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3, 1932.
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•
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ATING IN
WILDS
BY OTTIIVELL BINNS
(Continued from at week)
'Helen -did not allow these manifes-
tations of suffering to deflect her from
her task. She knew that her unskill-
ed surgery was bound to gain him
severely, and she welcomed the lapses
into unconsciousness, since they made
her task easier. At last she give a
sob et relief and stood up to survey
her handiwork. The splicing and the
binding looked terribly rough, but she
was confident that thefraetnxed ends
of bone were in posiion,' and in any
case she had done her best.
After that she busied herself with
building a fire; and after heating wa-
ter, washed the wound on Stane's
forehead, and carefully examined him
for other injuries. There were bruis-
es in plenty, but so far as she could
discover no broken bones, and when
she had satisfied herself on that
point she turned to other tasks.
Cutting a quantity of young spruce
bougas she fashioned them into a bed
close beside where he lay and filled
all the interstices with springy moss,
laying over all a 'blanket. That done,
she turned once more to Stane, to
find him with eyes wide open, watch-
ing,her.
"I have set your leg," she said, in
a matter-of-fact voice. "I've done
•the best I could, though 1 am afraid
it is rather a rough -piece of 'work."
He raised his head slightly, and
glanced down at the .bandaged• limb,
then he smiled a trifle wanly.
"It has a most , workmanlike look,"
he said in a faint voice.
"Now I want to get you on thi3
bed. I ought to have done so before
I set your leg: I had forgotten that
there was no one to help me lift you
on to it. But perhaps '*e shall be
able to manage, though I am -afraid
it will be a very painful ordeal for
you: Still, 'it must be done - we
can't have you lie upon the ground."
The ordeal was certainly a painful
one, but by no 'means so difficult as
the girl jsd anticipated. iMakirig a
sling out of the pack ropes, Helen
held the injured leg clear of the
ground, whilst .Stave, using his arms
and his .other leg, managed' to lift
himself backward on to his improvis-
ed 'ceuch.
The strain of the effort tried him
severely, and he lay for a long Vele
.in Pen exhausted condition, with his
eyes closed. This was no more than
Helen' had expected, and she did not
let the fact trouble her unduly. Work-
ing methodically she erected the little
tent in such a position that it covered
the injured man's bed; and then pre-
pared a meal of such things as :their,
resources afforded, lacing the coffee
she had made with a little brandy.
Stave was too „done up to eat, much
but( he swallowed a fair quantity of
coffee, whilst the girl forced herself
to eat, having already realized that
the welfare of both of them for the
time being depended upon her ,and
upon her' strength. When the meal
was elided she found his pipe, charg-
ed it for hirci, and procured him a
light, and with a murmur of thanks,
'Stan began to smoke.
From where he lay, through the op-
en tent -fly, he could see a portion of -
the windfall barrier which had been
the cause of the disaster.
"I thought I was done ,for," he
said as he looked towards the tang-
led trunks. "I slipped and plunged
right into a sort of crevasse, didn't
1?"i
"Yes," answered Helen quietly.
was a little time before I could find
You. There was a kind of den made
by crossed trunks, and you had slip-
ped between them into it."
"How did you manage to get me
otr ?" he asked, his eyes on the am-
azing jumble of trunks and branch-
es.
' Veli," was the reply, given with
a little laugh, "as I told you this
morning I am fairly strong. But it
Vas a hard task for all that. I had
to cut away quite a nemlber of inter-
lacing branches, and hoist ''you out
of the crevasse with the pack ropes,
then slide you down the deadfall as
best 1 could. It took me a full hour
to 'get you clear of the trees and
safely to the ground, eine all the time
1 was oppressed with the thought
that you were dead, or 'would, die be-
fore I could do' anything to recover
you. When I got you to the ground
I went through your pack, and found
the brandy which I saw you place
there this morning. The rest you
know."
Stane looked at her with eyes that
glowed with admiration. "You make
it a little thing," he said gratefully,
"but I know what it means. You
have saved my life, IMiss Yardely."
The girl flushed crimson, and then
laughed a little to !tide her .embar-
rassment. "Oh, as to that -we are
quits, Mir. Stane."
