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STATUS: ALL ALLOWED
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NUMBER OF LINES: 629
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************ REMOVED: 12 JAN 84 ****************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privatly owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privatly owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of older messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ***********************************************************
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19 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
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20
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21 WANTED: TO BUY OR LEASE
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22 One cute adorable donkey
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23 Should be sensitive with big brown eyes
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24 Able to work long hours
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25 No experience necessary, Will train
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26
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27 CONTACT: --Serena--
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28 Albanian Consulate
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29 Ashkhabad, Turkomen
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30 USSR PH# COmmie 4-5318
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31
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32 Leonard: Watch out!
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33 I think you are being followed. As the old Albanian proverb goes: Those
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34 who stick their nose in Albanian affairs may find themselves and their Model
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35 100 to be ancient history. --Serena--
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36 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
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37 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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38 BIG BILL:
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39 INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT ABOUT NATASHA; AND NO I DON'T OWN A '57 CHEVY.
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40 TOO MUCH OF A WESTERN ITEM FOR ME. SERENA DRIVES A VW MICROBUS. BUT HER
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41 SUDDEN DEMISE SADDENS ME GREATLY. ALL RESOURCES OF THE ALBANIAN REVOLUTIONARY
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42 MOVEMENT WILL FOCUS ON FINDING HER MURDERER. ISN'T A STICKSHIFT THE WEAPON
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43 OF THE <GASP!!> NINJA?
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44 MOHAMMED WASSIR
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45 <The Perplexed Albanian>
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46 P.S.: To Brendan, Daver, d, and everyone else. Terrific writing!!! Keep it
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47 up.
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48 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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49
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50 FOR LEASE OR SALE
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51 One intolerable jackass
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52 totally vulnerable to big browm eyes
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53 hours negotiable
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54 nose for albanian affairs.
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55 Contact vlad (the impaler)
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56 c/o rumanian embassy
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57 P>O> Box 222
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58 New York, N.Y.
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59 (no problem with intelligent conversation(studied under Francis))
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60
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61
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62 HAS anybody been following the machinations of the HEDINSAC COMMITTEE?
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63 Please leave message - or massage - or whatever.
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64 Love and Kisses
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65 The Village Priest
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66 ------------
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67 Is this the same BWMS I know and love?
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68
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69 P. V. Jeltz
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70 ------------
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71 To any and all:
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72
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73 Lonesome Loner is in need of people for his band. If you like music
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74 and want to do some "variety" leave me a message.
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75
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76 Sorry!!! I don't need "Rock-N-Rollers". Just the good ol' variety sound.
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77
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78 Oh, by the way, I'm still looking for a lady to pal around with!
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79
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80 Leave message IMMEDIATELY!
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81
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82 THE ONE AND ONLY
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83 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-LONESOME LONER=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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84
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85 GARY: DID YOU GET MY MESSAGE? LEAVE ME ONE IF YOU DID OR DIDN'T.
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86
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87 THANKX!
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88 =-=-=-=-=-==-=-==-=-==-==-==LONESOME LONER-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-=
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89 >>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<<
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90
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91 Staring into the fire he recollected his thoughts of the day past......
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92 Coincidence ..and coincidence again ..a most disturbing pattern......Yet he felt
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93 an odd pleasure in its occurrence ....
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94 He had began his day as most voyages before....Going to the sea ....
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95 to make peace with the forces that be....kneeling at the the end of the quay
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96 and silently basking in its solitude. Reaching deeper and deeper into his sole.
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97 A cleansing action to scour his spirit and relieve his trepidation of the
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98 journey to come. As with most sailors he had fought with superstition and
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99 omens and learned to accept both with uncertainty. If not resignation
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100 Through his mind eye he became aware of anothers presence ....and when standing
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101 to view this presence his acursed knee buckled, choking his oath and being
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102 flooded with wave after wave of pain from his joint he managed but a few
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103 glimpses of the figure on the pier next to him before darkness and pain obscured
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104 the vision. It had been a woman swathed in a warm brown fabric clutching an
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105 unlight lantern ... a woman of beauty and compassion yet he knew not how he came
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106 by these impressions. She had possessed a familiarity not unknown to him but
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107 from where ?.............
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108 Ruefully he thought of her frightened departure from the dock. A great many
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109 questions she may have had answers to......
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110 After his leg was again useable he walked to the landing where he had last seen
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111 her. And holding his lantern close to the dock he saw a splash of paraffin.
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112 Kneeling in pain for a closer examination he saw trapped in the wax a few
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113 glistening threads .... pulling from his pocket the ribbon for comparison ...
