I THE SHADOW OF SHAME I
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aar, Ijelj ~a» e*«i
T. rit.«*r»ld Mill., |.»i Etc
Thinking in Millions.
London Graphic: Unconsciously, most
English men and women have been
thinking In millions ever since the
American and mii*l%t millionaires have
come to the front ■ and that is one of
the main causes of the distress which
exists throughout the country. In the
west end most men of moderate means
have been living as if a vast fortune
was awaiting them In (he immediate
future, their wives and daughters have
dressed considerably beyond their al
lowance; and In the city the average
business mun will not consider a pro
posal that affords no prospect of profit
on a large scale.
Soma Assurances of Prosperity.
Principle—A self Imposed rule of
right conduct, which governs every ac
tion.
Punctuality—A saver of time and
temper; a creator of confidence.
Politeness—The golden key that un
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Poise—The power of self control. |
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Prudence—The practice of acting
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ing one’s resources.
Precision—The habit of being aecu- I
rate and thus averting annoyances |
arisisg from error.
Perseverance— The characteristic
which impels one steadfastly to pur
sue the object in view with an invincl- j
ble determination to triumph over all
opposition.
Where John Doe Lives.
Houston Chronicle: "This John Doe
must be terrible bad feller," mused Maw
Toptoad. "He’s al us in trouble. I see he's
been indicted again out in Oregon. I won- |
der where he lives when he’s to home?"
"I expect he lives in Effigy,” chuckled
Paw Hoptoad, "the place where so many
people are hung."
- ■ - ■ ■ • 1 — ;
What the Dentist. Says.
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FEARFUL DECLINE OF STRENGTH
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Medical Skill Had Almost Exhausted Itsell
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The recovery of Miss Gertrude L. Bull
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My heart was in bad shape so I could
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“ It seems a wonder that you should
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None of my friends thought I could livo
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that my experience may bring good to
some other sufferers.”
Miss Bull, who was so remarkably
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CHAPTER XXXIV.
In March Mrs. Dumbarton was back
In town, but not to the house or to the
district which was fraught with such
terrible associations and memories foi
her. for Quinton Quave, having vol
unteered to lind her a new dwelling,
he had by lucky chance found a quaint,
delightful house In Kensington to let,
which he had immediately taken for
her.
And here, In this house, which wel
comed her by its brightness, its air
of old fashioned solidity, Its promise
of comfort, she met George Bostcx k
for the first time since his accident.
As he entered the room where she
•awaited him, she arose nervously, and
advanced with outstretched hands, her
eyes meeting his, her heart loo full for
utterance of w hat she felt.
For some seconds she could only look
at him In silence, noticing that his fig
ure was thinner than before, that a
scar marked the right temple, that his
cheeks were more hollow, but his large
gray eyes under their heavy arched
brows were not less luminous and were
now filled with a purpose deeper, and
with a light of hope they had not pre
viously known.
He was telling her in a voice he
strove to steady and command, how
glad he was they had met again after
what seemed a century, because of
all the darkness It had held for both,
when she suddenly Interrupted him,
for she could keep no longer silent.
"How can I thank you? What words
of mine can tell you how I feel for
what you would have done, for the
sacrifice you would have made for
me ?”
It was now his turn to remain mute,
hut only for a second; the opportunity
he desired was given him, and he
l.ipidly replied:
'Give me, If you can, your love; It Is
the one thing l have hoped for und de
sired.”
Very calmly, her eyes still seeking
his. she said:
“It Is yours already.”
“Mine?” he exclaimed In delight, and
he took her In his arms as if he would
snatch her from all further pain and
shelter her from care.
While the short afternoon of that
spring day died, they two emptied their
hearts. He told her what he believed
she neither knew nor suspected, how
from the first day he saw her a fresh
Interest had come into his lonely life,
and out of this Interest had sprung
a love that was to him as a revela
tion; told her of the pride he had felt
lri her success, of the happiness he had
found In her friendship, of the grief
he had known because he was unable
to claim her as his own.
