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The Pirate of
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RUPERT SARGENT
HOLLAND
Author of “The Coast «I Harvard.
Coeyrlfh«. I BOA. hr J. B Lippincott Company.
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HE PIRATE OF ALASTAIR is a
romance of love and adventure of great
power and interest.
There is a charm
to ’his story that is manifest in every
chapter.
While the incidents deal with
modern, every-day life, the author has
brought in a glamour
of the romantic
that gives great spirit and variety to happenings along
the Atlantic coast.
RUPERT SARGENT HOLLAND
Is the author of this entrancing serial, and his gifted pen
has done fine work in depicting events that are stirring
and entertaining.
modern Pirate;
I here is the mysterious Ship and the
there is beautiful Barbara Graham, a
fine young girl to admire and love, and the gallant ad
venturer, who meets with some
thrilling experiences.
The air of the mystical about the story is warranted by
an absorbing and well devised plot.
The Pirate of Alastair is essentially a story of th««
times, recently written, copyrighted, and is a serial having
features that commend it to every reader as a capital
romance.
We bespeak for this narrative a very favor
able reception, and do not hesitate to pronounce it one
of the leading romances of its class
modern, interesting,
and having all the elements of a splendid story.
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CHAPTER I.
Ton know Alastair? No how should
you?" Very few people know it. snd I
have done my best to k«-ep the secret to
myself. The place lies, however, not so
very far from great rilles on the Allan-
tic roast.
You take a train northward
from Boston, and when you reach the
proper station you alight and climb into
a countryman's wagon, and he drive« you
through the pines by a twisting, sand
built road to Alastair. You will know It
bc-attse you can go no farther. uni«-»« you
ch-H'se to drive Into the waves.
Few people rome to Alastair.
Most
of tbe travelers In thia ¡»art of the world
turn off about a mile Inland from tbe
beach and go on for another mile and a
half to the Pnnguln Club. The latter ia
full of Near Yorkers who com» to the
pines and the era to bunt and fish snd
b.r«»-' Wall Street and Fifth Avenue
They forget It by keeping close together,
dancing
and dre«uiing for dinner, and
«very other night.
Alastair Itarlf is only a bea.h between
From
th«
end
two great headlands
where my cottage xamli, snugly bid In
the pine« on the edge of the dunes, the
batch stretidiea smooth and white to a
little land locked harbor at the farther
Sit on my poach and look down
end
along the sands to the eaat and you
will See a reef of ro-ks shaped like tbe
letter I' that cloeaa In a little salt water
It
lake with the aid of a distant cliff
le not quite a lake, rather a small In
land sea. for the tides hare room to ebb
la settled into the
A
and
settled upright, so
sands of this
the decks, and
I
tliat one may
s fteenoon w hen the
often go there
tide ia low and climb on hoard, It Is a
good place to sketch, and I ran leave
my paints and canvas In the cabin.
I stumbled acroaa Alastair when 1 was
looking for a quiet place In which to
write
1 found tbe dilapidated cottage,
camp««! In It for a week, and fell so much
In love with tbe beach that I went to
town, bought the iumee and part of the
woo<la and moved In. Charles, the man
who had served my father before me, de
murred at first, but finally gave In. and
turned himself into cook, housemaid, and
valet for my s»k»-
Fn>m my ha Irony I ran see the dietant
rocks of tha little Inland s»s and. atand-
Ing up above them, the high sides of tbe
ship, and Its single remaining broken
mnat pointing straight to the heavens
Hornet I me« the stars seem
to
outline
where the missing spars snd sails should
be. snd on a bright night I ran half close
my eve« and fancy thst I see tbs rigging
lighted «nd lanterns burning on the quar
ter d*-ck.
There is history bidden In that bat
tered hulk.
She Is no ordinary «easel,
and may ooce. for all I know, have been
a pirate craft. Rhe has the long clipper
|in.« of »wlftneaa. and her high, bulging
bow is of a type Ion« pa»«.
When I
Erst caste tn Ale.ialr I made Inquiries
at to her history, but th« ol.lrst farmer
'•o«il'l tell me only that «he hn<1 always
been there «<■ far as he knew, sim ! di«-
ml>uie<) th« subjc-« aa of no Importance.
