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 .^â- 'i-'â- i^'^. 0iM HAIR. I ^^ jTacvlaidh*' head upon ls*«^y^J!«fore "te was traiwported L" f deSbtfal dreamland. For It »i^i"°'^^ herself toiling alone up a M'^lnuheilndeBcendingm torrents, J\. hDl"'® ju, craahine overhead. fc^ti« ""ImeaJ^rific cUp. and Nen'^y^^^bed awake, and tremb- H, spr»n? "v^h b?'"®^®??^, a'most appalling shriek U«1'® ^K^'nuijt night. Great Hea- k^P^^K proceed? Paralywd k""'?,! remained qaite Bmjox P '"'"find then she heard a tnshing |ii»'-*"^w rojm and a door softly KCdUnoe. Again and again â- o*^, ,hripka filled the house. I .^fulBbriefcani ^^^^ Richmond!" "H»7«i"' ..J am comingâ€" I am com- loc7«" ,,;__and, withoat a thought of I^KIa^-ozw she might encounter, -^"f^'Jg girl flaw through the passage feferS; in a most pitiable Lidonofterror-moamagand tremb- fe ff^dt*r«ked Lucy, taking r'S .ri and soothing her like a 1;" "Yoaare safe now; you have ;:Ktoi"g-fSM.sRicim^^^^^ Vu^Am -I had fallen asleep, and I KmThing tourh ny f oot and when r!^mv eves it stood there at the ETlaring.atmel Oh don't t me, for Heaven's sake don t leave 'My dearest, I would not leave you for .),..nr'd I am only going to nng the SrwakeMrs-MctchelL" "Tee yes let ua have her here too, in ueliemay come again pray Heaven he 1 1" I ^l^u it a man then, dear T asked Lucy, Lmberlng the sound she had heard in fcâ- s'•'»«i^»«^s»i aaaik X i»i â€" â-  aja^^j^Mnnmif.'jJtiftgit '"Oh yea," replied Mrs. Richmond, HiU sliiddering and hiding her face on tacy'Bihoulder-"a man with a hortible Chitefaoe! And, oh, Lucy, hu fearful ni 1 j(. hung down on each side of nis l^tly face like a curtain of blood I The tzhtof it will haunt me as long as I live. tL why did Eigar leave me 1" she Loued. "Send for himâ€" send for him ponce -say, I shall go mad without lim I" "Tea, dear, I will, the first thing in the Boming but you must try to compose fomelf now, for all our sakes, if not for fOMOwn." By this time Mrs. Mitchell was with iem. She also had heard the shrieks; Lt she slept much farther off. Her Qotherly, homely presence quieted Mrs. Richmond to some ^extent, and she was i to talk more calmly and reasonably ithe lubject of her terror. Un. Richmsnd persisted that it was no Irwn she distinctly felt the hand upon ler foot before die saw the figure. Luoy Jhen told of the rushing sound she had |heud, and expressed her opinion that nmebody most have made an entry iiito hehoaie for the purpose of robbery. "Ofconrse it is known," she added, I'ihit there are only women here now " "Ah, child, you say that to comfort me Qt 1 am certain that was no living pre- lience that was in the room to-night I" I Finding they could not argue her out of lie belief that her horrible visitor was liopeniatural, Lucy was persuaded by lUn. Mitchell to go to her room and |dnu. "G),mj dear miss," urged the good Iwonun, "or we shall be having you laid I up next, and I'll take care of missus while lyomreaway." I "Coma back as soon as possible, Lucy I te«l safer with you by me. " Lacy required no Incentive to hurry, jfof, although of a very brave tempeta- pent, her nerves were completely un- l«t«ng. She, however, quite believed in I Mr own mind that the figure was not su- pmatural in any way, and determined to Iwke a thorough exambiation of the Pwauaea down-stairs -more particularly |« 4e cellars â€" directly it was light. CHiPTER VI, wylight was breaking when Lucy re- ^niedtoMrs. Richmond's room. The ^r woman was stUl in a most hysterical ««QiUon, alternating between violent at- jr 01 aobbing and paroxvsms of shud- ""ig terror. Mis Mitchell looked gravely m. Lucy, •"jBhook her head significantly. uaut you think we had better send ?* ot the gttU to ask the Doctor to come w early as possible, miss?"' she «Mtt»l;v ut "^y missus would feel hke if she consulted him and he's »i WW fT^ gentleman, and wiU advise h, ^, " prevent the fellowgetting 'ki^^S^"' "" housekeeper adopted •eiSr^ '**' ""y «^d see it "Sw,!^T.