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RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA. CHIEF I? Old Lady Number 31 LOUISE FORSSLUND Author of "The Story of Sarah" "TfaaShlpoiDrtaW Copjrriiht by The Century Co. SYNOPSIS. Captain Abrnham Hone and Anccllne. hla wife, have loat their little homo through Abe'a unlucky purchase of Term fly fJold mlnlnit etock. Their household fooda sold, tho 1100 auction money, nil hey have left, will plnco Abo In the Old Man'a home, or Anpy In the Old Iady' home, lloth aro self-sacrlncInK but Abe decide: "My denr, thla la the fust time I've hod ft cnanco to tako the wust of It. The old couple bid good-liy to the little house. Terror of "whnt folks will say' aenda them along by-patliB to tho Kuto of the Old Ladlca' home. Mlm AblKoll, na tron of the Old Ladles' home. Iicnra of the III fortune of the old couple. Rhe telU tho other old ladles, nnd Ulossy. who linn paid a double feo for the only double b"u chamber, voices tho unanimous verdict that Abe must be taken In with his wife, he la "Old I.ady No. 31." Tho old ladles Abe awakens next morning to find that Rive him such a warm welcome that he la made to feel at homo at once. "Brother Abe" expands under tho warm reception of the sinters, and a relftn of peace begins In the Old Indies' home. Abe Is the cen ter of the community. Tho semi-annual visit of Ulossy's aged lover, Capt. BamunJ Darby, la due. Abe advises her to marry him. For the first time tho captain falls to appear. Glossy consults Abe so often regarding- Darby, his old captain In the Ilfe-Mvlng service, that gossip begins to buss. Aunt Nancy takea Abe to task for flirting with Dlossy. He la much con cerned when he learns that Angy Is jeal ous. Dlossy drives away with Darby to be married. CHAPTER X Continued. "I told yer I never could stand It here amongst all theso dratted women folks," Abe would declare. "Ife all your fault that I didn't go to tho poor house In peace." "I notlco yew didn't raise no objec tions until yow'd lived here a year," Angy would retort; but Ignoring this remark, he would go on: "It's 'Brother Abe' this an' 'Brother Abe' that, as et I had thirty wires a-pesterln' me lnstld ot one. I can't kill a fly but It's 'Brother Abe, lemme bury him (or yew.' Do yer all think I bo a babyT" demanded the old gentleman with glaring eye. "I guess I'm able tor do somethin' fer myself once In a while. I hain't bo old as some folks might think," he continued with auperb Inconsistence "I bo a mere child compared with that air plagued Nancy 8mlth." It took very Ilttlo to exhaust Angy's ability for this stylo of repartee, and she would rejoin with tender but mis taken efforts to soothe and comfort him: "Thar, thar, fathor! Don't git ex cited now. 8eems tor mo ye 're a leotle bit feverish. Ef only yew'd tako this hero tansy tea." Abraham would give ono exasper ated glanco at tho tin cup and muttor Into tho depths of his beard: "Tansy tea an' old women! Old womon an' tansy tea! TanBy tea bo durnedl" Abe failed perceptibly during tho summer, grew feebler ob tho autumn wlnde blew In, and by November he took to his bed and tho physician of the home, a little whiffet of a pompous Idiot, was called to attend him. The doctor, determined at the start to make a severe case of the old man's affliction In order that he might have the greater glory In the end, be it good or bad, looked very grave over Abra ham's tongue and pulse, prescribed medicine for every halt hour, and laid especial stress upon tho necessity of keeping the patient In bed. "Humbug!" growled the secretly terrified Invalid, and In an excess of bravado took hie black silk necktie from where It hung on tho bedpost and tied It In a bow-knot around tho collar ot his plnk-strlped nightBhlrt, bo that be would be In proper ahapo to recelvo any ot tho Blstora. Then ho lay very still, bis eyes cloBed, as they camo tip toeing In and out. Their tongucB were on gentle tiptoe too, although not bo gentlo but that he could hear thorn ad vising: Ono, a "good, stiff muBtard plaster;" one, an "onion poultice;" an other, a "Spanish blister;" while Aunt Nancy stopped short ot nothing less than "old-fashioned bleeding." Abo lay very still and wondered it they meant to kill him. He was probably going to die anyhow, so why torment him. Only when he was dead, ho hoped that they would think more kindly ot blm. And so surrounded yet alone, the old man fought his secret terror until mercifully he went to sleep. When he awoko there were the sis ters