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] Irish lassie-he could not see her go the
way of the flaming courtesan
So he said within himself and pondered,
planned and rejected is plans, wrote out
sermons and destroyed them, more con-
fused and perplexed than at any time
since his coming TO Eureka.
The boy who rang the bell for SER
vices at the church and swept out oc-
casionally could not understand why the
parson was so anxious to be rid of him
that night. He hung around the corner
to watch, and when he saw forty men
he was sure there were forty, for he
counted-file solemnly in. each with a
Bible in his hand, he determined to slip
OF his chagrin the parson quickly closed
and locked the door. 1t was on no use to
apply his eye to the keyhole-the key was
in the lock. And, listen as he might he
neard only the usual tones of prayer and
h6cripture reading. So he stole away.
Within there was hushed and curious
company. Nearly every one Vaughan
knew was there. Shed Wellman and
Dick, Poole and Pitcher. Jo the miner and
his mates; Barker. very prominent in a
front seat: Addison. sober for once; Mat
Kyle, awed, but full of confidence in the
parson. and Jack. watchful as an old
dog.
| Arthur Sinclair was not present, but
Ned wilkins was there so was Penrose.
the editor of .ie Eureka Sentinel, and
/ Vaughan started as he recognized him
Eugene Winslow.
The chapter was nct lacking in dignity
or impressiveness as Vaughan read 1t. 1t
contained words not used in polite society.
/ but 1t Is safe to assert every one present
! had heard them. knew what they meant.
Nevertheless the reader assumed igno-
rance on the part of his listeners and ex-
planned as he would explain any other
unfamiliar composition the harsh utter
ances, their superficial meaning and their
deep significance. Then he closed the
book and made his personal application.
! 1t was personal. He called each man
by name. laid bare his hidden sin, gave
| facts, dates even. 1t was a bold thing
/ to do. but no one seemed TO resent IT,
! Each culprtt. as his turn came. wriggled
on his seat blushed laughed like a
schoolboy caught pilfering an orchard.
tried to think it was no great afair-it
was something at which men laugh. OF
which few are ashamed, some oven proud.
Yet in spite of themselves they were
ashamed The relish for the unlawful
had been taken away
Winslow watched them with bitter
smile. III he had had such experiences
but he never mad. no one had ever seen
had ever seen him speak to the women OF
the under world. but II they had. no beg
carly Methodist parson should call 1t to
his remembrance.
Suddenly Inc long brown forefnger OF
the young preacher was pointed directly
at him.
''All these venial sins" he was saying,
compared with the sin of him who takes
an innocent young girl
In fash Winslow was on HIS feet, re-
volyer drawn.
Another word and I'll blow your brains
out,' he shouted.
Instantly Dick. 10 the miner and half a
dozen others had covered him. The room,
was In confusion, men were leaping over
chairs. calling out Don't shoot" Dis
! arm him.
In the midst of the uproar ack Perry's
voice rang out. clear and steady as a
/ trumpet CALL "Ill take care of this, gen.
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tlemen. Keep your sittin'! Give me that
shooun' iron. inslow. or I'll pump ye
as full of lead as lead minel''
White and shaking like an aspen,
Winslow relinquished his weapon. -Ye're
a dirty dog, If ye are Eugene Wins
low Jack growled in a low under
tone as he received it.
He's no gentleman" clustered Win
low. There isn't a man alive who
will allow a lady's name to be brought
into a discussion of this kind
He didn't name any names,' returned
Jack. He warn't dealin' with any one
but you; and you agreed. like the rest
of us, to fall in and take your medi-
cine. Set down..
Winslow sat down.
Go ahead, parson." said Jack But
the parson. like every one else in the
room. felt that there was nothing more
to be said just then. The fire had been
kindled A spirit had been aroused
which could be left TO do it's work.
He uttered a brief prayer for guidance.
and support and strength. unlocked the
door and let them go.
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mischief, and braced himself. Go on
he said
"Do you swallow the Bible whole?" in
quired Jack, earnestly.
Il swallow it whole. Jack" Vaughan
answered Have you heard me preach
all this time. not to know that?'