°x^,^*' mistress, and *• i o?S, t "y impreswKi with ^^^of"^^^^°^*^« ^^^iS^h"^- "You would like d^,, ^w Maurice wouldn't you, •honlK^Phed Mrs. Richmond, "'•diorJu^"' »^o^ exhau«t«i; "5»o, mJS.' ^?' ^°**" yon leave me." "'tl8»T*l ' "*°" yo" twnble; we "•S.tifl?"'" 70M fear 1 Now »* «S?i^ V«L«« *Wle. "d -ee if the »me. Why, you look quite pale and wcwn out 1" *^*^ The housekeeper oqiiUl «ofc have used a •teon^raeguawnt thMi thk last to quiet tan. K;ohmond, who. in the midst other terror and suffering, stiU ntelaed her un- selfiahneM, "Poordrild, I have frightened her 1 Lie down, dear, and I will t«y to be quiet for your sake." "And 1 11 sit in this um-obair andTkeep watch over you both," added mxl Mitchell. Strangely enough, in less than a quarter of an hour th^ were all three soundly asleep, completely exhausted by the ex- citement they had gone through. When Mrs. Mitchell, who was the first to awsake, looked at the 4xlpek, she found it wl« eight. "Why, gracious m" she said to her- self, "we luve beenasleap^for four hon«» that ought to do missus good I Poor poiSi I wonder what that was a warning of inthenigl I]t»pe Qotl^ ^a hap- pened to master; but I doubt me. I won't disturb 'em but 1*11 go and send off for the Dcc'ior now, and make them- a cup of tea. Bless her pretty laoe," she added, looking at Lucy, "she's like a sun- beam in the house She'll make a good man happy seme day, or I'm much mis- taken." They were still sleeping when Mrs. Mitchell returned to the room, bearing in her hand a tray with two cups of tea A slight noise she made in settine it down awakened Mrs. Richmond, and immedi- ately after Lucy opened her eyes. "Why, I have surely been asleep 1" ex- claimed Mrs. Richmond, in amazement. "That yon have, ma'am, for nearly five hours it must have done you a world of good." "Well, I certainly don't feel so bad as I should have expected to but then, you know, I have not slept so many consecu- tive hours for weeks. " "Now, you drink this cup of tea, and I'll put the room tidy. Doctor Maurice will be here before we know where we are." Ten minutes later, he was ushered in, looking flushed with the hurry he had made. He remained with -Mrs. Rich- mond some little time, and then descended to the drawing-room, leaving Mrs. Mitch- ell with her. "Oh, Doctor Maurice," cried Lucy, who was anxiously a vaiting him, "I am so thankful to see you We have had such an awful night 1" "Tes, indeed, you must have had " he said kindly. "I was quite grieved to hear sujh a dreadful account from the servant it must have 8h9cked yon terribly 1 I cannot say I am altogether surprised," he continued. "She was in a dreadfully nervous condition when I left last night. I did not want to frighten you unneces- sarily but I was reidly alarmed, and in- tended coming this morning instead of in the af remoon." "But why should her nerves hare any- thing to do with it I Surely yon don't suppose it was a ghost she saw f" "Not I, indeed I" he returned, laugh- ing. 'I don't believe in them a bit but I feel certain it was a case of spectral il- lusion. Her nerves weie jaat in the higlily-wionght condition that would in- duce an illusion of that kind. And what completely oohvlneea me is the fact of the spectre having red hair. Between oar- selves, I believe that unfortunate con- versation of ours has been tbe cause of it aU." "Yon must foi^ve me for disagreeing with you," said Lucy. "I am firmly per- suaded that a man did enter Mrs. Rich- mood's room in the night with the idea of robbing her, and that her shrieks so startled him that he rushed away without achieving his purpose f or I am quite sure, after her first scream, which awak- ened me, I heard some one brush past my room, and immediately after shut the doorsoftly at the head of the stairs. I was so convinced of this that, had it been possible to leave her for an instant, I should have followed down-stairs." **Tliai^ Heaven you did not " Doctor Maurice said earnestly. "You would have been running a fearful risk if there had been any one there. 