BERCEUSE.
Out of the little bed Into the big bed,
Softly, softly he goes,
But where he would rather lay his head
Baby knows.
By night his lied is on my breast.
My baby nil blond, all white,
His dainty body lies at rent,
Soft cradled there by uight.
Whose is the little bed so white?
'Tis his, i u y lily, my rose!
And when too quickly flees the night
Into it he goes.
Out of the big bed into the little bed,
Softly, softly he goes,
But where she would rather have his head
Mother knows!
Wttverley' Magazine.
HOW HE WON HER,
Tho poor tutor was alone with her;
nud though It was In tlte days when
men fought hard battles even against
their own kinsmen, If they so thought
It was for the right, his heart throbbed
Just as the tutor's heart might throb to
duy, with the difference that he had not
learned to count its beats, as our enam
ored youth, 200 years wiser, have learn
ed to do, in a self-controlled manner
eminently conducive to the steadying
of that obstreperous organ.
What muttered the great Insurrec
tion, the cruelties of Judge Jeffries and
a fugitive patron witli a price upon his
head when love had sought shelter In
his heart, and she to whom he had built
a shrine was Just as far away from him
en the width of a table.
Of what consequence that she was
the Lady Gertrude, the daughter of
noble conspirator and he but tho tutor
without laud or wealth! So he con
tinued his story, looking at his book
ns though he were reading therefrom.
"And the poor man loved the rich
lady and he dared not tell her of his
love lest she should scorn Mm."
"Then surely he was fearful at a
nothing, which, mc-thlnks, moans he
"as a coward, Master Humphrey."
"A coward, if 'twere cowardly to fear
the anger of his lady "
"Why should he expect such anger?"
"He had uaught to offer her but his
love."
"Love were wealth enough! But I
am tired of your story. 'Tis not so
good as you are wont to tell, 'Master
Humphrey; and 'tis out last lesson,"
she added very gently.
"You wil not miss the lessons?"
"No, not my lessons, only the stories
1 have loved some of them."
And she moved restlessly In her seat
as If she would say more, yet could not
lind the words.
"But surely my father slfould be here
eveu now," she murmured at last.
The poor tut( turned pale. "You
will go with him to Holland Y" be said.
"It would bo too great a risk to ac
company him, but I follow to-morrow
If all succeeds as we have planned. Ah.
If they should take him. They have
killed the 1 hike. Why nre they not sat
isfied. Boor Monmouth!"
"They will not take him."
"Now at the last moment I nm terri
fied lint things should uot go well. Look
at the time! He may bo here at any
momont. Indeed, be should be here
now!"
Then Iidy Gertrude rose hastily, and
stood tall even as the young tutor, by
her Bide with a look of eager Impa
tlence on her fair face.
"Not yet time, I think," said he. "To
cross the marshes on foot needs Indeed
an hour."
So they stood Irresolute, each with
heart for one anther and thoughts for
tho absent fugitive.
"There are learned men In Holland,
1 am told," stammered the young man,
Irrelevantly.
"It is so rumored; yet not more than
that, there would still be room for an
other, I am Biire, Master Humphrey!"
Which pretty Bpeech nigh overpow
Wed the equanimity of Master Hunt'
phrcy nud throw Mm luto a discourte
ous silence like enough to pique his no
ble pupil, who, Indeed, felt she had
made too bold and had lacked In mod
esty, since ho would vouchsafe no an
swer.
"Continue your story, sir," she said,
with marked coldness. "I have no
mind for lessons Just now,"
"There Is no more to tell, my lady,"
he wild.
"Twas about a poor man."
"Nay, do uot challenge blm; for he
linth an Idea 'twere better to be poor-
spirited than false-hearted."
"Why should he be either?"
"Were It uot a mean thing to harass
an unprotected lady and false to be
tray the trust of her uoble parent, his
patron, when he was absent risking
his life for his country?"
"To harass her would be wrong, sir
to betray a trust a worse wrong; yet I
cannot see that. If he loved the lady
well, he would be doing either of these
.tilings."
"Madam, were I, your hum 1)1 j tutor,
the poor mini, would you still so rea
ou?"
"Were you that man, Master Hum
1hroy, I could not be sorry for tho
lady."
