Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 23, Number 10, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 February 1881 — Page 3

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S 0OAUK. lublUhr. IXDIAX-V. IMS FOOTSTEPS. Trnn wukwns a afcret keet rnwserleaw stueM I g: tn-Mft ' nata a keerd; pl ret iknuw. I Upff, I4.rUVTMr1tatfc will hft. The air w' . H, , kwt tlwmbvr of tee wwrt Where those aaj ssystevisa hideOne vol imtouad, reeedlns ik-pta. rt whk tfe wMt-tUriih emgs, iU lurlo lato darker aaa-, la info eikler spring. fkw Is ao wtod abroad to-rle-. Hut eevkJ-tac I?1 "r. . Mt statist and in Hir iterata reseat Tat- aore. What wMosi stirs among la pines? What eon It that tney inr Thner aft that aearaa tne f wwaf heart. What raawr do they bring? inmhsll saettessent alls the nloom, abi. la the stiUaeaa. clear The vireo'a tatt-sale warning rins: A, in the fairy-- nfor toad TacshoeUy asnie 4ajWhen, toward tbe enchanted bower, tae Prince Draw etoaar tnrougli tne mas. jUr-najr. I track a aet-ter swats, A wUoVr than ye know To tain tfrnl tk louoat kaunt Of thrush or vlreo. This way It panted; tne scent HesfVesh; UK ItHI Mill IUJBMJ W Ever 1 tut low barn upon, Jhrt never overtake. Toother weoes that trail Toother world una new, wkrrclkerako keen the secret here Will keep the prmule. t ILemy A. Basra, ut Mrffmrr' JtfonlMn. TBE MAJOR'S TALEDKTMJX. Tatt Major on a sunahiny day in the main street of Ballykiilrowdy was pleassat to behold. He was not strictly a liarjdsome man perhaps, but he had the air of being a handsome man an air of n miMh nnn4kalanM and itimm! biimor(d triumph that it imposed upon most peo - pie and sent them awav with the notion that the Major was an AdonK He had one of the grandest figures 1 remember, to have seen. Strength sat sido by side ' with grace on his broad shoulders, and the carriage of his head was in itself a sort of wonder of high temper and vivacity. His mustaches took a splendid downward sweep; his hat raked a little; the tin of the fingers of his left hand entered his trousers-pocket; his right hand bore a cane, which described, as ; it were of it own volition, circles and segments of efareles. He took his way ! smiling, and his bright gray eyes and ! faultless teeth made his face look as Ev as sunshine. This when I come to , k at it, rends like the description of a handsome man; hot. like the Major's air. there is a certain imposition in it, though I know not how to lay my finger on it. ! Ballykiilrowdy was mainly owned by Miss Vivian Blake, a young lady of! eharming exterior, who rode to hounds 1 under the escort of an ugly male sue-: and cousin, whom the Major loathed. . Bnt such part of Ballykiilrowdy as was not owned br the beautiful Miss Blake was owned by her uglv nude second Oonsfn. and the popular 1 m preaion was 1 that Miss Blake and the cousin wouid make a match of it. Against this pop-; niar belief the Major chafed. a So- I crates might have riled up against a decrepit syllogira. It may be said of the Major that he had an air of prosperity. wh:ch was greatly more deceptive than ht air of physical beauty. Had his creditors met in oonelave. "they m-jrht possibly have decided amongst them a K'bU-ni of some interest: how did the jor live He owned neither laud nor mrfc. aage. Like this kok of beaut y and his air of prosperity, his very title was misleading to the stranger. He had never helda commission ant here, in anvthing; but a man with sach a figure oujrht to nave bci-n a Major if the rank had been created eqeeially that he might ornament it, the thing had seemed most fitting and admirable and, in short, the title was a popular tribute, nnsought by him. conferred upon him by nature, mi it seemed, and adopted without oue dissentient voice by the public of itaHykiilrowdy. and indorsed bv the members of the Ulster in lordly lklfast. Aoveitst and other soctai moralists nave often been rvnical. at small coat. with reapeet totheafiection entertained bv n nn-acred gentleman for a well-1 acrea tady. nut, as Moccaceio ana Mr, Tennyson will tell you, a real attach- : ment is not altogether impossible under such cottdHiom. The Major was madlv ' in love not with Miss Blake's landed , sions, but with Miss Blake. Time his first inroads on the poor gentleman's close-cJnatering hair. He was but two-and-thitrty; but some men age early, and 1 have never heard that a partial or even a complete baranese ' gives safety against the assaults of tbe , Ernd passion. The ugly second cousin. ! is own poverty, the rapid h -increasing ( width of his central parting, nnd Vivian's beantv and Vivian a kindneas, -eumbmed together to fret the Major's j heart. Yet the Irish elasticity of his temperament constantly pulled aim out . thorn a as euastantlv suffered him to ' m laa ueMii" of his aesnonaencv. vii agiuu. opiriHHUij. nv mewncuan infant Banted in thai Ananrican inrenmfaat nested fat that American inveu tioa. " the baby -jumper," and he went up and down on the most Insignificant provooatkm. In perfect eeriawatees, but with an Irish sense of rhyme, he wrote ballads on his own condition and to his mistress' a ft-vhmw. Pnrmtt that tha Mujmi Mt Ul' . nn.. tWe of this story should, perhaps, hare fcttu, "Out d tht MaW'fYalfdie-!

