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CHAPTER XVIII.

Alison's Story.
She told her story evenly, with her
eyes on the water. only now and then.
when I. too. sat looking seaward. I
thought she glanced at me furtively.
And once, IN the middle of it. she
stopped altogether.
"You don't realize it, probably" she
protested, but you look like "a war
god. Your face is horrible"
81 will turn my back. II 1t will help
any," l said stormily. but If you -ex-
pect me to look anything but murder
GUS. why, you don't know what l am
going through with. That's ALL"
The story of her meeting with the
Curtis woman was brief enough. They
had met In Rome first, where Alison
and her mother had taken a villa for
a year. Mrs. Curtis had lowered on
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done that.k,nd of thing 'bescre, sid ]

done that. kind of thing befors, -sAd
well, have paid up, 1 think"
What sort of looking chap was
Sullivan" l demanded! l had got ur
and was pacing back and forward on
the said. remember kicking savage
ly at bit of water-soaked board that
lay in my way.
VERY handsome-as large as you
are, but fair, and even more erect"
! drew my shoulders up sharply. l
am straight enough, but 1 was fairly
sagging with jealous rage.
when mother began to get around,
somebody told her that I had been
going about with Mrs. Curtis and her
brother. and we had a dreadful time.
I was dragged home like bad child.
Did anybody ever do that to you?"
Nobody ever cared. l was born
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SYNOPSIS.

Lawrence Blakeley. lawyer. goes to
Pittsburg with the forged notes in the
Bronson case to get the deposition OF
John Gilmore. millionaire: A lady re
quests Blakeley to buy her q Pullman
ticket. He gives her lower II and re-
tains lower 10. He finds a drunken man
in lower 10 and retires in lower
.. He awakens in lower and
finds his clothes and bag missing. The
man in lower 10 is found murdered. Cir
cumstantial evidence points to- both
clothes The tradn is wrecked and Blake
girl in blue. His arm Is broken. The girl
proves to be Alison West, his partner 9
sweetheart Blakeley returns home and
finds he Ii under surveillance. Moving
pictures Of the train taken Just before
the wreck reveal to Blakeley man leap
ing from the train with his stolen grip.
proves that the mans name
Is Sullivan. Mrs. Conway. the woman for
whom Blakeley bought Pullman ticket,
tries to make a bargain with him for the
forged notes. not knowing that they are
missing Blakeley and an amateur de-
tective investigate the home Of sullivan's
sister. From a servant Blakeley learns
that Alison West had been there on a
visit and Sullivan had been attentive to
her. Sullivan II the husband OF daugh-
ter OF the murdered man. Blakeley's g
house Is ranaacked by the police. He
learns that the affair between Alison and
his partner Is on.
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as l merely held it she let it lie warm
in mine. But when I raised 1t to my
lips, and kissed the soft, open palm,
she drew 1t away without displeasure.
Mot that, please" she protested,
and fell to whistling softly again. her
chin in her hands. Il can't sing" she
said, to break an awkward pause,
"and SO, when I'm fidgety. or have
something on my mind, whistle. l
hope you don't dislike it?"
Il love it." asserted warmly.
did; when she pursed her lips like
that I was mad to kiss them.
II saw you-at the station" she
said suddenly. "You-you were in a
hurry to CO." did not say anything.
and after a pause she drew long
breath. Men are queer, aren't they?"
she said, and fell to whistling again.
After awhile she sat up as If she
had made a resolution. Il am going
to confess something" she announced
suddenly. you said. you know, that
you had ordered all this for something
you-you wanted to say to me. But
the fact is, fixed It all-came here.
I mean, because-I knew you would
come, and l had something to tell
you. It was such a miserable thing
needed the accessories to help me
out"
II don't want to hear anything that
distresses you to tell" I assured her.
81 didn't come here to force your con-
fidence. Alison. I came because I
couldn't help It." She did not object
to my use Of her name.
Have you found the-your pa
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The Way Of a Woman.

