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V *\- . -••;;•'.,' A, . • --Sr:r"":;;.':':•: V^ '-^:.^.r;; < • ' • • • ' £ * " * x V ! " . r ̂ / . , f * -- * s ^ « ' 'Xi V ' ' •>&»* 1"•"'- •* * 1 ' " /< ~ * * •*/'"*.'% •" ' - , ^i/'" " '*"1 1/ 'MS * »' • '<*"1 MHENRY PLAINPEALER, M*HENRY,'IUU - ' . ? ^ ^ M -r^V4 ~ ^--/<-' ; i? K :: t D A R K H O L L O W By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN (Copyright, 1914, by Dodd, Mtad it Company) CHAPTER I. The house of Mystery. A high and narrow gate of carefully Joined boards, standing ajar in a fence of the same construction! What is there in this to rouse a whole neigh­ borhood &nd collect before it a group of eager, anxious, hesitating people? This is Judge Oetrander's place, and anyone who knows Shelby or the gos­ sip of its suburbs knows that this house of his has not opened its doors to any outsider, man or woman, for over a dozen years; nor have his gates been seen in all that time to gape at anyone's instance or to stand unelosed to public intrusion. The seclusion sought was absolute. The men and women who passed and repassed this corner many tiroes a day were as igno­ rant as the townspeople in general of what lay behind the gray, monotonous exterior of the weatherbeaten boards they so frequently brushed against. The house was there, of course--they •11 knew the house, or did once--but there were rumors of another fence, a second barrier, standing a few feet in­ side the first and similar to it in all respects, even to the gates which cor­ responded exactly with these outer and visible ones and probably were Just as fully provided with bolts and bars. And now! in the freshness of this summer morning, without warning or any seeming reason for the change, the strict habit of years has been broken into and this gate of gates is not only standing unlocked before their eyes, but a woman--a stranger to the town as her very act shows-- has been seen to enter there!--to en ter, but not come out; which means that she must still be inside, and pos­ sibly in the very presence of the Judge. Where is Bela? Why does he allow his errands--But it was Bela, or so they have been told, who left this gate ajar . . he, the awe and terror of the town, the enormous, re­ doubtable, close-mouthed negro, trust­ ed as man is seldom trusted, and faithful to his trust, yes, up to this yery hour, as all must acknowledge, iD spite of every temptation (and they ^ liad been many and alluring) to dis­ close the secret of this home of which he was not the least interesting fac­ tor. What has made him thus sud­ denly careless, he who has never been careless before? Money? A bribe from the woman who had entered there? What else was there to believe? There stood the gate with the pebble holding it away from the post; and here stood half the neighborhood, in a fascination which had for its motif the knowledge that they, themselves, If they had courage enough, might go in, Just as this woman had gone in, and see--why, what she is seeing now--the unknown, unguessed reason for all these mysteries--the hidden treasure or the hidden sorrow which would explain why he, their first citi­ zen, the respected, even revered judge of their highest court, should make use of such precautions and show such un­ varying determination to bar out all comers from the place he called his home. It had not always been so. Within the memory of many there it had been an abode of cheer and good fellowship. Jtot a few of the men and women now hesitating before ita portals could boast of meals tak^n at the judge's ample board, and of evenings spent in animated conversation in the great room where he kept his books and did his writing. But that was before his son left him in so unaccountable a manner; be­ fore--yes, all were agreed on this point--before that other bitter ordeal of his middle age, the trial and con­ demnation of the man who had way­ laid and murdered his best friend. Though the effect of these combined sorrows had not seemed to be immedi­ ate (one month had seen both); though a half-year ha<| elapsed before all sociability was lost ^extreme self- absorption, and a full one before he took down the picket fence which had hitherto been considered a sufficient protection to his simple grounds, and put up these boards w hich had so com­ pletely isolated him from the rest of the world, it was evident enough to the friends who recalled his look and step as he walked the streets with Al- settled into confirmed melancholy, and } would not leave for court till his re- melancholy into eccentricities. Judge Ostrander was a recluse of the most uncompromising type; but he was such for only half his time. From ten in the morning till five in the after- turn--he had never, in all the eight years she had been sitting in that window making buttonholes, shown any hesitation in his methodical re- locking of the gate and subsequent noon, he came and went like any other ] quick departure. citizen, fulfilling his judicial duties