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114 he could not be sure but they were similar....Rising he saw to the east the
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115 teltale signs of dawn....knowing he must not tary he made his way to the stream
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116 Picking his way along the bank. Waiting until full light to ford the stream
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117 he came to a likely place, current slack water shallow , he began ....
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118 The crossing had been dangerous. The cold had pierced his knee and rendered it
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119 useless. He knew he could not repeat the crossing soon without assistance and
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120 he began a search for a staff. As he shuffled over the rounded rocks he found
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121 many a stick....some too large others to weak and still others that were too
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122 heavy.... none had the feel a proper pikestaff and all had the common failing
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123 of being far too brittle.......All day he stumbled over the rocks. Basking in
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124 the beauty of the stream....On one side the towering moss covered trees and
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125 lush undergrowth ....on the other a swift scintillating stream, animated in its
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126 own quest for freedom....and betwixt these two forces of nature a path ....
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127 albeit rough....but a path none the less. Such serenity he thought......
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128 Deciding that he had travled far enough was not a hard decision. His
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129 body ached for rest. Finding a sandy beach at the side of a great eddy was
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130 profound luck and he busily set about making camp. Arranging his tent so that
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131 he might best gaze towards the eddy.
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132 While gathering his second load of fire wood he again looked towards the
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133 slowly swirling stream.... and there as if it was in its own eddy not but a
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134 few steps from shore ....a finely carved staff....Shocked at such a discovery
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135 he waded out and grasped the object in his hands. Once on shore he wiped the
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136 handsome staff off with a cloth...remarking to himself at its beauty ........
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137 How did it come to be here he thought ...why would one disguarded this staff...
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138 Sensing a purpose to all that had happened but too tired to attempt an
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139 explaination he drew his hand across his stomach and bowed upstream ........
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140 ............
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141 Shaking his head from thoughts of the day past ....he said to himself Let me examine
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142 ........these things that have moved me .....Opening a cloth and spreading
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143 it near the flickering fire he layed the satin ribbon, the staff, the coin
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144 and holding the parchment near the fire to again read its words............
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145 he saw beneath the script and in an ink only visible when held to the light ....
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146 .......was it a map.....yes he thought .....and words ......yes.......
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147 but of what.......and by whom......
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148
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149 >>--------------------------------------------------------------Brendan-------<<
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150
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151 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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152 A man sits alone at a table to one side of the Inn, his cloak
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153 drapped at the back of his chair, his head in his arms. Upon the
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154 table sits a number of empty glasses. On several the foam has
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155 long since hardened to a crusty ring. With the coming of dusk
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156 once more, and the Inn again bustles with activity. Yet the man
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157 sits oblivious to all. None dare aproach him for fear of his
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158 angry moods that strike at seeming random. The pile of coins
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159 that lay near him has been nearly depleated, and only a few
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160 coppers and a silver are left. Finally he stires, then with an
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161 angry shout he rises and slams his fist on the table rattling the
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162 glasses and causing several to crash to the floor and shatter.
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163 Many turn their head to see of this outburst, while the more
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164 frequent patrons know it well and sadly turn away. Looking up he
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165 searches for a familar face, yet he sees none. Even the
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166 Innkeeper is nowhere to be found. Then off to the side near the
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167 door he sees the barmaid Pam cleaning an old table. Even though
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168 the years of rough use have left its mark on the table, it still
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169 was sturdy and servicable. His steel gray eyes pause, and still
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170 looking at Pam, slowly the the Inn changes. Then he is looking
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171 at another time, another place, another maid. Great sadness
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172 quickly fills his heart. With a jerk he is up and lurches to the
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173 door and quickly is outside where none can see the tears that
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174 stream down his face. With head hung low he stumbles down the
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175 tree shrouded path back to the walkbridge once more. Fiercely
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176 grasping the railing he looks up at the new moon and despirtly
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177 trys to will the memories from his mind while the old railing
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178 crumbles beneath his hands. In time he relaxes somewhat, and
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179 lowering his head his looks down upon the rippling water as it
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180 flows past the moss covered rocks. A final tear detaches itself
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181 from his cheek to begin its short journey to merge once more with
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182 the flowing stream. At that very moment a stick flows from
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183 beneath the span and captures the tear. But hold! Upon closer
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184 inspection it is not a stick but a staff! As the tear touches
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185 the staff, it quickly spreads and soon covers the staff and is
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186 one with it. Then a beam of light reached out from the moon at
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187 touched the staff and it scintillated and sparks coruscated from
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188 it. Then a cloud once more covered the moon and once more it was
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189 but a wayward staff. For a moment it paused slowly turning in a
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190 wirlpool as if wishing to stay and comfort this poor sole, but
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191 then in a moment it broke free of the spell and was off once
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192 again, its journey not yet complete. With a heavy sigh the man
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193 pulled his cloak about him and trudged off into the night.
