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VOL. VII.}
BELLVILLE, FRIDAY, MAY 3.1867.
An Old Bachelor.
BV TOM HOOD.
What a pitiful thing an old bachelor is,
With his cheerful home and his rueful phiz!
On a bitter cold night, when the fierce
winds blow,
And when all the earth is covered with
snow-
When hisftre is out, and in Bhivering dread
He slips 'Death the sheets of his lonely bed:
How he draws up his toes,
All an cased ia yarn hose.
And he baríes bis nose
'Neath the chilly bed clothes,
That his nose and hia toes
Still incased ia jara hose,
)ty not chance to get (taff!
Thea be puffsand b# Mows, and saya t>-
be kaows
No mortal on earth ever suffered such woes.
And with aha and with ohs
With bis limbs to dispose,
So that neither his toes nor his nose may
be froze,
To his slumber in silence the bachelor goes.
In the morn, when the ccck crows and the
sun is just rose,
From beneath the bed clothes
Pops the bachelor's nose,
And may suppose, when he hears how the
wind blows,
Sees the windows all froze,
Why back 'neath the clothes pops the poor
fellow's nose;
For lull well he knows if from the bed
be rose
To put on his clothes, that he'd surely be
froze..
THE LADY AND HER LOVERS.
BY CARRY STANLEY.
CHAPTER IX.
A. P. & E. W. THOMPSON
Attorneys and Counsellors at law.
bbllv1lle AND HOUSTON,
Amitia Co. haili Co.
TEXAS.
Will practice in the 1st, 3d & 7th District.
A. P. THOMPSON
Will *rgtut and brief cases in the Supreme
Court at Austin, Tyler and Galveston,
apnlo tf
B. T. &. C. A. HARRIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
BELLVILLE,
Austin County, Texas.
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I. G. Searcy, H. H. Boone.
SEARCY & BOONE.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
ANDERSON,
Grimes County, Texas.
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ATT ORNE Y AT LAW,
BELLVILLE,
County, Texas.
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THE FOURTH SESSION OF THIS
School will commence Monday, August
90th, 1*36.
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HI .her
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Taition required in specie, or its equiva-
•nt in currency, every two months.
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Principal.
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11AKER OF
BEDSTEADS, TABLES, CHAIRS,
CRADLES, CRIBS, COUCHES.
LOUNGES.
All kinds of turning performed with
despatch.sachas Billiard Balls, Ten pins.
Pipé bowls, Tool handles, etc
Spinning wheels, for spinning flax, nade
•t abort notice.
Prices reasenabfe. Trj hia.
'continued.)
In a short time Mrs. Elake'approacli-
td her, ostensibly for a milk strain-
er which hang oil a lilac-bash near,
Imt really that she might impart to
ler daughter her views with regard
to Anderson. •
Rosa looked up with a sly, blush-
ing glance, but her heart fell as she
noticed her mother's face.
''Yoii are waiting here to see Mark
Anderson, Isuppose."' said Mrs,Blake,
without circumlocution. '4 Your father
told me all about it last night. I was
really astonished at his impudence.
He wants your money, that's all, and
you may tell him that we won't con-
sent."
All this was delivered in a hasty
tone, and with eyes which avoided
poor Rosa's beseeching ones ; for in
spite of her harshness and her am-
bition, Mrs. Blake sincerely loved her
daughter; and she wanted to be over
with this unpleasant duty.
" We don't want to be married yet
for a good while, mother," pleaded
Rosa," only say you are willing that
I should have him at last."
" It's all nonsense; you might wait
till dooms-day before he'd be rich
enough to marry you; a pitiful school,
master," answered Mrs. Blake, work-
ing herself into a passion.
' He's going tobe a minister," said
the daughter.
"Minister or schoolmaster, it's all
one ; he'll never be able to support
yon," retorted the dame.
The tears came to Rosa's eyes, and
her voice quivered, as she taid,
" Dear mother, I know your are not
in a hurry to part with me; and what
difference does it make if we are wil-
ling to wait."
" All the difference in the world, if
neither yonr father nor rae thinks him
a proper husband for yon."
" But, mother " commenced
Rosa.