You don't throw-out none of it?'
Not word." declared the young
preacher, stoutly.
Jack turned in triumph to the group
of cavilers and doubters.
" Why?" pursued Vaughan.
'"Cos this ere boomer OF inf1ddle-ism
who writes for the papers says there
amt preacher in the United States
but throws out lot of 1t that amt fit
for decent man to read or decent folks
to hear l thought there was one
preacher in the United States that would
take his dare . Jack plumed himself
like a turkey cock.
Let me see the paper" said Vaughan
quietly. He read over the list of chap
ters referred to by the challenger and
saw at once the pit into which he had
leaped. He could hear Jack say. Il told
you so. / knew he'd stand to it," Jack s
acquaintance with the book was limited
to what he had heard read in church.
I We'll. parson. what do you think of the
list?" inquired Barker.
Winsow laughed.
Not for worlds would Vaughan now re-
tract or nedge. He temporized. Il sup
pose you will all bring your wives and
daughters to hear me-" he queried.
"Cer-tain," said Jack. He had neither
chick nor child. and good old Martha. his
honest wife, was deaf as q post.
Well hardly" said Barker. Louise
Barker was one of the prettiest girls ir
Eureka. and one OF the best beloved
"Oh. it's to. be all men; very we'll" said
Vaughan. He had gained one point.
And you will bring your Bibles to see
that read the chapter, word for wore? ??
he pursued.
sure said Jack He wasn't positive
there was Bible in the house. but there
ought to be. Martha probably had one.
And | shall be allowed to make what
ever personal application l please?
Vaughan continued.
You bet said Jack. No one demurred
that would be confessing too much.
And you shall hear me through, :
vaughan concluded I'm not going tc
have any one of you go away and mis-
interpret or half interpret what I've said
The door will be locked"
To this also every man agreed, and an
evening was set for the reading of the
chapter.
With long, earnest thought and many
prayers did the young preacher prepare
himself for the encounter. The evil witt
which he meant 10 grapple, armed with
The text afforded by the chapter. was one
! which he had avoided, untn now. With
every nerve In his sensitive body ht
shrank from the mention of it. And yel
ne had realized from the outset. that some
day. somehow. he must cleanse the
Augean stables of Eureka dance halls
and dens. He shared with most men tht
instructive feeling that a mans persona
habits are his own concern. The privi-
ieges of his profession thus far had failed
10 warrant his prylng too deeply into his
neighbor's private affairs On the Other
nand, there We're boys and young men ir
Eureka who must be prevented from
hoiding lightly .ne sacred mysteries o1
Tie and sex. And there was Mary Plynn's
sister Ellen. the pretty little bue-eyed
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Katharine herself was extremely uneasy
. over her protege's last challenge to the
public, not only on account of the menace
to hIs personal safety, but because she
hated to think of l4im at the mercy of the
mob in a position to be laughed at and
criticised. Yet she could not resist
thrill of PRIDE when Ned Wilkins said.
The parsons all right. He's good
stuff
Wait till tell you what l saw today,
he said Twas down there in front of
Jacks. There was a fellow going for the
parson just about as the Frenchman did
at Morning Star He'd just whipped out
HIS revolver when a pair of runaway
horses came galloping down the hill. You
know how icy 1t is on that corner. The
sleigh slowed around"
Where was the driver?" inquired Miss
Emmeline.
"on the floor OF the sleigh-drunk" re-
piled Ned. Vaughan sprang for the
horses and succeeded in stopping them
incidentally he saved himself. for the fell
/ low with the pistol would have shot him
before we could have got there. We had
him fixed by the time Vaughan came
back"
Did Jack see him."
Yes. Jack was there"
What did he say?"
Proud as a peacock"
Haverford arose to say his adieus.
Winslow fingered.
Going my way?" inquired Haverford.
Presently" returned winslow.
Haverford waited. Winslow delayed.
AT length, seeing that there was no help
for it. he resigned himself TO Haverford' s
companionship. Halfway down Main
street he paused abruptly.
