The Seaforth News, 1931-01-01, Page 6Chic!
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hc gringo Privatccr
PETER R. KYNE
SYNOPSIS
Martin, Bruce, cattle. owner, and Miguel.
Gallegos, Mexican l,andit, steal ca.ttle
Xeom the ranch or Bradler Bardin, Bar-
ran makes Ken Burney general ma! ger.
an condition he puts Bruce and Gallegos
i,ut of the way. Bruce has sworn to kill
Burney. Muriel Bardin falls it -love with,
Burney and persuades her father to keep
Lim from :encountering the thieves, but
Burney has already laid his plans and
trained thirty men for the tight, which
5se intendsto hold in Mehico.
CHAPTER XXIII.
"You 'certain she's the sort of girl
to make you happy, to make you a
crackerjack wife?" It seemed -to Ken
Burney that the king was paternally
solicitous. "Remember, son, the girls
nowadays are •a lot differe.it 'rem the
sort of girls your father and I mar-
ried,. They're high -rollers, but they
don't know it, because the whole damn-
ed world is rolling 'ens high, They're
high and mighty anddisobedient and
independent. They think man was
made for their convenience, and the
first little thing he does to inconven-
ience them, they get rid of him and
all he 1. as is a melncry and alimony.
Be sure you're right, my boy, before
you take a step that may ruin your
life "
"Thant• you, sir. I realize the truth
of. what you say. The girl of my
choice, however, has one advantage.
She is . lady. She has a high intens
gence, good health and beauty. The
ouly drawback is that she is inclined
to be dominating and would rather
have her own way than great riches.
However, I expect to knock that oat
oe her. There's only going to be one
head to my house and that will be me.
She'll do what I tell her to or hell
will pop.
"I'm not the » rt of man o be twitt-
ed around a woman's finger by her
tears and smiles and eoaxings. I have
observed that .he happiest marriages
are those where the wife trembles
when her husband comes home, and
gives three cheers when he leaves the
,house. An inflexible set of rules—fair,
just anC, courteous—from the altar to
the grave is n,y 'policy, and if my
wife doesn't like that she can take
her etraw suitcase and her old tin
trunk, and go back to her former
estate."
"You're so young and cocksure, Ken,
I could weep for you. Well, I hope
you get away with it. I never could.
So you insist on going through with
our contract, eh?"
"I'll quit if you insist, but I prefer
not to I need the reward and I most
earn it, otherwise Icy not accept it."
e'effe a vem it fb getting you want to
go into business for yourself and hold-
ing on to your present job?"
'Impossible. I promised Torn Bled-
soe I'd quit and let him have his
'chance at it."
"Well, suppose 1 give you a nice job
in the main office in San Francisco?'
"I should not accept it.. I want to
be able to go fishing or hunting when
I want to."
"You really think yo;i can pull off
this contract you've entered into with
me without getting yourself or any
of my men hurt?"
"I'm certain I can."
"Well, then," the king agreed sadly,
"hop to it," and without further ado
he returned to his house and sat on
the veranda throughout the remainder
of the eteriSt gioomiiy od i'nto
space•. At dinner he raised his hear]
suddenly and fixed upon the princess a
penetrating glance.
"I've had a talk today with Burney
and offered to throw up the deal to.
get rid ,f Bruce and Gallegos,.I offered
to pay him for the job anyhow. He
declined and -held me to my contract.
Says he wants the money to go into
business for himself and marry a girl
lee met a year ago, So I reckon that
lets you out and puts my mind at
he princess' face paled. She stared
the kingunbelievingly a half min-
e then resumed her meal.
."Took it like a thoroughbred," her
father mused. "Damn that crazy Ken
Burney. If he wasn't a blind fool he'd
know I could make him the finest
father-in-law in th s world, Poor
Muriel. Poor old sweetheart! Well,
hard as it is on me, I'm glad I but-
ehered that dream before it took con-
crete form."
He ached to take his daughter in
Ids great arms and permit her to spat-
ter his vest', with the tears he knew
were eeelling in her heart but which
would never show' in her eyes.
The princess did not sleep that
might. At dawn she heard the exhaust
of a number of motor trucks and ran
plea bedroom window and looked out,
Reg irurney'e eonva.T w9s lumbering
' Aewn the road past the house,
"Good -by, Ken," she called at' the' top
of her voice. Good -by and good luck!"
