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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************* REMOVED 16 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
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22 I FEEL MUCH RELIEVED, SITTING IN THE INN, DRINKING A TEA OF SASSAFRAS
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23 ROOT GIVEN ME BY A KIND YOUNG MAN. I FIND THAT IT HAS CALMED ME, AND GIVEN
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24 ME A CLEARER HEAD FOR THINKING OVER WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME. I HOPE THAT
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25 YOUTHFUL APPRENTICE WILL COME IN TODAY, SO I MIGHT THANK HIM FOR HIS BENE-
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26 VOLENT GESTURE.
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27
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28 I THOUGHT THAT THE SPECTRE'S NAME WAS MIDER, BUT I NOW KNOW THAT ONE
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29 SUCH AS MIDER WOULD HAVE NO INTEREST IN ME, AT LEAST IN LIFE. I HAVE NOTH-
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30 ING THAT WOULD TEMPT HIM FROM HIS HOME, NOR IS MY SPIRIT SO GREAT AS TO
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31 ATTRACT HIM HERE. BESIDES, HIS POWER IS SUCH THAT HE COULD TAKE ME IF THAT
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32 WERE HIS WISH. IT'S NOW CLEAR TO ME THAT MY SPECTRE IS NOTHING BUT A SIMPLE
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33 BWBACHOD, PWCCA, OR EVEN AN MISCHEVOUS GAN CEANACH. SHE MERELY CHOSE THIS
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34 TIME TO MAKE HERSELF KNOWN BECAUSE OF MY ILLNESS, AND HER TRICKS WERE NAUGHT
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35 BUT ILLUSION. SO THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS TO MAKE OF HER A FRIEND. I CERTAINLY
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36 CANNOT GET RID OF HER, NOR WOULD I WANT TO NOW THAT I UNDERSTAND WHO SHE IS.
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37 THAT SHE WOULD FOLLOW ME HERE, AND ATTEMPT TO DRAW MY ATTENTION, IS QUITE A
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38 COMPLIMENT, AND THE ONLY PROPER THING IS TO ATTEMPT TO RETURN THE FAVOUR, IF
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39 I CAN.
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40
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41 "PAM?"...I COME OUT OF MY REVERIE TO SEE THE YOUNG APPRENTICE WHO RE-
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42 CENTLY LEFT ME THIS MARVELOUS TEA! AS I LISTEN, I REALIZE THAT ONCE AGAIN,
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43 MY GREAT FAILING OF COMMUNICATION HAS STRUCK AGAIN. MY WORDS COMPLIMENTING
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44 YOU AND YOUR MASTER OF THE GENTLE WAYS REFERRED NOT TO THE WAYS OF HEALING,
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45 BUT OF MANNERS AND GRACIOUSNESS, WHICH ARE STRANGERS TO SO MANY THESE DAYS.
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46 PLEASE, SIT AND SPEAK WITH ME, I WOULD RELISH YOUR COMPANY!
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47
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48 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM.[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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49 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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50 The piper walked slowly down the bank of the small stream, fingers dancing
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51 on the chanter of the handsom stand of pipes on his right shoulder. His eyes
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52 were slightly abstracted, he had nearly entranced himself with playing. The
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53 music formed a nearly visible bubble around him as he walked. Inside, was
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54 the air slightly more invigorating? the sun brighter? did the glints from
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55 dew laden branches have more and richer colors?
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56
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57 As he walked, he felt the barriers between this world and others thin.
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58 Intrigued, he piped first closer to one world, then to another. He realized
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59 that he needed some type of guide, and the only one available was his wits.
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60
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61 Wait-- had that been a flicker of movement in the shadow before him? He
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62 let the sound of the pipes die and the feeling of being solidified. With a
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63 smile on his lips, and a twinkle in his eyes he waited. If someone were here,
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64 surely he or she would make it known if they wanted company.
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65 ----------------------------------------the piper---------------------------
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66
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67 Milady, I see that my master is correct once again. I must stop jumping to
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68 conclusions. I fear I mis-read thy note. I do thank thee for the compliment
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69 regarding my manners.
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70 Wouldst thou tell me more regarding these 'spirits'? I thought one of the names
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71 was faintly familiar. Is a PWCCA anything like a Pooka? I recall well the tale
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72 told of one called 'Harvey'.
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73 Thou might enjoy a tome I have oft perused. It is called either
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74 "The Glass Harmonica" (in hardcover), or "The Book of Weird". It was written by
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75 Barbara Ninde Byfield. It deals with witches, trolls, elves, dwarves, and many
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76 other topics. I must also add that it contains the remedy that I sent
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77 thee!
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78
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79 It is a most wondrous compendium of the strange, humorous, and bizarre. Yet it
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80 is also the best single source for many details regarding everyday life in a
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81 world such as this.
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82 I await with great interest thy tales.
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83 ........................at the hour of Tierce on this 12th day of January.......
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84 ............................the apprentice......................................
