PAGE
FOUU
mnd
Tint
of
4
mndJO
ClUws.
Copyright,
1927,
by
E.
Phillips
Oppenhelm
SYNOPSIS
Mi's
Edith
Brown,
pretty
stenographer,
whose
life
hu
held
little
beyond
the
dull
routine
of
everyday
typing,
nit
down
on
ft
quiet
doontep
to
get
her
benrlms
when
Mie
ftnda
herself
lost
in
a
d:ise
fog.
Suddenly
the
door
opens
and
a
inan,
evidently
a
house
servant.
confronts
her
and.
as
he
catches
sight
it
ol
of
ber
oer
porUhle
porwme
type
called
themselves
of
the
people,'
were
to
issue
the
challenge
and
their
leaders
were
already
loud
voiced
In
their
confident
predic
tions
of
success.
It
was
all
gen
erallzation.
of
course,
but
Miss
Brown
wished
very
much
that
she
had
some
one
to
explain
the
whole
thine
to
her.
She
turned
to
the
personal
column,
knowing
full
welL'howeYgr,
that
it
was
too
soon
to
expect
her
message.
Afterward,
still
searching
for
any
mention
of
the
tragedy
'of
Lombertaon
Square,
she
.came
upon
an
item
which
she
read
curiously
from
beginning
to
end.
It
was
headed:
MAN
FOUND
SHOT
IN
LOMBERTSON
SQUARE
,
Early
this
morning
the
police
constable
on
duty
In
Lombert-son
Square
discovered
the
body
of
a
man
lying
against
the
railings
of
the
gardens,
shot
through
the
forehead,
lie
wa.
apparently
a
middle-aged
foreigner,
without
papers
or
any
marks
of
identification,
nor
was
there
any
trace
of
a
weapon
in
the
neighborhood.
The
body
was
removed
to
the
nearest
mortuary
pending
identification.
Miss
Brown
shivered
a
little.
but
passed
on
in
her
eager
yet
apprehensive
search.
She
found
at
last
what
she
had
been
looking
yrAKE
it
a
habit
to
have
a
14
steaming
cup
of
"OXO"
with
your
lunch.
You
can
prepare
it
in
a
moment
it
is
delicious,
wholesome,
invigorating.
Just
what
busy-workers
want
I
lor.
In
a
remote
corner
there
was
a
paragraph
consisting
of,
four
lines:
We
regret
to
announce
the
death
at
his
residence
in
LomDertson
Square
of
Colonel
Dessiter,
D&Q,
the
well-known
traveler.
There
was
not
another
line,
no
obituary
notice,
no
journalistic
lype-,
d,Lnnn,l.j..nun
nf
.,
f-.
tv,-t
wnter
case,
iui
oer
wmiwi
ue
famous
"
:
mH
had
given
.
his
v,,.
life
come
m
and
take
some
dictation,
and
a.
his
manner
Indicate
that
the
Job
lsiior
nis
country,
mere
were
long
one
not
without
adventure
probably
paragraphs
about
people
of
whom
risk
Kagcrly
welooming
a
peep
Into
sne
nad
never
heard.
A
rich
SnfAlftSS
IrvT0
MiL'
tradesman's
gifts
to
charity
were
n
"itheSd
a
expatiated
upon
at
length,
but
wrihln
ttnds
a
man
suffering
from
a
the
man
who
had
saved
his
.coun-
saricus
wound,
who
turns
out
to
be
try
at
least
two
wars
and
given
his
Colonel
D:sltcr.
renowned
explorer.
He,nfe
m
the
Struggle
to
avert
Still
dictates
an
extraordinary
story
to
her
,..(.,
nieaetor
in
Hlcmlcco
In'
ft"
t.r.S'tT'1
those
fcur
scanty
lines..
She
ithrew
QCWn
mCSQ
U
w
wwtu
mv-
venturo.
lntnrus
and
conspiracy
the
portent
of
which
hardly
peoatratas
her
consciousness
before
the
last
note
la
set
down.
Then
he
discloses
to
her
gaze
the
bady
of
a
dead
man
lying
brhlnd
a
'crten.
the
man
Destlter
has
killed
as
hit
arch
enemy
gave
him
.
a
mortal
wound
from
which
be
himself
rays
be
wUl
not
recover.