She listened with wondering delight,
her long face with Its Irregular feat
ures brightened, until, despite ihe gray
streaked hair loosely massed above the
broad Intellectual forehead, she as
sumed an air of youth that seemed to
take ten years from her age. And then
tn turn she told him how dear his
friendship had been to her, how wel
come his presence, but that no thought
of love had dawned upon her until the
first day of her affliction, when he hav
ing come to see her had professed his
faith In her Innocence before hearing
her story. And then anxious to spare
the dead as much as possible, while
eager the living should learn the truth,
she spoke of the evening Valerius had
called to tell her that he, George Ros
tock, had confessed, and how she would
not credit his self accusation, but had
guessed aright the cause for which he
wished to sacrifice his good name.
And so understanding, loving and
confiding In each other, they, with
solid foundations for happiness, began
a new life, brighter than either of had
known before. Not until the anni
versary of her husband's death had
passed, would she consent to marry
again, George Rostock respecting her
wishes, but tile days which came be
tween were full of contentment for
both.
Quinton Quave, looking shy and ner
vous. came to tell Olive Dumbarton
that, just having been taken into part
nership by his father he was now in
i position to marry.
"I heartily congratulate you, Quin
ton," she said warmly.
"Oh. thank you! thank you." he ex
claimed, feeling f.esh courage to con
tinue. "And you know. I hope, there’s
only one girl I wish to marry.”
"I should be shocked to hear you In
tended to marry two or three,” replied
Olive, who could not keep from laugh
ing.
Quinton laughed likewise.
"I fear I am rather foolish,” he stam
mered: "but what I meant to say was
I love no one. I never have loved any
one. but Veronica—and—and ”
“She knows this. I suppose?” Mrs. I
Dumbarton said.
“Oh, yes, I'm sure she does; at least ’
I strove to let her know that I cared
fot her above everyone else."
“And do you think she loves you?”
”1 hope you won’t think me con
ceited when I say I fancy she does.
And that’s the reason I’ve come to
ask jour permission to marry her.”
Olive Duntbtaron leaned back in her
chair, a pensive look upon her face as
she remembered her own early mar
riage.
"I hope you have no objection to me;
that you don’t dislike me," Quinton
said, alarmed by the silence which had
succeeded his last speech.
"No. indeed, Quinton. I like you
very much. You are awfully good."
"But you are very young, and Ver
onica is younger still."
“We grow' older every day. you
know," he said, as solemnly as if he
were for the Hist time asserting a
great truth.
"As yet you are a rtie-e boy, and she
a mere girl, and neither of you can
be expected to known your own minds.” j
"Oh, Mrs. Dumbarton," he replied j
hurriedly, and with a tone of reproach. |
"Pardon me. but you make a mistake, j
I am quite resolved lo marry Veronica
and no one lse. You don’t understand
how I love her."
She smiled at his earnestness.
"And i don’t think Veronica will ever
marry any man but me,” he added
proudly. "She told me she wouldn’t.”
"You have settled It between you?” j
"Practically. We felt sure you, who
have always been so good and kind,
would not stand In the way of our
happiness.”
"Nor shall I. Quinton; hut I w'ant to
make sure your love is not fancy. It
would be a terrible thing for one or
both of you to wake some day to the ;
knowledge that what you thought was
reality turned out to be illusion.”
"Yes," lie answered, Impressed by the !
gravity of her voice, "that would be a
terrible tiling, but I cannot Imagine it
happening to Veronica or lo me, for I
love her very dearly, and she- But
what test can I give you?"
“Time Is the only test which can be
employed, become engaged for twelve
months, and then, if you and she are
still of the same opinion, you can
marry."
“Twelve months is a long time,” he
said regretfully, "and I thought—but
never mind; it won’t be long passing if
we may see each other continually. |
Thank you, I can’t tell you how happy
you have made me. I will go and tell
Veronica now,” and starting up, he j
went towards the garden, where he 1
knew the girl was waiting for him.
She was walking impatiently up and
down the path at the lower end, under
the trees, whose boughs were in full
leafage, but ns she saw him advancing
she paused, her face white and anxi
ous.