lions." or "The Major's Lat Valediction," lor during the years of fata pan on ha w anal way i bidding farewell, in terra more or lew affecting, to the adorable Vivian. "And a for nie," wrote tli' Major, after wishing Vivian all happyios. even with the u,;T) second couin: Ai.l for in.- thrc's Kijt and Tit h I M. 1 Ami lot of 4hi-r ol.Mfw tit ill hi: Aii when I'm ile.ifl ymr atdlle t lir of pit Will nwcti tui'l thrill we eteu wletv fin tying. ' It wm an honest passion. The poor fellow wa fairly h oked. Ail manner 1 of ambitious bean to bestir themselves; ; for there wm more in him. or at leant i ho thought so, than the hetplens power to dream of good luck over a buttle of tb club Poiunmrd. or a glass of hot ' Irish, at the statu of tim fund- mljcht order. Perhapa tbe title conferred I uptm him waa not without its influence upon his dream. I " I'd hang me harp on a willow-tree, , an' off to the wars again." Katd the Major; "but I haven't a harp, or the fundi to buy one; and there's no willow. tree handy, and no wars convenient, i the Lord be good to me!" 111 t u - . .

n newer rnu uurjran. tne uglv c" unti cousin, naa or uaa not in his own person exhausted the family stock of physical unhappiuess. I cannot tU; bnt I know for a fact that his sister was as pretty as Vivian herself. If 1 kmw of anything prettier, I would compare her to it, buti do not; and in these declining davi I am not likely to find it. Whose is the hand which shall, by the aid of movable types, describe a pretty firlf Mine has no cunning. If I say that each of these young ladies was ravishing, nineteen and Irish. I hare done my best. Like KosaHnd and y ,earnli' J,h-vml' together miff tvhnneiui IIiam wmmw IIbVm. smm and wbereaoe'er they went, like Juno's swans, si in they went coupled and inseparable. It followed that if Phil Durgaa had known as much as was known to his ister Julia, he would have known more of Vivian's likings than he knew. In that case the ineffable satisfaction which commonly illumined his fojjgy feature might have dimmed a little. Yet. why should I triutupft over ugly rTiil? Tour story- ' iur ' rarely contented unless he flogs t rascal. un Kens, lor example, i R tfd over the bnneU dealt by bis ix'uuiw io ui unpopular iwopie. ntin what a gusto he nogs Squeers; how rejoicingly he throws w egg into the scavenger 8 cart; with what exultation he tells the story of Pecksniff's thrashing! It is in my power to administer to Mr. Philip Durgmn such a horsewhipping as never yet mortal man received; but as 1 am strong. I wilt be merciful. Phil, as the late Lord Lvtton said of somebody, ww uglier than be had a right to be. There is a certain type of face which trenches perilously on tbe aspect of the gorilla; and Phil, who was naturally gifted in this direction, improved his chances by the disposition of his hair and whiskers, be had all the graces of a lady-killer, as an imitative ape might have them. He had a brogue a man might have buns his bat on. and believed that he spoke with the purest of all posibh English accents. "Chwasniver taken for an Ouish man but wonee in my loife," Phil had been known to say. "an' that was be a Polhdt .few oi met in Hongary; an' after we'd been talkin' for'n hour or tew. 'Mr. Durgan.' says he, ye' be an Oirishman?' "An' what makes ye think that?' nays Oi. 'Your speech,' sav he. An' Oi tailed at the man." It was before the days of the disestablishment and dNcudowment of the Irish Church, and the Bishop of Ballrkillwas a pnwjierous and a happy prelate. His lordship's youngest wn. Jack, wa a terror to the heart of his parents. His lord-hip was an Englishman, and Jack to his hnrmr. hail acquired a brogue which riralcd Phil's. The lad was alwa s in miwhicf of one kind or other, and his mother. anxious heart daily foreboded that he would be brought home u j on a shutter. Yet there was no barm in young Jack, ami he hail as xtatinch pluck as n bulldog's. And, be it known, he knew and loved the Major. And now, tbe itramati pfrmtfr being introduced. Vt the tale gosniootL!;, on, ThegoFl BUhop rarely without guest; for it hn own hospitable instincts slumbered for a div or two, his sons or daughters brought their own churu or comianions to dwell