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THE 8EM1-WEKLY TJUBUN, NOKVM PLASWE. HTTlllltilim
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Rainbow's
ROSA AND HER TWO COMPANIONS FACE DEATH FROM
STARVATION OR DISEASE
Synopsis Don Esteban Varona, rich Cuban planter, hides hln
rJoney and Jewels nnd tho secret of tho hiding placo Is lost when ho
and the only other person who knows it nro killed. Donna Isabel, step
mother of tho Varona twins Estebtn nnd Rosa searches vainly for
years for the hidden treasure. Johnny O'Reilly, an American, loves
and is loved by Rosa. Donna Isabel falls to her death In on old well
while walking In her sleep. Estcban's connection with tho Cuban,
Insurrcctos Is discovered and he nnd Rosa are forced to flee. O'Reilly,
In New York on business, gets a letter from Rosa telling of her peril
and ho starts for Cuba. Puncho Cuoto, faithless manager of tho Vnronn
estates, betrays Esteban und Rosa,' leading Colonel Cobo, notorious
Spanish guerrilla, to their hiding place.' Esteban, who is absent, returns
Just in time to rcscuo Rosa. O'Reilly's efforts to reach Rosa nre fruit
less and ho is compelled by the Spanish authorities to leave Cuba.
Esteban wreaks a terrible vengeance on Pancho Cucto. A fierce fight
with Spanish soldiers ensues. Esteban escapes, but, badly wounded
and half conscious, ho is unable to find his way back to his camp.
Rosa, with (ho faithful servants who had remained with hcrstorccd
to obey tho concentration order of General Wcyler, the Spanish com
mander, nnd seek refugo in Mntanzas. O'Reilly returns to Cuba with
a band of filibusters, which Includes Norlno Evans, nn American girl
who has dedlcnted her fortuno and services as nurso to tho Cuban
cause. Although warned by Cuban officers that both Esteban nnd Rosa
probably nro dead, O'Reilly refuse's to abandon tho search. Ho Jolng
tho forces of General Gomez, the Cuban commander.
CHAPTER XIII Continued. I
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I "I Inferred as much from what Lo
pes told me." Tho general nodded his
white bead. "Well, you'll make n good
soldier, and we shall bo glad to hnvo
you." Ho extended his hand, nnd
O'Reilly took It gratefully.
Tho city of Mntnnzau was "pacified.'-'
So ran the boastful bando of tho cap
tain general. And this was no exag
geration, as anyone cbuld eco from
the' number of beggars there. Of all
his military operations, this "pacifica
tion" of the western towns and prov
inces wm tho most conspicuously suc
cessful and the one which gave Vnleri
ano Woylcr tho keenest, satisfaction;
for nowhere did tho rebellion lift its
head except, perhaps, among tho
ranks of those disaffected men who hid.
In the hills, with nothing nbovo them
but the open sky. As for the popula
tion, at largo, It was cured of treason 1
It Hd longer resisted, even weakly, tho
law of Spain. Tho reason was that it lay
dying. Woylcr's euro was simple, effi
cacious It consisted of extermination,
wlf t and pitiless.
Poverty had been common In Mntnn
wis, oven before tho war, but now
trhero wero so many beggars in' tho
ilty that nobody undertook to-count
them, When tho refugees began to
pour In by tho thousands, and whon
It becamo apparent thu't tho govern
mont Intended to let them starve, tho
better citizens undertook nn effort at
relief; but times wero hard, food was
scarce, und pticcs high. Moreover, it
oon transpired that tho military
frowned upon everything llko organ
ized charity, and in consequence tho
newcomers wero, perforce, abandoned
to their own dovlcos. These country
people wore dumb and terrified at tho
mUfortuncs which had overtaken
them; thoy wandered tho streets in
hnj6& bewilderment, fearful of what
tw might next befall. They wero
not tued to begging, and theroforo
they did hi often imploro alms; but
all day long thoy asked for work, for
bread, that their little ones might live.
york, however, was even scarcer than
food, and the time soon enmo when
they crouched upon curbs nnd door
steps, hopeless, beaten, silently re
proachful of thoso more fortunuto
than they. Their cyea crow big and
hollow ; their outstretched hands grew
gaunt and nklnny. The Bound of weep
lng women and fretting babies be
camo a common thing to hear.
