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pf ,ig 1 sponding lu there motion pictures will ap- , '.,): | 3_ l, ,» `

'J ll* turn as pmcticable. With the last ttoo

rg _} reels will be shown thc pictures ol the wm- ~§ p 4

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story wsulu

so sr-rswv»\ont_»i4h company it has bean

only to mad the story also to ses it each wack loving picture theaters.

of this mystery rlory

by the !l'hauliou.rer

CONDITIONS GOVERNING TUE

.I _ ' CONTEST.

of 310.000 will lvs won by ,thc

child who wrilm the mu..-t

solution ol tho mystery, from last two reels of motion picture

will be made and the last taco ol the story written by Harold

,, Solutions may bs rent to the Thun-

lowf Film corporation, either at Chicago or Now York, any time up to midnight, _Jan. 14. This allows several we:-ks alter 1 -the last chapter has been publiyhed.

board af three iudaes will determine

which ol the many solutions rcrzivcll is the _most acceptable. The judges are to bs `Ha.ro1d MaoGrath, Lloyd Loncroan, and Hin .llaa Tinse. The iudgmrnt of this

o board will be absolute and final. Nothing J 'of 4 literary nature will be considered in , the decision, nor aivsnony prejcrvnuc in o the selection of tho winner o/ the $10.0U0

prize. The last two reels, which will give the mort ucccptable solution tu thc mys- tery, will be presented in the tleatcrr_ havinp this feature as soon as it ir pos' sible to produce the some. The storv corre-

psar in the newspapers coincidentally, or as soon after the appearance of the pw-

ner, his or hor hcnw. and other interesting features. It is under-stood that the news- . papers, so for as practicable, in printing ; the lost two chapters of thc Mori/_FW 110'* old ll!ncGrath, will also show a pscttlre of the successful contestant.

Solutions to the mystery must not be

more than 100 words long. Hera are some questions to bc kept in mind in connection wish the mystery as on aid to a solution:

No.1-What becomes of the millionaire? No.2--What becomes of thc $I.000,000f No.8-‘Whom docs Florence marry? _ No.4-What bcconws of the Rusnan

connlvtsl

Nobody connected either directly or ln-

.dirgnly with “ The Million Dollar Mn- gafy " will bg considered as a contestant.

in ~

SYNOPSIS 0F PREVIDUS CHAPTERS.

Stanley Hargrenve, mllllonalre, after n

nlrnculvna clause lrnln th¢ den of the lang of hrllllont thlevosi known aa the Black llnndred, llvea the llfe of n rr- eluae for eighteen yearn. Hnrgrrave ao- eldvntnllr mcctn llrnlne, lender ol' the Illarh Hlnndred. Knowing llralne vvlll try to ret hhn, hs- 4-acanna from hla own homo hy' a lmlloon. Before eacaplng he

\vrlter n letter to the flrla' nchoul where elghtecn yearn belore he mynterlonnly let; on the doorstep hla lmlly daughter. Florence Gray. That day' llargreave nlxo drawn $1,000,000 (rom the bank, but lt ln reported that thln dropped Into the as-n “hru the balloon he cleaned In vvaa

punctured.

lflnrenrc nrrlvea from the xlrla' school.

(`_ount\-nm Olga. Brnlne'»v companion, vla- »ltn her and rlubmi to be a relative. Two lmgnn drlrctlven call. hut thrlr plot l.l

follcd by Norton, In nrwapaprr man.

lly lsrlblng tho captain of the (lrlcllt

Norton lays n trnp for Brnlnr and hll kung. lfsuunteaa Olga alrw vlalta the 0rl~ ell’a raptnlll, and alle cnltlly lalla Into the re|»ortrr's annrr. 'Pho plan provfa nlmrtlve through Ilralnr'a good lm.-lc mud only lslrellng-n fall into the honda ol

ill# ymllce.

After falling In the-lr tlrat attempt the

Black Hundred trap Florence. They nlk hu' for money, but sho encapea, agaln

falling them.

