n‘ 1:5†" .é‘» ' ...â€"... - _. ___._.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"._...__'~â€"â€"â€"e i. i iii '3 Pill iii "It'll not make an difference, Mrs. ~ I know what Mr. Gather-wick is when he makes up his mind." _ “But. for his own son. Do 30 and tell him." Pleaded Nell. _ " "It's as must as my: piece is worth. "Dawson 8'43! behmd “knight? {WiSh said Davidson. aghast beyond measure. 1’0 spelt 003011;" said Mr. Gatherwick in a porpemptory raise one day when that (hasty summer was merging into autumn. He was opening his private door as he invoke. and he passed in and shut it to with an Ominous click. Mir. M’Callum twirled round on his stool to inspect the delinquent. ‘What pranks have you been up to now. David- son!" ' "None that I know of." was the ans- wer; "unless; There he stopped. with a sudden fear that he did know. and that there mid be a bad half hour More him. How it could have come to his master's ears puzzled him; he had never mentioned Mr. Maurice's name even to M'Oai-tum. "Well, returned Mr. M’Catlum curi- ousiry. “there is something. and you know that quite well. Better make a.“ clean breast of it at once. Don't: wait till it's a case of disappearing. likeâ€"wellâ€"like some one who shall be namelem. The downward track is easy. but there's no turning back, mind." "There ought no Do a turning back." said Davidson glioomjly ; "it's hard lines if one slip is tel be reckoned up against one ailhvnys." Mr. M'Cailmn whistled. "So you have been slipping. I thought as much. and you cannot say I have not warned you often enough against trying that prodigal business. " With a solemn shake of the head. Mr. MVCailu‘m turned round to his deck again. There were sounds of some one moving about the inner o"i-.‘e. and Mr. Gathcrwink might reappear at any mo~ ment; and in much uneasircss of spirit Davidson also went on with his inâ€" Voicing. "Now, then," began Mr. Gatherwick sterntly, when six had arrived and. very unwillingly. M'Cullum had retired downstairs~“Hmv long have you been in communication with my son. may I ask ?" “Sin-re Inst January." came the un- willing answer. , "Indeed. knowing it to be against my orders." ‘ "I didn't know it. sir," said Dand- son. blob-thing at his own audacity. "You never said \ve'Wereï¬udt*mlE-'to him. and Mr. Maurice was very kind to me when he was here." “It is not to happen again," said Maurire's father decided-Hy! “I will have no go-betweens in this office. Mr. Maurice ought to have known better than. to mnxilby you in such a capacity.†had no thought of any such thing." began the outltprit earnestly; "and he’s working so hard. he that"â€" "That: is enough." interrupted his master. "Pay attention to what 1 have saidâ€"That is will; you may go wow." Davidson’s strongest point was not valour; he went down disconsolately. At the end of thestreet he encountâ€" ered M'Cailukn; not that that gentle- man was waiting there for the purpose. only seeingâ€"as he mentally phrased it â€"â€"tha't there was a screw loose some- where. it was but considerate to try to put it right. the first step of course being to find out which screw it was. But that was the difficulty. David- son flatly doc-timed to give him any information about the matter. and thereby laid the foundation of a cool- nose that for weeks after completely took the gill; off those constitutional huff-hours before clostng-time. Winter set in ear-.y that year. early and very bleakly. \Veek after week the bitter east: winds went driving down the streets which Maurice Gath- erwiuk trudged daily back and for- wards. scantily clothed, and often scantily fed; little wonder that he felt it keenly. “i think we must be growing old. Nell." he remarked one night as he came in with bllue fingers and chatter- ing teeth. “I used to enjoy frost and anew thoroughly. instead of shivering along after this fashion. They say you do feel the 'coldnmoro when you am getting on In lite." "Itisanow overcoat. you are needing Maurice.†she said. stirring the tiny fire to a blitze. “Couldn't. we man- age one? it. is such a long way to that office. and you must keep well." "Neill. do you know how much cash I pomess at this prcseut moment? Just thrwunti-tiiticantm. if you per- suade any tailor to furnish one for that. you are heartily welcome to try. Afterwards you mitrht look up a shoeâ€" mztker on the Sillle terms; I am nced- in boots worse HliJi; look at those." g’ell shook hcr head. "\\'e‘.l. “well.