TSERIAL
2 STORY
Q)hen
a Jftan
Jftarries
By
MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
Jlulhor of The Circular Stalrcaie,
Tht Jlpm In Lower
Ttn, Etc.
Copy right 1K. by th.RobU-ll.rrlU Co.
8YNOP8IS.
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Jnms Wilson or Jimmy as ho Is called
hy lils friends. Jimmy was rotund and
looked shorter than he really was. Ills
Ambition lu 11 To wns to bo taken seriously,
but people steadily refused to do so. Ills
art la considered n Iiuro Joke, except to
himself, If ho asked people to dlnnor v
ryono expected u frolic. Jimmy marries
Holla Knowles; they live together n year
and are divorced. Jimmy's friends nr-
rangu to celebruto the first anniversary
of his divorce. The party Is In full swing
when Jimmy receives a tclcsram from his
Aunt Bcllna, who will arrive In four hours
to visit him and his wife. Ho noatccts to
tell her of his divorce. Jimmy takes Kit
Into his confidence. Ho sukkcsIs that Kit
play the hostess for one nlnht, bo Mrs.
wllson pro tern. Aunt Bollna arrives und
the deception works out as planned.
Jim's Jap Borvant Is taken 111. Bulla.
Jimmy's divorced wife, enters tho house
and asks Kit who In being taken away In
the nmbulanco? Hello Insists It Is Jim.
Kit tells her Jim Is well and Is In tho
house. Harbison steps out on the porch
and discovers a man tacklnir a card on
the door. Ho demands an explanation.
Tho man points to the placard and Har
bison sees tho word "Smallpox" prlntdd
on It. He tells htm tho Kuests cannot
lenvo tho house until tho quarantine Is
lifted. After tho lifting of tho quarantine
several letters are found In tho mall box
undelivered, one Is addressed to Honry
Llewellyn, Iqulque, Chile, which wns
written by Harbison. Ho debcrjbes ml
nutoly of their Incarceration, also of his
Infatuation for Mrs. Wilson. Aunt Sellna
1s taken 111 with la grippe. Betty nets as
nurse. Harbison finds Kit sulking on tho
roof. She tells htm that Jim has bcon
treating her outrageously. Kit starts
downstairs, when suddenly she Is grospod
In the arms of a man who kisses hor sov
, oral 'times. She believes that Harbison
lld It and Is humiliated. Aunt Sellna tells
Jimmy that her cameo breastpin and
other articles of Jewelry havo been stolen.
She accuses Betty of the theft. Jimmy
tolls Aunt Scllna nil about the strango
liapponlngs, but she porslsts in suspecting
Betty of tho theft of her valuables.
Harbison demands an explanation from
Kit as to her conduct towards him, sho
tells him of the Incident on tho roof, ho
does not dony nor confirm her accusation.
One of the guests devises a way to encapo
from the house. Thev set fire to tho re
ception room and attompt to leavo the
liouso from the roar. The guards dis
cover tho ruse and prevent them from
scnplng. Max finds Anne's pearl clasp
5 In In Jimmy's studio In a discarded coat.
Immy Is suspected of the theft, but de
nles the accusation. Kit finds a watch
lianglng to a ptllar In tho basement and
with Inltlnls T. H. II. engraved upon It.
film opens the enso and finds a picture of
licrself that had been clipped from a
newspaper,
CHAPTER XVI.
I Faoo Flannlgan.
Dlnnor had watted that night while
evorybody wont to tho coal collar and
stared at tho hole In tho wall, and
watched whllo Max took a tracing of
It and of Bomo footprints In tho coal
dust on tho other side.
I did not go. I wont Into tho library
TVlth tho guilty watch In a fold of
imy gown, and found Mr. Harbison
there, staring through tho February
gloom at tho blank wall of the next
house, and qulto unconscious of tho
reporter with a drawing pad Just be
1 llow him In tho area-way. I went over
and closed the shuttoca boforo his
very eyes, but even then ho did not
move.
"Wljl you bo good enough to turn
around?" I demanded at last.
"Ohl" ho said, wheeling. "Aro you
hero?"
There wasn't any reply to that, so
.1 took tho watch and placed It on tho
library ' tablo between us. Tho effect
"was all that I had hoped. Ho stared
at It for an Instant,' then at me, with
his band outstretched for It, stopped.