Dogs and cats became cholco articles
of dlot, until thoy disappeared Tho
Government did supply one quality of
food, however; nt intervals, It dlstrlb
Htcu yucca roots, nut these wero
starchy and almost indigestible. From
eating them tho children grew pinched
In limb and face, while their abdomens
bloated hugely. MntnnznB became
peopled with a race of grotesquely
misshapen llttlo folks, gnomes with
young bodies, but with faces old and
ftlck.
Of courso disease beenmo epidemic.
for la tho leaky hovels, dlrMoorcd
nd destltuto of any convenience, there
could be no effort &. sanitation. Con
tlttloas becamo unspeakable. Tho chll
drca died first, then tho aged and In
trm. Deaths in tho street wero not
uncommon ; nearly every morning bod
lea were found beneath tho portales.
B tarring creatures crept to tho mar
ket In the hope of begging n stray bit
of food, and some of them died there,
between the empty Stalls. Tho death
wagons, heavy with their dally freight,
rumbled ceaselessly through tho
streets, adding to the giant piles of
nnlnirlcd corpses outside tho city.
Typhoid, smallpox, yellow fever,
raged unchecked. Qjlio hospitals wero
srowded, and even in them the com
monest necessities wero lucking. It Is
Sellcyed that men have returned from
ho graye, but no one, cither Spunlnrd
tf Cuban, had ever been known to
return from one of theso pesthouses,
u 1, i oas!qucnce, thoso who wo.ro
A NOVEL by REX BEACH
Author of "THB IRON TRAIL," "THE SPOILERS,"
"HEART OP THE SUN5ET," Etc
(Copyright, by Ifarpcr ind Brothers)
stricken preferred to remain and
to
dlo among their dear ones.
Yes, Matanzns was pacified. Woy
lcr's boast was true. Nowhcro In tho
entire province was a field In culti
vation; nowhere, outside tho garri
soned towns, was a house left stand
ing. Nor was tho city of Matanzas tho
only concentration camp; thcro were
others dotted through Santa Clara,
Ilnlinna and Plnar del Rio. In them
half n million, people cried for food.
Truly no rebellious lnnd was ever
more completely pacified .than this, no
pcoplo's spirits ever motp completely
crushed.
Into Mntanzas, city of beggary and
death, camo Rosa Varona and her two
negro companions, looking lor relief.
Thoy mado tho Journey without mis
hap, for they wero too destltuto to
warrant plundering, nnd Rosa's dis
guise concealed what charms remained
to her. But onco thoy had entered tho
city, what nn awakening I What suf
fering, what poverty, what rags they
sawl Tho tlirco of them grew weak
with dlsmayat tho horror of It all;
but thcro was no retreat
Ascnslo built a makeshift shelter
closo under La Cumbre from it tho
ruins of tho Qulnta do Esteban wero
visible nnd thoro they settled down
to live., They had hoped to lose them
selves among tho other prisoners, nnd
In this they were successful, for none
of their mlscrablo neighbors wero in
nny condition to notlco them, and
thcro was nothing sufficiently con
spicuous about two tattered blacks
and their hunchbacked daughter to
draw attention from tho soldiers.
Ascnslo foraged zealously, and at
first ho managed somehow to securo
enough food for his llttlo family. One
day tho soldiers seized him and put
him to work on tho fortifications along
with a gang of other men who np'
pcarcd strong enough to stand hard
labor. Ascnslo was not paid for this,
but ho was allowed one meal a day,
and ho .succeeded in bringing homo
each night a shnro of his allotment
It is surprising how llttlo nourish'
rocnt will sustain lifo. Rosa nnd her
two friends had long felt tho pinch
of hunger, but now they plumbed new
ucptns of privation, for there wero
days when Ascnslo and his fellow con
scripts received nothing at all. After
a tlmo Evangcllna began making has
kets and weaving palm-leaf hats, which
sho sold nt six cents each. Sho taught
Rosa tho craft, and they worked from
dawn until dark, striving with nlmblo,
tireless fingers to supplement Ascnslo's
rations nnd postpono starvation. But
It was a hopeless tusk. Other nlmblo
fingers worked as tirelessly as theirs
nnd the demand for hats was limited
Their hut overlooked tho road to
San Scvcrlno, that Via Dolorosa on
wmcii conucmncu prisoners wero
marched out to execution, nnd in tlmo
tho women lenrncd to recognlzo (ho
pccullur blaring notes of a certain cor
net, which signified that another "Cu
linn cock was about to crow," Whon
In tho dump of dewy mornings thoy
heard thltt bugle they ceased their
weaving long enough to cross them
selves nnd whisper a prayer for tho
souls of thoso who woro on their way
to die. But this was the only respite
they allowed themselves.