"Thei e'a no use6aying a word more
about it," broke in Mrs. Blake, as if
afraid that her daughter's tears might
many compunctions, and without say
ing a word in reply, muttered to him-
self as he walked away " he's a whole
team, I declare.''
Mark took his book out on the
piazza to read till school-time, as was
his custom; but he could not fix his
attention npon it; and it dropped by
his side in his reverie, from which he
was aroused by Rosa's approach. The
poor girl's eyes were red and swollen
with weeping.
41 It is not wrong to speak to yon
this once, is it, Markl You know what
my father and mother have said; but
I wanted to tell you that you must
alwaysbeliüve that I loveyou, though
I can never many you without they
are willing, and she sunk on the
bench in a flood of tears."
« Dear Rosa," said her lover, bend-
ing over her, " I have perfect faith
in you, and would not ask you for one
moment to disobey your parents; but
if we wait patiently and cheerfully,
perhaps by-and-bye they will look on
our marriage more favorable. Keep
up a good heart, darliug, and you will
be my little wife yet.'
But Rosa could only weep; it seem-
ed at that moment as if the burden
waB too great to bear.
"If they only wouldn't ask me
to marry any one else, it would not
be so hard ; but I know they will,"
sobbed she.
"We cannot see how, yet, dear
Rosa; but I believe that these crook-
ed ways will be made straight, and if
we do onr duty, all will come right
at the end. We know that we love
each other, and that must be sufficient
at present. I think it wiser to leave
here now, Rosa, because we must get
accustomed to the separation, and it
is best not to exasperate your parents
by being together."
They sat a long while in silence,
the girl with her head on her lover's
shoulder, quieted by his words, till at
last he bent down his head, saying
" There's a long, farewell kiss, dear
Rosa; I must go now ; but be patient
and cheerful."
" Farewell, Mark, I shall always
love you," she said, then flew up stairs
to watch him, as far down the road as
she could see him from her chamber
w indow.
Rosa did not leave her room till
d^ner time, and then the slight de-
gree of composure which she had at-
tained was destroyed by her father's
unusually affectionate manner. He was
constantly offering her the choicest
pieces on the table, or piling her plate
with things with which she choked
in attempting to eat; and at last she
was obliged to rise and leave in order
to hide her tears.
The good man looked distressed,
and shook his head ; but Mrs. Blake
said, 44 he made the girl worse ihan
she would be, by noticing her.'
Anderson's trunk was removed that
afternoon, and Rosa went into the now
vacant room, swept and dusted it her-
self, and then arranged everything as
nearly as possible as it was when he
occupied it,
5 JJU soften her heart, 44 your father told
Anderson as much last night," and
she turned toward the house.
Breakfast time came,and Rosa did
not make her appearance. Mark took
his seat at the table as nsual; but the
good-hearted fanner felt sorry to see
that the young man played with his
spoon and knife and fork, m ore than
he ate. There was no comment made
by any one about Rosa's absence; bnt
as Mr. Blake passed out of the door
the schoolmaster joined him, and re-
quested that he would leave his trunk
at Mr. Roberts' as soon as convenient,
as he Bliould not rettitn to Mr. Blake's
again.
The good ihnaer grasped the thin
hand of Anderson in bis own, with
CHAPTER X;
The bright summer days passet
wearily to Rosa. She never saw An-
derson now except by accident, in the
company of others, or at meeting,
and then their recognition could only
be a distant one.
Fanner Blake sighed, and his heart
smote him many a time, when he no-
ticed his daughter's altered demeanor;
for she went about the house in a quiet
abstracted manner, performing even
more than her ordinary duties, but not
with the bounding step, and gay laugh,
and merry song as of old.
So the good man would make a pre
text to go to the next town, and bring
from thence snch flaming dresses am
gilded books as would make poor Rosa
smile thiough her tears, as she receiv
ed them. Even strong-hearted Mrs,
Blake was softened, though she die
not choose to acknowledge it, except
by reproving her daughter less than
formerly; but her manner totally
ignored the existence of Anderson.
