Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 26, Number 14, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 February 1884 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIEfi.

C. DOANM, fuaUatter, INDIANA TBS OIML IN MOVHS1NU. A ll'KHIHf SAM.AS. A A",P,.0J!ld' dear btotkerJIro, . TklHrtll draw it l.nath nl feeh tU life la wy ilttil neat can it know of death : -HorAirurttv aimplacaJM. rfcup Wkn did your aunt msMe. my dear)AeassseaSdof the snoeauam palsy.4 Mr kMut wttttn iMNnw to mita uac auaoeai mum NMM M way. xou say your mini in Martburoua-h lw your aunt in Nartbwouirh dwalt. Mt dM unw mmakMrivtar Iter atot what yHir aunt .IWo(, mr c I dW not fullr undmtaud. "-Well, she. wh ties, about a mrof, mr dear, hadtharii i ringworm on Jwr hand; she died What aort of ualnr. level (MM T, Twit name I never r antra e before. Tela wn my llitte maid's reply; I re tutu )uu iwk, it Mm, twerUnK, onoe uu twk. and od wa aaam. 't no i wnN, sweetest, i fee ancwercd : "I wffl u you, tken; But If you art atfain, I ahea't; Ma tied t ta taoaeauei pahy." Happy condition, not to know More than tat child of dying LaatMIke to mm your kin taM low, What waa It kllUul vtuir diaMw .hii Without a tkwurnt of suhinr: TMa creature know no more of grief But the blaek ribbon on nr aead; Nor of paeahmW-lu krtat JoJV' MM ft m liw.nuurtano. to dattlnjft aupleMor hetpleia from "sbaWtMr J. h. Jurasua, at Mnstos TYwiacrlss. a AI CXKWWK FsUKXP. Half-Moon was a tew mining camp hi a deep canyon at the bead waters of - the Gunnison. One of that adventurous class known si prospectors'' bad, in the fall of Itfol, wandered through that country, following a burro which bore upon its bank all his worldly wealth, and bad brought into winter quarters in the valley of the Arkausa such promising specitueas of brittla and ruby tUrer that maty. eaittg then, were induced to go in the pring to spv out the land. And ao it happened,rn a March night in W that a dozen carap-flre were brightly hurning, a doaen tent were dimly outtinml in the haatirtw and opeolngs of the stunted pines, and forty or fifty men, in groupa of from three to nix. wrre gathered around the fires smoking their evening pipes and relating their experiences and wonderful finds of the year before. Asnang fifty ma brought vjgether from every part vt the worttl, in a wild country, by a purpose born, hi jome exteit at least, at mIAsImmms and gred, mmm are likely to be found in whom brutiabneas prsdoniinatea. There were mjnl such in mm ramp at Half-Meou. Am pacta tay Hmt communion with naatre wflaVaiaad eterates the mnl, and leads men onward and upward toward nature s uoo. i ne paets are somewhat wrong. The kindly spirit born and iwuvd amid Unf best htflttenoe of any home, where all the surroundings are of a refuting character, will become kindlier and Mur at the years go on; while the "lull man will become duller. and the moan man meaner, in the vary prsoanu ana nuan of nature. At least It is sometimes so: and it was so with BiU Lewis. J . . . . t a ase nan aaiurr ia ail ner matestv. BKioda and lumft-ts ftr more than thirty yaamr, nan iraTeraea tne country from the Missouri to the Pad tic shore: lunched on the highest summits and camped in the dpst gorges. And yet his depravity was immense! He had been convicted of a dosen crimes. and eontmittod an hundred others with out cimvteioa. fadh aucesedinir fall hmfMuad him worse In erery way than the preceding spring, and those who wow Aim bewt freonoitly ramarked upon the new sad eirer-lncreasing-apabilielea ror am wnicti ne was conatantly unfold ig. But it ha waa not wboilv bad. PerhatM ao man evur was. There was a rumor amoalr the tninem mMdfled br a few. that hr twioB darmg hi oaretr km ragh voice had become gentler, and iae light in nil fterve eye softer, when ha had been earpriaed into speaking of mm aaovner. ti sere ne nan come rront, "what nude bimkmre.,'whr his moth er lived, or whether ht lived at all, no on anew or had the hardihood to asl Tbora waa aaaiii r maw or rather boy In that camp; but be could not be aeon that eTeaing around any of the Area. Ha had come into the gulch in a frowd of serva who