I he ifeople of the near-by ro intry ap-
peered sever to have boarded the caeta-
way. I felt th« joya of Crusoe when I
first climb»«l on her deck.
The name
waa gone, long ago washed «mt by tbe
«■a; the deck wa« hare, and tbe top of
the forecaatl« chok-d with sand
I
brought a «hovel and dug away the ram
¡•art drifted against the halcbe«.
At
set I rould open the four and. clearing
the steps of what little sand had sifted
through. I th-seended Into the cabin,
ft
»as mildew««! with damp and water, hut
In time, by bailing and letting the sun
in. I drier! It out and found quite a hab
itable apartment. furnlslMxl with table
and chairs and a row of bunks along th«
»»award aide
Whatever there had been
that wa» portable th« first wtwkere mu«t
year« before have carrieal off
All that
was left waa a heavy oaken cheat, stud
ded with brass nails, now greeniab yel
low, and when I broke the 10«+ I found
I be chest ba re.
My famy loved to play about the
ship. Often I dreamed of her and of a
man who should rome up out of the «»a
and tr»ad ber deck again.
Ile was al-
ways a magnetic figure, and I Sever
rould resisi Ilio cali ut mystery to fight
beaide hi in.
CHAPTER IT
ft was ths most beautiful August that
I remembered. Tbe sir wss clear as a
bell, and day after day the sun rose on
a tranquil world and smiled at I Il for
joy. Every morning at breakfast I would
say to Charles. “Did you ever
know
such weather. Charles?” ami hr would
answer, "No. sir, I never did. air,' «rei
every evening at supper I would say. It
has l»een a glorious day, Charles, hasn't
It?" and he would answer. “Il has. sir.
Indeed It has, sir “ My family servant
made a perfect echo.
Ths afternoon on which I finished the
first half of my book 1 eat for some time
on tbe porch outside my den. smoking. I
was t«x> serene to stir.
I watched th«
gulls circle and skim above the pin«
crowned cliff, and the la«y «area, rising
occasionally into sparkling white rape,
lift their beads and duck again like play
fill dolphins. Ths tide was coming In :
I could mark the great wet circles on th«
beach as II advaoce«L now receding for
a mometw. but quickly recovering the
loot ground and mar<-hlng on, steadily
winning over the yellow sands. It ««Mild
be hlgh-tld» by sunset or a littie after .
everything waa setting In from sea to
land: the salt smell was coming strongly
on tbe east wind.
About 5 o'clock I shut the door of my
cottage and started down the beach, con
scious of no further plan than to board
the ship and. possibly, catch something
of the late afternooo color for my can
vas. Now and agaia I stopped Co watch
I.INN COINTÙ
»Xi flack« of avn! <-':>« .'»rry
th« w » t . < .'»nii < •• 1«.
to «■«♦< h •
w • re re- —le a I rave a path af -vpalra-
-ent pebbles la it* sake
There were
jexrels for all the world and to «pare aa
long aa the water hatbed the «tooea
Ro, walking leisurely, I came io time
to the far end. and t<x>ked ecr-w« the har
borin- rock* to the «hip. To my eurpriae.
* young woman «lood on tbe uech. and
fluttering from a «pllnter of the mast
waa * white handker-lilef
b'.e wa« look
Ing acroas at me. her hands shading her
eyes from the »un««t glitter at my b.vk.
and a« «he «aw me look up «he waved
her hand teckoniugly.
The ea«y path
to the ship lay through a «mall break
where the rrw-k* Joiner! the cliff, but thia
break waa *om» dUtancw off.
With a
•mile far what ! «aw must have hapi-ene-l
to tha »kipper. I ctltnbed over the near
eat rock* and *t«wx! on the r«!ge of the
little Inland ar*.