j But this morning he had lingered in with the same scrupulous care as for- j the gateway peering to right and left merly and with more affability. In- ! in a way so unlike himself that the mo- deed, ho showed at times, and ofteu j ment he was out of sight she could not when it was least expected, a mellow- j help running down the lane to see if ness of temper quite foreign to him in | her suspicions were correct. And they his early days. The admiration ; were". Not only had he left the gate awakened by his fine appearance on the bench was never marred now by those quick and rasping tones of an easily disturbed temper which had given edge to his invectivo when he stood as pleader in the very court where he now presided as judge. But away from the bench, once quit of the courthouse and the town, the man who attempted to accost him on his way to his carriage or sought to waylay him at his own gate had need of all his courage to sustain the rebuff his pre­ sumption incurred. The son, a man of great ability who was making his way as a Journalist in another city, had no explanation to give of his father's peculiarities. Though he never came to Shelby--the rupture between the two, if rupture it were, seeming to be complete-- there were many who had visited him in his own place of business and put such questions concerning the judge and his eccentric manner of living as must have provoked response had the young man had any response to give. But he appeared to have none. Either he was as Ignorant as themselves of the causes which had led to his fa­ ther's habit of extreme isolation, or he showed powers of dissimulation hardly in accordance with the other traits of his admirable character. All of which closed inquiry in this They Burst Through the Second Qate. direction, but left the maw of curi­ osity unsatisfied. And unsatisfied itx had remained up to this hour, when through accident-- or was it treachery--the barrier to knowledge was down and the question 1 of years Beemed at last upon the point of being answered. Meantime a fussy, talkative man was endeavoring to impress the rapidly col­ lecting crowd with the advisability of their entering all together and ap­ proaching the judge in a body. "We can say that w? felt it to be our dooty to follow this woman in," he argued. "Didn't you ^y she had a child with her, Miss Weeks?" "Yes, and--" "Tell us whole story, Miss Weeks. Some o^frs haven't heard it. Then if j it seems our duty as his neighbors and well wiehers to go in, we'll Just go in." ' The little woman towards whom thiB appeal was directed immediately be­ gan her ingenuous tale. She was sit­ ting in her front window sewing. Ev­ erybody knew that this window faced the end of the lane in which they were then standing. She could see out with­ out being very plainly seen herself; she had her eyes on this gate when gernon Etheridge on one side and his ' Bela, prompt to the minute as he al- II*" ll- - Iff! - ' TifB, '?•„V- !v l brilliant, ever-successful son on the other, that the change now observable in him was due to the violent sunder­ ing of these two ties. Grief slowly NOT A MATTER OF INTELLECT Though Not Generally Understood, "Culture" Really Appertains to the Spirit. We talk jnuch of culture and get ft mixed up, with learning and schol­ arship. it may be these things, but never unless it has another quality, and that is gentility. Culture is a mat'#>r of the spirit, rather than the tne&itfttt. It is not as John Galsworthy •ays, scientific learning, social method, and iron discipline, nor the power of appreciating and producing works of atk. Cfllture belongs to the eoul; it feels more than it thinks. Think of a mean, crabbed, short-spoken man be­ ing cultured! He is- the very opposite of it. We have seen tall scholars who could read Greek, solve the calculus jmd discuss Spinqsa, who were not AS much tfiltured dVa rabbit, *. is the bad idea of what culture Is that has done lots of harm in the world. Boys are taught that if they are shrewd and know a lot, they are cultured. Parents Jfcpt to be proud their rroart boys, while the gentle £ • * - " T - - - V - ' ways was, issued forth on his morning walk to town for the day's supplies Always exact, always in a hurry-- knowing as he did that the judge unlocked, but he had done so pur­ posely. She had about decided that it was only proper for her to enter and make sure that all was right with the judge when she saw a woman looking at her from the. road--a woman all in purple even to the veil which hid her fea­ tures. A little child was with her. and the two must have stepped into the road from behind some of the bushes, as neither of them were anywhere in sight when she herself came running down from the corner. It was enough to startle anyone, es­ pecially as the woman did not speak, but just stood silent and watering her through a veil the like of which was not to be found in Shelby, and which in itself was enough to rouse a decent woman's suspicions. She was so amazed at this