within his irate'. ' Kate and Mary were raptur ously in love with Virian and Julia, and f were continually paying and receiving ; visits to ana from tnem. aims make and Miss Durgan Bishop's roof, and were beneath the Mr. Phil Durgan, with the Bishop's difficulty in seeurThe Major, know wbo w intimate second son. had no ing quarters there. ing his rival's chances, and recognising the bopelesaues of his own passion, was torn by vain desires. He walked and rode about Ballykill, encountering the j Bishop otten, but avoiding the ladies se , persistently, that anybody who was a fool might have thought that the meetings with tbe Bishop were the special object of his journevs. Master Jack, who was acute and' discerning, knew , better. Meeting the Major one day be took the bull by tbe horns. I "Gay. me boy." said Jack, "whoy don't ye come up an' have a shoy at herf The Major's name was Goegbaghan, and 'Gar" was the friendly contraction. Well, ve see." said the Major, du Woushr, 'your mother s not too fond of t ..... , , ' "un. nun t mino ner leorsniD, seta i Jack; "or 11 pull ve through uO' I "Pm not liked. Jaek" the Major answered, sadly; "and It's not of any use to go. I would be coldly treated." "Well, look here, Major," cried Jack, with n look of trtamph; If oi give ye a welcome from the governor T.' nnUf 1Jf lUl Vm " Faith," amid the Major, with dmibtfal tmim, " I w!Uf

"Koijeht!" shrinked the younjf gtntlemau, and threw a pair of 'Utn iuto the Major' dogcart, lit" wat in a'ter them Ht a bound. ' Droivc to the hUt-k Hoot Pool. Oay," be saitl. The Major shook the reins and away they went. ' What U it. at all?" asked the Major. " PtiH up a? Murphy's shebeen," aid Jack, and returned "no other umver. Hut there was wot Id of hidden meaning in the wink with which thin order wan accompanied. Tbe nhebeeu arrived at. Jack leaped down, and swaggered in with a "Save all here!" "It's yew for hreaktnV the bovs' heart. Mrs. Morphy, said Jack. " me own is sore with vou." Tbe plump and pretty Mrs. Murphy

laugneu. "8in teen takes foine leps these toimes, 1 says she in allusion to Jack's age. Jack beckoned her on one side and spoke to her for a moment in a serious whisper. "Shamns." said she. with a twinkle i in her eye, "be fetching the clothes line." Shamus. like a well-trained husband. "Ye won't telir said Jack. "Not a synnable, be thim five crasses." said Mrs. Murphy. Jack, handing up a bottle of whisky and a clothes-ITne to the Major, reascenaeu into tne "uog-esrt, nouaed in friendly fashion to Hhamuft and his wife, and requested his companion to drive on. The mystified Major obeyed. In the course of a mile's drive they I . Jck began to screw on his skates. " came upon tne jtiacn oooi root, ana " Tbe ice is not safe here, ' laid the Major. "Maybe 1 know that." Jack replied. "Don't be fooling with me. Jack," said poor Geoghaghan, who was scarcely ever known to be angry with anybody "Tbe crookedest road is sometimes straightest," responded Jack, sententioualy. By this time his skates were firmly bound. "She'll stand, won't she?" said Jack, with a side way nod at the mare. "Like a stone," said the Major. "Then." said Jack, taking oft his overcoat, and onmbrously descending from the dogcart, "follow me, an' fetch the clothes-line with you. The first faint idea of Jack's plot j dawned upon the Major's mind, i "You'll be catching cold," he said, i "The overcoat' 11 be dry." said Jack; - "an' there's whisky in the bottle, an' It's only half a mile home." "That's true, too." said the Major, j descending with alacrity, j Master Jack, having seen red one end j of tbe elothee-line about his chest, gave the other into the Major's hands, and , went upon the iee. It cracked be- ! neath him, and before he had gone twenty yards itgave way with a crash and a splash. The Major hauled, and ' Jack came in splittitur the thin ice be fore him, and puflag and blowing like a Clfframpus. Me seized bis rescuer s hand and scrambled to tbe bank. t "In ye go!" he shouted. "Don't keep me here to catch me death P' j "What?" cried the Major. "Now. how do ye think you could ; save me loife from drowning without a wet thread on you?" inquired the youngster. j The Major granped the situation, but stood awhile regarding Jack ruefully. "In ye go!" the young gentleman cried again. "Begorra," said the Major, slowly stripping off his coat and standing in his shirt sleeves, there's nothing else for it." And with that, once more taking tin the end of the rope, he inmned in. and i emerged breathless. Jack was already . ' " . 