" lis n fair answer; i crave your
jmrdon! Shall we continue the trnnsla
tlonr
"Were you ine man, In truth, I should
be sorry for the lady to have so Incon
stant a lover."
"Inconstant, madam?"
"Who will make yon love, wherever
ho may find a ready listener, though
in covert language thnt res him from
n declaration. Bray, Master Hum
phrey, if It be ns you declare, that you
lire thl man, convey my sympathies to
the lady!"
Now the tutor rose In wrath, and
would have goue Ms wny, for without
doubt his mistress was making sport
of him, but the sound of faint footsteps
from behind the paneled wall arrested
his attention, and he stood still, con
sidering whether 'twere best to go or
stay.
"It Is my father!" cried the girl,
aware that be alone knew the secret
passage.
Then Master Humphrey saw a look
of joyful relief rise to her pretty face,
and he remembered how brave she had
been, how good and noble and fair she
was. and how miserable a worm was
he, and so lifted his head In the pride
of humiliation, as humble-minded folk
are wont to d , In such manner That the
Lady Gertrude found him as beautiful
nd arrogant as a king, for all his shab
by clothes and slight stature. I
"I may not see you again; he will
cross to-day 1 to-morrow," she said.
in sudden haste.
God be with you!" answered the
utor, and he bowed low.
.
The fugitive noble stood In the shad
ow of the open paneling, and the Lady
iertrude, full of apprehension that lie
should stay too long, strained her ear
to catch any ominous sounds from with
out nud drank in eagerly the detailed
p.uns he slowly explained of his own
scape to Holland, and her journey
hither on the morrow by another route.
When he ended there was a little si
lence between them, ns with those
whose hearts are too full to speak. It
was speedily broken, however, by a
loud ringing of the great bell, which
reverberated from the deserted court
yard below through the house. The
girl hastened to the casement window
and looked quickly out.
There are nruied men," she said.
"The-y have traced you here."
"Wary hounds," he murmured, with
a look of grim humor "to the hole, but
not within. Twenty minutes and I
shall be beyond the most cunning fer-
et's scent. God be with you, little
daughter! Keep them, dallying here a
while. Remember to-morrow r.t Bnl-
lam bridge by nightfall!"
The panel fell back and the Lady
Gertrude sat down to her books and
made much pretense of mumbling to
herself as the old doorkeeper, scare
stricken and panting, tumbled into uie
oom with an officer of the king's ser
vice cn his heels. "Soldiers," said he.
"And, good Oliver, what is their
wlllY" said she, not deigning to "aise
her eyes from her book.
No harm to so fair a hostess!" ex
claimed the Intruder.
Whereupon the Lady Gertrude slow
ly lifted her pretty bend and scanned
the uncomely countenance ami fat pro
portions of the officer with much de
liberation. "Should fairness diminish harm, sir.
twere a pity there were no more of the
quality among his Majesty's servants."
"A truce, fair one, to a war of words,
am here to crave your hospitality
whilst waiting for the presence of one
who, I am informed, purposes to visit
his daughter between the time of noon
and midnight. You start! 'Tis now
hardly noon. We demand to know In
the king's name at what precise hour
that Interview Is to take place."
"Sir!"
" 'Twere well, madam, to save that
pretty head; for those who wilfully
harbor the treacherous Monmouth's
followers can receive no clemency from
his most gracious Majesty, King
Jiuncs. Their life Is forfeit, man or
woman."
"Sir," said Lady Gertrude, after some
moments of seeming fearful delibera
tion, "I await my lord, my father, here
within an hour from now; and may
God curse you for a coward!"
The fat soldier grinned. The lady's
bark was not loud enough, but her bi'o
was, Indeed, most easily averted wit!
a threatening whip, as was the way
with women; so he sat his broad person
down and did all that which he thought
would beguile so pretty a shrew from
her fretful humor.
Full three-quarters of an hour thus
passed, when news was brought by a
breathless soldier that the Earl of
W had boarded a frigate not fifteen
mluutes since, and -as wns related In
nil seriousness had doffed his hat lu
acknowledgment of the fiery salute
from shore.
Whereupon the fat soldier got up in
a fearful rage, ana kicked and swore.
ns only a gentle-man soldier knows well
how to do, and snarled aloud thnt noth
lug should save the cunning jade from
the lively fate of Mistress Gauut, who,
Indeed, was burned to death for a lesser
misdemeanor.