†slid Maurice. with an attempt at looking resigned. “un- othur month. and the worst of the winter will be over. if we can only hold out," lfâ€"-â€" Before that month was over. the prodigal’s brief career was ended. UtterLy unfitted for the battle. either by us tum or tra'ming. it ended as any one might have mfolly foretold from the first. (he morning he was not equal to going down to the office; be “wild rest and 'u fresh to-morrow; but toâ€"nmrrow b did not want to leave his bed. and a cheap doctor had he be hastily sent for. The dortor quake of a touch of maturity. and neon- ptitution below par. andpromised to mud in a lotus of medians and come in tomorrow. Sci! put on her inane! after dark «ad rtccd round in 1).“ idson‘s lodging. "He looks so ill." be subbed out. "Oh. giongâ€"Pn, l "But it's Mr. Maurice. I'll try it." Nell went trick to .her husband. Davidson buttoned up his coat with- out giving himself time to think. and burned off to the dull stately house where Maurice had been born and brou ht u . ' ' “Sge Mrl.1 Gatherwidil \Vhy.._hes just at said the scandansed man to whom he made his request. v "Dinner or not. you. must ted him it's important." 'llhe man debated for a moment; he was new to the situation, and perhaps snrcely realised the risk. _ He opened a door close by, and Davtdson could hear the message delivered. "There's the youm‘ngatn from t_he.of- fice. sir. Davidson y name. wishing to see you. and won't take no dental: "lJnVLdsom? Show him in." . \Vith his first gihnce down the bril- liantly lighted. .table, there flashed across the visitor some odd fancy about the fatted calf; it was there in abundâ€" ance; but this father was eating it alone. “lVe'u'l. what has brought you out here i" demanded Mr. Gatherwick Withâ€" out laying down his fork.â€"“10u leave Uhe room." with a glance at the man in waiting. . "It's Mr. Maurice, su‘; he's very _t-t. and his wife's frightenedabout inm- She's too poor to get bun what he ought to have." ' At; that same tabl‘eâ€"Dandson could have touched the spot with his hand â€"had once stood Maurioe's ,chair..Per-. haps Mr. Gatherwick thought of it a.â€" so for one f'l'eetilng instant before he remembered his principles. I “The of‘d story." he said impatiently. “\\-'e have heard it all! before. I thought I told you some time ago that i would have no communication be- tween you." t _ “And I have never been there Since." said Davidson; “bu‘tâ€â€"for _the first time daring to assert himself in opposr- Lion to the great Mr. Gatherwmkâ€"“I've not forgotten him. .and I’m gonng straight to him now." The fatted calf might have played tunmollcsted in its native fields, for all Mr. Gatherwick mnsumed after his clerk’s departure. Ho had believed _1n and stood by certain rules and prinâ€" ciples all his life; his son had gone counter to both. If he were to bring. him back tomorrow and put him in the old. place, how long would it lee-til Could he risk that sore disgrace a sec« 0nd time? Possi-Ulty at no distant date. This exilb meant more to him than 11. could to Maurice. He had lost the most by it; a solitary old age stretched beâ€" fore him; better that. than to build up fresh plans with a. broken faith for foundation. ' Maurice was young, and would find out new interestsâ€"nay. had found them all’ready. Nothing ever troubled him long thought the father bitterly; and he sat still and made no sign, while the slow hours ticked themselves past. . Davidson). went away to M'Cal'luan 1n the sudden revolllt. alnld told him the tale of Maurloo's wrongs. M'Qailum listened in much perplexity. ï¬ts the- ories about prodigwls were well known ; had he not reiterated them over and over again in Dav idSon's unwilling ears? And yet he. too. had \‘riked Mr. Maurice; prodigaits often are rwuher likeable peo- pleâ€"he would go and see him at any- mte. and there woullld be no harm done if they took some jellily or wine with them. ‘ . “I believe it was black oulrrant jelly they used to give me when. I was till," he remarked on tlhe way. “We had better buy apot , it's said to be strengthening stutf'f. if you give it a.