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i fvy «•;, i; ;.* t• s •\r- t-r7jb & :?$W|Ss5i. t.".' " ~ iMitwt»ii»iiitu «*Ip4* WTl^cWl?TmT W,XTirDl!A LEK. McHENRT ttt --m The Al«MBK*offiwBidek Wtf HdfuWI Pcunrifls i^r offroafiafcaW, Sfc*rofili»Wlp(^| VBwiMMIwmi nfwiltoj, «U.f *cn*(XUBO>ca IIwIMM "Hf'S A BLACK ABOLITIONIST, SAH!" 8ynopels.--In 1832 lieutenant Knox of the regular army Is on duty at Fort Armstrong, Rock Island, 111.. In territory threatened by disaffected Indians. The commandant sends him with dispatches to St. Louis. He takes passage on the steamer Warrior andhmakes the acquaintance of Judge Beaucaire, rich planter, and of Joe Kirby (the Devil's Own), notorious gambler. Knox learns Judfre Beaucaire has a daughter, Elolse, and a granddaughter, Rene, offspring of a son whom the judge has disowned. Rene's mother Is a negress, and she and her daughter, never having been freed, are slaves under the law, although the girls have been brought up as sisters. Klrby induces the Judge to stake his plantation and negro servants on a poker hand unfairly dealt by Joe Ca»ver Ktrby's partner. The two hands contain five aces, and Kirby accuses the Judge of cheating. Beauoalre, infuriated, arises to attack Kirby, and drops dead. In the confusion Kirby and Carver are enabled to steal away. Knox tries to Induce Klrby to give up his stolen winnings. Kirby refuses and after a hot argument he and Carver throw Knox overboard. The lieutenant swims ashore and reaches a hut. Knox 1!M unconscious for ten days. Recovering, he finds he is in a cabin owned by Pete, a "free nigger," who had shot him, mistaking him for an enemy. His dispatches have been forwarded. CHAPTtR V.--Continued. '-,-V I % : " Boat a week, maybe mor'n dat, ifeo. De Waiflor t>tOv«ht de body Ijtown, sah." "The Warrior? Did anyone go Hjshore with Itf "'Pears like thar wus two men Stopped off at de Landln'. I dlsretftember de names, but one ob 'em wus .pi ol' friend ob de Jedge's." I turned my head away silently, but gily for a moment. The two men were all probability Klrby and his satelite, Carver. Doubtless the Beaucaire property was already legally In Kirfcy's possession, and any possible chance I might have once had to foil felm In his nefarious purpose had now Completely vanished. •jY.; To be sure, I had reasoned out no *' A^ljeflnite means whereby I could cir- * ^mvent his theft, except to take legal Advice, confer with Governor Clark, |nd warn those threatened girls of * their danger. But now It was too late .tneo to do this. And yet It might not *ie. If Kirby and his confederate be- * Meved that I was dead, were conf Winced that I had perished beneath , the waters of the river, they might jjfeel safe in taking time to strengthen , ..tfhelr position; might delay final ae- ^.fttlon, hoping thus to make their case ,, i§®eni more plausible. If Klrby Fas ' . J really serious In his intention of mar- . , T .lying Beaucaire's daughter he would J'; j'fiaturaUy hesitate Immediately to ac- |kn owledge winning the property at (bards, and thus indirectly, being the reuse of her father's death. He would |>e quite likely to keep this hidden from the girl for a while, until he tried his luck at love.--If love failed, t1 then the disclosure might be made to , ;4Mve the young woman to him--a ) threat to render her complaisant, t r" f "Do you know a lawyer named Haines r x "Llvta* dowl at de Landln'? Yis, •ah." X , I lifted myself up In bed, too deeply ^Interested to lie still any lodger. "Now listen, Pete," I explained ear- / nestly. "I've got sufficient money to * r Pay you well for all you do, and Just "as sooo as you get me something to , *eat I want you to go down to the „Landing and bring Lawyer Haines !*'/j£;^back here with you. Just tell him a ^ ' t sick white man wants to see him at e i'V" once, and not a word to anyone else." .••"•i" "Yas, sah," the whites of his eyes i rolling. "He done know ol' Pete, an' sure bring him back yere." it was dark when they came, the 'k *, X M. ' V . P. &'• ir '• •J'. ftr "X\ fire alone lighting up the interior of the dingy cabin with a fitful glow of red 'Same. I had managed to get out of bed and partially dress myself, feeling stronger, and In less pafti as I ex* erdsed my muscles. Haines was a •mall, sandy-conaplexioned man, with a straggling beard and light blue eyes. He appeared competent enough, a bundle of nervous energy, and yet ^ ^ there was something about the fellow >, + which instantly Impressed me unfavorably-- probubly his short, jerky manaer of speech and his Inability to look straight at you. "Pete has been telling me who you are, lieutenant," he said, as we shook hands, "and putting some other things together I can guess the rest. Yon1 came south on the Warrior?" "From- Kert Armstrong--yes; who told you.thisV "Captain Throckmorton. I saw him .la St. Louis, and he seemed deeply grieved by your sudden disappearance. No one on board was able to explain what had occurred.