They had been quarreling. and nj.
though hubby was willing to take tho
Lame all upon himself and smooth
matters over peaceably. she was still
snippy and Indifferent.
"Come over here. Jessie. Aren't
YOU curious to know what is in this
package?"
"Oh. not very: I can stand tho
strain" she replied. belligerantly.
We'll. it's something for the one
love best in all the world" he said.
ccaxingly. trying to win smile.
"Oh. is that so?" she sniffled. Il
suppose, then. it's those suspenders
you said you needed
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pers?" she asked, looking directly at
me for almost the first time.
mot yet. We hope to-
"The-police have not interfered
with your"
"They haven't had any opportunity u
I equivocated. "You needn't distress
yourself about that. anyhow"
But I do. l wonder why you still
believe in me? Nobody else does"
II WONDER" repeated. why dol"
IF you produce Harry Sullivan"
she was saying. partly to herself. land
II you could connect him with-Mr.
Bronson. and get a full account OF
why he was on the train. and all that,
lit would help. wouldn't it?"
acknowledged that 1t would. Now
that the whole truth was almost in
my possession. was stricken with
the old cowardice. did not want to
know what she might tell me. The
yellow line on the horizon, where the
moon was coming up. was broken
bit Of golden chain; my heel in the
sand was again pressed on a WON.
ans yielding fingers; I pulled myself
together with a jerk.
I'm order that what you tell me
may help me, II 1t WILL" I said con-
strainedly. at would be necessary.
perhaps. that you tell 1t to the police.
Since they have found the end Of the
necklace"
"The end Of the necklace!" she re-
peated slowly. what about the end
Of the necklace?"
stared at her. Don't you remem-
ber"-I- leaned forward-"the end Of
the cameo necklace, the part that was
broken OF. and was found In the
black sealskin bag, stained with
with blood?"
Blood" she said DULY. You mean
that you found the broken end? And
then-you had my good pocket-book.
and you saw the necklace in 1t. and
you-must have thought"
II didn't think anything"
hastened to assure her. Il tell you.
Alison, ] never thought OF anything
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"pid You Marry Hint" ! Demanded

an orphan" said. with a cheerless
attempt at levity. Go on"
''If Mrs. Curtis knew. she never
said anything. She wrote me charm
ing letters. and in the summer. when
they went to Cresson. she asked me
to visit her there. l was too proud
to let her know that l could not go
where | wished. and SOL sent Polly.
my maid. to her aunts In the country.
pretended to go to Seal Harbor. and
really-went to Cresson. You see ]
warned you It would be an unpleasant
story"
w,st over and stood in front OF
her. All the accumulated jealousy of
the last few weeks had been fired by
what s., told me. II Sullivan had
come across the sands Just then, !
think would have strangled him with
my hands. out OF pure hate.
"Did you marry him?" I demanded.
My voice sounded hoarse and strange
in my ears. That's all l want to
know. Did you marry hm?"
mo"
drew a long breath.
"You-cared about him."
She hesitated.
mo" she said finally. II did no,
care about him."
sat down on the edge Of the boat
and mopped my hot face. ! was heart
lily ashamed OF myself. and mingled
with my abasement was a great re-
lief. II she had not married him. and
had not cared for him. nothing else
was OF any Importance.
II was sorry. Of course, the moment
tho train had started. but l had wired
was coming. and ] could not go
back. and then when got there. the
place was charming. There we're no
neighbors. but we fished and rode and
motored, and-it was moonlight, like
this"
put my hand over both Of hers.
clasped in her lap. Il know" ! ac-
knowledged repentantly. "and-people
do queer things when 1t Is moonlight.
The moon has got me tonight, Alison.
II am a boor. remember that. won't
you?'
Her fingers lay quiet under mine.
And So" she went on with little
sigh. "I-began to think perhaps l
cared. But all the time I felt that
there was something not quite right.
Now and then Mrs. Curtis would say
or do something that gave me
queer start, as II she had dropped a
mask for moment. And there was
trouble with the servants: they were
almost insolent. ! couldn't under
stand. don't know when It dawncd
on me that the old Baron Cavalcanti
had been right when he said they
were not my kind Of people. But ]
wanted to get away. wanted 1t des-
peratcly.'
OF course. they were not your
kind" I cried. THE man was mar
ried. The girl Jennie. n housemaid.
was a spy in Mrs. Sullivan's employ.
II he had pretended to marry you |
would have killed him! Not only that.
but the man he murdered, Harrington.
was his wife's father. And I'll see
him hang by the neck yet If 1t takes
every energy and every penny ! pos
sess.'
| could have told her SO much more
gently. have broken the shock for
her: | have never been proud of that
evening on the sand. was alternate
~ n boor and a rufIian-like a hurt
youngster who passes the blow that
has hurt him on to his playmate. that
both may bawl together. And now
Alison sat. white and cold. without
speech.
CTo BE CoNTINUEDJ
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(TO BE CONTINUED)
Leaves Pennies In Church.

