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BRITISH SEALS ON HATCHES OF MERCHANT SHIPS
The Married Life of Helen and Warren
By MABEL HERBERT URNER
Originator of "Their Married Life." Author of "The
Journal of a Neglected Wife," "The Woman Alone," etc.
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Nora's Sullen Spells Are Most Trying, and Helen Decides
to Let Her Go
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(Copyright, MB, by tho JtcCluro Nowspapor Hyndlcato.)
,AVlLL,AG ON
THE Dardanelles, known In clas
sic times as tlio Hellespont, is
tho golden key to tho door of
Asia. Tho Btralt, which con
nects tho Sea of Marmora with
tfio Aegean sea, Is approximately for-ty-flvo
miles long and varies In width
from four mUes to a mile and a quar
ter at Dardanelles, Its narrowest
point It was Just at this part of tho
strait that, according to tho ancient
verses nscrlbod to Musaeus, tho serv
ant of tho muses, a legendary poet
supposed to have lived about tho fifth
century, the enamored I,oandcr, resid
ing In Abydos, tho ABlntlc town,
wooed and won tho beautiful Hero,
one of tho priestesses of Venus, at
Sestos, exactly opposite on tho Euro
pean side.
Qallipoll, tho ancient seaport, a vi
layet of Edlrnoh, Turkoy, on tho pen-
Insula of Gallopoli, Is, next to tho city
of Dardanelles, tho most Important
town on the strait. It was known In
classical times as Calllpolls, and In
tho middle ages, It Is said, was a largo
commercial center and valued highly
as" constituting tho "Key to tho Hel
lespont." The town of Dardanelles Is situated
on a flat point opposlto tho European
fort of Tchanak Kalesl, which guards
tho ontranco to tho strait from tho
Aegean sea. Two famous forts known
as castles defend tho Dardanelles, tho
one In Asia, Tchanak Kalesl, or Earth
enware Castlo of Asia, on tho slto of
tho anclont city of Abydos, and Its
mato opposlto known as Khllldl Bahnr.
''tho lock of tho sea," which 1b built
on tho sides of a steep projecting
cliff. Its castle7 howover, Is of loss
importance than Its neighbor.
Tho Turks have a romantic story of
their own regarding Abydos, now
known as Dardanelles. It seems that
a firm reslstanco was offered to the
Ottomans who besieged It under tho
command of Orchan, tho son of Sul
tan Othman. Tho city at last wan
forced to ylold, owing to tho treachery
of tho governor's daughter, who had
fallen In lovo with a handsome young
Turk. Her treachery alone occasioned
tho fall of tho town, which to this day
has remained ono of tho most prized
strongholds of tho Turks.
In tho town tho sight of a foreigner
and the sound of tho English tongue
is a matter of much comment, even
in the best of times. Just nftor tho
HO-callod bombardment of tho Darda
nelles reported to have taken place by
an Italian warship during tho war
over Tripoli, tho writer had tho
unique experlonce of being ono of
tho eloyen foolhardy passengers on
the first Austrian Lloyd steamer from
tho port of Piraeus, Grecco, willing
to take tho risk of attempting to pass
through tho Dardanelles.
A Hazardous Journey,
At tho Aegean end of tho strait,
after a long wait and much uncertain
ty as to wltother tho steamer would
bo permitted to inako tho hazardous
' Journey through tho Davdanelles,
known to bo thickly sown with mines,
a llttlo grimy Turkish tug took tho
long lino of shipping In tow, which
had for soino tlmo been awaiting a
convoy to proceed on Its Journoy to
Constantinople, or the ports on the
niack sea, a Journoy interrupted by
tho 'also reports of an Italian bom
bardment, which very fortunately, as
' It happened, had not actually taken
place.
Tho passengers wore filled with
irepldntlon and fear as they anxiously
watched tho llttlo snorting tug labori
ously twist and turn In an amazingly
Intricate and tortuouB course, first
close to shore, and then by a sharp
turn, making apparently for tho op
poslto sldo of tho famous channel. It
waB a -wondorful sight to Beo tho llttlo
craft ahead, each of tho otherB follow
ing ns closoly as thoy could tho stern
of tho proceding vessel, Imitating most
faithfully tho antics of tho small Turk
ish convoy, lost it bo blown up by
missing but ono of tho labyrlnthlan
twists and tarns, and to look back
and seo tho flvo ships behind, ns dili
gently playing tho samo game of fol
low tho leader, whllo on each sldo of
the narrow .waterway an almost con
tinuous lino of fortifications, hidden
breastworks, bristling batteries and
until near nt hand, cleverly concealed
Use for Anthologies.