Norton :md the eonntuns call on I~‘lor-

alu-s~ the avxt day. mare more unfr at home. The vtalc.-ra havin; gone, Jon;-a removea n afethn or tloov-Ing and from a ravlty takes A hor. l"urane|l by mem- bfrn ot the lllnok Ilumlrrd, hmrushra to the vvater from and anccreda ln drop-

plug- the lmx into t'n» sen. V

Ponntsaa Olga auneverda ln lirrnklng

iho rngngernent s-xlstlmr hs-tween Flon- enre llargrrnve nnd Nortrn. ~

Arronsplleea of Hralne anrcri-cl In kid-

Iaplna' Floronre vvhlle also la almpplnx 'nld hurry her of to lea. 'Sho leaps into ‘fkr asa and la plaked up ll a daled con- _ ,lltlon hy a party of lnhermm. 'fha 'Illaek llnltlrvl locate her. and Bralne, dlscnlsen aa lar father. succeeds la fak- ll¢ Err bltk 10 aea with hlm. Florence

lrototlsboatnudlareaeaevlh-ya

Ill, on which Norton has been shaa¢~

lonsa all llanneq safely ashore

lad with no longer any lnlnnadaratanak tag Iotvrcsa tho-. take the trala for litre. The tnla la wrecked and waltlaf ‘h@h¢ra of the link linndrsil carry

;/\l¢‘ I lajarol lllreaes to a' deserted Int. __ 'Iar|¢a.w\otrlestor¢lenehor.|otid li -llc railroad tracts. Florence saves lilnanllaally-Uoaea comes tothora-

,@e at both.;

,/_ 'l\e llask llaalrel recover the hm:

lloppallntheoeosa. Bra clover

ICI!! lil Jones réflln fl.

swlxpgyqpstz 111|: H&foldhs0|"ath.'l

-, _ mmm xm.j

. _ Au not susan. ` ' HI Black Humlral. not as ludlvldusls

_ lint ss an urgaalsstlon. hsnn to worry.

Powcrlsl, and ottea reckless and dur-

bsqasslt his powerful. lt began

ssnsstor all these

rlnnghtsr and

mputuns'

afmsaul

thsrhft'

_ BY

' AD/?7DN WANTED' 7D HSS H£9..Bl/7 77/E £'/‘EEN/ll JUNE3 /96*/T 5515417/W6

The ann my of hops- for thc connplratorq lay

in thc fnct that Florence had never seen her fnthor nm] knew not in thc least what he looked likc. Thr.-y detcrriued to try again in this direction.

" Give it ull up," said the couutess to

Bruinc. “I u-,ll you, whatever is back of all this is stronger than we arc. He knows the orxanizntiou, and for ull we know hc may be 11 ghost." '

‘ I ncvcr go buck." rmlled Rrulne. “ Therc's

something mor# than the million. Th'nre’s the sport of thc- thing. I‘v’e`\'c been busted in a dozen hours, :xud nearly always by n fluke. 'I`l»r-y have thc brcuks, :ui they E33' out at the Polo grounds."

“ But thc timc and 1-xponsc when wc might

h- /.tolling results clsw-\\'I1cr'cl I toll you, Loo, I’|r ufrnid. It's lilac nlv.':1_\'n hfm-inf: soma one he-hind _von nufl m~\'|»r l`|nIin;: :1n_\'bod_\' when _vlm turn. I hnvc told you mg: doubts.. l hnvr-

nlsn nslml you to trap that butlcr, but _\'ou'\'c

_ hlwnyn lnu,'..'hed."

“ You arf- snnixxg ;:hof=tx. Olga. A now mn;

from holy Ilussi:1," slx1':1:;:i:\(:, “is cr>m:'|12 lfv-

nipht. l‘T\'idcntl_\' thc hcnd owl* thcrc \hi:‘_l;s

our cr\ntrihlltio1\.= of lntc lmvc not hc:-:x up to tho mark, und thmv nro going to _==tir u= up. I

nm willing to \\':\gr~r my soul, lm\vf".‘cr, that thnt hgx is simply :1 han! to l\cl`\:ddlr~ us. Eithcr that or il holds thc kcy. But thc rcst of lhvxu insist that thc lmx must hc recovcrcj. When 1 lcn\'1~ this room tnuight l am going

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Ill

mhenif-,oo-'_ _ .

