THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1913.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
PAGE 5.
THE
Melting
of Molly
By"
MARIA THOMPSON
DAVIESS
Copyright, 1912, by the Bobb
Merrill Company
Glt your nightgown and your tooth
bresh quick, Molly, if you -want to
rack 'em in my trunk!" he exclaimed.
with his eyes dancing and a curl stand
ing stralsht up on the top of his head.
as It has a habit of doing when he In
most excited. "You can't take nothing
but them "cause I'm poing to put in a
rope to tie the -whale with when
ketch him, and it'll take up all the rest
of the room. Get 'em quick!"
"Yes. lover. I'll get them for yon.
But tell Holly where it is you are going
to sail off with her In that trans of
yours?" I asked, dropping into the game
as I hare always done with him, no
matter what game of my own pressed
when he called.
"On the ocean where the boats go
cross and run right over a wh3le.
Don't you remember you showed me
them pictures of spout -whales in a
book, Molly? Doc says they comes
right up by the ship and you can hear
'em shoot water. And maybe a iceberg,
too. Which do you -want to ketch
most, Molly, a Iceberg or a whale?"
III3 eager eyes demanded instant de
rision on my rart of the nature of cap
ture I pref erred. My mind quickly re
verted to those two ponderous and in
tense epistles I had got wltlJn the
hour, and I lay back In my chair and
laughed until I felt almost merry.
"The Iceberg, Billy, every time," I
said at last "I just can't manage
whales, especially If they are ardent,
which word means hot. I like ice
bergs or I think I should if I could
catch one."
JI don't believe you couldv Molly,
p-n t inuyvb -ryor -wii i fT yeu-I"Jt aTCT1
and a long hook in his trunk to try
with If your clothes go into mine. His
Is a heap the biggest anyway and
TCurse Tilly said he oughter rut my
things in his. but I cried and then he
went upstairs and got out that little
one for me. Come see 'em!"
""What do you mean, Billy?" I asked,
while a sudden fear shot all over me
like lightning. "You're just playing
go away, aren't you?"
"No, I ain't playing, Molly!" he ex
claimed excitedly. "Me and you ani
doc is a-going across the ocean for a
long, long time away from here. Doc
"Mo and you and Doc is a-going across
the ocean."
a st me about it this morning, and 1
told him all right and you could come
with us if you was good. lie said
couldn't I go without you if you -was
busy and couldn't come and I told him
you. would put things down and come
if I said so. Won't you. Molly? It
won't be no fun without you and you'd
cry all by yourself with me gone." His
little face was all drawn up with anxi
ety and sympathy at my lonely estate
with him out of it. and a cry rose up
from my heart with a kind of primi
tive savagery at what I felt was com
ic; down upon me.
Without waiting to take him with
me or tLink or do anything but feel
deadly, savage anger, I hurried across
the garden and into Dr. Moore's office,
where he was just laying off bis gloves
and dust coat.
"What do you mean. John Moore, by
daring daring to think you can go and
take Billy away from me?" I demand
ed, looking at him with -what must
have been such fear and madness In
my face that lie wa3 startled as he
came close to the table against which
I, leaned. Ilis face bad grown white
and nulet at my attack, and he waited
. , 100 Kin j.,. 11IL. OUT OT tne -K-jna
into th ranln. i 5 coming over
just cs soon as I got bacu from this
!At3.taUc Vfiih .T0U aLout It. even
lfllIdeajloJnndeiJlsnd mj
E7 ,. y
'
a &alrsinloa: day-"Tfiat -that "oughTfb
be all yours to be be happy in. But
Bill, you see, Is no respecter of of oth
er people's happy days if he wants
them in his."
"Rillv's hnnnv flavs nr mini nnrt
f I t ml J t
mine are his. and he has the heart not
to leave me out even if you would
have him!" I exclaimed, a sob gather
ing in my heart at the thought that my
little lover hadn't even taken in a sit
uation that would separate him from
me across an ocean.
"Bill is too young to understand
when he is is being bereaved, Molly,"
he said, and still he didn't look at me
"I have been aDnointed a delegate to
represent the State Medical association
at the centennial congress in London
the middle of next month, and some
how I feel a bit pulled lately, and I
thought I would take the little chap
and have have a 'wanderjahr You
won't need him now, Mrs. Peaches,
and I couldn't go without him, could
I?" The sadness in his voice wouia
have killed me if I hadn't let it mad
den me instead.
