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Getiersol "font" for cau",h"
ne MoileOr" Mat "Wati the threat ctl Bill Kyle iun)
scO te hint. Mr. Kyle
a 'fool, had ripparenti clamped out Of the
, "Good -by," BAR Bragg calmly. "I'll processious.
pass word to the crews,. Thee') whit- I a afraid the call that
tle toothpicks and follow you," orator for another natOlt at the
'grave," he confessed to the Young •
man. "I stood one ep at We house,
and that's enough for one gay.
-
Ile filled his pipe, and lighted It.
"Whet •,do you thine of her, now
that you've seen her?" he asked,
eleaing one eye as he looked at
George. 'I know relo1 of young chaps,
tbat Would fall In iovewith her before
they fell in love with her timberlands.
But, in 'your case, I .suppese you eau
combine business and pleasure.'
George Wae, too diegueted to reply
to this raillery. ,
"I was aspeakeng to Blinn Velggin
abnut 11," Went on the Jocose trouble
stirrer, "I told, him ,the Great Trust
Co knew what they were doing when
they pickedout a gooa-looking chap
and sent him up here. Why, son, you
began making good with her right
there on the railroad mlatforne 'to-
day, when you etood On the burning
trunk aud all but you had fled, or
words to tbat effect, She began you,
and that's something like lowing. Now,
you—"
"Kyle, I've fold you once or wice
that I don't relish that kind of Joking.
Now, yen ant It out" ,
"What be you going to do about It,
it, 1 don't?". inquired Kyle lazily. He
balanced lois huge fisM on leis knees.
"But I won't hurt you, son. All I'll
do is brush you 'away, if you ever
come at me. 111 have to de that
much. But you really ought to get
this matter With Blinn Wiggin
straightened out. Save your muscle
for Mon, son, For he didn't seem
to like what I was telling him about
you."
"What grudge have you got against
me, Mr. Kyle? I'm attending to my
own business. But you seem deter-
mined to get one into trouble"
"Don't they ever have a little Inno-
cent fun down where you come
from?"
"Damn your sense of humor!" ex-
ploded the young man. "Try it on
some one else"
.11: seems to work best on you," re-
plied Mr. leyle eereuely. Then, he
chuckled his appreciation of the
young unues wrath. "And young Wig-
gin has been paddling ha enough fool-
ish water, to-daYnO have it work on
him just about as nicely. I like to
see things brought .te a !rend."
"What in Heaven's name do you
want to Inc se malicious for?" pleaded
George desperately.
"Maybe I ain had theatre shows
enough in my lifetime," coo:Assad
Kyle. "I have to get ilp my own
shows, A man can't go through his
whole lite Buffering for entertain-
ment."
Others had...be.gua.,tcLfloc_k_h.ack to-
"Brogg," pleaded the young man,
”this is Serious buelness for me. No
matter aleout detail% But ray job de-
pends on getting in with those men.
I can't even beginemy work until I
find them. They leave the instructions.
I've got to We"
"Aad you'll go - but this isn't run-
nin• after a street car. 111 take you
- later. ,But you can't pull nie nor
any othemenan out of this village till
Cornelius Corran's funeral is over,
not if you bitch four tote horses onto
me or them. If you think you can,
go try." 1
Mr. Bragg lighted his pipe. and
went away to join the mob that was
marching. to band music. Only the
landlord was left in the big, loneserne
office.
"If you're got a room," said George,
after meditating a little while, "I
think 211 go to it. I need a little
"I thought you'd Conte to your
senses," said the boniface, and led the
way.
The sound of music woke George.
He had beea dreaming of his wed-
ding. He dreamed that ne WIM 'walk-
ing down the aisle away froni the
attar with Mary. The strains et the
wedding march followed Went. Then,
he opened his eyes, and the rapture
faded out of his soul.
Tbe dingy walls of the little bed-
room of the tavern were aDout
The church, the flowers, the happy
faces, the trembling touch of his
bride's hand on his arm - all the
dream flickered out. It seemed very
dark for a moment, though the sun
was glaring pltileasly In at the un -
curtained window, and be realized
that it was mid-afternoon. Be lay
for a moment, and listened. The
music of a baed bad awakened
It was growirig louder. It was ap-
proaching. Only half awake, he
stuorobled to the window.
