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My Roose
I have a little house somewhere;
▲round It, thick and long.
The cool grass stands, and nightly there
rw’fi The cricket pipes his song.
KjThe stars, through still and dewy hours
Lean /O'er the quiet place.
While fairy hands festoon the flowers
With shreds of silver lace.
The door la narrow, rjde and low,
Yei takes the dawn's first kiss;
Before it the June roses blow,
Anu the wild clematis.
▲hove its lintel, year by year.
The sparrow builds and sings.
And there, on sephyrs borne, career
▲ thousand filmy wings-
There oft a wild, shy music wakes.
Winds many an elfin born;
And there flash into amber flakes
The footprints of the morn.
I have a Uttle house somewhere;
Sole tenant shall I be;
▲nd when at length I rest me there,
I shall sleep dreamlessly.
James B. Kenyon, in Harper's Weekly.
Not many of us are anxious to
" view the ground
Where we shall shortly lie”—
Nevertheless there is such a place reserv
ed for us, and "come day, ge day." we
are stepping along toward that house,
and it is always waiting for its own
tenant. It may not be in the place we
have selected, because the “sea will give
up its dead" at the appointed time, and
the restless waves may carry the last of
the body Into many and divers places;
but while everything is uncertain as to
the time, the place and the disease, there
is no question but that "our house'* is
waiting for its owner. The birds are
singing over it and the bland airs are
circling all about It in springtime, and
the cold winds whistle over ft in winter
time, and ft is quiet and serene, because
we are going toward this six feet of earth
as fast as rolling suns can revolve ue
toward It. It is our certain possession,
and the only one. that is not taxable, and
the only one perhaps that nobody wants
to take away from us.
It belongs to us; it will be “our
bouse.” and God grant that when we
rest ourselves there our sleep shall be
dreamlees' .
CnaTMTriITTUL btibihcb
While I suppose nearly all newspaper
readers have formed an opinion as to
the Schenk trial, khere Mrs. Schenk
was accused and tried for poisoning her
husband. Last night's paper says there
would likely be a mistrial—one juror
was for hanging the woman and elevon
for acquitting her.
If the mistrial is declared, then there
will maybe be another trial, but this de
claration would indicate would indicate
SOCIAL LIFE ON THE FARM
ST C. A BABMS.
A beautiful home la a magnet which
needs only the additional centripetal
force of a richer social life to bind to
the farm the young life which now flows
in a steady current to the cities. To
the multiplication of such homes and the
development of such richer social life,
then, the efforts of all governmental and
educational agencies may well be direct*
ed. An additional incentive to such ef
forts is found in the fact that in rural
society alone is real American democ
racy now to be foudd. Our cities have
become examples of social stratification
—a plutocracy on top. the laborer on the
bottom; between them, strata diatin
gecwned by me possession of larger or
■steadier incomes Among the farmers re
mains the old-fashioned equality born of
individual independence. There is not the
wide difference in pecuniary circumstan
ces that is seen in the city, and the su
perior wealth of the large land-owner is
often more than matched, so far as offi
cial influence is concerned, by the supe
rior education or intelligence of his poorer
neighbor. AU mets in the Farmers' club.
as in church or school, on a plane of
perfect equality. This is a condition to
be especially appreciated by women, who
are invariably more sensitive to social
distinctions than men.
The movement of farme-s—now "well
to-do' in the country’ acceptation of the
term—to the cities would be materially
lessened if they and their wives fully
realised the extent and hatefulness of
the social stratification there to be met.
The average Income of such a farmer is
not greater than that of the well-paid
that the woman could not, in the judg
ment of the jury, be condemmed to
death on circumstantial evidence alone.
I recall a cause celebre in the year
188S-S7, when a young man named Cla
verius was hung in Richmond, Va.. for
killing hia cousin, Lillian Madison, a
descendant of President James Madison,
and, although he was convicted on cir
cumstantial evidence, there were some
things connected with the murder that
made his guilt, aa well confirmed, as
"declaration of Holy Writ.” The young
woman was a school teacher, and left
her country home to go to the school
where she was engaged. A good many
days elapsed before her people became
uneasy as to her absence without any
letter from her. She was traced to the
city of Richmond, and to a boarding
house where a young man. afterwards
identified as Cluvenius, was seen to
leave the boarding house with her.
