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the widow
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Bhe <!i 4 <iv .-t t<
embedded In It
:hlior* tnvuds
ik<> o (raii<ier,
rorluse, fol-
i proves tn b
)>«fore the Ju<Ik«
t for murder year* befnr
>ilg«£ed to the Juilye'*
to In.
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ler I NHPHHHHi I _
whom he i* J-triuHcil. hilt the
Iwlwi en the lovers. She plana
t hutband'* memory and n*ks
« nid I lebornh Siovllle read*
iper dippings tdlllnu the slury
ter of Alfternon Ktliriltlge t >
ille in Dark Hollow, twelve
re. The juiljt ai.il Mrs Seo-
ul Anon. «ir' Folly mid she
on the day of tho innr-
ilt.nlnw of n nan. whlt-
ui.1 wearlllK a lone peaked
l^e eiiKaK H her and h r
httr to live wllli him In his
in Deborah hii<I her law-
to the pollre m itlon and
u ed to «nnr.ler Klherldge
.. broken knife-blade point
IMiAiIi and fteuther U"
In my porket Walt, (til I strlkt a
light!"
A pas Jet ahot up. then two. then all
that the room contained "How's that?
What's a flash more or leas now!"
1 beard no answer, only the slap of
the cards as they were flunk onto the
table; (ben the clutter of a key as it
turned in soiue distant lock
The bottles were brought forward
and they sat down one on each aide
of the dusty mahogany table. The
man facing me waa Spencer, the ;tbor
sat with bis buck rny way •
"We'll play till the bunds point to
three," announced Spencer, (uking nut
his watch and laying It down where
place wblcb held *u;h horror for oie!
Hut no abatement came, and feeling
the bridge shaking under me almost to
cracking. I began to crawl, inch by
Inch, along Its guplng boards till 1
reached its middle.
There Cod stopped me.
For, with a clangor as of rending
worlds, u bolt hot from the xenlth,
sped down upon the bluff behind me.
throwing mo down again upon my face
and engulfing sense and understand-
ing for one wild moment Then I
sprang upright and with a yell of
terror sped across the rocking boards
beneath uie to the road, no louger
hauling witlt my desire to look back;
Li> the J. d ;«' Deborah see* a
i-orlialt ..t Oliver, the Judge's son. with a
Vis.. 1< band painted aero** the eyes. That
bight *lii I'tnln, In Oliver's room, a cap
With a penU like the shadowed one. and
e ktilfi- with a broken blade.point. Anon-
ymous letters ana a talk with Mis*
Week* Increase her suspicions anil fear*
Kh" tlnils that Oliver wa* In the ravine
'.n Die murder night. Blnrk warns her
mid show: h -r oilier anonymous letters
titnllritf at (diver's guilt. In the eourt
room Hie judge i« handed an anonymous
note The note Ih plekeil up and read
•iloud A mob followi the Judge to his
bona Deborah tell* him why suspicion
baa been moused against Oliver.
CHAPTER XIII—Continued.
Once willil;) the room, ho became his
courteous self once more "He seat
ed," he begged. Indicating a chair In
the half gloom. As she took it, the
room sprang into sudden light He
had pulled (he string which regulated
the curtains over the glazed panes in
the ceiling Then as quickly all was
gloom again; he had let the string est
cape from his hand.
"Half light is better," he muttered
In vague apology.
It was a weird beginning to an In
tervicw whose object was as yet in-
comprehensible to her. One minute a
blinding glimpse of the room whose
details were so varied that many of
them still remained unknown to her—
the next, everything swept Bgaln into
shadow through which the tall form of
the genius of the place loomed with
melancholy suggestion!
She was relieved when he spoke
"Mrs. Scoville (not Deborsli now)
have you any conlUlence In Oliver's
word? Has there ever been anything
in hia conversation S3 you knew It In
Detroit to make you hesitate to re-
ply?" the Judge persisted, as she con
tinued speechless.
"No; nothing. 1 have every con-
fidence In his assertions. I should have
yet, if It were not for this horror."
"Fernet it fur a moment. Itecall his
effect upon >.^a as a man, a prospec-
tive son-in-law—for you meaut him to
marry Keuther."
"1 trusted him. I would trust him in
many ways yet."
