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But it flies at half-mast be cause the ambassador in this chateau is dead dead as you will be. vain -lung, when the midnight hour has struck. Pardon us if we have given a mere ambassador precedence over a king; but you. arrive a little late." My blood boiled. I was impatient to , interrupt -Starva's narrative. It -was Locke's curiosity that delayed our res- joue. He restrained me with a gesture. Thcre is plenty of time," he whis . pered. "It is hardly 11 now, and Ferdi nand is to -die at midnight. I am anx- ious to hear more concerning this flag. .'And remember, please, that, you have - my revolver. I was too easily persuaded. I had listened to Dr. Starva's words in won der. It was I, or rather fate, who had lowered that flag at half-mast My perplexity was not lessened as I heard what followed. "lint when," continued Starva. "I filtered my carriage to escort you hither in state this flag was floating in the breeze at the head of its flag staff. Not until your Majesty stepped on the terrace did it fall at half-mast. Shall 1 tell you why? When it fell at half-mast It was a signal that you were In our power. There are others anxious to welcome -your coming, Ferdinand. They have watched that Hag with burning eyes. They will come soon, the rest of the reception committee. Listen three raps and silence two and silence one and then three. It is they. Bratinau. Open the door while I guard this ass In a Upn's skin that will cease to bray at midnight." I deplored my folly in delaying the attempt at Ferdinand's rescue. Even now, while Bratinau rushed to the door to draw its bolts, I should have dred at Starva had he not been kneel ing at Ferdinand's side, twisting a cord about his wrists to fasten him in the .chair in which he sat. The action ex posed Ferdinand; Starva's body was shielded by that of the king. The ad vent of the conspirators had taken . Locke and myself completely by sur prise. And when we had heard the knocking on the doer we had hoped , that a timely rescue had come. - I counted Ave of them. Locke and I were hopelessly outnumbered now. We had missed our chance. I .confess that something very like fear clutched at y heart when I heard the bars grate back in their sockets. I know that Locke himself was pale enough. 'Un less somv accident favored us, not only wan Ferdinand doomed, hut per haps ourselves as well. But I forgot our own danger in the extraordinary scene that followed. Starva had sprung on a chair close to Ferdinand. With ribald jest he Intro duced each of his confederates as they stood about the two in a half circle. As each man's name was mentioned he stepped in front of Ferdinand and mocked him. ' . .. TYour Majesty," cried -Starva. bow- lag low, "all of your reception commit tee is present except one. He will come presently and his news will arouse you from the ennui that seems to oppress you. In the meanwhile let me have the honor of introducing to you each of these gentlemen: "Col. Ignatieff. of Roumanla! He is aa admirer of the ladies, and he will be charmed to present them with a lock of your hair as a souvenir." i "I prefer your heart, Ferdinand, to be preserved in a beautiful funeral in for myself." cried the ruffian. "Dimitri Gortschakoff. of Servia! He is groom of the bedchamber of King Alexander. He should be concerned with bis own duty this night." - "But I have unselfishly sacrificed 'myself to administer to your comfort," was the brutal comment. - "Count Nicholai Piteschti. of Bosnia! "You should feel at home you see we have aristocrats present." "I am so much of an aristocrat that I am jealous of one who is above me sa rank to dwarf my own importance." : "Gornji, of Montenegro! He is only a common soldier, and is better known by hid sobriquet,. The, Cat. -He will use; his claws presently." . "A cat can look at a king, they say. Tee. I can scratch well enough. A king's tyranny has made me groan; I hope you will not die so quickly. Ferdi nand, that I shall not have time to laugh at yonr groans." He struck Ferdinand a violent blow with his clenched fist. "Oh, la, la. la! Lese. Majeste!" shouted Bratinau. "Restrain your en thusiasm, comrade." "Otto Kuhn, of Macedonia! He is an old acquaintance of your Majesty's. But you will not have the joy of thrust lag your hand, Ferdinand, into hi's pocket for his American dollars. They treo be spent in a better cause. And lastly (for Councilor Bratinau and I, of Bulgaria, are old friends and need ab introduction). Co imcIlorGIhgaja,, of Moldavia." ' ' - i ? tele "You aee, your Majesty." crief Ig natieff. "this Is an international affair. Will It be a comfort to you to know that you will not be the only king that sets out on his last mysterious journey during the next 24 hours? It to not Bulgaria alone or Servia that are to taste