"Won't need Billy any more?" I ex
claimed, with a rage that made my
voice literally scorch past my lips.
"Was there ever a minute in his life
that I haven't needed Billy? How dare
you say such a thing to me? You are
cruel, cruel, and I have always known
it cold and cruel like all other men
who don't care how they wring the lif
blood out of women's hearts and are
willing to use their children to do
with. Even the law doesn't help us
noor helnless creatures, and yon can
lane our child?ena"na go wiUTthem to
the ends of the earth and leave us sut-
ferimr. I have gone on and believed
that you were not like what the wo
men say all men are and that you
cared -whether you hurt people or not,
but now I see that you are Just the
same, and you'll take my Dany away
if too -want to. and I can do nothing
to prevent it nothing in the wide
world. I am completely and absolute
ly helpless. You coward, your
When that awful word, the worst
word that a -woman can use to a man,
left mv Hds a flame shot up into his
eyes that I thought would burn me up,
but in a half second it was exungtusn
'htr the stranrest thine In the world
for the situation a perfect flood of
mirth. He sat down In his chair ana
shook all over, with his head In his
hands, until I saw tears creep through
M finders. I had calmed down so
cnrt.ieniv that I -was about to begin to
cry in good earnest wen he wiped his
eyes and said, with a low laugh in nis
throat:
"The case is yours, Molly, settled out
of court, and the "possession nine
poir.ts of the law clause works in
some cases for a woman against a
man. Generally speaking anyway, the
pup belongs to the man who can whis
tle him down, and you can whistle Bill
from me any day. I'm just his father.
and what I think or want doesn't mat
ter. You had better take him and
keep him J
"I intend to," I answered haughtily,
uncertain as to whether I had better
give in and be agreeable or stay pre
pared to cry In case there was further
argument. But suddenly a strange dif
fidence came into his eves, and he look
ed away from me as he said in queer.
hesitating words:
"You see. Mrs. Molly. I thought from
now on your life wouldn't have exact
ly a nlace for BilL Ilave you consid
ered that you have trained him to de
mand you all the time and all of you?
How -would you manage Bill and
and other claims?"
LEAF ELEVENTH.
A Heart of Gold.
P there is a contagious thing
in this world it Is embarrass
ment I never felt anything
worse In all my life than
m
the shame that swept over me In a
great hot vave when that look came
into his eyes and made me realize just
exactly what I had been saying to him.
about what, and how I had said it. 1
stood perfectly still, shook ail over like
a leaf and wondered If I would ever be
able to raise my eyes from the ground.
A dizzy, nauseated feeling for myself
rose up in me against myself, and 1
was just about to turn on my heels and
leave him, I hoped forever, when he
came over and laid his hand on my
shoulder.
"Molly," he said in a voice that might
have come down from heaven on dove
wings, "you can't for a moment feel or
think that I don't realize and appre
ciate what you have been to the moth
erless little chap, and for life I am
yours at command, as he Is. I really
thought It would be a relief to you to
have Lim taken away from you for Just
a little while right now, and I still
think it Is best, but not unless you con
sent You shall have him back when
ever youjare readyfor him,.andat all
times' both" hVand'I are at your service
to the whole of our kingdoms. Just
think the matter over, won't you, and
decide -what yon want me to do?"
Something In me died forever, I
think, -when he spoke to me like that
lie's not like other men, and there
aren't any ether men on earth but him!
All the rest are Just bugs or bats or
something -worse. " And I'm not any
thing myself. There's no excuse for
my living, and I wish I wasn't so
healthy and likely to go on doing it.
It was all over, and there was nothing
left for me to live for, and before I
could RtopTnyseTfT I "buried my face in
my hands.
"Billy asked me to go with him on
this awful whale hunt!" I sobbed out
to comfort myself with the thought
that somebody did care for me, regard
less of Just how I was further embar
rassing and complicating myself in the
affairs of the two men I had thought
I owned and was now finding out that
I had togive up. I wish I had been
looking at,hiro. for I f1t hm start.
buthe said hTiIs"TiIgIrlendlyvolce
that is so much and never enough for
me
"Well, why not you and Al come
along and make it a family party, if
that is what suits Bill, the boss?"