had been on the trail some twenty days together, and JMI1 Lswtg was another at the seven. His name was Zeno Jtrown. His comradmf kid faUsd . to eatotk or eowpreJmati Mafeatrmmi, and he had come to aaoalled "Uttfe Job. Ha would haHa tdaia mnwrked aaywhutp in a nmhang region as one wholly at or plaoa. He was light, iMIoete had lrairiie--thsttgh seemingly in good heahm before coming to the gnlch and waa lily fitted to aaaet the klaakudea i a mountaia life. He might hare foe burn for aa artist or pott, or both; he aWlBhny was Mm Mtended for a Mhaer. Krerybody except BiU Lewis liked and pitied him. Bill apparently did not hate MMf hut he Miiuliil hint for hut soft, toaasr arnlnie; was in the kallt of eaniag him and "NaL Ba,M ami thjal fsiatla dtminutittu, and hm kit past an onortuoity to kitmillam and wiiinU htm In eoming haw the gulch (be party ad am uauNraa aariotw trip. The wail waa ttljr Mltd: aa snow waa

deep awl aoft; they bad been to uapsok -thsir aaimals a aoore of timu. and to lep in wet clothes and wet snow. For all tbla. however, muat of them eared bat Mtths. They were not invalid tourists, and they had fraaed thu raajm oo aaawy tiro in bad wsathar to be much traabled by one trip mom. ' Jut with Little Jabn the case waa diuVrent. He had never before been thus expoaid, and was evidently not tustaiaed to any considerable extent by a hopeful epirit. and u had succunbadHa lay In bis teat la his rough bhutkot had, aick, prvstratod, axhausted. Tharo was no physician tbara, aHlKMagh moat of those men knew something of sickness, and in ditcusdng hi cat, whim win could say that be had this or that disease, all agreed that he was "clean gona an likely to croak. M Thy hlMl talking of him around uw ftre when some one, coming from a twit in a grove uear by, said: ."I think Little John 11 to up tomght. He's crasy now, aa think be yaw; an keeps taiain' of hia sr." nBiU Lewis, before silent and sullen. Marled up at onoe. "I'll go aes the kid." be said. He went, and all followed ia wonder. The bed was warm enough, and soft enough. But it and its surroundings were terribly rough for one like him in his condition. The pale fact amid the shaggy blankets, lit up by a tallow candle burning in a can; the saddles, ropes, kettles and tools scattered around among 'the buehes upon the earth floor all togei her formed a scene weird and impreamW Aa the man had said. Little John waa delirious and talking of his home and associates away back in Ohio, bat most of all his mother, piteously begging her w forgive him for deserting her, and never to believe him guilty. Beyond thi brief hint there waa nothing intelligible in bis sayings. Now sad then a word of pity or sorrow waa spoken by aoms one, but not a word of hope, until suddenly BiU Lewis quietly, but firmly and confidentially, remarked: Pards! that yer kid must be saved. If you fellers have a mind to tarn in and help well an' good; but, anyhow, that kid's goin' to be saved for bis mother!" It was thirteen miles east over the range to the nearest cabin. The turamit was nearly fourteen" thousand feet in haight. and upon it a storm was raging. The spur to the north and west were utterly iiu passable. The onJv way out was down the gnlch by thu same route over which they had recently oome in. Although by this trail there would be no storm, there was worse. There were slides, precipices and difficulties innumerable. Besides, it would, only lead into the broad valley of the Gunnison. The range mast yet be crossed to the east before a railroad town could be reached, or the advantages of shelter and medical attendance secured. They believed the boy would. die before morning, tiow, than, omu he be saved? BUL teeing their qtiestioaiag looks, answered them: Mm kari nMxtai. tlut kiw at,' u so sick as yn thiak as is. He's tired. wu, i. t w ww mm m fni wore out an' U1 ototomy duoimragsd; but he's young, ain't burnt out with whisky! aa la air opiafc 'a more homesick than sick. I ve teen them fillers before. If we km make him understand the re' i a chance of his jgittia home, he'll hang on so we Ata git kirn home, I'll . rig a litter on Balaam (Balaam waa mil's