4 Boston clergyman. commenting
on the large number of cents in the
average church collection. said that
when on recent Monday he had
offered a newswoman outside the sub
way station a Scent piece in payment
for newspaper she threw up her
hand. remarking:
why is It that men never have
pennies on Monday morning? II 10
the only day in the week I havc
trouble making change"
My good woman" replied the
clergyman, the reason is that on Sun.
day they leave their pennies In
church."
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The Ruling Voice.

John-I say. old man. how would
you like to come up to the club to-
morrow and play golf?
Henry-Why-er. l cant say for GER
tain till I-er-consult my wife.
John-All right; let me know as
soon as she makes up your mind
Harper's Bazaar.
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Sympathetic.

you must not cry when I'm wash.
ing your face, Willie." said the moth.
e..
Il can't help 1t, mamma" said tho
10y.
"You know 1t hurts me more than
1t does you. dear"
That's why I'm cryin'. mamma. I
hate awful to see you hurt."-ionk.
crs Statesman.
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How She Lost Her Arms.

"And who is this?" asked the lady
from Chicago in the art gallery.
This is the Venus de Milo" replied
the guide. "You notice she has no
arms?"
Eyes. The help must be just as
careless at dustin here as they are
back in Chicago. States.
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A Fortunate Error.

August Belmont. at dinner in New
York. laughed at the tales OF huge
bribery fund to defeat the race track
bill.
There is about as much truth In all
these tales he said. '.as there Is IN
the virtues of the average hair grow
to.
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Instinct.

Pugilist (coming to. after being
bit with a train-What was 1t hit
ne?
His Partncr-It was the Cannon
Ball Flyer. Gee. what an escape:
Pugilist-All right. Bo. Tell him I
said this was fluke. and that chal-
lenge him for new fight. the win.
ner to take all.-Puck.
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Dangerous.

Here, have a drink, old boy"
mot today, thanks; I'm not armed"
what has that to do with it?"
"You don't know what kind Of AMI.
mails chased me the last time l took
drink out of your flask"
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Quit Proper.

Il know a man highly respected in
the community who married three
women in one week"
Good gracious. Who is he?"
"A minister
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Similar Tastes.

Bacon-Have you and your wife
similad tastes?
Egbert-I think SO. I don't believe
she likes her cooking. either.-Yonk-
ers Statesman.
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How It Happened.

"He was certainly brave to crawl
under the bed and engage in life and
death struggle with that burglar"
when he crawled under the bed he
thought the burglar was in the base
ment."
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Can a woman become a member Of
the Daughters OF the Revolution just
because her ancestors murdered the
kings Englisb3
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Garfield Tea purifies the blood. clcnnseS
the system. clears the complexion. cradi'
Gates disease and promotes Good Health
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Kept His Word.

"What did he say when you re-
jected him."
He said he would go to the dogs"
Il saw him there last night
where? What are you talking
about?"
"At the vaudeville theater. where
those trained dogs are appearing"
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POINT OF VIEW.

The Man-Gee! The water Is fine
today.
The Fish-That's all right. but what
I want to know Is how's the land?
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HOWARD {. BURTON, ,AssAyER & CHEMIST

LEADNlLLE. tOLbitSh".
Tp.cInsn prices: Gold. silver. lead. 81: gold.
silver. 55c: gold. SOC: zinc or rnpper. 81.
Mailing .nysiopss and fun price list sent
nurii~ntInn. Control and umpire work So
iIcit.d, reference: Carbonate National Rank
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BY f1ARY ROBfkU RDlEHAl

%~ ~0.Nk1ZNER
ooTnIGHr seoo - 6osbs -s1HWaILL cossrANy
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-05-05

