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brimmed with tears. .ITl be very
glad to go back" she said in a low
voice.
"Good!" he said. 81 needn't tell
you how I feel about It; 1t helps me
out tremendously. Now, about tomor-
row, how would you like that to be?'
WELL" she laughed desperately
through her tears. We're Church of
England" She laughed again when
he took out his notebook and wrote
the words down.
"Once It's DONE" he said. reassur-
ingly. you'll see my mother and all
the rest of them come into linel 1t
puts you in a definite position, and
although / may seem to be rushing and
confusing you now, there is a more
peaceful time to come-we'l hope -
he added grimly. Here's Hansen
now. Lovely children,' he added, of
the young D%avenports and some init
mates who were tumbling out of the
car. 'lovely mother"
You'll not speak of his yet?'b Har-
riet said. suddenly thinking of David
and Linda. MY sister might think
1t lacked dellberatlon-so close upon
Mrs. Carter's death. I'd rather have
a little time, get things Strengthened
| out"
"Oh. notwithstanding 7" She
could see he was relieved, was in
deed in cheerful spirits. as he gave
his furred hand to the children's nit
tened ones They thanked him shrilly
and Hansen smiled warmly upon Har.
rlet as he touched his cap. Then they
were gone. Linda, watching from the
| window. thought that the chauffeur's
obvious respect for Harriet was rather
impressive. She came to the porch.
and Richard waved his farewell to
them en- masse.
Hes very nice" said Linda. "Poor
!; fellow, he probably would have had
an entirely different moral code. II
his life had been differentr" Harriet
! lnwardly w~rithed. but she did not stir
in the s%isterly embrace Of Linda's
! arm.
i
AT three o'clock the next afternoon
Nina Carter. leaving the Hawkes. man,
sion in New York city. with a great
many laughing %farewells. descended to
her fathers waiting car n dIscov.
cred. sitting therein, an extremely
handsome young woman. furrede and
trinity yelled. and deep In pleasant
conversation with Hansen.
"Miss Harriet" Nina calculated In
a tone that betrayed a vague resent.
mcnt as well as a definite surprise.
! nina. dear," Harriet accepted
, Nlna's kiss warmly. Are you glad
! to see me?" And as Nina stumbled
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mo, NO. MOI"

Synopsis.-Harriet Field. twenty
eight years old, and beautiful. Is
the social secretary OF the firta-
uous Mrs. Isabel Carter. at
"Crownlands." Richard Carter's
home. and governess of seventeen
year-old Nina Carter. Ward. TWEEN
ty-four years old and impression
able. fancies himself in love with
his mothers attractive secretary.
Mrs. Carriers latest affair" is with
young Anthony Pope. and the
youth Is taking 1t cry seriously.
Presiding over the teacups this
summer afternoon, Harriet is pro-
foundry disturbed by the arrival OF
a visitor. Royal Blondin. Next
day. at a tea party In the city.
Blondin makes himself agreeable
to Nina. and leaves a deep impress
sion on the unsophisticated girl.
Harriet's agitation over h appear
ance of Blondin at "Crownlands"
is explained by the fact hat he
had been a disturbing element in
her life ten years before and h
ears him.. The man is an avowed
adventurer. living on the gullibility
of the idle rich. He frankly an
20 Harriet his Intention of
marrying Nina. and urges her to
aid him. She IL in a sense In his
power. and after pleading with him
to abandon his scheme agrees to
follow a policy of neutrality.
Knowing the tender feeling she has
inspired In Ward Carter. Harriet
is tempted to marry him for the
position and wealth he can give
her. though realizing she does not
love him. Blondin has ingratiated
himself with Madame Carter. Rich
ards mother. and she is whole
heartedly in favor of his marriage
with Nina. Ward urges Harriet to
marry him. She procrastinates.
Mrs. Carter elopes with Pope. -Blon-
din threatens Harriet. She prays.
to do what Is right. Blondin and
Harriet agree to keep silent about
their past relations. Richard Car
ter proposes a marriage. entirely
businesslike. to take place as soon
as he is divorced. Harriet says
NO" and goes to visit her sister.
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that you and | are quietly married
tomorrow you come back tomorrow
night and announce 1t wherever you
see fit. / may seem a little matter-of-
fact about this. Miss Field. but ! am
hoping you understand. l am making
you an unsentimental business offer
/ heed you In my life and I offer you
certain advantages which it would be
silly and schoolboyish for me to deny
I possess. l have a certain standing
in the community which wen Mrs.
Carter's madness has not seemed to
impair seriously. The boy and the
girl both love you. and you have my
warmest friendship. Your position in
my household will be as free and in
dependent as was Isabelle's. 1 do not
know whether you will consider this
a fair return for what I ask, for after
all you are giving your services for
life to the Carter household
"Now. this is OF course entirely sub
ject to what pleases you in the mat
ter" he broke on, to say. emphatically.
81 merely throw 1t out as a sugges-
ton. 1t would please me very much.
l would draw a long breath of relief
to have 1t settled. Mrs. Tabor Is
there-stays there; takes the head of
my table. / spent last night at the
club / had cabled Pope-and expected
an answer, but my mother t%elephoned
me at three o'clock this morning to
say hat Ward and some of his friends
had gone out ~ice-skating. Wards
been dropped from his university. l
can't have hat sort of thing. you
know I"
"When-did you want me?" Harriet
brought her beautiful eyes back from
some far vista,
81 thought that II you could meet
me at my Office tomorrow I would
have all the arrangements made.
Nina Is to be at the Hawkes.; l send
the a for her at three. / thought
that you and she could go home to-
gether to Crownlands. I'll have 10 be
in town that night"
"Home-to Crownlandsi Suddenly
Harriet's lip quivered and her eyes
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Intelligent mistIe.oc.