"Where did you find It?" he aBkod.
I couldn't understand his expression.
He looked embarrassed, but not at all
afraid.
"I think you know, Mr. Harbison," I
retorted.
"I wish I did. You opened It?"
I "Yes."
We stood looking nt each other
(across tho tablo. It was his glanco
ithat wavered.
, "About tho picture of you," he
isald at last, "You see, down there
jin South America, a, follow hasn't
much to do evenings, and aa chum
of mine and I wo were awfully down
on what we called tho plutocrats, tho
the leisure classes. And when that'
picture of yours camo In the paper,
wo had wo had an argument. He.
said" Ho Btoppod.
. "What did ho say?"
"Well, he Bald It was tho plcturo of
an ompty-facod society girl."
, "Oh!" I exclaimed.
' "I I maintained there wore possl
bllltles In tho face." He put both
jhands on tho table, and, bending for
ward, looked down at me. "wen, i
was a fool, I admit. I said your oyes
were kind and candid, In splto of that
haughty mouth. You boo, I said I was.
a fool."
"I think. you aro exceedingly rude,"
I managed finally. "If you want to
know where 1 found your watch, It
was down In tho coal cellar. And If
you admit you aro an Idiot, I am not
I I know all about Bella's bracelet
and the board on the roof, and oh, If
you would only leave Anno a nock
lace on tho coal, or somewhere and
get away n
My volco got beyond mo thon, and 1
dropped Into a chair and covered my
faco. I could fool him staring at tho
back of my hoad.
"Well, I'll be" something or other,
ho said finally, and thon turned on his
hcol and went out. Dy the tlmo I got
my eyes dry (yes, I waB crying; I al
ways do when I am angry) I heard
Jim coming downstairs, and I tucked
uio watcn out of Bight. Would any
one havo foreseen tho troublo that
watch would make!
Jim was sulky. Ho dropped Into a
chair and stretched out his legs,
looking gloomily nt nothing. Then
ho got up and nmblod Into his den,
closing the door bohlnd him without
having spoken n word. It was more
than human nature could stand.
When I went into tho den ho was
Btrctched on tho davenport with his
faco buried In tho cushion. lit looked
absolutely wilted, and ovory lino of
htm was drooping.
"Go on out, Kit," ho said, In n
smothered volco. "Do a good girl and
don't follow mo around."
"You aro shameless!" I gaspod.
Follow you! When you nro hung
around my neck 'llko a Hko a"
Millstone was what I wanted to say,
but"! couldn't think of It.
Ho turned over and looked up from
his cushions llko an Ill-treated and
suffering cherub.
"I'm dono for, Kit," ho groaned.
Delia wont up to tho studio aftor
wo left, and Investigated that corner."
"What did sho And? Tho necklace?"
I naked eagerly. Ho was too wretched
to notlco this.
"N6, that plcturo of you that I did
last wlntor. She is crnsy sho says
sho Is going Upstairs and sit In Tn
kahlro's room and toko smallpox and
dio."
"Fiddlesticks!" I snld rudely, and
somebody hammered on tho door and
oponed It
"Pardon mo for disturbing you,"
Dolla said, in hor best dear-mo-l'm-glad-I-knocked
manner. "But Flan
nlgan says tho dlnnor has not come."
"Good Lord!" Jim exclaimed, "I
fojCgot to order tho confounded din
ner!"
It was eight o'clock by that tmo
,and as It took an hour at loast aftor
telephoning tho ordor, everybody
looked blank whon thoy heard. Tho
ontlro family, except Mr. Harbison,
who had not appeared again, escorted
"You're Unlucky, I'm ThlnklnV
Jim to the tolephouo and' hung around
hungrily, suggesting new dishes every
minuto. And then he couldn't raise
Central. It was 15 minutes beforo wo
gave tip, and stood staring at one an
othor despairingly.
"Call out of a window and get ono
of those Infernal reporters to do some
thing useful for once," Max suggested.
But ho was indignantly bushed. We
would have starved first. Jim was
peering Into tho transmitter and
knocking tho receiver .against his
hand, llko a watch that had stopped.
But nothing happened. Flannlgan re
ported a box of breakfast food, two
lomons and a plnoapplo cheese, a
combination that didn't soem to lend
Itself to anything.