But the Lady Gertrude lifted up her
proud head and said:
"Even so, I shall deem my father's
life most cheaply bought, sir."
And she walked out between the file
of armed men, who, Indeed, were sorry
for so brave nud fair a creature, taken
thus roughly a prisoner.
The poor tutor sat over his books In
the upper room of a Rinnll dwelling
house, and estled with his thoughts
till he knew not which was conscience
and which the devil, most plaguing
him; for the Lady Gertrude had said
that love was wealth, yet his rooms be
trayed no signs thereof.
He lind a little piece of land not very
far away, from which he acquired
small Income; yet withal these things
could In nowise be counted rlo ies.
I ml ml, no, thought he, "hen hurried
footsteps upon the stair became con
fused with his wandering fancies, and
ere he had time to weigh the matter,
Lady Gertrude stood betore him.
And then something of a sweet shy
ness came over her, so that all In
great hurry she set to explaining how
she had been taken prison -r by the
irate colonel, and how, indeed, she had
escaped through the help of a cousin
among the officers, who, f;e avowed
had once cared greatly for her.
Then the boy and the girl, for they
were not much else, looked Into one an
other's eyes, as they had looked these
past days during the lessons he had set
out to teach her; and now there was no
table between them, so that he knelt
down and, taking both her little white
hands in his, he covered them with
humble kisses, which the lady seemed
to have no desire to resent.
"So, after all, Master Humphrey, you
must ueeds take care of your pupil still
a little while longer. To-morrow at
Ballnm bridge at nightfall there will
be those waiting to conduct me to Hol
land, where I think, sir. you told uie
oil had a mind to follow In search of
further learning. Yet till then I must
emaiu a prisoner here, for fear of my
very life," she laughed.
Now, hardly had she spoke than a
clamor without sent the blood from his
heck, and fe ,r at last Into the daunt
less eyes of t.ie Lady Gertrude.
"Quick! Within!" said he, and thrust
open the door of the narrow chamber
ud closed It upon her. Then the steady
tramp of men's feet echoed upon the
winding stair.
In the king's name!" said a tall offi
cer as he entered the room, fo.lowed
by several men at arms. There was a
trange look in his eyes as he met the
t 'tor's gn.e, and he faltered Ir his
speech while repeating the common
formula.
"There Is no one here," answered the
student deliberately.
It is necessary the place should be
searched," replied the officer, "and I
must warn you that If the prisoner be
found your life will be forfeited with
out trial, as a traitor harboring those
in conspiracy against his Majesty's
crown."
"There is no one here," repeated the
tutor.
"Search," said the officer. He had
grown pale as the poor youth, who bent
with seeming Indifference over his
books and clung close to his chair as
the men approached the little door,
which opened suddenly from within, as
a beautiful youth In a velvet suit, wiui
tine lace ruffs and a mass of brown,
curly hair, falling negligently about his
shoulders, such ns was then the fash-
on to affect, confronted the officer.
"What noisy matter is this?" said he
haughtily. "Is there no peace even for
students, who, loyal to his Majesty,
claim but the quiet of their chambers
to pursue the books which tell of might
ier deeds than these of the Internal
wars of a discontented people?"
Now a look of humor crept into the
officer's eyes as he bowed perhaps low
er than was necessary to so young and
haughty a youth.
"I am grieved to so disturb you, sir,"
said he. "We have been misinformed,
for, apparently, the lady we seek is not
here," and he turned upon his feet and
departed with his men from the lowly
roof of the poor tutor.
"Master Humphrey," said the beauti
ful youth and his face was crimson
even as the skies after the suu hath
set "you risked being hung on high,
Master Humphrey, for me." And there
were tears In his eyes.
Then, Indeed, did nearly all Master
Humphrey's fortitude depart. Lady,
twere out a paltry thing to risk," said
he, and bowed his head as one
ashnmed, and within himself he
thought.
"Now, indeed, I cannot woo her, for
t would be the way of a coward to thii9
force advantage of a maid's gratitude."
But the while he was pondering she
stole up to him and he knew not how it
happened, but he wooed her just the
Fame. Pall Mall Gazette.
WHY SUNDAY IS CHOSEN.