Rosa meditated much upon tho con
trust between her present nnd her for
mer condition. Matnnzns was tho city
of her birth, and tlmo was when sho
had trod its streets in arrognnco and
pride, when sho had possessed friends
by tho score among its residents. But
of nil theso thcro was not oao to whom
sho dared appeal in this, her houv cf
need. But even had sho felt assured
of meeting sympathy, her pride was
puro CaBtlllnn, und It would never
dowu. Sho, a Varona, whoso name was
one to conJuro,wlth, whoso lineage wus
of tho highest I Sho to beg? Tho
thing was qulto Impossible. One crumb,
so tnken, would hnvo choked her.
Rosa preferred to suffer proudly and
await tho hour whon hunger or dlsenso
would at last blot out her memories
I
of happy days und cud this nlghtmnro
misery.
Then, too, she, dreaded any risk of
discovery by Mario do Castano, who
was a hard, vindictive roan. Ills part
ing words had shown her that ho
would never forgive tho slight she had
put upon hhn ; nnd she did not wish to
put his threats to the test. Once Rosa
saw him, on her way to buy a few
centavoa' worth of sweet potatoes; he
was huddled In his victoria, n lingo
bladder of flesh, and ho rode the
streets deaf to tho plaints of starving
children, blind to the misery of be
seeching mothers. Itosn shrank Into
a doorway nnd drew her tattered shawl
closer over .her face for fenr Don Ma
rio might recognize In this misshapen
body and In these pinched, discolored
features tho beauteous blossom Iio hud
craved.
Nor did sho forget Colonel Cobo. The
man's memory haunted her, asleep nnd
awake ; of him sho was most desperate
ly afraid, "When for the first time sho
saw him riding at tho head of his cut
throats she was like to swoon la her
tracks, nnd for a whole day thereafter
sho cowered In tho hut, trembling ut
every sound.
In theso dark hours sho recalled the
stories of tho old Varona treasure and
Estebnn'a Interesting theory of Its
whereabouts, but sho could not bring
herself to put much faith In cither. Of
courso It was barely possible that there
was indeed a treasure, and even that
Estcban'a surmise had been correct.
But It was llttlo moro than a remote
possibility. DIstanco lends a rosy
color to reality to our most absurd
imaginings, but, llko tho hazo that tints
far-off landscape, it dissolves upon
approach. Now that Rosa was here, In
sight of tho ruined qulnta itself, her
hopes and half-beliefs faded.
Moro than onco sho was tempted to
confldo la Evangcllna and Ascnslo, but
sho thought better of it. Although she
put Implicit faith In Evangcllna's dls-
7 ftiMv
Rosa Shrank Into a Doorway.
crction, she know that Asenslo was not
tho (sort of fellow to bo trusted with a
secret or great mngnltudo ho was
boastful, talkative, excitable; he was
Just the sort to bring destruction upon
nil of them. Rosa had sufficient Intel
ligence to rcnlizo that oven tf sho found
her father's riches they would only
constitute another nnd n greater men
ace to tho lives of all of them. Never
theless, sho wished to set her mind nt
rest onco for nil. Taking Evangcllna
with her, sho climbed La Cumbro ono
day in search of roots nnd vegetables,
It turned out to bo a sad experience
ror notn women. Tho nccress went
noisily at the destruction wrought by
Pnncho Cueto, nnd Rosa was ovcrcomo
by painful memories. Llttlo that was
familiar remained; evidence of Cue
to's all-devouring greed spoke from tho
sprouting furrows his men hnd dug,
from thu naked trees they had felled
and plied in orderly heaps, from tho
stones and mortar of tho houso Itself.
