THE STORY-TELLER.

THE'TWO LANDLORDS.

(From the Agricultural Gazelle.) CO.NTOCSD. Horace’s share in the progress of Comp ton proved to be considerable. He was a youth of very active habit. He began his day at six, and a busy day it was ; but the longest labors never tired him, and frequently in the winter, when youths of less energy would have deemed the day’s work sufficient, he would trudge into the county town, four miles off, through fields and lanes, through rough w'eather some times and often in outer darkness, for the sake of an evening lecture at the literary institution, or an hour’s French or music with his masters. On these occasions he found his bed at midnight, and at G a. m. helped the shorthorns to their food with Baldwin. To this sterling character Horace became exceedingly attached, and, if his youthful failings must be confessed, he became even more attached to Dorcas, Baldwin’s pretty and very praiseworthy daughter. All’s well that ends well, still an esca pade of this kind is not a thing to be con cealed in a picture of village life, but ra ther to be portrayed on principle as pic ture of manners not necessarily twenty years ago, and in some sense as a warn ing. -In the story of Silas Marner, Godfrey Cass, the Squire’s son,' marries a village girl with unhappy consequences, such as usually follow an ill-asorted match, and such as Horace Cooper happily escaped. Dorcas Baldwin was as graceful a maiden as ever laid the cloth for dinner—a duty

she was deftly performing one day when Horace, who had been watching her, as she very well knew, advanced from the bay window, where he had been half con cealed by a stand of ferns, and offered Dorcas a rose. The language of flowers is nearly dead, but even in this prosaic age cultured people sometimes avail them selves of the rose to aid them in the deli cate diplomacy of expressing love. Prince Albert, the graceful introducer into Eng land of the Christmas tree, offered the Queen a rose to convey what he hardly dared express. In the last sentence of Lothair a Jose is made once more the pledge of love. Horace, having a rose in his button-hole, offered it to Dorcas, who instantly turned her back upon him and

sped out of the room. Instinct, according to Falstaff, is a great matter. It taught him discretion at the battle of Shrewsbury ; and it induced in Dorcas instant flight.

Happily for the Compton people the seeds of emulation were scattered thickly among them. Horace was continually stirring the cauldron in this respect. He took his turn in the great kitchen at Weston as a teacher of book learning, and he imparted lessons quite as useful when he stirred up the farmers, great and small, on the subject of stock management—his special forte. He was the whetstone of the parish, the sharpener of wits. . Mrs. Thornback, herself, listened to him on dairy topics ; there was no second-rate butter made in Compton, the presence of the whetstone preventing it; and even young Thornback, and other small farmers, learned the art of feeding beef at 20 months, and piled up little fortunes by the practice of high farming skilfully conducted. Baldwin, the bailiff,. and the father of Dorcas, lived at an off-hand farm, in a house with cultivated fields behind on the higher ground, and the meadows and village below. The trout stream ran purling near ; and on the shelving slopes of the little valley there were steep pas tures, an apple orchard, a sheltering copse, and some noble beech trees —which were retained on that conspicuous site for the ornament they offered. To this pleasant trysting place the village gathered on Sundays, and here most of the love matches of the rustics were arranged. It was June, and the sweetest hour of a Midsummer day, when, towards dusk the birds were still singing ; sheep were nib bling around their beeches, and ringdoves were coping among tfteir branches. Dorcas had "been at her mother’s, and had found a companion for the short walk home. Horace had not sought the posi tion, but there he was at her side. That young fellow was possessed by ambition of the better kind beyond his opportune tie? of culture. He desired with all Ins soul to follow noble men, but felt the diffi culty of obtaining models in the district where he lived. Plutarch’s great men. with whom he oft consorted, were not like living models. Lately he had read Jane Eyre- and become familiar with the interesting Rochester, Byron, too, had suffused his mind with sweet, moody, and luxurious melody. He had lived in the romantic society of Lara, the Corsair, and Gulnare, and with the too attractive “beauty of the Cyclades.” He often read beneath the beech trees, and seeing Dorcas passing he waved her a greeting and came to her side. At the attempted presentation of the rose, as we have seen, Dorcas had bolted, and Horace had offered no more roses; but looked at her often and spoke to her frequently. He was a friendly fellow and a favorite with Dorcas, who could look in his face generally without blushing— always when others were present. They strolled home together across the bridge and so up to the ivied porch of Weston. He preferred Dorcas to all the Greek girls he had read of in Plutarch—Lais, Thais, Helen—all.