** / "Yet there were two men on the boat who could have explained If they had cared to do so," I answered dryly, "I mean Kirby and Carver; they werf the ones who threw me overboard." He dropped Into a chair, his keen ferret eyes on my face. "Kirby >and Carver? They went ashpre with the Judge's body at the Landing. So there is a story back of all $his,"'he exclaimed jerkily. "D n it, I thought as much. Was Beaucaire killed T' "No--not at least by any violence. No doubt the shock of his loss hastened his death. Surely you must know that he risked all he possessed on a game of cards and lost?" "Throckmorton knew something about it, and there were other rumors floating about the Landing, but* I hav$ heard no details." "f have every reason. Haines, to feel convinced that both Kirby and Carver trailed Beaucaire up the river with the Intention of plucking him. Kirby practically confessed this to me, bonsttngty, afterward. That last night he I so manipulated the cards--or rather Carter did, for it Was his deal--as to deeeive Beaucaire into firmly believing that he held an absolutely unbeatable hand--fire was dealt four aces tad a king." T£e lawyer ,leuig4 fprward. breathtagi; heavrty$ ? V*/ •-* 1' / "ffour aceel Only one hand is better. thun that, and k would be injposto get such a , hand out of one the pot with a straight flush. Now, either he or Carver slipped an extra ace Into the pack, or else Beaucaire did. In my opinion the judge had no chance to work such a trick. And that's the case as It stands." Haines jumped to his feet-and began pacing the dirt floor excitedly, his hands clasped behind his back. "By heaven, man!" he cried, pausing suddenly. "Even If he did have a chance the judge never did It--never. He was a good sport, and always played a straight game. You say he bet everything he had?" 'To the last dollar--Klrby egged him on. Besides the money a deed to his land and a bill of sale for his negroes were on the table." "The field hands, you mean?" "Yes. and the house servants. Klrby Insisted that he write these words, This Includes every chattel Slave legally belonging to me,' and made Beaucaire sign It in that form." Haines' face was white, his eyes staring at me Incredulously. "God help us, man! Do you know what that means?" he gasped. "I am almost afraid I do," I answered, yet startled by his manner. "That was why I sent for you. Would that include his son's daughter?" He buried his face in his hands. "Yes," he confessed brokenly. "To the best of my knowledge Rene Beaucaire is a slave." The silence following this blunt statement was sickening. Up to that momept, in spite of every fact brought to my knowledge, I had secretly believed this condition of affairs impossible. Surely somewhere, through some legal form, Judge Beaucaire had guarded the future safety of this young woman, whom he had admitted into his household. Any other conception seemed impossible, too monstrous, too preposterous for consideration. But now the solemn words of the lawyer, his own legal counselor, brought conviction, and for the moment all power of speech deserted me. It was actually true, then-- the girl was a slave, a thing belonging to Klrby. Nothing broke the stillness within the cabin except the sharp crackling of flames in the open fireplace, and the heavy breathing of the negro. He was seated on the edge of the bed, his black face showing a greenish tint and revealing puzzled amazement, with wide-opened eyes staring blankly at Haines, who stood motionless before the Are. "Whut wus dat yer sed, Mister Haines?" he asked thickly. "You say as how Missus Rene Beaucaire is a slave, sah? 