Tho well remained, although it had
been planked over, but It was partially
hucu up with rubbish, as Rosa dlscov
ered when sho peered into it. Only
tiny pool of scum was In tho bottom,
After a long scrutiny tho girl urose,
convinced nt last of her brother's delu
slon, and vaguely ashamed of her own
credulity. No, If ever thcro had been
a treasure, It was hidden elsewhere
all of valuo that this well contained for
Rosa was her memory of a happiness
aepartcd. Of such memories, tho well
tuo wholo placo, was brimful. Hero.
as a child, sho had romped with Este-
Dnn. ilore, as a girl, she had dreamed
her first dreams, and hero O'Reilly, her
smiting unight, had found her. Yonder
wus tho very spot whero ho hud held
her In his arms and begged her to
rwnlt tho day of his return. Well, sho
hvd waited,
Tu wns that Rosa Varona who had
premised so freely nnd so confidently
End
this pitiful ltusa whoso bones pro
truded through her rags? It could not
be Happiness, contentment, hope
theso wero fictions; only misery, de
spair, and pain wero real. But it had
been n glorious dream, at any rate a
dn am which Rosa vowed to cherish al
ways. CHAPTER XIV.
That Sick Man From 8an Antonio.
It was part of the strategy practiced
by the Cuban lenders to divide their
forces Into scparato columns for the
purpose of raiding tho smaller Spanish
garrisons and harassing the troops sent
to their relief, rcnsscmbllng theso
bands only when and where somo tell
ing blow wns to bo struck.
When O'Reilly and Branch enlisted
In the Army of tho Orient they wero
assigned to the command of Col. Mig
uel Lopez, and-it was under his leader
ship thnt they made their first ac
quaintance with the peculiar methods
of Cuban warfare.
There had been, at first some doubt
of Branch's fitness to take the field at
nil ho had suffered a severo hemor
rhage shortly after his arrival at Cubl
tns and it was only after a hysterical
demonstration on his part that he had
been accepted ns a soldier. lie simply
would not be left behind. At first tho
Cubnns regnrded him with mingled
contempt nnd pity, for certainly no
less promising volunteer hnd ever
taken service with them. But upon
tho occasion of the very first fight all
Ill-will disappeared ns if by magic, for,
although Branch deliberately disobeyed
orders, ho nevertheless dlsplnyed such
nmnzlng nudnclty in tho face of the
enemy, such n theatrical contempt for
bullets, ns to stupefy every one. More
over, ho lived up tb his reputation ; ho
continued to bo lnsnnely daring, vary
ing his exploits to correspond with hid
moods, with the result that he attained
a popularity which was unique, nay,
sensational.
O'Reilly alone understood the reason
for tho fcllow'n morbid irritability, his
suicidal recklessness ; but when ho pri
vately rcmonstnued he wns gruffly told
to mind his own business. Branch flat
ly refused to modify his conduct; he
seemed really bent upon cheating tho
disease that mado his life a misery.
But, ns usual, fate was perverse:
sho refused to humor the sick man's
hope. When, after blindly inviting
death, Leslie had emerged from sev
eral engagements unscathed, his sur
prise and perhaps a natural relief at
finding himself wholo became tinged
with a certain apprehension lest ho
survive thoso deliberately courted dan
gers only to succumb to tho ills and
privations of camp life. Tho fellow's
tongue grew over sharper: his society
became intolerable, his gloom oppres
sive and Irresistibly contagious. When,
nfter several weeks of campaigning,
tho column went Into camp for a short
rest, O'Reilly decided that ho would
try to throw off the burden of Xesllo's
overwhelming dejection, and, if pos
sible, shift a portion of it upon the
shoulders of Captain Judson.
On tho day after their arrival O'Reil
ly and the big nrtllleryraan took advan
tage of a pleasant stream to bathe and
wash their clothes; then, whllo they
lay In their hammocks,' enjoying the
luxury of n tattered oil-cloth shelter
and waiting for the sun to dry their
garments, O'Reilly spoko what wns In
his mind.
"I'm getting about fed up on Leslie."
ho declared. "He's tho world's cham
pion crepe-hanger, nnd he's painted the
whole world such a deep, despondent
blue that I'm completely dismal. You've
got to take him off my hands."