‘ fair trialt†This patient was est giving it a fair triat; he smiled ‘ainltiy, up in h"--. Oalltun's perplexed faceâ€"talked a lit- tle discomnectedly about Nell. and his father. and school-pranks long agoâ€" and finally drifted away to a much farther country just before day- break. . Nell laid her face down on the pillow beside him with a. burst of passtonate tears. "We were poor. and hungry. and will often; but he never said an unkind word to either mother or me since the first day we saw him; and I’ll love himâ€"I’ll love the ve sound of his name all the days of my ife." ’ And some of usâ€"not prodigals by. several degreesâ€"need not complain iii we get no better epitagg. There is something to said on both sides. \Vas ever yet a flawless unasâ€" sailable case recorded? Cheap vic- tories are worth little. Mr. Gather- wick vindicated his principles thor- oug’hl-y, carried them. out to the end; but there are times when he sits al‘one at nights listening to that clock tick- ing out the hours and feels that he “mild give all his “with for one sight. of the young face that lapsed out of the march long before its time, for luck of a. helping word he might have spokenâ€"a hand that. he might have stretched out. (The End.) 'l’ H E MARRIAGEABLE AGE. The ages at which the inhabitants of some European countries are consider- ed capable of aspirations for the matriâ€" monial noose are as follows: Germany. France and Belgium. man 18. woman 1.3 years of age ; Spain. Portugal Greece and Switzerland. man l-l. woman 12: Austria. man and woman. 14: Russia and Saxony. man 18, women. 16; in Hungary Catholic youths of H may wed maidens of 12. but Protestants are sup- posed to require maturer age to know their own minds. as the age of the young man must be 18 and the wom- en 15. ‘â€" GOOD \VORK FOR A \VHOLE YEAR. Customersâ€"Do you guarantee these porous plasters to be geod for a weak hack! _ _ I Druggistâ€"les. air; they are good for a week luckâ€"and for a month to come after you put them on. HHBSOURCE. Tommy. whose qtmsti‘ons had been le- wiiem did Adam get the do go .and net his father: he wants names for all the animals! better food amid at." and so many things tn». tumâ€. n!u\nt.2y.-â€"-me the dic~ (mnarjr. of mmrse. THIS OLD CITY MOVES IN A SOME- WHA’I‘ LEISURELY FASHION. ‘- Fulks Down There Look on Xew Things in not. In keeping with the Rest of me after compdmentiug )Ir. Barthc. the editor. upon the truths contained in a recent article by hu‘ :1 entitled “Les Elements du Progress." proceeds:â€" "Aii those enterprises which have prevented the grass from growing in the streets of Quebec have met with the same objections as Ithose of which you speak in connection with the el- ectric railway.‘ \Vh’enever something new is spoken of. some one says 'all castlm in the air. it might do in Mont- real but it is useless in Quebec; it is useless to think of it.‘ Seventeen years ago my brothers and myself obtained a charter to build the Quebec Mont- morency at Charlevoix railway. and I applied to all the capitalists who had money to embark in the enterprise without avail. It was useless for me to show them that the pilgrim traffic alone would pay the roads way' none of them would risk their money. And notice that I only applied to men who had thousands upon thousands of dol- lam lying in the banks at 4 per cent: but they would risk nothing. You know the popular proverb. ‘ Who risks noth- ing has nothing.“ “\Vell, 1 found it true in this in- stance. We Were obliged in the end to sell our rights to Mr. Beemer for a mess of pottage. and toâ€"day the road is probably the best paying one in Can- ada, but Quebec does not profit by it. The same may be the case with the el- ectric railway. which has been talked about for years, and should have been spOken of long before in view of the advantages for such an enterprise fur- nished by the motive power of Mont- morency Falls. It was only because Mr. Becmer could not float his scheme in New York that Quebec has not; totally lost the benefits of the enterprise. For thirty years past it has been the same old story. In 1864 the late Hon. G. B’resse and the Messrs. Cbte, on my ad- vn'e decided to start the first boot and shoe factory here. and it was necessary to see them at; work. as 1did. to believe what difficulties they had to encounter. The same people who, with aknowing air ekclaim. whenever a new cuter- prtse is spoken of, ‘whlat fools; nothing of the ktnd_can ever succeed in Que- bec. though it; might in Montreal; they will lose their money.’ These same peo- ple, or others of their kind, did all they could to discourage them. And as these partiesocoupted many of the highest places tn the Quebec financial world. they for years shut the bank doors against this growing enterprise which had just then so much NEED OF ENCOURAGEMLENT. One day when I asked a bank cashier to discount one of Mr. Bresse’s notes for $500, endorsed by Messrs. Cote &. Cote, our brave banker who was as weak on French as on finance. repliâ€" ed: ‘_'0n ne discompte pas pouriesoor- donnuers.