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The Game of Fox and GeeBe
Events were crowding upon each
others heels
Charlie while abroad had seen
something that gave him quite a start
This was nothing more nor lesB than
a lovely woman with golden hair and
blue eyes In a carriage taking an air
ing while at her side stiff and stern
looking the baron sat
Charlie bowed politely The coun
tess gave him a look of curiosity and
one of her ravishing smiles
So she passed out of his life lucky
man
The sight of Charlie recalled to the
barons mind the promise he had made
with regard to Capt Brand
Accordingly he took advantage of
his first hour off to set the wires in
motion and learn certain facts regard
ing the worthy captain
Charlie relying on the baron to
ral the captain had made arrange
ments for sailing upon the next trans
Atlantic steamer
He had engaged passage for Arline
her companion Artomus and himself
The captain having paid a man to
keep upon Stuarts track found out
what was in the wind
He learned that the crisis had ar
rived Whatever he proposed doing
ifist be put through with all possible
speed since ere many hours elapsed
those against whom his schemes were
directed would be upon the sea and
mayhap beyond his reach
Artemus had heard enough to know
the three schemers were planning to
do his friend an evil turn but strain
his ears as he would he had not been
able to catch the particulars of the
game owing to certain sounds in the
hotel that muffled even the bold voices
of Captain Brands champagne bibbing
friends
All he could do was to warn Stuart
on general principles and it can be set
down as an assured fact that he car
ried out this dramatic little episode
quite to the queens taste
It would not have been Artemus oth
erwise
Charlie promised to keep his weath
er eye open for squalls
He hoped his early departure from
Antwerp would serve to entirely dis
concert the beggarly plans of his ene
mies and leave the fellow in the
lurch
About this time there was consider
able hustling being done among the
various forces circling around Arline
Brand just as the planets whirl about
their central sun
The baron tried to drive from his
mind the startling phantoms that had
been conjured into being by the mys
terious power of Isolde Countess of
Brabant and as this could only be
done by means of work he gave him
self up to the mission of the hour
with redoubled zeal
It was really a question what the
scramble would result ir whether
Charlie or the redoubtable captain
would come out of it in creditable
shape and how Artemus might fare in
the shuffle
Lady Arline had an interview with
her alleged papa during which she an
nounced her determination of crossing
the Atlantic on business and that she
had provided liberally for him during
her absence as he would find upon ap
plying in person to her banker in Lon
don
The interview was possibly not de
void of dramatic features Artemus
was on guard near by and heard the
old sea dog blustering more or less in
his usual way
But he had evidently lost much of
the power he formerly possessed over
Lady Arline He came forth from the
rooms looking like an enraged hyena
because diplomacy had forced him to
bottle up his wrath
To Artemus Charlie delegated the
task of seeing Lady Arline and her
maid aboard the ocean greyhound
where he would join them later
It was night again
Time and tide wait for no man and
ocean steamers have to put out very
frequently at unreasonable hours in
order to cross the bar on the flood
The baron and Captain Brand played
a game of cross purposes as it were
or while the ex sailor shadowed Char
lie with Intentions that were both dark
and desperate he was at the same
time under the surveillance of Peter
hoffs emissary the baron himself be
ing too busily employed catering to
the comfort of his fair prisoner in
reality his captor to personally inject
bis individuality into the game
Captain Brand knew he was fol
lowed and perhaps could give a rough
guess as to the why and wherefore
But it was not his nature to be de
spondent
He believed in titlizing whatever
ame in his way as one of the forces
hat micht bring success
When a man can thus twist threat
ening disasters into favoring factors
oe is indeed hard to beat in the game
of life
Charlie was feeling unusually bold
ind light hearted on this niht which
ije supposed would be his last on Eu
ropean soil
Presently he expected to be on board
i stanch German liner viewing the
low shores of the old world with com
placency for at his side would be
Lady Arline and left behind as a
memory of the dead past such persons
as the professor and his wife Baron
Peterhoff Isolde Countess Brabant
and Captain Brand of the Hespasia
He intended giving Capt Brand the
full worth of his money and then by
a fluke dropping him in some section
of old Antwerp while ho himself took
a fly and drove to the landing stage in