(rl 'lllhlll' _- She Will

not'be'a_t'9\y lt on nsonoship wana

(rieadshlp in her life,

diilllxzsloned But it the

su could she, and ot the two thc most collsummhte. the' luugh and 5ost,~a1l the whlls

burning with wrath. _

Onc dny. ri vvgclc or so

with Norton ln the summe,x"`§g»» rivad. bf-nulifully gowued,__llh!l.|lNl,!|"s_o.'la'-_`l1tsr. ,'J'h'i~x-e was not the lcnst`touch~~`ot turass in ber mmkeup. Flore_ncs‘l\'pil_ rs- cclvcd some mail, und the had tors ou the lllu-nry tuble‘ to greet the ocuilleos. su- um opened mem, our no notyo loam u: their contents.

'l‘lu~_v were clmttlng plfnaantly about la-

cox`mcquent'tliiuzs, 'when the maid collls in ltd

.asked Florence to_ come Y; Q'.`h_8||'l'lJ.\‘l"'“l'oQa‘\

for a moment. ll?I6renco'eicuas'd`; \\-.mm-ring'_\vhac Susan ssuld multi’ 'Blu tor- gottlremail. ‘ ‘1"“

\ _ ,/

' As soon as she ws;-"ions the eoanqsg,

_ ,_ tain that Jones was not lurking about.

R°R¢F'= °RE$ENT° ms cREDE“'nA\"" \' up the lettfrs and calmly oxamlnsd their cou-

mnrkablo document: “Dear dlugbléif

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"MY CHILD!" \U\-NSPEEED THE MAN.

on-r to llirrmlnlc :md stalk ::lV by m_\'nr‘If. - hull: \\'c fllllit flllll Mill |H°f‘|lk Url! l‘\'1ll‘F.’l1ll0 l'm :ning to got :1 glimpse of that mytcriuus lll1Fl!1‘L‘u\’0-"

nxrnmzcr. llc cnrrivs n scar of mine some- “ I1' ho lives," snill Brnlne.

whore, for I hit him that night." "\\'ho can say one wuy nr [lm mln.,-7"'

The door opened. and the cxecutive chamhor l‘F\15\IU?ll' llSk\‘1l I`-‘if"’f'='- " Th” f~`-"L ‘hill all

bomngngilcgt. your plans :md sclmzuos have cmzlc to \::\u'~ht

._ “Hunt I,nmm., hmmm] the misc of vmon. should p1~<v\‘r~ to _von that you nrc not l`\;,:htin:.'n

ghost 'l`l‘erc is but ouc \v-xy to hrin" out the

" Ill- will plw-:~;cul' his crodcutiuls." l `__ ` ` ` "

This formality was executed us preacribcd 'rm "

by the rules; und Count Pnroll wns given his clmlr. Hn spokc for u whilc, rather pom-

" .-\nd that is to make n cnplive of his dm\~!|-

lor," suppl<~m<-ntlod llrnius-. “And vfc h:\\'a _

Donny’ workgd (u\\':\x'd (h::l cud :'l\.'\:wlussly. \\'\~ urn

“'I‘1\ehcnd orlznnlzntion ls not satisfied wilh

quite ready tu listen to your suggcsll-.n=¢, count."

. . . . _ _ _ - ~» _ ' . ` lt.: olfspnng ln thus 1lm'_c1na\c uffzur, hi sun] _,And so nm IJ, thought the mn" with his in conclusion. “ You arc slow.”

“ Then you have come with some svuggf-ations

for the bettcruu-nl of our business?" asked

"Sir, this is not the hour for dippuncy"

said thc ngent coldly '

1-nr to thc lllllc hulc in ilu! ccilinu ulmxc. " And some tlu_\‘, my v||r\1'_'Ycti1‘ fllcud, l'||| going

_ _ lx pay you hack fm' that luxlk-L." .

Brninr ironically. , _ _ _ ‘ Count Inrolf cleared lm: vriro nn] lzud Lm

' plums l>e[\.rc his uudieucc.

To act fr:\nl¢l_v and m the npcn. to ¢;'f\<

Brninc mnadr n sign with his hand. a sign b I ,

oldy to lm I>larL;rca\':~‘lun\:<\ :md |rn<~l:\i;u

not ohs~rvcd hy every nun. Instantly Parc!! . .. ,_ . .

myself llnrgrvnrc. A cu: f..sg\:\>~.|_- lnyfclf m u_

bent lowly. llc rf-cugnizcd lhnt the spcnker

American brunch.