1 still think, however, that your imagination played you false, as wdl ak hers. You must re- member you had just been startled out of a deep sleep And is it likely now that any h ef would deliberately -wake Mrs. Richmond up by touching her foot " "No I That, I quite agree with you, must have been fancy." "And the rest too, you may depend upon that," he said conclusively. "But, from whatever cause the fright arose, the result is just as alarming. She must not be leit alone at night again, asâ€" I leel bound to tell youâ€" another attack of the same sort might have the most serious consequencifc She has rallied from this wonderfuUy; but it has been a severe diook to her constitution." "The« I Boppose we had better urge Mr. Richmond to return at once "Yes, his wife is going to write to Urn this morning. I would rather she had left it to you but she m%rt not be ex- posed. And what are you going to do with yourself," he added. "la the first place, I am going to ex- plore the cdlars. Although yo« J-JJ io little faith In my burglar theory, I ahaU notbe.««y until I?^'»^vJ!"r^ myself Cheie Is no outlet ttom them. me come with you, h«n, "iei^ 10^. ♦•^nd, wiwB »• 52*«.?SH thare, I want you to oome me IM dSJebyiaiesJa-diore. IJ»^*°^^ ntientata fcrm-hous. fire """l^J^ hS«5« good Wo» WiU do joo «ooi; «k4i*- " fTiiAirr thftt Ln^ hevtataa oe ^^n^^ BThmoa t^ta- to «r •hehoptdfon fo* irifi hoping ttuttoonaidenfeiJn for his feeUain may prevent her dweUlag tMMMhaathe aabjacfe^erseU.** ^^ Lucy ito longed deoiiried. but aened to go with idSSirnS SL^JS down into the oeilata j ^ut, afta* carefully examining them, they^nld find no tram of any opwung. Luey, howetver, still held renlutoly to her oii|M InpieaBion that some one dtd pass' her door in the night ^d, finding it impoedble to shake her conviction. Doctor l^aorioe dropped the subject, wd crying, "Now let us get out of tUs gloomy plaoainto the aunahine and air t" led tbe way up-stadra. Lucy went to pat on Jher hat and say good-bye to her friend before starting. Mrs. Richmond was bual^ writing the housekeeper sitting working by her. "Good-bye, daar," die. said "I hope you will enjoy your drive. Dcm't worry about me iSjn Mitchell will stay with me unftil you retain. I don't like to see your cheeks so pale. I dare say I shall be down before you are home." Directly they had gone, Mrs. Richmond said to' her wmpanion â€" "I sent Ifiis Starr oat on purpose, Mitchell. I wish to make a alight altera- tion in my will, and I would rather she did not know anything about it. Willyou call E mily I shall want both your signa- tures as witnesses." Tbe housemaid was accordingly called, and Mrs. Richmond took the will from one of her escritoire. After writing for a lew minutes, she called the two women to witness the signing ot her name and, when they had both written theirs, the form was re-sealed and aecurely locked up again. "There," she thoughtâ€" "I feel easier, cow that it is done. I am sure E3gar is too good to find fault, and it will be such a help to them " She fiaished her letter, and, giving it to Mrs. Mitchell with directions to send it to the post at once, went down to await the return of Doctor Maurice and Lacy. Before they reached Femhurst,- Dector Maurice agatn impressed on Lucy that Mrs. Richmond must not be left alone at night. "And I shall stop the brandy-and- water," he said. "I must makea complete alteration in the treatment." He would not stay co luncheon, though Mrs. Richmond pressed him to do so, saying he did not wish to wear out his welcome. Lucy slept in her friend's room during the three succeeding nights but nothing occurred to disturb diem in any way and, to her great delight, the invalid seemed to be decidedly improving. "I am very glad," said Doctor Maurice, when he saw how well his patient was progressing. 'Your complaint baffled me at first, I must confess but now I feel sure I shall conquer it." The fourth morning brought the follow- ing letter from Edgarâ€" "My dearest Wife, â€" I cannot tell you how much four letter, whioh I have only I'ust received, alarmed and distressed me. cannot bear to think of your sufferings, and shall ratum home immediately, al- though matters over here are far from satisfactory. You wHl probably reoeive this in the morning, and I shall follow it in pers(« the same evening. The boat does not get in until ' rather late, I be- lieve and. as I don't know which train I shall be able to catch, I cannot tell ^you the exact time to expect me. Any way, I cannot hope to be with you until twelve or one o'clock. Pray don't let any one sit up for me I shall walk from the sta- tion, and can let myself in with my latch- key then I will come straight to you. Good-bye, my dearest. "Ever your moat loving husband "Edoas. "P.S.