seemed to have been a remarkable woman In many respects. "A silent, serious, woman, she was, and reserved," says an early writer. "During the forty-si- x years of her widowhood she managed ber household and farm without the assistance of any adviser and reared ber children to usefulness and honor, and snw them go forth Into the world equipped for Its work and pain. That they each and all revered her, and ' sought her council In every emergency f, is sufficient testimony of her worth J and al)lllty. Mrs. Washington's lack I of personal ambition and her constl- - m tutionnl reserve were qualities whlcn I prevented her from becoming popu- - I lnrly known to the public, even at a I time when the people were eager for I is."' opportunity to show her honor, ff.ut no demonstration was ever made In her behalf and there Is but one In-I stance recorded when she appeared , In public with her son." Another tribute to Mary Washington is contained In the statement of Law-rence Washington, of Chotank, who wrote as follows: "I was often here I (at the home on the Rappahannock) I with George Ills playmate, school-- slstence prevailed, and In March, 1775, he aud his sister moved her, still pro-testing, Into a home In Fredericksburg, which Washington had bought from Michael and Father Robinson In 1772. It was a part of the original Kenmore estate. Betty Lewis' home. The gar-den was separated from the Kenmore gurden by a fence and gate. Just as It was American women who erected the monument to Mary Washington, so It wus a group of American wom-en who huve preserved the unpreten-tious cottage where Mary Washington lived from March, 1775, until August 1781). Although Mary Washington had strenuously objected to leaving her plantation, she soon grew very fond of her little home In Fredericksburg, and enjoyed being near her daughter and her church at which she was a constant and devoted attendant. It was In this home that she lived, far from the dangers her son was encoun-tering In the fight for liberty, but she was In constant receipt from him of news of that struggle. Here she re-ceived the courier to tell her of his splendid victory at Trenton, and It was here thut he came to her after the battle of Yorktown, accompanied by French and American officers. It was on this occasion that for the one and only time she shared Jlie honors that had some to her s son. A grand hall was given In his honor In Fredericksburg and the proud moth-er, leaning on the arm of her son, was the belle of the evening. It was here, too, that Marquis de I can assume the functions of that of-fice I have come to bid you an affec-tionate farewell. So soon as the pub-lic business which must necessarily be encountered in arranging a new gov-ernment can he disposed ot I shall hasten to Virginia" "You will see ine no more," she In-terrupted him, "my great age, and the disease which Is rapidly approaching my vitals, warned me that I shall not be long In this world I trust in God. I um somewhat prepared for a better. But go, George, fulfill the high dest I nles which Heaven appears to assign you. Go, my son. and may that Heav-en's and your Mother's blessing be with you always." She died on Au-gust 27, 178!), and was hurled In a spot on the Kenmore estute which she herself had selected. For many years the Mary Washing-ton home belonged to various owners. In 1SIH) an effort was made to take It down and erect It again at the World's Columbian exposition In Chi-cago. The protest which this plan aroused resulted In the purchase of the house by the Association for the Preservation of Virginian Antiquities. Since that time It has been in charge of a Fredericksburg branch of the as-sociation which has opened It to the public. Last year it wus the scene of a special observance of Mother's Day, and future years may see this npot become a national shrine on Mother's Day each year, when all Americans Join the women of Virginia In honoring the mother of the first and greatest American. Cattle and Airships Have Close Relation In the construction of two new diri-gibles the United States will bave to sacrifice 1,500,000 cattle. The part the cattle take In the con-struction of the most modern form of transportation through furnishing the "gold-beater- skin" for the airship forma a new chapter In the romance of Industry. "Gold-beater- skin" Is nothing more or less than a small tough section in tho Intestine of a steer. It got thla name from the Middle ages, when goldsmiths discovered tbat by putting gold between two strips of this skin they could hammer It for days, mak-ing tho finest gold leaf without tear-- ing the skin. Its great strength, along with iti ' lightness of texture, and the further fact that It permitted less diffusion of gat than any other known substance, recommended it for balloon work. This wat tried in England before and during the World war and proved suc-cessful. Inanimate Confidant A New Yorker who went to be psy-choanalyzed was unable to fully in the diagnosis of his mental obstacles because he could not remem-ber bis dreams. They grew vague or escaped him entirely by the time bo made his dally visit to the expert He has solved the problem. A dic-taphone now stands