HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1919-7-17, Page 2Youth Writes a Letter to Love
By EVELYN (1114
By GILL.
PART IV.
Finally one -of 1Yluggins' strong;
hands released the fingers that so
convuleevely imprisoned her other:
hand; and then, just as she had her!
two hands rafely again in her lap,
lie heeed a soft step reach the door,
heard the sound of a turned knob, and
the elicit of the electric light button,
which flooded the room with a blind -
beg brilliance.
Mrs. IIamrnond, very gorgeous int
her bine-arid-silver negligee, steed at
the foot of the bed, lookir ;' at her
son,
"I thought I heard his voice; she
explained. "Isn't he any better?"
"He's very restless," Muggins told'
her, "and the fever hasn't subsided
much."
At the sound of her voice the boys
turned heavily over on his side.
"Mary!" he called again, fretfully.
Muggins' hand went to the table,
beside her to steady herself.
"Mrs. Hammond looked at her cnri-1
ovsly. "Does he mean you?" she in-,
(leered.
"He's been calling me that this
evening," Muggins temporized.
"]e Mary your name ? "
She nodded.
Mrs. Hammond locked thoughfuL
"I didn't know it was," she said.
"They always just call yea Muggins.
T -hen again came the voice of the
fevered sick boy, this time startling
them into silence,
For—"My- dearest," the boy said in
his brgken delirious voice. "Oh, Mary,
dearest."
Mary Hopkins' mind went searching
frantically for something to say. "I,
don't think--" she :torted to say, brit!
didn't finish it. for she did think that
he meant it. • It wasn't until later
that she began to doubt; later, when
Mrs. Han mend had gone with her icy 1
dteapprot at leaving them alone again, !
with the darkness of the room settled!
down upon them—the darkness out of
which had come that one strange flash
of romance.
He was sleeping now over there.
Huggins didn't sleep. How could she
have slept? It's something you don't
do when suddenly romance has flashed
into a life of gray routine.
Only, had it flashed? That was the
doubt that grew and grew. At first
it was only a shadow of a doubt, for
was not the sound of his "Mary dear-
est" still ringing in her ears, and the
feel of leis sinewy young hand still
upon her own? But how could she
know for slue? It was all so new,
and she felt herself as ignorant about
this sort of thing as the greenest
little probationer in the hospital could
be about anaesthetics and hypoder-
mics.
With dawn doubt had waxed into a
great grim thing. How could it be
true? They always said queer things
with a tempe'r'ature. And, anyhow,
who could feel that way about her?
Certainly no one like him.
Only, dear God! she wanted it to be
true. Let just that one little thing be
true, and she would give her whole
life to nursing other people's loved
ones.
When he should awake she would
know for sure. But she was almost
afraid to have him wake.
He was still sleeping when the maid
name to summon leluggine to her
breakfast.
Mrs. Hammond had always, been
patronizing and superior, but now
there was a new and special chill
about her manner. Muggins was well
aware of it, and lrnew why it was
there. 'But she went plodding some-
how through grapefruit and soft-
boiled eggs and toast and managed to
reply, "I think so," and "Yes, indeed,"
to Mrs. I-ia.mmond's conversation.
But when it was all over, even to
finger bowls and' folded napkins, Mrs.
Hammond raised her eyebrows at her
plate and said:
"Miss Hopkins" (MMfuggins felt a
shiver run down her spina), "Miss
Hopkins, a former nurse of ours, Miss
Edmunds, will be able to conte to us
thie morning, Any time you can find
it convenient to get your things ready,
I tan have James: take you in the
limousine wherever you want to go."
"I can be ready, Mrs, Hammond, in
exactly twenty-five minutes," and, to
herself, "There," she said. "There!
I hope that's soon enough to suit her."
On the way to her roost she had to
pees Godfrey's door,
"Shall'I go in now to say good -by?"
she •asked herself, And then it came.,
to her that when she did that site
would know for certain.
"Ball wait until I've pecked," she ,
thought, "and stop in as I am leav-
ing." went on to her room and with
those. swift,. capable hands of hers
gathered together and parked her
things in twenty minutes.