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85 ########################################
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86 Sorry, but all that space left on drive 'A' just had to be used so I left my
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87
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88 contribution there today. Go DB: Ln 599 to read my recent wisdom.
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89
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90 #################C.Y.M.################################1/12/84 10/40am##########
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91 Marck awoke in the dark with the sound of the rain beating on
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92 the glass of the cockpit. Below, he could just make out the dark mass
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93 of seemingly endless forest sliding slowly by beneath them. The forest!
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94 Memories again flooded his mind of the Center, set in the middle of the
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95 forest. Ben banked the craft and began his descent. Soon Marc could
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96 see the low, wide buildings clustered together against the ageless
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97 wood from which they were made. He would be home in moments. Marc
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98 looked up at Ben and immediately noticed the change in his companion.
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99 His face was stony, remote, completely devoid of emotion, unreadable
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100 even to Marc's trained senses.
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101 He was about to ask why when he was interrupted by the bump of the
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102 speeder landing next to one of the larger buildings of the complex.
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103 The doors hissed open against the pressure and they both climbed out. Ben
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104 ran under the eaves of the building, and Marc stood beside the trees for
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105 a moment, regaining his bearings. The forest was so alive! Before
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106 it had seemed empty, but his increased empathy told him of all the
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107 living things around him now. He was about to lose himself to the
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108 draw of so many things pressing in all around when Ben called to him.
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109 "Marcus! Come now. We must meet the others inside." Marc turned
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110 and studied Ben's face. Still no hint as to what was going on inside.
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111 He turned and followed after Ben into the building. It was almost as
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112 if it were planned, Marc thought as he approached the lights at the end
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113 of hallway, that it had rained last night for the first time in weeks
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114 and cleaned him up a bit to meet the others. For the first time he
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115 realized that he was dirty. And naked.
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116 The room at the end of the hall was a gallery, with seven men
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117 and women seated on the floor across the hall from him, and several
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118 dozen more in the balcony above. In the center of the hall was a
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119 large raised platform. There were no other furnishings to be seen.
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120 Marc studied the people around him carefully, but they all exhibited the
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121 same rock solid Nothing that ben was showing. Why?
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122 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` daver ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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123
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124 ANOTHER REMINDER OF "BACKWATER INNCOUNTER" 9:00 PM 28 JANUARY
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125 6:PM MEET TO HIT HYDROTUBES. GOODIES PROVIDED. CALL 642-xxxx MORE INFO
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126
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127 CONTREMON VALERIUS
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128 ***********************************************************************
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129
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130 As he strolled down the long staircse, Contremon allowed himself
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131 a quiet chuckle. The dwarf would save the Inspector, embroiling
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132 McKane in yet another complication without seriously endangering
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133 Contremon's own position. He fingered the gold key again, nervously.
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134 After dinner there would be plenty of time, and then finally
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135 they would pay for what they had done.
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136
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137 CV
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138 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&"&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&.
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139
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140 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!
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141 He walked unseeing down the shabby corridor. Those who passed gave him
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142 wide berth...a fierce gleam in his eyes diverted any who would speak with
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143 him. The dark visions from the evening before had only strengthen his resolve
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144 to get to the bottom of this case. He paused slightly at a doorway, a grim
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145 smile on his lips.
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146 As the Inspector entered the darkened room, he noted his aide off to the
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147 side. A single bright lamp blazed on a man manacled in a straight-backed
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148 chair in the center of the room. Bare to the waist...scars from old battles
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149 criss-crossed his torso. It was evident he had felt the taste of both blade
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150 and bullet and survived. His startling blue eyes shone with the glimmer of
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151 fanaticism.
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152 The Inspector spoke; "Mohammed, I see you're getting a little careless--
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153 two rookie patrolmen picking up the infamous Wassir. They both will
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154 probably live. Now I'll get some answers...tell me of Natasha and her
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155 murder."
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156 A sneer came to Mohammed's lips; "Ah Salazar, you (expletive deleted)
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157 You can take your answers and (deleted) and then (censored) sideways. As
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158 for your mother, she is (deleted) (censored) (expletive deleted) <Oh My!!>.
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159 And on top of that you're a crummy detective."
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160 Salazar's open hand flashed out ... CRACK!!!... Wassir's head snapped
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161 back. Slowly the Albanian broke into a bloody grin. Chuckling softly;
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162 "I see my favorite enemy hasn't lost his touch. I will tell you a little
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163 because it serves my ends. Perhaps the Ninja killed Natasha. How and why
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164 you'll have to discover."
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165 "Where is the Ninja now?"
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166 "Try Marakesh, but beware death will stalk you there. Trust only the
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167 dwarf and perhaps Serena if you should meet. You remember Serena?"
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168 Salazar's mind flashed with images of the fair and deadly Serena...
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169 his loins tightened. He spoke; "What of McKane? What does he have to do
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170 with this?"
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171 "Natasha meant much to LeRoy, but he did not kill her. He would destroy
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172 her murderer himself, but he grapples with the Russian bear."