It wits the funeral cortege of Cor-
nelius Corran - ana the terms of his
will had been carried out.
A wangle' bateau had been slung
upon wheels, and in it was the ornate
coffin. There were no [Lowers: On.
head and foot of the casket were coils
of snubbing warp. Six tote-teane
horses drew this outfit, and Governor
Harries eat beside the driver, his
rusty plug hat gelding funereal
dignity.
One ot the bands marched close be -
bind and droned the tune of "Massa's
In the Cold, Cold Groiond." George
decided that Conan must have se-
lected that tune when he made his
other arrangements; it ritted the
general scheme so perrectly.
But the spectacle of the girl Inter-
ested him most of all. She was obey-
ing. Slie was fulfilling that dreadful
compact dutifully, resolutely. She sat
erect on ber big horse, her black
velvet habit scarcely more' ebon than
Itis shining coat. The blaelt ot her
robe and her hat made her fame seem
very pale. Harry George had never
beheld a more etriking picture, But
What attracted him most was the
courage of the girl. He had been en-
tertaining his own opinion of a
daughter who could obey such an
outrageous command from a father.
His own eyes pardoned her, now. He
felt that he understood better.
Sbe led the way, marshaling that
unspeakable parade, and yet so whol-
ly aloof from it In poise end de-
meanor that her dignity did not
-
suffer. She was Clare Corran, car-
rying out the wishes of a father who
had always found her loyal. And so
he passed, and the ymeng man at the
window looked down on ber with a
new appreciation of what such loyalty
meant
She glanced up as she passed. She
canglat sight of him. It might hare
been something in his expression --
some hint that he understood; et
might have been memqry of ber
patronizing treatment of this Yonn5
etranger at the railroad station; but
color came into her cheeks. And in
tbat moment, as thele glances met,
she seemed to him not "Queen Clare,"
of the Great Toban, but a very forlorn
little creature who ought to be
cuddled in motherly arms, instead of
being forced to play such a Part in
the pageant on that solemn day ',het
left, her an orphan.
Behind the coffin, came the rest of
the rout. Men on foot, most 'tif them
staggering, All had been dolog full
Jul:Aloe to the heapitality that Cor-
nelius Corran had flueg to them frcm
his deathbed. And, last of all, the,
second baud closed the file, playiug
"Auld Lang Syne." • ,
Thus departed Cornelius Carron to
Ms last resting plow..
George bad laid aside only Meat
and waiateoat when he lay down for
his hap. Ile put Deem on, and weat
below into the deserted men's room
of the tavern, and woke himself
thoroughly by (lousing water upon his
head at ihe sink. The westering sun
had left a coroer of shade on the
poreb, and he sat,down, out there in
a rieketee strap -bottomed chair, and
smelted hie pipe. He WaS trYing 10
compose himself in patience until
such time as Idr. Bragg sheuld con-
clude that Inc had erhansted the re-
sources of the Correa funeral an
eheuld he ready to Start on the 'trail
'of the elopine explerere.
ward the tavern, the centre ot the
village. The hot sun bad dulled the
Marching ardor of some; in the
tavern was a roots where Correa
cheer was dispensed freely. In a few
rnoments the big room, the porch,
and the street in front were thronged
by clainourous celebrators.
One young man interested George
in epite of himself. He pessed and
repaseed several thnes, and stared at
George with an expression that come.
bleed interest mad insolence. When
he strode by and stared, Kele
thuchled, George guessed the identity
of this young man In the belted cor-
duroy coat before his attendant tor-
mentor saw fi1 to fully enlighten him
Kyle was relishing the first re-
bearsel ,ot the little &mina he had
planned.
"Blinn," Inc called, at length, when
young ',Virgin Was at some distance.
and the scall therefore attracted at-
tention, "'you'd better come over Isere
and be 'introduced. This is the feller,
and he ,says hes going to show you
'a few city tricks in the girl -catching
line feet will make your perform-
ances up this way look like a Otine
pelt after the moths have been Into
Young Wiggin came forward
promptly. it Was plain that Inc Was
heated by liquor, teenage kis gait was
steady. fie was excited enough by•
what he had drunk to be It victim to
Kyle's malicious meddling.
"There's such a thing as joking op
the wrong subject,", Inc declared hotly,
He addeessed himself to the two of
them.