(7 0 be continued. )

Why we Butter our Bread.

The layers of the wheat berry, as we proceed toward its centre, become morp and more cpmpletply starcliy, and at the centre Vut.little else.is found, and this portion malres our finest flour. The finer the flour the less fit it is for nutrition. In its natural state, the. wheat, with all its components present, is not fully fitted for perfect human development. There is deficiency in .the potential heat-producing materials, especially for cooler climates, there being only 2 per cent of fat m wheat. We instinctively supply this deficiency by the addition of fatty bodies.. We spread butter upqn bread, we mingle lard or butter with our buscuit or cake, and the fat meat and bread are taken alternately or coincidently. The gtarch beifig 3. ca bonhydrata, afford*.. bufc little ‘heat, in consumption, and the fats are; demanded by the wants of the system, ■ - - ; ‘ 4 • ‘ ;

Mysterious Crimes in Great Britain.

Among the crimes of the hour are several that challenge the “ Newgate Calendar ” for depravity, cruelty and blood-thirstiness. At Glasgow a blind husband suspected his wife of infidelity. In the agony of liis soul, when confessing his belief to the wretched partner of his life, he expressed a wish that he was dead. She was heard to coldly answer that he might possibly have his wish realised sooner than he expected. Not long after wards he was found dying on the pave ment opposite his own house, having fallen, as is suggested, from a three-story window. The evidence, however, goes strongly in support of the charge that the wife and paramour killed him and flung him into the street. A jury has yet to clear up the facts and pronounce upon them. Paragraphs apj>ear almost daily in the country journals referring to what is called “The Manchester Murder;” another modern mystery. The facts may be briefly narrated: —Last week, one evening, a gentleman residing in a Man chester suburban villa received a note in viting an appointment at once at an adja cent inn regarding the sale of some land he was interested in. The letter turned out to be a hoax; but the moment the master had gone his wife heard the door bell ring and the servant answer it. Some-one entered the house and went down stairs with the girl to the kitchen,|a circumstance in no way unusual. Shortly afterward she heard a terrible scream ; she gave an alarm, a neighbor came in, , and they found the girl dying from the effects of a frightful gash in the head. The victim never spoke, and at present no clue to the murder has been obtained. The theory is that jealousy is at the bot tom of the crime ; and while I write I see a news dispatch intimating that a young man has unaccountably disappeared from the neighborhood, and that the police think it desirable to look after him. A week ago London was horrified by the announcement of the discovery of the body of a man floating in the Brent river, near Hardon. The lower part of the ab domen had been cut away and was miss ing. On a thorough investigation it turned out to be a case of suicide of the most revolting character. The body was that of an old man named Sipley. He had himself cut away the abdomen, which was found, with his hat and a knife, under a hedge ; and, after suffering this mutila tion, he had flung himself into the river. At Croydon, near London, a few days since, Lawrence Bovill shot at his partner, whom he missed, but, thinking him dead, rushed into the presence of his sister, and putting a pistol into his mouth, blew his own brains out. At the inquest, a half r: written note was found in the suicide’s pocket, containing these words :—“ This is all through being too good a friend to him. I took him home with me, and treated him like a brother, and he rounded on me like a dog or a rat.” Among the social mysteries of the day is what is called “ The Worcestershire Case,” in which James Lewis Paine, a gentleman, and Fanny Matthews, a domestic servant, are charged with the wilful murder of a lady of means and position belonging to the county of Worcester. She was addicted to drink. Paine became acquainted with her. He deserted his own wife and went to live with the rich woman. He insured her life, got control over her property, in duced her to go to London, and there with the aid of Fanny Matthews, at a lodging house or “ coffee shop,” deliberately kept food from her and plied her with ardent spirits until she died. So, at all events, runs the charge against him and his ac complice. The case will be tried at the Central Criminal Sessions. One day re cently a foreigner named Schon went into the Italian Church in Hatton Garden and tried to shoot the officiating priests, who fled before a shower of bullets from his revolver and fastened themselves in a room. He tore the altar down and set fire to it. He is a Socialist and probably a manaic. —London Correspondent of the New York Times.

