Reading Observer 06-1917

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OF A LlFETlM&~

Ladies'

the Novel by Na~Gould.

TWO l';LAGS."
..p1~~~;~Noi:;T~'el. IAtruly

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ulcln·Eloltnes· Travel PICture-.
ANllIIATED fiAZBTfB.

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HATS.
result o(

oii

Thursday
1\1r ISydney
driver 1of the car
E)g ~t

JtlrJ men •

Coroner men LIODed

wet ~oubtle

..
the e , hould tl,Qt 00
tho 23 aum,Q!,ned t But
pu/cd lon Act of ParlJ~m.rtt

,

The GHnrduU1!; of
del s fo r th e l!Oupply

and conl

,

COlf"""

t~~~~;~l.~ T' •• ~'n.

E:i~f!:t';;,J:~~

llItq oPeration

of th. l l''''' and for a
BOVen ?I'd If j)l1'YDlen
12 nnd) 23 re"r ct"\ely In the past '.u;•• ,,." ". :
the IIhuumum, now they could nol' h,.. e

See Ild vt

5cven

I The tnaxtrnum was now 11 ""nlOns.

h~ thAb morrung summoned elght Jury.meo,

abel mOre t h Em ' t he mmimum 10 -case of illness,
adJournment J \0 be on the I:!8fe "Id e

BLIND."
at 3 p. m.

The lttoroner then atated ..- fe..,. particulars
regitrd lto the""",, into whISh the jury were
t b IDqillre, and thd lury hw,vmg Vl.wed ~h.
the {ol~owlDg eVldence ~~ta.ken -

prcc;i~..ly,

I

• Rd"iard Herbert ~!"" hthographio
\'Phsh.r. u1 the emplol, <4"Meesn Green,lad~
00. """d h. hved at ·
'George •• treet
i.,.entU;ad the body! 'I.I! that of hie eon.

by

3a.

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'Y+:12fd ScaJes~

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la.ged, !je¥n yc&n

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"Ionths He was at h9"'1' be~een 1 and 2
on 'r~ursday When h& left home ,deceaaed·
I1l-r mg ill the ga~den
be

"

t}lat Uis .on had been knocked down by a

apd died In tho hosplt;l
lalwa.yt obedient

I

unportant f,eatpxe.

He was a good boy and

sum, SImple as it WaB,

r
In reply t.o a. Juryman. witness said decelll:led
had llroug~t honle ," lot ofl used trsmwa.y tIcket.

.tumblIng block.

~

s~ce thay fAIl&! to do as
tlOf 9, about the qu&Iltity (;r'wOl;I"l~""ed
the socks, proved ... trap. because. m
ma.]Orlty
of (ptr.pers, thrf.e p aIrS were not treat.e;d as SlX
socks In ~tlon 10, the compton error was to
divI~e by 17. ',l;ho sum w¥ an";'" one. but
noeded rellection on thie. one ~ PO\tlt , The
halllt of thinking before wrlt~ ~ :should be con.
stailtly stunulated. The Engljl<l\ p.per ~"" done
w~n. and the Dl&Jonty did 9.UrWDS ~ a.nd 13
nerjrly, ,/ not qwte. corr¢ly Curiouslv the
adJectiVes and .luJtF
were !f.ect.ed. j but few
seemed to havf any ,oortamty
v h, Tho
reproductron of t.4e story on[)~ the •'Ant and

r~~;t~~~?~~l::;;':::
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t,nl.. •
4h ~e Scal.. , tho mother, OBld her son went out
o plu.y at five mlD~ tell past two o'clock He was
to th~\. hablt of g~ lDg to tbe R<ocreahon 9iound
ill 'rllshu ... t-rpad
He wu.s fond .nf plckmg up I.a,ecomr.o<laf ion
tramw:l!y tIckets and brought t hem ,home Sho