With
detailed
instructions
and
caution
on
wjtat
alu-
shall
do
with
ber
notes
and
other
papers
he
entrusts
to
her.
he
diHBUres
ber
In
th
care
of
the
servant,
Uergen,
and
a
strong
bodyguard
rayfttartouslf
conducts
ber
to
her
home
and
seta
that
she
is
locked
safely
In
her
room
for
the
night.
The
next
morning
when
the
starts
to
ths
bank
to
place
ber
precious
documents
In
a
stie-depcalt
box
as
instructed,
she
Is
attacked
by
ruffians
a,nd
raves
ber
bag
only
because
she
had
rtrnpped
It
tc
her
wrist,
and
by
the
tlmtly
Intervention
of
a
stranger.
She
safely
deposit
her
papers
and
then,
glancing
through
the
newapapers,
sees
a
anon
account
of
the
.dlaawery
of
a
deed
man
In
Lombertaon
Square
and
a
two-line
notice
of
Colonel
Deeslters
death.
INSTALMENT
SEVEN
The
trades
unions
were
Id
be
defied,
the
new
narty
as
they,
the
newspaper
down
indignantly,
An
Imposter
The
woman
to
whom
the
house
belonged,
a
shadowy
sort
of
person,
seldom
seen
or
heard,
made
a
oner
appearance.
"A
young
gentleman
has
called
twice
to
see
you
from
some
nawsJ
paper,"
sne
announced.
"Some
newspaper?"
Miss
Brown
repeated.
The
woman
looked
over
her-
shoulder,
"He
is
here
again.
I
thought
I'd
let
you
know."
A
young
man
with
his
hat
in
his
hand
stood
upon
the
threshold
and
bowed.
He
was
a
very
harm
less
looking
person
indeed,
and
a
complete
stranger
to
Miss
Brown.
He
.wore
old-fashioned
gold-xlm-
med
spectacles,
carried
the
familiar
notebook,
and
his
manner
was
not
only
apologetic
but
a
little
nervous.
Could
you
favor
me
with
a
five
minutes'
interview.
Miss
Brown?"
he
begged.
The
lady
of
the
house
had
al
ready
dlsaDDeared.
Miss
Brown
r$se
to
her
feet
in
some
,pe.rplex-
"J.
think
that
there
must
be
a
mistake."
she
said.
The
young
man
ventured
to
take
a
steo
forward.
He
nushed
the
door
to
behind
him
but
did
riot
close
it.
"PerhaDS
I
have
been
misinformed
he
began.
"My
people
heard
that
'
you
had
been
doing
work
for
.Colonel
Dessiter.
who
died.
In
the
night.
We
understand
that
yiu
were
there
only
yesterday.
He
was
.engaged,
as
is
everywhere
known,
upon
a
book
of
memoirs.
My
editor
would
,
be
greatly
obliged
if
you
would
give
us
any
to
the
young
man
on
the
bus.
a
sudden
little
gleam
in
his
eyes,
"whether
you
have
In
your
pos-
session
any
notes
taken
down
him
"What
newspaper
do
you
represent?".
asked.
"The
Daily
Dispatch."
You
have
a
card?"
Wlll
you
sell
me
your
notes,"
the
young
man
asxed,
"or
wuo?
"I
certainly
win
not,
sne
tola
from
him
in
the
nature
of
unfin-1
"Will
you
sell
them
to
me
for
isned
worK.
My
people
would
10007
very
much
like
to
produce
anything
he
wrote,
or
.even
said,
during
his
last
few
hours."
"I
have
nothing
of
that
sort
available."
Miss
Brown
declared.
Her
visitor
coughed.
"You
will
understand,
madam."
he
continued,
"that
I
am
not
here
as
a
beggar.
My
paper
is
a
rich
one.
We
pay
very
highly
for
ma
terial
we
can
use.
We
will
pay
you
very
highly
indeed
for
any
notes
which
Colonel
Dessiter
may
have
given
you
during
the
last
few
days.
"The
Dally
Dispatch,
you
said
your
paper
was."
she
murmured,
after
a
moment's
silence.
