Plymouth Banner, Volume 2, Number 42, Plymouth, Marshall County, 22 December 1853 — Page 1

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VoM sriaw (of 10 lines) 3insectio:tsS! 00 j sde terminated. It was the pirate and brother to the other, who had followEicli a I litional insertion, , . 25c vessel to which the boat belonged that ed the same profession, but who had been

TTAnythingless than a square, will be con, sidered a square. "V. nnihprnTthcithe nuTiber of insertons on the face oi Hie au-1 iP,HmMu. nr th--v Mill 1j3 published until i i 1. . nf I a tnirlr : oriered out, and charged accordingly. j T3"A liberal discount will be made where advertisiiicis done by the year. rrAll Communications !rom a. distance should be addressed PosT-PAir, to the editor. : B , iih mi 1 Hiiiw 11 ' ZZIZ- vvi I B1UEMR AVHJc OUT. ! Some forty or fifty years ago there lay, at anchor in a lonely, unfrequented bay: or inlet on the west coast of Africa, a j ressel of small size, and of British build. , Sh was a trader, and her purpose in vis-! .iting the African coast was to open a ! traffic with the natives, for whatever pro- ; uuce couni oe ooimneu in me va) ui baiter fr a various and extensive assort- j ment of European giods with which she j was provided .

The little vsse. hi l been at anchor incurrence of this tragedy, that the

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the bay alluded to for three days, and the coach (it was then the only one) that pas - able Margaret being gentle and timid, deep darkne's of an African night had j sed through Newariou, in the south of j Stanley fierce aud impetuous. Such apgthered around h-jr for the third time j Scotland, capsized at an abrupt turn of ; parently incongruous associations, howsince she had entered it. T seamen) the road, about a mile and a half west of i ever, are far from being uncommon, and

kept watch on deck. At .cast two were! on deck for tint purpose; but one of them, j overpowered by the oppressive heat an I j closeness of the atmosphere, had fallen . asleep on a coil of cuble that lay in the fore part of the vessel, near the windlass. The other man was leaning listlessly over the ster.i. humming a song, and gazing on the brilliant phosphorescent streams of light that were, t ver and anon, shoot ing tnrougl ihe. dark abyss of waters Le ne nth . All :tt once th. man's ear caught the dull all cautious sound of a mu filed oar. He sprang up in alarm from Ins rt cumbent position; for neither he, nor any j one in the vessel, was aware of any shij heing near thm from which a boat ccuh! .have come. Aain he listened, and. after au interval, again he heard the flit. stealthy sound of ;he muffld oar. which) now appeared to be close at haul. ; His alarm increasing, the man, after trai 111 ncr Iiis dir ;i cpniiid or twn in I

a vjin endeavor to pent träte the profound j fully laid on a couth, a messenger wes in- j brilliants, and of a singlar exquisite workdarkness around, an 1 obtain a glimpse of1?tan''y despatched for a medical man. mauship: one side containing his own the object of his .suspici ;:i. if not his1 Eor several wccLs lie lay in a very pre-i portrait done, m miniature on a small

frarä. rushed to the companion way, ondt

called down to the captain to come quick- j 011 killful medical ai l finally triumphly on deck as ther'wa a strange boat ! eil an I he began gradually though sluwly approaching. Ere. iha sentence was outtu rtcowr. A fractured limb, however, of his imuth. however, ths bjii he allu-' keI'- him confined to bod and threatened

ded to was alou side, and in the next' instant twelve or sixteen arm-d men.! each carrying a naked cutlass in his hand. had thrown themselves on the deck, and lushing aft with lou'. shouts and jell?. : attacked and instantly despatched both ! the unfortunate seamen who had first! given the alarm, and the enptain of the . vessel, who. in his shirt and trowsers, ! hid just reached the deck us his murderers reached the companion. This done,' the rufhius leaving a strong party to ' keep watch on deck, hurried down below,! and put every one whom they found there! to death. .They then assembled in the1, cabin, and having forced some lockers,! took thence a mi nber of bottles contain- . ing various kinds of liquor, and bean re?ailin? themselves with their c ontents !