A Most Impudent Action.

An action for damages for breach of promise to marry which was of an unusual character has been heard at the Hertford Assizes. The plaintiff was a young woman named Anna Maria Palmer, aged 24, daughter of a grocer Sqtherey, Norfolk ; the defendant, John Wootton, was the son of a farmer in good position at the same place, and was about one year younger. He pleaded that he had never made a pro mise of marriage, and that if he had it was mutually rescinded, and he also pleaded that he was not of age when the alleged promise was made, It was not disputed’that the promise was originally made when the defendant was not of age, but the case for the plaintiff was that the promise was renewed after he was 21, and counsel said he should produce letters to show that the defendant promised to marry the plaintiff after he came of age. He said he believed that a very serious issue would be raised upon these letters, inasmuch as he was informed that the de fendant declared that he had never had any correspondence with the plaintiff after the intimacy had been broken off, and that the dates of these letters were for geries. The intimacy between the defen dant and the plaintiff was not agreeable to the parents of the former, and they were obliged to meet secretly, and all the letters that passed between them were conveyed by a trusty messenger, and it appeared to have been the practice of the defendant not to put any date to the letters. Plaintiff’s father got into diffi culties and removed to Watford, and in 1879 the defendant married another lady, who was said to be possessed of consider able property, and the present aotiqn was commenced. A number o,f letters of the usual character were read which showed that tlie parties were on very affectionate terms, and there were expressions in them that amounted to a promise of marriage. The only question in the case was, as above stated, whether these letters wei’e written before or after the defendant came of age. At the time the original intimacy occurred the plaintiff’ was 19 and the defendant 18 years old. In the year 1876 the plaintiff became acquainted with another man and was seduced, and de livered of a child in 1877. Nothing more seems to have taken place between the parties until the month of January, 1879, when she wrof;e a letter to the defendant claiming £560 damages for the breach of iris promise io marry her, and threatened to bring an action against Imp if he did not cpmply with her request. The plaintiff was ealled, and deposed that she and the defendant were teachers at the

Surday-school at Sotherey, and she used to play the harmonium and he used to teach. He repeatedly told her that as soon as he was of age and took a farm he would marry her; and after she left Sotherey the labourers on the farm of defendant’s father used to bring her letters from him. She then told the story of her seduction. The child, she said, was born in January, 1877. She was living with the father of the child, a married man, keeping house for him, and he gave her something to drink that made her insensible. Lord Justice Bramwell here interposed, and asked if it was possible for the jury to find that there was an engagement to marry existing between the parties after she had had a child by another man ? The jury said they did not wish tc hear any more of the case, and returned a verdict for the defen dant. Lord Justice Bramwell said that it was the most impudent action he had ever heard of. It was not pretended that any communication had taken place between the parties for years, and then the action was brought for the supposed breach of promise to marry.

A Bold Actress.

Calais just now teems with recreation, and its inhabitants have enjoyed an op portunity of witnessing a performance at least as sensational as that of the cannon ball catcher at Berlin, or the female pro jectile who was fired through a net at the Aquarium the other day. A theatrical company and a travelling menagerie com pete nightly for the favour of the Calais public, and it recently occurred to Mdlle Josse, a rising young actress attached to the former troupe, that a great success might be achieved by combining the attrac tions of the two establishments in her own person. This happy thought she pro ceeded to realise by obtaining permission from the menagerie proprietor, M. Bidel, to enter the cage in which his lions habitually reside, and there to declaim Victor Hugo’s “Caravan.” Bidel, as might have been expected, jumped at the notion, stipulating, however, that he should stand by the side of the bold damsel during the recitation, as a taste for poetry had not been sufficiently de veloped in his lions to assure him of their good behaviour as auditors. The perfor mance came off a few nights ago ; and it appears that Hugo’s inspired numbers ex ercised so depressing an influence upon the lions that they never once, through out the reading, offered to investigate Mdlle. Josse’s merits as a comestible, but expressed their sympathetic intei’est in the proceedings by a few appreciative growls. Perhaps they recognised Mdlle. Josse’s claims, as an indisputable “ lionne,” to be considered one of themselves.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1880.



