OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1906.
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M artha McCuUoch-WUIUms
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"I have my opinion," Mrs. March
paid impressively, "of folks that don't
know no more'n to give a candy pull.
Ton don't go to it, Louiza; not one
step. I've brought you up genteel and
genteel you've got to stay -while you
stay with me and your pa."
- "H'mp! That's likely to be always,
the didoes you cut up," her spinster
sister-in-law, Miss Mary-Bet, sniffed.
"Patience knows, if I.had a girl like
Lonlza, comin' on twenty-one, and four
more a-crowdin' her, I'd be glad and
thankful of any chance to show her off.
And I'd like to' have you tell me what
there Is against a candy pull? Dear
knows, I've seen better'n you at 'em
sjkI havin' a mighty good time."
Miss Mary-Bet had "means;" hence
her outspeaking. Squire March had
charged his wife never to argue with
liar. Therefore that lady contented
herself with a mild retort. y
"I can't say as it's real sinful, un
less they mean to have playln after
ward. And I hope you don't think I
hold with them klssln' games."
"I don't know but you'd better,"
Miss Mary-Bet said ruminatively. "I
Bay let Louiza go, and Mary-Bet and
Sally too."
"My! That would be a team of
Marches," Mrs. March said, drawing
down the corners of her mouth.
Miss Mary-Bet got up decisively.
"There's goin' to be four Marches,"
Bhe announced. "I'm goin' myself. I
know the Peterses would 'a' asked me
If they hadn't thought it wasn't wuth I
while. And I'm goin' to take my nieces
and buy 'em a new frock and rib
bons and shoes. Don't you say a
word, Hannah! One old maid in the
family is more'n enough."
Mrs. March gasped; she was past
speech. Miss Mary-Bet was commonly
so close with her money her present
liberal mind was in the nature of a
miracle. But if she repented it she
"held fast to her word and trotted off a
week later to the Peterses in the high
est possible feather.
Louiza was gorgeous in a plaid frock
green, blue and purple; Mary-Bet
Junior sported a scarlet delaine, and
little Sally, a yellow haired fairy who
THE NEXT MINUTE HE MEASURED HIS
LENGTH ON THE CABPET.
looked like a changeliug among her
high colored brunette sisters, was in
robin egg with little reliefs of white.
Miss Mary-Bet herself was a picture
of elegance in a span new black silk.
Mrs. March declared it was tempting
providence to wear such a thing where
molasses candy was so to abound, but
Miss Mary-Bet had only tossed her
head and marched off with it some
thing higher than usual.
She was rising forty, also fat and
fair. Her sharp tongue and masterful
ways had kept men rather in awe of
her. Now that youth was past she
began to see that the world wagged
mainly for married folk, so she had
made up her mind to marry off her
niece3 out of hand in spite of their
mother.
Louiza was not much of a problem.
She was so kindly and sweet spirited,
withal so much a born economist, at
least three personable widowers were
thought to be on tenterhooks about
her, each waiting the lucky chance
that would let him speak his wish. All
of them would be at the candy pull,
and each should have his chance.
- If Louiza had the bad taste to pre
fer one of 'the others, Miss Mary-Bet
reflected, the wandering and waver
ing might be turned to account. Henry
May could hardly be called a real
widower he had but married his
sweetheart on her deathbed for the
privilege of soothing her. last fevered
hours. That was five years back, so
he had been wonderfully constant. It
was only, this last year that he had
been seen anywhere but at church.
Sally's blue eyes were still those of
a child at least to the casual glance.
Looking to their depths, there was
something more. Sally had light,
small feet and moved like thistledown
in summer airs. When :the playing
began she was the star. She had not
shone in the candy pulling; It was
hard work, and, besides, she ;hated
her pulling partner, Sandy Roberts.
It made her almost sick to touch bands
with him in the folding of their candy
skein. After the first time she had let
go the candy, thereby giving Sandy a
fall or so. He meant to get even with
her in the playing by choosing her out
of the very first ring and kissing her
not once, but many times.
Fossibly Sally suspected as much.