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,

~l J . . ~er

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and

rhe town

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the heads of the EstablIsh
ahke. should meet the
mure eympa.t betlc Itn.
opi .. i,ons of prommcnt. tinanel en
o[ the ~ orth of England t h.t
onh (,llose to nse to the OCC:UU()U
lOtO the {oIdo:: of the Estabhahm~t

whe.ll~~::~;~;:~:~~~~~?~

of thr big m ufa turel aud c~
be turned
t e a.d'\"an tage of
I
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.nd other {enct alJY useful m
public we&l , accord mg to mror~

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Bantol by IcudUlg

the
slow

': ~~~~rf.i~ta!~!~rep j~g'~~~~j~;1 w.~. \;"irrinjr",ot<>~ car

',

pure

directed to the ap-o
of tho I Ldca.l Govemmen~
of economr in the U !8 en
'Corpo:lr,u;;OD have n~ de1illI'e to preuse of water for gardens, parused for Veget.bleJ;rodUCtIOD It
that m VIew iff the difficulty
thc grea\est caro should be eX'"
~hou l d ~ be

und ue c&mumRtion or waste of
now made IIpon the Wa\er·

by "I considerably !Dereated
With IJshortage of labour ""a
a matter of extreme lmr,rlo

con su mer to &!81St t1ie 0 01-..
efforts Upwards of 400 OJlBC\"lly
been distrl but.ed for iii_play
upon pubhc blUldm8" and 'notlce
to thIS matter 10 t he local Pr....
the notIce hal. hacn well re"
a.ppearn to be l. deSIre on the
to do .IV In thelr power
Some shuht. n;luluoderstandmg

the poIt;... , who" were LOst""C"
Constable at the requ.st of tha
?4<Ol&ger to report w.aste, b av lng i1s.
wHng hose pI pes th at theJrl. use
It,

mar

u.t once be s3H'1 thii.t ate

Iii no prohlbltlOn for those who l"T
f OI

thiS purpose, bllt merely ..

~no rnI~el, and a wa1 nmg tbn.t prosecu~
If water c;onsumers

art

fittmgs to remam out \ of
L

" rl<::te or pel1rllttmg wa ter! to
v.: a.v as to res,ult. 10 und ue con-

With U!I

a nd

w~

bask

10

nlmos.

m. There werel f.elool"e .bo".r'
and W, dll,eday
'I'u.oday was the
the Ulcrc urv ch wpmg to SO d~~
were Fr lchlY 67 p:lturdGY 67, 8utuia,

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, , 'edn"sduy 72 and T l ur1ldl1.Y '19

BeROUG~

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came along aDd

roma.nce ,

one of the eJc1Ull'Ve

lA.menca·1I most

another 1&

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JlUJt·~.:n;;;·'...';;:;~ 't;h~ ~~ell~I~;;;o~,,,1

.cha.rlet Gunce,

/:Sha.dow " of
'l'hls
Defender."
the

~~::!~:d~[~~~:~~:~::~~~:E

eptsodes of weird sceue.,
adventurou. escapa4e1.

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DEAD AT
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&. &hop close by
Dr 1 Stansfie1d com", to decea,sed, and t$he
un" ej,'t<>od ,, ~e ordered deceased to the hOIJPlt".J
~he raw
take" away The dnyer pulled up
m I.Ilout ten yards I
\
I Mro Hobbs. wife of Mr CharI.. H obbs.
mtlle:r, Streatley, &aU! ahe waa commg to Ren.diItg
an i 'XhuradOJ afternoon m Q. motor car at about 3
o'ol ork She saw a.nother CAr commg from he
ton That- ear , w~ • tnvelling ,at qUlte !Ill
ardi~ary _peed, not ",ore than about 15 mile. _
It was on t~. I!roP'?r 8lde of the road, I3h.
hoar the h~m TII!tte W&a 1\0 other traflld
tIme She ~w a little boy run ,from