the sweets of liberty, though King Alexander and his paramour and yourself are to lead the procession this night," "And now, messieurs," shouted Star va, "that we are Introduced, and nto Majesty Is thoroughly at his ease, let us eat, drink and be merry, for at mid night he dies!" A scene of riot and savage revelry ensued. In the veins of this ruffianly crew flowed the hot blood of races half oriental, half barbaric It was boiling now to a degree of frenzied, savage excitement Already these men were as dangerous and as blind to reason as a cage of savage beasts. Their ferocity would be stirred to an ecstacy of madness by drink. My friend Jacques had wheeled a table from the dining-room Into the hall. It was loaded with viands and bottles. Savage toasts were drunk; there were cries of liberty and free dom; glasses were held tauntingly at Ferdinand's mouth; every indignity was showered on him. There is a glamor about, a crown that dazzles even a democrat let him boast his indifference as he may. I am not ashamed to say I felt a strange horror as I saw the prince disdainfully facing his enemies in silence. A vain monarch Ferdinand might be, and no "I Will Neither. Be Cajoled, by Lies doubt his reign had not been alto-1 gether a wise one, but his calm cour age, his kingly dignity awakened In me a romantic desire to die for him if need be. ' The confusion in the hall below was so great that Locke and I tcould con verse freely and' be in no 'danger of being overheard. ' "Have you noticed Kuhn and Gin gaja?" whispered Locke excitedly. "They are strangely distrait and som ber. Kuhn has lived most of his life in. America. Though he was born a beast his brutish instincts must have been a little subdued by the Stars and Stripes." "I have noticed." I nodded grimly. "I saw, too. that Dr. Starva gave them no opportunity of speaking when he mentioned their names. They will bear watching, those two. Perhaps we are not to fight alone, for Ferdinand presently." -, "Heaven rant it!" exclaimed Locke with an emotion that. came strangely from him. "But" I gripped his hand for silence. On the company below had fallen a si- lence a silence tragic and ominous. I Suddenly the laughter had died on their lips. They were standing quite motionless, cigarettes poised between their finger tips, the smoke flickering, and their faces were turned as one man toward Bratinau. who stood a. the door., and had held up his hand far silence. Never again shall I see on the faces of men a look of -such fierce, tense ex citement Some of them were trem bling;' more than one was catching his breath in sobs; one snapped the stem of his wise glass. Three raps and silence two and 'a pause one. and again three. Bratinaa drew the bolts. It was the messenger whom they had waited for. He was breathless in his haste; the sweat stood on his forei head; and he held high above his head a telegram in triumph. He staggered into Bratinau's arms. , ' Bratinau tore open the dispatch. As he read, his gross face became purple with passion. His eyes glowed like two living coals. He tried to speak,' but his emotion suffocated him. j:f -The paper was snatched from u)r f grasp by Starva. Again he leaped to the rchair. hy Ferdinand. . Hie hull voice thundered: "Liberty, comrades, freedom: and death to tyrants! Alexander of Servia and his paramour Drasa were dragged from their beds not ah hoar ago. They lie dead of a hundred wounds. Drink, drink to Servia, who has. led the way to liberty!" Ferdinand's head had fallen; he had fainted In his chair. am body huddled up grotesquely. Gortschakoff of Servia maddened with excitement raised his dagger to strike the senseless king. Starva felled him with a blow, then ram from, one to the other of the conspirators imploring, demanding silence. "Patience, comrades!" he -shoaled. "Are we children that we cannot make history this night as men? Let us do all things calmly and In due order. Patience a little longer: Who Is there that .has a better right to strike the blow than L Starva of Bulgaria?" "I." clamored Bratinau. "I also am a Bulgar." "No." it Is I. Gornji of Montenegro! I have suffered most1 from the tyranny of kings; ft is my right" "No. it Is mine!" shouted one. "Mine!" clamored another. "Yoa see, comrades, each of as strives for the honor. But though Bratinau and I of Bulgaria have the prior right we do not wish to be selfish. We will cast lots and in the darkness. Ferdinand shall stand yon der by the spiral staircase In front of the tapestry. Two candles behind his head will make him a fair mark for a revolver. But the man who has been singled by fate, concealed by darkness, shall do his work In darkness. No one will know to whom the lot has fallen;' then." he looked steadily at Kuhn and Gingaja, "if there are any here whose courage falters and who would turn traitors at this late hour, their treach ery will be powerless. For each .man, by his presence here' shares -the guilt of the rest No one can betray an other himself. Is it agreed?" "It is agreed!" they shouted. But Kuhn of Macedonia was silent "Is it agreed, comrade Kuhn of Macedonia?" "Yes," he replied hoarsely, moisten- Nor Frightened 'Into Obedience!' Ing his parched lips with the glass he held in his hand.' "If Ferdinand must die, he must" "What! Yon are not convinced of the necessity of that?"' "I refuse to be a puppet Starva, to dance because you. choose to .puH the string!" cried Kuhn, this rage bursting the bounds of prudence.