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173 "Hm yes, Andropov." The inspector turned to his aide; "Release the
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174 Albanian...We're off to Marakesh."
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175 His aide stammered; "But what about the kidnapping of the Russian.
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176 Shouldn't we interrogate him further on this matter?"
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177 "We're policemen not spies. I fear I would strangle that Russian pig
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178 myself if I was given the chance." Turning to Wassir, "Farewell old friend,
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179 take care..."
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180 Wassir smiled; "Farewell Inspector, but I'm sure we'll meet again before
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181 this affair is finished."
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182
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183 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!Valinor!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~
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184
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185 BEGIN TRANSMISSION:
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186 Have dealt with the weasal. Am making preparations for Salizar. Have
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187 retreated to Rat's Nest. Harikari prepared for failure.
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188 L.TF.
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189 END TRANSMISSION
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190 **************************************************************
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191
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192 CYM:
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193
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194 Whether paid or not American politicians are treated like
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195 garbage. Politicians from small towns or counties, who receive
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196 little or no pay, are as abused by the public as those getting
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197 high salaries.
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198
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199 I prefer my politicians to get a fair paycheck as a reminder
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200 whose interests they're working for. If I don't care enough to
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201 pay for what I'm getting why shouldn't they turn to someone
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202 who will?
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203
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204 I admit politicians don't always work in what I would consider
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205 my best interest. But your theory seems to assume taking away
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206 their paycheck will inspire them to altruism and self-
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207 sacrifice. This is not the way I observe human nature to
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208 work. But, then again, maybe I missed something.
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209
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210 Gary Olson
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211
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212 **************************************************************
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213 *
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214 :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-
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215 THATS WHAT I WOULD CALL CREATIVE!
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216 YOU ARE FINALLY USING YOUR IMAGINATIONS. THATS TERRIFIC!!
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217
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218 JUST THOUGHT I'D DROP BY THE INN. NOW THAT I SEE ALL IS AS I WISHED IT COULD
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219 BE, I AM QUITE SATISFIED.
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220
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221 YOUR VERY OWN-
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222 MERDDIN EMRYS
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223 -:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:
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224
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225 I personally feel that the best way to have a fairly good chance at
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226 having honest politians in Washington it should be similar to jury
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227 duty. If we are to be judged by our peers should we not be governed
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228 by`our peers. 1 or 2 year terms with provisions that you are paid
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229 the same amount that you would receive on your current position and
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230 the guarentee that your job would be there when your term of duty
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231 was complete.
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232
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233 The question would be if there are to minimum standards, who is to
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234 decide what those standards are?????
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235
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236 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WES;!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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237 PS if you use an accoustical coupler modem and want to have some
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238 fun turn up Mahlers 4th in e flat and see what happens
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239 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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240 But then again there are those who wouldn't be able to
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241 work in the so called "jury duty office" simply because they
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242 wouldn't know what to do at the job. I certainly wouldn't
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243 want the responsibility. But then again maybe I, too, am
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244 missing something. Would you really want to participate
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245 in such a system?
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246 Bo
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247 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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248 :***********************************************************:
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249
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250 Big Bill:
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251
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252 Is there any truth to the rumors that Andropov is dead? That
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253 McKane is in Argentina having plastic surgery to make himself
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254 look like Andropov? That the US government is about to declare
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255 war on Argentina as a result?
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256
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257 Monsieur d'Autun
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258
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259 :*************************************************************:
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260 what the hell????
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261 I have not been on this system lately, and I am amazed to find that
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262 the lunatics have excaped and taken over Backwater......ah, well,
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263 at least they picked the right system........
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264 ********************the great gazorbawitz*************************
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265 )()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()(
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266 DIid you know that in the Soviet Union the american
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267 O.K. sign is worse than our middle finger sign.
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268 and
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269 that it is considered vulger for a man to sit cross legged
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270 or with legs spead appart?
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271 conterary to popular thought the russians really aren't
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272 all land grabing communits pigs? Most of the russian
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273 people are more scared of the U.S than we are of the
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274 Soviet Union!!! If you doubt my credibility,
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275 I am a russian student, and am planing a month stay
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276 in Lennin Grad , Kive , and mosscow.
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277 since i cant type in russian on an english key board,
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278 DOOS-VEE-DAN-YA
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279 !!@#$%^&*()!@#$%^&*()_!@#$%^&*()_!@#$%^&*()_!@#$%^&*()_+
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280 If you are a Russian student then why can`t you spell Moscow? Theresa
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281 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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282
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283 WELL, APPRENTICE, THE PWCCA IS A POOKA, BUT OF WELSH RATHER THAN IRISH
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284 EXTRACTION. BOTH ARE A BRANCH OF THE ELLYLLON, OR ELVES, AND ARE COMMON
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285 THROUGHOUT THE LESS ANGLICIZED PORTIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN. I AT FIRST TENDED
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286 TO THINK THE MISCHIEF MAKER WAS ONE OF THESE, SINCE THEY TEND TO ENJOY BOTH
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287 CREATING MINOR PROBLEMS FOR THEIR HOST AND FREQUENTLY APPEAR TO SOMEONE JUST
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288 RETURNING FROM TRAVELING. THEY PARTICULARLY ENJOY CREATING CONFUSION (WHICH
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289 WAS CERTAINLY THE CASE) IN THEIR
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290 HOST, AND TEND TO PICK ONE HOST AND REMAIN WITH THEM UNTIL THEY FEEL UNWEL-
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291 COME.