again; and day after day they spent their combined efforts In keeping blm on his back and forcing him to take hie medicine, the only appreciable good resulting therefrom being the fact that with his tax upon their dovo tlon tho old ladles camo once moro to regard Abe ob tho most precious pos session of tho Home. "What ef ho ahould die?" they whis pered among themselves, repentant enough of their lato condemnation ot nlm and already desolato at tho thought of hlB leaving this Ilttlo haven with them for tho "great havon" over there; nnd tho whisper reaching tho sickroom, Abe's fever would rleo, whllo fee could nover lift his lashos except to JiWlLi see tho specter of helpless old nge on ono sido of the bed and death upon tho other. "What's tho ninttcr with mo 7" ho demanded of tho doctor, as ono who would Bny: "Pooh! pooh! You're a humbug! Whnt do you moan by keep ing mo in bod?" Vet tho old man was trembling with that innor fonr. Tho physlclnn, a femlnlno kind of n, beard ed crcaturo hlmeolf, took Aba's hand In his an engaging trick ho had with the old Indies. "Now, my frlond, do not dlfltrrss yoursolf. Of courao, you aro a very nick man; 1 cannot dccolvo you as to that; but during my professional ca reer, 1 have Been some romarkablo cases of recovery and " "But what's tho niattor with mot" broke In Abe, by this time fairly whlto with foar. Tho doctor had assured htm that all hlB organs were eound, so bo could only concludo that he must havo ono of thoso unusual diseases such as Miss Abigail was reading about In tho paper yestorday. Maybe, although his legs wero so thin today, he wns on tho verge of an attack of elephantiasis! "Whnt'e the matter with mo?" ho repeated, his eyes growing wilder and wilder. What tho doctor really replied would bo difficult to tell; but out ot the con fusion of his technicalities Abe caught tho words, "nerves" nnd "hysteria." "Mother, yow hear that?" ho cried. "I got narvouB hysterics. I told yor somethin' would happon ter mo a-com-In' to this hero place. All them old woman's diseases Is kotchln. Why on 'nrth didn't yor lot me go to tho poor houso?" Ho foil back on the pillow and drew tho bedclothes up to his cars, whilo Angy followed the doctor out Into the hall to recolvo, as Abo supposed, a moro detailed description ot his malady. Ho felt too weak, however, to question Angy when eho returned, nnd stubbornly kept his eyes closed until he hoard Mrs. Homan tlptoo Into the room to announco In hushed tones that Blossy and Samuel Darby were below, and Samuol wanted to know If he might see the Invalid. Then Abo throw off the covers In a hurry and sat up. "Sam'l Darby?" he asked, the strength coming back Into his voice. "A man I Nary a woman ner a doctor! Yes yes, show him up!" Angy noddod In response to Mrs. Homan'B glance of Inquiry; for had not tho doctor told her that It would not haston the end to humor the pa tient In any reasonable whim? And she also consented to withdraw when Abo Informed hor that ho wished to be left alone with his visitor, as It was so long since ho had boon face to face with a man "an' no petticoat a-hangln' 'round the corner." "Naow, bo keerful, Cap'n Darby," the Ilttlo mother-wife- cautioned at the door, "bo very keerful. Don't stay tew long an' don't rile him up, for he's drotful excited, Abe 1b." CHAPTER XI. Mental Treatment Llttlo Samuel Darby paused at. the foot of tho bed and stared at Abe with out eaylng a word, whilo Abo fixed his dim, distressed eyes on his visitor with a dumb appeal for assistance. Samuel looked a very different man from tho old bachelor who used to como a-woo- Ing every six months at tho Home. Either marrlugo had brought him a new growth of hair, or else Blossy had Bclocted a now wig for him a modest, close, Iron-gray which fitted his poll to perfection. Marriage or BloeBy had also overcomo in Samuel that tend ency to bang his head "to stnrb'd;" and now he lifted his bright eyes with tho manner of ono who would say: "See! I'm king of myself and my household! Behold what ono woman has done for me!" And In turn Abo's unstrung vigor and feeble dependence cried out as loudly: "I haven't a leg left to stand on. Behold what too much woman has done for me!" "Ain't yew n-goln' ter shake hands?" Inquired Abraham at last, wondering at the long sllenco and the Incompre hensible stare, hie fears accentuated by this seeming Indication ot a su premo and hopeless pit. "Ain't yew a-goln' ter shake hands? Er be yew ateard of kctchtn' it, tow?" For a moment longer Samuel con tinued to