he

To!
c.' Boq.rd).
!
Logan (:(6pre.sentmg the J;l8o/IDlDg
and
of 'loh ... thirty fifteen bve Wen ..:l~cted fo.._
plllC08 at ~ading School Tf.' ,a~4l-dli I at<> su!Jlo
l'7t to the candidates P"/JIDg , sa.BiJIaclocily •
m~dical exammatton by , t~e ' Sq\too1 ' !,1edical
Offioer Ai; Pugh wen~ on to! s;;; ~ It ~0111d be
that the a.ge h.out for the' <lADlor schools It
12! years on March 31st, - wliile tIjat , for fl'I>'
places at the secondary school; 11 jl '2 veare OJ
June 30th
'rhe ne .. nary 'aI!J'UlU I " t~" thi
respect have been made by" th~ Om.o\~l ' , " TL

p.~ej:ne'lt
pro~
' oct-.treet 8I<\e mto t~lli~:a~;:;!~;+l:~:~;;~,~~
He trie<j 14' pIck ~p 81
h." ...,_ thought h meant 10 go to the other, t Ide

NEWLY-BORN

questIon of age lizwt.s for tho 'EGnor fach

Coroner fot' East

toO fast

held no mque.t at the

eUmina.ted)'.. but '1n order thati

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Wedneaday
on
M..corroborat
gery Hobbs.
child
whichmorn\"g
W308 I found
ga.ve
ive daughter
eVIdence of bhe In, tI
NllI'SCry, adJolDmg lErlelgjI
tlie lury S'Ie_ dId' not thl]lk the car was I" '",,,, ,,.
l' S Pierce was prosdnt on bebalf
more than from,.thirteen to fifteen
per !Vi::,on~fri~!~Oe:~"tii~~r;,~P
R Johard WrIght, gardenp,-o 44. Colh' atreet.
Sbe did not th'l'k
pomble for t he drIver
stated that Ii~ "'.. workmg 10 Mr I 'to !.'rbid the boy.
Nursery. E.,ley, ·
Tuead&v\'mornmg l
Stanley .a,mger> who 'W1LS formally
On hl B way to work be noticed .a parcel m the
tlie-COr9.~er, Mid he w~
hedge It could not be seen from the ian. unless
propnetress 01 >n.,,."'Oal!e
anybody got on to tbe ""uk ~body coul4
dr,ver for three ye..... an~
ha.ve put It In from t he- bapk, (md It could nave
Wlt.h the streets U1 .Readmg
JCke
r IHe p
been
through
from Ithe
l!\Desubs~ce
of the
aCCIdent
tho little
nlO'
It
up pushed
and found
It cont.ame~
a. heevy
It
path
l..Qto
the roa.d ,aw
Wltnes8
wasboy
about
': 1
was a. brown pa.per parcel:i BEt" re¥Ved It Into
a.way H e was gowg about 12 mtlea
the Nursery and went to tiDe fQrem
l
ThIS was
and he ca.lled that slow .A.s soon as
"bout 9 20 In the mOl'1lmg\ Th. o"".,.n, Mrl
the path wlln... 6Ound¢ the hoot~r
Butler , went WIth hJm to' ef amme t ~ ' parcel It
and ~hat was qwte .uJ6Clent .He conSIdered
, .... t ..d up ",th strIng and Mr Butl~t , cut th~
was clear of the road then and
St.l mg and ~wmpped It" !when they dl.!covered
gdmg 6trll.lght · aero?.. He t ook h l8 eyes
a newly born chl1d Not many: people went t6
boy then t o wa.tOh Prospect street, whiCh
1
tha.t. p ar t of the Nursery j Th& PO]lce were then
penner ... :.A.a soon. as hs passed
mformcd' of t he o~uren ce
the boy .. \t"~,f",tlll.n. ~ yard of his
John Butler. 100 e\lll>n *a rdener. corroborated
.tr"'llht mto, ,,\. , Th~ ...nly
the eVIdence of t he last w~jess. an~ F,&1d the body
one mo~r car commg m. the OPIPosi'"
was ill several wrappmga of paper ~(1 a. :vest. The
If witness bad not swerved the
body was qUIte cold "II'! dry
'II
r
have been caught by the ra,~ator,
I
PC Dulton,,of Earley,
on
after·
to puU up • The front off
AR~.
noon about 1 30 in COniSeq~ence
r&went. over
b9:y ~ There were three
calved hj, o.Ccompamed P
UlSldq the
and, one ,on tha .outside
to Holder's Nursery, whlC
Three of tlie ,Paasengel1l were wo,un,ded
,uterestsa to tq , that
EdeJgh Court-fOod On g?mg
W,tne .. could not pull up" qUIcker
Hayw"td, -of the Au.tral;a.. A K C •
ncss
h e was shown by t!ltr
to.ken mto a' shop He went to the )tt,~.I .':';;;:::::i::!P~".~
list of honours ooDferred
lymg at the foot of the t~
I
had .topped and took t he Dames 0'£ !J
birthday.
of
the Jentrance of Erlel h
Mi~. Hobbs'
thUi t<>"".,ADd ~dar
opeDed tho parcel and foun It
"Juryman 'lhL$ was the .eco,\d aCI,~'ent
Hayward ~ .Col
had. but thot. w.. turther down
Gto.o~em.m?" <llilin , n ~~
of a female child. aDd.a.ftt: . '!is
e:lammed the .pot and at tli.
••
tlie leaves g.ppl!ared t~
~r'j a.~m"ged
Ul OOD~eotion ~th thl war
the grass on whIch the
green and fresh
to • sh.d In t.he school
amlned 1t
child " aPlpe:rr~d
deleloped •
under vest
one dark
thIrd of
tons and
on the vest
Dr Frederlck
. poke to makmg
the body tIiA~ m n,"; ;n "