Most Koyal Assassinations Have Oc
curred on the Sabbath,
Sunday seems to be a favorite day fo
political assa-sslnatlons of Europe. The
death of Ganovas on this day recalls
the long list of rulers who have either
met death or but narrowly escaped It
on the Sabbath at the hands of an
archists, communists or nihilists. The
fact that in the old world Sunday Is tho
great festival day, when the rulers go
around and give their subjects an op
portunity to look upon and get near
tnem, Is perhaps a sufficient exp.ana-
tlon.
Alexander II., the Russian cznr, was
returning to his palace on the afternoon
of Sunday. March 13, 1881, wJien a
dynamite bomb was thrown at his car
riage. The carriage was blown to
pieces and Alexander died within a
few hours.
Presldout Carnot, of France, was at
Lyons attending an Industrial and art
exhibition on Sunday, June 24, 1894,
That night as he drove to a theater,
Sesare Giovanni Sarilo, a young Ital
Inn anarchist, sprang upon the step of
the President's carriage and plunged a
knife Into his abdomeu. Carnot died
within a few hours.
President Faure narrowly escaped
death on Sunday, June 13, last. He
was driving on the Bois de Boulogne
to witness the Grand Prix at the Long
champs race course, when a bomb was
exploded near his carriage. It was of
faulty construction and hurt no one,
Two attempts have been made on the
life of King Humbert of Italy on Sun
days. On Suuday, March 17, 1878, Gio
vanni Pasanante climbed into the
King's carriage In the streets of Naples
and stabbed him in the thigh with
sword. The King fought back, cut his
assailant on the arm and he-Id him at
bay until the police took charge of him,
On Sunday, March 2d, 1893, a religious
fanatic named Beradl attacked King
Humbert In the streets of Rome, but
was captured before he did any harm.
William I. of Germany, grandfather
of the present Emperor, was twice at
tacked by would-be assassins on Sun
day. On July 14, IStil, Oscar Beeper
tried to slioot him, nud on June 2, 1S78,
Dr. Nobllng repeated tue attempt
Nobliug blew his own brains out when
he saw that he had failed. Washing
ton Star.
In Melbourne a woman gets two
pence half-penny for making a shirt,
while a Chinaman gets five pence for
washing It
RAILWAY NURSERIES.
Special Car for the Care of Fretful
Children While Traveling.
Praise the railroad man who has In
vented the traveling nursery, all ye
who have had journeys made hideous
by walling babies and fretful children.
Through trains have added to their
bath-rooms, libraries, smoking-rooms
and the like one more convenience a
room for the babies.
The traveling nursery takes up about
as much room as a private state room.
The walls are heavily padded and the
floor thickly carpeted, so that the ju
venile head need not indicate the miles
passed by the bumps gained. Over the
floor are fastened little stools and rock
ing chairs. At each end of the com
partment, and firmly secured, are two
cozy cots, on which the smaller chil
dren lie and watch the games of the
older ones. Each car containing the
nursery attachment will carry a matron
or nurse, who will be selected with a
special reference to her ability to
amuse and care for her little charges,
and she will have at her command sup
plies of milk, vookies and other edibles
and drinkables dear to the Infantile
heart. She will aho have charge of a
medicine chest containing a full assort-
m mm
.l-ffi-:A'TO'!S
SPECIAL CAR FOR CnlI,rRE!f.
ment of the simpler remedies for child
ish ailments. A miniature toy shop Is
another adjunct of the traveling nurs
ery, and it will contain everything from
baby rattles to picture books and fairy
tales.
NEW ADJUTANT GENERAL.
General Samuel Breck, Who Succeeds
General Ruggles.
Gen. Samuel Breck, who has been
appointed adjutant general of the army,
to succeed Gen. Ruggles, has had a dis
tinguished career. He has had forty-
two years of service, and his new honor
comes to him only a few months before
his retirement by operation of law.
Gen. Breck was born lu Middleborough,
Mass., Feb. 25, 1834. He was appoint-
GKN. 8AMCKI. BRECK.
ed a cadet at the military academy July
1, 1851, and was graduated four years
later and made second lieutenant of the
First artillery. He joined his regiment
at Fort Capron, Florida, and fought
against the Semluoles. He served at
Fort Moultrie, and In 1800 became prin
cipal assistant professor of geography,
history and ethics at the military acad
emy until the war broke out. He was
assistant adjutant general of McDow
ell's division, Army of the Potomac, In
the defenses of Washington. After ac
tive service In the field he wns made as
sistant lu the adjutant general's office
lu 1802. He was twice breveited dur-
Intr the war. first as lieutennnt colonel
c - .