time to catch the steamer
Perhaps this might havo been car
ried out had circumstances not united
to arrange events in the captains
favor
Charlie had his fun
He dragged his persistent pursuer
over a good part of Antwerp now
they were on foot and anon chasing In
vehicles at a pace to set the staid old
burghers agog with surprise and con
sternation
Outside a desire to have a little
sport with his friend the captain his
sole purpose in leading Brand this
wild goose chase was to keep his at
tention upon himself while Lady Ar
line and ArtemuB left the hotel for
somehow Charlie had a vague fear lest
the resourceful ex 8allor might use
force to prevent his supposed daugh
ter from departing advancing some
daring plea that her mind was affected
and having hired experts who would
perhaps decree that she should be In
carcerated in an asylum
These things might appear ridicu
lous but such happonings have come
to pass ore now and he chanced to
have personal knowledge of at least
one similar case
Whether or not Charlie were foolish
in thus conjuring up phantoms that
could not exist was a question that
should not be decided hastily
He believed Brand to be a desperate
man against whom he could as yet
hardly appeal to the law since Arline
would not give her consent
He was convinced that Brand did
not desire the heiress to get beyond
his reach and would hardly hesitate
at any end in order to hold her until
his sinister plans could be worked out
Hence It was after all In a spirit of
self sacrlflce that Charlie undertook
to have a little fun with Capt Brand
and led him this fine chase up and
down the crooked streets of Antwerp
All would havo been well but for
two cronies of Brand They chanced
to be standing at a dark corner where
the other had agreed to meet them
and hearing his signals sprang upon
Charlie ere he comprehended his dan
ger
As a result he was struck senseless
by a blow from some blunt weapon
When Capt Brand arrived on the
scene his first act was to sprinkle a
powdery whito pigment in the young
mans hair to give him the appear
ance of age and to smear his face with
a little street dirt In order to disguise
his features
Then for the benefit of the man
whom he knew hovered near by a lit
tle one act drama was carried out the
two men chasing Brand hither and
yon then as the barons spy came in
sight two men running away while
a form lay on the street
It worked like a charm The emis
sarj of Baron Peterhoff hastened up as
people began to open the windows of
houses to learn what the disturbance
might mean There he found one who
appeared to be the old fellow he had
been set to watch
The man called a vehicle placed the
limp figure in its interior entered him
self and then started to report the
astonishing result of his espionage to
Baron Peterhoff himself
While Capt Brand rejoining his
confreres down the shady street set
off in hot haste to get aboard the
steamer which in another hour or so
would be moving down the River
Sheldt bound for the far off distant
shores of America
Artemus stood on the hurricane deck
of the great Red D ocean liner and
looked back in the morning sunlight
to the distant and fast receding coast
of Belgium
Homeward bound
There is always a pleasure in this
thought and Artemus experienced it
with enthusiasm
So far as he knew Charlies plans
had progressed all right the ogre was
left behind lamenting in the land of
the Belgians and clear sailing seemed
ahead
Then his thoughts ran back to the
events of the previous night He
chuckled to remember the adroitness
with which he had seen Lady Arline
her companion and their luggage on
board the waiting steamer while Char
lie was leading the ogre a wild goose
chase around Antwerp partly to
amuse himself and at the same time
keep Brand occupied up to near the
sailing time
By the way where was Charlie It
was strange that he failed to show
up in time to see the last of Belgiums
shores
Lady Arline and her companion
were walking the deck with jersey and
golf cape to keep off the stinging chill
Ill go and arouse the sluggard
said Artemus to himself His little
jaunt about town must have worn him
out not the first case of its kind I
rather guess with a sinister lear at
his wit
So he went below
The door of Charlies stateroom was
just opposite his own a single step
across the little passage
As he approached he heard the
sounds of loud snoring from within
On the spur of the moment he de
cided to arouse his friend with a sud
den shout or by the advent of a con
venient shoe tossed across the little
room Artemus had never wholly out
grown his college days when he
gained the reputation of being the
champion practical joker of his class
So he quietly opened the door which
was conveniently unlocked
Through the bulls eye windows
enough of the morning light crept to
allow a fair survey of the miniature
apartment
One of the first things Artemus saw