that she Btepped back and attempted to address the stranger. But before she had got much further than a timid and hesi­ tating "Madam," the woman, roused into action possibly by her interfer­ ence, made a quick gesture suggestive of impatience if not rebuke, and mov­ ing resolutely towards the gate Miss Weeks had so indiscreetly left un­ guarded, pushed it open and disap­ peared within, dragging the little child after her. "And she's In there still?" "I haven't seen her come out." "'Then what's the matter with you?" called a burly, high-strung woman, stepping hastily from the group and laying her hand upon the gate still standing temptingly ajar. "It's no time for nonsense," she announced, as she pushed it open and stepped promptly in, followed by the motley group of men and women who, If they lacked courage to lead, certainly showed willingness to follow. One glance and they felt their cour­ age rewCrded. Rum^r, which so often deceives, proved itself correct in this case. A second gate confronted them exactly like the first, even to the point of being held open by a pebble placed against the post. And a second fence, also! built upon the same pattern as the one they had just passed through; the two forming a double barrier as mysterious to contemplate in fact as it had ever been in fancy. In gazing at these fences and the canyonlike walk stretching between them the band of curious invaders forgot their prime errand for a moment. But whatever the mysteries of the place, a greater on& awaited them be­ yond, and presently realizing this, they burst with one accord through the sec­ ond gate into the mass of greenery which, either from neglect or inten­ tion, marked this side of the Ostrander homestead. Never before had they beheld so law­ less a growth or a house so completely lost amid vines and shrubbery. Two solemn fir trees, which were all that remained of an old-time and famous group, kept guard over the untended lawn, adding their suggestion of age and brooding melancholy to the air of desolation infesting the whole place. One might be approaching a tomb, for all token that appeared of human pres­ ence. Even sound was lacking. It was like a painted scene--a dream of human extinction. Instinctively the,women faltered and the men drew back; then the very silence caused a sudden reaction, and with one simultaneous rush they made for the only entrance they b&w and burst without further ceremony into the house/ A common hall and common fur­ nishings confronted them. More they could not gather; for blocked as the doorway was by their crowding fig­ ures, the little light which sifted in over their heads was not enough to show up details.. Halting with one ac­ cord in what seemed to be the middle of the uncarpeted floor, they waited for some indication of a clear passage­ way to the great room where the judge would undoubtedly be found in conver­ sation with his strange guest The woman of the hard voice and self-satisfied demeanor who had start- and kindly boy^are passed by. There is more hope for the latter in a life of strife than for the former, and the world is better off for their having lived.--Ohio State Journal. Cable Over Whirlpool, An aerial passenger cableway 1B soon to be built across the whirlpool at Niagara falls to enable visitors to get a close view of that marvel of nature and to experience the thrills connected with such a view without incurring any danger. - The ByBtem, which is described with illustrations in the August Popular Mechanics magazine, is feimllar to one recently installed at San Sebastian, Spain, for spanning a chasm between two moun­ tain resorts, and to the one that climbs the first Etage of the Wetter- horn. In Switzerland. The whirlpool is situate^ in Canadian territory, about six miles below Niagara falls. The cableway is to be about 17,70 feet long, with the cables stretched at an elevation ct about 250 feet abo<re the whirlpool. The car, which has Al­ ready been built in Spain, has a ca­ pacity of fifty passengers. MOST DIFFICULT HINDU FEAT Dancing Girl Balances Eggs on Threads That Are Stretched^From Rim of Wheel. Of the many wonderful feats per­ formed by Hindu jugglers, one of the most remarkable is the egg dance. Usually it is executed by a girl, fan­ tastically dressed. She makes use of a willow wheel, around which at equal distances are threads, and at the end of each thread there is a noose, held open by a bead. This wheel the girl places on her head, while she carries a basket of eggs on her arm. When the music strikes up she begins to dance, and the whftel begins to spin around. She then takes an egg from the basket, places it in one of the thread nooses^ and throws It from her with sufficient force* to draw the knot tight. The spinning of the wheel keeps the thread stretched, with the egg at the end of it * She then takes another egg from the basket, places it in another noose, and repeatB this until there is an egg ed them upon this adventure was still ahead; but even she quailed