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194 * Tarn *
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195 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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196 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++;
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197 Not caring for this drivel, I will move on to other places and things.
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198 +++++++++++++ The In Sane Scientist +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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199 ---------------------------------------------------------
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200 Rory sat before a small fire. He had wandered far that day.
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201 He had wandered into a small glade beside a trickling stream, and made to
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202 follow it down, but the piper that had brought him to this state, unseen,
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203 had woven the strains of that music he could not resist. His panic was gone.
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204 He rested before a small shelter made of willow branches daubed thickly
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205 with leaves and mud. It had not been easy starting a fire, the mists had
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206 not lifted the entire day, and he felt that he was isolated in another
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207 universe, one that only slightly impinged upon that of the inn. Weaponless
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208 and tooless, except for the skean dhu in his boot top, he had constructed
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209 this shelter. Night had already fallen.
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210 He longed for the warmth of the inn, but sat silent. Surely he was being
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211 held here for some purpose. The means of his imprisonment, he knew, he
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212 had brought onto himself. Seven years had he spent fingering the pipes.
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213 Seven long years, studying under the masters of the craft. He had learned
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214 the Coel Bag, the lesser music of marches and dancing. He had fled from
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215 the lessons that would lead to mastry.
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216
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217 The Coel Mor, the great piping, was more than his sensitive soul could
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218 stand. The music that was torn from frenzys of emotion shook his mind
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219 like a leaf. His master had played the piobarechead called "A FLAME OF
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220 WRATH", composed by a piper who watched his most hated enemy burn, locked
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221 in his house with his wife and three children. Rory had been unconcious
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222 for nearly three days thereafter. The damage that he had done in his frenzy
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223 was unthinkable to him even now.
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224
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225 Rory sat, watching the flickering flames curl up, sizzling on fresh damp
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226 wood. He knew the geas was upon him. He could not escape his fate. He
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227 must learn to control the great bursts of emotion before he could leave this
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228 place, and he would not be the same man who came here.
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229 ---------------------------------rory---------------------------------------
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230 TO MIKE DAY AND EVERYONE ELSE-DOES ANYBODY HAVE OR KNOW OF THE ICS BOARD
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231 ON BAINBRIDGE ISLAND AND ITS PHONE NUMBER OR A LIST OF BBS'S IN THE
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232 SEATTLE AREA AND ANY INFORMATION ON THE "SYSTOP.COM" PROGRAM FROM THE
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233 CITADEL LIBRARY::::::MY NAME IS RICK AND CAN BE REACHED AT 287-xxxx:::::
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234 THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP I CAN GET OUT THERE:::::::::::::1/8/84-11:00 AM.
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235 "If any strangers come, hide until you are sure you are alone. Hide
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236 for your life until I come to get you! Now, what are you goint to do
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237 the instant you see someone?" the man had growled.
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238 And Marc had stood up proud and defiant and answered, "I hide!".
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239 But that had been so long ago, and the lessons the Garden had to offer
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240 he had learned well. Tricking a landragon was nothing in comparison
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241 to fooling a Man. So he hid and waited.
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242 Within minutes, a man topped the ridge from the ocean side. Marc
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243 peered out of the bushes, trying to study the man's face with the
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244 techniques he'd learned. His mind jogged back aggain to the man's face
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245 and the small, cramped room. Where had he learned this? But the
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246 danger at hand drove all other thoughts from his mind. He could see
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247 by the man's manners and expression that he was not hiddedn, and
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248 more certainly that the man had come here for him.
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249 He studied the stranger closely. He was no longer young, and
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250 somewhat tall and slender. It would have looked better on him
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251 in his youth, but now it made him look gaunt, undernourished, and
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252 lended an angular quality to his face. His dark hair and eyes and pale
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253 complexion were a startling contrast to Marc's blonde, deeply tanned
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254 body.
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255 "Good morning, Marcus." the man stopped and kneeled before
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256 Marc's hiding place. "I'm Ben, remember me?"
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257 Marc's eyes filled with wonder. Of course! Suddenly the
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258 memories came flooding back into his consciousness of growing up
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259 seemingly a lifetime ago, in the Center. This was the man's face
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260 he remembered, but different now, not much older, just different.
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261 Ben had been his teacher, guardian, and had left him in the Garden.