"Would you trust him enough to be-
lieve that he would tell you the truth
if you asked him point-blank whether
his hands were clean of crime?"
"Yes." The word came in a whis-
per; but there was no wavering In it.
She had felt the conviction dart ilko
an arrow through her mind that Oli-
ver might siay a man In his hate—
might even conceal his guilt for years
— but that he could not lie about U
■when brought fare to faco with an ac-
cuser like herself.
"Then 1 v til let you read something ,
he wrote at my requert these man.
years ago: An experience—the tale
of one awful night, the horrors of
which, locked within his mind and
mine, have never been revea'ed to a
third person. That you should share
our secret no*, Is not only necessary,
but flttlug It becomes tbo widow of
John Scoville to know what sort of a
man she le-Blsts in regarding inno-
cent. Wait for me."
With a quick step he wound his
way among the various encumbering
I had a few hours of freedom, I de-
cided to oegln the remodeling In clay
of an exquisite statue which had great-
ly aroused my admiration
This statue siood In a forbidden
pli.ee. If uas one of the art treasures
of the great house on the bluff com
inouly called Spencer's Folly I had
I seen (his marble once, when dining
there with father, and was so Im-
pressed by its beauty that it haunted
me night and day. The boy of fifteen
would attempt the Impossible I pro-
cured my clayiand then awaited my |
opportunity It came, as 1 have said,
on my birthday.
There wus no one living In the house
at this fins. Mr Spenter hod gone
West for the winter. U'ho servants
had been dismissed, and the place
closed.
\\ hat to every other person In town
would have seemed an Insuperable ob
stucle to this und. nuking, was no ob-
stacle to ji* I knew how to get In.
one day in nty restless wanderings
about u pluce which had something of
the jbaturo of a shrine to me, 1 had
noticed that one of the windowB (a
swinging one) overlooking the ravine
moved us the wind took it. ICithcr the
Ukklmd given way or It had not been
properly fastened. if 1 could only
bring myself to disregard the narrow-
ness of the ledge separating the house
from the precipice beneath I felt that
1 could reach this window and sever
the vines sufficiently for my body to
press in; and tills I did that night. 1
let myself go—I had to—and imme-
diately found myself standing upright
n sjiace so narrow 1 could touch the
walls on either side. It was a closet
I had entered, opening into the huge
dining hall, where I had once sat be-
side my father at the one formal meal
of my life.
I remembered that room; It had
made a great Impression upon me,
and some light finding lis way through
the panes of uncurtained glass which
topped each of the three windows over-
looking the ravine, I soon was able to
And the door leading into the drawing
room.
I had brought a small lantern In the
bag slung to my shoulders, but 1 had
both could see It "Do you agree to no longer askiug myself when and how
that?—unless I win and vour funds that dead man would Lo found; no
louger even usklng my own duty In
the case; for Spencer's Folly was on
S
go a-begging before that hour."
"I agree." The tone was harsh; It
was almost smothered The man was
staring at the watch; there was a!
strange set look to hlr figure; a paus- j
ing as of thought—of sinister thought,
I should now say; then I uever j
stopped to characterise It; it was fol ,
lowed too quickly by h loud luugh and
n sudden grab at the cards
"You'll wiu! I feel It In my bones,",
can e in encouraging tones from the
rich man "If you do'—here the storm
lulled and bis voice sank to an en-
couraging whisper—"you can buy the
old tavern up the road. It's going for
a song; und then we'll be neighbors
and can play—play—" , . .
The bille had all gone one way
They foil within Spencer's grasp. Sud-
denly hard upon a rattling peal which
seemed to unite heaven and earth, I
heard shouted out:
"ilalf-pust two! The game stops at
three."
"Damn your greedy eyes!" enme
back In a growl Then ah was Btill,
feaifully still, both In the atmosphere
outside and In that within, during
which I cuugh'. sight of the stranger's
hrnd moving slowly around to Ills
back antl returning as slowly forward,
all under cover of the table-top and a
stack of half-empty bottles.
"1 can buy the Claymore tavern,
can I? Well, I'm going to," rang out
into the air as the speaker leaped to
his feet. "Take that, you cheat! And
that! And that!" And the shots rang
out—one, two, three!