burro), an' we'll take him down the valley to Taylor Creek. A couple o' you fellers kin then cross the range by Brudi Creek trad to Oopper Creek, an' git more feeler thar', an' meet me aa the kid on the summit o' Red Mountain. Titer's an empty eabm at timber-lias on the west o' Bed Mountain, an1 meet me thar' an hour by ana to-morrow. If I yer hustle ywr'll git than Yer ought to letch ap by nuaaigat oa tea summit." It k uaalees to attempt to eoarvey aa Idea of what this plan mvorred. Noae bat thoss who have teen these vast etretehee of rock and snow save, perhaps, those who have coatamplsied for aa hour Bromley's "Kvermsthtir Snowe of Colorado ' 'can appreciate the naairaitude of the undertaking. But they knew the boy must die if He remained where be was, aad a the plan offered a poeaible chance of suece. they mioptea it. They were ready in aa hour. Bill rigged a Utter upon his burro, at Indiana do, aad in it placed Little John. At eleven o'clock the procoaaioa started down the gulch. There wars two men beside Bill. While these want forward and picked out the trail. Bill attended to the litter. Their progress was slow. aad their mishaps many, hat without serious accident they reached the valley at daylight,'' and at twelve o'clock were at Tawior Creek. Little John was ao worse. . He was nartfir cnaseiaoa. mad had bsatt emu J jrtimeajas'ueaai awuarea Hamt asavaa flaeWjDaal4fte?fcmi amnji ara (Psea towards home, Bill's assist to have Mm at taht aoiat. aad he delivered a last kbsacuon. " Now, paras, let's have ao a won at. kin make the cabin ht ire or six hour easy ewough, an' shall stop thar aa hour to rest aa' warm, it I kin make the next two, mike over the summit the thing's done. If it's quiet-like, mebbe I kilt make it If It at turns, God help ns! You team' be thar at the summit at mMniarht If the ataow's drifted bad, Balaam eaa't make it, aa' '11 have to cany the boy. Wham yen alt thar, if it storms, hunt 'rtnrnd, tut' yer'll ad me aa' Balaam an' the kid soawwnarm tne snow, flow, gn; an m. you ever fovea yer nawsmaa--awt'f msa eW',

The twodoMrted; reached aad the summit before daylight had faded; aad at six o'clock were la the timber of Copper Creek on the eastern slope. Ia a few minutes more they were ia a snug cabin by a glowing lire, tatting their story to four fearless, big-hearted miners. They all knew Bill Lewis, aad thought he could win if any man could : but tbey had little hope of finding Little John alive They all, however, willingly made ready to set out Tbey had eight mites of comparatively easy trail, which tbey could do in three hours, leaving them two bourn In which to climb the two miles from Umber-Una to Bed Mountain summit. Without great difficulty they reached the foot of the slide in the time proposed. Bat discouraging, indeed, was the prospect upon arriving them. That dreary waste of now, snow, nothing but snow, stretching up, up, up, at aa angle of seventy degrees, until it faded m the uncertain l'gnt; the wind roaring far above their heads aa it cams sweeping over from the other side; all brought a swift sense of their own powerleatneat as against the appalling forces of nature, which weighed down and discouraged them drearily. One bv one they crawled an the fearful winding way. Not one had heart to speak or breath to spare. Even minutes seew long hi a ame and place like this, aad it aaemcd an age before they saw the top. and, oh, how long before tbey reached it. They bad hitherto been warm enough. But when they turned the summit the cold wast wind ehUled them thioagh. There was no snow fatting, hat the wind was driving aad swirling the recent snow in small cyckmes of actta horror around their shrinking forma, la a moment they bad abaadoaed every hope. There was ao Bill Lewis there. There waa no council held; there was no time for that; but instinctively every man rushed forward for some slight shelter. Onward they went, at times easily and rapidly over the hard, old snow, and then struggling through deep drifts, until, some half a mile from the summit, tbey aw something dark in the snow ahead. It could be nothing else. Bat were they alive or dead