"Five minutes," she thought, "to
say good-bye and get dawn -stairs,"
So:she dropped her suitcase outside
Godfrey' dQori bgt When iypx hand,
"was oil the knob she hesitated,
"'Shall I or ,ehan't I?" he demand-
ed of herscif. "Quick ---shall I or shan't
I?"
P. And while she was hesitating there
came the sound of lblrs, Ilammonrl's
voice in the hall below.
So her hand :dipped away from the
doer knob. She picked up her suitcase
and went ellient:ly' down the stairs.
it was through Dr. Biggins that she
k;tat track of Godfrey's eonvalaeeenoe,
of his first day downstairs, of his first
tide in his ear. And then, before you
can believe it possible, came the news
that he had enlisted.
And then he was gone without a
good-bye, without Mugg, as littering a
glimpse of him, without even a
chance to know. Deliriunf, nothing
but deliri int, People say anything
then,
The days went on and she kept at
her tulr.,ing, and kept putting off
Bessie, and kept waiting, though she
told herself flatly enough that .she
wasn't waiting.
Meanwhile, in Godfrey's hone, his
mother kept cherishing a resentment
toward Muggins. • Even when God-,
Frey, so innocently unaware of what
upsetting words he had spoken in hi?'
delirium, had enlisted and gone to
France, even then his mother's re-
sentment persisted.
"They are all designing," she told
her husband. "That's what they go
into nursing for, and when a man is
sick and weak and helplese, what can
you eepeet?"
It is queer that even the last ter-
rible news did not o'hliterate the
mother's resentment. Following the
news, there came in time the pitiful
little bundle of Godfrey's possessions,
including an old wallet which had be-
longed to Godfrey's grandfather and
which the boy always carried with
him. In the wallet was a picture of
Godfrey's mother, taken when she was
a child of ten; there were photo-
graphs, too, of his father and of his
little brother and sister. In it they
also found a letter, hastily written
and a bit crumpled, -
Mr. Hammond read the little letter
—read it over twice, thoughtfully and
gravely before he handed it to his
•
(To be continued.)
SIGNED WITH FOUNTAIN PEN.
Premier Lloyd George Introduced An
Innovation at Paris.
According to R. B. Morrie, M.P.,
Premier Lloyd George signed the
Cold Pack Your Vegetables.
There is but one sure way to can
vegetables and that is the cold -pack
method. The vegetable, whether
Peas, asparagus, string brans, corn
or greens, should be canned immedi-
ately after picking before it has a
chance to wilt, Clean theraugbly.
The next step is blanching. This
means cooking for a limited time,
one to fifteen minutes, in boiling
water or live steam. This is best
done by tying the vegetable in a
square cheesecloth of a sire conven-
ient to fit easily into your kettle.
After blanching the exact time men-
tioned in the table remove tho cheese-
cloth containing the vegetable from
the boiling water or • steam and dip
immediately into cold water•. The
eans, tops and rubbers should be
ready sterilized, that is, put in cold
water, brought to a boil and boiled
not less than five minutes, Pack your
cans with the vegetable; it should
not be allowed to remain in the cold
water, merely dipped in and at epee
removed, and allowed to drip, fill
with boiling water to overflowing,
put on the rubbers and tops, turning
the tops down until they just tench
the robbers but not tight. Then place
immediately in your canner, cover
the top, and process -cook the time
given in the table. If you use a
hot water bath the water must come
up two inches above the top of the
cans. It must be boiling when the
cans are entered and kept boiling
the entire time, Enter each can as
fast as filled. If you leave them
standing on the table until all are
filled they become chilld and crack
when put int the hot water.
A time -table for fruits and vege-
tables most usually put up follows,
the time being expressed in minutes:
Processing.