One of the most curious ifIustra-
lions OF the working of intelligence
n plants Is offered by the mistletoe'
WHO'S sticky berry. finding Judgment
ON a tree branch. throws out a tiny
rootlet, which tries to pierce the bark
and thus obtain a foothold. If the
bark Is too tough, the rootlet swings
the berry over 70 a fresh spot, and
makes another trial. In this way such
a berry has been known to make five
Jumps In two nights and three days.
On n occasion a number Of them
discovered by a botanist in the
act OF vainly j~ourneying along a tele-
graph wire. trying to find places to
grow.
, 1922-06-28
InIIIuInluIurn
BY KATHLEEN NORRIS


mending. nodded, pursed her lips. or
| raised her eyebrows.
II Linda might ever have been
worldly minded. she had had her les
son now, and the viewpoint she gave
Harriet was the lofty one of a wom-
an who has faced a supreme sacrifice
without shrinking and with
ing faith.
You did right, dear" she assured
her sister. you could not stay there.
under the circumstances. Whatever
their code is, yours is different. yours
has not been vitiated by luxury and
idleness. AS for Mr.. Carriers talk of
marriage, that, of course, is simply an
insult !"
"No, l don't think 1t was that" Har-
rlet said, feeling herself revolt inward
ly at this plain speaking.
II don't see what else 1t could be-"
Linda pursued, serenely. "a married
man-you would be no better than his
well, it's not a nice word-but his
mistress"
mot at ALL" Harriet said. trying
hard to hide the irritation that rose
rebellious within her, .he is legally
free, or will be o and so am II"
am speaking of Gods law, not
MANS" Linda said, gently but awfully,
and Harriet was silent. Fred says
that such men regard these matters
far too lightly" Linda finished. Fred's
name, thus introduced, always had the
effect of angering Harriet. She had
shared the family exaltation over Pip's
recovery, n had thought more than
once in that fearful night of his illness
that ever poverty, gray hairs and the
agony of parenthood, shared with the
man she loved, would have been &C.
stasy to her. But in the slow days
and weeks that followed, her spirit
became exhausted with the struggle
that never ended within her. Her
bridges were burned behind her; 1t
"A all " r. Whatever her emotions
had been In leaving Crownlands, the
Carriers feelings had been quite obvi-
u and simple. Old Madame Carter
had wished her well /; Ward had writ
ten from college that he thought II
was rotten" and hat she had been
a corker to get Dad to raise his al
lowance for him Nina had felt her
own wings the stronger for the
change; and Richard had interrupted
his little speech of regret t answer
the telephone, and had given her a
check that placed, 1t seemed to Har-
riet. the obligation permanently with
her. The utter d~esolation Of spirit
with which she had left them was evil
IDENTIFY unshared; the only word she
had had from that old life had been
from Mary Putnam, and even this cor
dial note Jared Harriet with Its frank
revelation of the change In her posi-
tion.
II can't keep this up! !" she told her.
self, playing games with little conva-
lescent Pip, walking over frozen roads
with the girls, reading under the eve
ming lamp. 81 can't keep this upl
Twenty-seven. and a governess. and
in love with a married man who does
not know 1 am alive !" summarized
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Harriet, His Arm Was About Her
Now, His Voice Close to Her Ear,
Don't Let Those Years With Rich
People Spoil You for the Real
Thing, Dear"
Harriet, bitterly. "I will simply have
TO forget it. and begin again. that's
alli'
And she meditated upon David. the
excellent. steady. devoted David. who
was Fred's brother n a dentist in
Brooklyn, and who gave the children
wonderful holidays at Asbury Park.
It would make Linda and Fred very
happy to have her change toward
him they were a little hurt and ST.
lent about David. He always went
with them to the crowded beach where
they spent July and August, had had
a cur this year, Linda told her sister,
and had been $50 popular"
David was there, Christmas day, and
there was a fire and a tree, happy chill
dren everywhere. rosy little nelghbors
coming in to see the toys. snowy wet
garments spread on the porch after
church. David took Harriet walking
in the fresh cold air. a Harriet so
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CHAPTER X.