-"!-will neither be cajoled by lies nor frightened into obedlencel" "' "No?" questioned Starva softly, but his smile was frightful. "Is it not a little late, comrade, to. be making ex cuses at this hour?" , , i "I. for one wish to know why you lied to me this morning? I have been tricked into this desperate move." "And who has tricked your de manded Starva, with a gentleness that was more terrifying than his anger. "You told me yesterday -that Sir Mortimer Brett was dead. He was seen in the village of Alterhoffen this morning. You told me that England had refused absolutely to countenance Ferdinands invasion of Macedonia. Qt an hour since I received secret Information" from my agents In Lon- don that instructions had been sent to Sir Mortimer that he need hesitate, no longer that England would 'see he had -- ------------ --!----,- , i-B-in -ii-i i n - - i n -i. T.I uTLrinj-trLru-u-LTij-u-i-j LnjvufJvwAnriAj iri rtfT-ruirtrLr ,n T.i , i. Man of Strange Character Herbert Paul, in his book on Queen Anne of England, paints a new pic ture of the great duke of Marlbor ough. ,. He was not truthful. He was not straightforward. He was not honest. In his love of money and his capacity for hoarding it he rivaled those wretched misers who. have' done no more than contemplate their gains. And yet, such are the strange freaks In which nature' indulges." this mean and selfish intreaguer was endowed with perfect courage, with an irresist ible charm of manner, with a fbmper which even his wife failed to dis a free tricked." " "And I! echoed Gingaja. "This Is "treachery. If It added Count Piteschti of "By the Almighty!" gasped Lock at my side; "I believe then Is a flghtrng chance for as yet" CHAPTER XXXY.- The Flfht en the txalraassi Had not Kuhn been supported k the other two his temerity weald doubtless have cost him hisllfi. As ft was, Gornji of Montenegre toward him. drawn dirk ia his Starva sent It spinning along the net- ibbed floor. - "Imbecile!" he hssed "There, is none here who will be more loyal to our cause than Otto Kuhn of Mace donia. There Is none who caa help It so much. He needs but to be earn vinced. Is it not so. comrade?" '1 ask: only to go Into the affair with my eyes open." mattered Kuhn. his voice trembling with rage and fear. "Bat we will have ae .traltora." Gornji grumbled. "And if any have forced their way into this meeting and are unwilling to pay the price of admission, they mast be put -out yes, out of this world!" cried Ignatieff. The 'four ssismlns most sesleas ranged themselves side by side, facing the three. Starva stood betweeathem. "Patience, friends. What yon say would be quite true," he pleaded, "if it were so. There can be no traitors among .us. , No one. may leave this room to-night until he Js committed irrevocably to the cause. As It to, each man by his presence has com mitted himself. There must be com plete harmony among us. Ferdinand to to die. But he and Alexander mere ly lead the procession of ghosts. There are others to follow them Into Hades. And that to only the beginning of our work. We shall find half of Europe arrayed against us. The new republic will have to fight perhaps for its ex istence. We shall need money, and comrade Kuhn has pledged his mil lions 'to the cause " "But only on the condition that England had refused ' to aid Ferdi nand," interrupted Kuhn defiantly. "I say you have tricked me into commit ting myself." "And if," fiercely shouted Gortscha koff of Servia, "the British ambassa dor were actually living if he could promise what he, has been vainly asked, it could avail nothing now. Has not Ferdinand heard the names of all of us? Can he not see us? Enough of this vain talk. Gornji speak with reason. We can have ao traitors among us. If Caesar fell pierced by the 'daggers of 50 senators. Ferdinand must be content with' eight But there can be no shirking. Each man must have a band in his death." "All in good time. But first of all I would answer our skeptical friend here. You say, Kuhn. that the ambassador is living. If I shew him to- you on -his bier vwill you believe me?" . "Prove to me what you say," said Kuhn. uneasily. "I tell you that it is you who would have been tricked had U not