"Not quite," he said quietly.
"What do you mean?" she asked
quickly. - .
"Well," he answered, speaking
slowly and considering • every word,
"fl am tied here for some time --for
weeks certainly. I can't move and I
can't be moved. You—"
"I!" she interrupted sharply. e "I
shall remain here. I shall nurse you.
There is nothing else to be done. I
could not go forward a mile in this
wilderness .of trees without being
lost; and I certainly couldn't find my
way back to the river -even if I
wanted to,"
"But your uncle and friends. They
Will be looking for you; they will
think you are lost?"
'There's no help for that," she
answered resolutely. "You will be
able to do nothing -for yourself. As
you said just now. There is simply
'frothing else for it. You were at my
service When I needed you, and I am
at your • service now that you need
me. I think that is all that need be
said."
"Perhaps some wandering Indian.
may show' up," he said meditatively.
ii
"Then-+--"
"I shall refuse to leave you before
you are well," replied Helen with a
little laugh. "You are my patient
Mir. Stane-the very first I have had
the chance of practising on; and you
don't suppose I am going to surren-
der the privilege that fate has given
me? No! If.n y uncle himself show-
ed up at this moment, I should re-
fuse to leave you until I saw how
my 'amateur hone -Betting turned out.
So there! That is my ultimatum,
sir."
There was an almost merry note
in her +Mice, but there was a note of
resolve also; and Stane's gratitude
and admiration increased. He look-
ed at her" with grateful eyes. Her
face was rosy, her eyes were bright
withlaughter, though they turned a-
way in some confusion as they met
his.
"You are a very noble-"
'Oh," she interrupted quickly, her
face taking a deeper hue. "You do
not know me yet. You haven't seen
me at my worst. You don't know.
how catty I can feel sometimes. Wait
until -you do, and then you can deliv-
er judgment."
She ended with laughter, and rose
from her seat as if to leave the tent;
seeing which •Stane spoke quickly.
"Whatever the worst or best of
you may 'be, I am happy to be in
your hands!"
"Just wait until I have shown my
claws," she said over her shoulder,
es she passed outside.
'Stane lay quite .still with a very
thoughtful look in his eyes. Outside
he could hear her moving about, sing-
ing softly to herself. He caught a
line or two, and his memory instant-
ly supplied the rest.
"Under the greenwood tree
Who loves to lie with me,
And turn his merry note
Unto the sweet bird's throat,
Come hither, come hither;
Here shall we see
No enemy,
But winter and rough weather."
He smiled to himself, and a soft
look came into his eyes. The girl
was making a jest of a situation that
would have appalled multitudes ,.of
her over -civilized sisters, and lie
marvelled at her courage. The glow
in his eyes grew brighter as he star-
ed into vacancy. Some day -dream
softened the stern lines in his face,
and for a few minutes the spell of
it held him. Then suddenly he frown-
ed and a little harsh laugh broke
from his lips:e'
"You fool!" he whispered to him-
self: "You fool!"•
A. moment later the girl entered
the tent again. In her hand she car-
ried a rather decrepit hussif 'and a
hank of strong , linen thread. She
held them down for him to see.
"I ammaking free with your pos-
sessions, Mr. Stane, but there's no
help for it. I simplymust repair
these rags• of mine."
He looked at her and noticed for
the first time that her blouse was
badly torn. Half of one sleeve was
ripped away, arid- there was a long
tear through which he caught the
gleam of a whi%e shoulder -Her skiet
he saw was in no better -ease. She
caught his glance and laughed.
"I'm a perfect Cinderella! It will
take me hours to sew up these rents."
"Do you think it is worth while?"
he' asked witlh a faint smile. "I'm
not much of a tailor myself; and I
should look at that job as wasted
effort."
"But what else can I do?" she de-
manded. "I can't get in a taxi and
run down to Bond Street on a shop-
ping expedition."
."No," he answered slowly, "but you
might look in the pack you carried
toy -day. There's 'a habit there that is
better suited to the woods than the
one you have."
"Oh!" she cried, her grey eyes a-
light with laughter, and a little flush
in -her cheeks. "You brought it a-
long then?"