Certainly she fought shy of any ring
where he stood up. Since he was a
fine singer and a ready leader, that cut
her out of many things, but she did
not very much mind. Silas Venn, the
oldest and staidest of the widowers,
somehow took her under his protection
and saw to It that she was not lone
some. Miss Mary-Bet chuckled to see
It.
"Thinks he's same as in the family
and bein' good to little Sis," she said
to herself, adding after a breath, "but,
unless I miss my guess, he's goin' to
get the sack. Louiza looks like she
plum' wropped up in John Trotter;
he's been tellin' her all about the cir
cuses he's went to ever since the call
come to pull candy."
Evidently John was much flattered.
He talked on and on through "Swing
Old Liza," through "Mister Bluster,"
through "Oats, Peas, Beans and Bar
ley" and to the beginnings of "Snap."
"Snap" forbids conversation, albeit
It Is destitute of singing. Louiza was'
a beautiful runner, a swift and sure
catcher. What need to add that she
, was ruthlessly snapped on to the floor
almost as soon as ever she sat down?
Sandy Roberts, in especial, got her
out whenever he could, and since he
was the life of the game that was very
often. But when, In the course of play,
she became part of the stump, he
thought it would be great sport to get
himself irregularly the pursuer of Sal
ly. He caught her, of course, although
she made him pant for it, and would
not let her go until he had given her a
resounding smack. The next minute
he measured his length on the rag car-V
pet. Silas Venn's fist had sent him
there, and Silas himself stood over him
with eyes that said plainly, "Come out
side and settle it."
Then something happened; something
to talk about for at least a generation.
Louiza, the meek and mild, the gentlest
creature living, flew at Silas in a rage.
shook him hard and whirled him aside,
then stooped over the prostrate Sandy,
half sobbing: "If if he hurt you, I'll
kill him! (Jet up, Sandy, darlin'. 1
don't care who knows now."
Sandy rose to his feet, to the occasion.
"There's a mix got to be straightened
up, folks," he said, catching tight hold
of Louiza's hand. "We're goin' to mar
ry next week, if we have to run away.
I've been waitin' and waitin' till she
said I might tell the old folks. They
don't like me. but they'll have to lump
me."
"Sandy, I beg your pardon! Shake!
I thought you were after somebody
else," Silas Venn said joyously, edging
to Sally's side. "I'm goiu' to speak out.
too," she said. "If Sally won't have
me I'll stay a lone widower till the end
o' my days. How is it, little gal?"
"Humph! Look at her face. She's
been lovin' you since she saw you cry
so at your wife's buryin," Mary-Bet
junior, the irrepressible, broke in. "And
I ain't ashamed to say I've loved Hen
ry just as long. He he's just now
found it out. But it's all comin'
right"
"Except for me," John Trotter inter
rupted, crestfallen.
John was thirty-seven, if he did ad
mit to only thirty-three. He had, more
over, a flock of girl children. That was
why Louiza had been set down so
much his special benefaction. He look
ed speculatively at .Miss Mary-Bet.
After all, she didn't show the five years
between them.
"I wonder if you'd look at a fellow
my size and shape," he murmured un
der breath.
Miss Mary-Bet shook her head at
him, but said in his own key: "It must
be marryin' is catchin', same as
measles. Come, and let's talk it over
some other time."
. Size and Speed of Waves..
- . Many different answers have been
given to the question: "How high -are
the great ocean waves?"
One of the government scientists at
Washington has lately made some per
sonal observations on the subject. He
NO REDUCTION WAS
MADE ON ROJLL
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for $305,840, which makes an assess
ment of $14,565 per mile, this on a
described waves encountered in the ieTy of 17 mills would make the corn
north Atlantic that had a height of at pany pay $247.61 per mile or $5,075.07
least 45 feet.
Driven before a heavy wind, waves
may advance at the rate of from thirty-five
to forty miles an hour, and
such undulations of the ocean may
travel more than 500 miles from the
point where the wind created them,
without being accompanied by any
disturbance in the atmosphere.
on the 21 miles.
Douglas county gets $130 per mile;
Jackson county gets $98 per mile;
Lane county gets $100 per mile; Linn
county gets $136 per mile; Marion
county gets $100.27 per mile; Multno
mah county gets $126.00 per mite;
Clackamas county gets $247.61 per
mile. So you see Clackamas county
gets from $111.61 to $149.61 per mile
more than any of the other counties in
the state.