which chiefly consisted of wines andt,naliy

spirits, while they quaffed largely, and with nuny a ribald Jest and boistrous laugh. We may here pauss a moment to describe the ruffnn crew who now crowded the cabin of the little trader. They Here all reckless and desperate looking men: bare-throated, large whiskered, and deep-! ly browned by the burning suns of the tropics. They were all armed to the teeth; each hiving a brace of pistols and i a large knife c dagger stuck in his belt, besides a sReathless cutlass, which, when not in action he carried tucked under his arm the bare blade projecting fir behind, while the hilt just appeared in front. Among these rufiiins was one of somewhat milder aspect and more refined manners than the rest. He was a young man. etremely hand.ioma in person, and of a very prepossessing countenance. As is often the case, however, this person's character sadly belied bis looks. For notwithstanding these external signs, j or promises of a better nature, he was i n f no respct less wicked, in no degree less inhumin. than n most ferocious of those by whom he was surrounded. Indeed, by none of them had his deeds of blood oft litis dreadful night been equal, ed. Two-thirc!s of all those killed in the vessel, including her unfortunate master, having peri!).! by his iudivHtnl haul,

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This young man wa t!ic captain or leed- j cr of this bund of murderers, who, it, need scarcely be added, we re also pirates, ; and cf the worst and most desperate : i cuarader. " - Having refreshed themselves, the rufns proceeded 10 rifle, the robin of the ; fian .. , , . , . , , . , V"- """ " umi muuu a i-i. ueai oi money and valuables or various kinds. Thus employing themselves, the i ntfit wore awy, and when morning ! (dawned its light revealed a low, black j j mischievous looking schooner, with masts i i raking knowii.gly abaft, rounding the . . . . I ouiu point in winch the land on the south- . . .it. .t had boarded and captuicd the little tra der. A.vareofthe success of her boat's crew, she was now coming up to take on board the plunder the latter had secured, i In lets than half an hourshe was along(side the ill-fated vessel, when the pirates ; . r . ."in.cu u-mu... iwc ia.-,u uum mui P'ze mio me scnooiier logeiner wnn anything usefgl cr valuable on which thev ciS i.y h.d.. i iSighl closed this busy and guilty day rr i th the pirates, and when a new sun arose on the lonelr African bay, no vessei was to be seen tloating on its bosom. Jt Was deserted. The pirates had. du- j ring the darkness of night, scuttled and j sank their priz.-, with the bodies of her murdered crew, aud had themselves put to sea, in order to get as Ur away as pos I sible from the scene of their cuilt It was about twelve years after the oc- - stage the village named, whereby several of the passengers were more or less injured, Among the sufferers on the occasion ubove alluded to, was a gentleman, an outside pfisienger, who wis so seriously

injured that he had to be carried to the 'Still he continued an inmate of Mrs. Evnearest house. This was a neai little ! andale's cottage, and exhibited no signs cottage of the better class, with slate j of an intention to leave it. roof, small ornamental garden in front, i A short time longer and the mystery and enclosed with a neat iron railing. It such as it was. at any rate, was explainwas the residence o' a Mrs. Evandale, a j ed. Captain Stanlry formally proposed

widow lady of decent, though not affluent (circumstances, aul her daughter, a very pretty young wounn of about six and ; twenty years of age. Being of a kind and benevolent dispo sition, Mrs. Evandale eagerly opened her door to admit the disabled stranger, who was carried by some countrymen, who had witnesed the accident from u field 111 which they hapn. p.cd at the moment to ;ue working. en rare1 .It. Wounded IIiQn h;i inr' he carious state, but a robust constitution to lI so for some time to come. lt was at the. end of about ten days aft?r he hud bee:i brought to Mrs. Evandale's, and when he first begin to rally. that the stranger sent for his kind hoss. ad aftr apologising in a rough and blun! sort of way for the trouble he had given her. insisted on her accepting "ve guineas, and agreeing to take further remuneration for whatever longer time hi '"juries might compel him to contiu ue dn inmate of her house, This was the first time Mrs. Evandale had had a prpoper view of her lodger, and 'he opportunity enabled her to perceive that he was a line looking inau, of swarlfy complexion, and having altogether the appearance of one who had seen much ! of the w orld. and had been emuped tri y ciimes. His age seemed to be about forty. Six weeks after, the stranger UdS stm an inmate of Mrs, Evendale's. ( ir. . ii m nas nuw rapiuiy approacning entire convalescence, although sthl unable to walk without the aid of crutches. During this period a decree of intima cy had taken place between him and Mrs. Evandale and her daughter, which placed them on a comparatively familiar footing with each other, and it was when this understanding had grown up between the parties, that the stranger gave for the first tune, something like a history of himself. His name this, however, he had mentioned before was Stanley, William Stanley. His profession, the sea; which he said he had followed since he was a boy. That, laterly, he had had Ihe command of a large American ship, trading between Boston und Canton in Ctiina. That having realized an independency in that employment, he had now returned to his native country, from which he had Deei1 absent for five and twenty years, to spend the rem linder of his days in the quiet enjoyment of the fortune he had acquired. He told, too, of the wondrous sights he had seen, and Othello-like, of the dangers he had passed; und another Disdemona j was won by the stirring tales. Margaret Evandale gazed on the manly' form of the seaman, and listened to his

