The Wingham Times, 1906-05-17, Page 7THE WTNdliAM TINES, MAY 17
The Adventurers
By II. O. MARRIOTT WATSON
' COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY HARPER .t,• IIRO'2'U>ORS
steps Clown the ladder, I paid hila us
attention. Presently my foot, descend.
ing, shot through empty air, and coin
cidently with that the iron bar t4
which I was clinging with my left
hand ceased abruptly. For a moment
1 hada a sickly sensation fn my store
itch, and I went quite cold. But, brae
ing myself together, I kneeled upoe
the lowermost step and launtted the
body into space.
I have no intention; as I say, of de •
fending my foolhardiness, nor do
take any credit for nay ultimate escapt
from what was undoubtedly a deadli
peril. lily legs icieked aimlessly In the
air and found no rest. I tightened my
hold upon the iron of the ladder and
.strove to pull myself up. But my
wrists had nirenpy we:lkened in that
tedious and unavailing oscillation In
space, and, to my horror, I realized
that I could not gt't baelc.
"Sheppard!" 1 called (tautly.
"Ned! Ned:" came Sheppard's mails-
. per from above, and I was vaguely
:aware of a tiny spark of light shining
-as it were In heaven. The glow Ilt up
the remnants of the iron ladder, and
below this I could see as I hung the
imminent brows of the ruined wall
.and the gleaming light of water far
:away. 'Yet this illumination proved
my salvation. The ruins were over-
run with masses of Irish ivy, as I have
said, and in tho course of centuries this
strongly growing creeper had clam-
bered over and beyond the proper lim-
its of decay and clothed with great
twisted branches the wall of the drum
tower at one side of me. Gasping from .
my exertions, I reached. a hand toward
these leaves and, catching at a thick
stem like a cable, clung to it desper-
ately while dividing my weight be-
tween the two supports. My only anx-
iety was as to whether the ivy would
hold.' Its attachment to the stones of
the. wall must be precarious, and yet
I bad to trust it, and, poising an le-
stant between the two, I dropped slow.
ly upon the creeper. The friendly
branches held, and I slipped carefully
down until I stood upon the broken
.stones of the ru?sed wall. High above
I saw Sheppard light another match
.and heard his voice calling to me, but
I had no strength to reply. He flung
the light from bin, and, descending in
an arc, it passed before my eyes and
,went out with a fizzle below. I leaned
.over, and the grayness of the coming
.dawn Iay in the water thirty feet be-
neath me. A fragment of stone, de
taehed by my movement, rumbled over
the margin and fell with a great blob
into the moat. There were twelve feet
.of water in the fosse. I shuddered and
-caned back to Sheppard.
"1 was afraid something had hap•
.pend to you," said he. "Are you alt
.right?"
1 explained the position. "Waif
there, and I'll join you from the outer
ide. You old fool, Ned!"
I accepted the criticism meekly and
.retained my place tipon the ivy covered
ruins until I heard the sound of feel
upon my right ami presently perceived
Sheppard crawling over the stones to.
ward me. Ile sat down near me, pant
.ing,,
"You can get down from the other
side pretty easily," he declared. "It's
well to remember that."
"I don't quite see why you have done
.so," I answered, rather ungratefully.
"You would be better asleep."
"Oh, nonsense!" he exclaimed; then,
.after a pause, "The dawn will be up di.
rectly, Ned."
Presently his bend nodded upon his
shoulder. I let him sleep. He must
!have been worn with his long vigil and
the longer toil, 1 knew that he would
not go to bed and he had better take
.what rest was possible In this itlegiti•
mate way. The stars flared and wenn
• out, yet the dawn seemed long in coin-
" .lug. I pulled out my watch and, strik-
ing a match, consulted it. It was half
past 3. Sheppard's head Iurched for-
ward, and bis breath grew stertoroue
h thin fine line of light cut across the
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eastern horizon, and then suddenly a
stick eraeked below me, I started,
alert, iutent, the drums rearing in my
ears, A soft sibilation as of voices
exchanged below the breath caught my
eager senses. Surely I could discern
tate noise of footsteps falling quietly
upon the grass, I strained my sight to
pierce that gray -black cloud of gloom,
but there was nothing visible, and, .
leaning softly forward, I touched Shep-
pard upon the shoulder. Ile was
awake in an instant and ere I knew It
wbisperiug at me uutler his breath:
"What is it? Are they come?"