when she found herself face to face with a heavy curtain Instead of a yie'dlng door. "Look at this!" she whispered, push­ ing the curtain Inward with a quick movement Sunshine! A stream of It, dazzling them almost to blindness and sending them, one and all, pellmell back upon each other! However dismal the ap­ proach, here all was in brilliant light with every evidence before them of busy life. The room was not only filled, but crammed, with furniture. This was' the first thing they noticed; then, as their blinking eyes became accus­ tomed to the glar« and to the unex­ pected confusion oi tables and chairs and screens and standing receptacles for books and pamphlets and ° boxes labeled and padlocked, they beheld something else. The judge was there, but in what a condition. Prom the end of the forty-foot room his seated figure confronted them, si­ lent, staring and unmoving. With clenched fingers gripping the arms of his great chair and head held forward, he looked like one frozen at the mo­ ment of doom, such the expression of features usually so noble, and now almost unrecognizable were it not for the snow white of hie locks and his unmistakable brow. Frozen! Not an eyelash quivered, nor was there any perceptible move­ ment in his sturdy chest. His eyes were on their eyes, but he saw no one; and down upon his head and over his whole form the sunshine poured from a large window let into the celling di­ rectly above him, lighting up the strained and unnatural aspect of his remarkable countenance and bringing into sharp prominence the common­ place objects cluttering the table at his elbow. Inarticulate murmurs swelled and ebbed, now louder, now more faintly as the crowd surged forward or drew back, appalled by that moveless, breathless, awe-compelling figure. A breathless moment; then the hor­ rified murmur rose here, there and everywhere: "He's dead! He's dead!" when quietly and convincingly a bluff masculine voice spoke from the door­ way behind them: "You needn't be frightened. In an hour or a half-hour he will be the same as ever. My aunt has such at­ tacks. They call it catalepsy." Imperceptibly the crowd dwindled; the most discreet among them quite content to leave the house; a few, and these the most thoughtful, devoted all their energies to a serious quest for the woman and child whom they con­ tinued to believe to be in hiding some­ where inside thp walls she had so au­ daciously entered. The small party decided to start their search by a hasty inspection of the front hall, when a shout and scramble in the passages beyond cut short their intent and held them pant­ ing and eager, each to his place. Frightened, they drew their gaze from the rigid figure in the chair, and, with bated breaths and rapidly paling cheeks, listened to the distant mur­ mur on the far-off road. What was it? They could not guess, and it was with unbounded relief they pressed forward to greet the shadowy form of a young girl hurrying toward them from the rear, with newe in her face. She Bpoke qufckly. "The woman is gone. Harry Doane saw her sliding out behind us just after we came in. She was hiding in some of the corners here and slipped out by the kitchen way when we were not looking. He has gone to see--" Breathlessly Miss Weeks cut the girl's story short; breathlessly she rushed to the nearest window, and, helped by willing hands, succeeded in forcing it up and tearing a hole in the vines, through which they one and all looked out in eager excitement. A motley throng of people were crowding in through the double gate­ way. Some one was in their grasp. It was Bela! Bela, the giant! Bela, the terror of the town, no longer a terror but a struggling, half-fainting figure, fighting to free himself and get in advance, despite some awful hurt which blanched his coal-black features and made his great limbs falter, while still keeping his own and making his way, by sheer force of will, up the path and the two steps of entrance-- his body alternately sinking back or plunging forward as those in the rear or( those in front got the upper hand. (TO BE CONTINUED.) in every noose. Her fantastic costume, her perfect motion, and all the eggs swinging on stretched threads at once present a curious sight. It requires much art to execute the dance, for one false step would cause the eggs to be dashed together and the dancer to be disgraced. After dancing for some time with all the eggs swinging around her head, she takes them out of the noose one by one, all the time keeping the wheel balanced and In motion, and again places them in the basket on her arm After the performance the specta­ tors are allowed to examine the eggs to see that they are real.