. YEAS - a. . AOaoS .
trouble so terrible that Harriet's unex-
pected arrival caused no comment.
caused no more than a weary flicker
of Linda's heavy eyes. Pip. the adored
first-born son. lay dangerously Ill. and
the whole household moved on tiptoe,
heartsick with dread. 1t was diph-
iberia, very bad. Fred stated l~ifelessly.
Linda hardly left the room they were
afraid for her, too. 'if anything hap
pened." eff anything happened !"
Harriet thought she had heard the
phrase a hundred times before the
dreadful night came.
She had taken Linda's place for an
hour, but before 1t was up the mother
came back. and they kept their vigil
together. Fred answered the strange,
untimely ringing of the doorbell.
brought in packages. conferred in the
halls with the doctors. Midnight
came, two o'clock. four o'clock.
Suddenly there was panic. Har-
riet, by chance in the hall. saw Linda
and Fred and the doctors together.
heard Linda's quick. anguished "Yesl"
and Fred's "Anything !" Her heart
pounded the nurse "a upstairs. Har-
riet fell upon her knees with a Sob
bling whisper, "No-no-nol !" and Lin
da chung to her husband with a cry
torn from the deeps of her heart, "Oh.
Pip-my WI boy!"
Dawn came slowly and reluctantly
at seven the village lay bleak and
closed under a sky of unbroken gray.
Here and there smoke streamed up
ward from n chimney. or a window
pane showed an oblong of pale light.
Harriet put out the light that vas
becoming unnecessary. But her heart
was singing for joy. and the house
was brimful of an inner light and
cheer hat no winter bleakness could
touch. The girl had been crying until
she was almost blind. but it was a cry
ing mixed with laughter and prayers
of utter thankfulness.
She met Linda at the door, a weary
Linda. CHASTITY as to face, grayer ms
TO struggling hair, but with such radi-
ance in her eyes that Harriet, clasped
In her arms, began to cry again.
"Oh. Harriet-if l can ever thank
God enough!' Pip's mother said. be-
ginning on her breakfast with one long
sigh. "Oh. my dear He's sleeping
like a baby, God bless him, and dear
old Fred is sleeping. too. Oh, Harriet.
to go about the house. as / just have.
covering Nanny and the girls. and
feeling that we're all going to be
happy together again. in a few days
my dear, J don't know what I've done
TO be so blessed My boy. who has
never given anyone a moments care
or trouble since he was born-my dar-
ling. who looked up at me yesterday
with his beautiful eyes"
The ~foodgates we're lonsed. and
Linda laughed and cried, while she
enjoyed her breakfast with the appe-
tite of a normal woman released from
cruel strain. whose whole brood lies
safely sleeping under her roof. Nam
my's light illness, Plp's wet feet. Lin
dn's unwillingness to believe that II
was anything but a cold, every hour
of the four awful days of danger, she
reviewed them all. And oh, the good
ness OF people. the solicitude of nurse
and doctor, the generosity of God
II was the afternoon of the next day
when Harriet could first speak Of her
W affairs Linda listened. over her
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at isn't exactly what I ex-
peeted marriage to beF

Gro BE %ooNTINuEp.)
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-03-30
CHAPTER II.

Sabre found but little business
awaiting him when he got to his office.
He tock out the manuscript of Eng
land and turned over the pages. He
wondered what Mona would think Of
it. He would like to tell her about it,.
TWyning came in.
Twyning was of middle height. very
thin, black haired. His clean shaven
face was deeply furrowed in rigid
looking burrows which looked as
though shaving would be an intricate
operation. He held himself very stiffly
and spoke stiffly as though the cords
of his larvnx were also rigidly in
clined. When not speaking he had a
habit of breathing rather noisi.y
though his nose as if he were doing
deep breathing exercises. He was
married and had son of whom he
was immensely proud, aged eighteen
and doing well in a lawyers office.
He came in and closed the door. He
had a sheet of paper in his hand.
"Jonah's going to take me into part
nership. Just told me-"
Continued in Our Next lssue.l
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Begin Here Today.