Tho mistake Is In thinking that all
poetry Is for nil readers. On tho con
trary tho realm of poetry Is aB wldo
as tho world, for tho very reason that
each man may find thero Just what
he needs and leavo the rest. Tho
thing Is to discover tho poetry that
was meant for us, and perhaps tho
best way to do that Is to turn ovor tho
pages of some well-mado selection,
and bc(o whero our oycB get caught
and held. Hlclmrd Lo Galllonno.
Scotch Bill of Fare.
Soreral readers wrlto to say that
euroly tho English holidaymnkers In
Scotland who protest against the
Scottish bills of faro at tho boarding
houses and hotels nro unreasonable
"If one goes to Paris," writes ono
correspondent, "ono rather enjoys
sating tho food of tho place and ac
cepting its fcoding, hours nnd meth
ods, it Is a welcomo change to havo
only coffee and rolls at tho hour when
Brixtos and Balaam aro gorging them
mIycm with thawed eggs from Siberia
and bacon that is all gristle; apd
-J'heprs yerte Jo a great idea, also a
THE DARDANELLES
armaments, proved how thorough were
tho preparations for war.
On nrrivlng nt tho llttlo wooden
dock at tho port of Dardanelles In ono
of tho hugo Turkish flntboats which
como out from tho shore to take off
passengers and freight from tho
steamor, tho tourist's passport Is de
manded, oven beforo ho Is permitted
to alight on tho dock, If being dragged
up bodily by two villainous looking
bandlto who stand on tho dock, sec
onded by two equally ferocious ap
pearing gontlomen in tho swnylng and
bobbing boat somo six or seven feet
below, who expedite mntterB by none
too gontlo pokes and shoves, may bo
designated by any such mild appella
tion. Meet Scowling Looks.
Onco upon tho dock tho tourist Is
conscious that it Is a long, long way
to tho steamer, which lies somo dis
tance out from tho shore, ns tho con
fused babblo of tongues greets the ear
and tho scowling looks cast upon thoj
visitor make him well nwaro that ho
Iibb left civilization and safety behind
him In his characteristic American de
sire to "take In tho whole show," as
It is usually described.
It is almost with a sense of relief
that nn Individual is seen approach
ing. Ho bows obsequiously and glibly
announces: "I splk Eonglccsh: I
guldo."
At onco his services aro gladly se
cured, but unfortunately It Is soon evi
dent his knowledge of tho English lan
guage is limited.
Howover, when ono is in Turkoy,
and In Asiatic Turkoy at that, It Is
tho part of wisdom to tako things as
they como without making any un
necessary commotion. Tho glances
cast upon tho "glours" aro usually far
from friendly or reassuring, and tho
visitor to Dardanelles becomes soon
convinced of tho foolishness of his ac
tion In Insisting upon going nshoro In
tho face of tho Just warning from tho
captain and officers of tho steamer,
who frankly advised him to remain on
board, as It was pleasantor and safer
to Ylew Dardanelles from tho dock of
tho stoamer.
But onco ashoro It Is Impossible to
leavo for oven If tho voyager was able
to request to be taken back to tho
steamer It would not bo wlso to do so.
Consequently tho best thing to do Is
to appear to enjoy tho sights of Dar
danelles Immensely, and show as great
appreciation as possible for tho mor
volously hideous earthenware manu
factured In Tchanak KaleBl and sold
In tho dark, llttlo Turkish shops of
tho town. As every visitor to Turkoy
well knows, tho sultan's subjects man
ufacture almost nothing, for which no
regret is felt when tho awful speci
mens mado at Dardanelles aro seen.
Like a Greek Town.