storits of savage lands of wild adventure; to his thrilling description of the mighty tempests that career ever the face of the great deep, heaving the ponderous bil-

lows, to the sky, and tossinp the huge shi" to and fro. as if it were the plaything of a child, till her admiration of the bdd and daring spirit by which these scenes ! had been braved had passed into a deep and intense love. m. a. . Ihe knowledge that their inmate wot or had been a seaman gave an additional interest in the eyes of both Margaret Evandale and her mother, for they had had a .. .. near ana dear relative, a son to the one lost at sea, it had never been ascertained exactly how. lie had been captain and principal owner of the vessel he sailed in the Minerva of Fairhaven which never returned from the voyage on which she last proceeded. Nor had anything ! ever since been heard either of the vessel i, ,t e . 4..., , o.. Wi un uuiuuuuatc vir. Little wonder was it, then, that the wid ow's heart should warm toCapt. Stanley, who so strongly reminded her of her long list and most beloved son. Little wonder that Margaret Evandale should ussojciate with this person, the tenderest re collections of an adored brother, end should thus rivet the attachment she had fo:med for him on other grounds, In as far too as Iiis bold and boisterous (nature would admit, did Capt. Stanley. 1 in turn, cecome attached to Margaret lvanuaie. let it was odd mat sucli an attachment should have sprung up be tween them, for they were of the most opposite temper? and disposition imaginmay terve a wis'.- purpose in the correcting and improving of each other. In the meanwhile time passed on. The patient was now convalescent, and could walk without the aid of crutch or slick. for the hand of Marearet Ev&ndale. An old friend ofthe family was consult nsulted on n occasion. He saw no reason to doubt. ! l.e said, the Captain's respectability, and still less to question the independence of his circumstances, and the consequence of these opinions was the favorab'c reception of 5f!nley's suit. A day was fixed for the celebration of th? wedding. Three days previously the brid .groom presented the bride elect with a missive gold locket, et round with ivory plate, the other containing a lock of his own and Margaret Evandale's hair, neatly interwoven into small diamondshaped plaits. l'roud of the love token, Margaret liastened to show it to her friend M-rv Wal ters, who was to be her bridesmaid. Ma I ry wa: young jtwent; as a tall, centle. enive-looking ,2 woman of about eiht or nine and twenty. Her countenance was beautiful. I though pale and sad. and she a! ways wore Ideen mourning She had done so for the S last eight or ten years ever since it beJcame certain that the Minerva must have ! been lost, and that her commander and nis uniortunate crew must all hate per ished along with her. Mary had been betrothed to Capt. Evandale, Margaret's brother, and they were to have been married on his return from the fatal voyage which he had been destined never to complete, 1 r On the locket be ing put into Mary i Walters' h.i ml h ciri-,l nrw nd ' a c cornse. and. sinking into a chair Blcedi her friend, in a faint and almost inaudi . ' ' o I ble, voice, if she knew where Captain Stanley had fallen in with it. Margaret Evandale in great surprise at her friend's emotion, replied that she did not; but supposed he must have bought it. "No. no, Margaret, he could not; at least, I think he could not," said Mary Walters. "He who owned it, would not have parted with it for money no, not for all the world's wealth; and how it should have been rescued from the depths ofthe ocean, I cannot conceive." "Mary, dear, what do you mean?" inquired Margaret fearfully, thinking her friend had lost her reason. "I'll tell you what I mean." Margaret, said Mary Walters, with that semblance of composure often induced by intense feeling; "that locket was my last gift to your brother. I gave it to hiin on the day he left this to proceed on his last fatal voyage. I know it well, although the original portrait has been removed and another put iu its place. It was brought from India by my father, who bought it of a soldier, who had been at the taking of Scringapatam, where he had doubtless obtained it in the way of plunder. It is of India manufacture; and if further proof were wanting to establish its identity, I shall find it here." And openi ig the locket with a facility