“How long you have been. I thought
you were never coming to tell me.
What has mother said?” Veronica ex
claimed In nervous Impatience, as he
drew near.
"She says we must be engaged for
twelve months before we may marry."
“She does? Oh, Quinton. I can
hardly believe it, can you?” she said,
her trembling voice ready to break into
tears or laughter.
"What, dearest?"
"That we are engaged."
“We haven’t entered into our engage
ment yet, you know. That always be
gins with a kiss.”
"Must ours?” she asked, pouting
prettily, even while she raised her
flushed face to his.
A second later she cried out:
“Ah. you have taken three.”
"Yes," he answered laughingly—
“that's for luck.”
THE END.
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Me—I don’t know what to give u
She—You can give up enough lo t
TOOK YEARS TO
PRODUCE THE PIANO
Interesting Story of Its Devel
opment From the Spinet
and Harpsichord.
FIRST MENTION OF PIANO
"rhe Earliest Appearance of the New
Name Was in a Play Bill of ths
Covent Carden Theater in
London, May 16, 1767.
Portland Oregonian: The pianoforte to
6ay forma part of the furnishings of near
ly all our homes. It Is a necessary feat
ure of the White House music room, and
In every pnlaco over this wide world, not
loss so In the farm house of '.lus genera
tion, and In tho homes of all grades of
men In the great cities of each continent.
Tt adapts Itself to the performance of the
concert artist, but not less to tho Jingle,
of the dance and to tho familiar melody
of the hymn tune, which draws together
the family In the winter Sabbath evening.
Prom time to time we hear of "time
wasted,” of "better learn to cook than to
play the piano.” nevertheless the number
of Its students ever grows, and somehow
or other time Is found both for tho piano
and for the cooking school. Does It often
occur to us that It has taken civilized men
Juat 500 years to produce the modern
piano?
rmi.ii m iuiii, nun «»> pi
(he history of the Instrument up to Us
date. It is rather a laborious than a diffi
cult matter, therefore, to mark the many
stages of Its development.
Even to this day one may see and try
the clavichord and harpsichord on which
Handel played the “well-tempered kla
vter" for which Father Bach composed his
preludes and fugues: the spinet used by
Marie Antoinette and her maids of honor
In old Versailles, the harpsichord made
for Frederick the Great, the first examples
of the “piano e forte” used by Mozart and
Beethoven.
Contrast in Instrumsnts,
Nothing u more Impressive to (he musi
cian than the contrast between the admir
able and often Intricate music of those
groat masters and the poor and to us
rudimentary Instruments on which their
fugues and glgues, pastorals, suites and
sonatas were performed—genius triumph
ant over obstacles.
It may be possible to set out In simple
language some Idea of the stages which
have led up to the pianoforte of today.
The first stringed Instrument played by
the striking on keys of which record re
trains la the clavichord of 1404. It was a
light box In which the strings, of equal
length, thirty-nine In number, covering
three octaves In all, were strained over a
bridge obliquely set. which controlled the
■pitch of the note. The keys moved levers
■upward. In which pegs or quills were fixed,
to strike or grate against the strings. In
the original form there was provided a
means of “fretting" or scratching the
string, as the strings of the violin are set
In action by the bow. But about the year
11M the fretting was discarded and inde
pendent pairs of strings substituted, and
for this “well tempered klavier" the pre
ludes and fugues of Johann Sebastian
Bach were written.
Another ancestor of our pianoforte was
the spinet. This resembeld the clavichord
In form and In Its three-octave compass.
The upward movement of the “Jack” or
block from Ihe key struck by the per
former caused the quill set In the "jack"
to strike the stretched string In passing.
The. spinet belongs lo the literature of the
sixteenth century. In the England of
Queen Elizabeth one finds frequent allu
sions to the “verglnals,” another name for
the aplnet. The oldest spinet extant Is In
the Paris Conservatoire, and Is dated Ver
ona, 1523. Samuel Pepys, the chronicler of
the commonwealth, notes in his diary that
on July 13. 1668, he bought his “Esplnette"
from Charles Haward and paid £5 for ii.