I've forgotten something" he ex-
claimed. I'll have 10 go back. Don I
wait"
Haverford. his suspicious now thor
oughly aroused, turned and watched
him. IL was ruse, no doubt. to make
an opportunity for speaking with Mrs.
Chisholm alone. Could WinsIow not see.
what they all saw so plainly. that her
feelings had changed toward him, that
he was no longer singled out by her ap-
proval, that, on the contrary, she avoid
ed him?
Five minutes passed-ten. He walked
uneasily UP and down. Evidently Wins
low had not met with a rebuff after all.
Could IL be possible that Mrs Chisholm s
manner veied emotions of a different
character from those Haverford attrmuted
to her? His pulse-beats quickened Half
an hour had elapsed and still there was
no sign Of his missing companion Some
one eise came hurTylns along, someone
whose quick. light step he knew
Good evening, Vaughan" he called;
have you seen anything of Winslow?"
j Vaughan started in surprise
Yes. Why2" he returned.
/ He left me some time ago-half an
hour or more" said Haverford hastily.
He said he had forgotten something.
They don't usually like to have callers
so late"
'They2" repeated Vaughan, vacantIy.
The Richmond Hill people That was
where he was going. of course There $
no one else in this part of the town
on whom he calls"
Vaughan remained silent. Ii was moi
the house on Richmond Hill that he had
seen Winslow enter, but the small cot
tage in which old Mother Macy lived.
Her husband worked in the mine on
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the night shift. and pretty little Ellen
Brady Ma Flynn's sister. had gone
there to remain until she should find a
better place. He had seen Winslow
approach the cottage. glance furtively
around. then hurry up the path to the
door. He had seen the light shine out
from within, framing Ellen's light
curis, had heard her innocent girlish cry
of welcome, and had seen Winslow enter
-as man enters his own house,
We'll. good night" said Haverford, as
they came to Jackson's corner. II sup
pose you are very busy these days"
Yes. very busy" replied Vaughan,
absent -mindedly. For the moment, even
his work for temperance seemed to have
been blotted out.
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CHAPTER XIX.
The Dare.

ne Oarc.
The topic most discussed and wrangled
over, in Eureka, apart from the themes
related to daily work, was. strange as it
may seem, religion. Nor was this as
strange as it seems. The virtues which
religion Observation-Disclosures, patience,
faith-are the virtues Of the miner. The
rewards it has to offer-support here. con-
ISOLATION hereafter-appeal especially to
him. In the constant presence of danger
man is not able to forget his own
soul even if he would; in the continual
endurance of hardship he is driven to
face the great questions of life, of des-
tiny of the relations of man to God and
God to man. So when 1t chanced that a
prominent lawyer of well-known atheistic
tendencies, publicly, in the columns of
the newspapers, wagered a large sum
that no clergyman in the United States
would read aloud in church certain chap
ters of the book designated as holy and de-
clared 10 be inspired, the challenge was
taken up and talked about in Eureka
as IL 1t were personal affair.
Particularly in Jack Perry's saloon was
argument rife. Every one acknowledged
that Haverford would not read those
chapters; neither would Mumford, the
Presbyterian minister, nor Father
y keefe, the Romanist- OF Vaughan they
were less sure. "If he thought the Old
Gentleman put them there for him to
read. he'd read 'em," insisted Jack.
But, Jack" returned Barker, who had
scented argument afar OFF, as a war
horse scents battle. and had hurried in.
that's the point. This man who writes
for the newspaper contends that the Old
Gentleman. as you call him. didn't put
in those chapters: he thinks twas the
work of the Other Fellow"
Then it's no Gods bookv' declared a
gray-haired miner sadly.