that showed a perfect familiarity with its mechanism, she raised the portrait it contained with the peiut of her scissors, and pointed to a small circle filled up

with intricate lines, which were engrav-' jed in the centre of the thin plate of gold that divided the locket into two compartpartments said, "Here it is." ! These apparently unmeaning lines form ; the initials of your brother's name and mine R. E. (Robert Evandale. )and ;

M. W. (Mary Walters.) They were en- j fen days after, the apprehension in Livgraved by a friend of mine, and mude jtrpool. by a couple of Bow street officers, purposely intricate, that they might not!0f a noted pirate captain who had combe too readily mad-; out. But lean trace i mitted some dreadful murder, was anthem exactly." And to Margaret Evan-j n0Uned in the papers. This captain dale's unutterable surprise, she did so was Stanley. He was subsequently with the point of a needle, bringing or- brought to trial, when the depositions of

derout ot apparent contusion, and ra-iking the letters appear quite distinct. Mary Walters now entreated her friend to inquire of Captain Stanley without a 1 moment's delay where he had purchased the locket, and desiring at the same time. leave to retain possession of it until some account 01 11 was ouiainen. On being asked regarding the trinket. Captain Stanley evinced a good deal of surprise, and not a little discomposure. It was indeed, some seconds before he could make any answer at all. At length lie said, with an off-hand air of indifference, which it was evident he did not in reality feel: Why, what's all this about a locket? j)0 ,i,eV sllDDose I stole it eh? I bought it from a Jew in London, and that's all 1 can tell about it. Bought it and paid for it. A good round sum, too. I needn't say how much, and I won't. But let's see it, Margaret,' he said, for it was with her this conversation tjok place, 'and I will find you another that shall be no subject of impertinent inquiry and remark.' Mifs Evandale now informed him that her friend Mary Walters had entreated to be allowed to keep the locket till she had made the inquiries which he had just answeied, but promised that she would bring it to him in the afternoon. Nay, curse it: get it back instantly, Margaret, exclaimed C;ptain Stanley impatiently, and in a slate of perturbation and excitement, which Miss Evandale v.-is greatly at a k-5s to understand. Run for it, like a good girl. Come, now. do, and I'll give you something ten times handsomer.' It was not this promise, but a desire to oblige Captain Stanley that induced Miss Evandale instantly to throw on her bonnet and shawl and hasten back to Mary Walters, to request the locket from tier. I wo hours had not elapsed ince the latter had obtained possession of it; vet she came too late. The locket had already passed into other hands into hands that would not reltase their hold of it till more satisfactory explanations were given regarding it than these Captain Stanley had yet vouchsafed. Mary Walters had mentioned the extraordinary sircumstances of the locket to a Mr. Ecclcsfordr who chanced to call a few minutes after Miss Evandale had left her This gentleman, who was an intimate ' Mend of the family, and who had been I Port Ppneior of the unfortunate vessel j commanded by young Evandale. and joint i adventurer with him in the trading spec- ! 11 on which he had gone to the west of Africa for it was to that nuarier of the world he had sailed, and it was there he had met his fate, whatever that fate was. Now, it so happened that Mr. Eccleford had, two or thiee days previously, read in the London papers an account of the trial there of two seamen lor piracy, and of the confession of one of them, after having received sentence of death, of having been concerned in a i)i racy on the west coast oi Africa, on which occasion the whole crew had been murdered and the vessel sunk. From the description given in this account of the unfortunateship, of the place where, and the time when the tragedy had taken place, Mr. Ecclesford had no doubt that the vessel spoken of was the Minerva, and that the mystery in which her fate had so long been shrouded, was at length dispelled. In his confession the doomed wretch stated also that the captain of the piarte ship, whose person he strictly described; was he had reason to beleive in Britain, although he knew not where. From regard to the feelings of the friends and relation of young Evandale, Mr. Ecclesford had not mentioned to them his suspicions of the fate of the latter, thinking that the doing so would only give needless pain. The story ofthe locket, however, had given a new turn to the affair, and such a one as determined Mr. Ecclesford to follow out certain suspicions which it had excited. He, in short, suspected, and very strongly, that Mrs. Evandale's inmate was no other than the murderer of her son, the murderer of Margaret Evandale's brother, and Mary Walter's lover the captain ofthe pirate by which the Minerva had been plundered mid sunk. Under thesuspiciou he refused mildly