As for Mr. Johnson, he condescend
ingly overlooked the blackberry epi-
sode, since his rival had been remov
ed out of his way, and began to pa
tronize Rosa, as be thought one of his
superior merits should. So the sum-
mer evenings found him in his second-
best linen coat, talking over the crops
with Mr. Blake, or the best method
of drying peaches, or making potatoe
starch with the dame, and ogling
Roba till the poor girl loathed him
from the bottom of her heart. Even
at meeting she was not freed from his
imperteneuce, for if her eyes were
fixed on the minister, she felt that she
was being stared at so by Joe that
the attention of the whole congrega-
tion must be called to it. Sunday
afternoons, too, usually found him,
tilted back on the two hind-feet of his
chair, at Mr. Blake'stea-UMs, touch-
ing Rosa's foot, if he could reach it,
*ith his own, till she was sometimes
Inclined to repeat the lesson which
she had given him when the barn was
raised.
One day ha appeared ou the piazza,
where Rosa was reading, more radiant
than usnal. Farmer Blake sat, with
newspaper in hand, appearing to be
studying politics, but really thinking
of his daughter's altered manner, when
! ir. Johnson entered.
44 W e're going to get up a hackle-
>erry party to the Pines," said the
visitor, 44 you'll go, of course, neigh-
)or Blake; us fellows settled it all
to-day, after meeting, and I spoke for
losy, here. I'm to take her in my
wagou."
Rosa closed her book, and with
ashing eyes, face and neck crimson,
and voice fairly quivering with pas-
sion, answered,
•4 You were never more mistaken in
your life. I will not go with you.
.. don't see how you dare—"
Rosa, for shame," said Mrs. Blake,
ooking up from Fox's .Book of Mar-
tyrs, the wonderful incidents and pic-
tures of which had been her Sunday's
recreation for the last year.
44 No, no," interrupted the farmer,
441 think if we go, Rosa had better
go with us. There'll be plenty of room
in our wagon, thank you, Mr. John-
son."
•4 But that'll spoil all the fun," re-
plied Joe, in a disappointed tone,
each of us fellows was to take a girl
in a fast team, and the old folks was
to jog along as they pleased, and bring
the fodder. Don't let Rosy spoil it
all, Mrs. Blake."
" She'll go with you, Mr, Johnson,
I guess ; she's only bashful," but as
the mother said this she glanced at
íer daughter, not at all sure of what
she said.
Rosa, who hadTesumed her book,
though she was too angry to know a
word she was reading, replied,
44 If father goes, and will take me,
I'll go, but I won't go with anybody
else."
Then you should stay at home, if
I was your father," retorted Mrs.
Blake, angrily.
44 I'm willing, I'm sure," was the
sullen reply of Rosa.
Joe looked bewildered, and Mr.
Blake said, soothingly,
44 If the child likes her own father
and mother better'n anybody else, we
oughtn't to find fault with her, I'm
sure mother. If she wants to go with
us, why let her go. There are plenty
of girls that'll be glad to jump at the
chance of going with Mr. Johnson,
even if she is so foolish as to refuse.
The tears were coming into Rosa's
eyes at her father's kindness, so she
did not dare to look up, but she drew
nearer to him, and he patted her kindly
on the head, and said,
44 You think more of your old father
yet, than you do of any of these young
hop-o'my-thumbs, don't you, daugh-
ter ?"
44 But I don't know what I'm to
do," commenced Joe. 411 said
was going to take Rosy, and each
fellow chose his own girl, and there
isn't one left."
"Ask our Susan," said Rosa, for
her natural spirits had somewhat re
viv d since she found her father was
inclined to protect her, and she thought
she would have a chance of seein
Mark.
But Joe muttered between his
teeth,44 Darn Susanand Mrs. Blake
said, in a low voice, as she passec
where Rosa was sitting,,4 Young lady,
if you don't behave yourself, you'l
stay at home yet.''
So the huckleberry party was ar-
ranged to take place on the ensuing
Thursday.
Mrs. Blake, who prided herself on
being the best cook and most notable
housekeeper in the country, was deter-
mined not to be outdone in her pre-
parations for the pic-nic. With a
pleased smile she drew her baking
from the huge mouthed brick oven.
Hard ginger bread and soft ginger-
bread; beautifully browned sponge-
cake and crisp jumbles; white potatoe
custards 44 that one couldn't tell from
real lemon," she averred ; and cocoa-
nut custards with their flaky crust.