been for my vigilance. Sir Mortimer Brett has been dead these four days. With his death ended the schemes of the woman, the Countess Sarahoff, Fer dinand's spy. But by one of those jests of fate she found a ready tool to aid her as a price for her caresses This tool of hers bears a marvelous resemblance to the dead minister. It was he whom you saw this xnprn ing and, not Sir Mortimer. He came to this chateau with the Countess Sar ahoff to play the part of the English minister. It was he who was to trick have you to say?" .'This sounds, too improbable to be believed without proof," Kuhn replied, turning to the two men who stood on elthnr iMa nf htm ? "I shall show you the proof." thun dered Starva, his patience at ah end, "and that before you leave this castle. I hold them all in the hollow of my hand the countess herself, her ac complice, and the king's messenger. Now what, have you to say?" "Show me this man who has trick ed me, and I am with you heart and soul," was Kuhn's response. His words were brave enough, but they were those of a man forced into a cor ner.. "I told you that I wish only to go into this affair with my eyes open?' "You see. friends," said Starva, "a little patience was all that was neces sary. Our comrade needed but to be convinced. I shall satisfy his curi osity without delay." He raised his voice: "Jacques!" The servant came forth from the dining-room and stood silent before him. "Jacques, go to the-tower and bring to me the .friend of Countess Sara hoff. You are armed? If he gives you any trouble, call me. "He will give me no trouble," said the 'man, contemptuously, starting on his errand. Locke and. I ' instinctively poised ourselves to, leave our hiding place to greet Jacques when he should near us. "But when this man comes," object ed Ignatieff, angrily, "is he to recog nize all of us to gratify the curiosity of Kuhn? Unless he to to go with Fer dinand" (TO BE CONTINUED!.) turb, with a brain that no sophistry could obscure, and with a military ge niu before which criticism is humbly silent He was treacherous even In a treacherous age. Wholly devoid of 'cruelty, aad by nature humane,, he is said never to have sacrificed an un necessary life. He used his fellow creatures for his own purposes, and when he had no further use for them he forgot their existence. He made his plans and carried them out ;with the absolute efficiency of sheer intel ligence and the serene implacability of impersonal fate. IKAMr bf IL uUblS Jsnsm sml I H ssTH smBn Ban Bssm BsBBf BBn BBS Ml H BB I nsmn BM I BsmY nmanV mM 1 1' BsasnV I I ssnai I IBsst Bsmssmi I ml I I ml smBBBBnBBn mw asmar It SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR IMH6ERS Common Carriers and Charitable Or ganizations Alike Seek Remedial Legislation Wrecks and Robberies Are Laid to the Doors of Vagrants Problem Most Acute in Eastern States. Chicago. What to do with the then sands of tramps who wander aimlessly about the country and Interfere with the safety of passengers traveling on the different railroad systems has be come a serious problem, and has aroused the charity organizations and the railroad companies to the need of a general cooperation with the au thorities in an attempt to put an end to vagrancy in all its forms. At a recent conference of represen tatives of several large, railroads ia Minneapolis there was presented from each road a set of figures approximat ing the amount of damage. sustained by the different systems through the depredations of tramps. The total sum reached the amazing figure of $25,000, 000. The showing made in the reports was supplemented by reports of the Interstate commerce commission, which stated that in the last five years 23,974 trespassers had been killed. Not all of that slaughtered army were tramps, yet it was shown that the vast majority were, of the class of aimless wanderers whose vagrancy is much' mixed 'with viciousness. An Army of Vagrants. Representatives of the Baltimore ft Ohio railroad reported to the confer ence that these hordes of the Tents of Shem constitute one of the most seri ous' problems with .which the road had to deal: Others, .who were compe tent to testify, asserted that from one. half to three-fourths of all trespassers were tramps. James McCres, president of the Pennsylvania railroad, declared that the 900 vagrants arrested on his road for trespassing in 1906 were but a small percentage of the vagrants con stantly, traveling .over the Pennsylva nia system. Conference' in Minneapolis, At the Minneapolis conference ini tial steps were taken to establish a national vagrancy committee, which will have as its work the study of vagrancy and the recommendation of measures for the reduction of vag rancy and for the more rational assist ance of the honest wayfarer out. of work. Its field to very large, and be