"I am not joking Mr. Wiggiu - I
take that to be your name," inter-
posed George, wall dignity. "Kyle
is making,all the talk. You'll kindly
leave me out."
"If you want to pick this thing
up," cried Wiggin, now turuing 00
George to the exclusion of the real
culprit, "go ahead and pick. But
• you'll find it's got a hot end to if."
It was plain thee Kyle had done some
artistic prot2drIng. Young Wiggin
was ready Ito fight at the first word
from the one whom he ,thought ids
"You may make a fool of your own
Self over ,gclestp,, but you can't make
one of me,." said George, keeping hia
temper.
"If You hadn't. been ree''og some
itind of cheap tint," insisted the other,
"Kyle wouldn't have had anything to
start on.I don't *toad for any gossip
about me. There's beeu too much ot
• it along this border already. , This is
a good Cline te pat a stop to 11."
"Begin with eletem who have gidssim
ep about 'advise'd George, coldly
and ConteteetelonolY. .'"..Ars tSr ay Itn
MIIIMINIMISEMMISMIMIMIMINSIMINIMMINSMINNIUSIMo
coucernd, riaetfer ItealL of „ion fill
a few hours ago,"
Tina did not placate wink. It rolied
him name It was dismissing lsls as
a nobody,
"Because you're a Montreal dude,
don't you think that anybody elee
amounts to anything ' site in the
world? NOW, you can't come up here
and sneer at peoplel l'm going to
close your month for you, and close
It , now,"
"That's the kind of talk, Blinn,"
shouted one of the bystanders.
"You've etre got a reputation up and
down the border, even if they don't
know; you where the bantam come
from. Back it up, now!"
There was a good-sized crowd by
this time. Others came running. sum-
. awned by the magic word, "Fight!"
They grouped themselves in a hollow
square, hemming in the two prin-
cipals. The celerity with which this
was done showed that first duels In
the north country were prized, re-
spected, and were common.
"I was just thiukin' that that band
music Wes li'ble to smooth out tem -
pert' and spoil the fightin', to -ay,"
confided a burly Woodsmau to 4ais
• neighbor in the press; "and that
wouldn't have suited Coraelius. But
them two young chaps seem to be
huoky enough to start 'er off in good
shape."
"Now, back up what you've sald
about me," demanded Wiggin, "And
there's only one way of backing it
up."
, The crowd had massed around so
quickly that George eould not retreat
without fighting his way through the
press. But Inc had ,no quarrel with
Bile young fire eater. He had no
appetite for fight. His desire at that
moment was rather to fieht the
meddlesome Bill Kyle. The grin on
that worthy's face stirred fury h his
victim. TO the astonishment of the
crowd George turned his back on
Wiggin, who already had his fists up,
and walked over 16 Kyle.
"1'11 not stand for this. You tell
tbet mem, there, that you've put up
this job, or 111 settlmthis thing with
You, Kyle, here and now. You've
gone too far."
"Oh, go get a reputation!" chuckled
the imperturbable boss. "Begin with
a man of your own size. I'm startin'
you riget. son."
"Look -a -here," cried Wiggin, rush-
ing to • them, "don't you insult a
friend of mine. You tattled your
goseip to the wrong mau, young fel-
low. Bill Kyle told me. Now, don't
. . .
yo- u go to giving trim •your
pudence."
Georg. kept his hands at his 'side
In spite of the flourishing fists of Ms
edversary.
"I'm not in the prize-fight el:tem,
Wiggin," he said. , "Wben I have any
reaeon for fighting with you, I'll do
so. Just now, I don't propose to be
made a spectacle of to entertain tliese
drunken cattle."
It was righteous resentment, but It
turned them all agalnet blue The ou-
lookers were used to seeing ally man
fight when he WRS provoked to it.
This %trangee seemed to be shirking.
And his insult capped the climax. A
man swore, and ran at George from
behind, jolting both bends against hie
shoulders. The blow drove him for-
ward toward Wiggin, autl ihitt YoullX
man diti eAtewitit for more definite
chid illirl!,He did not even glee' hie'
atieer chance. Georgelo
• ' et his eide. Wisgin
.strtick him in the face and he went
down. A roar from the 'crowd greet-
ed the act, but it was not applause.