The
young
man
inclined
his
head.
Miss
Brown
took
up
the
telephone
book.
A
telephone
was
me
me
one
une
joint
jumi,
extravagance
extravagant
sWIVH
.vhK&
"You
are
wasting
time."
The
Dseudo-lournalt
reflected,
"Supposing
I
offered
you
3000
in
cash
for
tnem7"
"If
I
were
a
man.
Miss
Brown
said,
"you
would
have
been
in
the
street
by
now.
As
It
is,
win
you
please
go
away.
You
don't
seem
to
be
av.ire
of
the
fact
that
you
are
insulting
me."
"I
.wouldn't
take
it
like
that
if
I
were
you."
the
young
man
ad
vised
quietly.
"Three
thousand
pounds
Is
a
great
deal
of
money
and
If
you
preserve
your
present
attitude
you
are
interfering,
.even
though
passively,
with
matters
o
which
you
know
nothing.
Believe
me,
you
are
going
to
bring
down
upon
yourself
a
great
deal
of
trouble.
You
will
have
very
little
,
.
,
.
i
-
,
i
i";e
icii,
in
me,
peinajjs
even,
11
she
ad
her
Irlend
.Mrmlt&&iyou
are
obstinate,
In
the
end,
ihfmulvM
themselves,
tnii
and
tMm
this
cost
not
"them'
hmipw
very
llttla
little
llf
life,
"
little,
as
it
was
taken
over
from
a
previous
tenant.
She
turned
over
me
pages,
ana
unnooKea
me
re
ceiver,
asKea
for
a
number.
"May
I
ask
to
whom
you
are
teiepnoning?"
the
young
ventured.
.
"I
am
teleDhoning
to
the
office
ui
me
uAuy
uispatcti.
iviisa
Brown
replied.
"You
have
no
card,
and
I
wish
to
be
sure
of
"Do
you
think
I
am
afraid?"
Miss
Brown
asked,
with
a
flash
in
her
blue
eyes.
"Unfortunately
,1
can
see
,that
you
are
not."
he
admitted
Dromnt-
manlly.
"It
would
be
better
for
ypu
if
you
were
much
better
in
tne
long
run."
She
pointed
to
the
door.
"If
you
.go
auickly."
she
said.
it
will
be
all
right.
Otherwise
I
vour
bonafldes
heforA
T
pntcr
In.
am
polnir
to
wiivs
mv
hand
to
-THE
JA1LX
ET
S
1
WT31T
-Wgfa'-
.
.lSVTrVaslSgSW
T
Vi3.r
.JWTSl
sf
-
t
UL'I
'
I
IMVt
I1U
"He
"He
secu
secured
the
sa
chel.
but
ho
secured
at
the
same
4im-
4im-
Miss-
Miss-
Brewn
Brewn
herse1!
herse1!
Miss
Miss
Brown
Brown
lvinz
lying
urlon
uoon
her
her
--rstSf
I
side
side
on
on
the
the
pavement,
pavement,
with
with
an
an
intolerable
intolerable
pdhl
nrfiii
in
in
her
her
-ji
m
i
-.
,
i
"xaE&aSir
oth'cr',tHerfaSa;'
Isour-
little
twist
'aT'the
'corners
of.
-the-
lips.
"Don't
i
forget-,
my
name,"
he
begged
"Philip
Jackson."
And
Then
a
Bribe
AIlss
Brown
secured
her
connection
and
requested
a
word
with
a
sub-editor
or
some
one
in
authority.
"I
amringjnuaitp
toow.v
she
said,.
,
''whether
you
have
'a
Jour-nalUCTn
your
employ
by-the-name
ou
ew
Shepherd's
Market,
ka
stenographer?"),,
"We
have
a
Philip
Jackson
on
Miss
Brown
waved
her
visitor
to
our
staff."
was
the
prompt
reply.
a
seat.
She
looked
at
him
for
a.
"but
we
have
not
sent
him
to
moment
thoughtfully.