O'Reilly's youthful nsslstant, who at
the moment was painstakingly manu
facturing a huge, black cigar for' him
self out of somo purloined tobacco,
pricked up his ears at tho mention of
Branch's name and now edged closer,
exclaiming :
vCarumba I There's n hero for you.
Mcester Branch Is tho bravest man I
over eeen. Our people call him 'El
Dcmonlo 1"
O'Reilly Jerked his head toward tho
Cuban. "You see? He's made tho hit
of his life, and yet ho resents it My
nerves nro frayed out l'vo argued my
self hoarse, but ho misconstrues every
thing I say. I wish you'd convince him
that ho has a chance to get well; it
might alter his disposition. If some
thing doesn't alter It I'll bo court-mar
tialed for shooting a man in his sleep
and I'll hit him right in tho middle, no
matter how slim ho is." O'Reilly com
pressed his Hps firmly.
Tho asslstnnt, who had finished roll
ing his cigar, now lighted it nnd re
peated: "Yes, sir, Mcester Branch is
tho bravest man I ever seen. You re
member that first battle, eh? Thoso
Spaniards seen him comln' and throw
down their guns nnd bent It I laugh
to skill myself thnt day."
"Jacket" wns at onco tho youngest
and tho most profano member of Colo
nel Lopez's entire command. Tho most
shocking onths fell from his beard
less Hps whenever ho opened them to
speak English, and O'Reilly's efforts to
break tho-boy of tho habit proved qulto
unavailing.
This, Camagueyan boy wns a char
acter. He was perhaps sixteen,' and
small for his age a mere child, in
fact Nevertheless, ho wns a seasoned
veteran, and his American camp-mates
had grown exceedingly fond of hlra. He
wns a pretty, graceful youngster; his
eyes were large and soft and dark ; his
faco was as scnsltlvo and mobile as
that of a girl; and yet, dcsplto his
youth, ho had won a reputation for
daring and ferocity qulto as notablo in
Its way as was tho renown of Leslie
Branch.
. In order to expand his knowledge of
English of which, by tho way, he was
Inordinately proud Jacket had volun
teered to serve as O'Reilly's striker,
nnd tho result hnd been n fast friend
ship Tt was O'Reilly who had given
tho boy nis nickname a name
prompted by n marked eccentricity, for
although Jnckct possessed tho two gar
ments which constituted tho ordinary
insurrocto uniform, ho. made a prac
tice of wearing only one. On chilly
nights, or on formal occasions, ho
woro both waistcoat and trousers, but
nt oinor times no dispensed entirely
with the. latter, nnd his legs went
naked. They" were naked now, ns, with
the modesty of complete unconscious
ness, ho squntted in tho shade, puffing
thoughtfully nt his giant cheroot
Once Jnckct's mind was fastened
upon nny subject, it remained there,
and nfter a tlmo ho continued:
"Did I told you nbout that battle cf
Pino Bravo? Eh?" Ho turned his big
brown eyes upward to O'Reilly. "Crls-
tol I skill moro'n a dozen men that
day!"
"It was a hot scrimmage," Judson at
tested. "Some of Luque's niggers, those
tall, lean, hungry fellows from Santi
ago, mannged to hnck their way
through n wire fenco and get behind a
detachment of tho enemy who had
mado a stand under a hill. They
charged, nnd for a wonder they got
closo enough to uso their machetes. It
was bloody work tho kind you rend
nbout no quarter. Somehow Jacket
mnnaged to be right In the middle of
tho butchery, no's a brnvo kid, all
right Muymnlol"
At that moment Branch approached,
his long face set in lines of discontent,
even deeper than usual. Ho had been
wandering nbout tho camp in one of
his restless fits, nnd now ho bcgaD :
"Say, what do you think l'vo be4jn
doing? Pve been looking up some grub
for Miss Evans, and J can't find uny.M
"Can't find any?"
"Nothing fit for her to cat You
don't expect her to live on this infer
nnl, eternal beef stew."
"Didn't Major Ramos bring anything
nlong?" O'Reilly asked.
"Ho says there's a famine at Cubi
tus." "We'd better look Into this," Judson
exclaimed, and, finding that his clothes
were dry, he hurriedly began to dress
himself.