"A dirty trick Wiggin," sheuted
Kyle, first to resent It. "And now I
hope he'll do you," Teere was no
mistaking tlie sentiment of the crowd.
They were woedsmen, and fair. A
chorus of protest showed that tbeY
had turned against Wiggin la an lo-
stant.
Several men leaped to Genrge,
raised him to his feet. leie face wee
bleeding, and they wiped away the
blood, giving Ilion profane encoueage-
ment at the same tint°.
"I've a Mind 00 giVe yoil wnilop,
myself, for thnt," Kyle went on. "If
you WaS that efreld he'd lick you
fair, you ought to have stayed out of
the fight. And now I hope he'll got
the girl, too."
Drink and these renr011eill Cs drove
cut of Wiggin what little se! fereeiraint
he had left.
He eureed the lot of them. -rhis
feller,- he growled, "came up here
bragging all along the Way that heti
do me and have Clare C'orran away
from inc."
"You lie, you drunken pep ",George
wrenebed away from the haticle •Giat
supported hint. tie woe 311141 dltey
from tbe blow, but hie righteetta
ue-
ger 110W cleared his brain 'kind swathed
Ole nerves. As the other Mul become
frantic, he became itutt,ster of lain -
self, theitgh his face W,S rigid and
gray with paszion; the blood WAS, it
scarlet smear ngalest the whiteness
01 hissk'in
se'f.
r'eailenneoci‘awaig,hlitI
Wiggin.
'mti etala. nkii)nga
, g,lrhi about,"
,op here ,' after, because She's got
money, now."
hien in the e.roWd were crying pro-
test. In 'that section, it wee not well
for any Mali tO bandy Clare Corran's
aanie in pnblie brawl.
It was a mob that had grown till
It filled the street; Ail the theongs
had returned from the cemetery.
They croveded. 5/51 1115 01.11'41::111S. A
man for whem they inede waY came
thrusting through. Fie wee tall a/id
gaunt, a figure of angler,. 'eleea, the
gray neard an hie eheeles was cut in
the form of e ,carpented's' square
!It's, Jepson Wiegin, 111 in a's old '
MINI," woe tIM ,111014.e
him eb,rough, the crowd,. ,e1 guess
,fhlInta.'!thtiel'OP2*!`-'tor, Is y '
110 '4.1$11. , j11/31: now."
In the, wake of tlie old man fol-
lowed Clare Correa an bee big horse,
She had caught a ansI au Inctout-
skirts of the crowd,
Bate came off to her as she passed.
But she was too indignant to respond.
, "Milani" cried his father, over the
heads of We crowd, frying to est to
"What do you mean by ilia -
gracing yourself in tbis fashion?"
But his soli did not turn his head
Neither Inc nor George saw the girl,
though she was lifted above the
'throng on her horse. The two, like
gladiators in the arena, had ryes only
for each other,
''Every one along this border knows
I how I stand toward Clare Curran,"
inoisted Wiggin. "Ibere's no Mont-
real dude coming along here /1111 take
her: You've got one eample of----"
• A nian etood between the two, won-
dering whether he had better let them
get hegethere George settled his
deubts., Ile eeized the man, and toes -
ed him far against the belwarked by-
staeders. He.fe.ced Wiggin, breaat to
breast, ,end eye to eye.
.. Silence fell on them all. They want-
ed to hear what ethti stranger with
his blood -marked face had to stay to
the mate who had struck the foul
blow.' 'George broke in on the threat,
"You cheap coward! I never saw
you before ‚to -day - bet you are a
coward; I'm not talking about 'how
You struck me. rir settle that with
you, later. I'll do it without soaking
a publio. show of it. But Just now I
want to say to you tbat it you insult
a woman's name 'by bringing It into
this quarrel again I'll drive your
blatherekite , tongue down your
throat, And I'll do it now."
In his rage, Wiggin might, hare
Provoked the decisive combat there
and then by persisting, in his eharges,
but an ' interruption oceurred that
chbeekettikacev.enebes epeeclo mach room,
leat
Clare Corran. leaped her horse
,
througli the ring of humanity that
hemmed the foes, and rode between
them.
"I 'heard my name, here," she mild
,simply and icily. It was a tone that
hushed both the combattante. She
gazed first at one and then at the
other. It was lae same look for both
--indignant reproof.
