By I. K. HUHFORD.
I
He shook the green flag of holy war when the whole army wouldn’t
have been able to stand off the New York police force
in a catch as catch can. '
Us gray donkeys that carry more
than hall the business of the F.“
Mnmcomeinstthebiggatewaysin
the mud wail, loaded high to port and to
starboard with brushwood—Just little, no
account brush such as any good Americsn
trait grower ships from his apple trees in
an spring and burns in a prodigious bar
down in the back mallow.
All through the night—ell the way from
the towering slopes at the mend-4h”?
had p‘clddvd mans, their drivers tailing on
foot down the long. rock ribbed trail.
twenty. thirty miles. in Persia this brush.
none of it more than the thickness of your
finger, is the fuel of the rich. And it gets
further and further away as the years of
cor-turnptmn go on. and costs like smoke.
Wide m our beloved country 0! haste
gm] “trite Impatiens wagons oi anthracite
are being dumped at everybody's door, the
Penna? of consequence is laying in a lib-
c211 and expensive store at this absurd
pas. kr-j-‘h. in the in]! months. likewise.
the hr .in poor prepare their fuel. which
to no. 2' We must pathetic index—or was
u-ne—of the poverty and hopeless-
EARLY in the morning the tough lib
Ii t; we
nee! ..: the country's condition. With
bucked: of water and heavy, wide bladed
m {any work up 'he manure which all
summer inn: t': ey have (altered alts-r the
7 caravans of donkeys and min,
when
and r2.«;r i'. min bricks about a foot in
length, w-t‘irtz them up in the ancient
ashlar. 1.! (jar! 110')”. to dry out against
the cold 517:3 that are ahead.
And Hwy am: mold. Down in the south,
where 'i '; "infi'm ocean laughs and smiles,"
then.- are poppies and palm trees. but when
ulster 'f-Hi‘n H; the Persian uplands, which
are never. thousand feet above sea level, it
somv-s as the conquering Mongol came cen-
turuu v.20. with a whoop and a bellow. and
(or months the whole central plateau lies
buried under tram live to a dozen ieet of
snow. '
l camrniser'sied the banker, who let be-
lde me on the garden bench and watched
the brush unloaded into his outbousea. on
use dearth of fuel, (or brush is no substi—
up: for cool. and burning up year after
year the manure which ought to be going
back on the land spells agricultural ruin
and Widespread hunger. about as clearly
gs anything can.
”Yes.” he answered, “and the worst part
st It is that less than a hundred miles from
here the Kurdish mountains are full of as
good anthracite as anybody need wish
Inset." . , ,
It wastheflrsttimelhadeverheard
that there were coal deposits in Persia.
Mush lmwellenougb abouttherich
pinssotamethystsndturquoissandother
unenl treasures which in olden timm
were so highly productive but now have
mind to the general slump. But no-
bsdyknowayetiustwhstisoris-n'tin
Oasis. Unnumbered centuries or intense
-lvlng.otwarsandluxury.ottoilingand
eating. and certain later centuries 0: de-
mdence .gud growing poverty. have not
yet exhausted. and. in tact. have not even
revealed. the magnitude or its riches. 'l'he
fiscal/cry of Persian petroleum injected a.
new element into the Asiatic complex.
What yet remaine—unsuspeeted—undsr-
path that sad and wornout land may
easily enough bring wars and more wars.
“But.” r asked the bunker. "it there is
mgl here, why in the world don't you. or-
ganize a company and mine it? Until the
nflr-oadcomcscoalanjustaswellbe
mmelbacked from Kurdistan 'as this
”etched brush can be Jackassed down
tom-ins Baherid.‘
He smiled the tolerant smile of experi-
m "The difficulty. about organising
corporations in Persia: my dear sir. is
abet no Fenian will trust any other Per-
flan. as ardirecta'. to hold adollnr over
night. Doing business in lran costs some-
lung more than eternal vigilance. It also
.wands your eyeteeth. The legal rate of
Interest here. tor example. is 12 per cent.
“filters would be no difficulty in getting
1‘. with n peflectly satisfactory bonus, but
' the man who lends must be like Napoleon
Able to go ,wlthout sleep. He he‘s to be
wide awake twenty-four hours or‘liie day.