Tho hotter part of Dardanelles has
much the appearance of n small Greek
town. The hotels, Bhops and opon-alr
enfes all havo signs printed In Greok,
and tho principal street Is known aB
"Tho Street of tho Greok Church." Ox
teams nro often encountered, lumber
ing slowly nlong, and thero aro num
erous mangy curs of tho same fierce
mongrel typo which formerly Infested
Constantinople They nro half starved
and snap menacingly at strangers, so
a promonado in Dardanelles Is rather
too oxcltlng for comfort. The streets
nro filled with children, somo of whom
look llko mlnlaturo mon and womon,
tiny puppets in baggy green silk
trousers or In full-flounc6d, gorgeously
colored silk dresses, tho sans and
daughters of tho wclModo Turkish
officials, but tho far greater number
aro forlorn llttlo creaturesragged and
dirty, who look not only neglected but
half famished.
A warning blast from tho steamer
tells tho voyager it is tlmo to return.
A hasty return 1b mado to tho dock,
but tho official .with tho traveler's
precious passport is nowhero to bo
seen. At Inst, after what seems an
endless delay, tho gentleman Is found,
and when, after a diligent search
through lnnumorablo papers, ho final
ly discovers tho missing document the
smiling gentleman is gladly given a
genorous gratuity for all his trouhlo
by tho nnxlouB travolor, who gives ono
long sigh of relief when onco moro
snfely aboard tho steamer,
big improvement on tho brandy-and-Boda
intcrludo In tho city boforo ono
catches tho train that takes ono toward
homo and dinner "London Chronicle.
The Bee In Literature.
The bee has had a placo in litem
turo over slnco thero was n literature
Bees aro frequently mentioned in our
Scriptures. Classic poets rhymed tho
honoy of Ilybla, in Sicily, that being
of incompnrablo quality, and It Is a
fact that tho queens of tho Ilybla bees
havo been extensively imported to
this country to improve tho American
stock.
What She Looked Like.
"Did you seo that husBy who Bued
our Bon for brench of promlso?"
"I did."'
"What did sho look llko?"
"Slio looked to mo llko a son-klst
lomon." Judge
A Definition.
William "Pop, what's a paradox?"
Futhor "A paradox, my son, is a wom
an who wears silk stockings nnd trlei
to keop It a secret." Puck.
"Nora, when did you clean this
stovo?"
Nora shut tho lco box with a bang
beforo sho answered sullenly:
"Wipe It oft after every meal."
"Well, Just lool- at this!" With tho
tip of hor finger Helen touched a
blackened, grease-crusted burner.
"And this drip pan," drawing It out, "Js
filthy!"
"Guess I know how It wns when I
came Guess I keep my stove and my
kitchen cleaner than the girl you had
foro me."
"That will do, Nora. Now, this pan
must bo scoured I You'll have to uso
ammonia to cut that grease, and tako
a stiff brush to thoso burners. I want
this cleaned this morning before you
begin tho silver."
Helen loft tho kttchon with an angry
flush. Nora was getting more sullen
and Insolent every day. She had mado
a mistake In tuklng her back. She
should have known that onco having
clashed, things could never bo the
same Now, sho was slighting her
work. There was no excuse for that
stovo.
"Thompson's hero to fix that . hot
water spigot," announced Nora, ap
pearing at tho door a moment later.
"You said ydu wanted to seo him."
Helen turned sharply.
"What did you say, Nora? What
did you call Mr. Thompson?"
"I snid Thompson's here to fix that
hot water spigot," defiantly.
"Nora, I want this to bo the last
time you over call Mr. Thompson
Thompson. I've spoken to you about
that beforo. He's the superintendent
hero, and for you to presurao to call
him Thompson "
"Well, that's his name, ain't it?" hor
fnce reddening with sulky tempor.
"And ho callB me Nora, doesn't ho?
I'vo got no uso for that man. Ho mado
my undo como up on that servants'
elevntor and my uncle's Just as much
a gentleman ns anybody that comes
to this house."
"But, Norn, that's the rule hero-
anybody calling on tho maids must uae
that elovator. Thoy can't make an ex
ception of your uncle."
And Helen hurried out to Mr.
Thompson, irritably conscious that
Nora waB getting moro and more on
hor nerves.