This Instrument was now set on its own
legs, and there is quite a look of the mod
em grand piano in its shape.
Great Frederick's Harpiechord.
A London maker provided King Fred
erick the Great with the harpsichord still
In the new palace at Potsdam. Here the
harpsichord showed its best development:
its compass was also enlarged.
So much for one of the grandparents of
the pianoforte of today. On the other side
it traces it origin through the inventions
of Crlstofori of Padua, in Italy, In 1703.
The problem was to substitute for the
“fretting." or the crossing of the quill of
the outstretched string a stroke on the
face of the string by some form of ham
mer, which after the stroke should au
tomatically return to Its place. Ttie dulci
mer probably suggested the Idea. Cristo
forl then devised a balanced lever, oper
ated by the key, which should set the
hammer opposed to each string of the
spinet In action, so strike the face of the
string, and then, by the pressure of a light
spring, be returned Instantly to Its place.
In readiness for another blow. The power
of the hammer in setting ihe string vi
brating was thus regulated by the force of
the stroke of the finger on the keys. So
Appeared this pianoforte In all Its essen
hance.
p during Lent.
uy me a new spring outfit.
tials. Orintofori’s pianofortes of 1720 and
1726, In tho Florence museum, are his mon
uments. The German maker. Stein of
Augsburg in 1780 Improved further by re
versing the place of the hammer so that
ts axis rose with the key and supplied a
resting place for the hammers >n a rail
running the whole length. Mozart met
this instrument at Augsburg in 1777.
praised ard need it. Beethoven a so adopt
ed and performed on it.
The earliest appearance of the new
name was in a play bill of the Covent gar
len theater !n London on May 16. 1767. as
follows:
First Mention of Piano.
"At the end of the act one Miss BrleU
j lor will sing a favorite song from ‘Judith.’
accompanied by Mr. Dlhdln on a new in
strument called Plano Forte."
Since then there have been numberless
smaller improvements patented, but the !
forms now In use have emerged by a pro- i
cess of natural selection. Until within th*»
past twenty-five years or so each well |
known maker made the component parts
and assembled them in the complete in- I
strument in his own factory. But in this. '
as in so many other Industries, the mak- j
Ing of the various parts of the piano has j
been undertaken each in a separate fac
tory-actions by one, keys by another,
cases by others, felt for the hammers sep
arately. and so on. By this specializing
great saving of cost has been gained, and
if Mr. Pepy’s £5 for his espinette cannot
be equaled, yet the prices to the public
have been reduced, and tho profits of tho
seller of the piano increased. It seems to
us that within the natural limitations
Imposed by the production of musical
sounds by tho striking of a stretched
string the mechanism of the twentieth cen
tury pianoforte has reached, if not abso
lute, yet practical perfection. Its range
of effect is in very deed wonderful in view
of Its history—so varied !t is. but accessi
ble in all Its degrees to each grade of its
followers.
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How “Ben-Hur" Came to the Harper*
Harper's Weekly: The death of '
General hew Wallace recalls the cir- j
cumstances of his first visit to Frank
lin Square, with the manuscript of I
“Ben-Hur" under his arm. He was
personally unknown to the Harpers at
that time, and after Introducing him
self, he explained to John Henry
Harper that he had written a hook
which dealt with the life of Christ.
Mr. Harper asked him If Christ actu
ally appeared in the story, and General
Wallace replied that He did. Mr. ■
Harper then remarked that this sub- '
Jeot was a delicate one to treat In a !
novel, and General Wallace answered
that If there wore anything in the story
which could offend a fellow Christian,
he would rather cut off his right hand
than to publish it. He then explained
to Mr. Harper that the book had re
sulted from a spirited controversy ha
had held wit Robert G. Ingersoll on
the subject of religion, in which Ir.ger
soll had defeated him In argument.