was a shoe that had been tossed
aside
As he seized upon it eagerly he
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failed to note Its generous proportions
as contrasted with the neat footgear
which Charlie Stuart affected such
trifles do not impress themselves upon
the mind when weightier things are
demanding recognition
Now for a center shot
He turned his attention to the lower
berth which was occupied by a human
form
Just then the nasal sounds came to
a sudden stop with a savage snort and
the sleeper whirled over on his side
The act brought his faco directly
within range of the morning light that
struggled through the small openings
beyond
No wonder Artemus crouched there
as if frozen
Talk about the magic touch of the
genl When had such a wonderful
transformation ever taken place be
fore
For one to retire as Prince Charlie
Stuart gay handsome and debonair
to awaken in the guise of grim and
grizzled old Captain Brand was a mys
tery that almost paralyzed the seeker
after sensations
Artemus took one last fearsome look
at the smooth and red physiognomy of
the sleeper passed out and then soft
ly closed the door
Only when safe within his own room
did he give vent to his over wrought
feelings in a whistle
Great Jupiter That beats every
thing I ever saw Instead of Charlie
the ogre What does it
mean
There is treachery afloat I seem to
detect it In the very air around But
the question arises where is Charlie
And shall I have to take his place as
her warrior bold and will It be neces
sary for me to give up my liberty
Poor fellow
He did not know whether to look
on it as a huge joke or a grim reality
He thought of warning Arline she1
ought to know her dear papa was on
board and that he had refused to
break the paternal bonds that had be
come so very strong since his return
from exile
Artemus buckled on his armor
If he was to be pitted against the
old ogre it would be a pretty fight
Capt Brand might have succeeded in
outwitting Charlie who was too frankj
for deep diplomacy but he would find
it quite another thing when he ran upj
against the now knight who had shied
his castor into the ring
Ah A gentle tap at the door
Artemus almost fell over himself in
his eagerness to open a satchel and
clutch a little affair of steel and nickel
which he carried there and armed
with which he called
Come
The door opened and a figure whisk-
ed in immediately closing the same
again
Artemus gave a cry the half raised
arm fell useless at his side
There was more witchery He had
expected the old ogre armed with a
shoe and bent upon turning the tables
upon him
Instead he saw why Charlie of
course though at first Artemus reck
oned it his ghost Charlie with a fin
ger pressed mysteriously on his lipsi
a la Artemus favorite style of com
municating a secret and his face
wreathed in what appeared to be a
broad grin
At any rate Barnaby was delighted
to see him in the flesh and as soon as
ho could get his wits into thinking or
der he dropped the weapon and held
out an eager hand
This is a treat my dear boy after
seeing that grim old Trojan in your
bunk What have you done Brought
him aboard a prisoner I reckon Ah
I didnt give you enough credit I fear
You see my first impression was he
had outwitted you and turned the ta
bles on you
Artemus was boiling over with curi
osity regarding what had taken place
ashore especially when his friend de
clared with a wry face that Capt
Brand had indeed come near proving
too much for him
The story was soon told
To be continued
KING OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY
Oscar One of the Best Rulers Who
Ever Sat Upon a Throne
If all earthly rulers and potentates
were of tho character and temper of
King Oscar of Sweden the line about
the uneasy heads that wear crowns
would lose a good part of its signifi
cance King Oscar is noted as being
not only one of the best monarchs who
ever sat upon a throne but as one of
the handsomest most urbane and
courtly of men Nearly if not quite
six feet six inches tall finely built and
stately like King Saul he towers
head and shoulders above most of
his subjects Now nearly seventy
years old for thirty years he has
been the beloved ruler of the sturdy
northmen The king is a deeply re
ligious man but his consort the
queen is even more devout She is in
tensely religious sympathizing with
every good effort while his second
son Prince Bernadotte is noted
throughout Europe for his philan
thropy and religious zeal He is the
president of the Young Mens Christ
ian Association of Stockholm the
chairman of a missionary society and
of many like institutions He has
himself organized a mission to the
Lapps to whom he preaches the gos
pel as he frequently does to others
when he has an opportunity When
it is remembered that King Oscar is
the grandson of Bernadotte a wen
known marsnal of the first Napoleon
and the great grandson of the Em
