V-THE - OREGON-JOURNAL. PORTLAND,. SUNDAY .MORNING, APRIL .10, ICOi
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LADY CURZON HAS
NO LOVE FOR INDIA
-! Birth of LittleGirl Baby Hay fcuse Viceroy of
(Copyrighted Sears vm SmtIm by
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(By Paul Lambeth.)
London.' Aorll Jfc With ths oosslble
exception of tbs midden development of
the Duchess of Marlborough s new raa
for the reclamation of- ths unfortunate
- of her Mi on the lines laid down by
' Lady Henry' Somerset, and to the prose
'cution of -which she may draw the young
uucness ' er .Hoxburgne arter ner, uie
"only event -of -recent Import has been
the arrival of -a little irl baby at the
borne , of Lady Curson of ICedleston, the
- wire er the viceroy, or India, ana once
1 Miss Mary. Lelter of Chicago.
, This pleasant break In the general
monotony wn immediately followed by
the announcement that Lord Curson will
. ' return to England on an extensive leave
of absenoe. A natural wlah to aee bia
newest -baby night easily inspire the
action of Lord Curson. But even Mr.
t Balfour's carefully . framed and highly
ambiguous reply in the bouse to a nues
, . lion as to. whether Lord Curson's return
to England would involve his resigns
tlon, that the return of the viceroy
would of necessity end his term of of
I flea, and. that it would then be open jto
the king to reappoint him if he chooses
to da jo, does not serve its purpose of
hiding-1 be truth, whloh is that Lord
Curson has'no Intention of returning to
India.-: . i--. -r
To those who ars aware of Lady Cur
. son's dislike of India and the thousand
k petty ceremonies and rules of etiquette
. in which she has had an enforced part,
the speedy termination of Lord Curson's
""reign "seems certain. ----" rr-r - ;'"
' ' . Ladjr Curson's health has suffered
- severely under the strain of the -duties
imposed On her, and when she left India
a few weeks ago It Was with the de
termination that no power could Indues
her to return. - " .- -. . . ,
. Of Lord Curson, Lord Roseberry once
said that he would have mads an Ideal
church warden. He loves power . and
patronage above all things else and was
extremely anxious to retain his post un
til the end of his term,
... Lady Curson, once In England, how
ever, decided that she would no 'longer
risk the break down of her health and
that of her little daughter by returning
..to. India. . . ., . . . .; . ..
:.And thus Lord Curson wllj contentedly
come back to Kedleston and retire Into
the obscurity of an erery-day peer and
average country gentleman. . v , r
Nothing In the many sweet and lov
able characteristics of the Duchess d
a.
Marlbosoue-h is so refreshing as ths n-
J tfauslasm . with which she. will, adopt.
new fad Vnd immediately set It down
gain. ' ' " -
, Three weeka ago she was full pf her
plan for launching ' the 1 Duchess of
Roxburshe on London society with a
great balL V "' -
A week ago she had no head, no mind,
no thought for anything save th. com
pletion of tbs Hew" Marlborough man
sion in Curson street.
Just now, however, she is talking of
beginning "work among the. poor.
aroused by Lady Henry Somerset's
powerful and pathetic speech at the
Strafford house soncert. The duchess
melted into tears, and said that wt
(meaning fashionable society) were all
IS A STAR BIGAMIST
(Continued from fags One.) :
to say that every statement I shall make
is susceptible of the strongest proof-
"I can make nothing by misstating
anything and the story Is more Interest
ing. I think, than any fictitious narratlvo
Za Three Sections.
-MZ shall divide my statement Into three
classes, mrst, i snail aescnoe now ana
why I became engaged to to young
women. Then , I shall show, tbs true cir
cumstances of 'totyTnarrlage to Miss Bird
and MlM' Quinn. 'and shall show that I
was forced Into those marriages and that
I contracted them uhder the Impression
that I was oolng thpss young women a
Thirdly, I shall' taka ths liberty of
making a few remarks upon the marriage
habit and upon the various methods of
lovemaklng of which I have some know
ledge. I can get over rny early life in
a taragraph. I am M years old. I was
born In Etigland and Went from England
to -Canada when t was '19. My father
ENGLAND MAY MAKE
MISTAKE IN .THIBET
nxposii
l;",.V'''Vt i
ion-into 1 artam May mng drayc um
pKcahonsi;toI
Arousing thcr Hordes of Asia,
JL.