_ _ manner llmz will ut. loust temporarily fool tho'

was lhv actual. not thc nornmnl, head ox' the bfunern _ _ ~

U ~ _ "~W|\u lens horn with his mash-r lm' flxurrwn

Whnt: :mr your sm;l;estinnsf"‘ l'uqu_\red the

lent muster of them 'nil ' _ . ' ' '

. - ~-~,k ' 0’.l.:"f ~1t:~.`Il.":-

nominal hom] from hls choir, anxious to avoid 5,""T, f.n"“" MN, 'n H' ‘_ ""' ' Y" "0 m '

la h [wt H in t _ tmn, iulcrposcrl llralnr. - _hut procrcd. count, I C s ' "cm ‘O newcomer a ' e mm' 'prm~ccd. ` You will rem:-mhcr thc nhl nflagc: '

- f ' tun'mnn`y cooks." ' ‘ -5

" I ha” been hgomed th"t_fm“"5"°“"""' ""Ah," tl`sslxcd'back l'_m count. " but n' nruv. "

daughter has ncverjeen ltor father, not cron \k,,,, ' , -

h ufmrsar se I. °°°

:J owsmp 0 m' 'll M0 ' 'mm' ‘mn ~ Olga touched Brnlnc'a frm Ivnrnlngly. '

,,w°.'.`m "hmmm, “mln 'thntum h'_,m»° _ y Youlhenn. tl:e`n. that them has born ln`l"l

case." said the noualnal f|eid,'\vho was known in stf Pslenbflrg 'lf ‘?'!p°°'_n: °_!‘mm"' nad' 1 M th” pr”id°n,_ ..Bu*_`,¢ “hxfone pl" in “A`good den! or talk. slr. '-Vbnnshtdy. lor-

genlng that he hull beat humblymepaugh but

fer' moments

that dirshtlon. and it toiled "' l have the staff,"

vm clnmslly done.

Psroll “ an hlll

sdmlt

had ln

Very

odiso.

“‘ ls that so?" murmured Brninc. “ Olga, l

_want you to play u (rick on thlu hnudsome <h»lcgulc ut large. I`m not vcry <~nthusl:\stic `u\'cr his talk. I want him humilintvd. All you have to do, he says, is to wall: into the _»Iln‘rgrcnvc I.m\sc and \-_-nik out again. Wcll. ; l|‘t`s you und I scv that hc docs that und nuth-

_ h:_;~ clsc. I'Il have no onv m-ddling with my lawn game." '

M, Some cnc sneczed, und cvcrybndy Iookcd nt fhls neigllbmn' The sn~_~vz_- wax.; 1-c;v'~:|l|‘<l. but

mullletfas if sonar onc was dc_S|;u-rn* 'y nnx- 'déils lo avoid :‘»ure:in_':. _'f “It came from nbc\'c!" \\'l;i:;;_.~r.\d <`>h;:\. "‘ Delft look up 3"

Brninc wns r-_'>nl_' llc wnllacd idly ncx~ns.< tha

'room to \vlu~rc \'1'nu;\ sat, “ Yury wcll, l'=u'ull`: _'we give you frcc rcZn.”"~ Tn' Vruon hc mill: "Homo 'unc is \'.‘n£vl:i:13‘\xs‘fr<\m llw rmnu ‘o\`erhcnd. I thought lhnt room bcl\m;;‘o.] to un."

' >“ rt dues." sinh! \`l‘0Uh sfolidly.

' ".Thcn how is it lhnt sonjc unc is \\'ntuhing from up them? Nl. exf-itrmcnt. l'_m going to

;~l.i:i every om- ;:rr_1d<ui;;bt. thou l‘ul going to , _

'\\'l:cn I lleav'c'yo1i 'will qulctly

mon to ull lhn_ex'lts to ytlurlmilding. IL tho man who incczcd, audj u-nut, him

vtllh' I‘,rninc,`_p:1]y she lmms- lh'c_ taxi. (hut 'bijbixtlxg lift nml_

’boru_q,»| -ll 'was n!\\-.1;`~'if'1:_u'lr_ts"tor:|l nny.ssl'l§|z's 1-:plain 'misfiludcr \_\_‘ny she Mas" lo"m:x};`c 'buf drpllrlurc' nt

mon

bnd

risky

` 'tn _ses 'annul B:-also

friend or

;:\ ing to have n new fntlzcr in n day nr no 'l`hux~c were some clcvcr ro"ucs umou" this lmnd nf theirs; but lhcir clevcrncss wus we

offset h_\' :xn cquul numbcr of fools.