In 1902 the year before I came into
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The following amusing .. advertise- was assessed tor a total of $86
"Dement's Best" flour is guaranteed
to make 300 pounds of bread to the
barrel. 40tf
ment, says the London Tribune, is
copied verbatim from a local Danish
paper: "The hotels charmingly situ
ation, surrounded of a nice garden and
good cuisine, the kindly accommoda
tion with moderate charge and good
conveyances with easy occasion for
salmon and trout fishing, the ascend
ing of the surrounding mountains has
done this place well known and prais
ed of all travelers. N. B. The land
lord is spoken English very good."
If It's A Reputation
you are after, White's Cream Vermi
fuge has a world wide reputation as
the best of all worm destroyers, and
for its tonic influence on weak and
unthrifty children. It improves their
digestion and assimilation of their
food, strengthens their nervous sys
tem and restores them to health and
vigor natural to a child. If you want
a healthy, happy child get a bottle of
White' Cream Vermifuge. Sold by
Huntley Bros. Drug Co.
302. This year the same property is
assessed for $305,840. or $219,538 more
than it was when I was elected asses
sor of this County, which I think is
a good raise and a fair assessment of
their property.
Respectfully,
JAMES F. NELSON.
The Greek Year.
Until B. C. 432 the Greeks began the
year at the winter solstice, after that
at the summer.
Cross-Continent Auto Record.
The recent automobile trip made by
L. L. Whitman from San Francisco
to New York over a 4200-mile route,
was completed in fifteen days, twelve
hours and two minutes at an expense
to the company of $8000. During the
journey relays of men kept pace with
the car by rail, but they were not
needed ; also a complete outfit for
repair was sent along by rail from
point to point and duplicates of every
part. But no part of that gear was
required as it was out of reach when
the smash-up occurred at Conneaut,
on the Ohio border. The gasoline
used averaged one gallon to fifteen
miles. Whitman received $2500 for
his services.
FIFTY CENTS
IN some conditions the
gain from the use
of Scott's Emulsion is
very rapid. For this
reason we put up a
fifty-cent size, which is
enough for an ordinary
cough or cold or useful
as a trial for babies
and children. In other
conditions the gain is
slower health cannot
be built up in a day.
In such cases Scott's
Emulsion must be taken
as nourishment; a food
rather than a medicine.
It's a food for tired and
weak digestions.
Send for free samply
Scott & Bowne, 409-415 Pearl st
Chemists New York
50c and $1.00. All druggist
AMD
OREGON
SHOlrLlNE
Union Pacific
THREE TRAINS TO THE EAST
DAILY
Paper Shoes.
Paper shoes, which are said to- wear
as well as those of leather and to re
sist equally well the entrance of mois
ture, were known in China in the days
of Marco Polo.
Adorned With Scolptorei.
A suit of apartments was advertised
at a fashionable watering place as
having among its attractions "a splen
did view over a fine garden adorned
with numerous sculptures." It was
found on applying at the address thai
the garden adorned with sculptures
was a cemetery.
Calcutta Street Waterers.
A street waterer in Calcutta who
sprinkles the streets from a water
skin carried on his shoulders is paid 0
cents a day.
Bean the K'n(l You Have Always Bought
Signature
of
FARMERS' TELEPHONE LINES.
Origin of an Old Saw.
"Do at Rome as Romans do" is cred
ited to no less an authority than St.
Augustine, who advised a convert
doubtful about the propriety of some
customs observed at Rome to do as
other people did.
Xantippe.
Xantippe, the redoubtable wife or
Socrates, if her contemporaries are to
be believed, was as ugly as her famous
husband.
Water Superstitions.
Superstitions having to do with wa
ter are difficult to eradicate. What
possible connection can the rise or fail
of water have with the duration of
human life? Yet when Dickens tells
of the death of the child in "David
Copperfield" "it being low water, he
went out with the tide" then the old
superstition finds its pathetic revival.
" Representatives of the Pacific
States Telephone & Telegraph com
pany have started a house to house
canvass among the farmers of this
county, offering an extremely low rent
al rate for instruments to be used in
connection with the central offices of
the company throughout the county.