â€" By-the-way, I hope you will not be disagreeably surprised at my app«r- anca I have had my moustache shaved off since I have been here." "Then Mrs. MitoheU or I had better sit up with you until he comes," suggested Lucy. "No I should not like you to do that. I am euro Edgar would be annoyed if any one sat up." "But we could easily lie down on the sofa," persisted Lucy, recollecting Doctor Maurice's injunction.* "No, my dear I do not wish it. You may remain with me until twelve if you will and then I can only have a very few minutes to wait. If I want any- thing, I can ring the bell at the head of my bed whidi oommunioatM with your room." Lucy was hot at all satisfied in her own mind with this arrangement, but thought she would leave any further argument un til Dr. Maurice called in the afternoon for she felt certain he would strongly de- precate Mrs. Richmond being left, even for a short time. As fate willed it, however, tha* after- noon he oould not come, having been called to a serious case at some d i s t a n ce, but sent a messenger, si^ng he would bo there on the following inonuiig. •*How unfortunate I" thought Ia7. "HmI he been here, she most lulve given way" All d»y Mrs. RUmood seamed gtaatlj uaaettledandraBtlMB: and Loof began to f e«r the ezdtemeiit of h«r hnabaad's n- tani would throw liar baoic again. 'KevertIieIsa8 1 am thanlnr ha b com- Ii/ihiliililiHMlf: "â- ^~T*- â€" I ltd raoh a widgb of ranbnrifailily mi%b« nnee that drvidftil Bi|^ I would j^e a gnat deal tin* ke wa«9Mf«if hananr I How itaaM^ bMaiwfarm»«ob«loiHiBg for BdgK g i fl hmm d'a jiMi i I liieeo mootha ago I diodd hinr* dadaied aooh astateoffMlingonmypMltolw impoa- At nij^S WlMttlArfif^rHKtup-MHn, aiw. again taed to Induee her friaiid to let her " IWitkllBKt -L- -^ "â-  •' ' will'go dire^T I h^ Um dam- ing, if yoa'degat WaM him to fnd m* Vo, my dear I would mnuh piAfsr yn did nefc^^Mm. RiwiimwMl said some, 'what toadly. 'Doa' argue with me, ehild I feel hot and reatleas aa it la." **Tlian I wfll iM^ no more," replied Luq[ aadly-â€" "on3^ I do not like going." "Good night|" said Mrs. Ridunond '*HeaVenllea8' you, and make you as Lui7, after Usnng her warmly mnd wishing Iter good night, left the mdm. "Now," she dedated to herself, "I will not go to bed imtU Mr. Richmond arrives 1 shall le Bure to hear him if I listoi I will lie dofwn oqtside my bed, but I will not dose my eyes." But, although Lucy struggled bravdy againat the almost overwhelming senmtion of sleep that oppressed her by getting up and walking about the room wlunever ahi» found that she had almost auooumbed to it, ultimatdy tired nature asserted itself she gave in, and when daylight crept into the room, she lay upon hur bed deeping soundly. She awoke suddenlv, unrefreshed, with an uneasy sense of something wroug, to find Esdly, the housemaid, standing by her bed. The first glance lit the girl's Eoared white face completdy aroused her. "Emily, how you startled me 1 What is the matter r "I don's know, miss," replied Emily, in a low awed tone "but Fanny and I are dreadfully frightened." "What at 1 For Heaven's sake, tell me quxkly!" "Well, miss, we can't get missus to an- swer us, and we have been knocking at her door for the last five minutes 1 wonder yon didn't hear us 1' "But has not Mr. Richmond returned " inquired Lucy anxiously. "No, miss, for, see, here is a letter in his hand-writing whic^ has just arrived that was my reason for disturbing missus BO early." "Let us go to her at once," cried Lucy "perhaps she may be ill." "Don't go in, dear mi«s, until Mrs. MitcheU CLmes Fanny has gone to fetch her. Oh, I am afraid 1" cried the girl, bursting faito tears. "One of the dogs howled all the night, and I said to Fanny, 'Somebody's spirit is passing now.' " "EmQy, Emily, ^don't be so supersti- tious 1" said Lucy, a cold horror creeping over her; but she vent no farther