If men would Just buy good, sharp
kitchen knives and cut out women's
hearts in a businesslike way it would
be so much kinder of them. Why do
they prefer to use dull weapons that
mash the life out slowly? Everything
Is at an end for me tonight, and that
blow did it. It was a horrible cruel
thing for him to say to me! I know
now that I hare been in love with John
Moore for longer than my honor lets
me admit and that I'll never love any
body else, and that also I have offered
myself to him served up in every
known enticement and have to be re
fused at least twice a day for a year.
A widow can't say she didn't under
stand what she was doing, even to her
self, but my humiliation is complete,
and the only thing that can make me
ever hold up my head is to puzzle him
by by happily marrying Alfred Ben
nettand quick!
Of course he must suspect how I feel
about him, for two people couldn't both
be so ignorant as not to see such an
enormous thing as my love for him 13,
and I was the blind one. But he must
never, never know that I ever realized
It, for he is so good that it would dis
tress him. I must go on in my foolish
way with him until I can get away.
I'll tell him I'm sorry I was so indig
nant tonight and say that I think it
will be fine for him to take my Billy
away from me with him- I must smile
at the idea of having my very soul am
putated, insist that It is the only thing
to do and pack up the little soul in a
steamer trunk with the smile. Just
smile, that is alL Xife demands smiles
from a woman, even if she must crush
their perfume from her own heart,
and she generally has them ready.
Oh, Molly, Molly! Is It for this you
came into the world twice to give
yourself without love? What differ
ence does It make that your arms are
strong and white if they can't clasp
him to the softness and fragrance of
your breast? Why are your eyes bice
pools of love if they are not for his
questioning, and what are your rose
lips for if they quench not his thirst?
Yes, I know God is very tender with
a woman, and I think he understand.?.
so if she crept very close to him and
caught at his sleeve to steady herself
he would be kind to her until she
could go on along her own steep way.
Please. God, never let him find out, for
It would hurt him to have hurt me!
Some days are like the miracle flow
ers that open In the garden from plants
you didn't expect to bloom at all. I
might have been born. lived and died
without having this one come into my
life, and, now vthat I have had it, I
don't knowhowio writo. It ejcet in
the crimson of blood, the blue of flame.
the gold of glo-ry, and a tinge of light
rreen would wMl express the part I
ive played. Btst it is all over at last
and
Ruth Chester was the unfolding of
the first hour petal, and I got a glimpse
of a heart of gold that I feel dumb
with worship to think of. She's God's
own good woman, and he made her in
one of his holy hours. I wish I could
have borne her, so she me, and the
tenderness of her arms was a sacra
ment We two women just stood aside
with life's artifices and concealments
and let our own hearts do the talking.
She said she had come because she
felt that if she talked with me I might
be better able to understand Alfred
when he came and that she had seen
that the Judge was very determined,
and she thoroughly recognized his
force of character. We stopped there
while I gave her the document to read.
I suppose It' was dishonorable, but I
needed her protection from it I'm
glad she had the strength of mind to
walk with a head high in the air to
Judy's range and burn it up. Any
thing might have happened if she
hadn't And even now I feel that only
my marriage vows will close up the
case for the. Jndge,even yet hemay
But when Ruth had got done with Al
fred she had wiped Judge Wade's ap
preciation of him completely off my
mind and destroyed it In tender words
that burned us both worse than J udy's
ire burned the letter. She did me am
awfully good service. im
(To be Continued)
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PLATTSMQUTH
FORTY YEARS AGO
Items of Interest to Old and New
Residents of City Which Were
Kew Forty Yeara Ago.
