Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 26, Number 35, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 July 1884 — Page 3

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JAnPKR. bPMISQ IN TUB ALLEY. aad tote blarhat the Spring was A rtegof triusiph in bar fresh youn voice; for she. wmum, wne in ner IIIO a fUU And the soft suatklae made her heart rewWrMMokMUic for UieSprlnfr" she Bat the pah) nrlvrer sadly shook nl head. And gased wttk sunken eves upon ber face. TUtttaj FWJJuy nuea kit soul with pesos, fond in ker slender form. be whispered: To stag tla praise of the young Bnriiur tow er; Cklld of the narrow court ! they at? not oun !" O'er the teseoodnt sufferer bendlne low. Tin her fair Uwsee swept his tarobbinjr wllh taadgtkKeotna- eyes, and eaeeka aglow Wttk jojr and hope, she softly told hlmhow. Hot vary Bar away, the golden bees kmc er ' tke hawthorn aw spoke of twittering birds, and raised ber erea. Braiht with I Ttt UM dark celline that shut AMI Iowa rod unon h,r. aaaha valnlv Hwh Wttk words of loving syatpatay, to oaeer nsMnai uie mm suserin- nadoaooaar. Vnr ok, tkat Ufa. untorely though It seemed, Was the aear object of her fondest lovej Votasses of wttchimr poesy so dreaatad. Honk noon and evening, as she bent above His weary form, rot neither liarht nor bloom OMud tempt her footsteps front tan dingy Oft, when ah heard kit hollow ooo-h, she I" the still midnight-bow it wrung her Ton, ahsoould hoar It even when ako sleet, Aad often wakened with a feverish start. iniiiiiaiw uira, in many a Mart ui prayer. enee urn pain uuu aas so ranged to share. Blithely aba oarolad when the mornlnir aun Hose o'er the alley like a blushing bride : ur grave and silent, like some meek-fsoed ana. Wle.1 she her needle by the sufferer's side Ana on. n was so sweet to toll f him TUl ber hands trembled, and her eyes grew HUB I Till from those weary bands her work would ran. And her dint vision could distinguish nous-tot Bare the black solders erawllnjr on tk mmii. And tko dead violets she brreeif had bought 7 mww inmn sne nao siokmi away Front her poor scanty earnius day by day, Jror when before the mnrfcet-atnli ah at Her little nurse einaixMl tiirhtiv in hr knVi 9ke needs must purt 'kxae lor each dewy bud cwmro use a mef ner rroni isiryinnd; And well her line po'tc fancy knew The BbttUared puicos where the violets jrrew. And when she raised them to her earer lips Ith the pure rapture of s little child. Tn- dewdiopc twinkled ou their azure tips. TUl the y ounjf dreamer bent her faoo and sssiird With ti.e weet eonaciouaooM that they wonld Into the meanest slam n breath of Spring; Xeturnin home her joyous footatens fell GMkethe soft patter of the summer rain; jun on. ne weary en weary sufferer knew tt wett. And moaned a weieone iron nis nen of Ctos to his ska erept, and kaeeliaa pe twined the violets la her sunny hair. CbarrtMMl from his fretful mood, Um suflrnr laid One thin white hand upon her worn gray D ar vhiht!" he murmured, while the sddwarns piayea M hMe-anrt seek amid each wander! nc tress, -niMwniw ibv uiimi-m intaerosv asorn; j; ten. am araleful that the aprtnt; U born: " ymnn r'emeter. ta rAaetoera' JomtmoC THEIR F1RMT qPARKlU If there was one thinar that she carticulariv disliked it was a dog. iier antipathy to the whole canine species was unreasoname. out iixe all women be asserted her right to be unreasonable when she pleased, and now she thought it too bad that a dor and a poodle at that -should be allowed to disturb the smooth current of their matrimonial bliss. They had been marnea itist a month, had Jrck Applegate and Winnie Matthews, and as yet she nan scarcely grown acenstomea to be ing called Mrs. John Applegate. That month had been spent in a dWUrhlful honeymoon trip, and never had young mameu people enjoyed toemselvvs more fully, bat bow on returning home entae we nrsx aomeaue tar. it was all ccaieoaed by a note that Jack fotmd awaiting him. It read: .... FAciro, Cat. uear juMts Jest beard of the happy event JUt BMenaefaremte you. Will aad you and gsurotaer aejfe awekjr Mountain poodle by BgsrwFrm emswaqniw ne oeoasnoa. 