Good, faithful Balaam! no man shall abuse tbee more! Brave Bitt Lewie! Thy sins be forgiven thee! Bill had worked his way up from the csmn uy tramping toe snow in irout oc tMuaam, a nanaraa feet at ; going over the ground several tuaea, ua td the animal could pass through, and then repeating for another hundred feet. This be had dona in biting blast and blinding snow, never faltering, never deMpainn?, for six long hours! Bill's greeting was characteristic: Well done, pards! I know'd you'd oome. The kid was better at the, cabin; but whether alive or dead now don't know. Look aa' see,' Little John was alive aad warm. "Now, pards, there's six o' Balaam's pretty nigh played oat. Shoulder the ends o' them 'ere poles aa' strike for Caspar's cabin first trail to the left after ye strike timber. Balaam an' I'll go back to the cabin, an' oome over in the morn in'. Ton kin wait for me. m come for Tve learnt sumthin at that thar cabin, an' Pm goin' to see this thing through!'' The six men took up the litter, and BUI and Balaam went back to the cabin at timber-line They had packed the trail pretty weU cornier down in Une. I

and so, without special difficulty, though ' "preased air at a pressure of about slowly and wearily, they gained the krm ndred pounds to the squars summit, and the dreadful and critical inon n the place of powder, and fifty feet once paased. they felt that " r" w m South Xorwatk is extheir troubles wereraded. pecu?d to throw a three-pound cartridge The next morning waa a bright one ; rf Jw? Imfie the on the eastern stope of the main ntasre. eaisot of a cartridge of even so small a Low down in the big timber, nestled in 'rrtt 'taking the side or deck of a a warm nook, with aa eastern nd ! v?el P1" ramparts of a fort. The

southern exposure, was a miner's cabin. Already the water was dripping from the roof-logs which overhung the front: the pile of mineral specimens on the rede shelf beside the door sparkled ia the sunshine; the dog basked upon the chips; the burros rubbed their necks together at the watering place: the fire was snapping is the rude forge, ami a miner was beating and peaading his drills and picks. Other men were sitting on the shafting timbers which were piled around, amoklag thetr pipes talkiaw of the sick boy who lav within. Little John had already made his way aaO aaWftava utusunattJnWt aV aw0euTasne He was not delirious now. Bathe waa pale, and wore a hopeless look that was pitiful. No one of them thought he had and there was a tannest in their faces aad a hush la their voices. After a few hours Bill came. The miners pnfpoeed to go to the railroad at st ion for a physician and such delicacies aa mining camps do not afford. Bill accepted the proposition ia regard to the delicacies, but hasuaed that be hinweb! would be nurse aad physician. j7lJmha'(f ameaJ V9tn llam JJJaawamasnJmPm eafa boy raaealv mnMovaeL aam at the end of the"want Bat eaTknt the two amM-Mo amafmV aammt mmT ft Mttftfit eJaf. eawwtm lanm aaa. na amajaarw namujeas "Her yer got amy plana bout this kwr Both answered that they had not. Thevleft evetythiaa; to him. "Well, then, I hew; aa I'm goia to aay to you two what I've never said to any man for mors' a uatrty year. Whea they waa all goia' to Caliibrny, la '4f, I wanted to go, too. I waa a kkt then. y onager than this aa. I lived m York state. There was aa'y oae o' me. Mother waa a whivw. Aheattda't waat me to skip oat, but I stole aeventv tiel-1arsr-ai the naoaey aba amdaa' lit oat. 1 waa goia' to op baek la a year or two, with thoaeaads w dolbwa. aa' make the oil lady ooaafsatablo for the a aer life. Mat some now x