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262 He remembered the other children, the strange, silent games...
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263 ______________________DAVER (AGAIN)________________________________
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264
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265 SERENA:
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266 I HAVE PHILLIPE, THE DWARF. IF YOU WILL LET BYGONES BE BYGONES,
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267 HE WILL BE RETURNED UNHARMED. I'M SORRY ABOUT PEDRO, BUT A PARTY
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268 IS A PARTY, AND WHAT'S A PARTY WITHOUT A BARBECUE? HE ONLY HAD
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269 THREE LEGS, ANYWAY. MCKANE CAME BACK FOR SECONDS.
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270
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271 CONTREMON VALERIUS
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272
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273 *********************************************************************
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274 PS. REMIND ME TO TELL YOU ABOUT LIGHTNING, MY THREE LEGGED CAMEL
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275 SOMETIME. --CV---
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276
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277 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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278 This is the Ninja again. Yes, my weapon is the stick. I would like to say
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279 to all you who doubt that the Ninja follow Bushido more then any other
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280 warrior and that is what makes us the ultimate killing machine.
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281 **********************Ninja Loo Tau Foo**********************************
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282 RICK: SORRY, NO I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER, SUGGEST YOU LOOK ON CBBS (646-xxxx)
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283 OR 284-xxxx) AND USE THE HELP FUNCTION TO LOOK AT THE LIST OF NUMBERS THERE
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284 IT IS REASONABLY UP TO DATE (AS MUCH SO AS IS POSSIBLE WITH THE EVERCHANGING
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285 FLOW OF BBS'S) IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE ONE YOU WANT, AT LEAST IT WILL HAVE
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286 SOME IN THE AREA WHICH SHOULD BE ABLE TO LEAD YOU TO THE ONE YOU WANT.
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287 **************** CISTOP MIKEY *****************************************
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288 THERE ARE SOME VERY GOOD WRITERS ON HERE ! KEEP IT GOIN'!
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289 *****************************************************************************
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290 TIRED OF WAITING WHISPER ROSE AND MOVED OUT THE DOOR AND ON TO THE BRIDGE
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291 LOOKING DOWN AT THE WATER SHE ENJOYED THE SWIRL AND RIPPLE OF THE WATERS
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292 SLOWLY, PATIENTLY, SHE LET HER MIND FLOW INTO THE PATTERN OF SUNLIGHT ON
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293 THE SURFACE OF THE STREAM. AS HER MIND STILLED AND THE PATTERNS TOOK ON A
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294 LIFE OF THEIR OWN, SHE OPENED HERSELF TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF HER NEXT DIRECTION
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295 AND TO THE FEELINGS OF HER MASTER. SUDDENLY HER GAMIN GRIN SHONE FROM HER
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296 FACE. SHE WAS FREE. A MONTHS VACATION, IT WOULD SURELY BE ENOUGH TO LEARN
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297 MORE OF THIS AREA. NOW SHE MOVED LIGHTLY BACK TOWARD THE INN. ONE MORE
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298 LOOK FOR THE APPRENTICE, AND THEN UPSTREAM TO SEE WHAT ELSE THE MOUNTAINS
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299 HELD.
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300 *******************************PROSPERO'S APPRENTICE***********************
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301 [][][][][][][][][][][][][] 1605 01/08/84 [][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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302
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303 SORRY, NO PROSE OF PAST TIMES.
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304
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305 LEONARD: WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE 100 ? I AM VERY CURIOUS ABOUT
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306 ITS UTILITY. CALL ME AT 245-xxxx DURING NORMAL OFFICE-TYPE HOURS.
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307
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308 PAM: CALL ME AT THE SAME NUMBER IF YOU WILL. SANTY BROUGHT A BAD BOARD.
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309
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310 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] DJJ [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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311 SORRY FOR THE DELAY TO ANY WHO TRYED TO GET ON THE SYSTEM THIS AFTERNOON
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312 FROM 3:00PM TO 6:00PM WE HAD A SYSTEM FAILURE AND I HAVE BEEN BUSILY
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313 WORKING TO CORRECT IT. A COUPLE OF INTERFACE IC'S DIED. BUT, ALL IS OK AND
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314 WORKING AGAIN, SO HAVE AT IT.
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315 ************ CISTOP MIKEY ***********************************************
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316 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!
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317 The aqua-blue surf washed gently on the rocky beach as the early
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318 morning fog started to burn off. A tall, khaki clad man stood pensively,
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319 gazing out to sea. Though only in his middle thirties, his eyes had that
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320 haunted, intense look of one who has seen too much. His thoughts dwelt
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321 on dreams of fantasy, of dragons and heroic quests.