1 JUi JO 1 Jmy to yourself and bride, Ynjunc PAnnoMa. "Ah." said Jack, on reading the note, "Frank has hoard of anr nuu-rla The dear old fellow, aad though he is way out in San Fraachwo yet he is aatiud to remember ns with some kind - j-. .. - ana.. as a m m present, remitter idea to send us I ear Frank always was a litffeewa. a ears now he came to; West aad seek his fortune on the Pact ftope. Aow, Um first thing that is to ee ooae is to write to Uw good old hoy, (fling Mm that for his sake we will Jwaya eheraw the gift.'' Bat,'' nbiaeted Wlnnkt vrm knnW I mm I eadare doge, and pcodhm eapeeJaOr. Jaekr. ralkaptivnle'. "I know you don't like them, but in this eaae you might make an exoeption. Iwtnk Is my oldest aad best friend." "Year beet friend P" intorrnptod hb wltV wUh aa iajared expreaskm. 0C eottrse,1' he eoatinued, "1 mean iy best male friend, ' aad what he wonjda'tdoformeisBot worth doing. Why, we roomed together at college, f ernes he saved my Ufa. I am ctortil Indebted te him, aad his noodle, even fjbeugh it Is aa nnnsual wedding ptreeat, should bj reoelred with dmisiiawed hoaora. , . . "Stflll Wt endure doge; I "eest ha very sight ef them. 2, trt . jaWlamgirnc, aad

aaidanjto ! yo td make Um leant ol. JoeUun.' "InoooaWcrato!" mad WinnVs faoo lushed. I'm not at all iuountidermto, ad il I don't like dogs I don't, Freak or no Frank!" "Winnie," oluwly mmarked ber hua. OMKl, 'do not jret excited over no small a tnsttr. iH (lourafl we will du what we can for the animal. It is not every oouple that iau start out with a Hocky Mountain poodle, and from what I have heard ihey are the be.4 watch doffs in the world. " 1 "That is all very trite. Jack, bat I dislike dogs more than I can toll and I will never be hsppy with one in the house). To Dlease me von'll irivH this

poodle away when it attires, won't you. Jack?" and Winnie's toaes were soft and pleading. 'Ciive it awayP' exelahaed herhmv bnd. HJive away a wedding present! 'J bat would be a rank disoonrteiy. You wouldn't propose to gy away any of the rest of Use presents, would j ou? Mr. Forbes silver set. for instance, or your fathers sideboard, or my mother's parlor set? No, no, Winnie, that would never do." Jack, In fet, tnoujrht more of Frank than young men usually do of their chums, and so the bare suggestion of treating his gift with mtOgaity was enough to make him flare up in rights eou indignation. That his wife should not share his feelings toward his friend was a matter of surprise as well as of disappointment. Still he was determined that the dog or poodle, whichever it was, should be well treated, and If Frank had seen fit to kindly give it them, they at least would take care of It. His wife not only disliked dogs, but she had hitherto found her husband as tractable as could be wished, and she was not a little vexed to find that her will was not on all occasions hfs supreme law. It was all the more provoking that he should so stubbornly oppose her, and all for an insignificant poodle. But at all events she believed in a wife asserting hor rights, and she had no intention of yielding without a struggle. Jack," she resumed, ' do you lore me Yes." " Love me so much that yim want me to ba vorv hiiwiv'" " Ut course I da" " And yet you want to brine a nvit black poodle dog into our home to torment me, for I never could have a monitm'a peace if there was a dog about.11 imk 11 is a present from rank:.'! "And does Frank eome before vour wife?" "Winnie, how can rou be so cruel f I care more about vou than alt the world beside. v " And ret you won't do even a little TtlA You're unreasonable. Winnie, ner. fectly unreasonable. This poodle, when it gets here, will have come all the wav from San Francisco, aad if you care anything about me or my friends rou would only he too giad to receive h.'' And so their ouarrel besran. Their first quarrel, and they had only been married a month. The outsiue world may think it a very trivial matter, but to them it was the most serious thing in life. Both were perfectly sincere in the opinion that the other was to blame. She thought that be should be willing to dispose of such a valueless thing a-t a poodle if she wished it, and be thought that for his old-time friend she should make much of his arifa. But it would be a waste of words to attempt to follow the arguments and counter-arguments concerning that poodle, which, for all they knew, might never have left San Francisco. The more his discourse the more the animal appeared as the para gon of all earthly virtues, while she continued to paint it as a blacker and till blacker, ferocious and blood-thirsty u.