beside his bed, and every morning on awaking be finds the memory of bis subconscious mental wanderings fresh enough to re-late them to the machine. Then he makes a transcript for the psychoan-alyst and smashes the wax cylinders. Pittsburgh's Saturday Night Pittsburgh Is a nice, ' town. A civic report from there sayt Pittsburgh consumes three timet as much water there on Saturday at on any other day. Kansas City Star. Lecal Knots Untied bv Chinese Solnmnn legs sued their partner for loss and damages. The Judge ruled thus: "Since the cat was unable to use the Injured leg, the cotton was set on fire by the action of the three un-injured legs 00 which the cat ran among the bales of cotton. Conse-quently these thr legs were guilty, and their owneramust pay damages and costs." In a village near Peking, China, four tradesmeu clubbed together to buy cot-on- . To protect It from rats they pro-cured a cat and agreed thut each of them owned one of the animal's legs. Soon afterwards the cat hurt one of Its paws, and the owner of that par-ticular leg bound It op wltb a rag soaked In oil. But the cat went too near the fire, the bandage Ignited, and the terrified animal rushed amongst the bales of cotton, which flared np and were destroyed. The tbree owners ot the uninjured certain, extent In franee In the Eight-eenth century. At this period hand-kerchiefs were richly ornamented. Women adopted the use of colored handkerchiefs as soon as the taking of snuff became an established custom. j Handkerchief in History The handkerchief Is one of the re-finements of Roman civilization. It came Into general use in polite society during the reign of Henry VIII of Kngland. It Is probably connected with ecclesiastical costumes and may have been au outgrowth of the man-iple, which was originally of linen and worn over the fingers of the left hand and used for the same purpose for which the handkerchief was used to a ment or two to draw the timepiece from his pocket and regard It gravel-y- Every passerby smiled at Bobby's performance, but the climax came when his little cousin. Betty, tripped alone and asked him the time. Bobhy regarded his watch perplex-edly for a moment, and Ihpn replied with dignity: "Two Inches to fourl" The Time by Inches When Bohhle was six, he was given a real wutch which, regardless of quality or accuracy, had a loud tick. Naturally, the III tie fellow was very proud, and he would stroll up and down the street stopping every uio-- . There have been more than I2C rainy days above the normal sine l!10 In Kngland. Balsa is the lightest wood known, weighing only seven pounds per cubic foot Great Artist's Pipes Prized as Art Relics trlbuted to Illustrious men are not un-commonly met with elsewhere In Par-is, usually In cafes which were fre-quented by the great, but they are sometimes of doubtful authenticity. Verlalne. for Instance, would appear to have left a pipe In almost every cafe be frequented, and these were many. From the Continental Edition of the London Dally Mall. One doos not often hear of smoker's pipes being ranked high umong art rel-ics. The dale of the Introduction of tobacco precludes them from boasting of remote antiquity of origin, though your smoker who makes the coloring of t pipe a solemn ritual may have very pronounced views on Its artistic claims. Nor Is his point of vfew lg nored by the tine arts authorities, for adjacent to a rich collection of snuff boxes, there may be seen at the muse-um of decorative arts. In the Louvre, a number of pipes, most of which must have belonged to hearty smokers. Perhaps the most noteworthy are a couple of briars which belonged to the palr.ter Corot. It Is said thnt he smoked these pipes while painting several of bis greatest works, and If so, they have a legiti-mate claim to distinction. Pipes at- - take the head of the table. The coun-tryman refused to take the place ot honor, and his host, losing patience, exclaimed: "Sit down, clodpole. for let me sit wherever I will, that will still be the upper end and the place of worship to thee." Saying Is Old One The saying "Where McGregor sits, there Is the head of the table" is quite old and has been attributed to the head of the McGregor clan, also to the McDonalds. Emerson uses It In his "American Scholrr." Theodore Parker also makes a reference to It. In Cervantes' "IVin Quixote" Sancho Panza relates the story of a gentle-man who, having Invited a poor farm er to dine wltb him, pressed him to Eartb'a Interior It Is not generally believed that the Interior of the earth will ever become entirely cooL Geological facts point to the conclusion that the earth s In The Interior Is terior Is not molten. solid hut so hot that It would be me t conditions It s. cd under normal hoover, kept from melting hy the load of the crust The heated rock ezlsts In which the 1 interior Is one of the fund.-t-problem, of geol-g- y iMltlnc solution. Firtt to Rule All England The nrm king ot all Englmui was Kgliert. who reigned rrmn 8'.'7 ti'itt Anne. 17U'--' 1714. was the first to reign over Great P.rltnln; thut Is, Eugluud. Wales and Scotland. Pust falling In Britain hat been traced at coming from the Sahara, a distance of at least 2,000 tulles. |