than the door of Mrs. Richmend's room, and there they stood and waited, trembling and Usteidng intently. In a minute Mrs. Mitchell hurried up, followed by Fanny and the cook. "We had better knock again," she said, in a terrified whisper "perhaps she may be awake now." Lucy knodEed loudly on the panels of the door but there was no response, and the five frightened women huddled cloaer together for sympathy and sup- port. "Open the door a little, and speak to her, Miu Lucy maybe die doesn't hear us, as she Is so deaf. With a trombling hand, Lucy turned the handle of the door and opened It a few inches as she did so, a perceptible shudder ran dirough the group. "Mrs. Richmond," she called In a low voice, strangely unlike her usud one, "may I come inl Hero Is a letter for you."' Tliey waited for an instant, breathless widi anxiety but still the awful silence was unbroken. Luoy looked blankly at her companions, wiw her lips quivering. "We must go in; she Is evidently ill." "Then 1 must be the first," replied Mrs. Mitchell. "Heaven lielp us, I fear we shdl see a sad sight." Summoning dl her resdutlon, the old woman pnshMl the door and entered, fol- lowed closdy by the four trombling girls. She advanced firmly to the bed, drew the curtains aside, and then uttered a cry of anguish Tliero lay Mrs. Richmond dead, with such an agonised expresdon of terror on her poor nice that it filled the spectators with pity aa well as horrorand "Come away, childrenl" sdd Mrs. Mitchell. "Draw the curtahis; this is no sight for young eyes. My poor, poor mistress I" And then she burst Into loud sobs, the three servants joining In hyster- ically. (to bb cohtinoed.) ** If art's " the Matter Tlie fate of nations and men of ten turn on the merest trifles. It would be indeed curious if the destiny of England and Egypt was to be materially affected by the presence of two warts on the cheek of a Kliartoum ship's carpenter. The oconrronce of such a contingency s eem s however, to be quite within the bounds ofposdbility. In Us address to the Son- 4iine80, Mohamad Ahmed wrote " Haa not God ^^hnaeli given me the sigu of mw minionâ€" the two warts on the left eheA whleh are spoken of in Hia bookr* Ik eegant rsaaonlng would awm te have had its effsef, for the Offioeia of the EJocdfrfu Mnv who jdned his stand- atd «diortor ihdr compantona to fellow their example, dec i a ring that Ifahdl "lsdwaiy8Bmilii^i(,andhiaooun- tenanee fa bsaining as tlw lull moon. On Us right cheek fa a wart, and other â- Igna which are written In the books ef the law." There is. It fa true, a grave dfaevepancyaa to the podtfam of tiha warts; bol iddft. MrefllbdMi have been better for ^jpoace of the woridlfMo- hfunad Ahmed nad been born widioal any wariittkall. IJ tbk-m'i^ n bantnlfidafa or to invad« to Indiaaa to get posasasien of a eoaat Una oath* Arabian Sea. Fqr ganetatiotti Roasia hsa been atriving lor maiitiaBtt egrees. An imrneaae empire without a single unrutdeted oodMotioii with tha The exit from the Black Sea Into the Mediterranean fa commanded by TurUah batteries on the BtMphocoa. Thbatriv- ing to oarve for hamdf a ^pathway to a free ocean ooaat works in Russia with the might of achained*iq dementary power. And It increaaas in fastendty in the same degree aa the in- tenor ci the various parte of the Empin fa made capable of production by rail- roadi and Russian trade fa lookmg for markets. As soon aa Rusda's Aafatle possessions aro connected by railroad widi her European systemâ€" and the day fa not far dfatant â€" a highway to some southeriy coast bewmes a Uw of newsdty, which no power can resist ibeyingin the long run. TUs preasuro to readi the ocean fa the leading motive ot all die events that have taken place in Owtrd Asia. It characterizes the direction wUch the Rus- sian advance muat take, and it only needs a single glance at the chart to be con- vinced that all the expeditions up to thfa time have been curried out in ac- cordance with a well-ldd plan. ^The ter- ritories still dividing Russia in Centrd Asfa from the ocean aro Afghanfatan and Belooehfatan, and through theae Imida RussU must eventually readi the ocean. Tufa fa the aim of