Shame, sudden and almost unex-
plainable, choked George when he
strove to speak. Ile did not wholly
understand his embarrassment.
"You were the one that apoke it,"
sbe went on. turning at last to Wig-
gin, "Come, Cr, tell ine - by what
right are yoe shouting my name in
)'our street browls?"
Wiggio hesitated, sullen and ap-
prehensive.
"Excuse me, Miss Clare," said 13111
Kyle, stopping forward, his hat le his
hand, "I'm dielutereeted in this thing."
He refused to be frozeu by Harry
George's accusing stare. "The stran-
ger, here, name o' George - Great
Trust Coes new man up this way -
ain't to blame. I'm fair, and I want
to see fair usage. But, for eome
reason, Blinn seeins to think the
stranger is tryin' to cut him with
you, and---" •
33ut George broke in, his ire break-
ing bounds.
"I am a stranger here, Miss Cor -
ran, as this man says. And, as a
stranger, it seems to me that I have
imet aothing but fools and prize fight-
ers, Eo far. This man attacked me
without cause."
"lett you when you wa'n't lookine"
cried a tnan In the crowd. '13 Wig-
gin is your beau, Miss Clare, you'll
bare to , be ashamea of him, after
this!"
Sudden passion painted the scarlet
ohuorsh:m
r cheeks. But, before she could
speak, George cae close to her
"It Is shameful - eliarneful!" be.
proteeted. "I beg you to believe that
I'm not responsible for this insult to
you."
"You needn't try to lie it off on to
one,"•.shouted young Wlggin.
"You was the One that ciallned she
was your gal," cried the babbler.
"And Pother feller was tryln' to abut
you up!" ..,
There was uproar, but she necked
It by raising hor hand. The spirit of
command wits in her.
"I heard eneugh, myself, to under -
e13111 where the fault lies." She did
not raise lier VOICS. But in the hush,
she, was heard to the farthest limits
et the crowd. Jepson Wiggin had
et:thinned through the press, and was
trying to speak to her.
• "Bitten was excited, Miss Clare," he
pleaded.Ofie. didn't mean all that."
But she ignored the father. She fixed
her geize on the son.
,"This isn't tbe first thin you have
bandied my name in public, Blinn
Wiggin. You have been making a
boast of nie along the 'border. Don't
you dare to speak, how! I know what
I em ealking about. I have not said
an.ything, before; but I tell you to
Your face, now, that a boast from you
Is an insult to ant honest girl.' I
know about you. 'I haven't any
father, now ,to protect one from in-
sult I haven't brother or lover to
take my part."
Tears sparkled in her eyes, but ber
Voice did notebreak. ,
"I can proteet myaelf, though. And
for you, or any other cur that lies
about me, 7 have-thls!"
Before Wiggle or the rest of them
realized what she was about to do,
be lifted her whip,' and , brouglit it
down across hie upturned face. He
leaped back, a weal blossoming across
his pole cheek from eye to eye Thee,
she .whlried her terse, and galloped
away, men tumbling out of her course.
1 "By' the jutuped-up beesWax, old
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In bbs or,w2d.. - •
Dr, Horse's
Indioin Itoot,,Pill*
are not a new and untrieil remedy -
chi, grandfathers 'teed them, Half e
century ago, before Confederation,
they Were on sale in nearly every drug
or generai stare in the Canada of that
day, and were the recognized 0040 1(5
thousands of homes tor Constipation,
IndigeStiom Bibmisness.Rhemnatisna
and Kidney and Lever 'Ilroubles. 'I e-
ddy they are mst 39 effective, Jost ,43
reliable as.ew, and nothing better
has yet been dmised to 4".1
Cure Common Ills
rieflirge Oroire Ifinfself forward to,
Ward, Wiggin, elbowing Men to rigtrf
and left. Ho was ,no longer loi
111001i of oue lacking eubJect for
Flits fingers Itched to''get at Ike
adversary who had brought him fat°
Such shameful siteation. He Was not
thinking about the blow whose badge
is wore. on hirf feee. Even In ale
rwhirl ot hie thoughts, Inc realized that
be had now become the champion of
the girl win) had been insulted, and
Who had been forced to be her own
protector:
• Jepson Wiggin aaw him comiag, and
flung himeelt on his son, puehing hiat
farther' Into the crowd.