Among her effects at home were found
some letters from him to her, and it
was evident from the tetters that she
had compromised herself—and the search
for him was as persistent as In other
directions.
The body was drugged from a deep
reservoir, and it was evident that she
had been choked and flung in—before
she was dead. In her corpse hand there
were tufts of grass and mud—that
showed she had been drowned as well
as choked.
There had been a violent struggle on
the rim of the reservoir, and there was
found a watch charm which had been
recognised as worn by Cluveriun. That
watch charm and those letters convinced
the jury that Cluverius had a motive
for murdering the young woman—who
was before long to become a mother.
The watch charm had been wrung off
by some one in the scuffle on the spot
where the Madison girl was pushed into
the reservoir. Everything else was cir
cumstantial. I have no intention of go
ing over the Schenk trial—because any
thing that was so nasty that the court
felt Obliged to close its doors to the
populace is far too nasty for these col
umns, but it is plainly -vident that the
jury eound not find the Immediate con
nection between the woman and the poi
son. More than that. Mr. Schenk is not
dead, and in spite of sdl this hurrah,
it is still a question, if he is not well
satisfied, to get rid of Mrs. Schenk, and
allow her to be exposed In the effort to
make a new deal. There are more ways
of killing a dog than by choking him
with sweet hot dumplings.
I have not the slightest desire to
shield this woman who has been under
trial for so long a time, and who is
certainly vain and silly (If no worse)
but she has so many enemies and their
enmity Is shown to be so virulent that
It will be well to go slow In making
her out the worst sinner In the lot, for
fear Chat she may be the Injured In
stead of the tnjurer. Circumstantial
evidence is not the safest thing in the
world, and has led many innocent peo
ple to the slaughter pen.
city wage-earner, be the latter mechanic
or clerk. Coming to the city, then, he
and his wife are at once "stratified”
along with the city's “hired men - ’ and
their families. From the homes of the
alleged "upper classes” they are smiling
ly and informally, but effectively, ex
cluded. To a couple "accustomed to go
with the best” In the country, this rever
sion from democracy to class distinctions
is not a little galling. Really, had they
chosen to cultivate more freely the social
instinct Ip their country homes, they
would there have found enjoyments
which they seek in vain in the city.
The gospel of the large, full life as
better than the long, full purse; of a
broadened intellectual vision as better
than acres broadened beyond need; of
social contacts and culture as among the
primary necessities of human nature, and
of woman's mission as primarily one of
ministry to these needs, quite as much
as to' the physical wants of her family
—this gospel it is, the preaching of which
is to uplift the country life of America,
make the farm attractive to those whom
it now repels and preserve in our nation
the ideals of American democracy.
Com fodder should be sown thickly,
either with a grain drill or corn planter,
at the rate of 30 to 60 pounds per acre.
Cultivate one way, but with a corn bind
er, shock in the field and allow to stand
until fed or hauled to the barn.
Variety and succulence add more to
the ration for stock than the chemist
can explain. ,
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1911.
This Woman Knew
/
Two young ladies who had been
brought up In the city, while visiting at
a farm in Ohio last summer, were much
interested in the milking of the cows.
“Which 1b the oow that gives the butter
milk?” innocently asked one of the girls
as she inspected the herd with a critical
eye. "Don’t make yourself ridiculous,’’
replied her cousin, who had boasted that
she had been in the country before.
Goats give buttermilk.”
TEACKXHG DOMESTIC SCIENCE
Domestic science is that part of a
girl’s education which specially pre
pares her for a home maker and ren
ders her a constant dispenser of good
cheer. The object of the science Is to
promote universal good health and ban
ish drudgery from the house, to which
the girls must be led to constantly ap
ply the facts given in educational lines
to special home needs, whereby home
duties can be raised from irksome tasks
to pleasant occupations and interesting
experiments. Domestic science shows
the evil effects which result from im
proper habits of life in the matter of
food and drink, and shows the ideal
home conditions. It shows the pro
cesses of breadmaking, the spoiling of
food, the possible prevention of disease,
etc.