' sitting on the security.“
.. {here was a. world or history condensed
hes that observation. and, I recalled a
fibula. given me by a smiling merchant
‘ .to hestanArmenian six
tobestaPss-aian.” Thetesti-
‘fi'sumboul: -n um six Christians to,
host a Jew. sis Jews to best a.Greek, six‘
and political decline oi Persia. a decline
thathasmadesbsnkruptotwhatwas
once the proudest and most opulent Ind
most powerful or the nations or the East—
or for that matter or the world; a. antics
superlatively rich in gold and guns and
art and literature and lordly architecture.
when the new “civilised” race of Europe
were wearing the skins or beasts and paint-
ing their own epidermises with dye-mas
alter the manner of the Apache or three-
quarters at a century ago.
The pendulum has a strange way at
swinging. For two hundred years Penis
has been drifting farther and tsrther into
the backwater. and Europe. with eager and
rather ruthless hands, has gathered what
was left of her andent splendor—in paint-
ing and tile, in textile and in wendertul
potteriea. in cunning metal work and
quaint, halt barbaric jewels. until now all
that is above ground is gone. To be sure,
you baVe only to scratch a yard underneath
the surface to unearth the survivals of
ancient handiwork that put the modern
artist and artisan to shame. There are
splendid cities buried forty feet under
ground. cities that the sands swallowed up
centuries ago, but the Persia the: the sun
shines on has been tor long decades a
melancholy thing. It has reminded me at
“old families” in America—and they're not
so diiferent the world eyer. It he stayed
right at home. too poor to travel and too
proud to move, looking down with brave
though ludicrous contempt on the new
neighbors. msking over its old clothes and
ever growing pathetically thinner on the
consciousnessotiispastpompandiis'old
mahogany.” And little by little that has
gone.
Persis’s timber has vanished. and with
it the water courses: with them-most or
the agriculture. What remains is carried
on in the self-same tsshlen that it was ten
thousand years ago. The industry—In the
main—has been a weaving of run and
some shipment or dried trait and licorice
and tobacco not at all sudlcient to pay the'
cost of maintaining a. shoddy and vain-
glorlous court and its swarm of political
parasites and the shell of s chubby army
that wasseldcmlieverpdd. Andyet
Persia has lived. and despite loss
territories has held itself together. It has
lived on muscles and clothed itselt m
pride. and sieved 08 through yam-s ct
penury the neighbors great and small who
strovebytorcesndbyguiletetakeaway
its yellow jacket.
Peraia's arc-t sssst has Wett-
at position. and its statesmen have traded
with this in a manner which bespeaks
Thewardidmanythingpbesidesmsking
‘cost-plus" millionaires I and» teaching
women to drive trucks. It scans among
its more important results to have
switched the center of tension into the
Eustandplayedtheoverturetcthegrest
drnmaotthenextcentury.whichistobe
the recrudescence ct Lain And it
started Persiaonthewaytoacolo—i
change--though Just what the chsnge will
benomnnknows. Allthsthsshepihel'
tram vanishing utterly as a nation any
time the last hslt century or more was
that neither England nor Rude eve
dared break.the eggs that were W
for the msking or the omelette' they both
hungered for. though both were bound the"
eggs should- never hatch a national inde-
pendence tor Persia, ,
Min Morgan Bhuster. who years also went
out‘to Perslatoseeiihe couldmakethe
books balance. found within gvery short:~
time that Persia land within herself the
possibility of per-tact solvency. but his min-
istrations‘ were not approved by either
oftherivalsforPerslanoontroLandho
came way. while the greet dams otattrl-
tion went on. -
Persia was pathetic. In the cities there
was starvation. It-was so commonplace
that nobody paid'any heed to it. Night
alter night one could hear the bugles play-
intsnylyintheganlsonsandthedogs
snarling and howling until dawn mettle.
graveyardsouthshfli—stswerk which it
waswellthedarknesshid.. '
Wages wmmgclyaWotM
mum'snwovéabyninus‘m
s
little boys. man’s: than not mores-this
.1 six or, seven ”are oh}. M13.
at (b.0110):
Persia Tak
The gorgeousrugsodXsrmanandUesbed.
mnnidecotsmnctieceutsa_m.dndit
wasstunnylookingiOcanQQsdqup
www.marashionmssnte-
dstedtthbs. minimise-am
mmwauhamm
bore tbs‘monogr'am o: the Shani-end nat-
tenedtos “Mandala
«imam-immune.”