Wo went back to tho dining room
from sheer forco of habit and sat
around tho tablo and looked at the
lomonade Flannlgan had made. Anno
would talk about tho salad hor last
cook had doncotcd, and Max told
about a little town In Connecticut
whoro the restaurant keeper smokes a
corn-cob plpo whilo he cooks tho most
luscious fried clams in America, And
Aunt Sellna relatod that In hor family
thoy had a rcclpo for chicken smoth
ered in cream. And ttion wo sipped
the weak lemonado and nibbled at the
cheese.
"To chango this gridiron martyr
dom," Dallas- said finally, "whoro's
Harbison? Still looking for hlg
watch?"
"Watch!" Everybody said it In a
dlfforent tone.
"Sure," he responded. "Says his
watch was taken last night from tho
studio. Bettor get him down to tako
a squint at tho telephone. Likely ho
can fix it."
Flannlgan was besldo me with the
cheese. And at that moment I felt
Mr, Harbison's stolen watch slip out
of my girdle, slldo greasily across my
lap, and clatter to tho floor. FlannI
gan stooped, but luckily It had gono
under tho tablo, To havo had It
picked up, to havo had to explain how
I got It, to soo them try to Ignore
my picture pasted In It oh, it was
Impossible! I put toy foot over It
"Drop something?" Dallas asked
perfunctorily, rising. Flannlgan was
still half knoollng.
"A fork," I said, as easily as I
could, and tho conversation wont on.
But Flannlgan know, and I knew ho
knew. Ho watched my every move
ment like, a hawk aftor that, standing
Just behind my chair, I dropped my
useless napkin, to have it whirled up
before It reached the floor. I said to
Betty that my shoo buckle was looso,
and actually got tho 'watch In my hand,
only to let It Blip at tho critical mo-
mont Then thoy nil got up andwont
Badly back to tho library, and Flatvnl
gan and I faced each other. .
Flannlgan was not a handsome man
at any tlmo, though Up to thon ho had
at loast lookod. amlablo. But now as
I stood with my hand on tho back of
my chair, his faco grow suddenly
menacing. Tho sllonco was absolute:
I was the guiltiest wretch allvo, and
opposite mo the law towered and
glowered, and hold tho yellow remnant
of a p!n'applo choose! And In tho bI-
lence tht.t wrotched watch lay and
ticked ar.lt tlckod nnd ticked. Thon
Flnnnlt nn croakod over1 and closed tho
door Into tho hall, camo hack, picked
up tho watch, nnd looked at It
"You'ro unlucky, I'm thlnkln'," ho
said finally. "You'vo got the nervo
all right, but yod ain't cuto enough."
"I don't know what you mean. I
quavered. "GIvo mo that watch to re
turn to Mr. Harbison."
"Not on your Hfo," ho ( retorted
eanlly. "I giro it back myself, llko I'm
going to glvo back tho necklace, if you
act llko a sensible llttlo girl."
I could only choke.
"It's foolish, any way you look at
It," he persisted, "Hero you aro, lots
of friondB, folks that think you'ro nil
right Why, I reckon thore Isn't ono
of them thnt wouldn't lend you monoy
If you needed It so bad."
"Will you bo still?" I said furiously.
"Mr. Harbison loft that watch with
mo an hour ago. -Get him, anil ho
will toll you bo himself!"
"Of courso ho would, Flannlgan
conceded, looking at mo with grudging
approval. "Ho wouldn't bo what I
think ho Is, If hq didn't Ho up and
down for you." Thero woro voices in
tho hall, Flannlgan camo closer. "An
hour ago, you sny. And ho told mo
It was gono this morning! Its a
losing gamo, miss. I'll glvo' you 24
hours and then tho necklace, If you
please, miss."
CHAPTER XVII.
A Clash and a Kiss.
Tho clash that camo that evening
had been threatening for somo tlmo.
Tako an Immovable body, represented
Mr. Harbison and his square Jaw,
d an Irresistible forco. Jimmy and
his weight, and thoro la bound to bo
troublo.
Tho real fault was Jim's. Ho had
gono entirely mad ngaln over Bella,
and thrown prudenco to tho winds.