'Pears like I don't just rightfully understan'." "Still, that is true, Pete," and the lawyer lifted his head and surveyed us both. "She is the illegitimate daughter of Delia, Judge Beaucaire's "By Heaven, Man!" He Cried, Pausing Suddenly. A-- ss, "That la exactly true, Haines. I am •0 card player, but I do know that tkOfUM. Yet Klrby took housekeeper; her father was Adelbert Beaucaire, the judge's only son. No one knows where he is, dead or alive." "De good Lord! An' de ol' jedge never set her free?" The lawyer shook his head, words 'jvidently failing him. "But are you absolutely certain of this?" I broke In impatiently. "Have jou searched the records?" "Not only searched them, Knox, but before he left for the north on this last trip Beaucaire was In my office, and I practically forced fcim to acknowledge the negligence. He even authorized me to draw up the necessary papers for him to sign on his return-- for both Delia and the girl. | They are in my desk now, unexecuted. There is no mistake--Uene is legally a slave, together with her mother." My God!" I exclaimed. "Could anyone conceive a more horrible position! Here is a young girl, educated, refined, of more tlian ordinary attractiveness, Throckmortqa tells me. brought up amid every corafhrt, find led to believe herself -the honored daughter of the house, awakening in an instant to the fact that she is a slave, with negro blood in her veins--a mere chat tel, owned body and soul by a gam bier, won in a card game, to be sold to the highest bidder. P«1mh, i ten jott KMy knew all this eiQter suspected,..-qr h*d dif^overed through some source that Rene Beaucaire had never been set free. For some reason he desired possession Art both Beaucaire girls; they fneant more to him than either the money or the property. This cartl game gave him one; the other--" "Elolse, you mean? Did the fellow threaten her?" ^ , "Here is what he said sneerlngjy ; you can judge yourself what he meant: 'She's worth fifty thousand dollars by her mother's will, and I Intend to win her if I can. fair means or foul.'" Ilaines did not speak for some moments, his eyes on my face. Then he paced back and forth across the floor, finally stopping before the flre. 'This is as near hell as anythjng I ever knew," he said, "and so far as I can see there is no legal way out of It. We are utterly helpless to asslst." ' , t "We are not," I answered fyQtl^. ,":tf we are men. There may^be nd'lejpil way ih which we can beat this Vtnaht, but there is an Illegal one, unless we are already too late, and I propose to use It, whether yod Join me rtr not. You are sure the girls are still at Ae plantation house--that they know nothing of this condition?" • "I have reason to believe «o. Delia was buying provisions at the Landing .vesterddy; 1 talked with her a moment." !, » "And you safd that Klrby and Carver were only In town for one night, leaving the neit nlornlng on a keelboat for St Louis. My idea Is they were not quite- ready W take possession; that they have gon« to?8t. Louis to file the papers, and will come back with oflrtcers prepared to execute them. This means that we roust work fast to get out of their way.1' 1 "What do yoflf propose doing?" "Let me -ask a question first. Is it true that Elolse Beaucaire Is heiress to fifty thousand dollars through her mother's estate!" , » ' "Yes; I Invested most of It." "In what?" 1 "New Orleans property principally." •Then It is safe enough whatever happens. The only thing we can do Is this: teH those girls and the mother the whole truth--tell them at once, before Kirby can return, and then help them to get out of this country. It Is not necessary for Elolse to go, unless she desires to, but there is nc other safe course for Delia and Rene. They must reach a northern state before Klrby can lay hands on them. Could Delia pass for a white woman V "Not in the South; still she could travel as Rene's maid. But I do not believe it is possible for the two to escape in that way, Knox. Understand, I'd be willing to risk it ifthere were any show. How can It be done? On the average at this tltne of year there Isn't a steamboat along here once a month. If we did get them onto a boat they would have to travel straight south as far as the Ohio. Klrby wouldn't be more than a day or two behind them, with friends on every boat on the river. Illinois is no free state for fugitive slaves--they might just as well be caught In Missouri as over there. There is not one chance in a thousand that they make it." "And less than that if they remain here for Klrby to get his hands on," I retorted bitterly. "Now look here, Haines. I am going to carry out this plan alone if you will not back me in It. I am not talking about steamboats; they could travel by night, and hide along shore during the day. All they would need would be two negro oarsmen, sufficient food, and a boat big enough to carry them safely. You have small boats, surely?" "I got one, Massa Knox," burst out Pete eagerly. "She's down by de mouth ob de creek, sab, an' she sure am a mighty good boat. We conld load her up right here, an' I'd be one ob de niggers fer ter take dem ladies down ribber. I'se a free boy, an' nobody care whar I done go." These unexpected words , heartened me, strengthened my own resolve, and I obeyed the first impulse, instantly