Then there were famous loáYes of
bread, and chickens' roasted to be
eaten cold.
Mr. Blake stood and watched all
these being stored away in tubs and
baskets, together with papers of tea,
"offee and sugar, and jars of piekleB
and preserves, and pots of golden
butter, and uncooked ehlefc?! tí ht
barbacued or fricaseed, to be served
up hot; and he said that sha had
44 enough to feed the whole Rooshan
army."
"Sammy Blake, when I do a thing,
I do it," was the answer of the dame,
44 none of your half work for me ; I
do hate this scrimping and screwing
way some people, I could name, has.
Beuly Roberts thinks nobody can get
np a thing of this kind but her, but
if anybody '11 beat my baking, or set
a finer chicken on the table than this,
why I'll just let 'em; that's all," and
Mrs. Blake remorselessly doubled the
chicken's legs under it, and fitted it
into its place in the tub.
441 don't see how in the world all
these things is to go in the little wagon
and three people beside," said the
íusband at last.
I tell you, mother, that won't
do. I promised the child she should
go with us, and so she shall, if she
wants to, if I have to take the
íeavy wagon. Besides, she's got a
spirit of her own, and we ain't gitting
along any faster, for forcing things
too much. May be she'll come around
by-and-bye if we leave her be.
íope. so, I'm sure," and Mr. Blake
sighed as he turned away, and thought
of the meadow.
Mrs. Blake would have replied, but
íer thoughts were occupied just then
as to the best method of carrying a
)ottle of cream without breaking, so
íer husband was saved her opinion
upon the subject.
(to be continued.)
Proclamation i«sued
the Governor.
by
In conformity to special orders Xo.
66, dated April 15th, 1867, from
Headquarters District of Texas, and
herewith published for the iuforma-
tion and guidance of all concern^,
no writs of election will be issued in
any county or district of this State.
Without delay, County Judges
will report to this Department any
cancies now existing, or hereafter
occurring, in order that the same may
be properly filled, aa contemplated by
the order referred to.
It will be proper to recommend
suitable persons, competent under the
law, to fill vacancies. Persons who
have been members ot Congress, or
held civil or military office under
the United States, or who have been
members of State Legislatures, or
Executive or Judicial officers of
State Government,—having taken an
oath to support the Constitution of the
United States and subsequently en-
gaged in the rebellion, or given ai(
and comfort to the enemies of the
Government,—are prohibited from
holding office.
All officers are charged with
prompt and strict discharge of their
duties ; and it is confidently expectet
there will be no dereliction on the part
of any.
The revenue officers of the State
are expected to be prompt in the set
tlement of their accounts with the
Comptroller.
It is earnestly dtsired that peace
officers will exert, to the fullest ex
tent, all the power and authority con
ferrmi upon them by law. Aj preserve
order and quiet throughout the State
The Executive feels assured that
the Judiciary have been faithfully
eudeavoring to discharge their duty
yet he deems it proper to urge upon
them renewed energy and watchful
ness, in order that crime may be ex-
posed, offenders brought to punish-
ment, and the laws, and good name
of the people of Texas, vindicate J.
The grand and petit juries of the
country can not be too rigid or vigil-
ant in the discharge of their duties.
While thoie iu authority are expect-
ed to perform their duty, the good
'citizens of the country must contrib-
[ NO. 15.
ute by their example, and^hearty co-
operation with the authorities, in
maintaining good order, and a due
observance and enforcement of the
laws. The happiness and prosperity
of the people depend upon it.
'—■ , In testimony whereof, !!
L. S.'> have caused the great seal
—v— ' of the State to be affixed
this 20th day of April, '67
J". W. Throckmorton.
By the Governor :
John A. Green,
Secretary of State.
Poetry in Undress.
Ait English paper which rejoices
■n the name of the Ladies' Owti, thus
plays tricks with rhyme and reason
« It is many years since 1 f*ll in
love with Jane Jerusha Skeggs, the
handsomest country girl by far, that
ever went on two legs. By meadow
creek, and wood and deli, so often
did we walk, and the moonl^
cmiled on her melting lips, and the
night winds learned our talk. Jane
J erusha was all to me, for my heart
was young and true, and loved with
double twisted love, and a love
that was honest too. I roamed all
over the neighbor's farms, and I rob-
>ed the wildwood bowers,'and I tore
trousers and scratched my hands in
search of choicest flowers. In my
joyous love I brought these to my
Jerusha Jane, but wouldn't be so
foolish now, if I were a boy again.