. .- i
bad given me 20,600 and 1 went .Into too rjear Lhassa.
(Oopyrlghter Xars JTews ervloO y
leased Wtrs to Ths JomaA-ii
Bombay (British India), April
Ik understood thkt Russia' 1 arousing
ths Tartar hordes of eastern Turkestan,
Mongolia and, the Altar mountains In
order to send them to fight , ths British
fores now in Thibet should It advance
the stock farm business. I cams to Los
Angeles In December,' 1889. I went about
a; great deal with, the . English set at
Catallna and 8anta Baroara and I met a
great many charming girls, '
"I always had penchant (or brunettes.
I do not know why. I always cared a
great deal for vlgbrous athletic exer
cises, but my,fvorlte, pastimes have
always neen cness ana cnooage ana ion-
creatures of routine and frivolity, andl-hls. I lived upon remittances for several
years and then turned my hand to writ
ing. I had been well educated and found
my work nor too hard. I always found
time to write to pretty girls 1 was
drawn to a great many of them and I got
to think that It was a duty to engage
Xls Lustrous Browa Xyes.
"Eleanor Brlcson, the trained nurse, '
Not a little alarm is felt accordingly,
for ths receipt of news here means that
ths fighters of. central , Asia are al
ready on the march - for the Thibetan
highlands, and mar be nearer the pres
ent sons of hostilities than Is sare zor
their comparatively smalt number of
British troops, whose leaders have ap-
parenuy been dilatory in leading mem
toward the Dolol Lamas- capuai.
Ajuttons to Oo to War."
Ths Tartars are now as ever anxious
to go to war. They have since some
years been virtually overawed by the
Russians. ,ut ths chance to light ths
British, whom they have been carefully
taue-ht to rssard as enemies ana tne
foes of Islam la general, even though
there be no booty. in prospect, is ons
they would not thin twice of before
that shs knew no higher lot on this
earth than that of following In the steps
of ths great and good woman whose
story she had heard that day.
Ths duchess has, however, been con
stant to one thing her love of reciting.
It has long been the standing Joke ofmy..if to any who struck mr fancy.
ins ciuds ana ins ainner uoi mat
whenever the duke at heart a true son
duchess locks him In a "L" "1 f 1??: Z?tnto iZZ
ccbv ttmunf women n u,k alio im yintnu umifi mw
to eaii mv 'lustrous brown eves I think which Ignorant Europeans have cast
that talk had mors to do with IL 1 1 uDon them. From them have sprung
found, that a young woman can listen to soma of ths most noted, generals In ths
conversation about herself without get- history of ths world Genghis. Khan
tins- tim,, Maiiv. I fnnni that b dit. and Tamerlane. It ta not improDaoie
in th.m th man uttu ttntinna that I that another as abls general may ap-
.,4 .. t.iwin.. '. Li, unons- them, for Tungfu Hlslang,
k. .v... tka...i. i ... km -a I most excellent military leader in
habits,'' ths
room for his sins and recites to blm by
ths hour.....: ,. - ; .
. ; JPattt Was In Xook. -
With ths home-comlns of PattL who
from thsmoment of the arrival of the
Lucanla has been vowing that she will
never, never,. never set foot again on the
soil. of ths United States, which has
given her a profit of only $40,000 on her
recent tour, comes shuttle story which
shows how Fattl was ones arrested in
her sleep, locked up for debt and re
leased -without being in the slightest
degree aware of ths fact
Ths Incident occurred during a tour
managed by Colonel Mapleson. The
colonel was surprised after paying for
tbs train to receive a "stand and de
liver'' demand for $t00 as a special res
for running Pattls private sleeping 'car
over the l.ns.