It was after luncheon beforo
Holen went Into tho kitchen ngaln. In
a glanco she saw tho stovo had been
only half cleaned, but sho ignored It,
not feeling equal to another combat
Just then. Yet she knew Norn had
Been her look at it, and was furious at
hor own lack of courage
"Where did theso como from,
Nora?" taking up a monkey wrench
and a largo screw driver from tho
kitchen tnble
"Ho loft 'em when ho was fixin' the
sink."
"Who do you mean by 'he?' " de
manded Helen, pointedly.
Nora hesitated. Sho dared not say
"Thompson," and hor stubborn prido
would not let her say "Mr. Thompson."
Then came an inspiration.
"Tho superintendent, ma'am.'"
"And what did I tell you to call tho
superintendent, Nora?"'
"Mlstor Thompson," with sneering
emphasis. Then, under her breath,
"But I'll call him what I pleaso when
you ain't around."
Protondlng not to hear this last
mumbled comment, Helen left the
kltchon. Sho went straight to her
desk and took up tho calendar.
Nora's month would bo up the fif
teenth JuBt nine moro days. Sho
Would toll her tomorrow that sho must
look for anothqr place Sho would
not koop hor after the fifteenth!
That evening at dinner Nora waited
on tho tnblo with lowered, reddened
eyes and an air of gloomy sullcnness.
"What's tho matter with her?"- de
manded Warren, us sho left the room.
"Slio's getting difficult again." ad
mitted Holen, with a sigh. "Sho had
ono of hor sullen spells today,"
"What'd I toll you when you took
her back?"
"Well, whon her mouth's up I'm
going to let her go. I shall toll her
tomorrow that sho'll havo to look for
another place."
"Huh! I'd have fired her, long ago."
"You've put up with "
"Hush, dear!" Through tho partly
opened pantry door Helen caught tho
gloam of Nora'a whlto npron. "Oh, I
believe she hoard!"
"Serves hor right for listening."
When Nora brought In tho salad her
eyes wero lowerod, but Holon Baw her
hand tremble as sho put down tho
dish. How much had sho hoard?
For the rest of the ovonlng Helen
felt vaguely uncomfortable. Sho
thought of Nora out there brooding
alone, thinking, no doubt, thoy wero
Bt 111 "talking her over." Sho could
tiover boar to feel that thoy wero two
igalnst ont and Nora wns so alone!
Finally, yielding to her uneasiness,
sho wont out to tho kltchon. Tho
iloor of Nora's room was open, but sho
was nut thero.
"Nora!" sho called, uncertainly
On a warm night she sometimes
wont up to tho roof, but never with
out permission, und novor so lato as
tills.
Only yestorday Helen had read about
a servant hurling herself from tho win
dow because she was homesick mid
lonely. Tho next moment she was out
In tho hnl!. Not waiting for the olo
rator sho darted up the stairs.
As sho stepped out on tho roof a
rain drop splashed In her face It
.viia a boat Bhower Tho drops canio
'aster, rattling heavily on tho tin roof
ng. Tho rumble of a cab cunio up
'ulntly from tho street below.
Norii was not thore Tho roof was
losertod Holon turned to go down
lion paused. What wnB that over by
,h I'hlinuet ? Something moved.
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It was Nora, huddled against the
chimney, hor head on her arms.
"Why, Nora, what are you doing up
hero In tho rain?"
No answer except a choking sob.
"You'll bo sick," Helen shook her
lightly; her thin waist was damp,
"I don't care," sobblngly.
"Well, I do. I can't afford to have
you sick on my hands."
Tho heartlesBnesB of this remark
struck Helen, but It had its effect. It
checked Nora's emotionalism. With
out a word she rose and started down
Determinedly Helen followed her ta
hor room.
"Nora, you're not happy here You
say your mother wants you to come
back to Ireland now, why don't you
go?"
Helen was not prepared for the
storm "bf tears that followed.
"Hush, Nora, hush!" sternly.
"They'll henr you outside. If you
won't go back homo, then why don't
you got another place where you'll
havo only chamber work? You'd like
that better, I'm sure."
Gradually Nora sobbed out that sho
didn't want another placo, that sho
had heard what they said about tho
fifteenth, but that sho wanted to stay.
Holen, helpless beforo this hysteri
cal outburst, finally promised to glvo
her another month's trial, another
chanco to conquer her sullenness.