From the Cabin of the leading truck
an arm was waved at her; then the
as.^ gray light. AWel luted then end the.
jirifiCeet went bas's to bed—to weep
at last—and hate herself for doing it.
At, eight o'clock Ken Burney's con•
voy rolled into tuachlta. He paused
at the livery stable long enough to pay
the board bill on Rowdy and the other
three saddle horses he had left there
the night of his meeting with Martin
Bruce and Mig'ae1 Gallegos; then he
ISSUE '''lo. 51—'30
k ded .them in the rear horse truck
and, proceeded to ti e 'international
boundary 'where lie formally declared
to the United States officersthe six
definitely identified. motor truck'
thirty-two, .saddle' .horses with ful
equipment and two ,pack .mules with
pack saddles be had purposed -taking
into Mexico and bringing back into the
United States within thirty days.
From, the Mexican authorities he re-
ceived a formal permit of entry foe
these .same prenertres and the mem-
bers of his party.
Senor De Ha: i was at the Me>ican
custoins house and greeted him warm-
ly before entering his motr ear . with
two officers of rurales and proceeding
the Deuble B cotivo, down the narrow,
rutty dirt road that led to Be Cajon
Bonita. In order not to excite suspi-
cion he speeded up and left the convoy.
miles behind.
. In the heart of El Cajon •Bonita
Burney spied a motor car donning. to-
ward hien. "If our friend Miguel Gal-
legos is not approaching • in yonder
c:.r," he told Tom Bledsoe, "I•'m a
Chinaman."
"Thee ' are . not a Chinaman," the
Quaker decided, as the motor car pull-
ed off the road to permit the heavy
trucks to go by them on the highway.
In the front seat with his chauffeur
sat Miguel Gallegos. As he recogniz-
ed Burney on the seat of the leading
truck he ordered his chauffeur to halt
the car; with hand upraised, palm
forward, he signalled Burney to halt.
CHAPTER XXIV.
"Hello, Miguel, you great big lovely
knockout," Burney saluted his enemy,
as the truck halted. "How's every-
thing over at Los Osos, where you
hole up?"
"Not quite as fine as I should ]Pse
it, Senor Burney," Gallegos replied
smilingly. "I thought you told me you
would give me ample notice of the date
of your arrival, in force, in El Cajon
Bonita. Is this one of your Yankee
tricks?"
"Not at all, my dear bandit, not at
all. I cold you I'd give you notice of
the da I was due in El to argue
Y Cajong
with you your assumption of proprie-
tary rights in the land and cattle own-
ed by the Bardin Land and Cattle
Company, This isn't ...y day for argu-
ing. Like your amiable self I ani not
Tate ready.'
"Still, like all gringos, you are not
afraid to take a chance, no?"
"You read mo like a paper. 13ut I'ni
not looking for a fight today, Gallegos.
In military language, I'm merely mal;-
ing a reconnaissance."
"You are a very astute young man,
Burney. I have for you a great ad-
miratiol.. It is too bad you are so
headstrong."
He lifted his sombrero courteously
and drove on and Burney's convoy
continued on up the valley to a spot
which he had, on his first lone trip
into El Cajon Bonita, selected because
of'its natural advantages for defen-
sive warfare. To the north the en-
circling hills, rocky and covered with
a scrubby growth of pinon pine, cedar
and giart cactus, converged to a pass
perhaps two hundred yards wide, and
through this'pass a trail led to an arid
ylgin beyond , plain that stretched.
to tiie Interne—Lionel boundary.
About a thousand yards south of
this pass a barranca ran east and
west for three-quarters the width of
the valley which at this point was
;.bout a mile wide. South of this bar-
ranca the valley commenced to widen
and stretched away for miles in an
unobstructed view. Due to the rocky
nature of the ourrounding hills and
the impassability of the growth on
them a flank attack was so remote as
to be scarcely considered. An attack
from the south would have to be across
open and level terrain, entailing terri-
fic losses under the calm and accurate
rifle fire of the El Ranchito cowbowe,
while the same fire concentrated on the
mouth of the narrow pass, where the
enemy would necessarily be bunched
when emerging, in the event of an at-
tack from the north, would beequally
murderous.