crossing the room and frankly extending my hand to the surprised negro. "That sounds like a man, Pete," I exclaimed warmly. "Yes, of course I mean it--shake hands. You are white enough for me, boy, and I do not propose letting you do any more than I mi) willing to do. I'll go along witj|i you on this trip. I have sixty day»' furlough. "And now, what about you, Haines?" I demanded. "Are you ready to help? Come, man, surely this is not something we have any time to debate. Kirby Is liable to show up at any moment with full authority, and the sheriff to back him. It Is still' early In the evening, and we must work to? night If at all." "You haven't thjB strength for such a venture," he protested. Haven't I?" and I laughed. "Oh, yes, I have. I am young and this wound Is nothing. Are you with us?" He was slow in replying, and, as I eagerly watched his face; I could almost comprehend the working of the lawyer mind. He saw and argued every doubt, considered every danger. "In spirit, yes," he answered at last, but not physically. I believe under the circumstances you are Justified, Knox. Perhaps I'd do the same thing if I was In your place and had your youth behind me. But I am a lawyer, fifty years old, and this Is my home. If the story ever got out that I took part In nigger stealing, that would be the end of me in Missouri. You can take the risk, but about all I can do will be to keep a quiet tongue in my head. I'll promise you that. But that 18 all I can promise." Yet you acknowledge this is the only way? No lisgal courti is open to us?" "Absolutely none.' If there was I should never consent to be a party to this plan, or shield you In any way. Klrby has undoubtedly got the law' with him. We cannot establish fraud; the property actually belongs to him--- both mother and jJ&u^hter are his slaves." "And how abodt the other girl-- Eloiser" * •»*< "He has no legal hold ph her; she la a free white woman. He could only hope to overcome her resistance by lLt ro 'Ort^lHiaadkire*. bat shet sfesses the» l^**fr tff defy htm be«H of he# mother's property. H KBtf marries' her. It will only be mnsfh her consent." • He picked up hla hat from the table, and a stout stick be had brought along with htm, taking a step toward the door. "I might as wefl tell you I consider this a Mad scheme." he paused to aild gravely, "and that it will probably fail. There is a possible chance of success, I admit, and for thht reason I permit you to go ahead with It, and pledge myself to keep the secret. I was rather ihtlmately associated with Beaucaire for a number of years, and to see his granddaughter Sold into slavery, even if she does have a drop of nigger blood in her veins, is more than I can stand, without giving her a chance to get away. That is why I consent to abet a crime, and keep still about It. But beyond that I'll not go. Do you understand the position this Infernal affair puts me into?" "Yes, I do, Haines," and I held out iny hand to him, with fresh cordiality. "It is uncommonly white of you to even go that far. I'll pledge you this "Have You Ever AaMttted- Any Slaves to Run Away From Mlaaourl?" ••--for Pete here, as well as myself-- that tf we are caught, your name shall never be mentioned. Have you any advice to give?" He paused uncertainly, his hand on the latch, the firelight flashing up into his face. "Only this," he said slowly. "If I were you I'd never attempt to go sdfctti. Below St. Loills boars are numerous, and you would be almost certain to be discovered. If Klrby chases you--and I know him well enough to be sure he will--he will naturally take It for granted that you have. headed for the Ohio. The very fact that the fugitives are women would convince him of this. To my mind the one chance of your getting away, lies to the north--up the Illinois. Anyhow, good luck to you both, and good night." The door dosed behind him, and the negro and I were alone. The die was cast; I had pledged myself to action; was fully committed to the attempted rescue of Rene Beaucaire, and no thought of any retreat once occurred to me. The negro still remained seated on the edge of the bed, digging his toes into the hard earth of the floor. "Pete," I began earnestly. "You trust me, don't you? You do not suspect me of being any slave-hunter?" "No, sah, Massa Knox, I ain't 'feared o' yer--yers one 0* dem downeasterners." "Well, not exactly that. I came from a slave state, but my family is of New England blood and breeding. I am just as much your friend as though you were white. Now, you and I have got a hard job before us." "Yas, sah, we sufre has." "And the first thing we have to do, is to trust