Was
this,
interview
anybody,
and
he
Is
at
rhe
wridered.
to
be
the
beginning
present
writing
an
article
in
his
of
a
new
epoch
In
her
life,
during
office."
wnicn
she
would
have
to
weigh
I
am
very
mucn
oDiigea
to
you
every
word
she
uttered,
be
all
the
Miss
Brown
replied,
and
rang
off
time
in
a
state
of
suspicion
and
so
you
are
an
imposier!
doubt?
The
young
man
appeared
she
added,
turning
to
her
visitor,
entirely
harmless,
and
there
was
'Somehow
or
other
I
thought
so."
nothing
in
his
manner
in
any
way
.
The
young
man
made
no
direct
offensive.
She
mucn
preferred
him
remv,
"We
can
arrive,
perhaps,
now."
he
suggested,
"at
a
more
satisfac
tory
understanding.
You
were
at
Colonel
Desslter's
house
for
two
or
three
hours
last
night,
during
"Hot
with
me,"
he
regretted.
I
which
time
he
dictated
an
fairly
well
known,
as
Is
my!
count
to
you
of
his
recent
tra-paper.
My
name
is
Philip
Jackson,
j
vels
on
the
Continent,
and
I
often
sign
my
artlcles.M
Jlieve
intrusted
you
with
several
"And
what
is
it
you
want
to
'
documents.
What
are
you
going
know
from
me?"
to
do
with
the
result
of
your
"In
the
first
ulace.
whether
It
is.
work?'
true
that
Colonel
Dessiter
up
,
to
a
Miss
Brown
looked-
at
him
late
hour
yesterday
evening
was
steadily,
dictating
to
you
a
chapter
of
his
i
"You
must
be
a
very
foolish
T
have
nothing
to.
say
about
,and
-ask
me
such
..questions
that
that
she
answered,
after
a
md-
Is,
If
you
seriously
expect
to
be
ment
s
reflection.
!
answered
Can
you
Wl
me,"
he
went
on.
'
TT71
.Til
I
The
young
man-
took,
up
h
hat.
"You
have
nothing
'to
fear
Jrom
me
in
the
way
of
physical
viol
ence,"
ne
assured
her.
"i
do
not
belong
to
the
department
which
exercises
such
shall
I
say,
pressure.
I
wish
you
good
afternoon.
Miss
Brown.
I
warn
you
that
be
fore
you
are
through
with
this
business
vou
will
either
chanee
your
(mind
or
regret
It
.JjMsrly,.
tne
maae
no
repiy.
content
10
00
rid
of"
him.
He
let
himself
out
by
thread
his
way
among
the
people
in
tne
crooicea
nine
street
until
he
disappeared
in
the
alley.
No
more
harmless
looking
person
aould.
be
imagined,
yet
somehow
nr
otfter
as
she
ooked
after
him
she
gave
a
shiver.
There
was
-Amefxilno'
nhntit
thp
vprv
rmttralnt
of
his
manner,
the
monotonous
ack
of
emotion
in
his
tone,
even
he
way
he
walked,
which
seemed
to
her
sinister.
When
at
last
he
had
disappeared
she
went
over
to
ne
looKUig
glass
ana
mauigea
in
an
angry
grimace
at
her
own
re
1
lection;
sne
hated
to
admit
mat
ancles
were
creeping
Into
her
life.
Until
7
o'clock
Miss
Brown
was
rosy
working
for
the
young
author
In
Hempstead.
As
soon
as
she
sA
ftnished
her
task
she
pinned
the
sheets
together
carefully.;
glanced
them
through
with
an
ap-orovlng
little
movement
of
the
nead,
put
tnem
saieiy
away
in
a
1ra,ver
'and
"prepared
to
make
a
mod
eat
tourt.
just
as
sne
was
nut
ting
qii
h,ar
bUt
there
was
the'
ucqrwie
iront
,cooc
owng
op-,
ened
py
a
latchkey,
a
iamjllar
step
in
tne
passage,
me
noor
oi
her
room
was
thrown
open
and
a
tall
girl
in
sport
clothes,
carry
lng
a
suitcase,
appeared
on
the
uresnoia.
IFrances!"
'
'In.
the
flesh
and
rather
too
much
of
it.