Barker shrugged his shoulders. Jack
whispered in the ear of a boy who stood
near. The boy disappeared and soon re-
turned with Vaughan in tow
"Parson," said Jack, as the Young
Methodist hurried into the saloon won
dering what had happened or what was
about to happen, for he had received
only the message to come down to Jack S
-"psrson. | want to ask you some oues-
tons
Vaughan glanced hastily around rhe
room, saw Barker. saw Jo and several
other miners in the habit of attending
his church: saw Winslow, who had lust
come in. noted the unsettled look on JOS
face, Barker's quizzical smile, Winslow's s
satirical twitching OF the lip. suspected
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In tOday's sunday Cah Is
puhIiEhed the fourth instaliment
NJ ssThe Saxebrush ParsOn," by
A. n. Ward. It Is strong
western story, depicting the
unconventional life In the sage-
bruSh wastes of Nevada, and
has been compared most favor
ably by the best critics with
.sThe VirEinian" and other high
class literary productions of
the day. The characters, are
all distinctly marked, the hero,
Clement Vaughan, an English
man. being particularly strIk-
ing. The strong denOuement of
the novel is vividIy unfOlded,
and the authors sense of humOr,
apparent throughout the story,
contributes greatly TO the
readers enjoyment, and he will
nnd running through the chap
ters a powerful plot replete
with sensational scenes. 'The
Sagebrush ParsOn" will be con-
cIuded in Eve issues of the Sum
day Call.
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Continued on Page 5.
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were told, and Vaughan was given more
or less glory according to the animus
of the story teller. 1t was Winslow who
described the two black eyes; he made
them absurd. haverford told about the
saloon-keeper, not without certain luke
warm admiration for the courage dis
played, but confessing a lack of SYM
pathy with the movement"
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-01-27
Bic biiuri(tt Stsuuns.

So6n GtesQ, Ser beriibmte englii9e
YiIohauer, bate Den 9er5py BON @elz
lineton nit DieIer MiiEe iiberreost, ibm
su elmer Statue 5u iiBen. Selbitperz
itdnOli9 lag i'm piel 0dran, ben 6elos
BERN aud in rebt 6~elOenbafter, triez
eeriiGer &altung unb Miene Oar5uitels
len, uno ba erbob ii9 Die ungedbnte
S9ipierigteit, 0aB Der 9er5og our3
ni6ts oa3u 81 bringen mar, fpl9e 9alz
tung uno Mie,le an5unebmsn. Gnoli9
rib Dem aiinftler bie Geoulb, uno er
periu9te Oie 6eitung nit Sturm 81
nebmen.
rSa i9 bod iebt Seii9ts5ige unb
9eItalt BON @lter @ndcen Der gta6pelt
iberliefern ion, 10 mD4te i4 lie op4
aud mDgli3it biItpriI3 treu iherliez
fern. @ie Derbielten Sic ii9 benin nun
Dor elmer Sbrsr eroBen S9lu3ten. Die
Sbren Hamen Der BeItgei3i4te elm
perlei6t baben, Iasen mir gum 9et>
fpiel Dor Der G9la9t BEL Salumantag
SD ftelle mir bor, 6aB Gle bin uno
Der ii6er ous S6la9tfelb galpppirten
uno Sbre in S9la9torOnung uufge>
ftelten &riegeri9uuren bur9 @ort
uno 9eberbe gu unberglei6li9en 9elS
~oent6aten onfeuerten." Sa ertpioerte
Ser srobe 9riegsmunn: rMenn sic
mid in gan5 biitoriI9 treuer Stenung
berepigen tpoQsn, ME i9 tie Dor Der
S6la9t bon Salamanfa e%innebmen
mubte, Damn miifen Gle mid duf Dem
8au6e liegeno abbtlOen. elm Selestop
in Der 0aro, osna 10 unteriudte i'd an
ienem Morgen oie feinoli6e Steaun9."
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-01-27
Oas Jn(erat.
Dumurrske ucu cAlfrrn Sbrcibcr.

gs mar ni6t lsidt fir Die unperbeiz
rdtbeten SfFi3iere oes tleinen Gdrnis
fonftdot9ens 8orfpaloe, YriDotfpo6s
nungen gu finOen. Miet6spo6nungen
CAB es BORT fuft gar ni9t, ion0ern ss
puren meiit MIR Ginfdmilienpobnbdu>
fer gu ba6en, uno 10 paren Die 9erren
2eutnants Oarauf ansepieIen, ii9 gu
mebreren 5ufammen Elm iol9es SGus=
9en gu mietben unO ii9 bort, 10 gut es
ging, ein5uri9ten. Natiirlib baftete
elmer oerartigen !0Gusli9feii oas I'm
gemitGli9e bon SunsseisGenpobnuns
gen in nod erbObtem Mube an. Sur
tpeni9en mar e5 gegllidt, in elmer So
milientpobnung l1ntertunft gu finben,
un0 unter 0ieien tuenigen mar Der
S%berleutnant Sspalo 9ilger Der 8e=
b~or3ugteIte.