-taT lt I. 1 tn. s won. tiw nesueu uscuasiou was an inauspicious way of beginning life beneath their own roof-tree, but neither paused to think of that. Finally Jack rose from his chair, and slandimr un in oratorical fashion, as be did when he was very much in earnest, he said: " Mrs. Applegate, that poodle is com ing, and we most receive it in decent style, no!" u t It was the first time in all their married life that he bad ooldlv and formal ly addressed ber a " Mrs. Applegate. (1 and for the moment she felt the blood in her heart chilling. Then her woman nature reasserted itself, and in a voice 1 full- - - r I . , 1 fully aa determined as bis. she began "Jack, if yon wish to destroy the peace of our happy home " But Jack was tout, and instead of completing the sentence she walked into the next room and. throwing herself upon the bed, cried as if her heart would break. Her husband, when he toft the aoasa. rapidly walked down the gravel walk hey lived in the suburbs- and lighting a cigar, began smoking rarioosly. He did not return until supper, aad then the subject of debate was eridenos that their quarrel was still atmermost la their minds. The next day. acme hours after Jack had left for bwttiiess. Mrs. Applegate was surprised to see three or four workiagmen prepared with tools aad lumber In the yard. Not knowing theirhust nets she aliened on her hat and rainsr oat, inquired. "uoing to MUM a dog-keawei. ntttfa," answered one of the men. "Mr. Applegate said as how he was going to get a Kooky Mountain poodle, whatever that may be, and be left orders this morntnjr or a kennel." And what could Mrs. Aprdeaate do? She eomsd not order the work stmpped or binder it in anr war, as it wonld be desraaing to her mif-resamnt to rereal these workinajmen that she and her kwbiad were not m perfect accord. So

hammering, and it seeaaed as tf even

. owiia as um strange pervert uw u wuam, iwwornr, huh sae paepared a dinner of thoaa tklatm miu her hasband particularly luto4 aad lathe little womanly touches about Uasl Bouse she dUl ail she could to everything attractive. At dinner Jack was unusually jolly, and he tried to make up for ber adence by a constant now of small talk. After the meal he went into the yard and leisurely inspvmeu we neany completed dogkennel, "Alee bit of architecture, that," he casually remarked, on retornin. wu, ava. saviu nis wue, wtu nail a ugn. ow. Winnie." he begs 'tio ha reasonaoie. lhls thing But he said no mora, for she had runirau mw anoioer room, ana olosiajr the door was lust to sight aodlhearinc. reeling decidedly aaoomfortaede, bat suu with the reassuring oonsoiousaaai that be was in the right. Jack ApBMgate left his home without making the least attempt to kiss his wife goed-by. With the poodle in his thoughts be went to the office of the express company and asked if a dog for him had anfradl Ao. no such animal had come. Thea be expla nod to the expressman that ha was expecting a Rocky Mountain poo-' die, and that It might be well led and eared for ou the road be left quite a sum of money. Then he serenely pro eeeded to busmen. Meanwhile at home his wife was an miserable as she well could be. In one breath site blamed herself, in Um next be was at fault. 8he felt that her heart was breaking, and life no longer was as bright an it had appeared during the happy days of the honey-mooa. When Jack returned she was still gloomy aad depressed. Supper was melancholy enough, and Jack did not allude to the poodle question until it was over. "I was at the express offioe to-day,". tie oosvrveu. She did not reply or even look up bet out silence, "but there was no news of San Francisco wedding present." eas S a a . a nen ne pansea. nut stilt no answer. "By the way," he went on, studiously not noticing the fact that she was silent, "what do you think will be a good name for the animalP Seeing that he comes from the metropolis of Che Pacific slope, wouldn't it be a good idea to call him 'Frisco P 'Frisco,' irisco,' that's not such a bad name for a dog, is it, eh?" "Jack Applegate!" cried his wife, with a sudden burst of anger, "you're a cruel, unloving husband!" and then she sousrht Um refture of her chamber. and like the bride of a month sobbed in despair of soul. The world had grown black to her and no longer was there toy or bright noes in it. It would be hard to describe Um mis eries and discomforts of JackApptogato and his wife for the next few days. He tried to be buoyant, bat all to no par pose; and for her part she was thoroughjy unhappy. That such a state of affairs could ever have exuded woukL but a few short days ago, hare seemed impossible. How it was a sad reality. T..