Sura enough, th* tkl*
In rising had covered the »aueeway to
th« cliff, and wa« pouring In. fast filling
tha harbor, like the howl of g fi.eeted
fountain. The water waa not yet .leap,
it lonely rovered the path by which the
explorer had rome. and even .»IT the
rocks In front of It It was are reel y up to
Th« woman of the »hip cel’ed, “I'm
marooned. I <-ame by the path and foe-
What «ball ! do?"
got all about tbe livl»
Rhe pointed toward» th* way aha had
rome. but I waa In rough doth«* and
quite uared to a wetting, «o I waded in
and. crossing th« «hallow howl, quickly
I «toorl
scrsmblwl on to th« high ■!«<<-*.
up dripping and laughing
“Ro you thought you'd go for
I s«k»d. “but di'lu't think you'd
far from land?*'
Th» girl I saw now that ah« nmldn't
be mor« than 'Jit looked qumically al
m* for a s«-rond, then «miled, and finally
la ughed.
“It was euch a very real ship.'' eh»
«aid. “that I couldn't resist the call. !
fell asleep sitting against the giiuwale.
-c ! «hen I ». i. up
««tet - <*
th« |Mth not very far over, but quite
enough to ruin **»»*»
forever."
Mbe
¡»olni««l to her kid slippers “I waa grow
Ing draper«!» when I «aw you on the
beach."
I Waa st i lyh.g the slipper« ; there was
no quewtloo but that the
salt
water
would ruin them.
Mhs Inspected them
also.
"It was very foolish of me to wear
them, ' Bl I tad BO Maa of going far
when I left the club. The first thing I
knew, I caught a glimpse of the water.
ano then | forgot th« slippers and walked
on until I camo to that cliff, and from
there I saw this little harbor and this
l-'St, and I rouldn't raaist that, rould I
I shook tny b»ad
“Nobody could re
slat It.”
“I had just shout rom. to th* point
of taking them off and wading In.” sh»
want on, and then finished, "when
I
sighted you."
"I can go away again," I suggested.
“No." «he »aid slowly; “I'd rather you
<!ldn t do that.
Thera must l*e «-»me
other way out of it."
''Thera ar» several other ways," I an
•were»)
"I've often studied the problem
from tbia very deck."
I thought she looked a little bit •ar
priard.
"!>o you often find propls ma
roon«d her» girls. I mean?"
“No, but I've often wondered what 1
«houhi <ln if I did. To tell the truth
I've never found any one here before, but
the «hip looks as If she ought to tie in-
habited,
She's s good ship, and once
belong^ to a plra la chief.*
"How do you know that?" ‘.be asked.
“By the oaken cheat below «tech
It
haa the pirate look, though theta's noth
Ing In It."
“Yes," ■he said. “I made sn explorlu*
trip sim ) I found the ch«wt."
“I ton'! you s(ree with n«e, then?”
Again there catue that quissl«-«! look
in her eye«, and then the smile.
“Yes." she said, “It uiuat have belong-
-d to • pirate." She atoppevl short snd
the smile spread from her lipa to her
eye«
“Hhalt I tell you a sc-ra'? When
I fell a»leep her« an hour ago 1 dreamed
of pirate«, of a real old fashioned hue
»sneer wh«> came up out of the cabin
fully armed, pistols In his pockets and In
his hands and a pistol clroched In his
teeth
The funny part of It Is that he
was exceedingly polite to me.
Do you
eveg have «u<h fuoliah dreama as that?“
“Often : a buccaneer call« on me every
other week.
I'm only waiting for tbe
chance to «hip with one.
I think their
(hosts mint still Inhabit Alastair."
The girl'« hand stole up to capture
some loose strsods of hair, an-l for the
first time I noted the tine spun gold In
tbe sun.
"Alastair?” she repeated. "Oh. so this
ia the beach of Alaatalr and you —-■ -?”
She paused. “You must ba the man they
told me about at the club-—you live in a
cottage at the far end of th* beach, and
write boaka. and never come out of your
shelL"
I howeal. “I am the man." I «aid. “and
yonder la tny home."
I pointed weal-
ward to where the tip of my balcony
«bowed batwewn the dunea.
“What a beautiful little world!“ the
•aid. and then, a moment later, “but
how lonely ! Who named tha place Alas
tair?"
"I don’t know. It's I always been called
that, apparently."
"It's a lovely name, And what do yon
call the ship?”
“Oh. Just the Ship
disappeared years and
"Tha Rhlp of Alastair,
<lo you
•ometlmee coma oa board
her
to
writer
"No. I hare a den for that.