rt

miles

nn

h~

1

k!lld

"til!

.1.2::;;'~~;i~~;:~l;:~~i~t~~:~:~;~~~!~::~[~

KAYW

cat

w'1

noun8h~ femAle

In. and' he w~ of
I!epal ate eXistence

ably had be.n Ide.d
The Coroner adiiou'm.~ :i1i1!, . inqu.#
on Jun.e 20th Ito gtve
4h "o!,ilortuniLY: I
of maliiog enq'uihel

\,

"""""'t,

She did Dot thlDk t }J.e driver could

before

,

reooDs1deratLOn S1DC8 It 18 ob"/A.1l&l~ I no~ ' p
under the .ehO~Of work appjic&hle rto th..,,,,,
sCltools to receIve ys and gulp of 19 ~'of.-.""
to un~eWD the' th o-ye"" C01lI$& whiliJi the ,,",hoo'li
proVIde On the contrary Jthe """pdaxy sch""I'!
sy1<tem noeils and has facilitio. f<r ~
qUIte youog boys and gicls. 1 All ~P""'"
m the semor schools hlwe \
filled. The.
. <!hero. has proved to be &II bi:ceIlEinL Qll&. wllea
the few anomalies Jo f mar~ind age. moe

suddenly turned round and to her horro~
rIght mto the car Both wheels wen~ over
Wltn ... pulled up ' W,wes,' ldaught"!: w&!
her at l1e tUDe. Sh~hought ,he,wLLS About
away when. the l1AY was knocked down
Jaryman, !!he did not thmk- fifteen mdes
1"'"" too [nst gomg tJU;ongh tbe town at
.pot She did not thm~ t he drIver W"l1

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wtthin

wa.s taken irtto Stevens',

INQUEST

P,~sidellt

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both the nght wheels "'ent over
ehclUjf,eur, pulled up to see what he could
the gentleD)aD 10 the car 1.lso lahghted

nl

t rue mUiSlon of '

plckink
She; did Dat

~1t"J1':¢~~' ;'nt"t:.Mi·'i~ct ..",'\;;;,,~.