For 8 1-3 cents a month the subscrib
er is given free switching with all
other subscribers connecting with his
central exchange. Under this rate
it would appear that no rural resident
need be without a telephone and its
attendant "advantages .especially as
every assurance is given of prompt
and efficient service.
Mr. G. J. Hall is in charge of the
canvass in this county and he states
that he may be seen at the central of
fice of the company in Oregon City,
Oregon, or will visit any community
or. organization of farmers interested
in telephone matters. 33eow.
Colonist's tickets will be sold from
the East to points on the Oregon lines
of the Southern Pacific Co. via Port
land, commencing February 15 and
continuing daily to and including April
7 and from September 15 until October
31. The rates from some of the princi
pal points are: Chicago, $25; Bloom
ingtoa. 111.. $31.80; St. Louis, $30;
Omaha, $25; Kansas City, $25; Coun
cil Bluffs, $25; St- Joseph, $25; Sioux
City, $25; Denver, $25; corresponding
rates will be made from other points
and will appear to all points on Ore
gon lines.
Persons desiring to pay for tick
ets to, bring anyone from the East or
middle West to Oregon may deposit
the amount required with ; the local
agent of the S. P. The company will
do the rest. For further information
inquire at any Southern Pacific ticket
office.
Through Pullman standard and Tour
ist sleeping cars dally to Omaha, Chicago,
Spokane; tourist sleeping cars dally to
Kansas City; through Pullman tourist
Bleeping cars (personally conducted)
weekly to Chicago, Kansas City, reclin
ing chairs (seats free to the east daily.)
70
Depart.
Hours
Portland to Chicago
No Change of Cars.
Chicago
Portland Special
:16 a. m
Atlantic
Express
Exp
I. "IS
d. m.
via. Hunt
ington.
70
Time Schedules.
Salt Lake, Denver,
Ft. Worth, Omaha,
Kansas Citv. St.
Louis, Chicago and
juast.
Salt Lake. Denver.
r x. worm, umana,
Kansas City, St.
Louis, Chicago and
East.
St. Paul
Fast Mall Walla. Walla Tm.
via Spo- neapolls. St. Paul. 7 -16 m-
AKKIVB
5:25 p m.
8:00 m.
kane.
I Chicago and Bast, j
Ocean and River Schedule
For 8 an Francisco Every Ave days at
p. m. For Astoria, way points and
Portland, Oregon.
S D. m. : Saturday at 10 d. m. DallT
service (water permitting) on Willam
ette ana lamnui rivers.
For detailed information of rataa.
The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co..
your nearest ticket agent, or
uemaral passenger Agent.
A. I CRAIO.
Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad CO.
RATES.
Newport, Yaquina Bay, Breitenbush
Hot Springs From All S. P.
and C. & E. Points.
PROPOSALS FOR CONSTRUCTION
OF SEWER DISTRICT NO. 5.
Wiiat Is an Abrashl
This question is answered in a most
interesting manner by George Leland
Hunter in an article entitled "The
Truth About 'Doctored' Rues" in Coun-
"Miss Mary-Bet had cautioned Lou-1 try Llfe In America. He writes:
Abrash is a most interesting word.
lza not to be precipitate. "Don't let
any man have it to throw up to you
that you couldn't get anybody else,"
she had said. "You jest listen to all of
'em and say you gotter have time to
make up your mind. Then you can
take your pick. Shucks, don't tell me
you won't get it! You'd 'a' been mar
ried long ago if your ma'd had the
ttfiae of a goose. She's kept you tied
right to her apron string and never let
anybody name courtin' that she wasn't
right there to stop the whole thing."
Mary-Bet junior was a handful even
rwithout tfce red frock. Her. godmother
jwas none too fond of her they were'
Too nearly off the same piece. The
most eligible of the widowers had
shown symptoms of wavering when
ever be found himself in Mary-Bet
Junior's vicinage -he was under thirty.
In Persia if father, son and grand
son have Roman noses, then a Roman
nose is the abrash of that family. If
gluttony is characteristic of genera
tion after generation, then is gluttony
the hereditary abrash. If it is a
strawberry mark on the left shoulder,
then the strawberry mark is an abrash.