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322 He was interrupted by a young uniformed police officer hurrying\
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323 up the beach. The young man hailed him; "Inspector, I have the forensic
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324 report." A manila envelope was held towards him.
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325 Chief Inspector Salazar of the Turkish National Police turned and
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326 accepted the envelope. The fantasy replaced by the reality of murder.
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327 He silently scanned the report.
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328 VICTIM: Unidentified white female 25-28 yrs...
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329 INDENTIFYING MARKS: Tatoo - left thigh - butterfly
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330 Tatoo - right thigh - "McKane"
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331 CAUSE OF DEATH: Trauma to the skull region by blunt instrument
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332 MISC: No sign of sexual assault
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333 Salazar glanced up; "Officer, what did the lab say about the gearshift
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334 knob found at the scene?"
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335 "Sir, it was from a brown and white '57 Chevy. They say it's probably
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336 the murder weapon. No fingerprints, though."
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337 The Inspector spoke almost to himself; "Damn, why can't these things
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338 ever be simple. If McKane is involved this one's going to be a real can
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339 of worms." He turned to his aide; "Try to find out what those crazy
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340 Albanians are up to and see if you can get a line on that yacht seen in
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341 the area last night." Almost as an afterthought: "Oh yes, round up the
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342 usual suspects." The young man walked quickly away, relieved to be away
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343 from the intenseness of his superior.
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344 Salazar gave one last longing look to the sea. He sighed heavily
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345 and started back to his office. His thought now on the dead young woman--
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346 Fantasy would have to wait...
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347 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!Valinor!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!
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348
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349 Don't leave me alone!
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350 A cry in the night,
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351 Of anguish heart-striking,
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352 Of soul-killing fright.
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353 Menolly
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354
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355 .............................................................................
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356 When he returned, he found his master awaiting him. "Well, Erik, I see that
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357 you have been paying more attention than I had thought."
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358 Erik saw that the stones were arrayed on the top of his master's work area.
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359 He was suddenly very much aware of the fact that he had used them without
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360 permission AND had not cleared them before replacing them among the other
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361 tools.
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362 "Don't worry, I would have done much them same in your place.", his master
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363 said. "That is of course if I had 'heard' the call."
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364 "Yes, I did NOT hear it! It seems that you may become a Journeyman sooner
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365 than either of us expected."
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366 A thousand thoughts whirled through his mind. He had heard, but his master
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367 had not. His master approving his action. And greatest of all, the thought of
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368 becoming a journeyman without another five or ten years of service. This last
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369 was obvious to his master.
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370 "I did not say you were ready now!" he thundered, "You still have much to
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371 learn. But now, at least, I have evidence that you have the ability and
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372 inborn talent required."
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373 The apprentice, much chastened, ventured to ask: "Please sir, forgive me,
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374 but what is happening?"
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375 "That thou shalt learn when the time is proper. For now, know that thy staff
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376 will be recieved by him whose call thou didst answer."
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377 "I expect you to divide your time between studying lore and finishing your
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378 new staff". At the apprentice's crestfallen look, he added- "We will start
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379 with the red book tommorrow, not the green. And to save the time of cooking
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380 and cleaning afterward, you may yet take your meal at the Inn. But mind now!
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381 No more than an hour!"
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382 Much heartened the apprentice bade his master good night and went off to his
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383 pallet in the loft. As he drifted off to sleep, his master smiled while
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384 making entries in a large tome.
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385 .....................................the apprentice..........................
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386 Serena, Sandi, Lonesome, Deborah, d, Mckane, Valinor, Menolly, and the
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387 Albanians et al:
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388
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389 ANNOUNCING
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390 FIRST SEMI-NOCTURNAL
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391 BACKWATER INNCOUNTER
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392 -and-
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393 AMATEUR DEBAUCH
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394 SATURDAY 28 JANUARY 1984
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395
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396 *All ages and alter-egos welcome
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397 *light beverages, muchies & chewies
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398 *alter ego costuming not discouraged
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399
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400 6:00 pm Preliminary Inncounter
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401 6:30 pm MELEE AT THE BRIDGE
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402 (carpooling to Wash Sq. HYDROTUBES)
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403 9:00 pm TOGA! TOGA! TOGA!
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404
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405
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406
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407 Replys appreciated, but not necessary (There is an import
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408 restriction on sheeps eyes from Albania, so it is good to know
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409 how many we'll need).