A city chap then came along, all
dressed up in fine clothes, with
a shiny hat and a shiny vest, and a
moustache under his nose. He
talked to her of singiug schools (for
her father l ad r farm,) and she left
me, the country love, and took the
new chap's arm. And all that night
[ never slept, no could I eat the next
day, for I loved that girl with fervent
love that naught could drive away.
I strove to win her back to me, but
it was all in vain ; the city chap with
the haiiy lip married Jerusha Jane.
And my poor heart was sick and sore
until the thought struck me, that just
as good fish still remained as ever
was caught in the sea. So I went
to the Methodist cbureli one night,
and saw a dark brown curl peeping
from under a gipsy hat, and I marriefl
that very girl. And many years
have passed and gone, and I think
my loss their gain ; and I often bless
that hairy chap that stole my Jerusha
Jane,
Monkeys.—A native of Vermont,
writing from Port ci' Espagne, Trin-
idad, December Sth, 1S66, to hisbroth-
er, living on the Ecleto, says he rais-
ed twelve acres of cotton, which was
picked by monkeys trained for the
purpose, three pairs picking one
thousand weight in the seed per day.
They must be closely watched, and
their bags emptied as they fill them,
as they will not carry more than
twelve pounds. A system of rewards
and punishments—a Brazil nut when
they do well, and a "licking" when
they are ugly—is all that is necessa-
ry to make them work. They con-
sume about two pounds of cassavas a
week, each, or plantains with a little
mandioca.
An exchange says these laborers
might be imported 10 Texas at twelve
dollars a head, and that sweet pota-
toes and pecans might be substituted
for cassavas and Brazil nuts; but
apprehends that so soon as we had
imported a large number and got them
fairly to work, Congress would set
tbem free and give them a vote.—
Georgetown Watchman.
8tf.phek Girard, than whom no mora
shrewd business man ever lived, gives the
following as his experience: ^
I have ^way8 considered advertising
liberally and long, to be the great medium
of success in business, and the pralude to
wealth. And I have made it an invariable
rule, too, to advertise in the dullest timet
as well as the busiest, long experience hav-
ng tau«ht me that money thus spent is
well laid out; as by keeping my business
continually before thcpublic, it has secured.
ine many sales that I would otherwise
have lost."
Result tf Advcrtfehg*
A Thrilling Incident.
A young lady went into a store a
few days since, selected her outfit,
and gave orders for the articles to
be sent to her. 44 Recollect," said
she to the accommodating clerk,
"rats, mice, waterfall, net, crimpers,
etc., etc. An unsophisticated elderly
lady who witnessed the transactions
lifted her spectacles and gazed after
the departing miss ; then turning to
the proprietor, in a tone of sincerest
pity, " poor thing!" said she, 44 she
is crazy, 'ain't she V the smile at this
was audible.—Rural New Yorker.
The tragedy of Nacogdoches*, and
its romantic incidents which led to
the Texas War of Independence, find
their parallel only in the romantic his-
tory of Lucretia and the elder Brutus.
Juan Costa was a person of influ-
ence and bravery in tbe wild fcrebt,
but he fell under the displeasure of
Santa Auna and his minions. Pedrés,
the commandant of Nacogdoches, Was
sent to arrest him. He arrested the
father at the supper table, attended
by his only daughter, a young girl of
surprising beauty and intelligence.
He loaded him with chains, ana caBt
him*mto prison, notwithstanding her
tears and entreaties. Finally he pro-
posed to free the father, if the daugh-
ter would consent to sacrifice her in-
nocence and honor. She rejected the
infamous proposal with a blow-in the
face. The armed ruffian swore a hor-
rible oath to execute his will oh them
both. *
With dark eyes, tearless and fixed1
as those of a corpse, yet. flashing a
double portion of luminous fire, she
mounted a horse and hurried away
wildly around the country. She halted
at every house, no matter whether
ilexican or American, and rehearsed
in tones of thrilling horror her father's-
wrongs and her own.