Bussfa in Afghanfa- tan iA the present time. As for the question of Constantinople, Russfa, in the event of a general war, may endea- vor to get possession of the city and com- mand the gateway to the Bfack Sea her- self, or if she secures Turkey for an ally content herself with getting Uie unro- stricted navigation of the struts for her war ships, as was the case in the days of the great Mahmood. It fa roported that in the recent diplomatic interonurse be- tween St. Petersburg and the Porte the Sultan fa always referred to as the grand- son of the groat Mahmood, the friend of RnssU, whose throne was saved by her, and hints have been broadly thrown out that under certain dronmstances the Czar would guarantee Turkey a long leaao of exfatence in rotum for favors received. Turkey, it fa true, bears -resentment for the sufferings caused in the past by Rus- sfa, but to thfa Russfa roplles in a way that carries a certain amount of convic- tion. Why did you not stand by the txe«ty of "Unkiar SkeUessl 1" Thfa treai^ was a secrot compact between Ma- hmood and the Czar Nicholas, giving solely to Russfa the freedom of the straita as a roward for her service in driving back the Egyptian army wUch, under IbraUm Pasha, the warlike son of Mehe- met All, was threatening Constantinople. Russfa has been compdled to do all she haa done, the Sulton fa told, becauae " your predecessors foolisUy departed from the policy of the great Mahmood. Lnitote ms example, grant .again that wUch he gave so willingly to cement hfa friendsUp with Rnsna, and truat to the power of the Ozar to maintain your t^irona against aU Europe. A Bicycler's Bncdanter with a Meuntaiii Lion. Little riding fa posdbfa dl through thfa section of Nevada, and, in order to oom- pleto the forty milea a day that I have rig- oroudy Imposed upon myself, I sometimes get up and pull out at daylight. It fa scaroe moro than sunrise when, following the railroad through Fivef-mlle canon, â€" another rift through one of the many mountain chaina dwt cross thfa part of Nevada in all directions under the gener- al name of the Humboldt mountdns, â€" I meet with a startling adventaro. lam trundling through the canon dongside the river, when, rounding the sharp curve of a projecting mountdn, I see a tewny monntaln-lion trotting fafaunly dong a- h«sd of me, not over a hundred yards in advance. He hasn't seen me yet he fa pstfeotly oblivious of the fact that he fa in "thepreeence." A person of common- sense would simply have roveded hfa pro- sence by a gentle sneeza, or a slight noise of any kind, when the lion would have im- medfatdy bolted baakinto the underbrush. But I lay no claim whatever to any of that raro virtue, andoonsequently acted about as f oollsUy as posdble in the promises. I fancy some reader has already guessed that I slipped up behind the lion and pull- ed hfa tsil or mounted the bicyde and rode Um down. I dmi)1y fired at him, and of course missed him, aa a person naturallv would at a hundred yards with a bull-dog rovolver. The bullet must have singM him a little, though, for, ere I get my. features into shape for the hnwd grin that I promised to treat mysdf with at seeing him wildly scoot for tiie brush, he turns aavagdy ronnd and comae bound- ing n^idly towarda me, and at twenty pacea crouches for a spring. Dj I **gin when I see him thus 1 Again, Nay. Laying hfa eat-like head alimwt on the grouM, hfa round eyes flashing fire, and hfa tail wating to and fro, he looka savage Bfld daMerous, Cronohiiig behind Mha M^fsle f ftro at him again. Nine timea out of ten a person will overshoot the mark wiUi a revolver under suoh elroum- staaeaa, and, bdng anxious to avoid this, I do the revene, and firo too low. The ball stiikee the ground iust In, front of hfa head. Msd.^TOwa the sand i*d giftvd in hfa face, and perhaps in hfa widced ronnd ^yea for he shakea hfa head, and aeems to raoolleet suddenly that he left some- thii^ at home, and jumps np and makea off into the bnuh. it i 1:L;: I' i I .â- â- Â» â- ft J " 1 â- i ^i i -i • I- .; i A I li'i I 'i "Dying in poverty," mused a needy stodMit, **fa mwiinff it fa Uvlng in pov-^ erty tfaaa fa baid onafaUow."