Ths colonel .had not $S00 In the world
and wss compelled to rush off to the
theatre torals ths money In advance,
return to ths station and take Pattl out
of pawn.' , . - -- -'
By and by,' In the brightness of tht
morning, sbo awoke declaring that shs
had had a most delightful sleep. She
had dreamed that fairies were watching
over her. . ' ' , '
The week's business through Canada
mors than sst Colonel Mapleson on legs
that were never, at any stags - of his
career very stable.
to get them to promise to marry me. I
did not mean all that I said, for at ons
Urns I was engaged to four young
women,, and .to have marrledthe four
would . have been impossible. But al
though I was busy getting myseif en
gaged I had time enough to do good for
some of my friends.
- "For .Instance.: there Is a young and
handsome husband In this city who' owes
his wife entirely to me. The girl was en
gaged to a prominent business man here
and I knew that she was In love with
the other fellow. Bo one day I telephoned
to tbs other fellow, took him to see the
girl, -saw that they were married and
then watched for the explosion.
"The prominent business man raved
and -cried and tors his hair. - But I don't
think his grief was as genuine as it
Chinese, is ons of their people. In ease
ths Russians should see fit to -order
them tb clash with the British, it would
make matters serious In ths Indian em
nonid sxpedittoa raa. ; ' -
be
driven back unsuccessful, several prom
Inent , persons will bs , eallsa . upon
make , explanations. ' Ons of them
Douglas. Freshman, who headed , the dl
plomatlo mission to ths land of ths La
mas last June. This mission -was ex
pected to call the Dolot Lama's repre
sentative to account for Thibet's Ignor
ing its commercial obligations to India,
It advanced a few miles through ths
Himalayas,0 rested . ; and accomplished
nothing. - The present expedition, under
Cplonei xoungnusoana ana uenersj. mm
Donald intended to bring ths Thibetans
to book for their negligence, haa, it Is
said, lagged along until It almost suf
fered dsfeat at tbs bands of ths native
mob; at Quru. ,v'. 7'T'm: '::
' .Criticism la BiXa. .'rf1; :
Considerable, discontent prevails In
India because of ths stats of. affairs.
Many hold, with llr Harry Goodwin, ths
onlnlon that Great Britain should ..not
attempt to force Itself upon Thibet be
cause of ths grave complications which
may snaus. Criticism is rife, and Lord
Curson's words; do serve to. Quletthe
apprehensions.", -. v
The hops Is expressed that Young
husband and! ths Chinese and Thibetan
renresentatlves will bs able to reach
some agreement when they meet this1
week about HO miles south of Lhassa.
It is believed that the conference will
resolve Itself Into an effort on ths part
of Tounghusband to save Great Brit
sin's face. Ths Mongolians know who
Is their ally In ths north, and are noj
mcunea to suonui io atcuiuon. -
PORTLAND HAS
PLENTY OF. THEATRES
Thar ni he a neat diversity oi
amusements for ths Portland puoiic
this summer. There ars a mw oi.
places where prof ssslonal actors . of
mors or less, ability appear daily and
nightly before the foouignts ror me
mere never
entertalnmeht of patrons.
might have been for It was not long after has been lack of ; entertainment here,
Pneiiystery;
that he married another girl with whom
be Is now living happily. ;
nia WIMI Wuvlua
"Now about my marriage to Miss Bird
and Miss Qulnn. I wish to state as
strongly as I can that I was forced into
those : marriages That Bird marriage
came first. I had known Miss, Bird a
long ,ttme. Her father insisted upon
distorting ths facts joI our friendship. I
went to Miss Bird's house ons day to tell
but this season bids lair to murrm
all past years In this direction. '
The. leading legit" houses ars ths
Marquam. Cordrmy's. Baker's and Em
pire. Ths latter is now oara, bm wm
undoubtedly have Its line of attractions
this season. Vaudeville houses are
numerous. Shield's Park, ths open-air
summer vaudeville place, is closed now,
but will open early in the summer. -The
Arcade and ths Park theatres now fur
nish entertainments In vaudeville, while
projected enterprises in the vaudeville
lino' Include ths Edison, th Orpheum,
the BUou, ths Keating, the Columbia,
and cms to bs built at ths corner of Park
and Washington streets. ' ;
Six saloons ars provided with stages
Where vaudeville Is given nightly.
dons his duty, and If I had done any
wrong, ha should havo arrested me. In
stead of that hs flourishsd a rsvolvsr
tnaiorframatlcallv and said that no Eng-
It.timan ahni.M ba allowed tO COmSi to
her that our friendship would have tr this town and wrong .American Hrl.U
corns to an end because of the cruel in-1 he could prevent it
kGem Which
EnaMedf MsSU) -Approach
M I Hessians atf ?0rt Arthur. :
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(Copyrighted Hears ews ServloS by
; J ? leased wire to Ths Journal.)