Yvs. thcrc worn some clever rogues, and to

ncver seen: I must turliths trea`l\i'\"o 'Melt

" ‘ " H to you. Meat me at 8 in-the summcr l'1oos'¢.

.~ .

lell no uno ns my life is ln danger. Your loving father." '

the countcss could have lunghnd aloud. Qhs'

prove this nsscrtlou Brniuc secured u tnxicuh ww -this man Puma.,-_ hand. "haha,"

nnd drl»\'<\_ l`uriousl_v nwuy, his destination the

me mm 1.. M001 sus lmmium mm ins

[umm of his nnfdcnt cucmyf Yle droppcd tho, “nd him 03 packins tm his mm nm'|f'm|'||;

1-ab n black or two n\v::y nnd presently' stn\\'1~d himsvlf n\\'ny ln thc sununr-r housc nt the loft

uf thc lnwn. It vvmlhl Invc been tl cnpitnl

idcn---that in, if thc other mnu had not thought of and .'\ntir~ipuh~d this wry thing. So ho usi-ll u public pay station tclcphnnc; nnd Brnluo \\~nix1~r\ in vain. \\'nit.°.l iill~ the lights ln the llnr|zr<\u\'c house went out one ly one and 'it Immune wrapped in darkness within und

monnshinc \\‘ilho\lt. 4

Ilminc was a phllosophcr. Ile returned to

hi_== \vnilin_z tuxicnh, drove lmmc. paid the bill, smiling grlmly, null-went to hed. It was going ¢_> hc n wonderful gnuw cl blind mhn's bud, nm! it was going lu' be spurt -.o watch this 'fool I‘nroll` hlundcr Into n pit.

The next afternoon Florence and Norton sat

ln thc summer housc Iulklug of -the future. Lo-' rw nropronc tn tnlk of that. As if any- tl\" lx olsf- lu thc world ever equals the present! '.7' my tnlkcd of uicc littlo apartments rind vacn

_ cd. ,

A! inns in llxcnummcr and lmw much they would -1 Not mth W, \~o,.ton7v»'|,rc'my

did hm- mu-h other, and they were going to be murri:-d; you muy be certain of tlmt. They di-I not care u snap of the finger wl1at_Jonea tlumgllt. v’l‘hey \\'¢-rc going to be married, and that wnu ull there was to it. 0! course, Flor-

crabla country. Sha b_a'rl'ms.t_le up Once ll Florence. and she could easily do so again. The only tldng that troublrd hcr waalhs fact that she dld' not know whether Florsnce had road thc' letter cr not. Thus, she did not dnre destroy lt. She Ent tluoughtol ching- lng the clock; theuslm concludrd in drop -letter exactly where lb had foond'_"ll_"giqd'

trust to luck. ,' . 5' ,, , °

. . .

When Florence returned she.

lu-r absence had been due to Mine trlilng household nH`air. _ ' . -

-I

>.' '.

Said the Rnsslan: "I wlll¢"_p"l‘lmnrlly £0

ask you to 'tea tnuxorzow. whisrd they dlmol. If you likc, you may nnk Mt. Norton to ¢o along. I begin lxo observe that you W0 BID rather fond of one another." - ` _ _

" 0. Mr. Nm-mn is just n mlunpls tripod.”

retnmed Florence with a lnplle t.\1at"ql\l_to deceived the other woman. "lshsll lie Blnd to gf. to the :ea Bn: I"»hn'1l' not promise to dnnce." »" ‘ " '

" '_ _ , _ _..___A_, ,;_ _ . . _ -_

~ _ _ f_~r-»." ~ _ 5-3'__'= =:-‘=»‘_’-_-'_'- "3 ._ -' 4. '£19 f" -55" _' dvr out of his milnry. nnd n thousand und nus H ' 1 " ° h 3 :,__x_______. ___ ,_ all __ _ .___:;,_ _ H _ Reporters, never dance thcmsc vel. t sy }_-»_f`h2<_»-.~\&'»','l__"_._ .»_- : ;§;;_'.=<¢:.., ff »,_»,.-;,,_,_ __ _ _ Q an '_ ‘f ._ other things which would not interest you at make other, du,” i,,,¢”,}_" `

, '° ~ _ _ nll if I recounted them in dctnil. But they “I .han ham to 'tm g||"_»' 'fag f

counters: rind sho/lsughsd E|\z|'tsf'~l_h'l§'1¢s'tly.