rA
Nx as
34y uS10
"Blanching. err tc3c:-;r,
St'wberries ... none 16 12 10
Peace Treaty with a fountain pen. Raspb'ries ... none 16 12 10
says a London despatch. This is said Ilkle'bernies .. none 16 12 10
to be the first time in history that Plums none 16 12 10
such a pen has been used for the sig- Grapes none 16 12 10
nature of a treaty, Mr. Morris thus Currants none 16 12 10
tells the story: Cherries none 16 12 10
"I desired some time ago to give the BI'kberries none 16 12 10
Prime Minister a little souvenir, and, Peaches ?$ 16 12 10
seeing that Ire writes such a lot, 1 Quinces 1M, 20 2 8
thought it would not be a bad idea to Greens 15 120 90 60
give him a fountain pen. The holder Peas 5 to 10 180 120 90
is heavily gold mounted and adorned Beans .. , 5 to 10 120 90 60
with the Welsh words, 'Nada Lig, Corn (sweet)5 180 120 90
1913.' It also is inscribed with the Corn (field) 10 180 120 60
Prime Minister's signature in fee- Tomatoes .. lib 22 18 15
simile. Poultry and
' When it was taken down to Down- game none 180 180 120
Ing Street, the Prime Minister at once Beef none 180 180 120
d to w• it e w , an
ith it h
commence e
Ilas done all his writing with it ever
since. Recently, when another was
offered to him, he replied, 'I have one
of my own, with which I am going to
sign the Peace Treaty.'"
•
Weddings in China.
A novel method of arranging wed-
ding ceremonies is adopted in China,
The "go-betweens" are usually the
busy old gcseips of the district, who
get a eonnnission on the amount paid
by the bridegroom to the father of
the bride.
On the wedding day the bride Is clad
In reel and carried in a Sedan chair
covered with red. Anybody has the
right to turn back the chair curtains
and take a look at her. Her hair is
elaborately oiled, and so all the other
girls throw hayseeds at her, which
stick. On reaching the home of her
husband the bride has to submit to the
candid criticism of the entire family,
The strange wedding ceremony con-
sists in the husband and wife eating
rice from each other's bowl, then mix-
ing the rice, and both eating from the
sante bowl. Of course, there Is a
feast; but it does net cost much, for
every guest is expected to contribute
something.
Served Too Hoti
Grandpa's little weakness was for a
specially strong peppermint candy,
and recently ho gave one to four-year-
old Muriel, and waited to see what she
would say,
A little while later, lie saw her slip
the peppermint out of her mouth, and
place it on a table by the open win-
dow.
"What's the hatter, dear?" he asked.
'Don't you like+ the candy?"
"Yee, thank you," said Muriel, polite-
ly. "Inc only letting It cool a little.
Not So Foolish.
A young trill hand having some
slight mental trouble, was sent to an
asylum. After he had been there for
a few weeks a follow worker visited
iffin,
"Hello, Henry!" he said, "How are
you gettin' an?"
"I'in gettin' on fine," said the patient.
"Glad to hear it. I euppnee you'll be
eombi' back to the hill soon?"
"What!" exclaimed Henry, . and e
look of groat surprise came into Itis
face. "Do you think I'd leave a trig,
fine house like this and a grand garden
to conte baht to work in a mill? You
must think I am wrong in my head?"
*Where blanching is necessary the
hot water method is used with all the
above products except with "greens,"
in which case steam is required.
When the time is up remove, tight-
en the tops and turn upside down to
see if they leak. If they do, remove
top, put on new sterilized rubber and
boil ten minutes longer.
If you cannot buy a commercial
canner you can use your boiler, a lard
can, large -kettle or pail. Put a small
board with holes bored in it in the
bottom to rest the cans on, otherwise
they are likely to break. Do not use
paper or straw packed down. The de-
partment of agriculture finds this
method unsatisfactory, A slat bot-
tom like a basket cover will do. Good
commercial canners may be bought
for $4,50 or $5,00, If you have a
great deal of canning to do it would
pay you to buy one.
In canting peas handle carefully so
as not to break the skin, If the skin
is broken the liquid becomes "cloudy.'
This does not spoil the vegetables,
but gives then a bad appearance. In
canning corn it is better to cut just
enough off the cob for one can at a
time, Corn that is packed slowly be-
comes soaked or "water-logged."
When the directions say to blanch in
steam, lay your cheeseeloth in a
steamer over boiling water instead
of dipping directly into the kettle.
Entertaining in the Farm Home.
SIGN POCTS OF THE AIRMEN.
Flying Over Water Different Thing to
Flying Over Land.
it is one thing to fly long distances
over land, hilt quite a different :natter
when it conies to flying over water.