General Wallace went away from the
discussion with a troubled tnlnd. For
some time he contemplated writing a
theological work which wouldstrength
eti rqllglous faith at the point of Inger
soll's brilliant attack. But he decided
that theologians could do that work
much better than he, and, besides, his
desire was to reach and help the mass
es. He lay awake by night ponder
ing the question which had taken pos
session of his mind, and eventually
decided to write a religious novel in
which he could embody his under
standing of religious truth. "Ben-Hur”
was the result. When General Wallace
had told these interesting facts to Mr.
Harper he left the manuscript, express
ing the hope that his own estimate of
the work would be endorsed by the 1
house. The manuscript was read In
the usual way by the leaders of the
firm, and was promptly accepted.
General Wallace told Mr. Harper later
Ion that he had written the book In all
sorts of out-of-the-way places—on
boats, railroads. In carriages, wherever
I he had an opportunity, afterward cor
recting and revising with the utmost
patience and cure. It seems astonish
ing that tie had never oeen to the
Holy land when he wrote "Ben-Hur,"
: but worked old the minute topography
: of the country, as it is presented in the
jstory. entirely from maps and read
ing. He once said to Mr. Harper that
I when eventually he did \isit Palestine
| he was himself surprised at the abso
j lute accuracy of tils descriptions, which
| tallied exactly with the facts; and he
| was fond of telling how he found the
I very stone which he had imagined as
la resting place for Ben-Hur at a cer
; lain point of the story. The book was
| published on November 12, 1SS0. and
| tor the first year the sales hung fire;
it showed no signs of general point
i laxity. Then it began to grow, year
j by year. Translations w ere in
1 language after language. The “ties
| still increased and everybody read It.
! It has now sold well on to a million
| copies, and, what is more striking,
i shows signs of no abatement. Its
; yearly sales are greater now, twenty
j four years after Us first appearance,
i than they have ever been. Another
| distinguishing feature of its success is
l the fact that it has never been issued ,
ill an edition cheaper than the regu
| lar $1.50 form in which it was original- J
I ly published. On the other hand, four
| teen luxulrious editions of it have been
i issued from time to time by the Har
tiers; and its career conclusively shows
j that the public has accepted the book
as decisively as the publishers did, and
| has set the stump of Its approval upon
^its manifest sincerity ar ' worth.
I he powers, which, during the crisis
oC her life she feared had failed her
forever, awoke fertile as before, and
strengthened under the Impetus which
her nature received through love.
And therefore, setting to work once
more, she produced a novel, deeper in
its analysis of feeling, fresher in its
emotional force, grid wider in its
sphere of thoughts than she had pre
viously written. Moreover, work which
had formerly seemed a drudgery now
became a delight; each chapter that
passed from her pen was read aloud
by her to the man on whose judgment
she relied, in whose criticism she found
help, whose appreciation she valued
most. And this book being published
gained her a higher place in the literary
world, a greater popularity than she
had previously attained, the realization
of which brought her a proud satis
faction; for such excellency as the
story could boast of was due, she told
her future husband, to the impetus lie
had given to her mind.
"its merit Is solely due to yourself,
dear,” he answered, smiling at her.
"To myself it may be in the tirst in
stance,” she replied. "But you know
we are all so open to influence, es
pecially people with temperaments like
mine. Don't you know there are those
who have the effect of paralyzing and
exhausting your brain during half an
hour’s conversation, and those who
stimulate the mind and give you men
tal strength, just as there are modern
vampires, who, without a conscious ef
fort of theirs, seem to drain you of all
physical force."
"Bo I have heard," answered George
Rostock, but my nature Is too tough,
I suppose, to experience such things."
“It is so strong, so calm, so profound
that it helps others, though you may
not know or feel it; it certainly helps
me, I'm sure it does.”
"I am afraid, Olive, you will make
me conceited,” he said with mock grav
ity.
"That would be beyond my ability.
But I want to make you happy; to re
pay you for all you have done and all
you would have done for my sake."
"Dearest, you have repaid me a thou
sand times over by your love. No
pain, no sacrifice we may endure or
make is ever lost; its reward is stored
up for us. Do you think you or I could
feel such joy today if we had not
known such sorrow yesterday?”