‘ Woqu you believe it. but I myself was obliged to endorse Mr. Bresse's notes to order to have them discounted for him. He wanted to de- vote. himself to the industry and was considered almost as a robber. But at the same time rotten paper for certain wood merchants was discounted to the extent of hundreds of thousands of dolâ€" lars. Then what happened? The boot and shoe industry. owing to the work, energy and intelligence of those who had commenced it, and our banks made their shareholders. almost all of them Quebecers lose millions of money. We have heard talk of the losses sustained by our city through fires. but what are they compared to those caused by our banks? if all this money had been inâ€" vested .tn Industries. possibly some of it would still have been lost. but never a tenth of what has been swallowed up in the lumber trade. Moreover, alarge number of these industries would have survived and contributed to THE PROSPERITY OF THE CITY. “But Quebec is not. the only place where people are ready to criticize those who wish to undertake some- thing new and cutll them brainless fools. l was in Ottawa. when its electric rail- way was buillt. Ottawa owes it to two young men. Messrs. Ahern and b‘oper. t-‘or twenty years previously the city had had a car service which hardly paid for the oats eaten by the horses. although it passed through the best streets and when these oung nit-n spoke of constructing an e ectric rail- way in the minor streets. these smart Alecks. who always knew more than anyone else, began to laugh at them and predict that they would lose all the money which they had made out of building the C. P. R. telegraph line Messrs. Ahern and Soper let them laugh and set to work. In two months they had completed their road. and in- side of a year they had absorbed the bone cars. 'l‘o-day stock in the. Ottawa Street Railway Company is one of the best paying in the country. 1 am con- vinced that the ensue will be the case with that of Quebec. Not only that. but as in Ottawa. it will awaken the dormant s: irit of enterprise in our peo- ple anti effect u revolution in the city. ‘N‘othing succeeds like success.’ and when twop’le see this. they will no longer listen to those croakers. who al- ways say that nothing can succeed in Quebec and they will then no longer leave their money in the savings bank where it goes to feed the commerce of Montreal. Then and then only shall we see the spirit of enterprise reawak- en in our citizons." FROM] THE EAST. Master of the Seragiio-lla. he. Most lllustrious. I have had the most dell- cious joke. I told your-wives th'ttyou were dead and you slionid have heard them wall The Sultan-What a harem-scar- emv follow y to are to be sure. THE nouns or mutt Scenery â€"â€"'l"hc Following Remark-i App!) lo (Min-r Places as Well. Hon. Francois Langelier. in an article in La Semeine Commerciale. of Quebec, YOUNG ‘ roars." ~WV\\ \v'V "x. a t ~.\\\\ THE FAIRY SISTERS. There was once a. little maiden. And she had a mirror bright; It was rimmed about. with Silver; "1‘ was her pride and her delight. But she found two fairy Sisters Lived within this pretty glass. And very different faces showed. To greet the little lass. If she was sweet and sunny. \Vhy, it was sure to be . The smiling sister who looked out Bier happy face to see. _ But if everything went cuss-cross. And she wore a frown or pout. Alas! Alas! within the glass The frowning one looked out. Now this little maiden loved so much The smiling face to see. - That she resolved with all her heart A happy child to be. . To grow more sweet and loving. _ She tried with might and main, Till the frowning si‘ster. went away. And ne'er came back again. But if she’s looking) for a home. As doubtless is the case. She'll try to find a little girl Who has a gloomy face. So be very. very careful. If you own a mirror. too. That the frowning sister doesn't come And make. her home with you. _â€" R'U‘TH'S- DISCARDED SCHEME. "Could you analyze all th05e sent- ences from Paradise Lost 3" "No, indeed. not the half of them. Did you master them? They're tougher than pine knots." "No. Iconfess some of the construc- tions mastered me. I sat? up as long as mother would allow me. and dreamed of them all night. I suppose I shall have to respond with 'not prepared’ when my name is called toâ€"day, and I hate that of all things." It was the new scholar who spoke. She was an earnest student. as well as a most attractive girl. and -Ruth Hastings had grown quite attached to her in the few weeks