Glad
I
caught
you"
The
two
girls
embraced
Per
haps
Miss
Brown
had
never
be-,
fore
in
her
life
been
so
glad
to
see
her
friend.
"What
a
welcome!"
the
latter
exclaimed,
laughing,
as
she
seated
herself
noon
the
edge
of
the
bed.
What's
the
matter.
Edith?
Lonely?"
"Not
exactly.
But
what
brings
you
up?
I
thought
you
weren't
going
to
be
here
until
next
week."
The
girl
threw
off
her
hat
disclosing
a
neatly
shingled
head
of:
fair
hair
ana
swung
a
snapeiy
allk-clad
leg,
"I
got
absolutely
fed
up
with
the
chickens."
she
confided.
"So
I
put
a
few
things
into
a
suitcase
and
left
Mollle
In
charge.
Well
go
out
and
dine
somewhere
where
there's
some
music,
If
we
can
run
to
It."
AIlsi
Brown
endeavored
to
look
severe.-
1
"How'
on
earth,
Frances,"
she
answered.'
"ca.n
you
expect
to
make
chicken
farming
pay
If
you
keep
on
leaving-
the
place
to
look
after
Itself?!'
"I
don't
There's
Molly."
"Mollle
doesn't
count.
Besides,
there's',
the
expense."
"The
chicken
farm
never
will
Dav."
Frances
confided,
"not
any-
tlhng
that's
worth
while.
Perhaps
bv
he
tlm"
J'm
45
and
.don't
care
to
conversations
with
you."
the
policeman
who
Is
standing
;
a
damn
about
anything,
there'll
He
smiled.
It
was
meant
to
be
on
the
opposite
side
of
the
pave-j
be
lust
enough
to
keep
me
from
a
pleasant
smile,
but
somehow
or
ment."
I
sponging
on
my
relations,
and
by
ij.iii.
nil:.
I
1
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!"l
I
th
able
elderly
spinster
at
a
cheap
board
ing
house.
Horrible!
Don't
preaeh,
Edith.
Get
Into
your
best
clothes
and
well,,
go
out
and
have
some
fun."
Miss
Brown,
endeavoring
to
conceal
her
satisfaction
took
off
her
habby
little
hat.
and
.slipped
off
her
sown,
while
Frances
unfasten
ed
-her
lag.
They
compared
notes'
as
to
their
toilets
and
Miss
Brown
notwithstanding
a
fnlnt
protest
as
she
thought
of
the
ruin-splash
-
led
streets,
was
persuaded
to
change
into
silk
stockings
and
patent
shoes.
When
at
last
they
were
ready,
they
presented
the
picture
of
two
simply
clad
but
very
pleasant-looking
young
women;
Frances,
with
her
added
height,
her
more
regular
features
and
greater
'Myacity,
jper.haps
.the'
mote
tractive,
but
..Miss
Brown,
in
-per
neat
biaok
dress,
her
trim
figure
and
her
air
of
complete
comoosure.
also
in
her
way
pleas
ing
4,6
look
upon.
They
lockod
up
the
room,
passed
out
into
thej
street
and
through
the
alley
to'
Curzon
Street,
where,
to
Frances's)
a
taxicao.
,
i
-IIeveni-Edithr-
what
a,rpyou
up
to?
she
exclaimed.
,'JWe
could
ave
hnd
a
coal;
tail
ea,ch
Jpr
the
iirice
of
this
taxi.
Her
Irlend
smiled.
"1
have
had
a
very
lucrative
commission,'
'she
confided.
"Nothing
in
the
world
could
have
been
more
fortunate
than
your
coming
lip
It's
my
treat."
"B186S
toe
child!"
Frances
exclaimed.
"It
isn't
going
to
be
anything
of
the
sort,
and
you
know
it.
but
what
's
happened
to
you?
You're
changed
somehow."
Miss
Brown
smiled
a
little
sadly.
"You're
clever,"
she
acknowledged.
"How
am
I
changed?"
Frances
looked
at
her
long
and
thoughtfully
out
of
her
gray
eyes.
Boith,"
she
confided.
"I
scarcely
know.
Ypu
look
somehow
as
though
something
serious
had
happened,
as
though
there
wye
suddenly
a
background
of
unhapplness
in
your
life,
and
something
else."