' Even if the enemy succeeded in em-
erging intact he still had a thousand
yards of open countryto cover before
getting to close quarters with Burney's
men crouched in the barranca, a no-
noral trench. Burney believed he could
beat off very handily an attack in con-
siderable force from either direction
and thus have open to him two avenues
of retreat.
At his order his men picked their.
way down the banks of the barranca.
at shallow spot and the trucks cross-
ed, turned at right angles and parked,
at intervals, along the north bank of
the barranca. Then the Stock was un-
loaded by means of a ramp, led down
into the barranca and made to stand,
in bunches of ;six,- p truck forming
excellent protection for each bunch in
the event of an attack from the south,
in force -an attack that might not be
repulsed—the animal] could be mount-
ed and screened by the trucks, a re-
treat could be Heade through the pees
to the north. Should a' party of the
enemy be encountered in the pass Bur-
ney depended upon a spirited pistol ' These strange looking figures, cut teem
ebarge to disperse it. .At any rate the fens, of Mrs. Pendray of Victoria, B.C.
enemy would have no advantage in
This junior frock softens too
youthful lines, with eggshell crepe
and black satin combining in chic
flared tunic and skirt..
choice of ground, and a .meeting en-
gagement, Ken Burney knew, is usu-
ally won by the side that exhibits
neither surprise nor consternation but
charges instantly, regardless of the
odds.
(To be continued.)
Jacob's Well
Here, after Jacob parted from his
brother,
His daughters lingered round this
well, new -made;
Here, seventeen centuries after, came
another,
And talked with Jesus, wondering
Here, other centuries past, the em-
peror's mother
- Shelter'd its waters with a temple's
shade. -
Here, 'mid the fallen eragments, as of
old,
The giri her pitcher dips within its
waters cold.
And Jacob's roee grew strong for
many an hour,
Then torn beneath the Roman eagle
lay;
The Roman's vast and earth -control-
ling power
Has crumbled like these shafts and
stenee away;
But still the waters, fed by dew and
shower,
Come up, as ever, to the light of
day,
And still the maid bends downward
with her urn,
Well pleased to se its glass her lovely
face return.
—James Freeman Clarke, in "Reli-
gious Poems,'
TO A GAT.
Persis Greeley Anderson.
His whole existence is a dream.
Itis failure is a nine -page scroll.
His eyes are needit$tive slits
Where one can glimpse the mystic
soul.
His every want is tended by
The goddess of the blue -rimmed
dish.
His sole philosophy is sleep,
His destiny is cream and fish. -
He worships at the human shrine
And offers up a wistful purr.
Re bears no gift—but lo, himself
Is gold and frankincense and
myrrh!
—In -"Our -Dumb Animals".
Mrs. Hood—"Was your husband in
comfortable circumstances when he
died?" Mrs. Paul—"Not by a jugful!
He was squashed between a five -ton
truck and a concrete well."
Minard's Liniment 'for Frost Bite.
Sky's Big Dipper
Is Drawing Asunder
Two -of Its Stars Leaving Rest;
as .Constellation Moves
Toward. Us
There is discoid: of a serious nature
in the most widely known and . most
popular {family ofatars. Astronomers
at Lick'Observatoryy have found that
the famous seventstars makingup the
Great Dipper aro "drifting apart,• five'
going in one direction and two heed -
,nig in another, with the aresult that
eventually" the outline of the constel-
latiou will no longer b'e recognizable
in its present form.
"Because of this 'difference In iireu-
tion, these stars:, have not always
formed a dipper," Dr, Frederick C.
Leonard explains in a bulletin of the
Astronomical Society of the 'Pacific.
"Five of them are moving across the
face ol the sky at approximately the
same angular rate and in .a direction
ifearlyparallel, while the, two other
are moving in roughly the opposite
direction with eomparahle angular
speeds,' According to the Lick .Qb-
,servatory, the constellation as a
whale is coming closer to the solar
system at a'speed ranging from about.
five to ten miles per seemed for its
various stars.
All seven are known as "giant
Stare," and are between fifty and one
hundred million light years away from'
the earth. They give off much more
light than our own sun, two of the
group giving off fully sixty times as
much.