English Cavaliiy Houses.— The Eng lish Government has decided upon estab lishing several stud farms for the purpose of breeding artillery and cavalry horses. A very few years ago the regulation price from L4O to LSO would every year secure as many chargers as were wanted for the service, but latterly the supply has com pletely failed. Thoroughbred cart horses are easily to be had for L2O or L 25, as are also thorough or three quarter bred carriage horses from L 65 upwards. But the medium priced animal on which we used to mount our cavalry, seems to have disappeared from our market, and the authorities have nothing left for it but to provide for their own wants in this re spect, as is done in other European coun tries. Holloway’s Pills. —These Pills are more efficacious in strengthening a debilitated con stitution than any other medicine in the world. Persons of a nervous habit of body, and all who are suffering from weak digestive organs, or whose health has become deranged by bilious affection, disordered stomach, or liver complaints, should lose no time in giving these admirable Pills a fair trial. Coughs, colds, asthma, or shortness of breath are also within the range of the sanative powers of this very remarkable medicine. The cures effected by these Pills are not superficial or temporary, but complete any permanent, They are as mild as they are efficacious, aud may be given with confidence t© delicate females and young chil dren. Their action on the liver, stomach, and bowels is immediate, beneficial, and lasting, restoring order and health in every case. — Advt



Business Notices. LATEST STYLES FROM LONDON & PARIS. CRAIGHEAD & CO,, Merchant Tailors, TANORED STREET, (Next Orr & Co.) PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. 982a-4450 Tenders. WAKANUI ROAD BOARD. TENDERS. TENDERS are invited for the follow ing works : No. 23 —Seafield road, re-formation, &c., adjoining Fairfield Estate. No. 24—Beach road, making foot path on east side from Town Belt to Trevor’s road. Specifications can be seen at the Board’s Office, Moore street, and tenders, accom panied with 5 per cent, deposit, and endorsed with No. of contract, will be received till 10 a.m. on THURSDAY, June 3rd. FOOICS & SON, 887g-493c Surveyors to the Board. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. TENDERS are invited for the following WORKS : 1. Main Drain—-Tinwald. 2. Drainage Extension near Wheeler’s Creek. Plans and specifications can be seen at Council Offices, and tenders, accompanied with marked cheques, to be sent in ad dressed to the Chairman not later than 11 o’clock a.m. WEDNESDAY, 2nd June next. By order WILLIAM BAXTER, County Engineer. 491c-8990



J. E- Buchanan and Co. TO THE RESIDENTS OF ASHBURTON AND OTHERS. IMPORTANT SALE OF BUILDING SITES, TOWN AND COUNTRY PROPERTIES. Messrs, j. e. buchanan & co. have been instructed by various clients, to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, AT THE ASHBURTON TOWN HALL, ON TUESDAY, ist JUNE, AT TWO O’CLOCK P.M., The following Properties QA SPLENDID SUBURBAN QA OU SECTIONS, Situated between the Wakanui and North Belt Roads, having frontage on both, about 200 yards from the East Town Belt. 2g SUBURBAN SECTIONS Qg Fronting the North Belt, close to Messrs. Montgomery and Co. *s Brickworks. TWO FIRST-CLASS DWELLING {HOUSES IN PETER STREET, R. S. 2771 G, containing— -80 AO B B S g 0 Situated at Wakanui at the back of Mr, Butterick’s. Terms at Sale, exceptionally easy. The Auctioneers will be able to give every advantage to intending purchasers, and solicit the attendance of the public. For Sale plans and particulars, apply to J. E. BUCHANAN & CO. 499 e Auctioneers. Acland, Campbell, and Co. IN THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF THOS. SIMPSON. Messrs, acland, capmbell & CO. have received instructions from the Trustee in the assigned Estate of Thomas Simpson, Wakanui road, Ash burton, to offer for ABSOLUTE SALE, ON TUESDAY, THE Bth JUNE, 1880 (if not disposed of by private contract before Saturday, sth June), all the Freehold Estate, CONTAINING 120 A 0 R E S 120 More or less, being Rural Sections Nos. 4,920 —20 acres, 7,185 —30 acres, and 7,797 —70 acres. If not sold in one lot, sections Nos. 4,920 and 7,185 (containing 50 acres) will be cut up and offered in lots of from 5 to 10 acres. As this land is most advantageously situated, within eight miles from Ash burton Township, it must prove a most a most valuable investment. The whole of the land is of excellent quality, being one of the best selections in the Wakanui District. For full particulars apply to ACLAND, CAMPBELL, & C0.,- Christchurch ; Or, to JAMESON & ROBERTS, 488 c Ashburton.