1m nrtit na cnlmipl nmt hHirnrlt.tr 1
general In 1805. From 1870 to 1870 he
served as adjutant general of the divis
ion of the Pacific at San Francisco. He
also served In the department of Da
kota and the department of the Platte.
He returned to Washington in 1889 to
act as assistant to the adjutant gen
eral. He served as adjutant general of
the department of the east from 1S93
to 1895. When Gen. Miles was made
commander of the army Gen. Breck
was assigned to duty as adjutant gen
eral with headquarters of the army In
the nation's capital.
Many Visited the Yellowstone.
The travel through Yellowstone Na
tional Park the past season has been
unprecedented. From June 1 to August
20, 8,720 persons went through the
park.
Corn nn Ornament.
Our American com, which will not
mature In Germany, Is used In that
country as a decorative plant. It Is
considered a beautiful object In the
garden. ' '
Some men make bluffs at hiding their
light under a bushel, when a pint meas
ure would answer the purpose Just as
well.
Never buy steak of a butcher who
has a horseshoe nailed up over his door,
It may be all right, but it's too susses.
I tlv.
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GOTHAM'S PRETTIEST WOMAN.
T
HERE has always been a popu
lar Idea that New York did not
value beauty in Its women as
highly as style. Gotham's feminine
types are perfect in their way, clear
cut, high bred, well-groomed, and above
all, perfectly clad. But they are not,
as a rule, pretty, In the sense 'that a
Southern or Western man would use
the term. It Is in the South that beauty
reigns supreme and a girl on the other
side of the Mason and Dixon line, be
she ever so rich, clever or stylish, Is not
a belle unless she has also the divine
gift. But lately Gotham, untrue to
tradition, has been imitating the South
ern cities and worshiping at the shrine
of beauty. Miss Marie Churchill Is the
honored object of this adoration. She
Is conceded to be thu most beautiful
woman in New York. She Is promi
nent In the more exclusive social cir
cles, is a woman or superior accom
plishments and a prime favorite among
the 400. When the picture printed here
was taken Miss Churchill posed in the
costume she wore at the famous Bradley-Martin
ball.
Afflicted with Aniericanitis.
The physical troubles of college wom
en In the United States have been as
cribed to what Is named Aniericanitis,
rather than the college education.
Amerlcanltis Is defined as the desire
to "get on," regardless of everything
else. It Is Amerlcanltis that prompts
the farmer's daughter to get a college
education and make opportunities for
herself better "than those her mother
and father had before her. Therefore
she goes to a small college In a small
town with a preparatory department
attached, where she often begins her
education ns a "junior prep." She fur
nishes a single room, In which shoand
often a roommate, study, sleep, eat,
make their clothes, and sometimes do
their laundering. She keeps up In her
studies, joins a choral class, a literary
society and the Young Women's Chris
tian Association, goes to chapel once
every day and twice on Sunday, and
very often falls In love and "gets en
gaged" besides. At the beginning of
her senior year she breaks down. That
Is the least she could be expected to
do under such conditions.
The New Shaped Corsets.
It Is being announced by the fash
ionable modistes and women tailors
that they will fit gowns only over ihe
new shape corsets, while the cloak and
mantle makers say that all garments
for the fall and winter trade will also
be modeled for figures wearing the
same style. There Is a most pronounced
change from the old corset, whose chief
end seemed to be to accentuate the
length of the waist and to raise the
bust. The new corset has what the
shop girls call "the low bust" and "sud
den hip.". The back Is noticeably nar
row, the hips very full and the bust en
tirely without formation. Except at
the waist line the garment scarcely
touches the figure at all. The change
will not be objected to by slender wom
en, while, on the other hand, to women
clth a superabundance of flesh the new
corset will be nothing short of an abom
ination, which they will be slow to
adopt. .
Harmony in Contrasts.