FOR THE HURCH these l gentlem n to the Master
don t~OIl <l<::k Is to blUld over all
to t
Chur9h qr some !51rllllar
m)
ger an ia dD~en men ui thia
Commerce) who iWould do so '
o'DIDortur,itv for c!~c and l~~an. .
t o ] 010 ~ands t o make the
of thelr falth and conviction • •
bod) workmg for tha eVllJl~ •
of the p<!op!e Stuaenlio
like the Master of n.w0.l.....
that the Chw ch ,If ~Dgland lVilr·
~m 0ct'8.tlc )force In .OUf
JustIfy lts ~e3:Jstence In th e new
have eD tere~, a.nd t o 6ucces!fully
dIsregard
the masso, of
tha n e\ie~ fdr mere sacredo..

wh.ic!\

1

sai~ ,h& was m the Oxford road at
tIme
D"'If the .oene of the accIdent on ,ThUI1!day
law
on t he road He Wal either
on the tram hnJs or ta.king so".etbinll!
& motor car c;o.IltLDg along
",as on
proper .1dfJ It was

~ghJr Conferenoea~

0

ODe penlon beSide the dnver

e:xcept for on,.e little car whlch p~ed
LIly Allen. marned womaD. 3. Ca,thl~Ie·,stn..t,

I to hCilrtL P vofi crmg ~ W&I'
the poor and1,ru~gI mg reti ll~,

t h e \[ast.er

J

which are not followed by ' reft"'FlOll.l &ok work
should prevent this if chi!dren <f:~ tested on what
they read The unprove~t j Ill ~ j1sPeI1(I}g ~s (I
ve.ry nottceable
There was a. very s~t1Sfactory
torre latlOn of aQ.i.hty betweeu the anth'Qletlc nnd
Engh'h results, good (.or qad) I work ID the ona
000. corresponding WIth t6. orr'" >itIb.i'kt ;h,ch
'showed that there 19 a. proPer ~e tabl~ balance. It
SCHOLARSHIP Lll.RAliGEMENTS.
Tb:e Clerk p resen ted his~ ~~ot't,. o'n. the above
e.xnmmatl ons for l!lcholarshipa a.t ~g School
and tha Kendrick School and Ll'&Il~en\ to the '
Sepior" Elemen!.a.ri Schools. Pi~rt I of' tJ>a PfE>'
lurupary e~&~lon ..,.Â¥ ~eld ll\,
the s\'hO\llt
In''the Boroogll,..-$ve Emmer G~ S9Jloo\.. on
Wednesda.y. February 28th ~houtI 2'3jOO '=hili
ren took the exammatlOn
ut 60Q ~~
were seleoted for , P arI. II.
the "Â¥'J'llll\ation.
which was hold m the W kingJUu,;,road and
George Palmer Semor Schoofs' on \ W~y,
~h 21St
'f\1e first thutt boy.
the
-t~~~:11 p~cnbed ~ge liDllt we.re c1.t0~D. to l ~Q~ to the
jj
Educ.t10n Offioo for an oraq test ""nj1nct.ed. by
UU' b .... 1l the Head M.. t.or of Reading School I(representmg
the Governors) ,Mr, W H B~seden trepresentmg
,tho PublIc Elementary Sc1loot.I, al\d ¥f 8., C

Byl a Juryman. the tqad was clear .1 the tl:cDe: I :~~.~i~;!~..!!

them when t he, were·

the ~orth

:th?

a.nd even the. KlDem.&to~a.phf ~ b]tlOl}::t of
distant colmtrle.8 se em to mil.ke ?~ Y ViSUal Iitllnu h

He' was Iknocked down and ,lie
belI., ed he was taken to a house close by and .t·
teode<! to There were two persODB ID the ear,
Le

to lIve was not satlSfactlY dollll. Thero

was a real lack of Dnagmatwe proJ~lon, whtch
I.PJ,ob~bly result. from exceS81V oP'l g~ogr.phy
'j( )oaln'l"tc!aj teachmg and mSllftlClent re8.drn by the candl
dates The former can never!u e1'8ede
latter,

tum.~ round

t he1r h:)me lrves u.n d dalI) OCCU.
;], bmt "hlCh t he pO'le~ 3 t~t be.,

or

Ilk.

the' boy had 'his back .to the car and suddenl!'"