, "Keep bine off! Keep_ him oft!"
cried the 'father. • "Hold 'ein apart.
There mustn't be trouble here. It Will
'disgrace us to have troeble,"
, "Tbat cur bad' Oot an account tee
settle with Inc." raged Barry, 'drug-
gling -with the men who seized, him,
The commands of the magnate of tido
village had zummemed volunteers.
"I'm 1 oUre there must Inc a mis-
vadersbanOng, ID% George - do I get
the name right -- Mr, George, I be-
lieve? Of the Great Trust Co.?" He
was nervous. Ole was apologetic. And,
underneath the eagernees of his ap-
peal as mediator, there was some-
thing that 'stirred the wonder of the
young man, excited as he was. It
was as though Wiggin were trying
to convey a hint to Mon; trying to
signify that there was a mutual un-
derstanding.
"I shall see you again as loon as
possible," the old man went on. "We
can arrange the matter. Pon sure we
can." Again, he spoke with sigulfi-e
mace He reached down, and took.
George's hand and shook it. Then,
ho turned away. His son had begun*
to cry threats and further.. Insults.
"I have Just „thlteees_eamleeettie say to ,i47,:;:•1.
you, Sir," said GeOrTm7 'rhe hotAsiood
of his youth rose in him. He wanted
to declare himself before them all.
He took one step toward young Wig-
gin,and wagged a monitory forefinger.
"The trouble between us will be
squared when the time come, But e
you keep the woman out of it. you
yapping bound
He forced his way through the
crowd, got a pitcher of cool water in
the tavern washrootn, and went to his
room, Ile had got a look at Ole fame
in a mirror in the office. He sud-
denly realized that he With not
pleasant object for the 'eye to rest
upon. ,
VI.
lOy what he saw from his window
and what he heaed after night fell.
George decided that the "funeral
parade" was far from cloelng the
obsequies of Cornelius Corrine That
part of the programme had merelf
started the event off in good sliame.
Itt the evening, there were fire--
worlts. The bands played with es.
drunken permielency and a leek o'
harmony that nearie drove the young,
man fraude. Bevel roared in the
sin gl e titfeet. Hoa re e m rth was.
broken in upon by the bowls of eight -
ere. It was plain that a eeld night
was to Inc devoted to the metnory of'
(Inc lord of 'rebate
George drew down the ragged Blued*,
of hie, One WindOW. ile tried to ea-,
elope. his mind with a ell Cap nOTai:
.
that Inc had picked up in the officel
Ori WS IlY back to his room from
supper . •
A discreet tap on Ms door startled
Line Ife opened lo the visitor, thinee
ing Romeo leiogg had come tO com,ele
SOO 1 a Start in the meriting
Jelistm. Wiggin stepped in awl
closed the dour bellied him.
',I watched my chance to come up,'
he med. "Ian :WI'S no one saw me, los
a busy gang of ruffians out there, Mr.
George,"
The young man accounted foe &hire
alr of riveters, by the ready launen-
Blinn] that the father ot Blinn Wiggia
would n 01 like tti be Seen in 0011113307
Wi'rdli iSgitsallin't' 051Civ 53010 108
easeld hEarself'
ilpou a chair, scrutinizing his host
,
sorry ye; .gOi mixed up witbt.
bay SOLI that way. But you came to,
town al a bad time. Too much liquof.
all around! Blinn wouldn't bave donee
jt if heti been sober. But I know yoo
WOli't blame me,! It's a mattes.' entirely
outside of businese, eh, Mr. George?
A young fool's performance muste't
get in the Way' of more serious thing's -
His shrewd' eyes .were borino thee
Young man., Ile acted like one who,
was treading carefully up to the door
Ot 14 subject, waiting to be assured.
that he miglet enter.
"I'll (lot !et your son iniertere with
0134 business, you can be certain at
that! Wool 'advise hion to ,keep sway
"I'm done With him," protested the
old man. "It's just es though he
wasn't my son at all! I heven't beeta
tible to do' anything with, him. ale
had .his chance, and he's fooled It
away! Yeu've got ,yes, and Yoterei
got ears! , If any one, alter 11110,
Soil that 101 playing to arrange the
thing through any hiteh-up between
(CONTIN.MID NEX'r WEE.)
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