In order to tutvigat.e the Atlentic by
airplane, the pilot Must make oxttet
and minute calculations before start-
• ing. Those are taken in conjunction
with meteorological reports, and the
lateen scientific methods of gauging
the speed and direction of wind are
employed. Nu easy matter this 101011
souls 1,900 nautical utiles have to Inc
taken into account, 'Ilia pilot trust
study Ute position of certain stars,
make use of the sextuet and an instru-
ment called the course tool- distance
calculator, n hearing plate, and, above
all, a good stop -watch.
Rapid and correct calculations must
be made, as no 111011115 are available
once the start is made of plotting and
laying off the course by the usual
means of parrallel rulers, dividers and
protractors.
The aerial compass is so eonst'uct-
ed that the pilot navigator can easily
read the card, which Is tlottted in pure
aleohot, so that the liquid will not
freeze when flying is taking place at
high altitudes.
ht the case of a long flight the com-
pass requires tho closest attention be-
fore starting. The machine must be
swung, and the- compass corrected and
adjusted by means of small magnets,
to remove any deviation that may
exist owing to local magnetic attrac-
tion caused by tate engines and other
steel parts of the machine. A card
on which deviations are plainly mark-
ed is placed at the side or the cont-
pass, so that a pilot can .take these
into account when plotting his coarse.
The position of the Pole Star can
be fixed by finding the Plough, and
the two pointer's, nubile and Merak.
A line drawn through the pointers
will lead direct to the Pole Star, and
if continued will also locate the Cas-
siopeia group, which for direction is
the simplest and easiest method of
fixing the two groups, and is accepted
at all tines as indicating the true
not th.
with the sitting -room and the dining -
room. Of course, there was no way of
doing this while the middle room re-
mained a bed room.
Why should the middle room be
used for a bell room? Why should
not the bear rooms be confined to the
upper stories or if it is necssau'y to
have one downstairs, let it be entirely
separated from the living rooms.
These little formalities are safeguards
to orderly living and should not be
disregarded without treason,
In many cases our farm homes have
grown and the rooms spread out in
every direction. We all know old-
fct hioned farm dwellings where it is
necessary to go through one roost to
get to a second roost. These are very I
apt to be bell rooms, and there is no
privacy possible for the occupants of
either room. The situation is even more
unpleasant when a bed room must
serve as the entrance to a living roost.
When we plan the new farm house
let us have a place where the daughter
may entertain a young man caller and
where she may have a simple party.
The parlor should adjoin the living
room where the family gather, and, if
the dining -room is at )land, so much
the better; there will be more room
and couven ences either for a sit-
down supper or for informal passing
around of refreshments.
A farmer who had taken up a home-
stead, planned and built the hone for
himself and family. He did not stint
on quality or quantity of lumber, but
when his home was finished lie had a.
square structure of a story and a half,
the lower part divided equally into
four enormous rooms, without closets.
• The windows were many and large—
they needed to be—to light up the big
interior. 'When the children are older
• and the mother older also, and per-
haps worn with the work of caring
for that inconvenient home, imagine
the steps that must be taken when'
company comes. Automatically, this
poorly -planned house will make hone
entertainment either very hard to
have or the flesh and blood of the
another and her girls will pay bitterly
for the hard work. Needed; better
planning.
Froin the Housekeeper to Another.
A spoonful or more of lemon juice
nr good cider vinegar added to apples
that do not cook readily will ]fasten
the process and improve the flavor.—
M. A. P.
Keep a blackboard eraser near the
kitchen range and use it to brush off
dust or ashes when you have not time
to polish the stove.—Mrs. L. M. T.
All verandah boxes should have cas-
tors on them. It saves calling a man
when they are to be moved, and they
cost but a small amount. Put them
on everything that is too heavy to be
lifted.—Mrs. J. J. 0'0.
Simple Perfume Making.
At first thought it might seem an im-
possible feat to collect the perfume of
flowers after it has escaped into the
air, yet it seems simple enough by a
method that the Scientific American
describes.
Fresh, high -scented blossoms are ;
placed in an uncovered bowl filled with
water and set near the "collector,"
which consists of a common glass fun -I
nol with the small end closed. The
funnel is filled with a mixture of
crushed ice and salt and suspended 1n
an upright position. Moisture from
Gm air of the room forms on it and
unites with the emanations from the
flowers. As the moisture collects it
runs off the tip of the funnel into a
receptacle. If this liquid is mixed I
with an equal amount of pure alcohol,
the perfume of the flowers is pre-
served indefinitely,
Minard's Liniment Ceres Diphtheria.