"Listen!" I murmured. Sheppard
turned to me, motioning with his hand.
Reaching close, he put his lips to my
ears.
„They're clown by the moat, explore
Ing," he said—"several, I think. Shall
I tire?"
I grasped his hand In return. "No,
no," I murmured back. "You stay
here and keep quiet with your shot-
gun. I'nm going down to find out.'.
With which I slipped noiselessly on
hands and knees until I reaehed the
back parts of the wall. From koro 11
t= i
tfyd .ttt:a°'
?')re face glared at me, pressing upon
the bars.
was a descent of twenty feet or more
into the courtyard, but the face of the
ruin was irregular, and 1 found, by
groping, projecting stones which offer•
ed me a foothold, so that presently l
dropped to the flags of the yard with
out sound ane stole into the house
My first duty was to awaken Mont
gomery and the man Williams. Botl
of them I dispatched by means of s.
ladder to join Sheppard on the heights
and, that done, I took a lantern and
descended into the corridor of dun
goons. My light was but feeble, and
my progress was necessarily slot
along that path of inky blackness. Ai
each of the turnings 1 paused and, pro
seeding to the bottom, peered ou
through the grating on the waters of
the fosse. I had in this manner ant
exercising tbis precaution made the cle
cult of half the 'castle and was non
upon the southern face and, as I con
eluded, In the proximity of Sheppard
and the others. Here it was that I met
my first alarm. As I gazed out of tht
grating on my tour of inspeetion and
was almost now convinced that our
fears had been unnecessary and that
we had been deceived by the early
movements of the dawn, suddenly there
grew before my eyes and out of the
grayness a vast head, Set with horrible
rolling eyes and with a profusion of
shaggy hair. The apparition loomed
before the bars of the window and
with a quick movement seemed to push
forward as though to enter. Involun-
tarily I started back into the darkness.
Tim face glared at mc, pressing upon
the bars, the lip twisted over the red
gums and yellow fangs, and the water
dripping frotn its black hair, Its eyes
measured me with a glance, and for
half a ininete of time we stood con.
fronting each other, my tiny thread of
light streaking the ghastly apparition
with yellow, The next moment it had
vanished, and, my wits returning in a
tide, I flung myself forward to the
grating and Iooked out. The lantern
shone upon the dark waters, and that
was all. But this was more than
enough for me, and I was aware that
it was likely to be quite enough .for
our assailants.
Hurriedly I quitted the corridor and
regained the upper air. By means of
the ladder I reached the rest of the
party and at once communicated my
Information,
CHATTER XL
THE dawn was now abreast of
the btlitope, and the trees of the
park stood out like shadows in
a great twist.
"They will begin here," observed
Sheppard, "when they find there is no
entrance below."
"I don't envy them the twelve feet of
water to start with," said 1.
"I don't envy them if they get here,"
remarked Montgomery quietly.
li'filialns "sai(t nothing. He looked
front one to another curiously and then
craned his neck over the castle wall
and scrutinized the foreground, Now
and then bo grasped his shotgun almost
mechanically, as if to feel certain that
- it was there. i agreed with Sheppard
that if any attack was to be delivered
it vt'oul(1 be upon the breath made by
time in the defenses. There ryas no
way into the castle by the gratings
above the moat, And it would take ar-
tillery at least to shake the Ingo Art.
• ening, Yet It seethed incredible that
any sane znan should iatteiitpt to Mina
the fosse and settle the battlements.
If 1 bad been seen by that appalling
fate, las 1 conceived, the many would
be aware that we were on the watch
anti ready for thein. If so, I consid•
*red It more than likely that they
would retire and make the beat of the
retOnfiebisaikee they had gebleved,
`1 don't like this," Sheppard. said.
"What the tuiseblef aro they up to/
Let me go and see."
I cask -Weed. ',t9 say the truth, I did
not like it myself, but would it be wise
to divide our forces?