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292 THE GAN CEANACH IS ANOTHER IRISH ELF, WHO SPECIALIZES IN FILLING THE
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293 EARS OF YOUNG WOMEN WITH PLEASANT FANCIES OR FRIGHTENING THOUGHTS, MOSTLY TO
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294 THE PURPOSE OF KEEPING THEM FROM BEING BUSY WITH THEIR WORK.
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295 THE OTHER I MENTIONED, THE BWBACHOD, IS A HOUSEHOLD SPRITE. I DOUBT IF
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296 ANY OF THESE LITTLE CREATURES IS THE SOURCE OF MY RECENT ADVENTURE, AS THEY
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297 TEND TO PICK A HOUSE, RATHER THAN A PERSON, TO OCCUPY, AND SPEND THEIR TIME
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298 HIDING THINGS, AND THEN RETURNING THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE. I THINK I MAY HAVE
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299 ONE OF THESE (MANY HOMES SEEM TO), BUT IF SO HE PROBABLY ISN'T THE SOURCE OF
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300 IT ALL.
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301 THERE ARE MANY OTHER SPRITES AND ELVES, BUT THESE ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO
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302 MIGHT BOTHER ME IN THIS FORM. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY HEADLESS RIDERS, SO IT IS
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303 NOT A DULACHAN. I HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE MOUNTAINS RECENTLY, SO THAT RULES OUT
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304 THE GWYLLION AND THE COBLYNAU, AND SO ON. I'LL CERTAINLY LOOK FOR THE TOME
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305 YOU HAVE MENTIONED, IT MAY BE OF HELP TO ME IN DEALING WITH MY CONFRONTATION
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306 TO COME.
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307
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308 THE HOUR IS LATE, AND THE LONG CONVERSATION WITH THE APPRENTICE HAS
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309 BEEN BOTH FRUITFUL AND ENJOYABLE. HIS ADVICE HAS BEEN HELPFUL, AND HIS MAR-
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310 VELOUS TEA HAS GIVEN ME THE STRENGTH FOR WHAT LIES AHEAD. AS I STAND AT THE
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311 DOOR, I SEE THAT IT HAS GROWN COLD, AND THE WIND HAS RISEN AS IF IN GRAND
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312 EXPECTATION OF THE COMING MEETING BETWEEN ME AND THE INVADER OF MY PEACE.
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313 WRAPPING MY CLOAK TIGHTLY TO MY BODY, AND HUGGING THE WEAPONS OF MY CRAFT TO
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314 ME, I BEGIN THE LONG WALK TO MY HOME. IT IS TO BE A WEARYSOME NIGHT, AND
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315 CERTAINLY ONE OF SURPRISES IF THE HISTORY OF THE ELLYLLON IS TO BE A GUIDE.
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316
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317 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM.[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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319 I pass by the Inn but rarely, so I stopped to here the travelers tell
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320 their stories of what is happening around. I listened to the tales,
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321 drank of the beer, and moved on. On my Recorder I play to the beasts
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322 of the woods, warning them of the dangers of man. They call back telling
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323 me of what the other travelers would not say at the Inn, and warning me too
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324 that I should stay away from men. But I can not, though the wood forever
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325 would be my home, I must return to those of my kind to find from whence I came
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326 and who I am.
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327 Billy <><><>
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328 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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329 As I bid the good ladye Pam farewell, I think on what she has said. And more
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330 importantly, on what she has NOT said. I finally decide that she can handle most
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331 of the creatures we discussed. Even so, I will take what few precautions
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332 are possible for one of my small talents (and lesser training). I will most
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333 especially have to be sure that there is not a Ben Sidhe involved.
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334 I smile as a snatch of song distracts me. The voice seems familiar. Can it be
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335 my old acquaintance?
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336 ..............By my hand, at the hour of Tierce, this 13th day of January.......
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337 .............................the apprentice.....................................
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338 I once heard a suggestion that may have some bearing on the current political
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339 discussion.
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340 "Anyone who WANTS political office should be automatically disqualified from
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341 holding it."
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342 ___________________________Leonard______________________________________________
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343 I must apologize for leaving out the title & copyright of the song I entered a
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344 disk or so ago. The title is "The Queen of Air and Darkness" & it was written by
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345 Poul Anderson.