W ,r (By. Malcolm Clark.)
, Berlin, April . It has pussled the
naval experts hers how , ths Japanese
- Admiral Togo was able to approach
, Port k Arthur through mist snow , and
t darkness without an mishap of any
.-kind...... ; ' . : : . ;. ;,. '
A German naval officer, what recently
'.' returned ' here having served .,, several
- 'years ln r ths mikado's navy, now ex.
ij plains "th, mystery "and tells of a re-,-
'markable sound signaling system with
.which the Japanese navy la equipped,
and -which had been, proved even more
, .valuabls to- warships than ths Marconi
i Instruments. - with which they are also
provldedj-The apparatus, ' which is an
.English Invention, enables , a ship to
move safely to Its object through dark
",'tieas, denae fog or blinding snow, and
It haa been used In approaching Port
Arthur under all these conditions.
Mystery Xxplalned. , '
An unseen object or vessel can be I
safely reached or avoided In darkness I favor.
InuatlonJ that Were being toads.
"While I was In the house somsbody
sent out for Captain of Detectives Brad-
Ish. who lived In the neighborhood. Cap-i
tain Bradlsh cams Into tbs houss and
laid a revolver upon the table. He de
clared that unless I married Miss. Bird
. . . . . . a, m a.
ne wtniia snoot me. ns iuiu me ins ii
would be useless for me to attempt to
leave Los Angeles, because he said he
would havs his detectives watch ms and
ths trains also.
"I had Just recovered from an attack
of typhoid fever and I was In no physical
or mental condition to resist his threats.
I did marry Miss Bird. I was forced Into
trie Qulnn marriage also.' Miss Qulnn'g
brother, Patrick, - and her alstsr, ap
pointed themselves a committee with
power to act and In marrying ths young
woman I thought I was doing her. a
by the use of a locator, which measures
sound and indicates to ths listener ths
distance of any whistle, siren, beat or
screw or roll of .water on a beach, be
sides the direction In which ths sound
Ilea Ths navigator Is called to the re-1
"No one Who knows the way I lived
with my wives here Van deny that I' am
Insane on the. subject I married both
of them under my own name and made
no effort to conceal anything from any
body. Upon that ons toplo I was simply
celver by a bell, which, records "- powerless to r.gUjt trnpu,aes.
aalnl aif amirfl avtilMt, 4a. .Ha. .inn AmA I -
celpt of sound, which, to ths unaided,
wouia do inauaiDie.
"About the best way to woo a young
woman, all I can say is mat my per-
A special watoh is set going on the ,ona, aXperlpnce has taught'me that ths
ringing of the instrument and " average woman Is very willing to listen
as the sound becomes audible in the 7 ..ft, t,.ir
machine ths wtch is stopped and the
distance is shown without calculation.
By this means no vessel can steal away
with lights out without giving warn
ing. The system is based on the ve
to talk about herself.
Just Talk 'snt Blind.
Just talk her blind about herself, keep
your own seir in tne nacxgrouna ana
you will find that It is harder-for ths
waves.
RECONCILIATION
SAYS THE KAISER
Oopyrlght-d KearsS ITews Semes hy
f . Z eased Wire to Ths Journal.)
(By Malcolm Clark.)
e " Berlin, April t I hear from persons
Sear the kaiser that rumors spread by
i the English press concerning a. recon
ciliation between the houses of Hohen-
, Kollern and Hanover are without founda
tlon.. . . A,, . Ki;,.. ,
, Th diplomacy and i5eronal character
of Emperor TVllHam have diminished the
bitter feeling Of the Duke of Cumber-
land against the present ruler "of Ger-
vs i 11 i" 1 i
loctty of 'sound carried by the Hertsian girl to keep from falling In love than It
Is for you to rail in yourseu. i aia
talk to the girls a great deal about my
home id England and about the easy life
that any. of them who would marry ms
would lead. " :-'-"That
1 ths way I won my first wife
and the reason I left her was that I
found that be in, married to her -was a
source of reat Inconvenience to me. In
my love making on the outside. This
outside love making was Interfered with
a great deal by Rev. Archibald G. L.