--Ideas. BAR AIL GAY COLORS FRENCH LEADER8 OF FA8HION DECLARE FOR 80MBERNE8S. World Is Likely to Fall Into Lin*-- Tones of All the New Spring 8hades Shoyv Subdued Effect- Some Early Hints. That Paris will present many of its models in black is well understood, although for the American openings there will be the colors that no city in Europe considers today; also, it Is established that the garish combi­ nations to which Paris has been over- prone during the lagt three years have vanished for a time, at least, because these colors are the children of a reckless and slightly decadent era, as every student of dress history knows, and the world is sad, serious and virile today. There is no doubt that the entire world will follow the lead of France and garb Itself in demure colors, if not in black. The tones of all the new spring shades show this subdued effect and one feels respectfully toward the fashion, knowing the heart­ ache in which it was born. Blues, pinks, yellows are quiet in shading, grays have leaped to the front, and the tones of red used are so obviously inspired by the uniforms of those at II 1 Small Blue Velvet Hat. the front that they, too, have a sin­ ister and sober significance. Black will even prevail in tea gownB which are usually brilliant. A smart tea gown that has been sent over as a sketch is in black satin, an innovation, as everyone must admit. It is cut on dignified medieval lines with a piece of itBelf shaped in from the back to be adjusted in the front as a girdle, caught by a great diamond of. cut Jet which drops strands like tears toward the floor. There is a cape of black chantilly lace flowing freely over the back and shoulders, forming sleeves in keeping with the puffed sleeves that were tentatively shown in the early winter. Evidently there is to be a radical change in eve­ ning sleeves, so it is wise to be pre­ pared for it. It does not come about through a revolt against the sleeveless bodice, but is due to a progression of ideas along the same epochal line. Another sketch sent over shows a polonaise of orange-colored velvet opening over the skirt made from two silver lace ruffles. At, or rather above the waist line there is an immense but­ terfly worked in rhinestones and jet. The decolletage is V-shaped and is a part of the orange velvet poltfnaise, and it, too, has a deep flounce to serve as a sleeve. One of the best houses sends a sketch for' a new coat suit which has two distinguishing features; the skirt is not wide and the coat is laced down the side from shoulder to well below the waist line with a heavy gold cord. The suit is of green cloth such as the Belgian officers wear. The eyelets are conspicuously large and bound with green velvet. The long, small sleeves have flaring cuffs and above these they are laced with the gold cord that drops in small tassels at the back. There is a full peplum attached to the long-waisted coat, the Joining outlined by three rows of stitching. Each garment, as you see, has a smart new feature, and one that any of us are able to incorporate into clothes that we contemplate having in the near future. (Copyright, McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Greek Coins Most Perfect. Between the rude issues of Asia Minor and the most perfect coins of the Greek Btates is an interval of three centuries, during which all that 1b known, or probably ever will be known, in beautifying a steel die was achieved. So far as design is con cerned. the Greek coins were simply perfect. No tnpdern coins can com pare with them in beauty.--SciantifM I American. COVER-FOR THE DECK CHAIR and for everyday use it can be carried out in art llneln, and for special oce«r sions, perhaps, in silk. Diagram A shows the cover spread out quite flat, and it 'is trimmed at the edge with a hemstitched frill and at each corner tapes are sewn on by which it may be tied in position to thp woodwork of the chair. In each corner a little floral design is embroidered consisting of three pale pink daisies with white ,c,§nt§rs and Warner's Safa Kidney and Liver Remedy is a reliable and successful remedy for kidney and liver troubles. Its success has covered a period of 37 years, giving relief and remedy when other medicines have failed. It is pleasant to take, and is sold by all druggists. Two sizes, 50c and $1.00, at your drug­ gist, or direct, post­ paid on receipt of price. (frfe/brBaottt. Warner's Safe Remedies Co. ROCHESTER. N. Y. three leaves worked in various shades of green. Diagram B gives the detail of this design so that it can quite well he worked from our illustration. Diagram C shows the cover upon the chair, and it ip> of course, tied on over the canvas. Materials of fast colors should be used in making this cover, and it can then be easily removed and washed when occasion requires. Prettily patterned cretonne made up in this way forms a very useful cover, as it is easily washed. REVIVING AN OLD CUSTOM Hand-Painted Decorations Recall What Is Known as the "Victorian Period." Pussy willow green taffeta, with hand-painted butterfles in black and orange flitting across its surface, is used here for an enchanting full-skirt­ ed costume of the late Victorian period. The little coat, lace frilled, is quaintly in keeping, and so is the broad leghorn hat with drooping brim. The