After a momeutary reflection I de -
Med to do so, and, enjoining upon
Montgomery a strict vigilance, I et asvl• ,
ed after Sheppard toward the upper
battlements.
Once we had reaehed the ramparts
we proceeded more quickly, but still
with great cautiou, stopping at inter-
vals to reconnoiter the grouud below.
Blit there was nothing to be seen or
bclard, and until we had passed the
keep and bad got upon the western
wall we eucountered no sign of the en-
emy. Here, however, Sheppard stop-
ped short and pressed his inaud ou nay
shoulder. •
"Down!" lie said.
Simultaneously with his words a
whiz of cold air passed my nose, and
a small crock of some firearm ensued
upon it,
"That's by way'et introduction," said
Sheppard, "aid now the tight begins."
Keeping our heads below the para^
pet, we stumbled as fast as possible
along the roof, and presently after
rounded the corner to the northern
wall. Ilere a sight met our eyes, even
in that obscurity, which struck amaze -
mut and even terror to my heart. 1
Imre already spoken of the sycamore
uhieh stood outside my bedroom wIu-
dow and beyond the moat, It was a
lofty tree, spreading very amply, and
mounted to withiu a dozen feet of the
patapet. This the ingenious With of
some ono—and 1 bad uo hesitation in
mewing the author of the pian—had
utilized to scale the walls. As I found
afterward, a tough and serviceable
rope bad been employed to connect the
peaks of the battlement with the tree,
and over this, as we came into sight,
the black figures of men were scram-
bling. I had little doubt on thinking
over It subsequently that my presence
In the basement revealed to the man in
the moat had given the signal for tic
.adventure, seeing that I was not likely
to be in my chamber and able to detect
theta ere the enterprise had gone for-
ward sufficiently.
Both of us sprang forward on the
iustuut, but ere we could reach the
spot the foremostof the men, lauding,
Stood up and made at us with a cut-
lass. Taken abaci; by the shock, Shop
pard, site was in front, gave way, and
the weapon, swinging heavily, cut the
ter with a formidable whistle and
struck the leads near my foot. I leap•
ed at the fellow's throat, drawing my
revolver, and, borne back by the im-
petus of my charge, he stumbled
against the second man. But by this
time some half dozen of the storming
party had gained the ramparts and
without a pause bore down upon us.
No shots were fired, and the struggle
that ensued was decided
il a silence
almost complete, save for the noise of
our hurrying feet, the sound of blows
and the hard breathing of the com-
batants. I cannot but admit that 11
the dawn had 'been, a Iittle further ad-
vanced and it had 'been possible to (13s•
tinguisk between the various bodies
raging in the medley tbings would
have gone very badly with us. But
as it was the darkness fought for us
once. more, .as.; it .bed fought the pen
viols evening. I brought the butt of
my revolver full upon the head of cue
man, and he fell like a log. eltcp-
pard's arms were twisted round an-
other, and the two, swaying together,
stood out for au instant against the
sky and were then snapped up into
the confusion of the melee. Blows
valued upon us, and the warm, gush, of
blood started front my arm, With a
rush we were carried backward, and
the dtruggle seemed all over. At that
instant I lt"ethought me of Montgomery
and Williams, and, getting my finger
on the trigger of my weapon, I fired.
The shot stew aimlessly, but the noise
rang loud upon the heights and passed
from the courtyard in dwindling
echoes. Then, throwing off the inau
who was struggling with mc, I seized
*heppard's arm, and, dragging him
from the kneeling posture into which
he bad been thrust, 1 ran across the
leads toward the round tower of the
keep. Sheppard raced with me, pant-
ing as he went, and after us pressed a
thin stream of black creatures just
visible against the heavens. Scram-
bling up the stairway, we jammed
down the fill whieh gave access to the
top of the tower and, turning, looked
down upon the nether battlements.
Alter an ineffectual rally upon the
stairs the assailants drew • off and,
huddling in a group some twenty paces
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sounds of _their voices stirring in :uge.-
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came to me, faintly familiar. Where
had I heard it? Above the rest and
lighted by the khndllug sky towered a
form which I took to be Sereombe's.