"Than 1 \uv¢_h»i._1 somethuu \v|¢ty_7_%’_ Q “ Indeed Nu have: and lt_l_s‘ _|ibt`b`nly`w1f£!

but truthful. 'Pun ntrald y<_>n‘t'e' ‘deeper than the rest ot us 'nnvs any idea nvl'.'*"-' "4" '

cn:-c <~\»ul\ln't touch u Denny of her fa!l|er'l' ..Perhn‘p" x “mba” thought' mb,.i,,'n¢*;~_u“

money. It ho. Norton, couldu’t take care of lu-r without help, why, he wnulda‘t be worth the puwdcr to'bl<v\v him up with(

“ Ilnt, my door. you must br very careful,”

h»- snld. “Joni-s and I will nlwnys he about snnu»\vl|crc. I! they rvully get hold of you nnvc. God nlonn knows Qyhat will hnppcn. lt ie not yon. it is your poor futher tlu-y wnnt to I-ring out into thc opcn. _lf thcy knew whore ln- \\':\n lhcy would nnthotlu\ryo1\ ln the Ionst."

“Ilnvc I rcnlly n fntllerl Snmelimcs I

dfmlxt. \\'h_v cr.uldn't he steal into the house nud ace mo, just once?"

"Perhaps ln: dares nut. This house is nl-

wnys \\'ntclu-d. night nml lluy. though ynu`ll lmk In vuln to discover nny one. Your tnlhcr knows best what he is dolug. my :lcnr ulrl. You sz-1°. I nm him _venrs ago in China; nnd when he stnrtrd out to do |_\ ccrtnln thing hs generally dld it. llc nél"si-‘botched any of his plans. Bo we ull must, \'\'nlt. Only Pm goiax

tn mnrry you all the sam$ whether he llksr it nr not. Thu 1-num-s will try tu lmpnde upon yulujnyluue-lm: ¢1<»_m_€j'p_ny_ nu; m»u_s<`1r usrsunnls In oililpnpers, _~

\lu1(iugl| enough. ;Afn1l lt tlgnt, l_\\°:_\s on thullkqlqllter you \u»_’at`séo_\ I _sl\'n1l\l'\i€h;-n` um ¥n_c-h$__'tobkt1r¢-." ' fly; 5 .un 1," diid§\‘i,nt\'t<;kei,|1nr 1 dunk I ‘dun

ple' out of

“_""*' YE! 2

mutt nerer lmow. By shy she

Whit

1° I And Olga stlled A laugh;

rows ll fs many 1.

tb,"

least, deeper than yon' bf-llrlvcl” " " _

When the countsss tluttsred doyu to ‘her

limousine-Florence lntnzl the slglut of lty- and drove hwuy Florence mmcnlbcted har letters. And when ins camo taotltéons 'yur- portlng to Es from her tntl\sr,'sli's"rolsl lt

carefully. bent her head in thouklitl linil dual- ‘

ly destroyed the mlsalvs, absolutely conddsat that it was only a trap, and n|'>¢_'1'ory well conceived at that. 1\'ort_on had |:lv's'|l‘hsr plenty of reasons for ballsvln¢`all,ln`gfo~l0_¢- tors to ln- forge-rlsl. Her father; wished to see'hsr, would enter th¢'_U¢U_*'l_-lib would unt write. Ah, when would"_lhs Iso l"nnt fnthcr nf herl, so myl0srl0\\¢.'»AlYlI_!| luoveriur near, always unseen?-;_;> '; ‘ lt must have been an

for the cnuutess. To iteal lmunc and vrnlt there, not

rcnce had ndvlsed Jim or tho cnught. she had her excabei.

vonlldgn t. _ 'sow-ever. apnsarsd

“ My vhlllll" w'l\llD¢¥¢d tha

nmmded _liken sob.

“I nmlwora ou_t,", hs

or ths,¢\'ln_e of bldg'

-"'m»`~w|1l um me

than t Glu

town And we wc return ws Europe

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