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346 If anyone is interested, I can tell you where to get songbooks with the various
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347 songs I shall be leaving. Or, if too many people object, I shall take my
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348 voice elsewhere.
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349
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350 Time Winds Tavern by Teri Lee (Those Were the Days)
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351
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352 Once upon the time winds was a tavern
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353 Where strange folk could have a drink or two,
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354 Reminding us of their immortal wonder.
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355 I saw a unicorn there, didn't you?
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356 (chorus) Those days are gone, my friend;
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357 The need is at an end
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358 Of all those strange and mystic beasts of yore.
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359 The dragon's gone tonight, he went without a fight
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360 And left us here with science evermore.
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361
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362 Unicorns sat perched among the bar stools,
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363 Dragons parked their tankards on the floor,
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364 Orcs and griffins fought for lovely maidens,
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365 While imps and demons traded arcane lore.
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366 chorus
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367 Witches once worked spells upon the tavern
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368 To guard it from the sight of human eyes,
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369 For mortals must not seek to know their betters:
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370 What man can know the future and not cry?
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371 chorus
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372 In the dark I sit alone and wonder,
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373 Will they come and drink with us again?
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374 The tavern waits in sawdust-covered splendor
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375 To be filled with laughing creatures, who knows when?
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376 chorus
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377
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378 ps to all concerned, I won't leave more than 2 songs per disk (more likely 1)
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379 To the apprentice, was I the "snatch of song" you refered to?
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380 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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381 ########################################
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382 The Jury duty basis is what I had in mind but for a period of probably six
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383 years, staggered of course. Each State would still have the same number of
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384 people representing them but there would be an election/selection every year
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385 at the general election/selection time. If you were to serve you would be
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386 guaranteed you position that you were fro would be there at the end of your
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387 tenure. That is of course if you still want it. NO persons that are employed
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388 by companies doing business with the Federal Gov. would be eligible to serve nor
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389 could those companies hire anyone that has been associated with the government
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390 for a period of at least five/six years this would insure that no hanky panky
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391 between ex and present government reps goes on. No sneaky back scratching
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392 allowed. There would also be a recall provision for the House and Senate. The
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393 Cabinet would also be approved by the electorate not by the Congress. Advisors
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394 would be recruited from the non-military private sector. Accadamia would be
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395 probably the main source of advisors to the President, and Ambasadors also.
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396 Well this is it for now. See what can be added to this (or subtracted). When
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397 the debate is done I'll send hard copies to our present Lackies on the publik do
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398 le!!
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399 ################C.Y.M.###############################1/OhNo/84 11:00am##########
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400 Sorry, CYM: Proposing that your "hallowed halls of learning" be the main source
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401 of Federal advisors is IN ITSELF a contravention of your own condemnation of
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402 back-scratching, self-interest, and questionable competence, isn't it?
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403 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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404 And ... can a change of a Lady's name hide her face, or, for some, her voice?
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405 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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406 I'm sorry too, Dave: But the acadamia I refer to is not the same as the rotten
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407 public school system as we now kbnow it. There are many qualified types in the
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408 Higher education system, not all are corrupt, If you read my message throughly
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409 you will note that I have given final approval of the cabinet and advisors to
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410 US the electorate!
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411
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412 oops; forgot my top margin:
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413 ################C.Y.M.##############################Geeze twice in one day######
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414 CYM:CYM:CYM:CYM:CYM:CYM:CYM:CYM:CYM:CYM:CYM:CYM:CYM:CYM;CYM;CYM;CYM;CYM
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415
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416 WELL, AT LEAST YOU ARE PROPOSING SOME SORT OF SOLUTION RATHER THAN JUST
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417 BELLYACHING. CONGRATS. HOWEVER, I ALWAYS AGREED WITH JEFFERSON THAT
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418 THE LESS GOVERNMENT, THE BETTER, WITH MY CORROLARY THAT THE SIMPLER
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419 THE GOVERNMENT THE BETTER. ALL OF THE COMPLICATIONS DERIVING FROM YOUR
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420
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427 THE PRESS THAT THE BAD ONES DO. AND PARTICULARLY, I FEEL THAT MOST
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428 OF THEM ARE *UNDERPAID*.
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429
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430 GENERAL MACAIBO
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431 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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432 PS. FROM THE ABOVE ALTEREGO, YOU MIGHT GET THE WRONG IDEA OF MY
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433 MOTIVES. I AM NOT GOVERNMENT PAID, IN FACT CLOSE TO 50% OF MY CASH
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434 THESE DAYS GOES TO OUR RICH UNCLE, WITH NOT TOO MANY COMPLAINTS.
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435 %%%%%%%e%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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436 PAM:
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437 THESE DAYS, I CAN ATTEST THAT THE BWBACHOD HAS BEEN REPLACED BY
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438 THE HIGH-TECH GREEN CARPET. IF YOU DROP A NEEDED OBJECT ON THE
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439 RUG, AND WATCH CAREFULLY, YOU'LL SEE IT FOLD OVER THE ITEM AND
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440 EAT IT. NOTHING THERE. I HAVE YET TO PUZZLE OUT THE EXACT METHOD
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441 OF EXCRETION WHICH PLACES THE ITEM SOMEWHERE ELSE, HOWEVER.