Ho, mooned at hor across tho dinner-
tablo, and waylaid hor on tho stairs
or In tho back halls, Just to hear hor
volco whon sho ordered him out of tho
way. Ho telephoned for flowera and
candy for hor qulto shamelessly, and
ho got out a book of photographs that
thoy had taken on tholr wedding Jour
ney, and kept It on tho library tablo.
Tho boIo concession ho mado to our
presumptive relationship was to bring
mo tho responsibility for everything
that wont wrong, and his Bhlrto for
buttons.
Tho first I hoard of tho troubio was
from Dal. Ho waylaid mo In tho hall
aftor dinner that night, and his faco
was serious.
"I'm afraid wo can't keop It up vory
long. Kit," ho said. "With Jim trail
ing Bella all over tho houso, and tho
old lady keener every day, it's bound
to como out somohow, And that lsn t
all, Jim and Harbison had a aot-to
today about you."
'About mo!" I repeated. "Oh, I
dare say I havo boon falling short
again. What was Jim doing? Abusing
mo?"
Dal lookod" cautiously over his shoul
der, but no ono was near.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
NOT OVERESTIMATED.
"Let mo tell you. Kontlemon.'' Bald
the earnest vegotartan, who was lecP
turlng before tho Butchers' associa
tion "that thore Is more energy con
tained In a single banana than there
Is In five- pounds of the best beef
steak." Instantly a storm of protesting and
dorlslve hisses broko forth from the
Indlgnnnt audience. But abovo the
noisy rasp could be heard tho sten
torian voice of a husky-looking Indi
vidual shouting: "The man ts right!
Tho man Is right! But ho falls to
allow enough energy for the fruit I
know from my own personal exporl
enco that a mere fraction of tho out
side of a banana contains sufflctout en
ergy to tako tho best wrestler In the
world off his foot."
Consistent.
"Senator," said tho reporter, "may t
ask how you mndo your first thou
sand?" "Yos, sir," rospondod Senator Graph
ter; "I mado it In tho same way that
I mado all my subsequent thousands,"
Awed by the arroganco of his man
ner, tho reportor refrained from head
Ing tho story of tho Interview "A Con-
fcsslon!"
0
Comparing Notes.
The motorist and the aviator met
for a confidential chat
'That's a flilo machine you have,"
said tho admiring aviator.
"Yes. It is the greatest farm wagon
bur tor In tho country. And how about
your auroplnno?"
"Sh! Best chlmnoy buster In the
world, old chap."
The Reason.
"I always do tho markotlng for my
wife."
"Tho last time I did tho marketing
I got cold feet"
"Why should you do that?"
"BecauBO she told me to; she said
peopie aiwayn uaa pigo' feet at a
Dutch lunch."
Shouldn't Blama Him.
-It was a poot that accoptod the
first presidency of Portugal."
"Well, he bad to make a living,
didn't he?"
Lawmakers Are Besieged by Women
WASHINGTON. That a niombcr of
congress spends his dayB tn work
ing for or against such momentous
projeots as tariff reduction, Canadian
reciprocity, appropriations for this or
that and othor kindred BUbJocts, Is, to
the popular mind, precisely what ho Is
sent thero to do. But that ho also
consumos n goodly portion of his work
ing day in receiving or avoiding wom
en, will bo, porhapB, a moro or Iobo
surprising statoment to tho avcrago
vcter.
Aud yet don't censure tho con
gressman for doing so. Nino out of
ten timos ho's moro engcr to dodge hla
feminine callers than to seo them,
This business of basking in fomlnlno
smiles and being sought aftor by
Milady Fair may bo all right In Btory
books, but It doosn't go In congress.
If ho could do so tho avcrago mem
ber would turn ovor tho Job of ro-
Can't Fathom Fight on Mormons
SENATOR. REED 8MOOT of Utah,
who ia an npostlo of tho Mormon
church. In spite of all tho attacks ho
has weathered etneo hlB advent Into
public life, ennnot get used to tho
campaigns wngod agnlnst his religion.
Tho protest against placing tho llko-
ness of Brighnm Young upon tho sil
ver servlco thnt is to bo presented to
the battleship Utah by tho cltlzoiiB of
tho otato caused Sonator Smoot to
mako n call, upon the secretary of tho
navy rocontly nnd explain to him tho
facts in tho caso.