The ;seven stars form tbe constella-
tion of Ursa Major (Great Bear). On
star maps they are usually referred
to by Greek letters or the names given
to these stars by the Arabians of old.
Thus, the four stars malting up the
b of
owl othedipper are unown in Greek
PP
as Alpha, Beta, - Delta. and Epsilon,
while the corresponding Arabian
names- are Dubhe, Morale, Phad and
Megrez. The three stars forming the
handle of the dipper, sometimes re-
ferred to as the ?three bore," are.
Epsilon, Zeta and Eta, or in Arabic,
Alcor, Mizar and Benetnasch.
Probably the most interesting of the
seven stars is Mizar, the one at the
bend of the handle. With its com-
panion, Alcor, it makes a wide and
readily distinguishable pair, popularly
known as "the horse and the rider:"
Actually, however, it is a double star
by itself, this fact having been dis-
covered with the aid of a telescope at
Bologna in 1850.
By means of an opera -glass many
faint stars can be seen in the same
field as the seven Great Dipper stars
visible to the unaided eye. Even a
email telescope will show the region
literally powdered with luminaries.
On a clear night, the seven giant
stars may beeen" from twilight un-
til dawn. They do not, however, main-
tain the same position throughout the
night. The group swings 'backward,,
Ina direction contrary to the hands •of
a watch, half way around thr Pole
Star, in that period. It is because of
this steady rotation that the Great
Dipper answers the purpose of a clock
in the sky from -which one can gain
a fairly good idea of the time.
Many legends surround the famous
seven stars, which have been the most
commonly known objects in the heav-
ens from ancient days to the present
time. Shepherds attending their flocks
have sung to thezn; philosophers have
mused long over ahem; lovers have
kept trysts under their kindly canopy,
and astronomere with telescopes have
striven to penetrate tbeir secrets.
"His father laid the foundation oe
a fortune by burning midnight o 1,"
"Yes, and be is wasting it by ex-
ploding midnight gasoline."
"Rich men are not smart because
they get rich; don't ever confuse
wealth with brains."
—Julius Rosenwald.
Guardians of the Garden
l�l+(1^',) trees, aro i:n
been tea with the finest :.
avour in all the world
'Fresh from the gardens'
World -Wide Culture Prevalent
As Far Par Back As 400,000 Years Ago
Finding Ideri,tically.Made Flint Axes in Palestine and England
'Said to :Indicate Man Was Pursuing Living as Early
as First Interglacial Period
London.—The passage'; of time would
seem to have less and less meaning
In the llght of discoveries of traces of
so-called prehistoric man, Moir Reid
at 'a meeting of the Royal 'Anthropo-
logical Institute mentioned a period
400,000 years back as being the date
of certain ,flint implements found in
Palestine by the British School of
Archaeology in Egypt, These flints
were found in the Wadi Gaza and its
tributary valleys.
The oldest of these flints were
coarsely flaked, said Mr. Moir, and
comprised massive beak -shaped axes:
Similar specimens have been found in
ea,pt England. The ones found in
Palestine had obviously' been in col-
lision with other stones, but those
found in England were generally
striated and eroded by ice action.
Mr. Moir thought that the Palestine
instruments were of early Pleistocene
date or thefirstinterglacial period'of
some 400;000 years ago. Another
group of hand axes were very differ-
ent, being skillfully and' beautifully
made like those which had been found
in large quantities in England in de-
posits of the second interglacial'
period, and they were made by exactly
the same technique.
As tbe earlier forms had also been
found in Africa and India: Mr. Reid
said that some explanation was neces-
sary of the prevalence over such wide
areas of the earth's sm'faoe of pre-
historic industries which were evi.
dently carried on ,on similar• highly
pecialize 1 plans. lie thought himself
that It could only be supposed that
centers of the dispersal 01 cultures
existed in remote prehistoric these.
It was not reasonable to suppose
that a race' of people living in Egypt
wodid merely by coincidence proceed,
to make their flint a'.es on exactly
the same precise plan a6 another.. race
living in England. Tee existence of
world-wide cultures -ill Lower Palaeo-
:Iitbic days such as these necessitated
invoking extended periods of time in
which a certain method of implement
making spread over the earth.