After eight years of married life,
MARK SABRE a well educated Eng
lishman realizes that he and his
wife,
MABEL, have been drifting apart he
cause or fundamental differences in
taste, Sabre's delights in poetry, IN
whimsical rumor, In democratic
ideals are not shared by the prCsaic
and snObbinh Mabel
In hours Of leisure from his work
In the firm Of Fortune East and sabre
church and school 0uttttcrs, in which
Sabre has charge of the publishing
department Sabre visits his cccentrl
but charming neiehbors, Mr.. Fargus
and the perches": Young Perch and
his invalid mother.
Suddenly another friend appears
MONA. She IL now Lady Tybar.
Sabre. bicycling to work, unoxpect.
eddy meets Mona and her dashing
husband,
LORD TYBAR.
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Reactions Of TurtIes to Color.

Marine turtles hay their eggs on dry
land, and as soon as the Youngsters
are hatched they make straight for
the sea. Carnegie institute men in
the Dry Tortugas sought to lind the
Influence that guided then to the wa
ter When Il sheet of red or yellow
paper was placed between the baby
turtle and the sea, II would turn and
20 in another direction; but blue
sheet drew him toward it no matter
where 1t was placed. II would seem.
then, to be color rather than instinct
or smell, that attracts the Youngsters
to the water.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-03-30

These were enthusiastic words; but
She spoke them without enthusiasm;
she merely pronounced them. We'll,
I'm off, too she said. And what
about you. Mako? You're going to
work, aren't you? | don't think you
ought to be able to stop and gossip
like this. You're not getting an idler,
are you? You used to be such de.
voted hard worker. My word" and
she laughed as though at some amused
memory of his devotion to work.
He laughed too. They certainly had
many reculectiUns in common, though
not all laughable. II don't think I'm
quite 500 earnest as | used to be"
he smiled.
All, but like you earnest. Mako
There was the tinest silence be
tween them. Yet it seemed to Sabre
very long silence.
She was again the one to speak, and
her tone was rather. abrupt and high
pitched as if she, too, were conscious
Of a long silence and broke it DELHI
erately, as one breaks with an effort.
COnstraint.
And how's Mabel?"
She's all right She's ever so keen
on this Garden Home business
she would be- said Mona.
And so am T." said Sabre. Sore
thing in her tone made him say it
delianty.
She laughed "Im sure you are.
Marko. Well, gOOdby;" and as Derry
and Toms began to turn with his custo.
mary sedateness Of motion she made
the remark I'm so glad you don't
wear trouser clips, Marko. | do loathe
trCuser clips"
He told her that he rode zone Of
those chainess bikes
He said it rather mumblingly. Elk.
actly in that tone she used to say
things like. Il do like you in that
brown suit, Mako"
He resumed his ride A mile far.
Their on he overlook. on a slight rise.
an immense tree trunk slung between
three pairs of wheels and dragged by
two tremendous horses, harnessed tan
demwise. As he passed them came
the smell Of warm horse flesh and his
thought was Pretty"
He shot ahead and a line came into
his mind:
Was this the face that launched
thousand ships?'
Well he had had certain aspira
tions, dreams, visions
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-03-30
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.

Notice is hereby given to the citi-
zons illegal voters) of the Town of
Ottawa, in the county of La Sale
and state of Illinois, that the Annual
Town Meeting and Election for said
town will be held at Hotel Ottawa,
in said town, on
Tuesday. The 4th day Of April,
next, being the first Tuesday in said
month, for the purposes following,
viz:
First-To choose a moderator to
preside at said meeting.
Second-to elect
ONE SUPERVISOR
ONE ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR
ONE TOWN CLERK
ONE ASSESSOR
ONE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
And to act upon any addition sub
jocts which may in pursuance of law
came before said netting when con-
vened
The town meeting for transactng of
miscellaneous business shall be held
at the hour of O'clock p. m, at Hotel
Ottawa. .,-------a .....
Polls open at 7 o'clock a. m. and
must close at o'clock p. m.
Given under my hand at ottawa,
Illinois, this 14th day of March, A. ID.
1922.
JAMES O'MEARA,
Town Clerk.
The polling places for this election
will be as follows:
First Precinct-iiotel Ottawa, Co
lumbus street.
Second Precinct-.Town Hall, La
fayette street
Third Reconsideration building,
Columbus street.
Fourth Precinct-Hellman building,
Chestnut street.
Fifth Precinct-Schaefer hall,
Chestnut street.
Sixth PrecinCt-Midnight Barber
shop, West Main and Harden street.
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EsIlH Thni,rht-