press Josephine whose daughter by
her first husband married Bernadotte
the religious character of this royal
family may seem the more remark
able King Oscar has great literary
gifts he has published more than one
volume of verse and he iB never hap
pier than w hen surrounded by literary
people
UnffH PEICE OF MEAT
HOW WOULD FREE TRADE HELP
THE SITUATION
Beef Trust Extortions Furnish No
Reason Why the American Cattle
Grower Should Be Punished for a
Condition That in Any Case Is
Only Temporary
The temporary high prices of beef
and other meats offer no good basis
for the contention that there would bo
no Beef Trust if It were not for the
tariff on imported meats and cattle It
Is noticed that even among professed
protectionists In some quarters there
is a disposition to rail against the
tariff as primarily responsible for the
current high prices of meats and to
mildly suggest that the tariff might
be removed or at least reduced wher
ever it breeds trust making This is
merely a breaking out of the trust
trouble of the alarmists in another
place The shaking of the rod flag of
combinations is quite sufficient to
alarm some of the timoroim protec
tionists To be sure the government
lays a tariff duty of 375 a head on
imported cattle with the chief pur
pose of shutting thorn out entirely
For people can raise here at home all
the cattle that can be consumed here
and more too American producers
send to England alone approximately
325000000 pounds of beef every year
and say 300000 cattle on the hoof
This policy furnishes a sure market
for the farmers and cattle growers
and adds immensely to the general
prosperity of the country
No patriotic American desires to
beat the beef trust by laying the
lash onto the backs of American
farmers and the American cattle
growers That is what the practical
result would be were this duty of 375
per head removed from Imported cat
tle If an actual shortage of cattle
due to the short corn crop and the
drouth conditions offers an opportun
ity for the meat packers and dealers
to advance prices to an unwarranted
extent shall the country therefore
turn about and punish the American
farmer for it Shall the door be
opened wide to the Mexicans and the
herders of Argentine that they may
divide the cattle market with the peo
ple of the United States The sug
gestion has no element of patriotism
no grain of statesmanship and small
real sound logic from any point ol
view
The Lewiston Journal one of the
oldest Maine newspapers founded and
for a long time conducted by the man
who framed the tariff law of 1897 is
true to its traditions and to him when
it says
The free traders will run up
against quite a proposition when they
go forth in the next campaign to lift
from American farmers the economic
safeguards of the Dingley tariff Ex
perience shows that this country can
produce beef and butter and all agri
sulturnl products in abundance Were
this country incompetent to raise beef
and to produce butter at fair prices
for home and European markets then
we might ask the children of the Az
tecs and of Bolivia to help us Now
that under the Dingley tariff the Am
erican farmer is marvelously pros
perous and barns and lands begin to
count for something it is an insult to
our agriculturists to make the con
spiracies of the beef trust an apology
for putting the millstone of Wilson
Gormanism about the neck of our ag
riculture
Meantime if free trade would help
us why does it not help Great Brit
ain Beef is higher in London than In
New York Guthrie Okla Capital
WOULD NOT SUIT FARMERS
Injurious Effects of Unrestricted Rec
iprocity in Canadian Agricultural
Products
Canada purchases a large value of
merchandise of us because it is to her
advantage to do so There is not a
particle of merit in the transaction
since Canada has never been friendly
to the United States The proposi
tion has been urged under the name
of reciprocity since 1870 Such an ar
rangement existed once and was re
voked by the United States as a bad
bargain in 1863 or 18G4
The duties on Canadian products
were increased in the Dingley law at
ths earnest request of farmers It
was a period of depression and of
more cattle horses hay poultry
vegetables and small truck general
ly than there was a market for Ev
ery man who keeps the run of such
matters will recall it The stock
growers declared the business was un
profitable in 1894 96 because Mex
ican cattle could be Americanized by
payment of a nominal duty Horses
were a drug they set forth in their
statement to congress because Can
ada and Mexico could bring them into
the border cities by payment of a
nominal duty Hay poultry eggs
market truck and like products were
a drug in all this section of the
country because Canada could ship
them into the border cities and the
East by the payment of a nominal
duty The result was a glutted mar
ket and low prices Specific duties