Economy Corner What New, York
— - Isower Pal
Apple
Ose • :mart apples, 1 package un-
sweetened zwieback, 1-4 cup sugar, eh BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON
cup butter,
Pare, core and: stew apples. Flavor lttustrated Dressnialcing Lesson Fur -
with lemon rind or cinnamon. Crush noshed With- Every P.ft('nt
zwieback and mix with sugar. Melt
about two-thirds of the butter in a
pan and add the crumbs with sugar.
Stir well. Butter the baking dish
and put in a layer of crumbs (thick
layer). Pour .in apple_ sauce and
cover with a layer of any flavored
jelly (it is good without the jelly);
,add remainder of crumbs, Clot with
the butler which .is left and bake
about one-half hour.
Serve with cream or whipped
cream. This is very tasty.
Ham Omelet
Beat 4 'eggs very light, the whites
to a stiff froth, the yolks to a thick
batter; add to the yolks 4 tablespoons
of milk, pepper and salt, and ee cup
of cooked chopped ham. Add the
whites last. Put a piece of butter
half the size ofanegg in the frying
pan; be careful not to scorcb; when
it is sizzling turn in the egg and
cook on the back of the stove. Fold
over and serve.
Suet Pudding
, One-quarter pound suet, 1 pound
chopped, raisins,' yolks of -4 eggs, 2
cups sugar, 2 cups milk, nutmeg and
salt, 4 lieaping teaspoons baking pow-
der, enough flour to make a stiff bat-
ter. Steam: the pudding 5 or 6 hours.
Sauce for suet pudding: .Two cups
confectioner's sugar, whites of 4 eggs,
2 tablespoons butter; flavor with van-
illa, beat well.
Lemon Sauce—Cream VI cup butter
and eee cup confectioner's sugar. Add
white of 1 egg, well beaten. When
ready to serve set in saucepan of
boiling water, add juice of '4 lemon
and ee, cup boiling. water. Cook un-
til 'creamy.
Dissolved Salts -
Gives Color to Sea
A theory that the blue color of sea
water is due to the presence of die-
eoived copper compounds; which have
the blue characteristics of such com-
pounds; as in the well known blue
vitro] or copper sulphate, has been ad-
vanced by a German chemist, Richard
Willstatter, according to the Cotben
correspondent of the American Chemi-
cal Society.
The color of sea water was discuss-
ed by Willstatter and Fritz Haber on a
trip to the Canary Islands.' Haber,
who developed' synthetic ammonia, up-
on which Germany. based its war
plans, and who is not infrequently, de-
scribed as the greatest of living Ger-
mans, preferred the physical explana-
tion that the color is evident because.
of the great depth of the water.
Willstatter contended that the blue,
which 15 visible evefi in each a thin'
layer as in a bathtub, is due to com-
plex copper compounds of the nature
of cupri-amino salte.
"The conditions sor their formation
are present," he explained, "because
of the iinown content o copper in a
water and the formatio sea of ammonia
and ;especially of orgenio ammoniaa
.compounds as a result of the decom-
position
ecomposition of protein."
Minard's Liniment aids Sore Feet.
E737'
Now is the time to think of your
Winter aprons. This one will serve
many purposes:
Many a cleaner's bill will also be
saved by this practical model, that is
smart as well.
It covers the dress entirely both
front and back,
The paneled bodice that extends into
the slightly flaring skirt will make
you appear very slim.
• A partial belt also contributes to-
wards its slenderness"
It's as simple as A, B, C to make it.
Its coat is exceedingly .small,
Style No. 2787 may be had in sizes
84, 86, 88, 40, 42. and 44 inches bust.
For mornings, choose lovely shiny
finished cotton broadcloth in plain
pastel or a gay print.
For afternoons, one may be a little
more frivolous' and select a printed
dimity, printed' batiste or novelty
rayon.
Size 86 requires 2°/a yards 32 -inch
and 914 yards of binding.
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. ..
Write your name and address plain.
ly, giving number and size of such
patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in
stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap
it carefully) for each number, and
address your order to Wilson Pattern
Service, 78 West Adelaide St., Toronto.
"My girl;" said Harold, "is a decid-
ed blonde." "Yes," said Caroline, "I
Was With her wheg she decided:"
French ;N Now Spoken.