GOVERNMENT SALE INDIAN LANDS.
Absolute title given. The unallotted
lands of the Seminole, Creek and Cherokee
Nations of the Five Civilized Tribes in
Oklahoma will be sold at public auction to
the highest bidder at the following terms,
times and places at minimum price equal
to the valuation fixed for allothent pur
poses: Delaware county, Grove, DOB tracts,
3,O25 acres, May 10 Seminole county, We
woka, 10 tracts, 433 acres, May 10; No
wata county, Nowata. tracts, o acres.
May 10; Okfuskee county, Okemah, 33
tracts. 500 acres, May 49, Adair county.
Stillwell, 2S5 tracts, 6,2iO acres, May II !;
0kmugee coHnty, Okmulgee, ! tract, AZ
acres, alay II Sequoyah county, Sallisaw,
472 tracts. 11.22O acres, May Is; Tulsa
county, Tulsa, tracts, 400 acres, May Is {;
Muskogce county. Muskogee, pa tracts,
3.762 acres, May 10; Rogers county, Clare
more, 90 tracts, 500 acres, May 10; Chero-
kee county, Tahlequah, 423 tracts, 1O,530
acres, May 20; Craig county. Ninita, AZ
tracts, 500 acres, May 20; Mayes county,
Pryor, l6l tracts, 2,G11 acres, May % :;
ottawa county, Miami, II tracts 140 acres
May -; Mcintosh county, Eufaula, 2l7
tracts, 9,490 acres, May % Hughes coun
~ Greek NatiOn), IIOdenville. 1O7 tracts,
1850 acres. May "A Wagner county
Creek county Sapulpa, 30 tracts, 2,O5O
acres, May -. Not more than 100 acres
of agricultural and $40 acres of other lands
will be sold to one person in any one ma
minimum valuation of 81 or more per
acre. TcIms are 10 per cent at the time
of sale. 40 per cent in six months and 30
per cent in twelve months, with per cent
interest. Payments must be made in the
form of draft or certified check, payable to
J. G. Wright Commissioner. Upon full
payment being made at any time deed will
issue. Immediately after approval of sale
certificate of purchase will issue and pos
session be given, but cutting of timber or
drilling or mining for minerals thereon will
not be permitted until full payment Of pur-
chase price. Right is reserved to reject
any or all bids. For information apply to
the Commissioner to the Five Civilized
Tribes Muskogec, Oklahoma, or any of the
district agents as to lands within their re
spective districts. Lists of these lands
have been prepared by counties. showing
the terms of sale, the description of the
various tracts and minimum price of sale.
1t will be- impracticable to furnish each in.
quirer all of these lists and ii is suggested
that persons desiring such information
specify the locality in which they are in
tereSted Blue prints of the various coun-
ties showing the location of the land to be
sold will be furnished to applicants hv the
Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes
upon the payment Of fifty cents for each
county, In the form of draft or postal
money order j. 6. WRIGHT Commis-
sioner TO the Five Civilized Tribes. Musko-
gee, Oklahoma, March 10, 1911.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-05-05
Boys Corn Clubs.

All merchants and farmers and
business men who want 10 stimulate
the corn clubs by offering prizes
.re requested to write the Ardmore-
tie. stating the prizes they offer
Donors in Carter county will be for
Carter county prizes. those from
Love county will be for prizes in
that county, and the same in Jeffer.
son, Johnston. Marshall and Muir.
ray and any other counties that de-
sire TO get busy. The prizes will
be run indefinitely in the columns
Of this paper to stimulate the work,
The Daily Ardmoreite for one full
year will be sent to the winner in
each county who offers their prizes
through the Arimoreite. 23tf
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Real Estate Bargains

$4,000 in cash, balance terms. han
dies the best piece Of business prop.
erty un the market 1O9 feet in City
Hall block, paved oIstrict, adjoins
county court house and Guaranty
State bank building two blocks from
federal building, brick houses south
and north, shoddy Improvements now
create income that pays interest on
the investment. It's a good nest egg,
it's good for quick profit. it's good
for a home for nearly any kind OF
business today. At this price it won't
stay on the market long. See
WEST & WEST,
Guaranty State Bank Building,
Phone 199
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-05-05

SUBURBAN pROPERTY-l6C acres
adjoining the city of Ardmore on the
west at the end of West Main street,
all level and pretty, would make an
ideal addition to the city. Some one
will get it at a bargain If purchased
within a reasonable time. Buy d.
rect from the owner. Price $6500 cash
per acre. JIM WATKINS.
My home is short distance from the
town on the west.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-05-05

Is there anything in all this world
that is Of more Importance to you
than good digestion? Food must be
eaten to sustain life and must be
digested and converted into blood
When the digestion fails the whole
body suffers. Chamberlain Tablets
are 4 rational and reliable cure for
Indigestion. They increase the flow
of bile. purify the blood, strengthen
the stomach. and tone up the whole
digestive apparatus TO natural and
healthy sctiop For sale by all deal
ers.
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Correction of Alleged Statement.