T. Bullock. TO LET FOR CROP OF WHEAT About six miles from Ashburton, on the Wakanui Estate. FOR SALE OR TO LET, WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, ACRE FARM Well watered on Longbeach Run. Also, 165 ACRES 165 Ashburton Forks, now in grass. For Sale, cheap dwelling house of seven rooms, nearjthe Parsonage, East Town Belt. To Let, two shops in East Street. Also Office in do. Two-roomed house with lean-to, in Mona Square. . Two-roomed cottage near Mr. Hay T. Smith’s Also, That old established blacksmith and wheelwright’s workshop, and Dwelling House in Ashburton, centrally situated, close to the Somerset Hotel, and now in the occupation of Mr. H. J. Edwards. For full particulars Apply to 453 a T. BULLOCK BROWN PAPER, strong, and large sheets, at s|d. per lb. WEEKS AND DIXON, Stationers, East street North (near the Rail wry Station), Ash burton.



Edmiston, Ghmdry & Co. FOR SALE, BY PRIVATE TREATY. THE undersigned have for sale by Private Treaty, the following Pro perties : R. S. 28216, 7,8, 9, containing 686 acres, which will be sold in farms of 100 acres and upwards. This property is within 4 miles of Ashburton township, is very good land, and will be sold on very reasonable terms, viz, 10s. per acre cash and the balance at a low rate of interest on a term of years. 210 ACRES on Gould and Cameron’s run. This property is partly fenced with gorse fences. 128 ACRES at Chertsey, all securely fenced, and is at present sown with turnips. This property will be sold at a low price on easy terms. 125 ACRES at Greenstreet, securely fenced with live fences, and sub divided, and a permanent stream of water. 285 ACRES at Greenstreet, to be sold or let on a purchasing clause in one or more blocks. This is excellent land, and laid down in English grass, and well watered with creeks. This would ' make a capital farm, and will be sold on very liberal terms. 210 ACRES close to the township of Ashburton, with good dwell ing-house, stable, granary, &c. This property will be let for a term of years at a low rent. 600 ACRES at Orari, in one or more blocks. 150 ACRES at Tinv aid. A capital farm, being all fenced and ready for cropping. There are three creeks running through this pro perty. 150 ACRES at Ashton. A well com pact farm, together with house, stables, &c. Price very low. 800 ACRES at Mount Possession. 1500 ACRES near the spread Eagle Hotel. T.S. Vo 879, Ashburton. T.S. 301, 302, Burnett-street, Ash burton. T.S. 247, Kermode Street, Ashbur ton. T.S. 182, 183, opposite Church, Tinwald, a bargain, &c. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & CO., Auctioneers and Estate Agents. Agents for the jgOUTH BRITISH FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £1,000,000. Risks taken on all kinds of Property, Growing Crops, Grain in Stack, Thresh ing Machines, &c. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & CO., East Street. 106 Business Notices. All Hot! All Hot! Hot Pies, Hot Tea, Hot Coffee, AT ALL HOURS, AT mHO M A s EAST STREET. AYLOR’S, 492 c



PRACTICAL WATCH & CLOCK MAKER, JEWELLER, &c. ROBT. MURRAY, MOORE STREET, BEACH ROAD, ASHBURTON, HAVING- had over thirty years’ ex perience in some of the leading establishments in England and Scotland, trusts by good workmanship and atten tion to business to merit a share of the patronage of the inhabitants of Ashburton and County. A well-assorted stock of Watches, Clocks, Jewellery, Spectacles, &e. Watch Glasses and Keys, of best quality, fitted. All Watch and Clock Work and Jewel lery repairs executed on the Premises. Specimens of Workmanship by R.M. shown in the window, AT MOORE STREET (Next Door to the Road Board Office), BEACH ROAD, ASHBURTON. 824g-429c