1 in the dogcart, and was struggling into his overcoat. Luckily for the harm1" fulfillment of this truly Irish enterprise, heavy outer garments wore the fashion. Each buttoned himself to the chin, and each took a great gulp of whisky. Then the Major, with a sense of humor to Jteep Lint warm, touched up the mare, and away they rattled. "What's to become of the clothesline?" asked the Major. "Shamus is to come down to the pool and bring it home with him," said Jack, with his teeth chattering. "Jack, ' said the Major, affectionate ly, "I've an English note for five pounds m ne somewhere, and it's yours, me fivepou yours, bov. for this dav's work." Me teeth are like castanets." Jack responded. "Drive on. for tbe love of Heaven! Bnt I'm game to take the paper, Major, an' 1 wink I deserve it." "I think you do." replied the Major. it. Jack's description of the rescue was a real work of art. "No, no," cried tbe Major, blading to the roots of his hair, "indeed, 'twas, nothing. He'd hare got out easily without me." "Indeed, then," said Jack. "I'd never have got out at all without you. Because," he added, foiio voce, without you I'd never have got in." M n..i...ii.i, it ut.u with tears rs of emotion on his cheeks. "you must not stand a moment in vour Wet clothes. Come with me." . The Major followed obediently. Vivian and Julia had heard the tale in common with the rest of the household. J "'" (wvw" v m boa they retired totrether. Vivian flew Julta's arms and kissed her cheek. Indeed," said Julia, " he is a noble fellow." He baa brave as he is handsome,'1 nkt the beautiful Vivian, and a sympathetic tear coursed towards one corner of her charming mouth. Ugly Phil Durgan knew not of this motmgaoane, and was too stupid to divtnatt. But there had never been

uu lore lost between himself and the 1 Major. "What roight biw the blagvanl here," queried Plnl to himself, "pokln' his uoa where he's not wanted ? Whoy t couldn't he lot the little puppy drown

; binie(f, an' save the country the price oi a rojHt r rte u liave u have oue some day. ( i'd have let h'm drown," niusod ugly Phil; and. indeed, 1 am not indisposed to think thai Mr. Durgan construed himnelf aright. PI ko befell that tliere was nobody in the palace whtMe clothes, were likely to fit the Major, with the exception of Phil himself. The Hiidiop's request for a , complete rij?-out for the rival was not j to be denied, but Phil granted itgrudg1 ingly. A littie silver kettle was hissing : above a spirit-lamp In the breakfast- ! room when the Maior descended. I fancy that his lordship had caught ; something of the manners of the vountry, and had a use for that littie kettle on most days after dinner. The Uishopess. with her own fair hands (plump and hospitable liands they were), made grog for the rescuer of her ehild, and pressed it upon him lest he should take cold. It was a signal honor, and the Major felt it. A little flushed by his bath, and the triumph of the situation, the Major looked more like a handsome man than ever. Mr. lurgan's tweeds fitted him as though they had been made for him. "Phil?' said Vivian, "I always despised your tailor until now." "Yes." said Phil, innocently, 'Tve changed me num. These wor made in London." And he sprawled Into an attitude which seemed likelr to be fatal. The Bishop begged the Major to stay. His wife commanded to the same enact, with imnerloua hoanitalitv. The Maior naa nothing to ao oat to accept tne sttuation. He spent tbe evening in the same house with Vivian that was worth something to him. "Make the running." whispered Jack. "It's all in jour own hand. Now the Major, although an Irishman, was bashful. It was an Irishman who wrote "She Stoops to Conquer," and be drew the hero on an Irish pattern. Had Vivian been a pretty chambermaid, poor Geoghaghan had approached her with conquering airs foreboding victory; but he was half abashed before a lady," though never shamefaced ) enough to be clumsy. It was a noble deed. Mr. OeoirhaShan," said Vivian, letting her splenid eyes shine full upon lain for a moment. "Faith it was not," he answered in a tone of some distress. "What a rora avis is a really modest man!" thought the young lady; and when the had thought it long enough she said it aloud. Miss Blake," said the Major in a half-whisper, "I cannot endure that you should think of nte above my deserts, and especially when I have done a thing of which I am more than half ashamed. 