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442 INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUING. GET WELL SOON.
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443 888888888888888888888888888 DAVER 888888888888888888888888888888888
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444
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445 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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446
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447 THE CLEARING HERE IN THE DEPTHS OF THE WOODS WILL DO. WIND CONTINUES
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448 TO BLUSTER ABOUT ME, ITS FINGERS TEARING AT MY CLOAK IN EXPECTATION OF THE
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449 RITES I WILL PERFORM. I HAD HOPED THAT I WOULD NEVER NEED TO DON THE MANTLE
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450 OF THE WITCH, BUT IT SEEMS THAT TROUBLE HAS FOUND ME UNSOUGHT, AND NOW WILL
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451 ATTEMPT TO FOLLOW ME OF ITS OWN ACCORD. WOULD THAT I HAD GIVEN MORE OF MY
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452 ATTENTION TO MY DEAR GRANDMOTHER WHEN SHE TRIED TO TEACH ME THESE WAYS, FOR
|
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453 I THEN WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER PREPARED FOR MY CURRENT PREDICAMENT.
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454
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455 PRAISE THAT NONE OF MY FRIENDS FROM THE INN ARE HERE TO WATCH ME, FOR
|
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456 WHAT MUST BE DONE NOW IS MUCH TOO PERSONAL, AND I WOULD BE TERRIBLY SHAMED
|
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457 IF THEY SAW IT. REMOVING MY CLOTHING, AND RELEASING THE STAYS FROM MY HAIR,
|
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458 I STAND NAKED TO THE WIND THAT NOW BLOWS WITH CONSTANT FORCE FROM THE EAST.
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459 IT IS SO COLD, BUT THE RELEASE FROM COVERING IS NECESSARY, AND INVIGORATING.
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460 I FEEL ALIVE, SO ALIVE, AND MY PULSE POUNDS WITH THE JOY OF THE CLOSENESS TO
|
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461 NATURE! BUT I MUST BE ON WITH MY WORK......
|
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462
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463 I PREPARE THE CAULDRON AND FIRE, AND PLACE THE MANDAL WHERE IT WILL BE
|
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464 BEST. SEARCHING WITHIN MY WRAP ON THE GROUND, I REMOVE THE SMALL WAXEN DOLL.
|
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465 IT IS MANLIKE, HAVING LIMBS AND BODY, BUT THE FACE IS BLANK. UPON THE FACE
|
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466 OF THE DOLL I WRITE WITH MY FINGERNAIL (FOR ONLY SOMETHING FROM MY OWN BODY
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467 WILL DO FOR THIS RITE) THE WORD:
|
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468
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469 "KASHSHAPTI"
|
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470
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471 AND THEN HOLD IT OVER THE FLAMING CAULDRON. NONE OF MY DEAR FRIENDS WOULD
|
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472 RECOGNIZE THE SMALL, QUIET WOMAN THEY KNOW ME AS NOW, AS I SCREAM FIERCELY:
|
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473
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474 "ATTI MANNU KASHSHAPTU SHA TUYUB TA ENNI!"
|
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475
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476 AND THROW THE DOLL INTO THE FLAMES! THE WORLD MOVES DREAMLIKE ABOUT ME AS I
|
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477 BEGIN TO SINK INTO THE TRANCE AND GAZE INTO THE BLACK SMOKE THAT RISES FROM
|
||
478 THE BURNING DOLL. SLOWLY, AS I KNEW IT WOULD, THE NAMES OF MY TORMENTER NOW
|
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479 APPEAR WITHIN THE SMOKE:
|
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480
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481 "GAN CEANACH BARNEY"
|
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482
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483 "BARNEY?!" I EXCLAIM. I KNEW THAT IT MIGHT BE A GAN CEANACH, BUT ONE WITH
|
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484 THE NAME "BARNEY"? IT SEEMS, SOMEHOW, ANTICLIMACTIC. NO MATTER, THE RITUAL
|
||
485 MUST CONTINUE, FOR IT CAN BE DANGEROUS TO START SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND NOT
|
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486 CARRY IT TO ITS PROPER CONCLUSION.