The abrashes of a rug are the stripes
or bands that run parallel or entirely
across the pile. When seen for the
first time by Americans accustomed to
admire and insist on the deathlike uni
formity that characterizes machine
products abrashes are apt to impress
them as defects, particularly if wide.
It takes experience and acquaintance
with the art industries to grasp com
pletely the significance and artistic
value of Individuality."' .
Bank Note Paper.
Bank note paper is made of the best
quality of linen rags, the linen being
purchased in bolts and cut up by ma
chinery for the purpose of making
pulp.
The Gokatnd Ship.
The second oldest sailing craft in the
world is the so called Gokstad ship, a
viking craft which was discovered in a
sepulchral mound on the shores of
Christiania fiord and is now exhibited
in a wonderfully perfect state of pres
ervation iu Christiania. It is a craft
of the ninth century A. D.
Homeric Feasts.
Only two courses were served at the
most elaborate Homeric feasts.
The Sunflower.
The sunflower takes its name from
its shape and general resemblance to
the sun. It is not a true heliotrope. It
does not turn toward the sun in spite
of the poetic assertion of Moore.
"Absinth.
It may be a fact not generally known
that absinth is three times more toxic
than cognac of the same alcoholic
strength.
Mother-of-PearL
Mother-of-pearl is the hard, silvery,
brilliant substance which forms the in
ternal layers of several kinds of shells.
The interior of our common oyster
shells is of this nature, but the mother-
Sealed proposals for furnishing all
labor and materials for laying of sew
ers in , Sewer District No. 5, Oregon
City, Oregon, according to the plans
and specifications therefor now on file
in the-offiee of the Recorder of Oregon
City, will be received by the Committee
on Streets and Public Property of the
Council of Oregon City until 4 o'clock
p.m., of Saturday, September 15th,
1906.
All necessary tools used in the lay
ing of said sewer shall be furnished
by the contractor.
Specifications containing further in
formation will be furnished upon ap
plication to the Recorder of Oregon
City.
Each proposal must be accompanied
by a certified check equal to five per
cent of the sum of the total estimate
of the work, which sum will be sub
ject to forfeiture in case of failure of
the successful bidder to furnish bonds
and enter into a written contract for
said work, if called upon so to do,- with
in ten days from and after the accept
ance of said bid. '
Proposals must be made upon blanks
furnished by the City Engineer.
The right to reject any and all bids
and to accept any bid considered most
favorable to Oregon City is hereby reserved.
All proposals must be addressed to
the Committee on Streets and Public
Property of the Council of " Oregon
City, in care of the Recorder.
By order of the Council of Oregon
City, Oregon, September 6, 1906.
E. P. RANDS,
H. E. STRAIGHT,
D. C. WILLIAMS,
Committee on Streets and Public
Property.
On and after June 1, 1906, the South
ern Pacific in connection -with the
Corvallis & Eastern railroad will have
on sale round trip tickets from points
on their lines to Newport, Yaquina and
Detroit at very low rates, good for re
turn until October 10, 1906.
Three day tickets to Newport and
Yaquina, good going Saturdays and
returning Mondays, are also on sale
from all East Side points, Portland to
Eugene, inclusive, and from all West
Side points, enabling people to visit
their families and spend Sunday at
the seaside.
Season tickets from all East Side
and from all West Side points, are
also on sale to Detroit at very low
rates with stop-over privileges at Mill
City or any point east, enabling tour
ists to visit the Santiam and Breiten
bush Hot Springs in the Cascade
mountains, "which can be reached in
one day.
Season tickets will be good for re
turn from all points until October 10.
Three-day tickets will be good going
Saturdays and returning Mondays
only. Tickets from Portland and vici
nity will be good for return via the
East or West side at option of pas
senger. Tickets from Eugene and vi
cinity will be good going via the Le-
banon-Sprjngneld branch if desired.
Baggage on Newport tickets checked
through to Newport, on Yaquina tick
ets to Yaquina only. Sunday excur
sions to Newport on the C."& E. will
begin June 10th or 17th and run every
Sunday thereafter, leaving Albany at
7:30 a. m.; leave Corvallis 8 a. m.