All timid modesty, all weakness
lad vanished from her tongue, mtterly
consumed by the scorching thirst for
revenge. She bared her virgin
bosom, and showed the livid marks of
the ravisher's anger among the azure-
veins along the surface of suow, now
soiled, but before as pure as a gleam
of an angel's wing.
And still, wherever the beautiful
maid wandered, a deafening yell of
wrath and vengauce rose up against
the tyrants. The people of both races
and all classes, flew io arms, appoint-
ing a general rendezvous for the 11th
of June, at the residence of the ab-
sent, and now imprisoned, Juan Costa.
It was here debated by the people-
who should be their leader* but noth-
ing being done, the whole assemblage
t>ade fair to break up in confusiou.
when a tall, powerfully built stianger,
who had just entered Texas from the
States, came foward and addressed,
the multitude.
I am a stranger, bnt I am also
a man, and I owe my life, soul, body,
íealtb, happiness, all—all to woman
—to my mother!—and if I turn a deaf
ear to the prayer an innocent woman,
asking niy aid against a villain, may
my mother and my God curse me ! If
you stay behind, I go for one, to fight
Pedias, and his armed ravishers of
your wives and daughters'"
The speech wasreceived with three
tremendous cheers, and a shout that
seemed to shake tbe solid earth, utter-
ed the first peal of revolution.
We will go! Death to the tyrants!
Freedom for Texas, and the giant
shall be our leader !
The next day he led his raw recruits
to the attack of Nacogdoches, and
stormed every position against im-
mense odds. After an assault of four
hours, the carnage being dreadful on-
both sides, fortunately among tlio-
slain, was the dead body of tho
atrocious Pedras.
And then, for the first time, was
heard in the land of the wild, the
name destined to become, and echo
to the pulsation of all hearts-—the
name of Thomas J. Rusk.
Such was the debut of Rusk in
Texas, and from that day his popular-
ity has gone on steadily increasing,
without even a transitory eclipse, or
even so much as a cloud to dim its
splendor. In vain for three years
General Cos demanded his arrest.
Mexico had not soldiers enough to
take him, and in 1846 he assisted to>
chase the last one out of the country^
Afterwards he amasséd a fortune at
the Texas bar, and was chosen one of .
tho first Senators of the new Stato
annexed, a place which he ably
adorned.—Henderson Times.
Working on Horseback.—A cor
respondent of the Rural New Yorker
writing from Washington, says:
The sudden abolition of slavery
has been most uufortunate in many
of its results on the blacks. They
are the prey to all kinds of sharpers,
and are wandering about the country
by countless thousands. A large de
maud has sprung up, especially in
tbe Carolinas, for laborers to go to
Texas and Arkansas. Much larger
wages can be paid there, and it is no:
uncommon to see agente picking up
all the best hands to start plantations
there. One agent filled his coinple
ment by promising that in Texas
every negro might go to his work on
a mustang pony, his wife behind him
and a gun for himself before.
44 Oh, mamma, I wish I was as
lucky as yon are." said a terrible
child to its mother, in a room full ot
company,44 because when your teeth
aehe you can pull them out all at once
by yourself, without going to the
dentist "-
Not long sinceran American artist
wrote to Mr. Raskin for advice upon,
the subject of war. In reply he said ::
•' Tbe babarous manner in which tho-
people of the North had conducted!
the war upon the Southern people and
their patriarchal institutions had ut-
terly destroyed his interest in Ameri-
can art. True «art, in fact, could not
flourish among a people so depraved ;
and he, therefore, advised bis friend
to abandon all effort to read the tru*
path in art, and to confine himself to
painting such pictures aa were Buited
to the degtaded taste of the North
Americans."
44 Well, Tom," said a blacksmith
to his apprentice, 44 you have been
with me now three months, and havt,
seen all the different points in our
trade. I wish to give you your
chftice of work for a short, while."
'•Thank'ee sir." *4 Well now, what
part of the business do you like best V*
" Shuttin' up shop and goiu to dinner,
sir!"
Turkey is about conceding to for-
eign residents the right to hold pro-
perty."
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