|
||
487
|
||
488 I PREPARE THE MANDAL, AND PLACE THE FIGURE OF ISHTAR UPON THE ROTTEN
|
||
489 STUMP THAT I NOW USE FOR AN ALTER. ONCE AGAIN, I STAND TALL (AS TALL AS MY
|
||
490 FRAME WILL ALLOW) AND BEGIN THE INCANTATION:
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491
|
||
492 "I, BY THE COMMAND OF QUEEN ISHTAR
|
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493 AM CLOTHED IN TERROR
|
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494 AM ARMED IN FIERCESOMENESS
|
||
495 AM ARRAYED WITH MIGHT AND THE SWORD
|
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496 I MAKE THEE TREMBLE
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497 I MAKE THEE RUN AFRAID
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||
498 I DRIVE THEE OUT
|
||
499 I SPY THEE OUT
|
||
500 I CAUSE THY NAME TO BE KNOWN AMOUNG MEN
|
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501 I CAUSE THY HOUSE TO BE SEEN AMOUNG MEN
|
||
502 I CAUSE THY SPELLS TO BE HEARD AMOUNG MEN
|
||
503 I CAUSE THY EVIL PERFUMES TO BE SMELT AMOUNT MEN
|
||
504 I UNCLOTHE THY WICKEDNESS AND EVIL
|
||
505 AND BRING YOUR SORCERIES TO NAUGHT!
|
||
506
|
||
507 IT IS NOT I, BUT NANAKANISURRA
|
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508 MISTRESS OF WITCHES
|
||
509 AND THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN ISHTAR
|
||
510 WHO COMMAND THEE!"
|
||
511
|
||
512 SINKING BACK, EXHAUSTED FROM THE SPELL, I KNOW THAT SOON I WILL BE CON-
|
||
513 FRONTED WITH THE CREATURE, AND I HOPE THAT I WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO WIN
|
||
514 OUT OVER IT.
|
||
515
|
||
516 "Now, that really wasn't very nice at all, honey." a voice laden with
|
||
517 sarcasm calls out. "Now ya gotta look at me too. But ya ain't gonna git
|
||
518 rid o' me that easy!"
|
||
519 AS I TURN TO FACE MY TORMENTER, MY THOUGHTS TURN TO OLD FRIENDS. WILL
|
||
520 I EVER HEAR THE VOICE OF d AGAIN? PERHAPS I WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF TO
|
||
521 HAVE LEFT THINGS AS THEY WERE.......
|
||
522
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||
523 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM.[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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524
|
||
525
|
||
526 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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||
527
|
||
528 As I strolled alone in the night of the woods, my thoughts were torn from me
|
||
529 as I heard screaming nearby. I ran as quickly to the source as the foliage
|
||
530 would allow me. Dancing light presented itself to me just beyond some tall
|
||
531 tree, in the middle of a small clearing. And what do my wondering eyes see
|
||
532 as I run past the last of the obstacles? A sight that causes me to retreat
|
||
533 to the safety of behind the trees. A totally naked woman is prancing around
|
||
534 muttering strange incantations that make no sense to my city dweller ears.
|
||
535 But I know a nice body when I see one, so I stay around and watch the show.
|
||
536 Suddenly the womenan gets up again, and begins talking to something called
|
||
537 Barney, which sees fit to not make itself visible to bystanders, just to
|
||
538 the woman who obviously has its ear. I take out my flask, swig a drink,
|
||
539 and settle back amoung the trees to watch the spectacle, unseen, unheard,
|
||
540 and unnoticed.
|
||
541 "This must be my lucky day", I say to myself. "We sure don't get
|
||
542 shows like this in town."
|
||
543 As the scene unfolds, my eyes can not believe what they are seeing. How
|
||
544 much more of this will go on. Wait until I tell the boys back in town...
|
||
545 But will they believe me...Then I remember the image device I bought from
|
||
546 that vagabond who approached my door that one windy night.
|
||
547 "You never know when you might come apon a scene you want to
|
||
548 remember for the rest of my life", he said, thrusting the device toward
|
||
549 me. "And the price it too good to pass up", he continued. I gave him what
|
||
550 he wanted as much to get rid of him and get back to the warm fire as I did
|
||
551 to try out the new device.
|
||
552
|
||
553 "This will really come in handy, I only hope it works.", I think to
|
||
554 myself as I remove the image device from its pouch...
|
||
555 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@the city dweller@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
|
||
556 ................................................................
|
||
557 HAVE BEEN GONE A LONG TIME. BACKWATER HAS CHANGED ALOT. ANYONE CARE TO FILL ME IN? DOES ANYONE REMEMBER ME EVEN?
|
||
558
|
||
559 ....................................ANON/20...................................................................................