of their acquaint- ance. Ruth gave her friend's arm an affectionate little squeeze as she ans- wered tightly: "0. I shall not do that. nor will you have to either. Ralph and I have it all planned. \Ve shall just start Professor Morris on an argument in the very first sentence and no one will he call- ed uipon after that." "I do not quite understand you." "0. it’s a. scheme we often work on the professor when we haven't our tiesâ€" sons wetli prepared. You have been h'ere so short ,a time that you have not caught it yet I presume. You must have noticed, however. that our teacher is exceedingly fond of arguâ€" ment l" “Yes I have thought it was almost a weakness of hisâ€"though I do notlike to be critical." "Such a decided weakness, that we have learned to turn it to good account to escape bad mar‘k‘s. When not we'll prepared we just spring some knotty- uttt’estioni upon himâ€"if possible some point about wh'idh grammarians dif- ferâ€"and then when heundertakes to explain) it some bit the smart ones like Ralph will disagree With himand the work is done. Elle not only will non yield. a point himself. but is never sat~ isfied until he has made you yield yours; so he talks on and on review- ing the history of language from Sunscrit, if necessary to his pctnt and: first thing he knows, the realization! hour is past. the bell rings. he Jerks out his watch. examines it With a wuld sort of stare, flushes nervously and says: We will review to-day's lesson out the morrow.’ Wet go home chuck- liln-g at having gained. an extra study period on a difficult lesson." ' The expression on the newscholars face which had at first been simply one of curiosity. became suddenly grave and she offered _no reply. Ruth look- ed at her inquiringly. "Isn't it a scheme " she asked. "Yesâ€"it certainly is a schemeâ€"but is it exactlyâ€"" her face flushed and she seemed unwilling to go on. “Exactly what?" " "Why. is it really honest? "Honest!" exolaimded 1almost sto inr u )on the si ewa in. er as»- tonrighni’entl. "Why. what possible dia- honesty can there be m a pupils ask- ing questions of his, teachers? They are employed to give us information. are they not?" "Certainly; but I understood you to say that you did not‘ask for the sake of information. but simply to evade a recitation." _ . "0. yes. of course. rf you wush to strain. a point; but all: the class do m at least you are the only one I've heard. object to it. They a’lil seem to en oy thesport. and really lcannot see w at harm: it does the professor." “I was not thinking of the harm to himâ€"although on own that‘ he is anâ€" noyed when nm e conscwus of the lapse of timeâ€"I was thinking of the harmnto you. or whee-yer is party to the act. “And what is that, pray? Marv Bennett hesitated. She had not. meant: to preach, and she dud not en- joy critirLsing her friends. esmctady a whole class of them. and such new ones. too. “Come out with it!. I [gramme not to be offended. I shall li e you all the. ebtter if you do not always agree With "Well. then. if you will pardon my saying so. it seems to me that acting from any other than perfectly sincere motives must al'Ways be in a degree damaging to character. a weakening of the mainspring of Christian purpose." They were at the recitation hall now and companions were jomtng them. Mary lowered her voice as she added : "Behold. thou desired; truth in the inward parts." ‘ Ruth eased her hand cordially. "Than you." she said. "I never look- ed at it in that light before: I'm an apt in see just the fun in things." In the vestibule they met Ruth's cousin Ralph. Ruth drew him to one side and whispered hurriedly. "Don't work the mheme on Profes- sor Morris to-day. I‘ll tell you about it later. You have your lesson any- way." ‘ “All right. 002. just as you say." When Ruth's name was mailed she au- swered bravely. "Not well )repered to- day." but although her inee flushed there was a warm gtow of approvms conscience within. ORDE RI.Y G IRIS. Some girls have a. knack of always looking nice. No matter when you see them. whether it beat the earliest morning hour or at any other time during the day. they are always just so. Then. again. if you know them well you find out that they have also a. very happy way of making things last. Surh desirable accomplishments are nothing more nor less than the results of careful training in early years. A child should be taught to be systematic inhabits fromusearlitxst years. There is nothing harder to uproot or change th'in sloyenly ways. The love of ord- er. precision