staro, thon of a Hudden he roared, "Git up!" "Huh?" queried Abe, not believing his own ears. "Why, Cap'n Sam'l, don't yow know that I'm a doomed man? I got tho 'nnrvous hysterics.'" "Yow got tho pip!" retorted Captain Darby contemptuously, and trotting quickly around to tho side or tho bed, ho Rclzod Abo by tho shoulders and began to drag htm out upon the floor, crying again, "Git up!" The sick man could account for this remarkable behavior In noway except by concluding that his old captain had gone Into senile dementia oh, cruel, cruel afflictions that life brings to old folks when llfo is almost done! Well, thought Abo, he would rather be sick and die in his right mind than go crazy. Ho began to whimper, where upon Samuel threw him back upon his pillows In disgust "Cryln'I Oh, I swan, he's cryln'!" Darby gave a short laugh pregnant with scorn. "Abo Rose, dew yew know whnt alls yew?" ho demanded, fixing his eyes flercoly upon tho Invalid. "Dow yew know what'll happen tow yew If yow don't git out o' this bed an' this hero houso? Either yer beard'll' fall out an' yow'll dwindle deown ter the slzo o' a hnby or yew'll turn Into n downright old woman Aunt Abra ham! won't that sound nlco? Or yow'll dlo or yow'll go crazy, ait out er bod!" Tho patient shook his head and sank back, closing hla eyes, more exhausted than over. And ho himself had heard Angy warn this man In a whisper not to "rllo hltn up!" Remorselessly went on tho rejuvenated D-rby: "Hain't n-goln' tor git up, hoh? Yew old mollycoddlol Yow baby! Old Lady 31! Klffy calf! Hut I hain't n-blamln' yow; ef I had lived In this hero place a year an' a half, I'd bo stark, starln' mad! Leetle tootsle wootslo! alt up!" Abo had oponod his eyes and waB onco moro staring at tho other, hla mind elowly coming to tho light of tho realization that Samuel might be moro sane than himself. "That's what I told Angy all along," ho ventured. "I told her, I says, Bays I, 'Humbug! Foolishness! Yo're a mnkln' a reg'lar baby of me. Why,' I Bays, 'what's the difference between mo an' these here womon-folks except that I wear a beard an' smoke a plpo?" "Then why don't yew git up?" de manded tho Inexorable Samuel. "Olt up an' fool 'em; or, gosh all hemlock! they'll be measurln' yow fer yer coffin next week. When I come Inter the hall, what dow yew think these hore elBtors o' yourn was a-dlscussln' ? They was n-argulu' the p'int as to whether they'd bury yew In a shroud or yer Sunday suit." Abrahnm put one foot out of bed. Samuol took hold ot his arm and with thin assistance tho old man managed to got up entirely and stand, though shaking as if with the palsy, upon tho floor. "Fool pooty good, don't yew?" de manded Samuol, but with lose sever ity. "A loetlo soft, a leetle soft," mut tered tho other. "Gimme my cane. Thar, ef one o them women comes in tho door I'll I'll " Abraham rataed his stick and shook it at the Innocent air. "Wharfs my pipe? Mis' Homan, sho went an' hid it last week." After some searching, Samuel found tho- pipe In Abo's hatboz underneath tho old man'a beaver, and produced from his own pocket a package of to bacco, whereupon the two aat down for a quiet smoke, Samuel chuckling to himself every now and again, Abe modestly seeking from time to time to cover his bare lega with the skirt ot hla plnk-strlped nlghtrobe, not daring to reach for a blanket lest Samuel should call him name's again. Wlth the very first puff of hlB pipe, the light had como back Into the Invalid's eyes; with the second, the ashen hue com pletely left his cheek; and when he had pulled the tenth time on the pipe, Abo waa ready to laugh at the sisters, tho whole world, and even himself. "Hy-guy, but It's splendid to feel like a man ag'ln!" The witch of Hawthorne's story nevor gazed more fondly at her "Feathertop" than Samuel now gazed at Abraham pulling away on his pipe; but he determined that Abraham's fate should not be as poor "Feather top's." Abo must remain a man. "Naow look a-here, Abe," he began after a while, laying his hand on the other's knee, "dew yew knaow that yew come put' nigh glttln' swamped In the big breakers? Ef I hadn't come along an' throwed out the life-line, yow " "Sam'l," Interrupted tho new Abra ham, not without a touch of asperity, "whar yow been these six months? A-lcavIn' me ter die of apron strings an' doctors! Of course I didn't 'spect nuthln' o' yew when yew was jlst a bachelor, an' we'd sort o' loet sight er each other fer many a year, but arter yow got connected with the Hum by marriage sorter " "Connected with the Hum by mar riage!" broke in Samuel with a snort of Indignant protest. "Me!" Words failed him. He stared at Abo with burning eyes, but Abe only insisted sullenly: "Whar yew an' Blossy been all this time?" "Dow yew mean ter tell mo, Abo Rose, that yew didn't know that Aunt Nancy forbid Blossy the house 'cause she didn't go an' ask her permission ter git spliced? Oh, I f ergot," he added. "Yew'd gone upstairs ter take a nnp that day we come back from tho minister's." (TO BE CONTINUED.) Pittsburgh Cleanup. The glad tidings have gone forth that for tho first time In history Pitts burgh has a regularly organized squad of policemen whoee duty It Is to pro tect women from insults, to scour the atroots for loafers, to Bean the' moving picture showB, patrol tho parks and maintain a gonerally vigilant eye for "mashers." If this squad Is gifted with tho ordinary sense of sight it will find work to do at tho start right In tho mldet of the business center. It can start In on Fifth avenue and Smlthfleld street at most any hour of the day or evening, nnd before reach ing Market street can gather up a pa trol wagon load ot the most obnoxious characters that Infest the city. Pitts burgh Post. Darwin's Regret. It I bad to llvo my llfo over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some muslo at least onco a every week, for per haps the parts of my brain now atro phied would thus have been kept alive through use. The loss of these tastes Is a loss ot happiness, and may possibly be Injurious to the Intellect, and more probably to tho moral char acter, by enfoebllng tho emotional part of our nature. Charles Darwin Hoarseness Relieved. When a small child Is suffering from hoarseness, try the relief of the julco ot a lemon on sugar. The lemon should bo bakod llko an apple and the child should bo given a Ilttlo of tho thickened and warm juice squeezed over a lump ot sugar. SHELTER FOR BIRDS Particularly Desirable Where Edible Material Is Soarce. Designs of Two Houses Given In Bul letin Issued by Agricultural De partmentImportance of Pro tecting the Milk Cans. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) The farmer who will build a food shelter and furnish an abundance of food In It will find that many birds of value to him as insect-destroyers, will haunt his premises. This Is particu larly true when there la a scarcity of bird food In the vicinity. The United States department of agriculture in a recently published bulletin on bird houses has offered designs for shel ters that will protect food In all kinds of weather. ' To Induce birds to enter a food shel ter baits are first placed In a consplcu- Food 8helter for Attachment to Post Roof Cut Away to Show Construc tion Sides Made of Glass; Size of Panes 8 by 10 Inches. ous place outside and the birds are led by degrees to enter the lnclosure. Such food as suet, seeds, or cracked nuts will prove attractive as bait. Two designs are given 'In the bulle tin for adequate food shelters. The first may bo attached to a tree, tho other may be placed on top of a poet or tree stub. The sides aro made of glass. There Is no bottom to either of these structures. Besides protecting food, such a shel ter will provldo a place whero ono In terested in birds can watch them con veniently. It tho farmer has neither the time nor Inclination to make a shelter but etlll desires to attract valuable birds by putting out food, the next best thing 1b to fasten the bait to trunks or branches ot trees or scatter It on the ground In sheltered places. Desirable birds may be attracted by other means than food, particularly In summer. On warm days they appro clatefresh water for drinking and bathing. A shallow pool ot varying depth, If only a foot across, becomes a center ot attraction for all the birds In the vicinity, and it may be made with little effort and material. Only a small amount ot cement Is required, or, If that be lacking, a pan with stones In It, set In the ground will be equally serviceable. Cats are particularly dangerous to birds, and should not bo permitted Food Shelter for Attachment to Trunk of Tree. aear the home-made bird pool during bathing hours or go near the food shelters. Designs for simple and elaborate bird bouses that will Interest all bird lovers are given In a farmers' bulletin No. 609, which the United States de partment of agriculture haB recently Issued. It Is entitled "Bird Houses, and How to Build Them," and will be sent freo ot charge to anyone request ing It from tho