Court proceedings in the ease
of Shurz against Carmichael, as
Justice of the Peace, having- lined
Shurz under an ordinance of the
town of Weeping Water, he is
sued a mittimus and sent the de
fendant to jail until the fine and
costs were paid; The ordinance
only provided for the fine, and
hence the Court instructed the
jury that there was no law and
no judgment authorizing the mit
timus, and that therefore all who
participated were liable as tres
passers. The jury returned a
verdict for $150. The Court fur
ther held that the ordinance was
void because it phohibited the
sale of the liquor in place of reg
ulating its sale; that, in other
words, the town took the place of
the County Commissioners and
should have provided for a li
cense, and then for violations
prosecutions should be under the
law of the State. Wheeler &
Stinchcomb and Aylesworth for
the plaintiff, and Marquett &
Smith and Chapman for the de
fendant. In the case of French
against Allison the verdict was
iOO. la this case Esq. Jenks,
one of the defendants, issued an
attachment for $250 when his
jurisdiction is only 100. Two
horses and wagon were taken on
the writ, and the Court instruct
ed the jury that the writ was il
legal and void, and though the
plaint iir had previously got back
liis horses, yet in this case the
jury had the right to return such
damages, if they were satisfied
that the property was taken un
lawfully, as they might think was
right. .Marquett Mintu ana
Wheeler & Stinchcomb for the
plaintiff, and Chapman it Max
well for the defendants.
In looking' over the files of the
Plattsmouth papers of forty
years aco we lind an interesting
article in regard to the finding of
coal in this section of the state
and which was believed for a time
would develop into a field of al
most unlimited supply of coal and
the excitement and jealousy de
veloped at the time was intense:
As will be seal on our local
page, Mr- Kirkham thinks he has
found a 20-inch vein of good coal.
onlv 05 feet beneath the surface
of the earth, almost within the
limits of Plattsmouth and he ar
gues that the whole underlaying
surface may be coal veins.
Just before this news reached
us, a gentleman of this county of
well-known ability and genuine
interest in, and ambition for, the
welfare of this state addressed us
a note in regard to the coal ques
tion, and especially in aid of
some general recognition of the
efforts in Omaha to bore for coal,
and thus settle once for all, the
fact, whether coal measures 'do
exist in this slate, within work
ing distance of the surface.
The Herald cordially and hear
tily approves of bis suggestion
provided it is proven that we can
not reach coal in our own town
much easier and cheaper and as
we could find no fitter language
to clothe the idea in, we gvve the
gentleman's own words:
Editor Tip-Top I think the
projeect of boring foi' coal in
Omaha, should receive :he undi
vided support of the entire sfaie,
and that, subsidiary organizations
should be started in every town
to raise means to sustain the
projectors at Omaha, and
strengthen their hands, to the end
that they may feel themselves
backed up in their enterprise by
the goodwill of the stale, and thus
thus feel encouraged to push the
boring to a success. Please urge
Ibis matter, for it is not an "Oma
ha scheme." but a state benefit,
deserving of our fullest encour
agement and support. Let us kill
this dog in the manger spirit
that cripples every effort in the
slate, and stand by all good
works.
Amen, say we, and the Editor
of this paper has invariably and
always preached and practised
this doctrine. Either we are one
whole state, north and south of
I he- Platte, from the Missouri riv
er to our western boundary, work
ing for each other's welfare to
wards a great and glorious fu-:
lure; or we are little petty sub
divisions of a great common
wealth each against the other and
each for his own division, wheth
er it kills or strengthens great
enterprises. United ve may ex
pect great results, divided our
future will be slim indeed.
We are glad to learn that the
Hon. John W. Barnes is rapidly
progressing in health and vigor.
and we may soon expect to see
him on our streets once more
hale and hearty. He has had
tight squeeze to come through.
We call attention to the new
"ad" of Smith & Windham, Rea
Estate agents. these young men
seem bound to drive business be
fore them; that's the way to do
it.
We have slumbered long
enough in Plattsmouth, and our
professional men seem to have
thought business would take
care of itself.
Complaints have been made to
us that the scholars are not al
lowed to enter the High schoo
mornings until a few minutes be
fore the opening of school, and
at recess are driven out to play
no matter what the weather. No
parents can guage the time o
their children's arriving at the
school house to a minute, and
they should not be kept out in
the cold, and the tax-payers of
this town paid for that school
house, and their children should
play in it under reasonable re
strictions.
Prof. Potter, of the firm of
Potter & Gaffney, Weeping
Water, dropped in our office last
Thursday. Mr. Potter was on his
way home from the western part
of the state, where he has been
holding Musical Conventions
with great success, we see by the
papers. We were sorry to learn
that the cause of his return was
the serious illness of his partner,
Mr. Gatrney, and hope he is bet
ter by this time. Mr. Potter will
be at the store after this at all
times, and customers can rely on
finding it open for business.