Business Notices. Dissolution OF Partnership. OEE AND CO., ~|p>EG to announce that they intend to DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP on Ist SEPTEMBER. They will therefore, on Saturday, May Ist, offer the whole of their superior stock, amounting to over £20,000 worth of DRAPERY, IRONMONGERY, AND GROCERIES, AT COST PRICE. The reductions in price extends to every Department in our Business, And we trust our Customers will pay PROMPT CASHf DURING SALE. All Goods will be marked in plain figures with Red Ink. All outstanding accounts must be paid at once so that partnership accounts may be adjusted. OER & CO., ASHBURTON & RAKAIA AprilJ4th, 1880. rj P.S.—A Large Shipment of Drapery Goods just opened up ex Pallala. Guns! Guns! Guns! POWDER. SHOT. CAPS. ORR AND CO. JJAVE now on hand a very fine assortment of BREECHLOADING DOUBLE AND SINGLE-BARREL GUNS, And as these have been imported direct from the manufacturers, yre are prepared to Sell atjtlie mostf Reasonable From £2 10a to'£2s. ORR AND CO 199c-9g



Business Notices. T. R. HODDER & CO. HA YE much pleasure in announc ing to their friends and the public generally, that their stock of WINTER DRAPERY, MILLINERY, MEN’S AND BOYS’ CLOTHING HATS AND HOSIERY, BOOTS AND SHOES, IS NOT TO BE SURPASSED r FOR QUALITY AND ASSORTMENT, Each Department being replete with everything suitable for the season. JUST TO HAND— A Very Large Assortment of Melbourne Clothing, MADE ESPECIALLY TO ORDER. T. R. HODDER & CO. having been encouraged by their greatly increased trade in the Clothing Department, have ENLARGED THEIR PREMISES, Enabling them to keep a Larger and More Varied Assortment. Tailoring In all branches by most experienced hands. SUITS, RIDING TROUSERS, HABITS, &c., made on the most im proved principle, at the shortest notice, and as cheap, or cheaper, than any house in Canterbury. T. R. HODDER and CO., seeking to Encourage Local Industries keep a well assorted stock of Kaiapoi, Roslyn, and Mosgiel Manufactured Goods. Boots and Shoes, Imported and Colonial make, from the best Christchurch and Dunedin Manufacturers. T. R. HODDER & CO., while not pro fessing to sell everything at COST PRICE, are prepared to meet EXISTING COM PETITION and to encourage all Cash Purchasers. An experience of twenty six years Colonial storekeeping has taught our Firm the value of a Cash Grocery Business, which they have found succeed so well in Ashburton since bringing down the prices of many leading commodities, which course they are still prepared to continue and show their preferring PROMPT CASH, rather than risk long credit with large profits. Ironmongery and ■ Crockeryware AT LOWEST FAYING RATES. Sole Agents for Singer’s Sewing Machines Sole Agents for Wanzer Sewing Machine. Agents for Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company. T. R. HODDER & CO.O 407 c C OTTON & 00. HORSE CLIPPERS, 24 Years’ Colonial Experience. HORSES BROKEN IN TO SADDLE AND HARNESS. Moderate Charges. Apply Baldwin s Hotel, or Brighton. Boarding House, Triangle. 842g-450c LOOK OUT FOR LANCASTER’S CART, FOR CASH. ON AND AFTER MONDAY NEXT, BEEF 2d, 3d, and 4d, per lb. LEGS MUTTON 3d „ D FORE-QUARIERS MUTTON Ifd ~C HAYING secured the Principal lines of Fat Stock in the Ashburton district, from John Grigg, Esq., and Chalmers Bros., there can be no doubt of the excellent quality of the meat supplied. ALL KINDS OF SMALL GOODS DE LIVERED AS PER ORDER. THE TRADE SUPPLIED AT 20s. PER lOOlbs. 482 c R. LANCASTER. BEST NEWCASTLE 'COALS ‘ LAMBTON COLLIERY. 60s. *“»**•. 1 A PER CENT. DISCOUNT Iv f or CASH. SPRINGFIELD [COALS 40s. PER TON. 10 Per Cent. Discount for Cash. To be delivered in my yard. Acconnts to be paid monthly. C. PERCY COX. L 359C-773G