department. protection for Milk Cans. Much milk that seems to bo perfect ly good when it loaves the farm, reaches the consumer In bad condi tion, nnd tho United Stntes department ot agriculture la now convinced that this Is frequently dup to a rise la the -1 - temperature of tho milk during trans portatlon. A series ot testa that has; recontly been completed shows thej lmportanco of surrounding tho milk! cans during hot wonthor with some apj proprlato Insulating material which' will effectually excludo the heat, . Even when milk Is to bo shipped only a short dlstanco Its temperature should not be higher than CO degree F. At this temperature bacteria will multiply, but the Increase Is slow and a few houra dolay will result In no serious Injury. In milk above 50 de grees F. the rate of bacteria growth Is much more rapid. It follows that whpn tho milk Is to bo shipped a long dis tance it must be loaded on the cars at a temperature much lees than CO do grees F. unless some efficient means Is taken to prevent the temperaturo rising during the journey. Perhaps the most practical way of accomplishing thlB Is to wrap the cans in a pair of quilt jackets, wet burlap, or some other similar material. In tho course of the recent experiments milk waa hauled a distance of 13 miles In an average air temperature of 82.C5 de grees F., the milk being shipped at a temperature of 50 degrees F. At tho end of three hours the cans that wero hair-qullt Jacketed showed a raise of only BVfc degrees F.; those wrapped In wet burlap, a ralso of 8 degrees F. Milk In cans that were left unpro tected roso in the eamo time to a tem perature ot 78.5 degrees F an Increase of 28.5 degrees. This Is much too high. Moro elaborate methods of preserv ing milk during shipment by refrigera tion are discussed In a professional bulletin just Issued by the United StatcB department of agriculture, which deals in a technlcul way with many types of refrigerating apparatus. The bulletin discusses fully the influ ence of time and temperaturo on bac teria In milk. It also contains elab orate diagrams Illustrating the differ ent methods employed In utilizing re frigeration, and the cost ot operating them. This bulletin so long as the department's supply lasts will be sent free to all Interested In the refrigera tion of milk. Refrigeration, however, Is, ot course, not always possible, while any shipper can take the precaution of jacketing his milk cans. PROFIT MADE IN CAPONIZING Increased Value of Birds Paya Well for Time and Labor Operation la Not Difficult. Ab a vast majority of poultry own ers and growers are not professional and keep the poultry Incidentally and In the main for the use of the family, it Is not surprising that so few poul try owners undertake to caponlze the cockerels. But If all poultry owners were aware of the Increase of profit that capons pay over the ordinary poultry I think a great many more would learn how to perform the op eration and caponlze all the surplus males every foil. Even If It were done only to sup ply tho use of them on one's own ta ble It would pay well,.saya a writer In an exchange. As almost all farmers themselves emasculate all their sur plus boars and bull calves, and some even the male colts, It Is evident that with a little more skill they can emas culate the cockerels, and In most cases can sell them for from a half moro up to twice as much as the cockerels would bring In tho market. As cnponlzlng requires a keen eye nnd steady hand, as well as the spe cial tools for doing tho work, it would bo well for one without experience, It he can get the opportunity, to see some one who is expert at the work and then make a few trials himself. In order to make tho job easier I think it will be well to etherize or chloroform the chicken, bo that it will be absolutely still. However, It one knowB how to do tho Job and haa the tools It takes but a little while, and there is no reason to believe that the suffering will be great. CONCRETE OR CEMENT SILOS Material' Gaining Rapidly In Popular ity Where Permanency Is Desired on Live Stock Farms. The concrete and cement block con struction is getting fvery popular In so far as alios are concerned; especial ly Is this true where permanency is desired, such as established stock farms, etc. In the past the high flrat cost ol this construction has been the cblcl factor against Its moro extensive uso, but .this has been due to our Insuffi cient knowledge as to the best and most economical methods In handling material. The prlco of