"Perhaps not,” she said, a thoughtful
look coming into her eyes. "Our sor
row, it was bitter while it lasted, and
almost drove me to despair; but I
would bear it again, if through no
other means I could reach the happi
ness that fills and surrounds me to
day."
"Not for today alone. Olive,” he re
plied, "nor for this life alone, but for
all time shall our happiness sur
vive.”
"Yes, so long ais you are with me,”
she answered gravely.
“And in spirit we can never part."
"Then coine what will, grief can
touch me never more."
"Never more,” he repeated as he
kissed her fondly.
It was in the early summer that
“The Post Office; Its Facts and Its
Possibilities.” by R. R. Bowker, in the
American Monthly Review of Reviews
for March: For it is the practical and
peaceful post that nas realized, in one
respect the dream of a United States
of the World. In October, 1874, a pos
tla conference at Prrne established an
international postal union, including
the united states of Europe, our own
country, and Egypt, with a central of
fice at Berne, and with provision for a
three-yearly conference. In June. 1878,
the postal treaty of Paris established
a new convention, under the name of
tlie Universal Postal union, to which
almost every country In the world ex
cept China has now given its adhesion.
All these countries send representatives
to the postal congress—a world parlia
ment, of which the next session will be
held in April of this year at Rome.
Under this system an international
rate of 5 cents for a letter, the equiva
lent of 2V* pence in England, 20 pfcn
nige in Germany, 25 centimes in France,
Italy, etc., and 2 cents for a postal card
or 1 penny In England, 8 pfennige in
Germany, and 10 centimes in France,
has been established throughout the
world, and, in fact a penny post, or
two cent rate for domestic letters, and
a one cent or half penny rate for
domestic post cards, has also been es
tablished in most postal countries. A
not less remarkable generalization is
found in the adoption of green for the
one cent or half penny stamp, red for
the two t ent or penny stamp, and blue
for the five cent or 2Vfc pence foreign
rate stamp.
Educating the Negro.
Philadelphia Ledger: No higher service
to ids own race and to the nation could be
performed than that to which Booker T.
Washington is devoting himself. He is
not only winning his own people over to
his doctrine that “there should be a more
vital and practical connection between the
negro’s educated brain and his opportunity
of earning his dally living,” but he is im
pressing upon the minds and hearts of
the white people of this country their re
sponsibility and duty in the premises, for
their own protection and welfare of the
country. In one sense the negro must
wrork out his own problem, but the solu
tion will be hastened or retarded accord
ing as the nation at large helps the negro
forward in the direction in which he should
go.
The Secret of Good Coflee
Even the best housekeepers cannot make a good cup of
coffee without good material. Dirty, adulterated and queerly
blended coffee such as unscrupulous dealers shovel over their
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HOW TO MAKE GOOD COFFEE.
Cm LION COFFEE, because to get beet reunite you must use the best coffee.
Grind your LION COFFEE rather flue. Use “a tablespoonful to each cup, and one
extra for the pot.” First mix it with a little cold water, enough to make a thick Baste, and
add white of an egg (if egg la to be used as a settler), then follow one of the following rules:
1st. WITH BOILING WATER. Add boiling water, and let It boll
THREE MINUTES ONLY. Add a little cold water and act aalde live
minutes to settle. Serve promptly.
3d. WITH COLD WATER. Add your cold water to the paste and
bring It to a boll. Then net aside, add a ltttle cold water, and In Uvc
minutes it’s ready to serve.
3 (Don't boll It too long.
v -< Don’t let it stand more than ten minutes before serving.
DO NTS (.Don't use water that has been boiled before.
TWO WAYS TO SETTLE COFFEE.
i 1st With Ceos. Use part of tha white of an egg, mixing It with the ground LION
COFFEE before boiling.
id. With Cold Water Instead of eggs: After boiling add a dash of cold water, and aet
aside for eight or ten minutes, then serre through a strainer.
Insist on getting a package of genuine LION COFFEE,
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: (Lion-head on every package.) i
• (Save these Lion-heads for valuable premiums.)
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