Asmoueyitwasju'sttwojmnpsshesdog
thewamptunortheearlynmericsnls-
dumbstcnsolthmebflmmindyon,
”mmtwaveheurs'humsnw
skilledlaborstthsLOutotthisgenm
reccmpmse theywereexpectedtom
twen'andtheydid. mm
vabresdandwasheditdownwlth
water.whichwssscalsmltyinttseltnna
thesdvanceagentotpestiiencs.
ThewordWGOesn'tmean—aner-
gh—stathrownloetlikemofllcumdto
make. with the butter inviting crust run—
nm‘ over the edge of the tin tor sheer
joy. Persianbrudbdmplysthimun-
leavened better of brief. poured over a.
stone set elantwlseand with a are under-
nuthWbenitcsmeeeflltismerdys-
thinsheebsboutthethickneasandcon-
“tenemagsomeoneoncesaidotseob-
bles-‘aapsonvvhenit'streshyoucanreld
it, and the little Persian weaver boys. en
theirwsyMtothecai-avsnseriiswhereths
greatleomswerestoppedintheme:
themwnsndhoughtthesesheem-
Theiadstoldedthebreadinto-nsll
canpssssndtnckeditintotheskirtpock-
ets of their 1m. black ministerial costs.
whichsretbenstionalcostumeestabllshed
bytbsxsdiardyussty.andwbich took
theissttouchctgrscscrbesuty‘outot
Wills. whmnoentimscsmsthers
washali‘anhourtoestthisrepsstand
drink the waterthstwent with it. And
here'ssbouithewstsr:
All through.“ there'san under-
groundsystemmbniltintbednysotmrg
glory;uobodymwa1nstwhsn.mm.
Persianracehssforgotten nesrlyallthe
detailsoritshistcry..livingonlyintbe
hrgeontline. mastunnels take upall
thewaterthsteomeedowntromthehills
and carries it overu—or, better. under—ma.
lengfltilesotcountry. Thetarmergets’s
fluidithc'slucky.towetdownhisgrain'
ortebaccotield. luthecltlesitrunsin
open ditch. through streets that have no
pavements and no suspicion of m
and thatbavelsinaccumulsting filth tor
thousandsoryears.“Peoplegosndwash
everything in it—dothes. dishes. children.
goats and whatever other live stock they
msypcmem-dhenthemteeruns
apluginthemudwanandletsthe tide
down into your garden. it you have one.
It irrigatss your news beds and your
mlmlpstch andthen runsinto your cellar.
Ifyou‘rcsPer-sisnyoudrinkltandlivs.
Hyou‘reaEuropeany-oudistil it and then
mixit with Jmsimmwhlch. despite
lemthsnitusedtocostinarooklyneven
who.drasvinginfamllsmwithtbsnnsernsl
milk, have never learned to think or them-
selvesasmsrtyrl- .~
Youmay knowthePer-slsnsand netlike
totsheoflyourhsttowhsi they
it there's any virtue in
loser.thsPerslan. through
thelssteentury'srtwo hssbeenentitled
to a large nuasure otrespeetflnswsnt
Mamfifiencthin gthstwas
MMWMtsndflitheiyre-
tulngtobeswallowedup.evenbytbstwo
v 1
es the 1 Up “Gra‘d’e l. .
t
biggest and'land hungriest nations on
bembastwbmukunesdsdhesbooktbs
greenhgothoiywarwhenthewhsle
unywousdn-tns'veseensbletomncos
theNisorkpolicaforceinaestchas
esschcsn;heusedhissubtlewlts_top1ay
.England on against Russia and Its-is
sgninstEnglsnddecsdeafiengetv
tingmoney'enoughnuneachorbothtb
meet the payroll ot the hungry depende' nts,
andwhilsheiookedeerlouslanghedinside
atthesitnauun. Itwasthegrestestm
ruftininternationsl history.