Spencer was dead In his Folly. I
had seen him rise, throw up his hands
and then «fn:l in a heap among the
cards and glasses
Tnen the man who stood there
alone turned slightly and 1 saw his
face. I have seen It many times
since; I have seen It at Claymore tav-! faiber's"presence' Tle'llk'e'everybody
n -ti lla r\tit toAn tiAn lw> ol> I.. I. I
You have not fulfilled every duty
unlet* yuu have fulfilled that of betiiK
pleasant.
Prejudice Is opinion without Judg-
msnt.
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He Had Not Seen Me and Was Going.
fire and the crime I had just ceen per-
petrated there would soon bo a crime
stricken from the sight of men for-
ever.
In the flare of its tremendous burn-
ing I found my way up through the
- I forest road to my home and Into my
V- 1
ern. He put the weapon back In his
else was up that night, and already
pocket and began gathering up the ajarme(j at my continued absence
money When every bill was in his; ..3periCer'a Folly is on Are," 1 cried,
pockets be reached out his hand for ftB ,)e CUHt (,l8mil>.cd eycB at my pallld
the wntch. Then I saw him smile. He
and dripping figure. "If you go to the
smiled as he shut the case, he smiled door yo„ can see ltr
as he plunged it In after the bills
Next moment 1 woke to a realiza-
tion of myself and all the danger of
m/ own position. I had the Instinct
to make a leap for the window over
my head and clutch at its narrow sill
In a wild attempt at escape.
Hut the effort ended precipitately.
He was coming toward me—a strain
lug, panting figure- half carrying, half
dragging, the dead man whft flopped
nslde from his arms. My senses
blurred and I knew nothing till on a
sudden they cleared again, and 1 woke
lo the blessed realization that the
door hud been pushed against my sien-
But I told him nothing more.
Perhaps other boys of my age can
understand my sllenco.
(TO llK CONTINUED.)
BEFORE HIS HOUR OF C10RY
CANNING AND PRESERVING.
The newer methods of canning are
much simpler to do, take less time and
the results ure always
satisfactory provided the
fruit be fresh und the
tans well sterilized.
Mauy people believe
they can use old rubbers
the second year and
trust to luck that the
fruit will keep. It never
pays to risk a can of
fruit which has taken
time and money, at the price of a can
rubber. Another point too often over
looked in entitling Is to see that the
cans are thoroughly clean. Simply i
washing them in soap suds, rinsing
them and thin when they are to be
Used give them a careloss rinsing, is
not enough. Cans that have been
well wasted should he put Into a pan
of cold water that covers them, tops I
as well as cans, and brought to the !
boiling point and bolted for a few
minutes, then when used, carefully
handled, not to put the Angers Inside
the cans or top. These uiuy seem
fussy directions, but to Insure success
In keeping fruit the most scrupulous i
enro must be observed. The rubbers
themselves should be dipped quickly |
into the hot water Just before they are j
put on to Insure against any foreign
matter getting into the "ruit.
Any small fruit which can be well
crushed and then mixed with nearly
equal bulk or sugar, allowed to stand
over night until the sugar Is thorough-
ly dissolved, then canned In sterilized
cans, put Into a cool place, the best
Is the back part of the Ice chest, will
keep Indefinitely and may be used for
so many delicious desserts. Not the
least appreciated Is the short cake. ■
For those who do not take ice or
have It to use. a cold cellar has been
proved equally as good to keep tsuch
fruit In. Keep It from the light.
Another Method of Canning.—Place
the fresh fruit In sterilized Jars, fill
full, put on rubbers und covers and
place in a broiler of boiling hot water.
Cover the cans to a depth of four
Inches, let stand well covered with
boiler cover, blankets cr carpets
twenty-four hours or until the water
Is cold. Take out cans, se. 'hat the
tops are perfectly tight and set away
tn the cellar.
Attitude of the Youthful Napoleon on
That Memorable June Day
in French History.