1 cannot endure that you should think I have done anything brave or prauteworthv. Vivian looked at him inquiringly. 1 think she fancied that the Majors dip had given him a little touch of fever, and that he was wandering. That inquiring glance did the business. The Majors eyes met Vivian's, and he knew his hour had come. A child's band can launch a ship, but a woman's eyes can do eren more marvelous things. That look from Vivian launched the Major; nothing could hold him back. "There is one beneath this roof," he said, "who is dearer to me than me life. I was barred be cruel Fate from her presence; circumstances over which I hail no control shut me out from her society. I am going abroad" The Mnjor had only formed this resolve upon the in stank "But I am content to have i looked upon her before I go; and bea , heve me, I shall carry her image to my grave; but me conscience and me honor will not permit me to go without explaining the subterfuge by which came here. The rescue was a mere 'device-" ) And in broken accents he told the story of Jack's ruse. Vivian had turned away her head whilst the Major told his love-sick tale: but when he reached his confession she ! turned away more pronouncedly, and the Major saw that she trembled violently . Was it with anger or disgust? "Farewell, Miss Blake!" he mur mured. "Farewell, Vivian! Forgive rm-baseness if vou can." There came no answer but a strange gasping sob. " At least forget me if you cannot forgive me," he urged, broken by her silence. "I shall cross your path no more. Farewell." Still she gave him no answer, but the sob was repeated. He reiterated hit farewell, and crossing the room looked blindly over a port-folio of sketches, seeing nothing. Suddenly there arose a nienanB ahrtek. and averrbodv in tan room rushed toward Vivian. She had ! cast herself almost at full length upon a couch, and was shaken by a wild hykteria. Peal after peal of mad involuntary laughter broke from her lips. "Leave the room, gentlemen!" amid tbe Bishop's wife. The gnuty Major took his way with the rest. "Tears will relieve her, were the last word ha heard. They fell from the lips of his hostess. "Observe, John," said the Bishop, " how your inconsiderate desire for danS irons adventure operates upon your llow-belngs. Mr. Csoghaghaa rescues you at the risk of his life, and the excitement of tbe story has brought a most terrible attack of hysteria upon Mlas Blake. Lot this be a warning to you." Jack shot a glauea aeroaa at the Major, who replied by a mefui lifting of the eyebrows. Ttogtaace meant, "Did youiellf" and tha lifting of the eyebrows. I told, had luck to me!" To the utter miitfntJtt of the Bishop, tht

Major. Phil Durgan, and the Bishop! oldest and second sons. Jack had nrecisuly such an attack as that from whioji Miss Blake was suffering. "Unhappy boy!" exclaimed the Biahv P tugging wildly at the bell-rope; taw excitemnt has been too much for hlm.n The Major stood like cm dased. The

world wa hollow. There was no .mora hope in it or jor in it. But, for all that, the fierce throes of uncoaquera ble laughter were upon him. He was an Irishman after all, and the situatkm had an element of comedy. Tan BfanV op. and tbe Bishop's eldest and second ons, and Phil Durgan began to think the world gone mad, when, with on helpless yell the Major flung himself into an armchair, and laughed until be fell out of it. "Ha! ha! bar came faintly from tha drawing-room, through closed doors. "Hafha! bar screamed Jack, as ha writhed upon die floor. "Ha! ha! ha!" roared the Major, m a voice which startled a passing wagoner upon the high road, fifty yarns away. It is a fact