Tho proposition Is to have engraved
upon tho silver servlco a UkoncBB of
tho plonoer monument that stands at
tho hoad of Main street, Salt Lako
City. This monument was orected nt
tho vory spot whoro the pioneers of
that state, 142 in number, camped
when thoy wont into that wilderness
to carve out a now emplro. All of
thorn wero Mormons and Brlgham
Young, tho prophot, waa tholr loader,
so that in addition to having tho
names of all of thorn carved upon tho
stono a stntuo of Young stands, llfo
bIzo, nt tho top of tho monument
New Statesmen
IN this now houso of representatives
thort aro a numbor of mombors who
havo cpmo here with a full realization
of tho fact that thoy aro ono-termors.
Thoy know that according to all hu
man probabilities thoy will not bo re
turned, and bo thoy propose to mako
all thoy can out oi two years In of
flco. No oxpcnslvo hotels for thorn;
on tho contrary, thoy aro figuring how
thoy can. llye on their mllongo and
clerk hire, aUd aavo tholr salarlOB.
The result 'Is that tho superintend
ent of tho houso omco building has
had hard work to keop memborB from
$300,000 In Gold
STACKED In ono corner of tho stool
ribbod vnults of tho United States
treasury, 30,000 In gold coin Is going
bogging. Tho government cauot glvo
It away; yot nono of tho rightful own
ers can be inducod to tako It It
represents unclaimed interest on the
public dobt.
Somowhoro In nookB and crannies
nnd out of tho way places aro tho gov
ornraont'o Interest chocks for tho
money, which nover havo been cabbed.
From tlmo to tlmo tho treasury at
tempts to call In tho checks and tho
vnaarloa of human naturo aro Bhown.
jftOno citizen hns moro -than 100.000
iftlng for him and holds tho chocks
for It He was rocenuy invuoa 10
cash In nnd mado a trip to Washing
ton to tell treasury officials tho checks
woro his properly, ho would cash thorn
whep ho ploased, or burn them up if
he wished. If he dooB tho latter, his
monoy will bo held In tho vaults until
congress, perhaps, might dlspooo of
it. Tho troasury can do nothing but
keep It
Cecil Rhodes' Good Sense,
Although Cecil Rhodes was a busy
man ho found tlmo for a certain
amount of rending, Ho mado It a
rulo, ulthough vory fond of good pic
tures, never to buy any for fear of
developing a crazo for collecting
works of art, for with all his wealth
ho felt that ho could not afford to
spend so much money on a fad. Tho
only famous painting that ho owned
waa ono by Sir Joshua Reynolds,
supposed to represent a young mar
ried woman, which hung In the dining
colvlng Phyllis nnd Cousin Mary from
tho country and Mrs. Homo Stater to
any ono. who wmts it In a jiffy t
Thoy can bo found either In tho ro
copttou room of tho Iioubo of repre
sentatives or In tho marble room of
the senate, chiefly, however, on tho
houso sldo. From tho oponlng day of
n session until Us closo thoy thoso
"women In waiting," ns ono congress
tnnn facotiously calls thorn aro to bo
coon.
There nro young girls, slender and
fair, who como In groups, properly
chaperoned, from boarding schools
JuHt to Bay "good-day" to tho mornber
from tholr homo stnto. Thoy nro
frankly curious and vastly excited
over tho novel oxperlcnco.
Thoro nro womon with tho bnttlo
scarrod facos of tho unhappy aged.
Somo of them nro In rusty black and
mako no attompt to concoal tho pov
erty that drlvos them to this lost
hopo of winning tho sympathy of a
man who can got them a government
position or aid tho passago of a cer
tain hill. Thoy nro "on duty" ench
day, from noon to ndjournmont, In tho
stilling llttlo room on tho houso tilde,
which Is merely n columned nlcho to
tho left of statuary hall.
WW? WHAT THEV
Ot-pNV;? jiuvra scrvicc ilu!
YXWK A PRETTY
Thore Is no rollglous Blgntflcanco to
tho statuo or to tho proposition to
ongrnvo tho llkonoss upon tho silver
Borvlco, Bonntor Smoot explained to
Secretary Moyer, although It happens
that tho plonoors woro Mormons.