lumber has been stead ily raising, while that of the good Port land cement haa been decreasing, and good qualities can now be obtained at fair prices. It seems, therefore, to be generally conceded that the concrete or cement block silo will be the silo ol the future. New Winter Barley. By crossing a four-rowed Mammoth winter barley with a two-rowed winter barley that had been artificially car ried through the winter, a hardy two rowed Winter barley resulted In Bome foreign experiments. By the applica tion of Mendel's law, 'this variety proved stable. It produced well and wns a product of excellent brewing qualities. Profitable Investment. Tho apple orchard Is now recognized as one ot tho most profitablo Invest ments on the farm, or will provo so If the necessary amount of care and attention is given to it. , r mV...'"1iS , ' L- ... .y. .... ,uj Af.l...j IN STERLING LIVES A GIRL Who Suffered As Many Girls Do TelU How She Found Relief. Sterling, Conn. "I am a girl of 23 years and 1 used to faint away every month and was very weak. I was also bothered a lot with female weakness. I read your little book 'Wisdom for Wo men and I aaw how others had been helped by Lydia E$ Pinkham't Vegeta ble Compound, and decided to try It, and It haa mitrln mn fnl like a new girl and I am now relieved of all these troubles. I hope all young girls will get relief aa I havo. I never felt better in my life. ' 'Miss Bertha A. Peloquw, Box 116, Sterling, Conn. Massena, N.Y. "I havo taken Ly dia E. Plnkham'a Vegetable Compound and I highly recommend it. If anyone wants to write to mo I will gladly tell her about my case. I waa certainly in a bad condition aa my blood was all turn ing to water. I had pimples on my face and a bad color, and for five years I had been troubled with suppression. The doctors called it 'Anemia and Exhaus tion,' and said I was nil run down, but Lydia E. Finkham's Vegetable Com pound brought me out all right "Miss Lavtsa Myres, Box 74, Massena, N.Y. Young Girls, Heed This Advice. Girls who are troubled with painful ot Irregular periods, backache, headache, dragging-down sensations, fainting spells or indigestion.should immediately seek restoration to health by taking Ly dla E. Finkham's Vegetable Compound. PICKED OUT THE RIGHT TIME Schoolboy a Good Deal More Thought ful Than Moat Youngster We . Ever Heard Of. A popular membor of a certain school board tells a good story of a certain schoolboy who enjoys the unique distinction of having attended one school for 11 years without being once absent or late. In evidence ot this, tho youth Is the proud owner of 11 medals. When tho eleventh medal was conferred the boy's mother waa asked whether her son ever had any Ulnees. "Oh, yes," she replied. "Measles?" "Yes." "Whooping cough?" "Yes." "How is It, then, that ho has been able to make so remarkable a record at school?" '.'Well, he generally had 'em In his holidays," was the proud mother's interesting reply. Good Reason. It was a very youthful class In phys iology. "Why," asked tho teacher, "is It best to cat soup first when one Is very hungry?" Tho pupils stared at her blankly. Then Jamie enlightened them from tho depths of his own experience. "You can got It down faster," he announced. Before going Into politics equip your self with a mud guard. LIGHT BOOZE. Do You Drink Itr A minister's wife had quite tus sle with coffee and her experience Is Interesting. She says: "During the two years ot my train ing aa a nurse, while on night duty, I became addicted to coffee drinking. Between midnight and four in the morning, when the patients were asleep, there was little to do except make the rounds, and It was quite ' natural that I should want a hot cup of coffee about that time. I could keep awake better. "Aftor three of four years of cof fee drinking, I became a nervous wreck and thought that I simply could not llvo without my coffee. All this time I was subject to frequent bilious at tacks, sometimes bo severe as to keop me In bed for several days. "After being married, Husband; begged me to leave off coffee tor he feared that It had already hurt me almost beyond repair, so I resolved to make an effort to release myself from tho hurtful habit. "I began taking Postum, and for a few days felt the languid, tired feel ing from the lack of the coffeo drug, but I liked the taste ot Postum, and that answered for the breakfast bev erage all right "Finally I began to feel clearer headed and had steadier nerves. 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