For the space of three minutes or
more this interval of rest coutinued,
and then a louder voiee cried some-
thing from the terrace. I recognized it
now. The lauguage was Creel;, and
those straugo and horrible creatures,
that seemed somehow to my excited
brain compact of all deformities, were
Greelis—sailors also, as I conjectured
from the smartness of the trick which
had led to mw discomfiture, At this
momeut a low whistle came from the
farther corner of the tower, and im-
mediately Ave heads stole over the
coping.
"It is 1," said Montgomery. "11'bat
has happened?';,
We welcomed them with warmth
and hastily unfolded the situation, but
the words were scarce out of my
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murmured. "1 hope you'll trust hint
flows
'Oh, hang your seutltueutl" I an-
swered uuedsily.
"1 think we'd better go back," he
saki after a pause, and We returned to
Williams. The num stood like a rock,
his eyes riveted eagerly upon the dark
figures of our eutagotllsts. "Shalt I
fire';" said he fa his itlgle Welsh voice.
"No," said I. "Hold yourself togeth,
er and fire 1f I tell you. We shall have
blood ort aur hands soon euough."
There followed another space of sf-
leave, broken only by the interjected
voices below murmuring In coufereuee.
i'or my own part I was taken up with
Montgomery aid lits hazardous vele
tare. I blasted myself for not stop-
ping him at any cost, and iu my mind's
eye I followed him in his perilous as-
eent. It was still too dark to watch
bis progress, for the drum tower was
as yet shrouded in vagueness, and no
sound greeter. us from the stillness of
the breaking dawn. I think some Ova
minutes passed in this dreadful stage
of anxiety, and then 1 observed a
movement among tate men below. Feta
dently they had concerted some plan,
and we were to resist a fresh attack.
Just at this point, and when our
thoughts had been ieeessarlly called
off Montgomery and were directed to
the new development, there arose a
loud whooping on the battlements, and
it tall black body ran lu the rear of
the stormers and fell upon them. 1
saw in the gray light something as a •
flail rise and fail, and I heard the as-
tonished cries of the enemy.
"Down! Dowut Follow ale," 1 said
sharply rad, scrannbthng by the stair-
way, flew out upon the battlements,
with Sheppard and. Williams at my
heels. I had only my revolver for the
attack, but I used tate heavy butt free-
ly, and cries and curses arose from the
pack of Creeks. They, scattered like a
flight of sparrows, and Montgomery
almost fell into my arms in the ardor
of his onset. Then we pursued, and
as they ran I fired some barrels of my
revolver in the air. The alarm in-
creased their panic, and, turning the
corner, they flung themselves in eon
fusion on the ropes that connected
with the sycamore. I heard Sercombe's
voice cursing, but where in the melee
he was I had no notion, for at that
moment there arose before us, I can-
not say whence, a tall figure, very
lithe and active, that grappled with
me, gurgling strange oaths. Two strong
arms were braced about my back, and
it was with the utmost difficulty that
1 kept my feet. Together we swayed,
and rocked, drawing nearer to the edge
of tate parapet.
With n11 the strength at my com-
mand. I flung my body forward, and,
twisting my legs about my oppouent's,
I bore him sideways toward the roof.
As I did so he wriggled 'a hand free
and snatched it to him, fulubliiug in
his coat. I bout him backward, ami
suddenly his hand stood out before
my eyes, with all the light of the gray
dawn gleaming upon steel. Death cer-
tainly alfrouted me in that second, but
I hardly kuew it, for quickly au arm
was thrust over mine, where it gripped
the ruffian round the loins, and the
next instant his hand fell and his head
went back, and, slipping through my
grasp, the body rolled over the parte
pet and dropped, with a splashing
piuuge, into the waters of the moat.
It was some seconds ere I could look
round, and when I did Sheppard was
standing by my side, a long Persian
dagger in his hand, gazing vacantly
over the stone coping, and the ram-
parts were clear of the enemy.
"You saved my life, old man," I
gasped.
"I believe I dill," he returned slowly,
but seemed to be pondering something,
so remote and abstracted was his air.
Ile stepped forward and severed with
his
kuife the ropes which bound the
sycamore.
"You must chop that down," he said.