For days and days we have
been wondering at the style or
crowd that superintended the
setting up of the pump in Main
street, just below the Herald of
fice. Men who certainly haven't
touched water for years, neither
for drinking nor washing pur
poses, men who have forgotten
the taste of aqua pura constantly
stand around and order and di
rect and suggest how the pump
should be fixed, and speculate on
how much water there is in the
well, and how much water can be
forced up by the pump. It sur
prised 'us, hitherto, the matter
is clear, now, they're like the old
negress. they have got so far
gone that water makes 'em drunk,
and they mean to have a fresh
water spree as soon as the pump
is up.
The jury for the Sage case
agreed on a verdict about 11 a.
m., the verdict being manslaugh
ter. One day's imprisonment.
Steps will be taken for a pardon.
Elder T. J. Todd will preach at
the Congregational church next
Lord's day at 11 o'clock a. m. All
are invited.
Mickelwait & Sharp, the old
standbys in the coal business, are
just rushing things lately. They
keep the best Fort Scott coal, and
also small nut coal for hard coal
base burners. Drop in and see
Sharp, he's a right companion
able sort of a chap.
The concert given by Mrs. Drost
for the benefit of a school library
for the public school of Rock
Bluffs on Saturday, November 15,
was a success.
The house was well filled and
the best of order prevailed. We
can not in a short article do jus
tice to each performer, individ
ually, but we must say that all
did well. The manner in which
each scholar performed, reflected
much credit on the teacher (Mrs.
Drost, for the very skillful man
ner in which she had trained her
slass in instrumental music.
We were very agreeably struck
with the nonchalance exhibited by
her pupils in playing before a
large audience.
To play, or declaim before an
audience without embarrassment,
especially by young performers,
we regard as requiring a greater
degree of self-reliance than most
of 011 young persons possess.
But Mrs. Drost seems to have
succeeded admirably, in training
her pupils to be self-reliant; and
this we look upon as one of the
most essential parts of education.
The receipts from the concert
will be appropriated to the pur
pose of founding a library, and
thus establish a neuclus fund
around which we trust that many
other donations will be collected.
F. M. MacDonough, esq., of the
Watchman, has the honor to be
the second donor of books to the
library. . , ' :
Stinchcomb, the lawyer, has a
new suit of clothes. How on
airth did he get 'em? During a
panic, too; there has been no
tire.
Rev. M. F. Platte will preach
in the First Congregationa
church of this city on Sunday
the 16th, morning and evening
Fox, the expressman, went out
the other day for a few hours and
came back with a fine buffalo
calf. Any you fellows beat that
hunting?
The new furniture for the
High school has come and they
are fitting it up. We expect to
have school there next week
Hurrah, boys, ain't you glad?
Doctor Wintersleen, city-
treasurer remarked to us last
week that he supposed he had
made more schoolrna'ams happy
one day not long before than any
other man in Plattsmouth. It
wag on pay-day, you know, and
the doctor gives them the rhino
More About the R. R. Accident.
As quickly-after the accident
on Mondaj- evening as possible,
the coroner, Dr. Reed, of Rock
Bluffs, was sumoned, and a jury
found at that late hour, it being
nearly ten o'clock. The jury were
Wm. Neville, Alfred While, Wiley
Black, Luke Miskella, Jos. Mae
Donagh, Wm. Bennett. They re
mained in session until two
o'clock Tuesday morning. The
witnesses examined were Messrs
Brennan, Mulligan, Thomas Mur
phy, Mr. Egbert, and Mr. Dick, all
railroad men and supposed to be
experts in regard to the rules and
regulations of railroad business
The verdict was rendered about
two p. m., and was substantially
as follows: The men John Daley
and Stephen Consadine came to
their death on the B. & M. R. R.,
by an accidental collision be
tween an engine and a hand car,
on the evening of December 15th,
about half-past five o'clock.