indeed, but determinedly to give up the locket which Miss Wallers hud put in his hands, although without assigning any reason for his conduct, which lie said

would shortly be explained. On the day following Captain Stanley, to whom the circumstance ofthe detenlion of the locket by Mr. Ecclesford had been mentioned, suddenly disappeared, and was no where to be seen or heard of. his companions in guilt, who had been previously executed, and other evidence which had been mustered against him in cludin" the locket, the strongest of all. ! secured his conviction, and he suffered at the usual place in London, for criminals 0f hjs discretion It remains only to be added that this ! suit, this retrubutive justice, had been ! result brought about by the activity of Mr. Eccl j esford, who, immediately after obtaining possession of the locket, put himself in correspondence with the office in Bowstreet, when the case wai promptly taken up, and as we have seen efficiently followed out. On Miss Evandale the effect of this unfortunate affair was, fora time, sufficiently distressing; but in escaping the dreadful fate of being united to the murderer of her brother, she found a consolation which ampiy compensated tht temporary pain of a disappointed attachment, which, though ardent, had not. perhaps, been very deeply seated. And her good sense tought her to appreciate the kind Providence which had saved her from so unhappy a connection. Impcrhl Falsehoods The Emperor of Rusia, in his recently issued circular note to the powers of Eui rope, speaks as follows: "Russia is challenged to the combat, and she has no other course left her than, putting her trust in God, to have recourse to force of arms, and so to compel the Ottoman government to respect treaties, and to obtairr reperation for the insults with which it has responded to our most moderate demands, and to our legitimate l solicitude for the defence of the orthodox faith in the East, professed also by the people of Rusia." That occupants of thrones will lie as well as other men, is a fact that has been demonstrated bv ex nerienrf; und that ilip i -Autocrat of all the Rusians" is no ex ception to the general rule in this respect is plainly evidenced by the above extract! from his manifesto, which contains a brai izen ialsehood at its very inception. "Rusia, he says, "is challenged to combat!" The boldness with which this assertion is made is most astonishing, when it is considered that all the facts in the. case show clearly that not only is Russia not the challenged party, but that ) she is the challenger. It is well known that for months prior to the declaration of war by the Ottoman government, the Turkish province of Wallachia and Moldavia were occupied by large bodies of Rusian soldiery; and that no disposition whatever was manifested by the Czar at any time to withdraw these forces from the territory thus occupied. It is well known that this occupation took place in consequence of the refusal of Turkey to accede iu demands which no government possessing the .slightest degree of respect for its national honor could acquiesce; and that these demands were made without the shadow of a pretext. It is well known that this armed occupation of territory belonging to a power with which Russia was at peace is considered by the law of nations as a sufficient casus belli, and would be so looked upon and acted upon by any government iu Christendom. It is well known that, in spite of this invasion of its territory, the Sublime Porte used almost every means to bring about a peaceful solution of the difficulty, and, toward j this end, expressed a willingness to make any concession that might as demanded, not inconsistent with its selfrespect. It is well known that every effort on the part of Turkey to compromise in a reasonable manner, the matter in dispute, was met by Russia with opposition; and that the government of the latter country refused to entertain any proposition of adjustment iu which its demands were not fully acceded to. It is well knownthat, even when declaring war, the Sultan still desired an amicable settlement, aud, to bring about such a result, had the declaration so constructed that its going into effect was optional entirely with the Russians themselves; and that, when a notification to this effect was sent to Prince Gortsciiakoff, the leader if the Muscovite forces, he returned an answer brief, boorish, and unconciliatory. These things are all well known, and their authenticity is beyond the reach of doubt; and yet, the Czar has the audacity to declare to the nations of the earth that "Russia is challenged to the combat!' We hav.c heard manv cx-