Rome-
times I rem» here to paint. ! keep my
things In lb* cabin.*
“Tes. I found them." she said. "You
see, I know a (rest deal more about you
(ban you tblnk."
(To ba continued.)
rlirWJTO OF TIIT TIIV
I- u I- IV I \ III- I H r* lllw
I, f LI * I U U1 1 11L Dill
PREPARED EOR THE BUSI READER
Lest Important but Not Less Inter
esting Happening* from Point*
Outside the State.
Miaa Wanamaker is to marry th«
ton of a French counL
Mora than 5,000 peopi« left Portland
to attend tha Seattle fair on Portland
day.
Den Jaitnie, eon of Don Carlo«, tlve
pretender, haa bean barred from
France.
American banker* will demand a
share in the Chin«**« loan of over 927,-
000,000.
Indicted sugar trust officiala have
■been given more tim« to prepara their
defense.
An Ohi«> man haa been arrested for
emberiling 913,500 given to him by a
woman to inv«*at.
Another aeronaut haa appeared with
a machine in wh ch he say« h« will
cross the English channel.
KEPT BLOODY OATH.
Moro
Bandit, Jik-ri, Had Sworn to
Kill IOO Man.
Manila, July 19. When Jikiri, the
Moro bandit chief who waa killed with
all his followers in a desperate battle
with troops and constabulary near Pa-
tian, on Jolo island, July 5, began hia
carver «« an outlaw, be swore he would
kill 100 men before he died.
The reconi of the murder« he com
mitted is not complete, but it is stated
in a dispatch received today from Zam
boanga that the bandit probably ma le
good hia oath, as the partial recon! st
hand show a he took the Ilves of nearly
a hundred |ier*un*.
From the latest report* of the fight,
all but one of the several women In the
cave where the outlaws made their last
stand were wives of Jikiri.
But one of the women escaped, She
was the wife of one of the Jikiri fol-
low<-r« and accepted the safe conduct
offered by the Americana before the
assault on ths cave began.
Lieutenant Joseph A Baer, of the
Sixth cavalry, ia agree.I by all who saw
the fight to have been the hero of the
battle. He was armml with a Win
chester pumpgun with which he did
great execution. His timely rescue of
Lieutenant Arthur II Wilson, who was
struggling with Jikiri and already des
perately wounded, when Baer shot and
killed the bandit, and hi* certain aim,
which brought down three other out
laws, sre the talk of army circles.
llaer killed tour of the eight bandits
alain.
British
Columbian
officials are
TURKISH POLICE CENSURED.
charge«! with dia riminatmg against
American halibut fishermen and favor
ing the Japanese.
Report of Court Martial on Adana
Massacre* Made Public.
The government it to issue bonds for
the entire coat of the Panama canal.
Constantinople, July 20.- The report
A slight e*rth«|uak« was felt at San of the co irtmnrtial on the Adana mas
at Barbara, Cal., but no dan age done. sacres, made public today, is a strong
denunciation of the incapacity and
An American is sure he recognised aputhy of the police and other local au-
Leon Ling, murderer of Elsie Sigel, in thorties. It aaya:
London.
"Fifteen |>eraofia already have been
A strike may be declarod by all em hanged; KOO deserve death; 15,000 de
ployee of the American Smelting 4 serve herd labor for life; NO,000 de
serve minor aentencM.
Refining company.
"If it ia decided to proceed with the
Mra. Eddy, fourxler and leader of the
punishment, we will cordon the town
Christian Science deomlation, ha* just
and deal exfieditiously with the mat
paaae«! her MHth birthday.
■
All miners in England may go on a
In view, however, of the general
strike in support of the Scotch miners reconciliation tietween the opposing
who ar« lighting a reduction in wage*. elements, the rep rt recommends that
Eight anarchists arrested at Stock general amnesty be made the occasion
holm on the charge of having con of a national fete.
TERMS OEEERED UNACCEPTABLE
China Refuses to Reconsider
Effort to Conciliate.
MAY MEAN
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RUSSIAN ALLIANCE.
Pekm Diplomat Sass Deep Meaning
in Crane's Appointment.
Pekin, July 20. The appointment
by President Taft of Charles R. Crane,
of Chicago, a man unknown to the
Eastern world or in diplomatic circles,
to be minister to ('bins, is recoirniled
in Pekin official quarters as the break
ing of new ground aa well as the moat
striking action with reference to
American representation in China fur
the last 50 years.