- J T . ..... nvery oay acK wouia can at we express office and iunuire concerning um expoviea poovie, out mere was no news of it. Meanwhile he had the name "Frist!,' painted on the kennel. which, standing conspicuously in the yard, ever reminded his wife of the de plorable and unspannable chasm that was widening between thenv not to continue tnts story to an un reasonable length, let It be said that a, a ' a . nmaseira jrem un to US, growing worse and worse every dav. for a full week. Then one morning, shortly after Jack unu n lor ownneea, wna snouia anve up to the door bat one of the large waguns 01 m Aoasu irnrsas uoav paay, ana anrs. Applegate signer! a re ceipt in a big .book fur a bulky bundle which was carried into the hall aad there left It wag addressed to kef) husband, aad under the present dition of affairs she did not presume to open it. Ordinarily she would bare taken the trouble to hare seem what it was, but. as affairs were net at all at they should have been, she allowed the bundle to remain undisturbed where the expressman had thrown it. When Jack returned at noon she told him of it, and he out the cords aad unwrapped the thick papers, she, meanwhile, not wishig to appear curious, retiring to the j.". 1 r m dinlmr room. Jaolt worked several moments before the contenta of the package were renched, and then out rolled a glossy, long-haired akin of a grimily bear, the with ite glaring eyes and horrible teeth being perfect. It wae as beautiful a skm as is possible to imagine, aad for a moment he stood lost in admiraUoa. Then he noticed that aa envelope had dropped from m folds. Picking it up, he read: tax Phawcipco. DeAK Jacw awlgmltooky Moaatakt poedav That was all, but, like a flash, it came to Jack that poodle may hare more than one meaning. "Wiualer1 be called, and Mis had the okt, loving ring. , She came, looked at the .I. m . j. aa bear skin. reau me onei note, ana, m a nalUad it all. moment. "Oh, Jack!" was alt, she said, and a moment afterward he held her in his atroag anas aad thairklsee were those of mutual roconciliation. That night he chopped up the kennel for kindling, aad, wore it act for Uw bear akin, which they call Frlso,'' mere would be nothing left to rotated them of their First Cmrfaaes A Ortea, m mtlmkipkki Caff. Mildew mar ba ping the stained parts into m end putting them mto the sea. Imttiiwnk

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THE MAQICAL CURB. Ihera lived, earn ea a Usee, a ton wklle In the oouatry ef aoaaewheroor otaer, A say little Pnaoa, who was heir to tke tkrona, Aad be bad neither sister nor brother. His hair and nis ayes were a chestnut Aad no nutter what state was the weather. He wore doublet and host-, aad that sort of clothes. And a las velvet cap wttti a feather. He had oaly one fault, but that was enouso: Twas this study And when asked tbi he was not Inclined to: ie reason he nuver would learn. He would answer he "hadn't a mind to! He oould scarce read a word, and be oould not ante: As for spellinghe eouM not spell "able." And ke oonM not tell nouns from pronouns, nor yet Say his multipttoatioa table. As for learnlnf "a mo. amas. amsi" He declared ne never would do Its Thourh "onery, eoery. tekery, aa. He ooukt say from the start quite through It. For you see anything- mat was niee to play He had a mind to leero la a minute. But tke thin that looked in the least like a task He had not a miad to beaia tt. The King wt vary aad was much pusaled. tke Queen Twas a sorrow they were That the ben- to the throne not reskjrned to eaaune so team. Because he had not a mind to. 