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410
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411 BE THERE OR BE 110 BAUD. THIS MESSAGE WILL REPEAT
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412
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413
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414 CONTREMON VALERIUS
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415 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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416 begin
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417 : (@ #00!&< ")HP",T@#/ 1$2,!%58Q%8DC&;P1'
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418 :>\!(A(R(D4B)G@2*JL"+MXR+P$C,S03-V<
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419 :#.YHS.\TC/_ 40"-$1%9T1(ED2+Q43.]$41)
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420 :U445E57A56:M%7=YU7@%F8C169F=&:IIV:LUF;O!
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421 :7<R-'=U9W=XEG>[Q7?^]'@!*X@$6HA'B8B*N(C-
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422 :ZXC0&ID329E6>)F9JYF<VIG?":HB.*
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423 :IE:ZIHFJJKR:KN^*LQ*[LT6KMWB;NZN+O]Z[O
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424 :'LP#3<Q&?,R)K\R,WLS/#=T2/-U5;]U8GMV;S=W>
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425 :_-XA+^XD7NYGC>ZJO.[M[^[P'O\S3?]V?/
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426 :^YK_^\WO__#
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427 end
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428 Well Serena, when they get that msg, I will no longer be bothered by certain
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429 amateurs I could name.
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430
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431 (No, it is NOT gibberish!)
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432 Ninja: I still have my doubts, but I shall wait. BANZAI!
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433 ___________________________________Leonard___________________________________
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434
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435
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436 _____________________________________________________________________________
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437
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438 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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439
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440 THE LONG PATH HOME IS COLD AND DAMP, THE CHILL ATTACKING ME LIKE SOME
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441 STRANGE DISEASE, CAUSING MY FOOTING TO BE UNSURE AND MY GAIT TO BE STRANGE.
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442 IT SEEMS TO AFFECT ME IN OTHER WAYS, AS MY THOUGHTS FOLLOW A SIMILAR PATH,
|
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443 LEAVING A FRIGID RIME ACROSS MY MIND. THE LOSS OF ONE SO DEAR FROM MY OWN
|
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444 LACK OF RESPONSE, AND THE SEEMING LOSS OF A FRIEND THAT MAY ONLY BE A LOSS
|
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445 IN MY MIND. THE GOOD LADY OF THE DRAGONS WAS ALWAYS ONE TO MAKE HER PRE-
|
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446 SENCE KNOWN IN HER OWN TIME, AND SHE IS NOT A LOVER OF GREAT CROWDS, SO IT
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447 MAY BE THAT THE CRUSH OF THE INN'S CROWD OF LATE HAS MERELY STILLED HER
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448 VOICE. I HOPE THAT IS THE CASE, AS I WOULD DEARLY MISS HER IF SHE CHOSE TO
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449 TAKE LEAVE OF THE INN.
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450
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451 AS I TURN FROM THE MAIN ROADWAY TO THE PATH LEADING TO MY HOME, I SEE
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452 A GATE THAT IS AS STRANGE AS MY GAIT IS FROM THE COLD. STRANGE, THE PATH IS
|
||
453 THE SAME, BUT THE GATE IS A NEW ADDITION, AND ONE OF WHICH I KNOW NOTHING.
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454 WHY IS IT HERE? AND WHO COULD HAVE PLACED IT UPON MY PROPERTY WITHOUT MY
|
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455 LEAVE? THE FENCE TO WHICH IT IS CONNECTED IS THE SAME AS ALWAYS, SMALL AND
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456 UNIMPOSING, DESIGNED NOT WITH THE NORMAL PURPOSE OF KEEPING OTHERS OUT, BUT
|
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457 TO DEFINE FOR ME THE LIMITS OF MY OWN SIMPLE LIFE. WELL, NO MATTER, I PASS
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458 THROUGH THE GATE AND ONTO THE STONES OF MY HOME. PERHAPS SOME SMALL MEAL,
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459 OR A WARM BRANDY, WILL HELP TO REMOVE THE COLD FROM WITHIN ME.
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460
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461 WITHIN MY HOME, AND IN FRONT OF MY FIRE, I FEEL NO BETTER THAN BEFORE.
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462 THE PHYSICAL AILMENTS STILL PERSIST, AND I FEAR THAT I MAY BE CONTRACTING
|
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463 AN INFLUENZA. LET'S SEE...MY MOTHER'S OLD PARCHMENTS HAVE SOME RELIEF TO
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464 OFFER AT TIMES....