and neatnms are jewels m: a girl's character. The secretnot‘ all this lies in nothing more nor let‘s than being careful. Do not remove the hat. and toss it upon a shelf tnthe wardrobe or hang it. upon a. peg. where it is apt, to be knocked or crushed out of shape by hanging garments. Always have a hat. box and a small. soft whisk! brush. and give it. :1. few touches just to remove the (lust thztthnmt have accumulated. ’l‘hcn put tt away. The ‘same way with your dresses. After use brush and fold and put them away and nnnove any soiled places as soon as discovered. Lace and ribbons should be foldcd and straightened out each time and put. awav after use. The gloves should not be thrown down carelessly. all crump- led up. but if pulled out. and stretched and put awa_v_in a proper receptacle one W'lil get. ttvice the wear out of them and always look better at the same time. It is surh‘ traits as these that when seen in the girl foretell what the wife will prove. KEEPS A CORPSE IN STOCK. llow an lindertnkcr Advertise; Ills mu- bnlmlng Skill. An Ohio undertaker named Pearce doesn’t allow sentiment to interfere with business. Hie can't see why the shoemaker aljoining his establishment should advertize his skill by displaying his samples of the tailor across the street hang his latest sartorial confecr tion in his front window. while the em- batmer’s good work has to find alodg- ment beneath- six feet of earth almost as soon as ithas been accomplished. Mark Twain, when he was shown the mummy of a. Pharaoh who lived in the time of Moses, shrugged shoulders with contemptuous indifference and re marked to the curator of the mu- scum:â€" ‘Ilaven't you got a corpse that is a little fresher!" All Mark has to do is to visit the funeral direction establislmnent of Mr Pearce. at. Ardmore, U'bio. There he will protuny find something more to hi1 fastidious fancy in the shape of a sample of embalming kept on view by Mr. Pearce for inspection by his cusâ€" tomers. The "sub'eot" has now done service for a patio of three years. and the proprietor confidently expects that it Will last as long as he remains in business. The body in question has been in the very warmest workroom of his es- tablishment; all this while. and the tea- therlike flesh of the corpse is totally free- from odor or putrcfwdion. Some say the hair on the body will grow af- ter death. This probably originated in the mind of a dramatist or novelist, who wanted to sensationalize his read- ers to sell his books. for there lies Mr. Pearce's dead man, with. his very last haircut the same as it was two or three years a 0. Then, some say that the hair will all out. but ou couldn't pull the hair out of tha body with tweezers. l‘lach hair seems ho be parâ€" ticularly riveted into the hardening leather and bone. Even the fuzzy, lighter heirs of all other parts of the body remain the same as they were at death. Fornmldeheyde. a product at wood al- cohnl. and a comparatively recent pro- duct, is the fluid with which the body was embalmed. and Mr. Pearce. says that there is now a fluid with other elements added. that is far better than the 14" ounces. or alittlc over one gal- Ionâ€"~38 worthâ€"of the formaldeheyde used for the desiccation of the body in question. - GRAINS OF GOLD. God tempers the wind to the sham lambs-Sterne. Better three hours too soon than one minute too lateâ€"Shakespeare. A truly elegant taste is generally act-outpanted wtth excellency of hcait. â€"l«'teldtng. The truly valiant. dam cvurything except doing any other body an Ill- jttry'.â€"S|i' i’. Sidney. \Vhere there is much pmtenuion. much has been borrowed: nature never pretends.â€"-l.avatcr. Many a twin who now iut‘kn shoe- icnther would wvar golden spurs if knighthood were thc reward of worth. ~Jerroid. A $00!! word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only one silence. which owls us nothing-i'il- lot-son. Itmnmuber that, your pill is likely to be crossel ewrv day. and be pre- pared for it. by asking only for (lod'a will.â€"â€"i:‘ulicr. The dignity of women comists in be- ing unknown tn the. world lier glory is Um esteem of illfr host-an i; her plea- sure the happiness of her futility-4m!!â€" scan. PE lid." i‘lC'l'L Y ii F. ARTR EN Di NC. Mr. Bikerâ€"“'an a horriblc rmlnuq accident! Mrs. Bikerâ€"Dim not What’s toe death iist'f Mr. ll tierâ€"Seventeen brmd new '8" match). on. yrs. and a score or so of purple, l llelietve. , e . i 1 VJ“... I}, 1“ .VW‘. W.., g. . an"... ... I~Mimï¬ , Imam-a... .. M-“ ._...._.._.._.... -_.._.... , r...