Suddenly a great glow lit up the
eastern heavens, and the trees and the
time worn ramparts rose green and
gray in the morning. The dawn broke
over us. No living soul was visible in
that early light, and only the water
rocked faintly against the masonry of
the castle, carrying on its surface that
inert body.
Sheppard's band opened in a. spasm,
and the knife fell, cuttiug an arc of
light. He looked up at me and smiled
wearily. "I think I'll go to bed, old
chap."
"You have had no rest for forty-eight
hours," said I. "Don't be a fool; sleep
before you think."
"Yes; I believe I'll take your ad-
vice," he replied mechanically and,
turning slowly, marched with a duil
and sober step toward the drum tower.
I watched him go, and then I turned
to the others.
"Any damage?" I asked.
-Montgomery showed his teeth.
"Pooh:" he said. "They didn't show
fight:"
Williams shook his head. "I have a
bad knuckle," he said.
I positively yelled with laughter.
Somehow the hilarity would not ise
denied. "I owe you both thanks," I
said presently. "tlontgomery, you're
a brick, and 1 won't forget it" Ile
hung las head in a, .sheepish fashion,
but I doubt not was very well pleased,
"Now get you gone," I resumed.
.
Thefia will be nothing further tonight,t,
and if there is I will let you know."
ror my own part sleep was imprac-
ticable, worn and jaded though I Was.
The events of the uiglit and of that
sham struggle clamored in my brain,
arresting every sense to attention. I
leaned over the parapet and watched
the dawn come up for the second time,
brit today it roso in different circum-
stances, fittsited and lurid, menacing
storm. The sky was red As with blood,
and a black cloud fringed the margin
of the Horizon. My thoughts flew about
like a whirling 'wheel, leaving upon. me
dim impressions: The not grew
eneest and etruck the castle walls with
Ia.0 tett omit tied.)
I leaped at the fellow's throat.
inoutll when a noise of feet and a
clanging of iron proclaimed a reuewed
attack upon the tower. Upon those
heights, as I have explained, lay the
wreckage and debris of centuries.
Groping in this, Montgomery found a
large stone and, leaning over the para-
pet, hurled it down upon the crowd.
Almost as quick as thought we follow-
ed his example and had the satisfac-
tion of seeing the parties withdraw to
a safer distance. It was now plain to
me that Sercombe had issued an order
against the use of firearms. If the
business could be managed without un-
due disturbance, he had decided that it
was wiser. Indeed, the strange part of
this remarkable encounter was that,
saving the first shot and my own sig.
nal of distress, the conflict had been
carried on in comparative silence.
I had also come to the conclusion
that the fight was one to obtain pos-
session of ourselves. It was to secure
our bodies that the attack was directed.
Sercombe knew well enough and hood
knew even better that to gain access
to the preciucts of the castle meant
very little provided we were still at
liberty and able to resist :: forcible re-
moval of the treasure. •hound and
gagged or stunned or de.:: we should
offer them no farther trot.: :e, and the
treasure of tbe Vyvians wou:d be theirs
to deport at their convenience.
• Sheppard clicked the trigger of his
revolver. "The first man that essays
this position shall find the time has
come for real warfare," he observed
quietly.
"Do not be in a hurry," 1 answered.
"We have stilt the upper band." Ile
waited expectant. "You know the
drum tower down which I climbed?
I think it would not be a bad pian to
venture that and take them in the
rear."
"The devils are plotting mischief; t
Odd Sheppard uneasily.
"1 wonder if Ave could manage that
nt said.
asee t 1
, Montgomery moved forward. "1 will,"
he said.
"No, no," said Sheppard.
"1 think I had better go," 1 hazarded.
"'You're wanted here," said Mont-
gomery. "I know the way." And ere
I could speak or interfere he sprang
away and Was on the ladder leading to
the southern bhttlelnents.
-"Come backs Come back:" 1[ ealied
under my breath.
"Ned, Ned! Don't spoil his tthailiees,,,
whispered Sheppard, and We watched
his big body vantsbing in silence.
"That boli k going to his death," be
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of his estate goes to the daughter of
the woman who jilted him. and made
him a hater of all womankind.