It k a most excellent thing that this
important branch of study is now in
cluded in most of the agricultural uni
versities. It gives the farmers’ daugh
ters an equab chance with the farm
lads to become proficient in the particu
lar work which falls to their lot.
PLAHKIMG THE EABM HOME
Something of beauty, as well as of
order, convenience and good x sanitary
conditions is needed to make| a farm
home attractive. In planning such a
home, let this not be forgotten. A
wide sweep of lawn between the house
and the road; a background of trees and
shrubbery; low flowering bushes planted
close to the foundation and serving, as
it were, to bind the bouse to the soil;
vines over the porch or bordering the
window-frames—all these do much to
beautify the house. From the erection
of the first house, however modest, the
home-maker should plan for the future
as well as for today. He should avoid
building too near the road; remember
ing that prosperity may ere long enable
him to build a larger home, which may
often be most satisfactorily placed in
front of the old one. Barns and other
buildings should be located in such re
lation to one another as to allow for im
provements which will result in a har
monious whole.
“/Is the Snu Goes Down
"As the sun goes down,” “As the sun
down”
In the golden glowing west,
And the moonlight gleams—ah, so
eerie gleams
O'er the purple mountain crest—
Through the hush and hue of twilight
blue
The tangled stars are peeping
To halo fair the green mounds where
Adell, my own, lies sleeping.
Where the daisies grow—where the
daisies blow
As in olden, golden days—
And their blossoms white, in the wan
ing light, •
Are paeans of peace and praise!
There zephyrs stray, through twilight
grew, ,
Through grasses blown, dew-gleam
ing.
In sweetest sleep—in sweetest sleep,
Adell, my own, lies dreaming.
With the rising sun, with the rising
sun
Far beyond the morning skies—
On the other side, oh, my angel-bride
Lx>oks down with her waking eyes—
Across the Bar, through "Gates Ajar”
By faith I see my crown—
Sweet be my sleep—sweet be my sleep,
When the sun—my sun goes down!”
—Augusta Wall.
TAe Kingdomc/* Slender Swords
S3y Hallie Erminie ‘Rtves
Author of "Heart* Couragecu*,” "Satan Sanderson,” Etc.
Copyright, WIO. The .Bobba-Menrill Company.
Continued From Last Issue.
CHAPTER XVI.
A SILENT UNDERSTANDING.
Phil descended from his rlck’sha at the
Tokyo club and paid the coolie.
The building faced an open square be
tween the Imperial hotel and the parlia-|
ment buildings, along one of the smaller
picturesque moats, which the fever for
modernization was now filling in to make
a conventional boulevard. A motor shed
atood at the side of the plaza and an au
tomobile or two / was generally In evi
dence. The structure was small but com
fortable enough, with reading and card
rooms and a billiard room of many tables.
The door was opened by a servile bell
boy In buttons. Phil tossed his hat on to
the hall rack and eretered. He strode
through the office and entered a large,
glass-inclosed piazza where a number of
Japanese, some in foreign, some In na
tive costume, were watching a game of
Go. Frowning, he passed Into the next
room.
Here his eye lightened. Sitting In a
corner of one of the huge sofas which
sank under his enormous weight, was
Doctor Bersonin. A little round table was
before him o>n which sat a tall glass
frosted with cracked ice.
“Sit down,” said the expert. "How do
you come to be In Tokyo? The Review, 1
presume.” He struck a call bell on the
table and gave an order to the waiter.
Phil lighted a cigarette. ’’No,” he said,
I’Ve come to stay for a while.”
“You haven’t given up your bungalow
on the Bluff?” aaked Bersonin quickly.
There was an odd eagerness In his color
less face—a look of almoet dread, which
Phil, lighting his cigarette, did not see.
It changed to relief as the other answer
ed:
"No. Probably I shan't be here more
than a few days.”
The expert settled back in his seat.
“You’ll not And the hotel everything It
should be, I’m afraid,” he observed more
casually'.
“I’m not there," Phil answered. "I—
I’ve got a little Japanese house.”
“So! A menage de garcon, eh?” The
big man held up his clinking glass to the
light, and under cover of it, his deep-set
yellowish eyes darted a keen, detective
look at Phil’s averted face. “Well,” he
went on, ’How are your affairs? Has the
stem brother appeared yet?”
Phil shifted uneasily. "Nq,” he replied.