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||
465 "RELIEF OF AILMENTS OF THE BODY, AS COLD, PHLEGM, THROAT CATS, AND THE
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466 PRESENCE OF LIVING THINGS IN THE BODY, AS WORMS, CAN BE RELIEVED BY AN
|
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467 BREW COMPOUNDED OF HAZEL BUDS, DANDELION, CHICKWEEK, SORREL, AND OATMEAL,
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468 SHOULD BE TAKEN EVERY MORNING AND EVENING. IT ALSO BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST
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469 THE EFFECTS OF WITHCRAFT AND THE FOURTEEN DISEASES OF THE STOMACH."
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470 I DON'T FIND IT APPETIZING, BUT I SHALL TRY IT ANYWAY.
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471
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472 THOUGH I MIX THE BREW, I HESITATE. PERHAPS I WILL PARTAKE OF IT ON
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473 THE MORROW, AND SEE IF SLEEP WILL BRING HEALING TO ME. AS I DRIFT, I AGAIN
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474 THINK OF MY FRIEND OF THE DRAGONS, AND WISH THAT SHE WILL REMEMBER THE GOOD
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475 TIMES OF OLD AND RETURN TO OUR INN.
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476
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477 MY DREAMS....ARE FILLED WITH WICKED VISIONS, AND OF A MAN WHO COMES
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478 TO TRY TO TAKE ME AWAY FROM MY HOME. HE IS VERY FAIR TO MY EYES, AND HIS
|
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479 VOICE IS LIKE GENTLE BREEZES TO ME, BUT THERE IS A DEFINITE AIR OF EVIL
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480 ABOUT HIM. HE SPEAKS....
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481
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||
482 "O fair lady! will you come with me
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483 To a wonderful country which is mine,
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||
484 Where the people's hair is of golden hue,
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485 And their bodies the colour of virgin snow?
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486
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487 "There no grief or care is known;
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488 White are their teeth, black their eyelashes;
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489 Delight of the eye is the rank of our hosts,
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490 With the hue of the fox-glove on every cheek.
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491
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||
492 "Crimson are the flowers of every mead,
|
||
493 Gracefully speckled as the blackbird's egg;
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||
494 Though beautiful to see be the plains of Inisfail
|
||
495 They are but commons compared to our great plains.
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496
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497 "Though intoxicating to you be the ale-drink of Inisfall,
|
||
498 More intoxicating the ales of the great country;
|
||
499 The only land to praise is the land of which I speak,
|
||
500 Where no one ever dies of decrepit age.
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||
501
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502 "Soft sweet streams traverse the land;
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503 The choicest of mead and of wine;
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||
504 Beautiful people without any blemish;
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||
505 Love without sin, without wickedness.
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||
506
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||
507 "We can see the people upon all sides,
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||
508 But by no one can we be seen;
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509 The cloud of Adam's transgression it is
|
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510 That prevents them from seeing us.
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511
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||
512 "O lady, should you come to my brave land,
|
||
513 It is golden hair that will be on your head;
|
||
514 Fresh pork, beer, new milk, and ale,
|
||
515 You there with me shall have, O fair lady!"
|
||
516
|
||
517 EVEN IN MY SLEEP, I CAN SEE THAT HIS OFFER IS GOOD, BUT THAT IT IS ALSO
|
||
518 ONE OF DEATH. I DO NOT WISH TO GO WITH HIM, BUT IN MY FEVERED SLEEP I FEAR
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||
519 THAT I DO NOT HAVE THE POWER TO RESIST.
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||
520
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521 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM.[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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522 **************************************************************
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||
523 Contremon Valerius:
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||
524
|
||
525 I love that name; it positively rolls of the tongue.
|
||
526
|
||
527 Also like your point about my not offering alternatives.
|
||
528 Sounds valid but I think you're premature. We'll see.
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||
529
|
||
530 Mental illness is a topic most people know virtually nothing
|
||
531 about. The reason they don't know is because no one is doing
|
||
532 anything to inform them.
|
||
533
|
||
534 Have you ever seen a mental health tela-thon with a big star
|
||
535 as MC, or an appeal to find a cure to mental illness, or even
|
||
536 a humble little public service announcement about mental
|
||
537 illness? I haven't.
|
||
538
|
||
539 That's something I want to do something about.
|
||
540
|
||
541 I've started by producing "Nuts To You", the cable television
|
||
542 series created by chronically mentally ill outpatients.
|
||
543 Unfortunately cable television programs, even when transfered
|
||
544 to VHS tape and shown to groups, reach a very narrow audience.
|
||
545
|
||
546 Since radio reaches a broader audience than cable, I am about
|
||
547 to organize an outpatient produced mental health education
|
||
548 radio program similar to "Nuts To You". If the novelty of it
|
||
549 catches on it will be a great way to focus attention of mental
|
||
550 illness in Oregon.