"I put it in your pack, because I
jcnew that two days of trail in the
forest would reduce your present cos-
tume to shreds."
She eyed the hussif distastefully.
"I hate sewing," she. said. ."I think
I will leave the repairs till morning.
There is no immediate hurry that I
know of,"
"Not at all," he answered with a
little smile, and divining that his ad-
vice would 'be accepted he turned to
a fresh subject. "Where are you go-
ing to sleep? You might not to have
given me they tent."
She waved a hand airily. "Out-
side. There isn't much room here.
Like R.L.S. sleeping out with his
donkey, I shall discover a new plea-
sure for myself."
A -gtrk light leaped in Stane's
eyes and a smile came on his wan
face. e.
"What are you smiling at?" de-
manded the girl laughingly. But he
did not tell her how his mind had
recalled the context of the passage
slue had referred to, a passage which
declared that to live out of doors with
the woman a man loves is of all lives
the most •complete and free: His 're-
ply was a mere evasion.
"I am afraid you will find it an ex-
aggerated .pleasure, Miss Yardely.",
"Then at will be strictly for one
flight only," she said, "To -morrow
I shall build a shack of boughs and
bark like one I watched an Indian
building, down on the Peace River.
It will 'be exhilarating to be archi-
tect and Wider and tenant all in
one! But for to -night it is 'God's
green caravanserai' for me, and I
hope there won't be any trespassers,
wolves or bears and such -like beasts."
"There may be mice!" laughed
Stene.
"Mice!" 'A look of mock -horror
came on her faee, "I'm mortally a-
fraid of mice!"
"And Meeks may pay you a visit."
('The Lord have mercy on me!' Who
is 'Meeks?"
"Meeko is the red squirrel. He
abounds in these woods and his In-
dian
ndian nafi•iiee means the rnischiefmaker.
"I. adore squirrels," laughed Helen.
"U.pweeki.'s will, Jbe away just now,
so ,;he. won't disturb' you with his
screeching."
"And' who may Upweekis be?"
"The lynx! He will; have gong to
the burned lands after the rabbits for
the summer -hunting."
"Anything else oa the forest visit-
ing -list?" asked the girl merrily.
"Kookooskoss, the owl, may hail
you."
04Pooh! !Who's afraid of owls?"
She Iaughed again, and then grew
suddenly grave. "But we are talk-
ing too -much," she said quickly.
"There is a little -too -bright color 'in
your facer 3 think you had better
try to sleep. I shall be just outside
the tent, and if there is anything
you need you must call me. Good
night,- Mr. Stane. In spite of the
fdrest folk, I expect I shall sleep like
a top."
"Goad night, Miss Yardely." •
The girl -event outside, and after
sitting for quite a long time looking
in the fire, retired tq the couch of
spruce 'which she had' prepared for
herself, .and almost instantly fell a-
sleep.
Four hours afterwards she awak-
ened suddenly and looked around her.
A rosy glow through the trees pro-
claimed the dawn. The forest was
wonderfully still, and there seemed
no reason whatever for the sudden a-
wakening. Then a stream of mean-
ingless babble came through the can-
vas wall of the tent. She sat up in-
stantly, • and listened. Plainly, the
patient was --delirious, and the sound
of' his delirious babble must have
broken through her sleep. Three min-
utes later she was -inside the tent,
her brow puckered with anxiety. ,
Stane lay there with flushed face
and wide-open eyes that, glittered
with a feverish light.:' He took abso-
lutely no notice of her entrance, and
it was clear that for the present he
was beyond all recognition of her.
She looked at him ,in • dismay. For.
the moment he was. quiet, but whilst
she still stood wondering what she
should do, the delirium broke out a-
gain, a mere Nibble of words with-
out meaning, some Englisrh, some In-
dian, in which she found only two
that for her had any significance.
One was Gerald Ainley's name, and
the other the name of the beautiful
Indian girl whom she had seen talk-
ing with the sick man down at Fort
Malsum-Miskodeed.