Shoeers carne west years ago from
+ .New York to make his fortune, leaving
1 behind him a girl who had promised to
wait for him. When he became weal-
; thy, as wealth was counted 1n those
days, he journeyed back to claim his
bride, only to find tihat she had married
bis brother. Without a word he re-
turned to Iowa. When his father died,
leaving aconsiderable estate, he re-
fused to take any share of it because
his brother was administrator.
In his own will ree left his vast acre-
age of valuable lands to various
schools, aid societies and churches.
Mrs. Edward Price, daughter of the
girl who jiltea him, contested the will
and has broken it, and will inherit
something more than $250,000.
HARVESTS FISH AND iCE.
Angleworms Planted by Michigan
Farmer When River Froze Will
'Field Good Returns.
Union •City, Mich.—J. 8 Graves, who
owns a farm bordering upon one of the
inland Ines, is now not only harvesting
a fine supply of ice for use next summer,
but also combining with little extra
labor the accumulation of a food supply
in the form of fresh fish, which will be
just as !resit and edible when he desires
to eat fish next summer as they are now.
When the ice began to form on the
Lake and before It had attained any
great thickness Mr. Graves scattered
angleworms and grubs over a consider..
able area of thin ice.
The fish in the lake, attracted by the
food, which they could plainly see, but
could not quite obtain, Rept their noses
pushed persistently against the ice. So
hungrily eager were they that they did
not notice the rapid formation of ice
about them until they were finally frozen
solidly therein, within a few inches of
the surface. •
INDUCEMENT FOR BRIDES.
Michigan Justice Offers 'grading
Stamps with Each Marriage
Certificate.
Menominee, 1,11e11. --"Justice afartin
Vanderberg will hereafter give trad-
ing stamps with every marriage certifi-
cate," is an advertisement which ap-
peared In the local papers here recent-
ly. The justice says the marriage busi-
ness has been dull the last few weeks,
and he had to d0 Seniething to stimu-
late it. Whether or not the scheme
will have the desired effect remains to
be seen.
"I thought of several schemes," said
Justice Vandenberg, "but decided tract-.
ing stamps would be the greatest in-
dueemtnt to young couples who wished
to furnish a lame and had little means.
I haven't decided yet how many stamps
1 will give with each certifleate. The
cold weather lately seems to have dis-
couraged .people from getting married."
gave flood tante.
A college professor says that Amer.
can girls of 18 aro terribly conceited.
And so 'Would the college professore be,
remarks the Philadelphia Ledger, if they
could only be is again.
Dairy Notes.
Harsh treatment of the cow lessens the
If milk is to he used for batter or
cream, quick separation gives the beet
results.
quantity of milk.
The punkin shoadd bg done ae quietly.
gently and rapidly as pdssible, A uoiayr.
slow milker ii ill spoil any cow,
Cows that are fed a little grain in con-,
nection with good pasturage will yield a,
large proportion of cream in their rutile,(
The farmer who expects to mak`
dairying a profitable part of the farm
work can hardly make the best success
' withcnt a good dairy house.
• Beware of Ointments for Catarrh'
That Contain Mercury,
As nneronry ttEl surely destroy thel
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when enteriug it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians,
as the damage they do is ten fold to the
good you can possibly derive from them.
' Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
P. J. Cheney & Co , Toledo, U , con-
tains no mercury, and is taken internal-'
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Ia buy-
ing Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genntne. It is taken internally and
made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney
dr, Go Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists. Price 75o. per bot-
tle.
tion.Take Hall's Family Pills for oonst'fpa-
-s
Arrange to allow the cows to have se
pasture inhere there is pieutY of shads -
and running water, if possible,
Plan in good sermon to crop some crop
that can be cut and fed to the cows in
midsummer if needed.
Winter dairying requires more feed of
a suitable kind, warmer and better
quarters and a Iittle more work, but
prices are always better.
After a cow calves, it is important to
milk clean from the first, as retention of
the milk in the udder injures it and
tends to deorease the yield.
By -centrifugal force the cream can be
more thoroly separated from the milli
than by skimming and perfectly fresh
cream and milk are produced.
If the milking qualities are large at
the start, it is to the management of the
heifer, and to negleet.te stimulate arta
prolong it, that early drying aft Is M-
S
tribntable.
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