Anditbeginstolookasifhewasgoing
towinthrougb. 'i‘herswasstittilghung
mpg-dathroughtbew‘r.andw
sendnggoldenopportunityinmsi’ta'
theRusdanconamsswlsi-getutnrensed
for highways and other conveniences it
theoilneldsweretobesateguarded by
ammonneldstrcmnowonmayhsvs
tobe. ThereforeEnglsndwaspayingm
Pedathroughthelateryearscrtbswar
live dollars a. day for men to work on the
«roads—whichneverhadreanyhesnw
dncetbedsysothdkShahbnttorthe
mostpartwornpathwaysoverwhichths
padrootsdcamelswerewonttomovein
Wows—the h‘eighttrainsctthe
East. *
lnthis mstterolwagesonemsysesd
the change that is coming to Persia. I
bavesmpbssisedthemissrfilewageerthe
rugwesvers. because knowing
orrugsandtheir maidng,and knowing
mrtherthstrugmsltlngand them
ctthewoolteritwerstbechidsom'ces
of Persian revenue. the latest. development
intherugindusn-y—resultsnttromthis
newdswninthemstteroiwages—bean
out so the letter a. belief which I have been
industriously presching tor the last decade.
towihthstso‘soonastbesunrlseorin-
dustrisl activity. as we understand the
term.ahomdeomstoPeraia.anditspeople
have any means of making adscent living,
thewesvingotrugsbyhsndwouldspeed-
ily cease. I have contended that the
Oriental rug. even in its modern phases. so
dines-ant from the old. was coming to an,
and. Nobody would believe it.
The war is‘over. but still the road
makersaregettingusdayinPu-sla. It
doesn't take much arithmetic to figure out
that this is twenty times what a weaver
can get for making rugs. And with oil
royalties and goodroads_Pcrsia’s~tsceis
set toward solvency and rehabilitation.
For a hundred years past the Persian has
*made rugs because he had to have the
barley bread inside him at intervals and
there was no other ghost of a way of get-
ting it. But with every step ahead in gen-
eral industry. in work tor the bead and
hands. it begomes more and more unlikely
that the Persian population is going to
keep on tying knots. at bread and water
'wages. which will make it possible for his
product to pay the duties imposed by an
American tariff and still compete with the
product of the mechanical looms.
The very best proof that this is sound
sense is that the great rug corporation
which for nearly two decades has con-
trolled ths great volume offer-clan weav-
ing is paling from the Persian field and
setting up its commercial looms in China.
where inbou- is still cheap. and India. where
With n wuving caste of millions the rug
makingcan still be done at the rate of s
new asses a day.
But the spirit of change is in Asia.
Whether it comes (mm the outside or in-
“. is another question. but it is certain
as sunrise that the pendulum has started
for the East. When India. and Cliinrshsn
hsve fallen. into line the man who has the
old time rugs will have something to show
to his sdmiring neighbors. and somebody
willhe miningtheanthracitsin thug-in:
I
geldmhasits weal. thysul'nmercolony. we pick upacom. 0.. ‘
ifimtbesehlstorichighwsyswegu History‘torQZ.
in Danbury, mtqwntiownbewveshy thonghtormeseYan'M‘
those who seek the antique in eva-ything. nisl times. It ‘ppeare ,
' We have our miflhy dinner and a look Dutchman from xérm‘:
around. Dub businem thoughts was to idem New York_ cry-gen
.beproscribed,yetcne_was giv-panseby ta-cut" Riva- in h; I:
the wedge gained there that out or Restless. finding 115...“. _ ~-
’esch hundred American men's hats" that Sequin Indians, anew-(I.-:,'.'“" ‘. . .
pm you on the streets sixteen or them company which tor egg,“ . ' .
coins com that place. where the err—called lized traffic with .Q."“,3‘* ~
“mad batters of Dsnbury." in their indus- Finally he yielded :0 ,1_ :-
trial and legs! controversies with their em- and keener trading a' Q' ’ ‘
players have been written into the Juris- tram Cambridge who
prudeiice of the nstlen as a cause celebrc. year that Harvard ('52:;1
Throughout this region one runs across 1‘31 b L“
similar nets, demonstrative or. the mar. “Olives DOW“: New 3?» ,
velous industrial efficiency of these lure out this way page“;
Quaneh-la-cut Yankees. aided by thelntely are among these folk .3." ‘
come flu-signers. But Mate commands to 11-00138 the dam-2pm: » 7‘"
forget such things: so. wininsly. we turn ‘mkee which is in the
aside to seek out the White Turkey Inn. ““7. where they are :
which you and on latching the Town “8 squatting. butane,
Green traveling from the south. by “going inc. swapping. pum;
around the m to the lat” and (Bathing. shingle Eff;
three miles out is the hostelry. finned. horse JOCkeylng. not:
Jusfly. for its teg cinnamon. toast and Jam. Contrawlse, the New
mundabeut Dunbar-y, you may, by “0“ the“ kindly 1-...