While we were spending our time In
a rather vagabond manner the twen-
tieth of Juno arrived. We met by ap
pointment at a restaurateur's in the
. , Kue St. Honore, near the I'alals
der figure, h ding it completely from Roya, tQ take one of our dally lam.
his sight, and that this door was now (),e8 Qu K0,nR out we BftW u mob ap.
closed again and this time tightly. proachlng ln tbe direction of the mar-
and 1 was safe safe. i ket whlch nona,)arte estimated at five
Ihe relief sent the perspiration In or B;x thousand tnen. They were u
a reek from every pore; but the icy ! rabblo of blackguards ludicrously
revulsion came quickly. As I drew up armed with weapons or every descrip-
knees to get a-better purchase on the ,iorj> aIld shouted while they proceed
sill, heaven s tor-h was suddenly lit ed rapld|y l0ward the Tuilerles, voctf
up, the closet ticca me a pit of dazzling crating all kinds of gross abuse. It
whiteness amid which I saw the blot I was a collection of all that was vilest
of that dead body, with head propped (ho ,)Uri,eU8 of ^aris
against the wuil and eyes j "i^t. ua follow the mob," said Hona-
Remember. I was but fifteen. The parte.
legs were hunched up and almost; We got the start of them and took
'I W"int You to Sit Here and Read,"
Said He.
not hitherto dared to use It on ac-
count of the transparency of tbe panes
I have mentioned; but once ln the per
fectly dark recesses of the room be-
pieces of furniture to his bedroom j > drew it out, and without the
Here he lingered so long that, without j lpa8t fear ot defection boldly turned
any conscious volition of her own she 11 UP°" ,he alcove where Btood
found herself on her feet, but she ; the object of my adoration. I knelt
had not had time to reseat herself
when she beheld him approaching with
the bundle of loose sheets clutched in
his hand.
"1 want you sit here and rend," said
he, laying the manuscript down on a
small table near the wall under a gas
Jet which he Immediately lighted. "I
am going back to my own desk If you
want to speak, you may; I shall not
be working." And she neard his foot-
steps retreating again in and out
among the furniture till he reached his
ov-n chair and rat before his own
table
This ended all sound In the room ex-
cepting the beating of her own heart,
which had become tumultuous.
Thank Ood! the manuscript was
legible. Oliver's handwriting pos-
sessed the clearness of print. She
had begun to read before she knew it,
and having begun, she never paused
•'II she reached the eud. *
I was fifteen. It was my blrthda'
and I had my own Ideal of how 1 want-
ed to spend It. My hobby was model-
Itnjt. My father had no symnathy
with this hoi by. To him It was a
waste of time better spent In study
or such sports as would fit me for
vtudy. When on the day 1 mention
before the glimmering marble and un
rolled my bundle of wet clay.
I began my work, then 1 began to
realize a little the nature of the task
1 had undertaken and to ask myself
whether If I stayed all night I could
finish it to my mind It was during
one of these momeuts of hesitation
(hat I heard the first growl of distant
thunder.
Hut the thunder growled again and
my head roe' this time in real alarm
A man two men were entering by
the great front door. I heard a loud
laugh, and the tipsy exclamation of a
voice J i'new:
"There! shut the uoor, can't you,
before It's blown from Its hinges?
You'll find i/erything Jolly 1 ere Wine,
llght*i. solitude in which to finish our
game and a roaring good opportunity
to sleep afterwards."
The answer I failed to catch 1 was
simply paralyzed by terror As the
door of the room opened to admit
them, 1 succeeded In shutting that of
the closet Into which 1 had flung my-
self—or almost no. I did not dare to
latch It, for they were already In the
room and might hear me.
"This Is the spot for us," came
In Spencer's most Jovlal tones. "IJlg
table, whisky handy, ctrds right here
touched mine. The door—the door—
tl.ere was my way—the only way
which would rid me instantly of any
proximity to this hideous object. 1
flung myself at it—found the knob —
turned It and yelled aloud—my foot
had brushed against him. I knew tbo
difference and it sent me palpitating
over the threshold; but no farther
Ixjve of life hud returned with my es-
cape from that awful prison house,
and 1 halted In the semidurkness Into
which I had plunged, thanking heaven
for the thunder peal which hud
drowned my loud cry
For I was not yet safe. He was
still there, lie had turned out ali
lights but one lie bad not seen me
and was going 1 could hear the
sound of his feet as he went stum-
bling in his zigzag course towards the
loor. Then every sound both on his
part and on mine was lost in a swoop
of down-falling rain and 1 remember
nothing more till out of the blackness
up our station on the terrace along the
river. It was there that he witnessed
the scandalous scenes which took
place, and it would be difficult to de-
scribe the eurprise und Indignation
which they excited in him. When the
king showed himself at the windows
overlooking the garden with the red
cap which one of the mob had put on
his head he could no longer repross
Ills Indignation. "What stupidity!" he
loudly exclaimed. "Why have they
let ln all that rabble? They should
knock off 400 or GOO of them with the
cannon; th? rest would take them-
selves off fast enough."