Her face flushed as she, recognized
it, and a little look of resentment
came in her eyes. She remembered
what Ainley had hinted at about
Stane and Miskodeed, and what oth-
ers had plainly thought; and as she
stood there it seemed almost an of-
fence to her that the name should be
mentioned to her even in the uncon-
sciousness of delirium. Then she
gave a havd little laugh at herself,
and going outside once more, pres-
ently returned with water and with a
couple of handkerchiefs taken from
the sick man's pack.
' She poured a few drops between
his Iips, and then after laving his
face .she laid one of the wet hand-
kerchiefs on his brow, renewing it.
from time .to time in orde% to cool
his head. After a little time the
babble ceased, the restlessness pass-
ed away, and his eyes closed in ,,na-
tural slumber. 'Seated on the ground,
she still watched him, her face the
index of troublesome thoughts; but
after a little time she began to nod,
her chin dropped to her chest, and
she fell into a profound sleep.
"Miss Yardely! Miss Yardely!"
Stane's voice awakened her two
hours and a half later. She looked
round in some bewilderment, and as
her eyes saw his tired, white face,
she started up. •
"I am afraid I must have fallen
asleep, she began hurriedly.
"Have you been watching me all
night?" he asked in a -rather weak
voice.
"No, not all night," she protested.
"I awoke outside a little time ago,
and heard you talking deliriously. I
came in the tent to do what I could,
and then seated myself to watch. I
mist have been very tired or—"
"Please, please, •Miss- Yardely. You
must not reproach yourself. I cannot
allow it! I blame myself for giving
you so much trouble."
"How do you feel ?" as'k'e ,, Helen,
changing the subject.
"Rather groggy," he replied, with
a poor attempt at gaiety..
She stretched a hand and took his.
The 'palm was moist.
"Ah," she said, "you feel weak,
no doubt, but the fever has .left you.
I will go and attend to the fire and
prepare breakfast."
• She turned a little abruptly and
left the tent, and Stane looked after
her with frowning eyes. Something
had genie wrong. There was an air
of aloofness and austerity about her
that had not been there yesterday,
and she had spoken in formal terms
that had nothing of the cafaraderie
(which • had characterized their ac-
quaintance until now. Ile could not
_understand it; in no way could he
account for it; and he lay there
puzzling over the matter and listen.-.
ing to the sound of her riiovements
outside. Never .for a single moment
did it enter his mind that the daugh-
ter' of civilization was jealous of that
daughter of the Wilds whose name
he had uttered in the unconsciousness
of delirious hours. Nor did it enter
the mind of Helen herself. As she
recalled' the name she had heard on
his lips in the night, whilst she bus-
ied herself -with unaccustomed tasks,
the feeling of resentment that was
strong within her, to her appeared a
natural feeling due to a settee of out -
raged eonee*tanCes Nihon' x reftlitee
had
ita origin: all the strangest p'1
deepest of la irnal passleete
C1lltAil'?i''FE X
A CANee C+Q'MiE.S AND GOES
Lying • on his -back, hie head pile
lowedon a rolled. up blanket, Hubert
(Stan became aware that the sound
of the giri,'•s movements had. ceased.
He wondered where she had gape to,
for it seemed clear to him that. she
had left 'the camp, and ..as the time
passed without any sound indieating
her presence he began to feel alarm-
ed. She was unused to the woods,
it would be easy for her to lose her-
self, and if she did ---+-e •
Before the thought waa complete
he heard the sound of 'a' 'snapping
stick, and knew that she had return-
ed. He smiled with relief and waited
for her appearance, but a few min-
utes passed before she entered the
tent, !bearing in her hand a tin cup.
He looked at her inquirin 11 '.
"What have you there, Miss Yard-
ely?"
"Balsam," was the reply, ('for the
cut upon your head. It is rather a
bad one, and balsam is good for heal-
ing."
"But where did you, get it?"
"From I forget how many trees.
There are quite a number of them
hereabouts."
": didn't know you knew so much
of 'wood lore," he said smilingly. '-
"I don't," she retorted quickly. `"I
am very ignorant of the things that
really matter up here. 1 suppose
that .balsam would have been the
very first thing an Indian girl would
have thought of, and would have
searched for and applied at once, but
I only thought of it this morning.