emplifications of "the height of impudence;" but this transcends them ell. For carrying efFrontry to its highest pitch, Nicholas is entitled to, and should receive, whatever credit may attach to such a distinction. "She Russia has 110 other course left her, than, putting her trust in God, to have recourse to force, of arms." Poor, weak, down-trodden Russia! What uu air of meekness, of long-suffering she assumes! And how much piety, too, she displays! She "puts her trust in God." Ah! she. will find, we hope, that providence does not favor the oppressor mil the hypocrite, but that his encouragement is given to the cause of light no matter who may be its upholders, Christian or Moslem. Tagan or Jew. Russia has no other course left than

forcibly to compel the Ottoman govern ment 10 rcsPect treaties, and to obtain reparation for the insults, with which it has responded to our most mod erate demands, and to our legitimate solicilude for the defence of the orthodox faith in llie Ea.st. professed also by the lprknln?llcca, rFHi ic n fit "j15rrr to a paragraph which has such a beginning, and shows that, whatever may be the Czar's defects, he is at least consistent in his hypocrisy. "Respect treaties." indeed! What treaties has Turkey violated? Not one can be named. not a single one. "Reparation for insults!" If it be en I insult temporarily to submit to injustice. in order that the peace of Euiope might be preserved, then Turkey has insulted Russia. If it be an insult to refuse to yield to requirements which, if conceded, would, in effect, rest an important prerogative of the Ottoman Sultan in a foreign potentate then has Turkey insulted Russia. But not otherwise. Of the "moderate demands" to which the Czar alludes, the world is cognizant; and its opinion is too well known to require a statement. The Autocrat closes the paragraph which we have given by a reference to his "legitimate solicitude for the defence of the orthodox faith in the East' which solicitude, he says, "has been responded to with insults by the Ottoman government." If Nicholas had happened to be religiously inclined, " there " might " have been some pretext, however slight, for Iiis "solicitude for the orthodox faith;" but, as it is well known that the contrary is the case, his solicitude"' must bo attributed to other motives than pious ones. His desire is. of course, to obtain the religious control ofthe Christian subjects of the Turkish Empire, in the confident expectation that the attainment of that object will result in his caininc u powerful influence in the political affairs of that countrv, and eventually, in its i w complete subjugation, aud annexation to Russia. That that portion of the Sultan's subjects who profess the Greek religion do not participate in the "solicitude" of the Czar, is evinced by the fact that they are not only opposed to coming under his care, but are willing to spend their money, and shed their blood, to prevent such a consumalion. It is necessary, however, for Nicholas to urge some pretext for his course; and this avowal of a determination to "obtain reparation for insults offered by Turkey to his legitimate solicitude for the defence of the orthodox faith in the East," although a poor one, is yet undoubtedly one of ihe best which he could devise. Before closing, we must again pay our tribute of Wonder to the impudence of the Emperor. It is unfurpassable iu fact inimitable. Long renowned as a statesman of great sagacity, he can now take rank as a liar and hypocrite of the first degre of ability. Dct. Fret Press. Died ia a Trunk. Iu San Francisco, on the 10th ult., a death occurred in the most singular and distressing manner. A lady had missed her child only a year old. She supposed that it had lost itself in the street and advertised for it, but she could learn nothing. On the 13th, she had occasion to open her camphor wood trunk, and there lay her child dead. It had fallen into the trunk, and in trying to get out had pulled down the lid, which closed, with a spring, and fitted so closely that the child smothered fo death. Don't Know him. A good anecdote is related of John Price Wetherwell, the. popular merchant, who lately died in Tniladelphia Itaving an estate of nearly 81,000 000. On one occasion two citv m bucks drove out to his country seat to visit his daughter. Seeing Mr. Wetherwell at the yard gate dressed very shabbily, they mistook him for a servant, and ordered him to open the gate, "Of course," said he. "I will do that," and suiting the action to a word, ha opened the gate aud the young dandies drove In throwing him a quarter as they passed. He quikly picked up the quarter and pocketed it, and a short time afterwards appeared in the parlor, and was introduced to the young men by the daughter as her father. The reader ccn imagine how they fell. 1 . . ' '