'This tktnr must be ehaned,M saM the Klnt. wltk a frowa. I wlU s-nl for the Court PkysieisJi ; flwre is.nomethtn radically wmne. I fear. Ia his Hitrhoees, our son's, oondlUoat" So the Court Phykmn arrived at the Omit. . And examine a me rnnco, as aireotsMi: ASM ae aaid, heard: as he sotesaly stroked his " Tm afraid that his brain Is an"ected." Dare you say." roared the Kins', ta a burst of wrath. To a monarch of my positton. That bis Mn is a duneef 1 will save your Cried tke Kin to the Curt Physician. Next the Kins' eaUed a oouaeU of learned men. They were satrst of all In the Nation, Bu they failed to suinrest any remedy After six mouths of deep meditation. They ware all la despair! when in through the gate. Oama a little oM woman, as wrinkled And aawlUiered and brow a as an autumn Tkougk'ker eyes like diamonds twinkled. r whthlag to speak with the Kin," said she ae was not at all troubled wUh shyness: be struck ber oak staff on the stonea, and explained: " I've a cure for his Koyal HUrhnesa." ake eurtedad low when she saw the King, mo, graveiy; "i nave aere a nra. Which wfll en re the Prtoee ef his peaytnc' If sock 1 is your royal pleasure. TIs a wondrous suppers I've owned tt Tt Is made of maa-iea! ImUmt. And by faithful ue of It I hav btoawhtvp late men seven sons altoaetker." from of her foot; way to apply fat Tea qufcik tmm mnee. If year Majeaty earas to try aV spake, and tnea vanished. -Ah, Weu," aata am King, lore a ae "Taey say there like me prastit I I wfll call ir Vie Prince aad aire him a doss, namrh t fMf ho will ui bS m - j no he tucked up his gown, aad took eat Ms erowa. Leaned bM eeapter away ta the comer, ad than, last the Quean ahouM ) om at the noise. Beat a fair matd-of-aooor m warn hex. 'Alas!" cried me Qseen. as she bam Into And sank Into a eaalr made of willows While a maJd-of -Boaor at eaek of her Te esetude any sound, pressed a pillow. laanlaute the slaps soandad quick aad sharps Twas apparent hts HlamneasVM awcrlag Aarettr awd dose for a boy wno, uff thee. Had had nothing at all nut pettta. to ee1 eaweV o)QQ4h exeeadUasiy Tnoagk kis faee looked But ke learned tt by heart lassie ef aa bear. By tee aid of the slipper's amen. Aad he stud led quite nicely from that tints en. -Twas a cure, though they found It preFor fear of relapee, that stlpaei Bvarasore ta ntata slsrat the -aner a. jiawcnr, m tsaawa a TAKIiKJ CAR OF BaXY. Gertie had serious troubles at sdsuoL She had no head for hguree," as they say, aad we know that heads hare a great deal to do with figures. They danced and cut capers tbrourh her brain tilt she could hardlr remember their names. She alwavs foraot whether 'quotient" or 'product" be longed to multiplication or diriston; "plus," minus" the sign of "equal ity," ana ail tnoee puaalmg things were hopelessly mixed up together. She was brurht rooturh la her other studies, but poor little girl! twice she had failed to nam" in arlmmetie. aad bad beau put back to drag through the same sheary old lesson. There were so many other little ones in the family that no one had time to think of Gertie's troubles, or advise her about them, aad she began to think she was going to be a dunce all her life. But one happy day Uncle John oame from Boston on a visit. It did not take him long to see. by Um pitiful droop at the corners of Um motah aad forlorn look in her eyes, that something as wrong. Uncle John always had time. He listened to all Gertie bad to tell and comforted her by assuring her that Um smartest woman he had ever known. who had written, he coolda't tell how mar books, knew only enough arith metic to count up her money when she went shopping. Apt of ail this, though, Um fact re atamed that ft wtttOerth?s duty to kmrtr nrlthuietic. Uaefo John thought she might be able to try harder than ever

if she had amnethiag pleasant to

look forward to; an he promned her that If she passed next year, he wonld send her the prettiest present she had ever seen. And she did. And it came. What do you think hi the nicest present a little girl can hareP Uncle John thought so, too. Aad m was the k) valient one you ever saw! A sweet, bright baby-face in the moat delicate wax. Blue eyes that moved, hair not all braided and friazled and fussed up with bows, but the dearest little silky short curls exactly like a baby's; and a long white drees with a robe front. It was almost big enough to be twin sister to Nellie, the sum-enough baby who was four months old. Nellie idways laughed and crowed when she mar the cunning thing; thought it would be very nice for her to play with, aad won dared why Gertie never seemed to thiak so, too. One morning, mamma told Gertie ta stay