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died uv a broken heart. Ther ain't been maav ebrhts aiace. pards, when I waa aohar, tha saea her; aa' made, ao help that await oa Mad Mnnalaia taat i am t i tied? etch oa Mad Monatain. aW went with am from tasoahia at timber-line, an' all the while, back'arda and for'orus, sac amited sends me. an' helped . a. a .a . . me paca urns user trail, aatu ys Tbea she weat away. I eoald aevet ooae m awae. paras never! "Well, this kid was clear-headed at the eahia on t'other aide, aa' hum an' We've talked Aa', yoa ate, he waa a elerk or ia a bank, back ia Ohio: an' there was money stole! They too Mat up for atealhv it; but somehow they oouidn't prove it oa bias; an' had to turn him kwee: But many people said he stole It all the tarn, aa he osaidn't bear the disgraos, aa' ao come to the mountains. His mother's poor. What he got ia the duraed bank wtu all both oa em had. Since he oome to Pehlo he's foan' oat who did steal that money. But be hain't got a shiner to go back with aa set himself right. That's how he s here. "Now, paras, Tve got nlaeteen thousand odd ia the Leadville Bank, paid in oa my Beldea sale , I hain't Fit a pesky relation in the world, an' if git my hands oa that money I'll likely blow It m. So I'm goin' to aaad that kid noma, aa' give tea tbousaa' to his another. The balance is a big enough stake fur me; an' then, good thing for ast mother may be It'll count agin the infernal mesmnem I did mime! So we'll take him down to Haydea's, aa' oae o' yoa eaa stay with him aa' t'other go ap with me to UnafriOe aa' get some money aa' a draft I've got her name aa' whar she Bros an' then we ll come back aa' aead him home, an' send the draft to his mother. D'ye seer Three days afterwards they pat Little John in a sleeping-car, with a ticket aad fifty dollars hi Ma pocket, i aad on the same day a draft for tea thousand dollars was mailed to his mother in a letter of remittance aned: "Ax Uxkmowx Fkibmu." Two hours afterwards Bill Lewis insulted a respectable stranger aad provoked a fiafat at the railroad station. aad before morning was arrested for euttiag a man in a gambling bouse. WfttUim B. iarsML m The Current (QkfeaooJ. Mr. MaVeB Terrible Que Oa the noor m on of the room I of theNorwalk Iroa-Warks CompauvJsa kmg, heavy eyUader. Its length la about twenty-eight feet- aad the diameter of the bore ia about four inches. Ia another depai tenant men are at work coastructing an aireompreseor. When the latter is oaaapleted it will be connected with the tabs mentioned above, aad what tie mreator confidently believes will he a most tremeadous engine of war will be completed aad ready for trial Several years ago, wnue in wasatagton, a geaueman rrotn unio aeard a aavaiouaeer any that if a sua could be that would throw dynamite it would tirarooghly revolutionise modern warfare. Mr. htifia-that waa the geafJemaa's name proceeded at once to invent such a gua, and he has reason to believe that it will be a perfect success. It would not do to use powder as a propelling power, for its sudden action woald explode the dynamite cartridge l " atari and Mow tne gan to atoms. explosion woum oe sernme ra res results. If the gaa is a succe. oibers of sise aaaTtehmt to throw one hundred pounds of dynamite tea utiles will he consttacted. The gaa, kamed with aaad instead of dynamrte. will be teted in South Norwalk at aa early day ia the pttmeuce of naval otneers, setenunc a aad others. 2trnmUt (Cbnw.) Jamr. " Miaing bt aa exciting baltteea,' said an old prospector. There Is a sort of hopeful mspiratkm ahorH it. that whea a miner puts ia a shot his hopes may be forever blasted as well as the rock, or It may be the result of disclosing riches that will encourage him to suH pursue the downward course with brbrat expectations of striking rich pay. While the various other oecopattoas maa may follow are diaT rent. there ht a chance ia the dim future that the miner may revel la all the luxuries that wealth eaa ghee. The illustratlnas mat have been green ns in the past prove that aay man who follows mining coatinueaely amysasoaMtimemakeaMrika "The asstory of the bnaanm kings for the last thirty rears ia that they ww mm day poor, aad they did net get eamfr riches becaum they was sasarter thaa athsri, but stamly tareagh what la somethaas called dumb lock.' There hi a fasrination about nainhag that whea fjjf ,U"ei evoaaWa some wfll aotawa aatfl they either double their awumfwloMit alt it a bosiasaa la which more eaa be mads ia a shorter time aay otaer. A maa will make he least expeeta, aad will lose la whea he icr. A aaaa should know soiasthing of the haamaai. anal by befng g gooa mgMmrat, tne not so great rfc lose, but sVary tt fam.Hot laUow iwul nmowo bad anh