The history Of nation, in the sense
in which | use the word. is often best
studied in works not prufrSScdIy his
tOricai.- -Macpuluy.
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POLITICAL ANNOUNCE MENTS
ANNOUNCER ENT,

I, Robert f. Heath, hereby announce
my candidacy for Commissioner of
Highway, to succeed myself, subject
to the taxpayers and voters Of South
ottawa, April 4. 1922.
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tops Of the trees could be seen His
eyes were screwed up in distant vi.
sion, He said, Dash it, there's that
old Brighter Sooper He's been avoid.
ing me. Now I've got him Mona, you
won't mind getting back alone?'
He twisted the mare in a wonder
fully quick and dcXterous movement
"Good,by, Sabre, You don't mind
Nona?' And he flashed back Il
glance, lie lifted the mare over the
low bank with superbly easy mo.
ti0n. He turned to wave his hand as
she landed nimbly in the meadow
and he Cantercd away, image of grace.
poetry Of movement Fortunes ia.
yOrite.
v
The features of the level valley be.
You'd the brow where only he could
have seen the individual he sought
We're, at that distance, of Noah's ARK
Dimensions. How he could have
recognized anyone!" said Mona, her
gaze towards the valley. Il cant
even see anyone. He's got eyes like
about four hawks"
Sabre said, And rides like a-what
do you call those things?-like a cen.
taur"
She turned her head towards him
lie does everything better than any
one else she said. That's Tonys
characteristic. Everything. He's per.
icctly wonderful
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LOST-Text book, Science ana
Health, With Key to the Scriptures"
last evening on La Sale St. near the
entrance or in the Woolworth store.
Finder please leave at this Office.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED-Up to date cottage, East
or South Ottawa. w. i. PUSEY,
Central Life Bldg.
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VlESTEOUND

Westbound cars leave Ottawa sta
ton for Utica, La Sale, Peru Spring
Valley, Ladd, DePue, Bureau, Prince
ton in a. m. a5:55, g6:52, 1850, Ass,
dlO:55, Hiss. In p. m, al:65, 1876
aJ:55, f7:5j. $1,000.
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WE BUY HIDES AT MARKET
PRIt Eff you have hides for sale
bring them to BULGER & KOENIG.
Lafayette and Sycamore SITS, or phone
1928,
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LOCAL MANAGER AND DISTRlBU
TOR-Nrs. X. Peoples, 2l7 Lafay
cite st. Phone 77S-X. Another Ster
izol product, S.eri2ol Salve. Tn
Iranco-American combination treat.
ment boxes. \ complete day an,
night treatment for the dry, normal or
he oily skin
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ANNOUNCER EMIT.

| hereby announce my candidacy
Tor the nomination for the office of
state senator for the thirty ninth sem
atorial district of Illinois, subject to
the will of the Republican voters to
be expressed at the primary election,
which will be held April II, 1922.
THURLOW G. ESSINGTON
StTeator, III.
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IF you ARE A FARMER and intend
making a change either in renting
or buying, have a talk with us. We
can give you valuable information re-
garding farms, and will cheerfuly do
so w. Z. & T. S. PRICHARD.
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effective Oct. sth, 1921.
EASTBOUEp
BY ALTMAN

EASTsoUNp
Eastbound cars leave Ottaws SITS
tion for Marseilles, Seneca, Morris,
Minooka. Rockdale aud Joliet, ILL.,, In
a. m. 600, 1855, 9:55, 1856. In D.
m, 1855, 1855, CASE, b:55, sos, 1000.
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FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS

FOR SALE Some fine thoroughbred
Black Minorca hens and cockerel
Also fine Rhode Island reds. f. {.
Albrccht, iii Poplar St Phone 934-N.
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HOUSES

FOR SALE Z room house, bath
room, furnace, laundry, barn and
garage IL first class condition, So.
900 Also. 7 room, two story house,
furnace, bath, very large lot, $4,000.
5 room house, hot water heat, all hard
wood floor. laundry, barn, $1,000. All
In South Ottawa. Have many more,
better bargains than these Miss Ger
trude Harris.
FOR SALE room, pebble dash cot.
tage, West Ottawa; bathroom, fur
mace, hardwood floors; very large
laundry; $4,000, less than half cash.
And
6 room cottage; hardwood floors;
laundry; $4,000.
MISS GERTRUDE HARRIS.
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FOR SALE-G cylinder 1919 model
Nash touring ear. Excellent ruiz
ming condition; four cord tires viii
sacrifice on account of leaving town.
$4,000 Phone 1862 or S1G-L.
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