" ho wh ile l,rofes:smg
ClmstHl.ll!!l, h ad. neverthe.
the ~(<!ster of B alltp), a. great
In

The descnptloD of a. country: lU y'hiCh t4ey would

nottc1d
.omethiog
caught
on
ItJi~J front
rIght! had
"de got
of the
car mShetM~oughb

" 01 kers.

t.hmg

:~:ti ~~Z~:~~~:.5H!~:f

It was on the proper !SIde

a.nd . he shoul'" ""y It was
l"Was her lrrlpres!UoD It wu a
comet She did Ilot hear & hbrn ,ounded. " ne

Just now Th18 dlstmgUlshed

of

,bout

she w~ w&.ltmg fot & tta.in- when she saw a httle
hfiy '1' George .treet Sh..- could not sav
lie ...as on tbe road Or on the path She
ID th+, d1rootlOn of lReading and s"w & car ~.~.~'!'.!

of Balhol, "'bo ga....e :\

~ 1I.!."ge3t1fe addres8 at ~
Confclcnro o n :M ollda.,.
Y.n ""md has an exception all) ~

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dld ln ot know tha.t he had her put needles or pU1ll
on Ithlt t ram lin.. , He was .....ful of trsm. and
I mot.o~\ cara and seemed rather afraid ~'f arossmg
thel roads,
allhough he dId
cro6S the roads' at the
I
.~
1
co~eJ of George street several tlDles each da.y
Be<\~noe Hodgkin, of H, TilehUl'Bt road, stated
that f' about three o'clock on Thursday a.fternoon I''ilf",';, 'of " P'reIml,,"ons

D COMMENTS

The

It Gut
and receIpt
it :.:.
the
candidates
I were

t differ~nt

Cclla l'me n .,.... pt 1;I;bo e&n t:;)
pa.ckLn g or Te m OVII~!; WI~

)

".Ison

n

~.

bo/;_
I

put;

COnfUSIOn the ar..ngement. shOOId
earlIer and more tune n.\lowad i

De. I De

In,.,h&ud,

the psr\a

;t&of

ex::t,:~~n.sa.v!t ~~e,~'lfb
~
V~::!n:sch~OO:118 were m 8.
.... Wh tho

of th&

twenty ' I51l
CIiitdXlat ,£00",
prooeedad '.the ~ &eboals.
to Mr E W Llo~
IinlItarv .efV1~ol
tti& _ofticial

~

ti

~"ih~~~~~~~'.~stan~ 'm t:lIirl'J!!lIS

READING

ATH~~C
•

,

EVENING

t

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I'

CLUB.

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, lIll(i.

. In =ection WIth the
g :A:tJ;letiC~eillI.
a number of races oenfin<id
youtha &llil ~
wen. deClded on the Palmer }!ark , ~ ....
Wedn-u.:r. ev"'!"'g A: small dllll'ge 'F'" DI!Ib
lqr admission to the grand stF~ end CmelOOJI!"o
libd the proeeeda are to ~ gtren, to the ~
Ohomber of .commerce War Suppli..' ~t. The
oftiC1&ls

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Mr.
J T.
T J.
~rit~~~~~~;
Win.'9W •

WMkM._~~~s~~and~I~~.~ . ~~_~
G

Meesre
Poole;
rIdge
Starter Mr
H
James E lleasley
E Beasley.
Results..
... \
BOYS' RACE (150 YA.RD~ mumwAP.):.
First h~, llo- P"O'l'" (15 fa<&' - 4 10;;' &
Peck (23). ~
,
Second -L,
,)Vesl!~111 ~