parasol, the new Vanity Fair as It is called, is of pompadour taffeta, with a trimming Af green taffeta. Practically a Necessity When This Piece of Furtniture Is Given Place in the House. Deck chairs are to be found i^ most households and they are comfortable and very inexpensive to buy, but they ar* not particularly sightly objects find, therefore, are more frequently kept for use in the garden than in a room. With very little trouble the appearance of one of these chairs can be greatly improved when required for use indoors. In ther first place, the woodwork should be painted with some quick- drying enamel chosen of a color to harmonize with the other colors in the room. Then it is an ea&y mattfer to make a cover for the chair such as is shown in the accompanying sketch, BUTTONS AS A TRIMMING Prediction Is That They Are to Con­ tinue In Popularity This Coming Spring. According to'fell predictions, there is nb prospect of any diminishing of the popularity of buttons as trimming for women's wear. It is expected that the spring will bring with it a continued demand for buttons of all kinds, in­ cluding the always practical and con­ venient material covered button. An­ other kind which, it is expected, will be used extensively is that made of ivory, for it is said that the ivory but­ tons, in a wider range of colors, make the ivory botton desirable. American manufacturers of buttons have been quick to take advantage of the opportunity offered them through the military situation In Europe. The7 have produced a greater variety of ivory buttons in a wider range of colors and designs than ever tajfore. There are both the shank and thB sew- through buttons, the mottled and solid colors and a variety of combinations, i and buttons of carved ivory wAich are 8hirt Waists Are Severe. Shirt waists cut along mannish lines severely simple in style are having a tremendous vogue this season. They are particularly suitable to the busi­ ness girl. Three attractive models were seen here. One was a finely striped silk, black and white being the color scheme of the shirt waist. , This was made with a high collar--a new idea of the season--which buttons up tightly to the throat. Very chic but boyish in the effect. Th« other two blouses were of dainty handkerchief linen and Bhowed a graceful shoulder line. Drying Your Hair. After a shampoo the hair may be dried by pulling it up through the crown of a hat from which the top of the crown has been removed. This keeps it away from the heau and neck. y* attractive. It is considered that the fancy ivory buttons compare well with imported novelties. _ STOPS \LAMEN£$& from a Bone Spavin, Ring Bone, Splint, Curb. Side Rone, or similar trouble and Rets horse poing sound. Does not blister or remove the hair and horse can be worked. Page 17 in pamphlet with each bottle tella how. $2.00 a bottle delivered. Horse 8ook 9 K free. ABSORBINE, JR., antiseptic liniment for mankind. 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Its action is not local; it operates upon the nerve centers of the body, and produces a state of obliviousness to pain which may last for several hours. It Is claimed that by an injection of this fluid into his system the wounded sol­ dier may be rendered unconscious suf­ ficiently long to cover the period of his removal to the station, where the first serious treatment of his injuries may be seen to. Good Place to Keep Away From. Bacon--Didn't some of the warring factions on the other side try to get into Greece? Bacon--I believe BO. "What for?" "I don't know." "Neither do I. Here's a paragraph in the paper that says the cost of liv­ ing in Greece is said to be fifty per cent higher than in England and about twenty-five per cent higher than in the United, States." Like the Implication. Some men like to be considered tightwads because of the implication that they have money when they haven't.--Houston Post. KNOW NOW And Will Never Forget the Experience. Novel Cape Effect. Recently Been was a bodice of vel­ vet with a deep cape falling from the shoulders in tfed back. It is short at the sides, but quite deep, reaching at least ten inches below the natural waist line.1 Contrary to all capes, it did not hang unconfined, but was caught in at the waist with a ceinture of pompadour ribbon. It was novel, effective and altogether charming in line. The cape was banded, as was the high turnover collar, with skunk. New Jabots. Is the jabot returning to fashion in earnest? It seems to be.- Some of the smartest neckwear shows this old- fashioned, new-fashioned finish. Some­ times there are- two little plaited Ja­ bots of net aud lace, one at each Bide of a wide, flaring collar. Sometimes a single folded jabot finishes one of tfce new high collars. The jabot is fct- yvays a soft and pleasing finish. The coffee drinker who has suffered and then been completely relieved by changing from coffee to Postum knows something valuable. There's no doubt about it. 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