S. P. trains connect with the C. &
E. at Albany and Corvallis for Ya
quina and Newport. Trains on the
C. & E. for Detroit leave Albany at
7:30 a. m., enabling tourists to the
Hot Springs to reach there the same
day. Trains from and to Corvallis
connect with all East Side trains on
the S. P.
Full information as to rates, time
table, etc., can be obtained on appli
cation to J. C. Mayo, Gen. Pass. Agt
C. & E. R. R. Albany; A. L. Craig, G.
P. A., S. P. Co., Portland, or to any
S. P. or C. & E. agent.
Rates from Oregon City to Newport
$6.00.
To Yaquina $6.00.
Three day Rate from Oregon City
to Newport, $3.00.
Leaves. UNION DEPOT Arrives.
8:00 A.M. For May gera. Rainier, Dally.
Dally. Clatskanie, Westport
Clifton, Astoria, War
. renton, Flavel. Ham- 11:10A.M.
mond. Fort Stevens,
Gearhart Park, Sea
side, Astoria and
Seashore.
Express Dally.
Astoria Express.
7:00 P.M. 19:40 P.M.
C. A. STEWART. Comm'l . Agt.. ii
Alder street. Phone Main 906.
J. C. MAYO. O. F. A P. A., Astoria. Or.
UPPER WILLAMETTE
RIVER ROUTE.
SALEM, INDEPENDENCE, ALBANY,
CORVALLIS AND WAY LANDINGS.
Liquor License.
Notice is hereby given that we will !
apply at the next regular meeting of ;
of-pearl used in the arts is mocff more j the Oregon City council for a renewal j
variegated with a play of colors. The of our saloon license at our present!
large shells of the Indian seas alone ' place of business. Main and Eighth '
have this pearly substance of sum- streets. ;
clent thickness to bf of use. j - . . - - ASTMANN & KNIGHTLY. i
Sec Nature's
Wondrous Handiwork
Through Utah and Colorado
Castle Gate, Canon of the
Grand, Black Canon, Mar
shall and Tennessee Pas
ses, and the World-Famous
. Royal Gorge
For Descripitive and Illustrated.
Phamplets, write to
W. C. McBRIDE, Cen'l Ag't,
124 Third St., PORTLAND, Or.
Leave Portland 6:45 a. m. daily (except
Sunday) for Salem and way points.
Leave Portland 6:45 Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday for Independence, Al
bany and Corvallis.
Regular service, courteous treat
ment and prompt dispatch are our
specialties.
OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO.
Office and Dock:
Foot Taylor Street
Phone Main 40.
COLUMBMIA RIVER SCENERY.
Portland and The Dalles
ROUTE
Regulator
Line
Steamers
"BAILEY GATZERT" "DALLES CITY"
"REGULATO R" "METLAKO"
"SADIE B."
Str. "Bailey Oatxert" leaves Portland
7 A. M. Mondays. Wednesdays and Fri
days; leaves The Dalles 7 A. M. Tues
days. Thusrsdaya and Saturdays.
Str. "Regulator" leaves Portland 7 A.
M. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays;
leaves The Dalles 7 A- M. Mondays.
Wednesdays and Friays.
Steamers leaving; Portland make daily
connection at Lyle with C. R. & N. train
for Goldendale and Klickitat Valley
points.
C. R. & N. train leaves Goldendale oa -
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at
6:30 A. M., making- connection with
steamer "Regulator" for Portland and .
way points.
C. R. & N. train leaves Goldendale oa
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at
8:30 A. M., connecting at Trie with
steamer "Sadie B." for The Dalles, con
necting there with O. R. & N. trains
East and West.
Str. "Sadie B." leaves Cascade Locks
i dally (except Sunday) at 7 A. M- for The
' Dalles and way points; arrives at 11 A.
j M.; leaves The Dalles t P. M., arrives
J Cascade Locks 6 P. M.
! Meals served on all steamers.
I Fine accommodations ior team int
wagons.
! Landing at Portland at Alder Street
Dock.
I- MARCUS TALBOT..
i , V. P. Kr n. t
: Gen. Office. Portland. Oregon.
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