Sa po6nte nGmli9 in 8orftpaloe
Der Gentier &drl perletpiB nit Ieiner
sSdmilie, beIte6eno aus feiner Srau
Murie uno 5tpei SO4tern, Der nern-
sebniG6rigen @gatbe nnb Dem lang.
SDpfigen 8adfti99en @rete. @uber=
Dem lebte nod Sante @lipine, bee
9ausberrn S9peiter, BEL linn.
6err 9erletpib liebte einen gutter
Sif9, fein 3ener barg ftets cine senii-
gen0e @usndbl gutter Sropfen, er battI
5einen Sfatabeno uno ieinen &eeelfluf
- uno ods geniigte ibm. 6iir bOberI
Snterefen. fir 8unit uno WiRenI6aft
mar er nidt gu baben. SIR Bidder
3eitfbriften uno dbnliben rMumpib'
CAB er fem @elb aus, uno 10 penig e
font fnauierte = in oiefem puntt ma,
Ct gerabeou tleinlid.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-01-27

@6enOs IieB Serre perlepib feline
beiie Marte aug bem &eQer bsraufz
bolen uno Damn parbe @%erlobung 9ez
feiert. Gr trug sen 9opf nod einmal
10 itplS.
9d fam @rete ber6eigeitiir5t. rpapd,
fieb MIR! 9ier babe i6 cine anOere 3eiz
ting 6eIorgt unO nun lies nal iebt ods
SnIeratlI"
Gr fsbte Die 8riGe auf unO las:
.M06ltrte3 3immer Su permietben
2angeitrabe 80" @erbubt iab er uuf.
v9lee, 70 ne @emeinfeit," fdgte er
Darn, mus geroOe uniere 3eitung
fnIi9 ee0ruft fein!"
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-01-27
eabnbnfsportirr ais ereaniff.

Sn @robberingen Bel 4poloa, Shit
ringen, Der Itarb Der in rpeiten &reifen
befannte uno beliebte 8abnbofspertier
Tran5 Jrsuno, bon Dem fOlsenoe Sc
i9i9te ersGblt miro: Ils gutter Orgel>
fpieler pertrat err ppr einigen Sabren
Sen 0ebrer feines Oorfes i'm Sonnz
tagsgpttes0ienft. @r bate Den Sag
3ubor anitrengenbs @rbeit gebd6t uno
mo- pGbreno ser Breoist fanft ein9ez
f9ldfen. &les tpartet auf Ous Gin
fesen Der Srgel, aber bieie fnpeigt.
Od gibt Elm 8efannter Dem SrguniIten
einen Gippenftob, uno unier 6reuno,
aus Dem S9lufe erpa6eno, in Der
Meinung, er miife Ben 3ug abrufen.
ruff nit aler 8ruft feiner gepaltigen
Stentpritimme: rGiniteigen in Der
Ri6tung Suisa, 4polbG, Weimur, grz
furt, 9otba, Giienu9!"
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-01-27

Jgu'S St[tpiUlD lUCpIe LSlIe DOr FU
bin. Sine falnoie Sbee bate IiG1 feiner
bemd9tigt. @r nabm iein Sai9en=
meiTer unb rabirte borii4tig 0ie To-
tpieip nur angeOeutete Nun meg, Damn
glGttete er Die &aIur nit Dem Singer
nogel, unO nun mar BEL ni1t 9an5
i9urfem !6inieben ni9ts @er0GGtigss
Su entoeden.
vSas miro elm 9auptipaB, tpenn bie
BEL YerlepiBens beute Na6mittug
leien, Dab ibr eisenes 3immer gu perz
mtetben it'll"
Sante Mlfpine mar itets 6ie erite,
tpel9e BEL PerIepibens Die 3eitung CUR
6an6 nabm. sic fab Damn in i6rer
bequemen @rterede, cine CUTE Safe
&affee Dor ii6 un6 las.