In Old German City
Amazing Transformation ; of
Strasbourg Into a Typical
French City
The miracle of Strasbourg — the"
transformation of a:German city into•
one typically and predominantly
French —has been practically aceom
plished: withinthe comparatively few
years since the 'world war.
The 'change could not he made in
less•'"tban',a `generation, It was affirm-
ed 1;7 some when this hiszorie city
was restored to France a°ter the war..
But it has been done, we are told by
B. M. Newnan' in ills new travel book,
"Seeing Fiance", and there are mighty
few loose ends left hanging out.
Several years after the war, says.
Mr. Newman,. "tne "city was as Ger-
man as ever. Walters at the hotels
and restaurants spoke French pon
spicuously when a guest entered the
establishment. But they quickly in-
quired, 'Versteheu le Deutsch?' and. .
if they received an ,affirmative answed.
they were pleased, and the guest re-
ceived far batter service." At that.
time, we are told:
They said that Strasbourg would.
not be. French before: another genera-
tion; but they were mistaken.
To -day one finds .it as typically
French as the Pari.lian boulevards.
All the shop signs are in the French
language, and so are the advertise-
ments on the tramcars and .buses, and
the nenus at therestaurants and
hotels.
Tee .visitor hardiy hears a word of
German unless he announces that he-
Understands that language and cannot
understand French. German has be-
come a concession - or courtesy tee
visitors; French is the -official and al-
most the universe! language. It is.
considered not so "polite" to speak in
German.
The ,principal stores have taken on
a chic that is typically French, and r—
pp
never observed in elernlany, eve4i'
the metropolis. Paris newspapers
are the popular reading of the peopie.
The streets in the centre of the town.
are filled with little iron tables and
chairs, where people spend hours, SIP -
ping coffee or cordials, and, gossiping'
about the affairs of the day.
One observes a few beer -drinkers;
but they may be seen anywhere in:
France.
Even citizens of German ancestry
(particularly the younger generation)
appear to enjoy the innovation. Prob-
ably they had a smattering of French
before' the war, for many of the popul-
ation understood and spoke both lan-
guages; but-now•they seem to chat
loudly in the cafes to move their
fluency in the French tongue.
The:seven has workoo.
Often it is a slow proces; but there•
has been speedy accomplishment at
Strasbourg. It seems thatall that re-
mains untouched of this typical old
German city is its cathedral and its.
manufacture of pate de Poles gras.
The Female Canine
Popular attitude: against the female
canine is a groundless prejudice, as
the citation of a few farts will prove.
As a rule she has a keener brain
than her brother, and often a better
body; not as much muscular strength
perhaps, but greater suppleness and
endurance. She invariably makes the
better watch -dog, becaese she is men-
tally keener, quicker, more alert.
One of the best proofs of the fe-
male's superiority -over her brother Is
found in the dog teams of the North.
No dogs are more severly tried, than
those that draw sleds over Artie lee
and snows. The driver selects the'
best animal 01 his pack for the leader,
and usually this is a female. She is
lighter, swifter and more willing. She
understands' instructions quickly and
obeys promptly. In Labrador, Green-
land, and the frozen islands to the
north of Canada, one seldom sees a
male leader in a dog team. It is the
rule to use a female when one is pro-
Curable.
While the female Inas greater pos-
sibilities, she is more easily spoiled
by her master's mistakes. Being more
sensitive, more delicately organized in:
general, illtreatment chts deeper, with
a more lasting effect. It is significant
that people who really know dogs pre-
fer the female, while the novice Palls
with hes'.—From "Our Dumb Animals"
To a Young Man
Selecting Six'Orchids
(From The New Yorker)
Tell me, brave young man, I pray,
Is she worth the price you pay?
You may think her quite sublime,
But tape care while there is time.
Orchids lead to other things-
Satin ribbons, wedding rings,
Leases and refrigerators,
Apron. --strings, perambulators, '
Cereal and safety pins,
Rice and, semetimes, even twins.
Tellme, brave young man, I pray,
Is she worth the price you pay?
Margaret Fishback.
A Fair Haven
We cannot steer our drifting raft,
nor stem the resistless current;, but
we have it in c .r power to behave
decently, to share the meagre stock of
victuals fairly as long as they last,.
to take the good and evil as it comes,
and ever to hope, if we choose to do
so, for a fair haven.—Frederick'York
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