The officers of the road were
exhonerafed from blame, as ac
cording to the evidence of the
railroad men, hand cars are
bound to look out for trains and
engines, at all times. On the body
of Daley was found a pipe, a
pocket knife, two silver rings, a
key and pocket-book, containing
$12. 6Q in money. On Consadine
only a key and R. R. pass. Con
sadine was taken to Omaha for
burial, his family meeting him
at the Junction. Daley was bur-
ed in Plattsmouth cemetery, at
three o'clock on Tuesday after
noon; and thus ends this sad ea-
astrophe, which leaves us less
wo useful citizens, a family of
orphans, and a widowed mother
o mourn some one's careless
ness despite the coroner's ver
dict to the contrary.
The public installation of the
officers of Olive Branch Lodge
No. 2, I. O. G. T., was well at-
ended and passed off pleasantly.
Among the visitors from abroad
we notice Grand Worthy Chief
Templar J. A. Fairbanks of Lin
coln and his estimable lady; W.
Richards of Omaha, G. W.
Secretary and F. J. Keens of
ort Kearney, G. W .Treasurer.
The following is the list of
officers installed:
J. Ph. Young W. C. T.
Miss Marcia Lincoln W. V. T.
D. D. Martindale W. Sec.
Miss Lizzie Stinchcomb W.
S.
Thos. W. Shryock W. T.
D. L. Morrow W. F. S.
J. W. Stinchcomb W. C.
W. H. Poole W. M.
Miss Louisa Shryock W.
A
D. M.
Alfred Despain W. I. G.
R. O. Fellows W. O. G.
Mrs. David Miller R. H. S.
Miss Cynthia Mitchell L.
S.
After . the installation the
members of the lodge and the
visitors present were addressed
by the Grand Worthy Chief
Templar in a few sensible re
marks on the condition of the
order in this stale and in the
United States and foreign coun-
ries. He represents the order
n a most flattering condition
hroughout the stale, new lodges
springing up into life and ac-
ivity and the old lodges taking
fresh vigor in the noble work,
,500 new members having join
ed the order since the 1st day of
January, 1873.,, The people of
his slate are; rapidly waking up
o the evil effects of the liquor
rathe, and the day is not far
distant when the curse of intem
perance will be driven from
among us.
After these remarks supper
was the next thing on the pro
gram. Huge piles of chickens,
lams, cakes, rusks, etc., were
duly appreciated by; the hungry
crowd, as the empty dishes and
tables will bear witness.
The evening was enlivened
with vocal and instrumental
music. After supper the Grand
Worthy Secretary addressed the
audience in a few pertinent re
marks, and complimented the
lodge on its rapidly increasing
prosperity, and the life and vigor
it is now showing, especially as
it was thought that Olive Branch
Lodge, the oldest lodge in the
state, had gone down never to be
revived. He was followed by the
Grand Worthy Treasurer in a
few seasonable remarks. The
meeting then adjourned, all
agreeing that this was one of the
most enjoyable evenings they had
ever spent.
The Grand Commandery of
Knigths Templar, Grand Council
Royal and Select Masters and
Grand Chapter of the State of
Nebraska, meet this week in
Omaha in annual grand conclave
and convocation. The program
of ceremonies is as follows: This
forenoon t lie Grand Chapter will
open in form and proceed to
business, which they will prob
ably finish the same day. This
evening a banquet will be given
by Omaha Chapter, at the Grand
Central, in honor of the Grand
Chapter, upon which occasion all
Royal Arch Masons and their
ladies are cordially- invited. The
companions of Omaha Chapter
have exerted themselves m the
matter and the entertainment
will undoubtedly be a delightful
affair. On Wednesday the Grand
Commandery meet in third an
nual conclave. In the evening
the Order of Knighls Templar
will be conferred in Mt. Calvary
Commandery No. 1, K. T. This
is the routine of business and
pleasure combined that wilt be
observed. On last evening the
companions or umana unapier
No. 1, exemplified the work in the
Royal Arch degree before M. E.
Grand High Priest R. R. Living
ston of Plattsmouth, and E.
Grand Secretary I). II. Wheeler.
Eminent Grand Commander Sir
Robert W. Furnas arrived yes
terday and wilt preside at the
meeting of the Grand Command
ery on Wednesday. A number
of the craft are expected to ar
rive by this morning's trains, and
the attendance promises to be
very full. The Sir Knighls of
Mt. Cavalry Commandery hae
arranged to give a grand ball and
reception and this, with Jhe oilier
entertainments, will' liiake 'Vl'ie'"
assembling of the craft a most
pleasurable occasion.
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