|
||
551
|
||
552 This will be the first of a number of projects I hope to
|
||
553 be doing. I am thinking of doing more videotape, some
|
||
554 PSA's, and eventually some public speaking.
|
||
555
|
||
556 I am attempting to create a unique, non-threatening, way to
|
||
557 help people empathize with the mentally ill. I intend to do
|
||
558 this by allowing people to see what mental illness is really
|
||
559 like.
|
||
560
|
||
561 I don't feel this an adequate answer to your question but am
|
||
562 running out of time. If you continue to read my stuff I'm
|
||
563 sure you'll realize that practical alternatives are being
|
||
564 offered.
|
||
565
|
||
566 Keep in touch. I like your scepticism.
|
||
567 Gary Olson
|
||
568 ==================
|
||
569 LONESOME STRANGER: THE "NUTS TO YOU" MATERIAL IS IN THE MAIL.
|
||
570 I SENT TWO PRESS CLIPPINGS, A PRESS RELEASE, AND SOME MISC.
|
||
571 STUFF. HOPE YOU FIND IT INTERESTING - GARY
|
||
572 :**************************************************************:
|
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573 WASHINGTON (AP) Yuri Andropov, according to US
|
||
574 intelligence agencies, has been kidnapped by a
|
||
575 radical faction of the Albanian Freedom movement.
|
||
576
|
||
577 Investigation revealed the kidnapping had been
|
||
578 masterminded by LeRoy McKane, an independent arms
|
||
579 smuggler and used rug dealer. The location of Mr.
|
||
580 McKane and his hostage is as yet unknown.
|
||
581
|
||
582 Investigators found themselve thrown off track by
|
||
583 an elaborate and brilliant ruse created by McKane.
|
||
584 They had become convinced that McKane, with the
|
||
585 help of an obscure Albanian terrorist organization,
|
||
586 were plotting to smuggle a nuclear warhead into Iran.
|
||
587
|
||
588 All the while McKane was holding the Soviet Premier
|
||
589 hostage for a five billion dollar ransom in fives,
|
||
590 tens, and twenties. Reports circulating from Moscow
|
||
591 indicate the Soviets are having difficulty collecting
|
||
592 that many American dollars.
|
||
593
|
||
594 US Treasury officials deny rumors the US is trying to
|
||
595 beat the Soviet offer. They insist the sudden absence
|
||
596 of small bills at US banks is purely coincidental.
|
||
597
|
||
598 Experts familiar with McKane claim this is a criminal
|
||
599 act, not a political one. Speculation is that McKane is
|
||
600 attempting to finance his life long dream of turning
|
||
601 the state of Oregon into a muskrat farm.
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609 PAM! AND YOU SAID YOU COULDN'T WRITE! MARVELOUS! marvelous! ..........
|
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610 I AM AWESTRUCK AT SUCH A MAGNIFICENT OFFERING. MARVELOUS! marvelous...
|
||
611 ************** CISTOP MIKEY ALMOST AT A LOSS FOR WORDS ***************
|
||
612 P.S. NOT HAPPY, BUT PROPER. HAVE NO FEAR, FOR SPRING WILL INDEED COME BRINGING ITS WARMTH AND HAPPINESS AS ALWAYS.
|
||
613 I AM REMINDED OF THE WORDS FROM MY MOTHER WHEN I ONCE SWALLOWED A BUTTON, DO NOT WORRY, FOR THIS TOO SHALL PASS.
|
||
614 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
615 Gary: Please repeat your mailing address for me. I, too, am interested in
|
||
616 your actions of public enlightenment. Dave
|
||
617 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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618
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619 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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620
|
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621 THANK YOU MIKEY. YES IT SHALL PASS, THOUGH HOPEFULLY NOT QUITE LIKE
|
||
622 YOUR ANECDOTAL BUTTON. I AM TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE CHANGES HERE IN THE
|
||
623 INN, SINCE I WOULD PREFER TO REMAIN IN THE CURRENT STYLE. THERE ARE TIMES
|
||
624 WHEN I MISS THE DEBATES, BUT ONLY WHEN I FORGET HOW HARD IT WAS TO GET ONE
|
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625 GOING GENTLY. I LOVE THE VARIOUS STORYLINES, BUT I WONDER IF ANY OF THEM
|
||
626 WILL EVER BECOME CONNECTED, OR IF THE WRITERS WILL RESPOND TO EACH OTHERS
|
||
627 COMMENTARY. I HOPE SO.
|
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628
|
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629 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM+[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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