The Russians and French in the Chi
nese capital have attached »pecial sig
nificance to the transfer of W. W.
Rockhill from Pekin to St. Petersburg,
holding it to mean a Russo American
alignment on Chinese affairs.
High Chinese officials declare that
Japan is China's greatest enemy, but
(«rest Britain has unotficilaly warned
China that the Anglo-Japanese alliance
was never more strong than it ia
pr.sent, and has urged that China
vise amicable relations with Japan,
TRYING CALHOUN AGAIN.
Court
Begin* Interminable
Securing Jury
Talk
San Francisco, July 20. Patrick
Calhoun, president of the United Rail-
roada, ia again on trial in thia city on
a charge of offering a bribe to a public
officials to gain a privilege for hia
corporation. Half a day hail been do-
voted to interrogation of prospective
jurors when the first jxnvl of 25 eiti-
xena was exhausted, and an adjourn
ment taken until next Wednesday
morning.
Except for the al>*< nee of three or
four notable principals and tbe pres
ence of District Attorney W. II. Lang
don a* chief prosecutor, the proceed
ings today differ«-«! tn no particular
from the early stages of the first trial,
which resulted in a disagreement.
It
was evident from trslay'a examination
that the talesmen were anxious to
cape service on any pretext.
Honolulu, July 20. The jury in
cate of 13 Japanese strikers who
stated arrest following the riot on
Waikahu plantation on July M, which
rati red at 4 o'clock on Saturday after*
noon and which last night reported
that it was impossible to agree, camo
into court ttalay and informed Judge
Robinson that It could not reach a ver
dict. After charging it further tha
judge again ordered it locked up.
An
hour later the jury for the third time
reported a disa, rerment and Anally
waa discharged.
Plan for Haye* Funeral.
Naval P«g«ant Success.
Ixvrtdon, July 20, Ixvndon's naval
pegt-artt, in which 150 warship* are
taking part, waa favorer! to lay by
glorious weather, and ia pronounced
. an enormous success. It haa been as
serted that the reason such a large fleet
never before wa« gathered In the
, Thames waa the f«ar of the poasiibility
of ita being bottled in by an enemy.
Crane Pleasing to Chins.
Pekin, July SO. Charles R. Cram,
of Chicago, whose selection as minister
to China by President Taft waa an-
n< unced recently, is persona grata to
the Chines«- govemmenL
The grand
council has authorised the foreign board
to Infgorm the United States govern
ment that China will gladly receive
Mr. Crane.
Colorado Springe, Colo., July 20.—
The funeral of Mra. J. Addison ilayea.
Daughter of th« Confederacy, whose
death occurred Sunday evening, will
l>e held at the family residence neat
Wednesday morning at 11 o’cl wk.
Following the funeral aervicea, the urn
containing the ashes the body having
been cremated at Riveraide cemetery,
Denver will be interred in Evergreen
cemetery until fall, when it will be
taken to Richmond, Va.
Revive* Carlist Party.
Madrid, July 20. Although the Car-
liat leader« are divided, the majority
believe the a-cession of Don Jaime as
head of the Carliata will give a new
impetus to th.- party. Don Jaime made
repeated viaita in disguise to Spain in
order to consult with his followers.
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i
Matter
and Japan May Abandon All
Disagree* on Jap Cais.
Don Carlo* is Dead
Rome, July 20. Don Car log, of Bour
The Japan««« government hia not
bon. prate Oder to the Spaniah throne,
yet decided whether or not Ambassador
died today at Varel, in Iximbardi.
Takahir* will be continued as ambas
Dun Carlos, Duke of Madrid, who
sador to the United State«.
claime«i under the special law of suc
The Union Pacific railroad haa claim cession eatnbliaht-d by Philip V to be
ed a 200 foot strip of land through tbe the legitimate king of Spain, under the
town of Brighton, Col., which ia now title of Charlea VII, waa born at Lay-
•over«! wih store buildings.
bach, Austria, March 30, 1H4H.
Ilia
father,
Don
Juan,
waa
the
brother
of
A son haa been born to the Prinea*
Don Carlon. Charlea VI, known aa the
de Sagan.