worth chronicling thai the Bishop, and his sons, and Phi Durgan are all a little more puasied at thhf time than they were at the m anient when the smaaiag scans just described was nator tnmr eyes, laey are alii suaoeu now umt uere was a tne oouom ox it.Vivian kept the secret loyally. Of coarse Julia knew l but aha kept it. Shamus Murphy and. his win knew K and did not keep it; but between their customers and the episcopal palace wan great gulf fixed, and ta alory never passed over it. The Major was doubly serious after his laughter, and begged leave to retire. The Bishop accorded the permission somewhat stiffly. In the morav ing the Major's portmanteau had 'arrived, and he was dressing to depart, when Jack entered his room. " Ye're not going, Major!"' said tha youngster, brimming with impudent de"Yes," said the Major sadly; "tha ruse was a failure." Was UP" demanded Jack, holding up a letter. The Major dashed at it, tore it open, and read: Miss Blake presents her sweereet apologies to Mr. Geog haghan for her conduct of last evening, will he afford her an opportunity of making her apologies personally f" Only last month Mrs. Geoghaghan, of Ballykillrewdy Castle, being in the act of comforting a young lady whose love-affair were a little involved, mada this remarkable statement: " I've no natieaoe with the neooia huh let tnetr lovers run away them in novels, when a sensible ....... . . would set tha matter right at And I don't mind tolling- yon. my dear, that I met Tbeopbllus way." r. I remember that the Major's Christian name was Theophilus, and putting this fact with the mat, I think we mar conclude that the Major married Mies Blake. 2$mc The Whster r Oxx of the compensations of our peter winters here on die northern Atwntm ; coast is the sparkling glory of tha noe ' turnal skies. This, however, is a feature which can only be seen, of course, in clear nights; and nights which are . really clear are not numerous. Tha moat splendid spectacle ever unrolled in tbe heavens is the sight of the sky in. I a really clear and sparkling frosty winy ! ter night. Then, if ever, the universe of sons is unrolled, deep within dean, until " the immeasurable heavens break i open to their highest," and tbe beholder is lost in the boundless revelation. The winter constellations are the grand est; and amoni; them great Orion is grandest of all Near it comes tan flaming Sirius, greatest and grandest of suns as splendid still, almost, as whan, 1 more than 3,000 years ago (then a rest ! star) It was worshiped by the ancient i Egyptians though It has been receding from us daring the whole of that , vast period at the rate of more than 1,700.000 miles a day. Could any faet f possibly present at once so impressive ! a sense of its vast dimensions and ita unimaginable distance f It is pretty well demonstrated ao far as anything connected with an object so inconoei ve bly distant can be demonstrated Sirius pours out two. hundred times ! much light (and doubtless, also, heat) as our sun. Its diameter is found to exceed the diameter of our sua In tha proportion, at least, of fourteen to one, and to be not less than twelve milliona of miles. That, for its diameter! its volume exceeds that of tha i two thousand seven hundred times. Ho woaner tterscnei, in tnrnimr his scope toward that tfnbjettt obiect,aaw. before tne glass, rcaeaea K when seemed, as he expressed it, Jike the) light of dawn. What must its systsm of attendant planets be? Rising near it, at the end of Orion's Sword, biases beautiful BlgeL Nearer the xenith glnV ter the Pleiades; and, following that splendid constellation, comes red AMuv baran. In Taurus. To the northward shine the great northern son, CapeBa and Vega, and many other great hramv ous centers of, to us, invisible solar systems of their ownJ7aribrd (Cusms.) WWMS. Tim wholesale price of oysters has advanced fifty and seventy-five poroent. recently. Oysters that sokl for fA a barrel not long age now bring ft. Tha oystermen have terrible times dredgmf for oysters now. Urn shallow beds are froaea over and the deeper beds are (wered with floating iee, and the suffering among those who have to work III OUtunar Mlstta. M wjp wwas njppreww nw djttwsd