were imposed by the Dingley law and
as the result even eggs were given
a satisfactory value in Indiana cities
Just now the prices of such articles
are high because of the half or less
than half crop of last year Abund
ance may come next year when even
with tbt greater demand prices will
shrink without Canadas crop And
for this giving up of a market Canada
gives nothing in return Indiana
farmers pay taxes to support govern
ment rA they are large consumers
of the products of the factory Such
being the case tho Journal believes
they have a right to an advantage In
the homo market The giving away
of the homo farmers market to Can
ada is a present to Canadian farm
ers who are often nearer our larger
cities who till cheaper soil and em
ploy cheaper labor
If Canadas friends in the United
States are so anxious for what by fig
ure of Bpeech they call reciprocity
why do they not require that Canada
shall pledge before negotiations be
gin that the duty on American mer
chandise shall be tho same as the
duty on British merchandise instead
of 25 per cent higher This discrim
ination against the United States Is
never mentioned by the advocates of
so called reciprocity probably because
thoy know that Great Britain which
makes Canadas trade treaties will
not consent to equal duties on
cnannise imported Into Canada The
advantage of 25 per cent In favor
of Great Britain is equivalent to a
protective duty of 25 per cent for tho
the hands of the foreign relations com
mittee for two years They were
framed previously by the special com
missioners of the State Department
but the subject is in a nebulous con
dition and thus far the Senate com
mittee has not agreed upon a report
In any case none is likely to get
through the Senate Reciprocity is
an untraveled sea and involves so
much of doubt that experienced legis
lators hold back A striking com
munication on the subject from An
drew Carnegie appears in the New
York Tribune Mr Carnegie says that
as a member of the Pan American con
ference he was at first attracted by
the idea but that further consideration
impresses him that reciprocity is best
defined as the art of making
mies A reciprocity treaty with one
nation will displease all others France
would be jealous of German textiles
and Brazil of Argentinas products
Custom duties would be the result of
special hagglng a pretty scramble
among nations a war of tariffs never
ceasing Mr Carnegie is willing to
give Cuba a lump sum but not a pref j
crence that will create hard feeling in
other countries
In Cuban reciprocity there would be
a lasting cause of offense to other na
tions Cuba would be preferred over
other countries in North America
Why for instance discriminate
against our intimate and friendly
neighbor Mexico A cut of 20 per
cent for Cuba leaving Mexico to pay
the same as the rest of the world
would not be equitable or sensible
The best thing that can be done with
the reciprocity proposition is to shelve
it until better understood It seems
that the Senate committee can make
no progress with it in a general way
A tariff treating all nations alike isi
safe and satisfactory and should not
be disturbed until something absolute
ly known to be superior is presented
Reciprocity is a puzzle something un-
tested It Is a system of favoritism1
and must be handled with extreme
care Let it rest until comprehended
St Louis Globe Democrat
John Bull in a Terrible Fog
fe
TOIL nWI MnWwiWxB
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Would Alienate the Farmers
The first change proposed in the
tariff is one that will lower protection
on products of the farm beet sugar
and tobacco Democrats are getting
back to their old policy of tariff fight
ing and the protection question will
certainly be a leading issue of the
coming campaigns Where will the
Republican party be with the farmers
alienated The party leaders are be
ginning to go a little slow on the su
gar question Davenport Iowa Re
publican
The Main Factor
The Baltimore Sun says that the
American Republican tariff is the main
factor in preventing the great increase
in our manufactures In other words
the Sun would counsel a return to the
splendid industry of the Wilson low
free trade days would it We all re
member it Ottawa 111 Journal
Will Not Pay
Fooling with a first class tariff law
for the sake of Cuban concessions or
for any other reason will not pay The
Dingley law is successful and satis
factory St Louis Globe Democrat
Too Prosperous
The Democrats will have to draft
men to run for office on their state
ticket this fall Times are too prosper
ous for Democratic success Findlay
Ohio Jeffersonian
WILD ANIMALS TAMED BY HUNGER
Slonntalnoera unit Farmers In West
Virginia Aro reedlntr Them
All kinds of wild game In the
mountains of Wtest Virginia aro in
danger of almost total destruction
owing to the heavy snows which for
months havo covered their feeding