You see, ,ane of my uncle's men had
a little accident, and an Indian went
out to gather the gum. I happened
to see him pricking the blisters on
the trees and gathering 'the gum in.
a dish, and I inquired why he was
doing it. He explained to me and
this morning when I saw the .cut' it
suddenly came to me that if I could
find balsam in the neighborhood it
would be .helpful. • And here it is, and
now 'with your permission I will ap-
ply it."
"I wonder..,. I, never thought of it
myself," he- answered with a smile.
"It is a very healing unguent. Ap-
ply, to your heart's content, 2Viiss
Ya:'tttely."
Deftly, with 'gentle finger;, the
girl applied the balsam and then
bound the wound • with a strip of
linen .torn from, a handkerchief,'When
the operation was ' finished,,,. still
kneeling beside him, she 'leaned back
on her heels to survey the result.
"It looks quite professional," she
said: "there: isn't an Indian girl in
the North could have done it better."
"There isn't one who could" have
done it half as well," he answered
with a laugh.
"Are you sure ? "' she asked quick-
ly. "Ilow about ,Miskodeed?"
"Miskodeed?" Ile looked at her
wonderingly.
"Yes, that beautiful Indian girl I
saw you talking with up at Fort
Malsun."
Stane laughed easily. "I know no-
thing whatever about her capacity as
a healer," he said. "I have only
,spoken to 'her on two occasions, and
on neither of them did we discuss
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ere 9 �.,f2 �lre fi F
could not tl!pderata;4'i p•,1ott???
lad: gladness Wand eellef
'lee? he asked'1ln'ggirtn!L
were 004 to aasrea, '
'I was-..a.bpitt .to . say the. f Irl 'R
a nonrparative stranger• to youl'r
"'Quite ,correct," lie repliask `)' ieuggl'z
she 'proved here] €r e> a! o4 'OW
negbt I was kidnapped, for F sir. ;lier
running' through the bushes toward.'
my tent, and s'he cried out to waru
rite, just as 1 was strue '
"If elle knew that you 'aware to be
attacked •she ought to have waxed
yen. before," commented Helen sere
erely. •
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"Perhaps •she had only just made
the discovery, or possibly she had
not been .able to find an opportunity."
"She ought to have made one,"
was the answer in uncompromising
tones. "Any propez'-spirited girl
would have done."
Stane did not pursue the argument
and a moment later his coanpanion
asked:. "Do you think her pretty?"
;`That is hardly the_ word for Mis-
kodeed," answered Stane. "Pretty'
has an ineffective sort of sound, and
doesn't describe her quality. She is
beautiful with the wild beauty of the
wilds. I never saw an Indian girl
approaching her before."
'Helen Yardely frowned at the
frank enthusiasm with -which he
spoke.
"`Wild? Yes;" she said disparag-
ingly. "That is the word. She is
just a savage, with, I suppose, a sav-
age's mind. Her beauty is -well, the
beauty of the wilds, as you say. It
is barbaric. There are other forms
of ,beauty that—"
She broke off abruptly ' and the
blood ran rosily in her face. Stane
saw it and smiled. .
' "Yes," he_ answered gaily. • "That
is true. And S think that however
beautiful Miskodeed may be, ar others
like her, their beauty cannot . com-
pare with th .t of English women."
"You think that?" she cried, and
then laughed with sudden gaiety as -
she rose to her •feet. "But this is
not a debating class, and I've work
to do -a house to build, a meal to
cook -a hundred tasks appealing -to
an amateur. I, must go, Mr. ,Stane,
and if you are a wise man you' will
sleep."
She left the tent immediately, and
as he lay there thinking over the
conversation, Stane caught the sound
of her voice. She was singing a-
gain. lila gave a little smile at her
Sudden gaiety. Evidently she had
recovered from the mood of the early
morning, and as he listened to the
song his eyes glowed with admira-
tion.'She was, he told himself, in
unstinted praise, a 'girt' of a thous-
and, accepting a rather; desperate sit-
uation. with light heart; and facing
the difficulties of it with a courage.
altogether admirable. She was no
helpless bread-and-butter .miss to
fall into despair when jerked out of
her accustomed groove: Thank Heav-
en for that! As" he looked down at
his injured leg he shuddered to think
what would have been 'the situation
if she had been, for he knew that
for the time 'being he was complete-
ly in her hands; and rejoiced that
they were hands so evidently cap-
able.