searching. as we did. and specimens of that these quiet, 4:0;
Colonial antique furniture to be had tor 509“” produced figurts :r;
not exhorbitant prime. But to does you velomt 0f the REES;
shsil have to go. as we did. out into the man. signer of the Deeja: ., ,_ 5...,
byways. away from the motorists' beaten of the Constitution; Lyma: Be. 15.: 1.,
paths. For it is not policy when seeking theologian; Noah W13 M--Fm
to obtain such articles to appear at: the Dictionary; Charge! .3 ”r ."
runningbcsrdotaluxarioussntombtie. vulcanisedruhb-r; Hi It”: ..
Insnchcase. notsmngetordatgthsse ofthecottlrmgin,aziclza.lgc,h..r..“21'=
furniture antique rise in value higher slon of that ingOf‘eal aching. (J
than ever a Berkshire peek attained. mots in rlme. when San: C. 3.553"
w. .._r
:trrz-
mt evening. as the shadows gathered. ton Yale alumnus, amm 3.3,. "3"
we sat in the great hall. soothing our sore “Lu: et Veritas." wrote: - ‘3‘
muscles in the comforting warmth of the "Here's to the City of Ecsrr:
a...” logs to hear tales "a lone sec; The home of the has: a:.i a}... w
for Danbury was settled in 1634. The mt Where the Cabot: speak or i-.- it 1“,?”
moraine Into informed me he wished to And the Lowells walk with GA.-. '4'
reams the pilgrimage. having spent hair And Dean Jones at Yale .17.- _e 3.5..
the mm mm India:- and maths “Here's to the town or New Haven ‘
genealogies; it was distressingly fattening The home or the Truth and the I..:"-
work. We psy curbiil. and our respects to Where God talks with 1cm
the W Henument. and are cl! on the In the very same tones
State mad. once more “wands. with the That He used with Hadley 5:1"
pure air of the mountains Mrly Milk The walking tour ended, ac o M
ing to burst our bins- We but at Lake' at an inn procured the few rem...
ville to seek reflechments at the Wake of vacation time allocated to n...
Robinlnn, and stir again our Revolu- the wooded glories of C.
uonnry memories. for there lived Ethan Berkshires. the air tonic 2:.
(Allen on the shores of Lake Wonoskcpo- more so with each dawning :50
race. We have climbed to 300 feet of. title he recommended by us to 3:: “'14, — I
tude. and the clarion-s Berkshires m a" any city in eastern America: '
round. The autumn flint Pot hers. M Come up here, not in luxsrlvs 2-2.-
has been used lavishly, to begin the trans- cu, but on "shank's mare“; snai- c413
formation or the muscles and the ask- end leisurely tashion the tees-3:55- (f 11:53;
the birches into marvelously wrought color minus; avoid those “ms ' . 3M”; 5;...
schemes. ' - ,_ malities obtain. where gossi'
We exclalms. breathleesiy: “Oh, see foolish rivalries in supefi.
that gorgeous branch!" and I asked that be from genuine enjoyment, ax.
search the lexicon for another adjective— your so“ in me mum, up];
that one having been elicited almost every of a tramping tour among 112-.
moment as we passed the ever recurring the Nutmeg state.
changes or beauty.
One amusing experience we had—s
farmer in a. Ford stops. insists that we
climb in. matters something about "making
that trail little woman walk." the while
"the little woman" accepts. to save his
teenage. and suppresses a smile at the
gbsurdity of the idea.
.