Tho sonator also stated that tho
committoo having in chargo tho selec
tlon of tho silver for tho battleship
and tho designation of the doslgn, Is
composed of Mormons and non-Mor
mons nnd thoy nro unanimously in
favor of engraving a picture of the
monument upon tho service. Tho ro
suit of tho senntor'B talk was that
Secretary Moyer will stand pat and
not interfere. To nil who protest he
says that the silver servlco Is a vol
nntary gift from tho people of Utah
and tho department has no right to
ntlpulate as to the design.
Are Economical
putting cots In their offices for sleep
ing thore. It is Bald to bo a fact that
como of these "closo" congressmen
havo instate! that thoy bo glvon tho
right to mofo their trunks Into tho
nouso office building and Bleep thoro,
though they havo not yot proposod do
Ing light housekeoplng.
Speaking of committoo rooms, the
shirt caused by tho chango In the po
litical complexion of tho houso has re
suited In embarrassment to somo of
the mombors "who hnyo been In tho
habit cf taking their nips regularly
during tho day.
"Goth, but I'm dry, and tired, and
need a drink," romarkod a statesman
as ho stood In tho corridor tho other
day. "But blamod If I know where to
got It Last BosBlon I had lots of
friends who kept bcttles In. their com
inltloe rooms, and I BuppoBe thore are
Just as many now, or moro, but I
don't know where to locate them."
Awaits Claimants
Tho contractor who laid tho first
pavement upon Pennsylvania aveiiuo
from tho capltol to tho Whlto Houso
has $21,000 waiting for htm. It has
been thoro many years, but tho trons
ury has nover been nblo to find the
rightful pnyoo, as tho contractor
failed and his affairs becamo involved
In litigation wlriCh has nevor boen sot
tied.
Tho amounts of this soomlngly own
erless fund rnngo from thousands of
dollars down to a fow coats. Tho
smaller amounts aro all hold for thoso
who owned government securities nt
somo tlmo or othor nnd probably havo
forgotten to collect their latest Inter
est.
room ovor tho fireplace As n boy he
bad taken a groat fancy to tho pic
ture and when ho grew up and be-.
camo rich ho bought It
Hard to Obtain Radium,
London's radium lnstltuto Is finding
It bard to obtain the five and one-half
grams of radium nocded In Its equip
ment for therapeutic work. Tho firm
which undortook to supply that
amount Is unable to live un to Its con
trudt Tho institute Is to open In Oc
tober.
It Evaporated
Milk
is the hfndiest
thing in the pan
try. It is pure and
always ready to
use.
There is no
waste use as
much or as little
as you need, and
the rest keeps
longer than fresh
milk.
Give fine result in
all cooking
Tell yottr grocer to
nd Libby's Milk
PLEDGE POLICIES FOR LOANS
Imprudent Act That Really Means
Man Is Borrowing From Hit
Widow.
Many men, pressed for money, go
to the life insurance company, de
posit their policy as security and bor
row an much as the company is will
ing to lend. That the practice la com
mon la proved by the fact that most
companies have, loaned from a fourth
to a third of the aggregate face value
of their policies In thta way. "Very
few ot those i loans," says the annual
report of tho Connecticut Mutual and
this company's experlenoe Is typical
"are ever repaid to the company. The.
monoys , . , are ewallqwed up
In business enterprises, In specula
tions , . . and the total result
means embarrassment and dlstreua la
a great many oases, and poverty ia.
the place of competence, when the
claims mature, and there is nothing
left above the loans but a mere mar
gin in cash on the policies for the
protection of families or estates."
Men who borrow on their policies are
taking away protection from their
famlllos. It ought not to be done.
Collier's.
He Got It.
"Won't you glvo me an order!
pleaded the too-persistent traveling
salesman.
"Certainly. Got out!"
Their Time.
Foolish Fred Do you like lobsters?
Pert Polly Yos, both human and
crustacean, In their salad days.
r
One Cook
May make a cake "fit for
the Queen," while another
only succeeds in making a
"pretty good cake" from the
same materials.
It's a matter of skill!
People appreciate, who
have once tasted.
Post
Toasties
A delicious food made of
"White Corn flaked and
toasted to a delicate, crisp
brown to the "Queen's
taste."
Post Toasties are served
direct from the package with
cream or milk, and sugar if
desired
A breakfast favorite I
The Memory Lingers"
Potfura Cereal Company, Ltd.
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