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Then her felt to thinking over . t'h
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situation. They would be tied ddeeie ..
where they were for some weeps, enll
if care was not exercised the pr#lye .
lem of food would groyv acute, He ' .;
must warn her to ration the. feta
and to eke it out. His thought was.
in rrupied ty her appeerence •at the
tent door. She held in her hand a..
fishing line that he had purchased at'.
the Post and a packet of books.'
"I go a fishing," she cried gaily.
"Wish me luck?"
"Good hunting!" he laughed Track.
"I hope there is fish in the stream"
"'Herds! Flocks! Coveys! Schools!
What you like. I saw them when 1
was hunting for the 'balsam."
"That is fortunate," he said quiet-
ly. ."You know, Miss Yardely, we
may have to depend ,on fin and fear..
ther for food. The stores I brought
were only meant to last until I could
deliver you to your uncle. We shall
have to economize."
."I have thpught of that," she said'
with a little nod. "I have been care-
fully through the provisions. But
wel will make them • last, never fear!
You don't know what a Diana I am."
She smiled again, and withdrew, and
an hour later returned .with'a string
of fish which she exhibited with
pride. "The water is full of them,"
she said. "Arid I've discovered some-
thing. A little way from here the
stream empties -46W a small lake
which simply swarms with wild fowl.
There is no fear of us starving!"
"Can you shoot?" he inquired.
"I have killed driven grouse in.....
Scotland," she answered with a smile.
"But I suppose ammunition is valu-
able up here, and I'm going to try. • -•.
the poacher's way." -
"The poacher's way?"
"Yes. Snares! ' There is a. roll of
copper wire in your pack. I've watch-
ed a warrener at home making rabbit
snares, and as there's no particular
mystery about the art, and those birds
are so unsophisticated, I shall be
sure to get some. You see if I don't.
But first I must build my house. The
open sky is all Very' well, but it
might come on to rain, and then the
roofless caravanserai would not be
'very comfortable. • It is a good thing
we brought an axe along."
(Continued next week)
TAKE MEXICO
bp wap of example ..
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TURBULENT Mexico is a hundred years behin&the United +States or Canada in re-
spect of the living standards of its people. In Mexico, outside one or two of its
major cities, retail stores, regarded as a whole, are primitive in comparison with those
in the United States and Canada.
Explain as you, may the backwardness of Mexico, you will have to admit that a
primary cause is: The people in Mexico don't read advertisements as do''the people
in the United States and in Canada.
0.
It's the same in respect of Spain,
the Balkan countries, China, and the
countries of Latin America.
Advertisements are not read in
these countries because newspapers
are fewer, and industry is under-
developed; and without newspapers
and advertisements no country can
rise to high levels;, of culture and
comfort and prosperity.
In France they have plenty of
newspapers, some with immense
circulations, but the industrialists of
France haven't learned to advertise
as .have the industrialists of Canada,
the United States and Britain.
Result: France, outside the big
cities, is a country of peasants.
Russia's evolution toward high cul-
tural levels would be expedited- if
that country had more newspapers
with lots of advertisements in them.
Japan is a country with fine news-
papers and of many advertisers, and
look at Japan's- position among the
nations.
+Say what you .may, think what you
may, the fact remains that that coun-
try whose people are much adver-
tised to advances rapidly ,in civiliza-
tion. Advertisers are the great stim-
ulators of a nation - greater than
editors, statesmen, teachers a n d
preachers.
So when you pick up newspapers
regard the advertisements in thein as
being positive forces applied on men
and women to push them forward
and upward to something, finer and
better.
The degree of your responsiveness
to advertisements is 'an index to the
measure of your cultural develop...
anent.
MAK it your practice to read advertisements—even the advertisements of things
and services which you may have no thought of buying or using. Then the breadth
of your mind will -be made greater -with much advantage to you -and to those lives
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you touch and influence.
This Advt, is sponsored by the Canadian Weekly Newspapers
Association, of which The Huron Expositor is a Member.
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