Many a farmer plans to build, or
re -build his house "when the children
grow up," but the years slip by until
perhaps the boys have left the farm
and the girls are saying "there is no
way of having company at our
house." Country boys and girls have
to depend largely for recreation on'
the good time they have in each
others' homes, and a good house to:
which company may be asked is the,
farmer's best investment if he wants •
to keep his children at home and
make the place attractive to their
friends.
It is cagy to become so accustomed
to our eurt'ound'iigs that we do not
realize their deficiencies, The home'
that secln: sufficient to the elders is'
not alweee suitnhle for the young;
folk's ilsas of entertaining. The;
'writer recently saw a rather pathetie'l
letter 1e to a girl who wanted to give
a party in welcome of some home -1
returning soldier. She drew a plan of
the lover flour of her home which
showed a bedroom separating the for-
mal parlor from the pitting -room anti
dining-rct.n1, where the family gener-I
ally gatl••redi, enc eta wanted advice
as to how :_hit could connect the parlor
The French Government has select-
ed about 140 famous sites along the
whole front, which will be preserved
lin their present state as monuments
of the war. Among the sites in the
British sector will be the Butte de
Warlenceurt, rnins of Bapaume, obser-
vation points on Hill 80, Givenchy
battle field, and the famous slagheap
and tower bridge at Loos.
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JAPAN'S TEMPLE8.
Built of Wood, Most of Them Ara Now
In Ruins.
Egypt built her monuments in stone;
Japan built most of hers of wood. Tho
Egyptian pyramids were thousands of
years old when Kanakura was built.
To -day the pyramids seem no older,
but Koniakura's greatness is only a
memory. A few temples built from
the wreck, after fire and tidal waves
had destroyed the city, are all that
have remained, and they are fragile
temples of wood.
In one temple the image is a Japan-
ese conception of the god of the lower
world, The figure has an unusual his-
tory, An image -maker, it is said, died.
\Vhen he appeared before the lord of
the other world, he was told that in
his lifetime he had never represented
the lord of the world properly, and
that he must return to earth and make
a correct likeness. The figure is
pointed out as the result of the order,
The most remarkable image in Ka-
makura is not in a temple. It is the
well-known Dal Butsu, or great Bud -
deli, which sits alone in meditation
with only the sky for a roof, and cas-
ual visitors end a priest in attendance.
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The grove which surrounds the Bud -
dab seeme dwarfed beside his giant
proportions. The statue is said to
measure lift)' foot in height, the head
alone being nine feet high. This giant
Bnddnh is one of ihn rullcs of Iiamn-
hura's thirteenth century greatness. It
has survived because it is made of
brotlae platen fashioned by the best
metal wctrlters iu Japan. IC is ono ut
Japan's very few 11.10111.1111011 to that can
aspire to rival in longevity the pyre-
urids,
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Long chewing of food helps the ap-
petite to be satis-ied with smaller
amounts.
Seven million bags of wheat, 761,000
bales of wool, 310,000 boxes of butter
and 511,000 carcases of mutton were
shipped to Great Britain from Aus-
tralia in the first four months of the
present year.
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CEREMONY OF 1870
AND THAT OF 1919
TWO MEMORABLE SCENES AT'
VERSAILLES,
Arrogant Prussian War Lords Have
Given Place to Delegates Signing
a Dictated Peace.
&cost of us are familiar with the pic-
ture of the ceremony of tile procla-
mation of the (lsrmcut Emperor in the
Ball cif Mirrors at Versailles in Decem-
ber, 1370, writes Major (leveret Sir
reset 'riek Maau'ic•e. 'f he teethe! Ognl'e
is justly enough not ald King \Millan),
the newly become Emperor, but the
big, burly person of Bismarck, who,
dressed In his white Cuirassier mil -
form, with polished steel helmet on his
head, clanking sabre et his side, legs
in great jack boots reaching half way
up the thighs, stands forward on the
front of the dais and reads the deco-
r mein which aunotutces to the world
that the Ding of Prussia has taken to
himself the title of German Emperor.