Go
on,
plpase."
"I
cajfiv'
Frances
replied.
"Qlve
me
a
little
time.
Perhaps
111
be
able
to
tell
you
before
the
evening's
over."
Miss
Brown
Ieand
back
In
the
qab
and
tor
a
moment
the
light
died
out
at
her
blue
eyes
She
was
back
in
t'.nt
fog-hung
room
with
Its
strange
odor
and
atmosphere
of
:
tragedy,
listening
,to
that
wonderful
,
voice,
wrck
In
the
throes
of
hero-worship.'
She
was
unconscious
of
I
her
friend's
curious
scrutiny.
Then
a
twinte
of
pain
came
back
to
her
heart,
und
her
eyes
moistened-
Subconsciously
she
felt
herself
grateful
o-
th"
flood
of
idle
chatter
in
which
Francfs
nftd
chosen
sudden
ly
to
inquire.
(To
Be
Continued)
Details
of
Last
Month's
Veather
Following
is
the
weather
summary
for
the
past
month
which
was
issued
on
Friday
by
H.
D.
Tee,
Dlgby
Island,
Dominion
me
teorologist:
1
Highest
barometer
reading
at!
sea
level,
30.43
too
October
8.
Lowest
barometer
reading.
29.41
on
October
1.
,
.
e
time
I'm
50
or
55
I
may
b
!
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u"
lie
to
In
net
get
rid
of
It
and
live
aa
an
!
JC''0Tr
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'
i-.t
Minimum
1
temperature.
36
on
October
'28."
:
Mean
temperature,
495.
Total
precipitation.
1234
inches.
Greatest
'dallf
TaTfifall,
2.91
Inches
on
October
12.
Total
sunshine.
.433
hours.
Daily
9ws'
"classified
advertisements''
bring
quick
"results.
He
ad
Colds
Vapors
inhaled
quickly
clear
head
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Action
MR.
DUPERRON
Mr.
Donald
I
Duprrrrn
of
i,
Out
,
is
only
onnlf,,3
JM
who
feel
that
J"'i
CltrA
sure
protector
hPAa,.
.
.
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wtu
.
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birk
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rausorl
by
coiiaf
n.
:
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saw:
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for
Con
U"
Via
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fesnlu
were
nnr.
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of
thu
ill
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n.
where.
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01
Twrnty-tlirre
Mi-n
at
Prnfij
plpyed
on
Ilablne
Bomh
jug
nans
ucint
Made
ueveiopmenr
w
n
bine
Bonanza
Ciw.i.
ja
the
Bablncs
''onuii
,.
a
the
known
or!
i
scrv-i
n
loropeny.
me
mn:-
rr.-ei,
oeing
mat
of
iuu
U1C
CAMTIll
OI
WHl'l'.
n.iN
it
oeen
aeiermmed
i
,:o
acKea
lor
snipm.i
:
the
winter
frerzr
T,y
pcrs
transportation
During
the
past
week
t
a
01
mining
marumnrv
m
portable
compress:
r.:a
ana
oiner
equipmr.v
ir
Telkwa
and
is
,mt
ine
existing
rna!
-j
.a-ment
of
machiix
:
v,;:
later
from
the
eay
At
the
mine
a
ise
1
house
has
been
pro
trj
u
eral-
men
are
engnfeo
toil
ore
Irom
more
rT..-.
w6rk.
Plans
ire
u
..
;)
u
send
tons
of
ore
j
:
:
:.
ing
winter.
A
large
hor.se
.'
.i
U
been
built
at
:hn
capacity
ior
einnw-'
zl
working
force
ar
pr-.r,'
el
of
twenty-thrco
n.-
Tne
snipptnit
pr"u:..m
vi
cede
the
cstabli
!.:v.
1
centrating
plant
01:
he
prapr
This
afternoon
s
1
ai.
d;
the
i-vst
at
''
30,
w.i-
rrporttl
mornmg
to
be
on
:rr,ff
TV
1
EH
C
ll
a"
and
!
like
them
because
they
are
blended
right.
Q
82
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3
CIGARETTES
SAVE
THE
"POKER
HANDS"