When we sat down to dinner, which
I paid for, as 1 generally did, for I was
the richer of the two, he spoke of noth-
ing but the scene we had witnessed
He discussed with great good sense the
causes and consequences of this un.'e
pressed insurrection. He foresaw and
developed with sagacity all that would
follow. He was not mistaken.—
before me, he started again into view, I "Memoirs of Napoleon Honaparte,'
within the open doorway where In the ! Louis Antotne Fauvelet de Hourrtenne
glare of what ho called heaven's cun-1 -
dies ho stood, poising himself to meet ' Properly "Land o' Cakes."
the gale which seemed ready to catch j Scotland came to be known centu-
him up und whirl him with other in r|cs ago as the "Lnnd o' Cakes," and
consequent things into the void of! aH guch has been celebrated In proso
nothingness Then darkness settled
again and 1 was left alone with Mur
and poetry. One may yet, In truvellng
through that northern land, come up-
der- all the Innocence of my youth on countn inns an'1 herders' huts, see
gone, and my soul a very churuel
house
I hod to re-enter that closet; hud to
take the only means of escape prof-
fered. Hut I went through It as we go
through the horrors of nightmare-
1 simply did It and escaped all—
lightning flash and falling limb, and
tbe lasso of swirling wlnda—to find
myself at lust lying my full length
along the bridge amid a shock of ele-
ments Buch as naiure seldom sports
with. Here I clung, for 1 was breath
less, waiting with head burled In my
arm for the rain to abate before I at-
tempted a further escape from the
women who never attended a "cooking
school" anil who over u peat fire In the
great chimney place, a griddle swung
by a crane over the slow coals, baking
a cake more than a foot In diameter,
savory ami promising of a meal for
the gods, and who when the big cako
is ready for tho turning will seize the
griddle by th > handle, give It. a toss
In the air. and turn that cake with an
art motion not to be seen in any other
place on earth, the big round slnb turn-
ing a loop-the loop and slighting with
the other aide down In tbe same place
as before to the brealth of a slender
stem of the heather.
NEW WAYS WITH OLD FRUITS.
The most satisfactory way of serv-
ing fruits Is fresh, and as simply as
possible, but for variety
wr enjoy something un-
common or new
Pineapple Dainty.—
Decorate a mold with
some jolly. Cut pineap-
ple into dice, enough to
till u cup Put through a
sieve pineapple to make
half a cupful. Dissolve two and a
fourth teuspoonfuls of powdered gela-
tin In one cupful of hot water. Strain
it Into one cupful of warm custard,
add the dice and puree of pineapple,
one teaspoonful of rose extract and
sugar to taste. Mix all together and
lastly stir In one cupful of whipped
cream. When the mixture is almost
setting pour Into u mold. When firm,
turn out and serve with whipped
sweetened cream.
Blackberry Ice Cream.— Dissolve
two und one fourth tablespoonfuls of
powdered gelatine ln one and one-
half cupfuls of hot water. Scald four
cupfuls of milk, add one cupful of
sugar, the dissolved gelatine, one tn-
blespoonful of lemon Juice and two
cupfuls of whipped cream. Freeze un-
til mushy Crush one quart of ripe
blackberries through a sieve and add
them to the half frozen mixture and
finish freezing Remove the dnsher,
repack and allow to ripen fur two
hours, rierve In sherbet glasses.
Strawberry Gateau.—Hake a round
sponge cake, cut off the top when cold
and fill with nice fresh strawberries,
and heap with sweetened whipped
cream, cover with cut strawberries
and servo well chilled.