Reassured by this, Nora quieted
down, but Helen left her with vnguo
misgivings. Already she half regret
ted her promise.
"Where In the deuce have you
been?" demnnded Warren.
"With Nora. I told you slieoVer
heard us at dinner." Then, resigned
ly. "I've promised to give her anoth
er month's trial." f
"For tho lovo of Mike! That makes
how many times you've discharged and
taken her back?"
"Only once before, dear. And this
tlmo, if sho doesn't improve sho'll
hnvo to go. I told her that distinctly."
"Well, by Jingo," Btooping for his
paper with a disdainful shrug, "that
girl's got your number. She can work
you to tho limit."
Absently, Helen tidied her work
basket, wound up tho spools, and
thrust pins and needles Into tho
strawberry cushion. Warren was
right, Nora did Impose on her. No
ono else would put up with her sul
len obstinacy. Why had she prom
ised to keep her? For the moment
her resentmont against Nora hard
ened into a posltlvo dislike.
Mechanically she opened a tightly
folded envelopo and poured into her
hand some bullot-llko pearl buttons.
Whero had thoy come from? They
had been on that old silk waist sho
had given Nora for a dust cloth, and
Nora had carefully cut them off and
put them here.
Thoy wero a muto testimony of
Nora's loyalty und economy. Sho was
always doing Just such things. No
other girl ever worked sowhole
hcartedly for their Interest.
And it was only lately that she
had begun to slight her work. Sho
had said she was not well; perhaps
Bhe was tired, overworked. She hud
boon with them' ovor a year without
a day's rest or chango.
Slowly, thoughtfully. Helen put back
tho buttons, refolded tho envelopo,
then turned to Warren with an abrupt:
"Doar, how long has Miss Mlddleton
been with ypu?"
'"Bout a year. Why?"
"You'ro going to give her a vacation
this summer?"
"Sure Two weeks this month.
Why?"
"Nothing. I was just wondering."
The stenographer would get her va
cation, that was taken for granted.
Why not tho servant? Her hours
were longer und her work moro mo
notonous. No wondor Nora was grow
ing sullen und Irritable. Sho was never
away from that kitchen or her little
room adjoining It.
"Warren, about how much does it
cost to go to some nearby aeashoro
for a week? I mean for someone who
has to go cheaply. Not to a big hbtol,
but just to a cheap boarding house?"
"What're you driving at anyway?
Miss Mlddleton can engineer her own
vacation "
"I wasn't thinking of Miss Middle
ton," musingly. Then, with sudden
briskness, "Dear, do you know It's
after twelve and wo were up so late
last night. Shall I turn on your bath?"
Diet of Ancient Athletes.
Tho actual diet, used by the ancient
Greok athletes consisted of a certain
kind of cheese, specially prepared
from goats' milk. Later on a flesh
diet wnB Introduced. Tho Romans, In
tho early stages of training, utilized
a vegetarian form of diet, consisting
of dried figs, new chuese, nnd boiled
grain. Later on, again, ment was
added to tho list, but only) one sort
of llesh was thought suitable, and that,
curiously enough, was pork, an edible
absolutely hnnnod by most mo l tii
trainers. Galen most firmly mu'u
tallied that pork contains far more
nutriment than any other flesh food
It oortnlnly Is a very significant fnd
that the utiriont athletes complained
that if thoy wore forced, whon in
training, to live upon anything olsii
hut pork for nn: ono meal their mental
and physical forcos alike wero soi
lously Impaired
Bees Carry Own Weight.
Fivo thousand boos will weigh a
pound as they leavo tho hlvo, but
whon t,hoy return loaded with honoy
their weight Is doublqd.
Dining tlio, rusl),lioura In Buffalo the
stroot can company operates two-car
irulus
British officials In American porta nro now putting their seals on cargoes
routes that pass through tho naval war zone Tho photograph shows one of
on board tho steamship Joseph Fordney at Now York.
MORE TROOPS OFF FOR PANAMA
The Twenty-ninth Infantry, U. S. A., here seen marching past the New York public library, has JuBt been
sent to tho Panama Canal zone to bo a part of the permanent garrison. Before departing It was reviewed by Gen.