Trew. 'He Is the rector of , the Bplsco-
many and he has on several oqcaslons
visited the : German - ambassador at
Vienna and has repeatedly met the
kaiser on neutral territory, but a com
promise between ths two royal bouses
is as far oil as ever. .
Even a marriage between the German
crown prince and a daughter of the duke
would probably not make any difference
in the position taken by the head of the
house of Hanover as pretender to me A7W' ' "? """'T "iX ,
throne of his forefathers. ot th KplKopucy In East
Should the duke rellnaulah him rfulms 1" Angeies,
It would by no means end the conflict
ss the Guelph party in Hanover, If any
thing stronger than ever before, sees
an opportunity which it thinks may be
used to Its advantage In the bitter pro
test which ' many states have raised
sgalnst the administration ' of ' the
Jesuits in Germany.
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He was 'a friend of the Bird family
and every time, after I left Miss Bird,
he would heas that I was engaged to
a young woman he would sit down and
write her a letter, telling the girl that
I was a married man. I suppose hs
prevented me from contracting at least
a doxen marriages.
.. "One that I most regret would have
united, ras to a dark-haired member of
one of the most prominent families in
Los Angeles. We hsd set ths-wedding
day, although I was engaged to 'two
other young women at the sametlme.
"This girl and her brother happened
to meet Dr. Trew one day and be told
them alLabouh my history." The young
woman's brother called upon me and
there was a lively time. The game was
of course broken. . Lively times with
brothers were a specialty-with me a
long time, put the . wsy . Mies Qulnn's
brother treated 'me was, I think, ths
worst of the lot -' r
JBrothe Was Baal Ksan. - . ;
-"If it had not been for him . his
sister , and. I would still be, living hap
pily together. But this brother , made
1Tn1i:-buiUiess unfT18oiwi.-.'T5..
..The day the two detectives went to
my room in South Olive street to arrest
me this Qulnn boy and one of his sis
ters broke Into . ny room. I , was In
bed. My sister-in-law wrung her hands
and her brother grabbed me roughly.
fell out of bed and then the de
tectives cams in. There was no list
fight between me and the brother, unless
you can call the fact that . fell out of
the bed after I started.
"I think the detectives acted wrong
fully during that arrest. They should
have come to my room with my brother-in-law
instead of letting, him precede
them. I do not think Captain Bradlsh
had . any right to force me Into a re
volver .marriage with Miss Bird. ' He
was an officer of ths law, and had hs
Ths whole Bird family was. much ex
ercised at that Urns. If I get out of
this thlngi'as I'havs'no-' doubt I wUb,
I shall always look out fot myself. ' -"I
became engaged .to these girls be
mum it nieased them to have ms en
gaged to them. I married Miss Bird
and Miss Qulnn partly because I was
tnrftA to and cartlr because I knew
that In marrying them I was doing them
a- favor. '
i h.va been Ill-treated for my pains.
and aftsr this I'll never marry any
body." " '- " t !
Attorney George S. Hupp, who repre
sents Batsman, said last night: "I think
that Bateman has 10 chances of being
acquitted on this chargs of bigamy to
tha one chance hs has of being con
victed. I havs known him a long time
and upon ths subject of love ana main
mnnv he la unnuestlonablv Insane.
"He thinks that hs did Miss Bird ana
Miss Quinn a favor by marrying them.
He does not grasp ths Idea that by
marrying them he made their condition
worse. '
"Only this morning he told ms that
when he gets out of bis present troume
he will look out for himself snd let the
vouns women cars for themselves.
"Bateman is a man or eaucation ana
a charming tauter. Teas mm on any
subject except his mania snd he is
sound. But so far as matrimony is con
cerned he is absolutely crasy.
It he were sane he. would not have
become engaged so much by wholesale
In Los Angeles and each time under his
own name, and If hs were sans hs would
not have married twice under his own
name In one town.