Together, tho three men made an in
vestigation of the camp's resources,
only to discover that Branch was right
There was, indeed, but Utile food ol
any kind, and thnt little was of the
coarsest. Ordinarily, such a condition
of nffalra would have occasioned them
no surprise, for tho men were becoming
accustomed to a, moro or less chronic
scarcity of provisions; but tho pres
ence of Norlne Ev.nns put quite n dif
ferent complexion upon the matten
They wero still discussing the situation'
when Miss Evans, having finished hoi
afternoon nap, threw open tho flaps ol
her tent nnd stepped out
When sho hnd listened to the ac
count apologetically submitted by hot
three friends, she drew her brows to
gether, saying, plaintively: '"Oh dear I
We've, been going short for a week,
and Major Rnmqs told me we'd fa"r
better when wo got here. I had ms
mouth all set for a bnnquct Couldnl
you even find the poor dog a bone?"
"I'm afraid the cupboard Is baro,"
O'Reilly acknowledged.
"Do you know what I wnnt for dln
ncr?" Norlne Inquired. "Lnmb chopi
with green pens, some nice whlto bread,
a salad, and coffee."
The thrco men looked at her anxious
ly. Judson stirred uneasily.
"That's what I want I don't expect
to get it"
, With a sigh of relief the captain ex
claimed, "I thought you wero giving
your order."
"Goodness, no!" With a laugh the
girl seated herself upon her ono camp-
chair, inviting her cnllcrs to dlspoai
tbesrsi-ives on tho ground about her,
If you can atnnd tho food, I dnro say 1
can. Now thon, tell mo what you've
been doing since you left Cubltas. I'w
been frightened to death that some Ol
you would be hurt That's ono reason
why l'vo been working night and daj
helping to get tho hospitals in shape,
I can't bear to think of our boys bclnn
wounded. Everything is so different
to what I thought it would bo, and I'm
ho weak nnd Ineffective. Tho medics!
supplies I brought nro nearly all gone
nnd I've learned whnt hard work It U
fitting up hospitals when there's noth
ing to fit thom up with." Sho sighed,
"I lmuglucd I wns gomg to work won
ders I thought I wns going to be a
Floronco Nightingale, and tho me
wero going to Idolize me."
"Don't thoy?" Judson demanded.
"No. That Is not iu exactly the
way I expected."
"They all want to marry her,"
O'Reilly explained.
"Insolent bunch I" growled tho cap
tain. Then ho swallowed hard and
snld, "But for that matter, so do L"
"How silly you boys can be I" Norlne
laughed. "I daro say tho others are
Joking too, but"
"Joking?" O'Reilly grinned. "Not at
nil. I'm tho only single man In camp
who isn't In love with you. When yoo
arrived this morning there was a gen
eral stampedn for tho river, ni bet
the fish In this stream will taste of soap
for years to come."
As if to point O'Reilly's words at the
moment appeared Colonel Lopes,
shaved blood-raw and clad in a recent
ly laundered uniform -which was still
damp. Tho thrco Americans row in
salute blm, but discipline wan lax aa4
ho waved them back to their sent.
O'Reilly, finhtlng with the Cu
ban rebels, makes a remarkable
discovery that puts new life into
his hopes. Don't miss the next
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Waterfall.
Scientists as well as laymen tell ex
traordinary stories of tho wonderful
leaps whereby salmon ascend water
falls. One Investigator, who has stud
led the salmon of southeastern Alaska,
asserts that theso fish do not select
n particular point of attack in en
deavoring to surmount a fall.
They show a remarkable lack of ac
curacy as well as of deflniteness, in
their movements. When trying to
ascend a fall they sail through the
nlr, with tho body rigid and tho fins
spread and held tense, and at the in
stant when the momentum of the Jump
is lost they Impart a rapid and power
ful vibration of the tall. This oc
curs whether the Jump is successful of
not
Should the fish reach water at the
top of the fall this motion insures the
maintenance of Its position. In open
water they Jump sldewlso Instead of
lengthwise, and there is no movement
of the tail.
Cutting Out Things.
Mrs. Church Is your husband doing
his bit?
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my husband was ono of the official
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