S9on mar lie fat nit ibrer 2ettiire
gu @n6e, als lie fi9 nit einem iG6sr
Stud in ibrem SiB aufri9tete. rMarie.
Marie!" rief lie laut.
Srau PerlepiB trat eben ms 3imz
mer. r@as ipI i4 6enn9"
rWarum 5iebt benin Der 2eutnant
uus9"
Ser 2eutnant9 @sl9sr 2eutnant
oenn?"
Sea, unIer 2eutnant!"
nI6, uniinn, Der bentt ia gar ni6t
oaran!"
rNa, tpesbaIb babt SIR benn bas
3immer in oie 3eituns ieben Iafen9"
v@ir9"
r9ter ftebt es bod fIar uno osutIi@
gu leIen!"
Srau YerlepiB nabm Die 3eituns
uno las. ga, 6a fpar fem 53peifel, 0ds
mar ibr 3immer, bas ba anseboten
pur0e.
rMutt9sn, gibbs balo 8affee?"
9rete fpur es, ser mrnrere 9ddfif9,
Ger ms 3immer %geIprunsen fam.
Sante Mltpine fpnnte ii9 ni6t entz
balten gu fragen: r@retel, peiBt Su
etna, pb unIer 2eutnant aus5ie6t2"
@retel mar itarr. Seine 4bnung
bate tie!
.Timm mfrs ni6t libel" faote
Sante @ltpine 5l Marie, nSein Mann
lit man6mal BON elmer f9redli4en
Hiidii6tsloiigteit! Sur4 bic 3eitung
mubt On crit erfa6ren, pas in Seiz
mem eigenen Sauie porgebt. Wenn oas
mein Mann mGre!!" =
9lidli6erpeiie bate lie feinen
Nlann.
Snoefen mar &arl Perleipib nit
Mgatbe ein9etreten. Iun mar bic Sa>
mile fpmplett.
Sag NAL, &arl, BAIT Su mas nit
Dem 2eiitnant gebabt9" Sante @lpine
that Sen eriten 8pritoB.
rMit Dem 2eutnant? Nlit unferem
2eutndnt? Sd? Nein."
nNa, tpesbalb mill er oenn aus
aieben9"
.Nus5ieben9 Wer iaet oenn bas2"
rSu BAIT bo9 unisr 3immer etr>
9eriiGt!"
&orl YerleipiB mar Ipra9los. Gr
ftarrte feline S9peiter entgeiftert an.
Ils &ntport tippte er rur nit ni9t
mib5uperftebenOer Miene nit Dem
3eigefineer on feline Stirn.
n8itte, bier 1T Die 3eitung, fannft
ia ielber na9ieben," iaste tie pabig
unb mari linn oas 8latt bin.
!Serr Berlenib fonnte es dbiolut
nidt bertragen, ipenn nan nnfreunoz
li9 nit Inn ipra9. 60 rubig er lonlt
mar = oas bra6te i'm aus Dem sSduss
den. Bite anitGnOia nit mir gu
fpre9en!" rief err unb i6lug nit Der
fla6en !Sdnb duf Den Slid, Dab Die
&afeetahe tlirrte. nMeine 8riae!"
berri9te er Damn.
ga. Yapa." 9rete bolte tie eitigii
berbei.
Ha9bem Serr perletpib feline @uz
gen b%epaffnet bate, nabm er Die Set
hung. @eritGnSniblos i6ittelte er odi
9aupt.
r6aft On Senn Bic Mn3eige tpirflif
nidt einriiden laHen2" fraste enolid
Mdrie.
r&eine Spur!"
Ollie faben fid bertpunbert an.
r@m Gnbe bat Der 2eutnunt felbf
ss setban," meinte Grau perlepiB, .el
min pieaeiht ausaieben uno uns erf
lsinen griabmann beforaen."