| am reliably informed that Miss
Earle Klepinger, who had formerly
conducted the cigar stand at the Whit.
tington hotel, has publicly stated tina,
Mr. Wilmington had knowingly and
wrongfully forced her to give up the
cigar stand without any credit or com.
rensation for the two months she hal
conducted it for herself.
Now, |, Dean Harr, for the benefit
of the public and that justice may be
meted out to those to whom it is due.
depose and say that Miss Klepinger
and myself agreed upon the sale OF
the cigar stand during yr Whiting.
tons absence at Hot Springs, Ark,
and was only awaiting his approval
on his return, the 27th inc, which he
gave, and she and | proceeded at once
to take correct inventory of her
stock and Mr.. Wilmington had moth
ing to say in the matter whatever.
She was duly accredited for all she
turned in and | assumed the remand
er of her Indebtedness to him.
DEAN HARR.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
a notary public. on this, the 4th day OF
May 1911.
JESSIE G, w. RIDER.
CSeaD Notary Public.
1919 %
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-05-05
NEW INDICTMENTS
ARE PROBABLE
LOS ANGELES GRAND JURY CON-
VENEs LATE THIS AFTERNOON
IN DYNAMlTlNG CASE.

Los Angeles, Caa, May 1.-The
Los Angeles county grand jury is to
be convened late today and it is
probable that new indictments in
the dynamiting cases will be re-
turned. 1t is expected that these in
dictments will take the place of
those already brought against McNa-
mara and Ortie Mechanical, the pur-
pose being to provide the way for
their arraisnment tomorrow.
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.ots are now ready in the

Lots are now ready in the
BEAUTIFUL BOOKER SUBDIVI-
SION. In city limits, on car line,
every city convenience, east front
age. Ten dolls down and So a month.
Choicest resident lots in Ardmore.
Will take you to see property any
hour Will make a speciality of show
ing the lots after o'clock of even
ings.
F. B. McELROY,
3Otf Phone $40.
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ANOTHER RAILROAD
LOSES ITS SH0PMEK
UAlkOUT TODAY ON PITTS
BURG, FT, WAYNE & CHICAGO
SHOPMeN IN PlTTSBURG.

piltsburg. Pa, May THE Penn.
sylvania railroad shopmens strike
is spreading Three hundred EN-
ploycs here in the shops of the
Pittsburg, Fl. Wayne & Chicago rail.
road on the north side joined the
move today. 1t was said the men
a'ong the lines he.ween Pittsburg
and Alliance, Ohio, would 90 ont
also.
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Notice Of Sale of Real Estate BY
Guardian.

In the matter of the guardianship
of Omal Earl Harwood
Notice is hereby given in pursuance
of an order of the County Court of
the County of Carter, State of Okla
homa, made on the 3rd day of May,
1911, the undersigned guardian of the
estate of Omal Earl Harwood will sell
al private sale to the highest bidder,
subject to confirmation by said Court
OH Thursday, the 18th day of May,
1911, at 10 O'Clock a. m, at Ardmore,
Oklahoma, all the right, title and in
terest OF said Omal Earl Harwood in
and to the following described real
estate situate in Carter County, State
of Oklahoma, to-wit:
The SR of SEA Of Section &c.
Township 5 South, Range East, con
tanning so acres.
Said real estate will be sold on the
following terms and conditions, to-wit:
Cash in hand upon delivery of deed
Bids for the purchase thereof must
be in writing, and must be filed in the
County Court or delivered to the un
dersigned at the office of Harreld &
Ward, Ardmore. Oklahoma.
Dated the 3rd day of May, 1911.
T. E. ROLAND, Guardian.
3-13t
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GEO. n. WEBB,

Real Estate, Insurance and Leans.
Rents and bills of all kinds col
lected.
viii be connected with the largest
cooperative real estate agency in the
world
List your farm property. city prop
erty. or business of any description,
or can sell to you, no difference where
you want to buy.
P. o. BOX 1926. ARDMoRE, OK.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-05-05

State of Oklahoma, Carter County
In the District Court.
NJ. a. Holland. plaintiff, VS.. T. D.
Holland, defendant. No. 1861.
Said defendant T. d. Holland will
take notice that he has been sued
in the above named court for divorce
and must answer the petition filed
therein by said plaintiff on or before
the 18th day of June, 4. D., 1911, or
said petition will be taken as true
and a judgment for said plaintiff in
said action for divorce will be render
ed accordingly.
Dated this 1st day of May 1911.
s. F. HAYNIE,
Attest: District Clerk.
BY Dixie Towery, Deputy.
Brown & Brown, Attorneys &c,
Plaintiff. 2-9-16
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