each other. Now I ntt going to ask you a question--is that the best way for us to go, up the Illinois?" He was slow , to answer, evidently turning th^ wboje jnatter over in his mind. I waited impatiently, feeling the delay to be a serious loss of time. "Well then, let me put this differently. Have you ever assisted any slaves to run away from Missouri?" "Well Massa Knox, I reckon thet maybe I knew'd 'bout som' glttln* away--'pears like I did, sah." "And these escaped by way of the Illinois?" His dumb, almost pathetic eyes met mine pleadingly, bat some expression of My face served to yield him courage. "I--I reckon I--I don't know much 'bout all dis, Massa Knox," he stammered doubtfully, his hands locking and unlocking nervously, "I--I sure don'; an' fer de mattah o* dat, ther ain't no body whut does, sah. All I does know, fer sure, Is dat If a nigger onet gets as fer as a certain white man up de ribber, 'botit whar de month ob de Illinois Is, he's got a mighty good chancfe fer ter reach Canada. De next place whar he's most likely ter stop Is Beardstown, long wld som' sorter preacher whut lives thar. An' thet's as fer as dey ever done toT me, sah." "About tills first white man--the one near the mouth of the Illinois--do you know his name?" Pete rose to his feet, and crossed (he room to where I stood, bending down until his lips were Close to my ear. His answer was spoken in a thick whisper. "Massa Knox, I never did 'spect to say dis ter no white man, but it seems I just natlarly got fer ter tell yer. He's got a cabin hid way back in de bluffs, whar nobody don't go, 'cept dem who know whar It is. I reckon he don't do nuthln' but hunt ah' fish nohow--leastways he don't raise no com, nor truck fer ter sell. He's a tall, lanky man, sah, sorter thin, with a long beard, an his name wus Amos ! Shrunk. I reckon ma^be" he's a Black Abolitionist, sah." "Quite likely, I should say.-And you could take a boat from here to his place?" "Sore, the darkest sight yer ever 4a, protected and assisted along tab way, then all we would be required to do in this case would be to safely convey the unfortunate Rene and her mother In Pfete's boat up the river, and there turn them over to the car* of this Amos Shrunk. Undoubtedly ho could be trusted to see to It that they were promptly forwarded to others, fanatics like himself, who would swiftly pass them along at night across the Illinois prairies, until beyond all danger of pursuit The distance to the mouth of the Illinois could not be far, surely not to exceed fifty miles as the river ran. It ought not to prove difficult to baffle Klrby tor that short distance, and then wo would be free to return, and no one could prove any charge against us. The only Important fact fronting us was that we must act quickly, before Klrby and his aides, armed with legal authority, could return--this very night. "Pete," I said shortly, my tone unconsciously one of authority, "we must be out of here before daylight, and safely hidden somewhere up the river. The first thing to be done, and the hardest, is to explain to those women the situation, and persuade them to accompany us. They may not believe my story; that was why I was so anxious to have Haines go to the house. They would have confidence in him. Do they know you?" "Lord love yer--ob course dey do. I'se knowed all ob 'em for a long while, sah. Dey'll sure believe ol* Pete." "Well, we can only try our best. Have you any conveyance here?" "Any'whut, sah?" "Any wheeled vehicle in which wo can ride to Beaucaire, and by means of which we can bring the women back? The distance is too far to walk." "I'se got a sorter khart, an* an ol' mule, sah. Dey's out yonder In do bush." "Hitch them up at once, while I put a few things we may need In the boat. Show me how to find it" He pointed out the path, with th® directions necessary, and disappeared, while I returned to the cabin, dragged a blanket from off the bed, and filled it with whatever miscellaneous articles of food I was able to discover about the place. My wound, now that I was busily engaged, troubled me very little, and I easily transported this stock of provisions to the river bank, an^ safely stowed them away In, the boat found there. I returned to discover the mule and cart ready, and a few moments later we were creakitig slowly along a gloomy vr-»od road, jolting over the stumps, with Pete walking beside the animal's head, whisper-* Ing encouragement into the" flappitog ear. The.great adventure had begun. II IHnll ^ f WhenChtldrenare MOTHER CRAY'S SWEET POWDERS FOR CHILDREN They are pleasant to take and a certain nfltf. 