syaBjsyuymnng hi lfiOf. blind ia II difierent worka, aanea uaimoaico, foeeatjT i dead, was the owner of a valuable library, which includes books oa cooking from aaefent times to the present day. A'. J', aa li lateral Bauer found the skate House of MaaaaehnseUs destitute of a Bible. He should be gi vee credM for leaving a handsome copy for the atady of his successor. Ben Is one of the beat Bible scholars ia the UaJsed omaaa.--CiiWH'fo Inter CAeeaa. -The New York HnMorieal floomtr. with Mjm members, aa eaam, ami W.OUQ oa hand, is takmg steps to aacuja anawhaBdlnje. Ttmaraeiat oaar 1 to aeconusMidate Ms Hbrarrofi eaty taHMiaaad volumes aad as mass of maps, pemimletf. other objecta. f. Tim. -Maor WiBhan Arthur, of met oears a atioag personal his brother, the President. lighter build and a mote dUcmctivo mil itary haaring. He has maa a great deal of acUva service oa thejdnina, aad was a rave aad efficient ofloer dnring the reoellioo. He still hears the sears of severe wounds received m Imttle. For politics hs cares little, his tastes being . . . I sat. eass a a m pureiy military. iremtajrou , - ( barles Nordhoft; Waahiagton news department of the New York Berald, is paid a salary of 10,000 per annum, aad has la addtthm a house which is provided for him by the proprietor of the Herald. His wHO ia a daughter of Bishop Ames aad haters -i herself especially la the welfare of young women from Indiana who go to the capital either to find employment in one of the Departments or to eefoy the pleasure of Washington saekMy. The library of Harvard Collaga coataiaa tht first two drafU of LosarfeV fows Excelsior." The first is written on the back of a note addressed to Longfellow by Charles Sumner, aad ia indorsed September S8, 184L SJO o'clock, imu-nfng. Now In bed. The second shows variations 'had ermursa. For instance, the Hne "A youth who bore 'mid snow and ice" was written four timet before decided upon: "A youth who bore in snow aad lea, "A you h who bore a pearl of price,' a youxn wae oore aaove an Tha inooptkm of the Uae "A aa m his hs-urht blue eye" was, "A stood imhttaeie bam eya'' ifcn got of. -"My Lord.' ao man what a aorror tt gives a maa to steal up behind a girl who Is summaaag, look over her shoulder and aWthas she's idly writing your muaav with a Mrs.' prafiTed," ftecfew Pvtt, -A Baaaper:'' What's phtaamV dSw." "Was na phreaokghml whea he came home the other nserniag and you wore patmag Tmagar aad fiawa paper oa Ids head, atr-lm. yesterday, oae remarked: "Oh, a nke imaaio-robe his i maker' The other ropBai; "Or amah a splendid saalskin ssamaa.' at OUf Derrick. A Torrible Iafant: 1 raeotkect a n wbo earrtel wno earnei me aeons tne arnss, aJouaaaeaaaawyiiiaaaam Came an asat kiaasS at arstnr nes baeM Sot nakvaa VMalaSjriSMi XA I: Wheal talk Til SHI :'ti Irish gentleman (paying honor): "There's the ammf deaf of ft Madly Hat me, Browa. fa A haven't besa abet" the com): Never thought of it that day to this. Fonrat all Irish gentleman: "Boded! Iwhmye'd tould me that before!" givasaatsnmst ' frankly aa believe to a aoaukr namerme,Mr Browa Mot at leave worshiped you a for over twenty years aad is still eucaced rackins: his to find out why the actiaai ea start, aad has since declined to alas him whea ther saoMoataBy Bosfsa Osse. A cossred ladfrldaal who down oa the ailppsry aags at the of Woodward manes east Chj street sorsmhsed mnltO ooma) JrtfaWlsk ematai toward the roof of ing. "Ton fell aravuow, loaaaiam hesams yet," was the what paaales me am rl got tm dor aa' why I

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witntnis yaa wore isaahi tauaes yoa were giMmg oat of tha wmdow, with the -guineas of the till m yiai ishili. How. whmt eaoasa have yoa Mstf aad taaauustrstolto vary oonaatoeatly. "I kaaw Jt, jraar honor, aad I ahaU always bagraaa&l to i?TiiTnbaTfc jWanml hava gorof falling oat of wksdows and hartksg myaaotn 4hat iaeamim uasnsiod to me." rsmsrtedthe njasiahoai, fma ieety. "U lamofaai oaoawadtomaj awhaMamaOW? ThTamaat waSdfrotho fJotraat tam

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