Pear Fritters.—Cut some ripe pears
Into thick slices, sprinkle with sugar
and prepare the batter as follows:
Take one cupful of sifted flour, the
yolks of two eggs, one-half cupful of
cold water, one tablespoonful of olive
oil and two tablespoonfuls of sugar;
mix into a smooth paste, add tho
whites of the three eggs, beaten stiff,
nnd a pinch of salt the last thing
Have the fat smoking hot, dip Bllces
of pear Into tho batter and fry quickly.
When brown dust with sugar and
serve with a sauce made from ttie
Juice of the pears with a little but-
ter and flour cooked together for
thickening
Sex Ir Flowers.
All flowering plants have what is
called pollen, which Is composed of
minute particles generated In the flow-
er, and which has a definite sexuality.
The male potion seeks that union
which will make for reproduction, and
It has been said poetically that desire
ln the flowers Is as Intense us lu any
other form of life. Only the flowers
could tell this, nuJ the flowers don't
speak our language, though we poor
humans have urtlflelally and empiri-
cally coined a "language of the tlow
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Fertility to Poorest and Most
Exhausted Soil.
Consul Frank Deodmeyer writes
from Charlottetown. I*. K I.. Canada:
In most of the bays Indenting the
shores of Prince Kdward Island are
found extensive deposits of mussel
bIioIIb. so called locally, being organic
remains of countless generations of
oysters, mussels, clams, and other bt-
valves of the ocean, and of crustu-
ceous animals generally. The shells,
usually more or less intact, are found
imbedded in dense deposits of mud-
like substance and this combination is
a fertilizer of high value and potency.
It supplies small quantities of phos-
phates und alkalies. An ordinary
urging of It secures fertility tn a
striking manner to the poorest or most
exhausted soil. The shells decay slow-
ly, year by year, throwing off a film
of fertilizing stuffs. The deposits
around Prince Edward Island vnry
from live to twenty five feet in depth.
They are taken up by dredging ma-
chines worked from rafts in summer
or from the Ice lu winter
Lawyer Blind From Birth
Blind from birth, yet successfully
passing the b:<r examination before
the state supreme court, ts tbe record
of Ole H Flow of Plerro, 8. I). Flow
Is a native of South Dakota and hua
mudo his way regardless of his handi-
cap for many years.
Procuring a copy of Hlackstone, he
memorized It from readings by his sis-
ter. lie then Joined fortunes with an-
other young aspirant for the bar, and
they have worked together until both
passed the examination. Flow wrote
out his answers to the questions read
him by one of the court stenographers,
using an ordinary typewriter.
An Expert.
Johnny—What Is an expert, pa?
Pa---A fellow who ti'lln others how
to do the things lie enn't do himself.—
Kansas City Star
Never.
Home people are always saying
"There ought to be something done
about It," but they never do anything
themselves.
NO IDEA
What Caused the Trouble.
"T always drank coffee with tho rest
of the family, for It seemed as If there
was nothing for breakfast If we did
not hnve It on the table.
"I had been troubled for some time
with my heart, which did not feel
right. This trouble grew worao
steadily,
"Sometimes It would beat fast, and
at other times very Blowly, bo that I
would hardly be able to do work for
an hour or two after breakfast, and If
1 walked up a bill, it gave me a severe
pain.
"I had no idea of what the troubl*
was until a friend suggested that per-
haps It might be coffee drinking I
tried leaving off tho coffee and begnn
drinking Postum. The change came
quickly. I am glad to say that I am
now entirely free from heart trouble
nnd nttrlhute the relief to leaving off
coffee and the use of Postum.
number of my friends have aban-
doned aofice and have taken up Post-
um. which l..ey are using steadily.
There aro some people that mako
Postum very weak and tasteless, but
If made according to directions, it Is
a very delicious bovcrnre." Name
given by Postum Co., Uattlo Creek,
Mich.
Postum comes In two forms;
Postum Cereal the original form-
must bo well boiled. 15c nnd 25c pack-
ages.
Instant Postum—a soluble powder-
dissolves quickly in a cup of hot wa
ter, and. with cream and sugar, .makes
a delicious beverage Instantif'-MOo
and 50c tins.
Bolb kinds are equally delicious and
cost about Uie same per cup.
"There's a Heason" for Postum.
—sold by Urccart.
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