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Behind the night There is plenty of light. And things are all righU And--I KNOW IT." One hundred rhymes of this nature put into a book wo»M constitute a far greater and an infinitely more important philosophy than Plato's or lUn.erson's or any other produced by either ancient or modern sages. In the eight lines of that crude and homely jingle here reproduced there is all the philosophy that any man needs. It is a declaration of faith. It's a profound expression of belief In the goodness and the wisdom of God. Will the friend who sent us the rhyme please accept our very ffeat thanks?---Los Angeles Times. HYOGA HAD DONE ITS WORK!WEARY OF "FOOLING 'ROUND" Original "Lone Tree." There was an immense Cottonwood, four feet thick and very tall, which stood in Nebraska almost In the center of the continent, half way .between New York and San Francisco, whl*$» was within one mile of that center. Under its branches rested thousands of '49-ers en route to the Kifiorado of the Pacific coast. It w«s the bestknown camping ground on the old California trail. From 1849, when the gold seekers rushed across the great plains down to the completion of the Union Pacific railway, the. great tree was a guldepost to the wagon trains going west. After the railway was completed there was no further use for the old tree and it eventually rotted away und died. In 1010 a monument was erected on the spot that the tree had occupied. It represents the trunk of a giant cottonwood and bears this Inscription : "On this spot stood the original Ixme Tree on the eta Call* fornla tralL" Mnple Proof of Its Potenpy, Thtagh Thfi*e \|fr*e1No Occasion fpr Mapp- ? Congratulation^. A' Japanese, Mr. Alsaku Waseda, dismisses Japaneso humor ft) the Tottrtst, tnd offers the followlijg selection: Said an innkeeper's Wife to her ims- *nd: "The guest who came this evening carries a package which seems to contain things of great value. I wish lie would leave it behind." fi "I have -a good Idea,** said the hafcjand. "I will give him a great deal af myoga." The Innkeeper carried out his plan uid gave myoga, a spicy vegetable •opposed to produce forgetfuhiess, in abundance to the guest with soup and with vegetables, and soon after the guest had departed he hopefully inspected the room. There was no trace of the coveted baggage. >. ' The landlady began to scoff fit the inefficacy of myoga as an oblivion producer, but her husband admonished Iter not to lose faith so easily. "The myoga has had Its effect," he declared. "What do yon mean?" demanded the woman. "Why, he forgot to pay hlft 1>1U»H Wplled the husband. * ,k r < - ; IF**'-'- Hard to Decide, "Byes Tested While You Walt" a sign reads in a downtown window. The other day a man stood In front of the optometrist's window and waa heard to say: "I don't know what to do--either I can have them tested while I wait, or I can leave them here and call for them iater.'Vr-Indianapolis News. - k Common-Senae Maid Decided It Waa Mlgh Time Bashful Swato -Popped ths Question.* , , ' -- 'T' ' A Btveaker declared that the Old-s bashful swain has ceased to exist sine the war. "Proposals have no terror for the boys now. In a young friend of mine, however, I must note an ex» eeption. "He had been going with the girl be^ fore war broke out, but even in th«^ stress of going away had not mustere^ up courage enough to put the question. • "When he came back he went to her, and though he had facet!? the terrors of"' the trenches and even the horrors at the Hun, yet he still hesitated. " 'Dearest,' said the girl finally* •didn't you once say that you wool# do anything for me? Didn't you one# ask me to put your devotion to th# test?" " Indeed I did,' he responded warmly; 'there is nothing in the world §? would not do, no sacrifice I would nolfi make to prove to you how much f* think of you.* •"Well, then,* said the maid, *aeH me to marry you. We've fooled roonj| long enough.'H < Killing Them <HF.' He was an influential business to whom my husband was eager sell. I had known him only at two weeks, but he liked to tease m$ and I longed to retaliate. Qne ev®» nlng he told me that he was living with his third wife, two others having died, and I said (shades of Solomon!) % "My, but you are a lady killer, aren't "you?"--Chicago Tribune. , Proper Classification. , Dyer--Does Wyld like music?!; , Ryer--No; only popular sougs uid jazz.--Life. You aferays get full measure you go after a p;e fc k' o-f1 troub' le. Conceit Is usually compelled to i peal to Itself for admiration. ' t* -This knowledge greatly staplMsd matters. 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