cause general knowledge of the real facts of vagrancy is so limited, the ef fect of the committee's work will prob ably not be immediately apparent. Yet It to evident that much thought is to-day being given to the question of the public's duty to' the vagrant, and of the vagrant's danger to the public Professional Jokemakers have cre ated out of the tramp or the "hobo," as he is more familiarly known, a pic turesque, happy-go-lucky soldier of for tune. Possibly one.tramp in a thou J A 7&4Z J27 77ZZ iaGmPrtftrttfaffvifirlflr'iti)ri COURAGEOUS COWARDS. I' Famous Men Whose Hearts Failed Them in Their First Battle. It was fortunate for Frederick the Great that he was not under the com mand of Gen. Bingham, the police com missioner of New York, says the Bos ton Globe. If, instead of, a prince, he had been "one of the finest," he sure ly would have lost his badge and been kicked off the force, sharing the hard fate of the policeman who was de graded for feeing from a man with a smoking revolver. Frederick never would have receiv ed a second chance after his celebrat ed flunk at Molwitz. It would have .been all over with him when he fled from that first battle. There was no door for him to get behind, as there was for the tenr-stricken patrolman, and so he spurred his horse till he was miles and miles away from the frightful scene, where he had aban doned his army and sought safety in flight. Late at night he was found cow ering in an old mill and his humilia tion was'only deepened when he learn- sand justifies this pleasant concep tion, but those who know them best have no illusions about the thousands of vagrants who roam over the coun try. In cities persons .generally re gard the tramp frivolously as they laugh at the colored pictures la comic weeklies; but it to very different with those who dwell in thinly settled dis tricts. There the "hobo" to a serious menace he trespasses, steals aad sometimes even wrecks a railroad train and commits assault or murder. An Incident at Ridaway., An incident at RIdgway, da the Pennsylvania railroad, a week or two ago shows how trala crews are in danger from tramps. Ia this case it was a bottle of nitroglycerin tha did the damage, putttlng four or five men In the hospital and injuring one of them so badly that his leg had to he amputated. Two freight trains were about to leave RIdgway when the conductor of one of them found a man lying upon the top of a boxcar. The crews of the two trains, when about to, eject the man, found him apparently powerless to move. He seemed to be in a drunk en stupor. In his pocket was a bottle which the trainmen thought to be whisky. This bottle was taken from the tramp by an engineman, who either dropped or threw it on the car. Immediately it exploded, doing severe damage. "Hobo" Depends on Rail. To nearly everyone the picture of a "hobo" riding on a freight train is a familiar sight. It takes only a min ute's thought to grasp tjie fact .that the railroads are the most valuable asset in the tramp's existence. A tramp cannot remain a tramp long un less he can move about and be a stranger to whomever he meets. Thus the "hobo" depends upon the railroads to go from city to city and from state to state. He cannot pay his fare, rarely having money, so he steals his rides and thereby becomes a tres passer. If "ride-stealing" can be pre vented, vagrancy will receive its deathblow. And that is the peg upon which the effort to disband the army of vagrants Is to be hung. Cooperation Is Necessary. Naturally enough the railroads have always been anxious to stop "free rides." The trespassers not Infre quently steal valuable packages of freight, damage cars, interfere with signal and switching apparatus and at times attack and seriously Injure em ployes. But it has been impossible to make any headway against "ride-1 --nssne 1 1 rTBmrBBBBnaaa ' tOMYYtwlslBFwtM,y ed that his troops hsd stood their! ground and that he had fled from a field of victory. Frederick, however, .was king, aad there was ao one to strip him of his badge. If he had been a private soldier he would have been shot In those times.. As it was, he lived to fight an other day and to glorify the whole race of cowards by his daring in many a battle. , Few soldiers, with courage eaough to tell the truth, will deny that they longed to ran from their first en counter with a foe israrms. No one need be ashamed to confess that he is in the same class with Grant. That geaeral, in his plain, un varnished tale, his "Personal Me moirs," says very simply and fraakly. "My sensations as. we t approached what I supposed might be ,a field of battle were anything but agree able. That was at the outset of his civil war career. He had, it to true, been in many engagements in Mexi co, but now he was In command and he confesses: "I would shave . given anything