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Our Breakfast
and the French
TOASTrand ta for breakfast ,_.. was
So. here and there a. vast estate. but “emu“- mm panda? and
tucked in between the pretty little all-the- Cdflee—which is the proper rt-g'zzen?
year-round shades of the Berkshire folk. The doctors disagree, as usual, L1. : :59
hospitable. intelligent. and. or all things statement that the “and: after-a £531.!
else, cleanly. Everywhere reasonable con; sleep needs plenty of mod is pmty gush
tentment. utter absence or concern. an ally tedhy them then,i£e-:er.
absolute assurance that. "I: Winter Comes"
with coal shortage serious in other parts. digehfive faculty in lively. As a. matter
they will have fuel aplenty—cordwood cut or experience the big, strongman is likely
from the woodlohtl and ‘mmdorsedwhymthe to limit his breakfast to coflee and a :93
ning of which as been and the eskliugeats through . ._ ;,
forestry authorities as not impinging on WW sewers. ‘fi
scientific forest preservation. It is probable that neither one is 5mg
mm“ mu‘3m " a” ‘b' thebcstbyhhnselt. Matinee-nan:
sence of the mosquito and other irritating an ‘ nits mo long before his ‘1',“
M pests. which had anghtly W and the genrmand with a weak akin
theenjoymentoresrlierdsysinthecoun- feels mm psngof hunger all,
Ma“ “r n” M “”9“” “be“ u" meridian hour. Bothw'oulddowel! a: an.
\
mountains of Kurdistan. The manure will .
'autunni colors earns. a. happy exchange. in-' ‘ learn-cm the clever much people“: teat
begolngtothetu'mnndsinlransnd
therewillbetimberenoughagainonher
mountain Men to build shot-unscrew.
mind munchingté putlntheharn
whenitisbundsd.
‘ButltwilbesmodemIPersial—perhsps
anumpmnisedPer-sia.
—L..‘J
Tramping, Near By
By DOROTHY H. LATHROP.
UB'rasthercsedawnwasbs-eaking
we stole out—stole out is quite cor-
8t. Ellie's.
churchstihetopottbehillwhichslwsyl
wdcommyomwusthiswunpre-
vidngonthevlbecrgan. Itwsssbenefl-
cent unwell. that musical reverie. sas-
nus-umgwhoweretnwalk through
westernOonnectieuLinscountryaidethst
timeoolne-otthemorning.‘ “other?
stoppinrtoveeninto'thobesnwlm '8
andthejittle'isterests‘ ‘ctthecoun, try
ndghborhoodgormspsakwiththslnfi
*‘habitnnts along the way. battalions
thIsManaEsver: ';’a“_ - ‘ “
merahleotheroutotdoorsnowessaddsd
touches—otbeautytothslendscspe. The
mflnnmthemyfldemmersmidm
preparingtollysonthwardsoonasthe
seasonehangestolateantumn. Also.sa.id
gammsmmma‘nymswmu
earlier-than ususl. because the inordinntely
heavyrainsmasevmwinter.
Themtewefoliewedtookustoscenes
.otruraldelightandintomonntalneasss-
Munmsegnduflbenroutemthe
‘m where an‘elevauon c! more
thnzoooteetissttainedlnthencrth-
mmammnaeu, county,
inconnectdcut. Werambledalonginlo-
anticscfhntoricinterestnowmsboso
“manna-yestatedwellersinwhat
hss become the’ playground ct eastern
America. ‘
dsdmmmplngtomknamckspacked
with absolute Mes...wencorn the eit-
mung‘ motormnand theXloksotwon-
m trthstanyonsinsanemindin
‘meudsywshounchocQ‘mwamwhmap-
mtb.everyonedseinthemrldis
riding was med. over well built
gndwellnighdustlessroadways. '
Eveanflfiommmmesturther
to W. past the .m‘counu-y
“churchand‘nctory.wmonthegreen.
we‘dlcaln' Meat and renewed vigor
msw'bottie and belt a dosen'
mndliches. A little more thanA‘wo hours
hav‘ gone, yet we have rediscovered New
mind. rem ma that humans my
vflh “their!“ all at Mo's delights are
W ”I'm past country wanes:
‘53.... a ‘ m’sru-lounydi‘tven automobile.
M'mwe‘mw‘fl'hemnmnsn
VWearenoiongerfiu'angcrslntown." We andmanynrmsotwide
deed. W
, One etch-sum she-WW tabs on”, begin with cafe on lei: and tum-1
toundin Americsisutchfleld—so seam m of bath, but they really breakfast
soquaintandforesttutamiastthewender- mnmn. nonmembers-wet
finhiiigyetsolmporhbtsphceitholbi Wudmnmymugorsndi.
insmcricsnhistoryandlicszsture.Onsunotmnymmmkgweotstmd
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law college in America. Foam this school wall;
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townspeople intimately. "l'hey have been 33;. long before the war andhetore prelim"
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