grounds The deer bear wild turk
eys and smaller game havo beon un
able to get at their feed of roots
herbs seeds grubs otc and In a
great many Instances tho animals and
birds havo either been frozen or
starved to death
The mountaineers and tho farmers
living in the valleys have done what
they could to feed tho game Some
of the farmers in Randolph Webster
Hampshire Nichols and other moun
tain counties are actually feeding
deer wild turkeys pheasants part
ridges and other game birds as regu
larly as they feed their stock Hun
ger has made the wild things tame
and on one farm in Randolph county
tJi nn ApjwWo ir i7i s iJ i
merchandise of Free Trade England1 tu fro allowing an outrageous or
wlien Imported into Canada Indian
apolis Journal
s these the state or NVliraska naturally
RECIPROCITY NOT DEFINED with what is dune in oth r statos
nt t impose a tax that would luvveiifc
Should Be Let Alone Till More Is
Known About t
show no more fear than the chickens
The farmers draw tho lino at coons
It Is stated that the Senate will do and catamounts and many of the lat
nothlug this session with the eleven t ter have ueen killed almost at the
reciprocity treaties that havo been liv doors of the farmhouses Parkers-
burg W Va Correspondence New
York World
Whitneys Many Palaces
A writer in the Worlds Work says
that the princely character of William
C Whitneys hospitality the number
and extent of his places of residences
are part of the gossip chronicles of
tho day Mr Whitney has on Fifth
avenue New York city a house only
opened once when a ball was given
which is said to have the most artis
tic interior in America Another
house among the most important on
Long Island is surrounded by about
1000 acres in what are known as the
Wheatley hills at Westbury On this
estate is one of Mr Whitneys train
ing stables At Gravesend near the
Coney Island Jockey club he owns the
old Garrison place and there keeps
his racing stable during the meetings
of the Brooklyn and Coney Island
Jockey clubs In the spring and fall
These however fade Into insignifi
cance before the records of the land
office at Albany which say that Mr
Whitney is the largest individual land
owner in the state
Rival for Tllltmoro
The famous residence of Georgo
Vanderbilt at Asheville N C known
as Biltmore is to have a rival erected
by a man who but a few weeks ago
was a day laborer Michael Minke
wincz is the name of the new capital
ist and he has fallen heir to 2000000
imuuu un ueaui ol a relative m
Germany He has gone to claim the
money but before ieaving secured an
option on one of the most beautiful
tracts of land in the suburbs of Ashe
ville It includes several thousand
acres and runs out in the neighbor
hood of the famous Switzerland dairy
which George Vanderbilt tried hard
to buy before he purchased the Bilt
more estate The plans of this up
start as he is called have thrown the
Vanderbilts into a state of consterna
tion and there is promise of a serious
cocial upheaval An attempt is al
ready being made by friends of tho
New York aristocrats to secure the
vitiation of the option secured by the
German Pole
Lord Robert Carried HIi Point
Archdeacon Wilberfonce is conduct
ing daily services in Westminster Ab
bey for workmen engaged in prepar
ing the venerable structure for the
coronation The men sit on either
side of the cloister during their din
ner hour and listen
to the service en
joying their pipes the while The
archdeacon told them a story one day
about Lord Roberts and the Afghan
war A chaplain named Adams saved
two troopers who had been badly
wounded and Gen Roberts recom
mended the preacher for the Victoria
cross The war office demurred that
there was no precedent for giving that
coveted decoration to a clergyman To
this Lord Roberts replied You give
Parson Adams the V C or I resign
my command in India The work
men cheered with a will at this and
broke into still
more vigorous ap
plause when the archdeacon added
I need hardly say that Mr Adam3
received the cross he won so gallanr
ly
Tho Spread of Smallpox
The outbreak of smallpox in th
United States which has made itself
to some extent felt in Canada is at
tributed to the presence of so many
American soldiers in the Philippic
ind Porto Rico and the consequent
lraffic that has grown up betw n
hose countries and the republic Th
receipt of letters curios and various
articles from these infected islands
brought smallpox to the Unit j1
States
His Guej
A good story is going the rounds in
the house of commons says the Can
did Friend A friend is supposed to
have met Sir Wilfrid Lawson by
chance and to have asked him
Well Lawson and what do
feel about the war
you
After a pause Sir Wilfrid replied
I try to feel about it as our Cap
tain Christ would wish us to feel
Ah rejoined the friend tartly I
might have guessed that youd be a
pro Boer
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