then to have been back ia Illinois." ' . taM T ? ' Ml mtMa. tat- BmrBw msssmT. sssTBBnmTmBml BammBsmVm asms- mVBBBBBss meaae that they hoard train that cojmes alee. accomplish be cooperstiea bet sad authorities. To obtain operatic several charity are planning a campaign and will seek, to eaate legislation enacted aad the enforced. The railroads through regular employes and .throagh police departmenta wMI werfc hi mony with the charity The tramp problem is acute in the eastern states. of tresnassers killed to rr a'scx-g&z. every 100 miles of track in the United States to 1.6 persons. In the group bf states including Louisiana. Texas and New Mexico the proportion falls to less than a single, person per hms dred miles. But in group 2 of the Interstate com merce commission's classification of states, comprising New York. Penn sylvania, New Jersey. Delaware aad Maryland, the proportion rises to, IX per hundred miles of railroad in oper ation. This means that the largest number of tramps are ia this neighboring states. The cities tinue to attract the vagrants. It Is the country districts and little towns that suffer most from the "ho bo." At the same time they are leas, able to deal with the question because of the expense involved in the prose cution and imprisonment of offenders. If a tramp drops off a freight train at some village it is much easier and cheaper for the village constable to say "Get out of town in 12 hours" than it to to put the tramp in jail and feed him for ten days. This "move on" 'order relieves the town of that oae tramp, but some other town gets him and some other tramp is unloaded in a similar manner upon the town that sent the first one away. Recruits Constantly Come. So it goes on interminably. Every year the number of wanderers with out available means of support to in creased by new recruits. The habit ef idleness once contracted is rarely abandoned, except under compulsion. This compulsion has not been supplied by- separate communities; it wffl probably have to be brought about hy. state or national action. - Railroad police departments have been mentioned as a probable care for vagrancy, bat this goes only a short' way.' If a tramp is arrested, hat ia discharged in court, the lesson is of little value; he to then free to resume his "occupation." This failure to sua-, ish In most cases may be laid to the' matter of expense. Therefore, it is suggested that the expense of main taining prisoners, or nt least part-of it. be shared hy the state. Another method suggested is en-' forced labor. "Work," says James J:' Hill, of the Great Northern, "to more dreaded than all' the other terrors of the law. If every tramp were sen tenced, under n penalty of a diet ef bread aad water, to work hard before he was passed along, the end would he , in sight. The construction of good roads would be assisted hy compelling every tramp to break stone, wheel dirt or go hungry.' This, with a the , enforcement of the criminal laws hy ' the local. authorities, would probably furnish a simple and satisfactory sots- tion.of the vagrancy problem." Legislation Suggested. Railroad policemen who have had experience with "ride stealers' are quite as enthusiastic advocates of en forced labor as Is Mr. HilL "But," they ask, "how caa we have enforced labor for tramps when labor organiza tions have worked up a powerful Ument against giving work" to prii era when 'honest men go Idler. This opposition to letting prisoners do worh that wage-earners might do Is regard ed as a powerful obstacle to the "en forced labor" solution of the vagrancy problem. Nevertheless, he did not turn run like Frederick. No, bat he modest ly says that he did not. flee because "I had not the moral courage to halt and consider what to do; I kept right on." In the end he learned a valuable lesson. He found that the enemy had fled before him and then 'it occurred to me that Harris (the confederate commander) had been us much afraid of me as I had been of him. This was a view of the question I had neves taken lefore; but It was one I never forgot afterward. From that eveat to the close of the war I sever experi enced trepidation upon confronting the enemy, though I always felt more or less anxiety." Lighthorse Harry Lee is another soldier who had to acquire his conr sge by experience, for in the early part of the revolution Washington was moved to commend him hy chin ing irony for his "prudence." His hot retort was "I shall undertake to show you, sir, that I possess no more of that cowardly virtue than- yon yonr self." And no schoolboy to-day looks upon Lighthorse Harry as a model oh -sradeaoc or caution, erage asm in 1 BSF sBBBsSfc. t VNRnsBnBBnBBnBBnsB X. BnBBnBBnBBnBBnBBnBBnsBnmBnm P 4 ir 1 . -' yW iA- " V - -, -. s K trt && " . '5 - ':? . 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