Count de Montemolin, in support of
The shah of Persia haa tl«l to Ruaaia whose claims the Carliet risings of 1H4H,
for protection.
1H55 and lbtiO were organised.
Over 14,000 ccoal miners ■ra on
strike at Pittsburg, Kan.
Hanover, Germany, police bava
started a war on i«xtg hatpins.
Anarchy rule* in Morocco and Sjiain
will send M.000 more troops in an effort
to restore peace.
The Interstate Commerce commis
sion has ruled that express rate« in the
Weet are exorbitant and haa ordered
sweeping reductions.
Unless rain* come s<x>n farmer* of
tbe New England states will face dis
aster. There haa not been enough
water for the erope and they are «aid
to be burning up.
Immense quant ties of asphaltum
have been found on tbe Shoehone In
dian reservation In Colorado and a
tn point of geographical elevation stampede to stake out claim* and se
Madrid la the bigbeet city la klarepe cure land ia taking place.
Japan Tries to Obtain Peaceful
Settlement With China.
Tok io, July 20. The Kokumln, one
of the moat influential of the Jajxneae
newa|«|>era, and which in generally re-
L. as U m moutiipii'Ce of Manjuis
Katsura. the premier, in matters per
taining to the government's policy, in
an article today discussed the situation
between Japan and China and strikes a
aomrwhat alarmist note.
It waa expected, says the article,
that the withdrawal of the pro|n«al to
refers to The Hague arbitration tri
bunal the differtincv-a between China
and Japan, preceded the adoption of
what waa hopt-d would be a conciliatory
policy by China. But thia exfieetatlon
haa not been realised. China now pro
poses wholly unacceptable terms and
refuses to reply l<» Japan's request for
reconsideration. The article concludes:
''The Japan»»«' government ia exer
cising all |Mieaible patience, but la nut
carrying ita endurance to the point of
TAX ALL INCOMtS IS PLAN
sentimentality. Unless China's mood
changes lie fore the conclusion of the
National M.inutai turer* Association Is current month. Japan will be obliged
to assume a different attitude."
sues Stateinen:.
A clerk of th« Adams Express com
pany at Chicago has confeaaed to «teal
mg 910,0«KI winch disappear«»! a week
«Ko-
*■
Victoria, It. C.. officers are invrali-
New York, July 20. The board of
gating th« many marriagre of white
directors of the National Association
girla to Chincae. A number of them
of Manufacturers today issued the fol
have been found held aa slaves.
lowing statement addr***ed "To the
Prince Ito «ay« Japan will help China
Congress of the United State«:"
to become a moi tern nation.
"The Nutional Association of Manu
Mexico is preparing for an outbreak
facturers indorses any reaa«>r>able meas
that ia expect«! in the south.
ure to secure by tax the raquiaita mon
More earthquakes have occurred in ey which, together with the tariff du
Greece and the p«>ple are panic strick ties, shall tw sufficient to sup|M>rt this
•n.
government.
"Wo deplore the effort of dema
Despite the assertion of official«, the
streetcar strike at Pittsburg, ia far gogues to segregate American citnena
and make government supporters of
from settled.
on«1 r I tv« a:, I charity recipient* of an
Professor Mstti ucci, director of the other; well knowing the character of
observatory on Mount Vesuvius, die«i our beat grade workmen, we understand
while at hi« work.
that they do not relish attempts to
An Italian laborer on a railroad in make of them recipients of any other
Colorado became enraged and fatally man's contributions.
" W« therefore recommend if neces
shot three of hi* countrymen.
sary for income pur;« a««, the enact
James J. Hill «aye if the people ment of measures providing a just ard
would ;>ay lees attention to tbe new equitable tax U|x>n all cittsens. A* an
tariff tbe country would bo better off.
illustr«' ion, we suggest one eighth of
Count Boni «aya he ia to marry I per cent on all incomes; this would
Marjorie Gould, daughter of George require 75 cents from the man who re
Gould and naice of the <^>unt'a former ceives |600 a year and 91,250 from the
man who receives 91,000,000 a year.
wife.
spired to assassinate the exar of Rus
sia, have been exiled.
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