That was at great moment in Ills-
ntnrel: s life, for it marked with pomp -
ami circu 1 (00c0 the triumph of his•
Policy of blood and iron and the unity
of Germany, which had been the goal
of that policy. IIe had planned three
wars to bring that unity about, and
note in the third the hereditary enemy
bad been ertisltetl, the mutual jealous-
ies of the German States had disap-
peared hi pride in the common vic-
tory, and the supremacy of Prussia
had been established beyond question,
There had been anxieties up to the
last moment. The old King was none
too eager to exchange his hereditary
crown for another diadem, w1,ic•h if
more resplendent night, as one of -the
assistions at the ceremony, Von Brum-
withal, shrewdly remote in his diary,
Prove to be a mown of thorns. Ba-
varia, Prnestt,'s chief rival, lcul not
given way with the hest or grace and
on the very eve of tile ceremony had
insisted the title of Emporia. of Ger-
many, which had been or:mused,
should ho changed to that of (-tern=
Emperor, in order that all might know
that the new chief Was the head of an
assoeiatimt of State, ,and that Bavaria
retained her tndependehee within her
frontiers. This had aroused strong op-
position in Prussia, but in the end tile -
march gut his way, as ne usually did,
by the adroit use of threats and con-
cessions,
French Guns Within 7,000 Yards.
It is strange for us, who have read
of the bombardment of Paris from a
distutee of 70 utiles, to think of this
asshnthlugo of princes and powers fn
the Palace of Versailles taking place
within 7,000 yards of the German front
line trenches at St. Cloud, and within
9,000 yards of the guns of elont \'aler-
ten which contained the heaviest artil-
lery then possessed by the French.
Mobile had got wind of French pre-
parations for a sortie, which in point
of fact took place the very next day.
The French in the sortie won it foot-
ing on Clarch° Ridge, to which the
faithful guide now takes the tourist
for a view over Paris across the Bois
de Boulogne. There was alarm in Ver-
sailles, where the day berme- there
had been rejoicing, and wo fled Bis-
marck's Boswell, Moritz Busch, speak-
ing of the French being within two
utiles and of talk in the new Em-
peror's entourage of packing up, but
the day of the ceremony passed off
peacefully enough, and as woe fitting
for the celebration of the harvest of
the policy of blood and iron as It was
of military display.
The colors and standards . or the
German regiments besieging Paris
gave to the scene a background of
gold and silk, reproduced almost to the
infinite as the reflection in one mirror
was repeated in atiother across the
hall. In front of the colors were
grouped on the dais the princes of
the German Stales, headed by the
handsome figure of the Crown Prince
Frederick, In the centre stood the old
Mug, and on the floor in front of hint
Ilismarck, Moltke, and lt.00n, the
triumvirate who had brought to pass
the event which was being mien -
mated, Flanking the dais on either
side were two gigantic troopers, liv-
ing monuments of the Prussians ideal.
The body of the great hall was crowd-
ed with a mass of °ulcers representing
the armies of the German States,
henceforth to be united in Otte Gorman
Arany.
Contrast Between Then and Now.
Bismarck gave Germany to drink
the brew which he had concocted, and
left the hall a proud and satisfied man,
little dreaming how his draught would
go to the heads of hie Prussiates, and
by malting them ciruelt withporteranti
lust would bring them back to the Ball
of Mirrors in beggary and shame.
The ceremony just concluded was
very different. There were more black
omits than uutforms, few ribbons and
stars, and no gi5111100 trooper's.
The artist who is to paint tbo pla-
tura, for we may immune ne the 51)0110
will be recorded on catuyas for 1115, will
not have as easy a task as had his
German rival, Mr. -Lloyd George,
President Wilson end Itt, Clemenceatt
will not cut the figure of Bisnmreh in
his jack boots, though Focit, in his
sky blue, may be able to challenge
compnrlsoli with Moltke, Yet it the •
picture duos not strike the eye, it will
be wall worth having, particularly IC
vve can place it beside a copy of that
other picture which hangs, or used tie
hang, in the areenal at Marlin. The
pair may then Maple° a now Johnson
to write Inc us a new "Vanity of
Human Whales."
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