|
||
560 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
561 THIS IS FULL OF B.S. WHAT KIND OF GARBAGE ARE YOU GUYS PUTTING ON THE AIR?
|
||
562 I AM TRUELY AFFENDED!
|
||
563 -PRIMEMINISTER
|
||
564 ----------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
565 A mournful cry breaks the still night air
|
||
566 Quickly does follow the soul wrenching sobs
|
||
567 And a cry of hopeless despair
|
||
568
|
||
See there on the hollow log the figure sits
|
||
569 Head bowed down in pain
|
||
570 For the pain and the cry of great distress
|
||
571 Comes from this poor wretched soul
|
||
572
|
||
A wind begins its stiring sounds
|
||
573 And echos the mournful wail
|
||
574 While the trees around observe without sound
|
||
575 The figure who's soul is layed bare
|
||
576
|
||
It's over and through
|
||
577 And there is nothing left to do
|
||
578 So the lonly figure silently walks away
|
||
579
|
||
580 B. H.
|
||
581 -------------------------------------------------
|
||
582 ***************************************************************
|
||
583 RETURNING FROM A LATE NIGHTS WORK I BEGIN TO PREPARE
|
||
584 FOR MY SLEEP. LOOKING TO THE SIDE I NOTICE A DISCARDED
|
||
585 PEICE OF PAPER THROWN IN A TRASH BIN. STRANGE I THINK,
|
||
586 FOR I KNOW I HAD THROWN AWAY THE TRASH BEFORE I LEFT
|
||
587 I WONDER WHAT IT COULD BE? PICKING UP THE CRUMPLED
|
||
588 SHEET. I OPEN IT UP TO FIND A NOTE SCRAWLED FROM
|
||
589 A PATRON WHO HAD COME ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE WHILE I WAS
|
||
590 AWAY ON BUSINESS. THE NOTE SPEEKS OF THE TROUBLE STUMBLING
|
||
591 AND TRIPPING OVER THE CLUTTER THAT LAYS ABOUT THE INN.
|
||
592 I MUST SAY THAT I AM SORRY TO HEAR OF THIS PROBLEM, FOR
|
||
593 I HAD THOUGHT THAT IT WAS CLEANER THEN THAT. BUT ALASS
|
||
594 IF THE PROBLEM IS THERE I SUGGEST THAT YOU PICK UP YOUR
|
||
595 SKIRTS AND GINGERLY STEP OVER THE CLUTTER FOR NOW, AND
|
||
596 I WILL SEE WHAT I CAN DO. THE OBSTICAL THAT YOU SPOKE OF THAT
|
||
597 MADE YOU TRIP IS CALLED A CONTROL S. FOR NOW I WOULD RECOMMEND
|
||
598 THAT YOU RAISE YOUR SKIRTS BY USING THE CC N. AND I WILL SPEAK
|
||
599 TO PAM AND OTHERS TO PLEASE NOT USE THE CONTROL S IN THIER
|
||
600 LAYABOUT IN THE INN, FOR IT SEEMS TO CAUSE OUR LADY OF DRAGONS
|
||
601 SPELL TO THIS LAND TO BE BROKEN. IF YOU NEED THE TIME FOR
|
||
602 YOUR OWN SPELL WEAVING I SUGGEST A CONTROL Q OR NULL.
|
||
603 THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN CLEANING THIS MESS UP.
|
||
604 ********** CISTOP MIKEY INNKEEPER OF BWMS **********************
|
||
605
|
||
606 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
|
||
607
|
||
608 WHERE ONCE THERE WAS FULLNESS, THERE NOW IS EMPTYNESS. IN OTHER WORDS,
|
||
609 MIKEY DID A COMPRESS. NOW THERE IS SPACE FOR ME TO WRITE, THOUGH I DON'T
|
||
610 HAVE MUCH TO SAY. HAVING SO LITTLE SPACE IS A TRIFLE LIMITING, AS IT MUST
|
||
611 BE FILLED UP, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE SPACE IS SMALL AND IT IS HARD TO GET
|
||
612 A GOOD SUBJECT GOING HERE.
|
||
613
|
||
614 WELL, I HAVE ELIMINATED ALL MY AWFUL CONTROL S CHARACTERS. I THINK I
|
||
615 WILL USE CONTROL Q FROM HERE ON OUT, AS IT SEEMS TO BE THE BEST OPTION FOR
|
||
616 COMPLETE SAFETY. I DON'T PARTICULARLY CARE FOR NULLS, BUT I SUPPOSE IT'S
|
||
617 NOT A PROBLEM, SO NULL AWAY FOLKS!
|
||
618
|
||
619 WELL, d, ARE YOU STILL WITH US? I'M BEGINNING TO FEEL ALL ALONE HERE!
|
||
620 AARON HAS LEFT FOR PARTS UNKNOWN, ANON IS REMAINING ANONYMOUS, HROTHGAR HAS
|
||
621 HEADED FOR THE HILLS, AND YOU ARE BEING SO QUIET THAT I WONDER IF YOU ARE
|
||
622 STILL WITH US. DO YOU PLAN TO ENTER THE CURRENT FANTASY? IT REMINDS ME SO
|
||
623 MUCH OF EARLIER TIMES WHEN YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MANY, AND I HID BEHIND
|
||
624 THE TABLES FOR FEAR OF SPEAKING UP. NOW I YAMMER ON, BORING EVERYONE, AND
|
||
625 YOU ARE HIDING. I REALLY MISS YOUR PRESENCE! I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY
|
||
626 OTHER THINGS IN LIFE THAN THE INN AND ITS INHABITANTS, BUT IT IS A BIT OF
|
||
627 FUN. PLEASE RETURN! PLEASE?
|
||
628
|
||
629 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]PAM+[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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