We have always been taught to be
lieve that one of the canons of good
dressing is the harmony of color In eyes
and gown; but this theory has been
exploded, and It has been clearly dem
onstrated by women of good taste that
nothing Is more fatal to good effect
than a blue-eyed woman gowned in
blue, or a brown-cyed woman dressed
all In brown. Colors of contrasting
shades are always becoming and styl
ish If properly combined, and If well
suited to the wearer are very effective.
Woman's Home Companion.
Popular Jacket for Winter.
"The tendency of the winter Jacket
Is toward the blouse effect, which is ob
tained by darts," writes Isabel A. Mal
lon. In the Ladles' Home Journal.
"Yokes, collars, cuffs, pipings in fur,
whether It be mink, Persian lamb, er
mine, sable, silver and black fox, or
monkey, will be popular. Velvet and
silk braid of all widths are much used.
Satin cloth Is really the novelty of the
day. and obtains In heliotrope, green,
mode, golden-brown, silver-gray, royal
blue, dove anl Lincoln gr"en. On this
are seen, not only the fur decorations
mentioned, but also a Tery thick,
coarse, black woolen braid, and tiny
ft raps of leather matching or contrast-
w
l m'"m
lit Ikiif .
MAKIE ClIUBCHILt,.
ing with the cloth in color. Collars con
tinue high, are gored and undulating,
ana may be lined with fur, velvet or
lace. Watteau effects are seen. Capes
will continue to be worn. The novelty
In their trimming is a flounce of the
same material about the edges, de
scribed by the French modiste as 'out
In round.' "
Powder and Patches Again.
Women who are never satisfied with
th color of their hair will no doubt be
glad to learn that powdered hair Is
again to be In vogue. Not, of course,
for daily wear, but for dinners and all
manner of dressy functions. The ef
fect is one that women have always
liked to emulate, and Its appearance In
1897, together with a host of other re
vivals, vill be hailed with delight.
Patches are, of course, the natural ac
companiment of powdered hair, and
they have not been forgotten. The
woman whose white locks are piled co
quettlshly on top of her head plana a
pretty contrast by scattering half a
dozen little black patches over her
cheeks and brow. The effect Is still
further helped out If she chances to
have dark eyes and eyebrows that are
slender dark curves. No French mar
quise of olden time could look daintier
than the dame who manages her pow
der and patches aesthetically.
When She's in Good Form.
When invited for a day's yachting
the girl doesn't rig herself out in nauti
cal costume.
She never forgets an unobtrusive flef
ereuce to old age.
She lets somebody else boast of her
season's conquests.
She doesn't make her chaperon feel
a "superfluous woman."
She regards her writing desk as one
of the surest mediums to social success.
She Is clever enough to make people
believe that she never considers throe
"a crowd.'
Her perfumes are of the bet, tho
faintest and the most mysterious.
However well acquainted she may bs
with certain members of a' party, she
doesn't make the others feel like "rank
outsiders" by constantly addressing her
Intimates by familiar names. Philadel
phia Inquirer.
Adelina Patti.
Latest photograph of the prima don
na, showing the great singer as she
looks to-day.
Popularity of the Tea-gown.
The tea-gown has never been lost to
sight since It first came Into general
use, and this dressy affair Is courted
by many women both summer and win
ter. A gabrlelle front and Wartenu
back are Inseparable from the regula
tion tea-gown, though the most elab
orate and newer editions of this style
of dress are more like a fancy princess
style than anything else. However, In
this, as In all other garments, variety Is
the rule, and the manner of trimming
and change of materials lend style and
effect to the garment more than the
original cut, which may be In baited
style or not, as the fancy dictate.
Woman's Home Companion.
BABY.
Nerer put a bottle nipple Into yu
mouth and then Into the baby's month.
This will often prove dangerous.
Plnln, boiled water, given between
feedings, will often aid the digestion
and satisfy the child when restles.
An Infant Is a creature of habit, and
usually responds to the wish of the
mother, If the mother has order In her
wllL
Feeding at night after the third
month Is both Inconvenient and un
necessary. Sleep at night Is better
than food.
More Infants' lives are taken by ovejr
feedlng than by starvation. Never
liken an Infant's digestion or diet to
your own.
Vomiting and diarrhea are Indica
tions that the child Is either sick or ap
proaching sickness, and probably needs
a physician.
Cholera Infantum would be of ran
occurrence If proper attention was al
ways given to the quality and qnan
J tlty of the food.
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