awhile with Nellie, who was sitting, in her little buggy in the garden. Gertie brought Kosabefia, her waxen baby, and seated her at the foot of the buggy while she went for some flowers. Bat was iuito sore Rosabella was out ot Nellie s reach, but baby stretched aad stretched with all her little might, aad soon had bold of Um treasure. Babies, you know, am not very wise. This baby thought she oould easily put Bosabella's bead just where she trMtt put everything else-in ber rosy littan mouth. And she tried and tried, bat Uu more she tried the more she couldn't. At first, she thought it was beeaase Bosabella's head wae too large; then she thought her own mouth must be tot small. However It might be, she began to cry with anger, partly because she oould not do what she wanted to, and partly because Bosabella's faee bumped ber little bit of a nose. Gertie came running in sore dismag as she saw what was going on. She felt very mnch like slapping NelUe'i little hands at sight of a few smaty scratches on Rosabella's pretty face, but mamma came back just thea, so Gertie carried her poor darling up to Uw nursery and sang ber to sleep. Then she heard mamma calling her, so she laid Rosabella In Kejlis's oradnv covered her up, and drew the fry-net over her. How cunninsr she looked there with her baby hair on Um pillow, and one little pink waxen arm oatside the cover! Mamma was wanted in the parlor to see company, and sent Gertie to find the nurse-girl and tell her to come and see to baby, (iertte found ber un stairs, putting away clean clothes, and giving her mamma's meseage, went down to the parlor. The girl was going down for baby, but first stepping into the nursery, she said: Sure, it's here she is aahleep in Um erathle!" and she sat down beside her and began sewing on buttons as fast as she oonki. A black cloud ia the south-west was rising very fast. Soon Um lightning igan to play brightiy, and the thunder rolled heavily along the sky. Little Nellie, all alone in the buggy, thought Um liirhtoinr verr Dretrr. but did not like Um thunder, and whimpered a little. The callers spoke of going, but mamma said it was only a shower which would be over soon, so they talked on. Big drops began to fall. Netttt toughed at first, and then caught hat breath as they came faster then screamed as they poured down with a perfect roar. Mamma fancied she heard something amid Um noise of Um storm, and, steeping into Um hall, called: Ifoiue! Mollfe! Is Nellie crytngP' Mollie came softly to Um head of the stairs aad answered:: "No, mum: Um darlint's fash) ashleep, mam." Just then there was a dreadful flash of lightning, aad a great branch of a tree in the tardea oame arnahnur to the ground. Mamma went out on the plasm, and then her Mends thought she must hare gone erasy as she rushed out into tat TT ea a e storm. nacK sue oame in a with poor, dripping, frightened, ing oaoy in ner arms, she ran un to Use anmerv. Mollie raised her hands, exclaimiaar: Aft' it's nlver the emit re hare therer' and snatched the fly-net from Um cradle. inure jar toe beautiful waxen dofl. She was still sleeping quietly. Mollis had kept faithful watch orer her, rock lag her a bit whenever a clap of unader came, wondering all the time how thedariint" conldsleep through soon a dreadful noise. Sidney Dayr at af'itrewiim 9 99t9HffN&0Qtb Itn fflaetal lSrled, The term "glacial period,'' tmriaw which large portions of Um earth were covered with toe, is mrpecially sntrfied to the close of Um tertiary period, nea nearly all of Europe exppriiseed an an tic climate, and whole races of men, animate and plants were drirea south or destroyed. This cold snap commenced 40,000 ream ago aad lasted 160,000 yeere. Science v says It was oaased by Um increased eccentricity ef the earth's orbit influenciag oceanic currents, aad that we hare cold spells from the same caaae erery io.000 years. Darwin beUered it ti tnaamii It eawhled him to account for Um smtUarity of plants aad animals found in America, Africa, Europe and Awtralia, end also explsiaed what beeome of the races of mem that mhabitod Europe. f),om yean ago, of whom reshape are tneed down to 80,000 years. There bars beau erdd warns erjenrrtng at totarrah) since, but that jtjeefal period wae tat mMnhJnaShSnnV aanni hWusaanannV amSHnannaahi Am AakmJ samgssanuoommi winssr on ieseetL' '