I anticipate no trouble in clearing
him " :
Says Bateman Irfss. - j
Captain of Detectives Bradlsh saysi
"Bateman lies when he says that I had
anything to do with enforcing him to
marry Miss Bird. , .
"I know nothing about that revolver
Incident Bateman has made It out of
the whole cloth. . . . ;
1 have known Miss Bird ever since
she was a little girl snd I have known of
Bateman for some time, but I know
nothing about the marriage, and neither
did I take any part in the arrange
ments." .
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territory snd ths latest rumor In rail
road circles Is to the effect that ths
Union Pacific . is negotiating for the
purchase of ths BelUnghenj Bay ft Brit'
Ish Columbia railway.
This Is ths line In which D. O. Mills
and P. B. Cornwall of this city are the
principal stockholders, and several
months sgo the capitalists were nego
tiating with Hill's representatives, who
Journeyed hers to effect a purchase of
tbs property arter the northern mag
nate secured an. option on It.. -
Several conferences were held, and
at that time It was generally under
stood that Hill had secured ths road.
Since the supreme court decision effect
ing the' -northern railroads' merger has
been handed down, it Is announced that
the almost completed negotiations with
Mills and Cornwall havs fallen through,
and that Harrimao la eager to purchase
the road for the Union Pacific, and has
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veloped a rich section of ths country
in conjunction with ths Belllngham Bay
Improvement company. x , n
HERMANN ACCUSED
OF COMPLICITY
(Continued from Pags One.)
roaded through In this -wsy without
Hermann's .knowledge snd sanction is
confirmed - by ths espeiiencs -of , thou
sands of legitimate .claimants who havs
had to wait for many months before
receiving their- patents. jj -.-.-,..
During Hermann's campaign for elec
tion to congress a year ago bs was rev
peatedly charged, both, upon ths plat
form' and In ths press., with having been
implicated . in the-.land - and .timber
frauds. Hs. submitted in silence t4
these accusations. .He was challenged
to nermlt tha oublicatlon of the OiBen
repprt -which led to: Ws dismissal froni
ths land office; but bs never Vesponded
to ins challenge., ,
v i . riotitlous afaass Vsed. i
It Is noteworthy that all of ths evi
dence' thus far adduced by ths govern
ment in us investigations of ths frauds -that
were, perpetrated while Hermann
was land commissioner, -leads up ulti
mately to him. Homestesds entered un
der- fictitious names were hurried to
patent In his office with a speed never
shown in the case of legitimate claim
ants, Ths gigantic frauds of Benson
and Hyde were- aocompUshed during
Hermann a administration, and ths tes
timony given before the federal grand -
Jury In Washington pointed strongly to'
the conclusion that hs was equally
guilty with them. For many weeks ,
mysterious rumors navs smanatsa rrom
Washington to ths effect that disclos
ures ars yet to corns in ths land frauds
which wlU involve some of. ths most -prominent
men In Oregon. Among those
who navs followed ; the , developments
thus far ths belief s universal that Bln
ger. Hermann Is ons of those to whom
these rumors allude.
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REAL PRINCE IN A
REAL VULGAR JAIL
(Special Diipatcb bj teased Wire to The Journal)
Paris, April 9. A real prince, his
Highness Prince Leon Louis La Forge,
Prince de Vltanaval and Duke de -St
Leon, is at present inhabiting n ordi
nary cell In a Paris prison awaiting trial
for the theft of several valuable paint
ings and for swindling an old lady- of
the French aristocracy "out of -,, 18,000
francs. - ; -- - """" Itrf
Ths case promises to be highly sensa
tionai, as ths prince, has been received
in the most exclusive -circles and even
at' the Palais Slysees. .He Is defiant and
threatens to expose scandals which hs-
says will startls all France..
, . Some years ago" he was TqlEroubrs'Tof
dealing in the orders and decorations of
ths order of St Leon, which he created
himself. When arrested he was lying
In: a sumptuous apartment in Rue
Pagalle, and ' the dectlves Mho forced
their ; way into bis bedroom past his
private secretary . and chamberlain
found him fast asleep In a bed perched
upon a platform and hung with draperies
or paie dius suk. on each side of the
bed stood two figures dressed in suits
of mail, each holding an enormous lance
with fluttering pennants.
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