Leonard Wood, Mayor MItchel and other dignitaries.
AMERICAN
I 753w3 r?iS wWSn I
MIsb Cora V. Johnson and her corps of ten trained nurses photographed
they wero about to sail for Europe for servlco on the battlefields In Russia,
GIANT CACTI TRANSPLANTED
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Tho two largest giant cacti that
havo over been moved have been
transplanted from the Arizona desert
to tho Panama-Pacific International
exposition. They have been placed on
tho parapet of the Zunl Indian village
which is ono of tho most realistic
bits of reproduction to be found at the
exposition. Each cactus occupied a
separate Hat car. Ono weighed 3,700
and tho other 4,500 pounds. It cost
$2,000 to dig up nnd transplant the
two giant growths to tho exposition.
Tho larger of the two desert plants la
3C feet in holght.
Boss Didn't Know It.
The Employee l'vo called for my
time I'm not going to work for you
any moro.
Tho Sarcastic Boss Huvoyoti boon
working for us? I thought you wero
merely drawing pay.
World's Squarest Club.
Now York city has a unique society
called tho Square club. So square Is
tho Squaro club that all rogular and'
most Irregular mootlngs of tho club
nro hold around the four sides of a
square tablo. On tho square table are
tho namos of all its mombers. To bo
como eligible for membership to tho
club you must join with throo others.
When tho club was first organized the
mombers used to enrvo their name on
the table, now they aro Inserted on
steel plates. Tho Square club is the
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RED CROSS NURSES FOR RUSSIA
YOUNGEST ELOPERS ON RECORD
Alston Curtin, aged sixteen years, and Gracp Bowles, one year his junior,
Who eloped from Washington and were arrested In New York, where they
attempted to get a llcenso to marry. The Children's society returnod them to
their parents in the national capital.
Crowded Civilization.
In a way Europe Itself was outgrown,
draw a Ine from Koenlgsberg on the
Baltic to, Odessa on the Black sen.
West of that lies a stretch of country,
highly favored by climate and water
communication. But It Is now rapidly
feeling its relatively small size. I'
would hold comfortably between Key
West and Chicago, the Aroostook and
Mobile. Yet within It are crammed
half a dozen civilizations, a dozen lan
guages and wtll nigh twenty armies,
three-quarters of which are In a high
state of efficiency. Tho hostllo lines
of competing taiff ByBtoma are just
aB numerous; whllo n multiplicity of
traditions. In which war and religion
play a great part,ire hopelessly rooted
In a past thnt la not altogether edify-
jn n n n r, ,-, n . r. ,-,'.. n r.' . .
squarest club In tho world, for it has
no dues, no rulos.tno Initiation fees
and no crooks, anglts or curves. Tho
only way n man's nilno can find room
on top the square tVble Is for somo
member of tho Squafo club to havo
found him squaro when the tinie came
to put him to tho test.
Verse and Poetry.
'It is true that much) correct verso
U written without inspiration, nnd as
r.n act of taste. Tho makers seem
artists rather than poets, they work in
that aro bound for neutral ports over
these seals wired across the hatches
CANAL ZONE
on the steamship Bergensfjcrd hi
ing. Imagine. all this In between Chi
cago and New York, and how unhappy
wo should be! Century Magazine.
Traits of the Camel.
"Tho camel," says an oriental prov- j
erb, 'curses Its parents when it has j
to go uphill nnd its maker when it
goes down." Still, this is hardly to
bo wondered at, for It is a well es
tablished faet that even young camels
never play. They aro born Bad, und
thereafter their llfo is ono protest
against being mado to work, although
work has been their portion slnco the
beginning of the memory of man. How
largely they havo been domosticated
from the earliest tlmos we know from
the statomont that Job possessed 0,000
camels.
j the spirit of gravor and decorator;
oven as ldylllsts their appeal is to tho
bodily oyo; they aro overcareful of
words, and hot only of their little
.pictures, but of tho framos that con
tain them book, covor, margin, paper,
adornment. That lyrical compositions
should go forth in attractlvo gulso Is
dolectablo, but not the ono thing need
ful for the true poet, whoso jjtrongtb
lies In that which distinguishes him
from other artists, not in what-is com
mon to all Edmund Claronco Stod-inati.
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