“I expect him pretty soon, though.” He
drained the glass the boy had filled.
“You’ve been tremendously kind, doctor.”
he went on hurriedly, “to lend me so
much, without the least bit of security—”
Pzhaw!” said Bersonin. "Why shouldn't
I?” He put his hand on the other’s
shoulder with a friendly gesture. “I only
wish money could give me as much pleas
ure as it does you, my boy.”
Phil moved his glass on the table top
in sullen circles. "But suppose one hasn't
the ’wherewithal’ you talk of? What’s
the fun without money, even when you’re
young? I’ve never been able to discover
it!"
"Find the money," said Bersonin.
"I wish some one would tell me how!”
Bersonin's head turned toward the door.
He sat suddenly rigid. It came to Phil
that he was listening intently to the talk
between the two men in the next room.
“I needn’t point out”—it was a meas
ured voice, cold and incisive and deliber
ate —“that when the American fleet came,
two years ago, conditions were quite dif
ferent. The cruise was a national tour
de force; the visit to Japan was incident
al. Besides, mere was really no feeling
them between the two nations—that was
all a creation of the yellow press. But
the coming ot this European squadron to
day is a different thing. It is a
season of general sensitiveness and
distrust, and when the ships belong
to a nation between which and Ja
pan there is real and serious diplo
matic tension—well, in my opinion the
time is, at best Inopportune.”
"Perhaps”—a younger voice was
■peaking now, less certain, less poised
and a little heeitant —“perhaps the very
danger makes for caution. People are
particularly careful with matches when
there's a lot of powder about.”
“True, so far as Intention goes. But
there is the possibility of some contre
temps. You remember the case of the
Ajax in the eighties. It was blown up
in a friendly harbor—clearly enough by
accident, at least so far as the other na
tion was concerned. But it was during
a time of strain and hot blood, and you
know how narrowly a great clash was
averted. If war had followed, regi
ments would have marched across the
frontier, shouting. ’Remember the
Ajax!’ As it was, there was a panic in
three bourses. Solid securities fell to
the lowest point in their history. The
yellow press pounded down the market,
and a few speculators on the short side
made gigantic fortunes.”
A moment’s pause ensued. Berso
nin’s fingers were rigid. There seemed
suddenly to Phil to be some significance
between his silence and the conversa
tion—as if he wished it to sink into his,
Phil’s, mind. The voice continued:
"What has happened once may hap
pen again What if one of those dread
naughts by whatever accident should go
down in this friendly harbor? It
doesn’t take a vivid imagination to pic
ture the headlines next morning in the
newspapers at home!”
The ice in the tumblers clinked; there
was a sound of pushing-back chairs.
As their departing footsteps died in
the hall Bersonin's gaze lifted slowly
to Phil’s face. It had in it now the
look it had held when he gazed from
the roof of the bungalow on the bluff
across the anchorage beneath. Phil did
not start or shrink. Instead, the slink
ing evil that ruled him met half-way the
bolder evil id that glance, from whose
sinister suggestion the veil was for a
moment lifted, recognizing a tacit kin
ship. Neither spoke, but as the hard
young eyee looked into the cavernous,
topaz eyes of Doctor Bersonin, Phil
knew that the thought that lay coiled
there was a thing unholy and unafraid.
His heart beat faster, but it warmed.
He felt no longer awed by the other’s
greater age, standing and accomplish
ments. He was coscious of a new,
half-insolent sense of easy comrade
ship.
"Suppose,” said Bersonin slowly, "I
should show you how to find the
money T’
A sharp eagerness darted acres Phil’s
face. Money! How much he needed it,
longed for it! It could put him on his
feet, clear off his debts, square his
ridge-balance, and —his brother not
withstanding!—enable him to begin an
other chapter of the careless life he
loved! He looked steadily into thp ex
pert’s face.
"Tell me!” he almost whispered.
Bersonin rose and held out his hand.
He did not smile.
“Come with me tonight,” he said.
“I dine late, but we'll take a spin in< my
car and have some tea somewhere be
forehand. Tell me where your house
Is and I’ll send Ishida with the motor
car for you.”
Phil gave him the address and he
went out with no further word. A
great, brass-fltted automobile, with a
young, keen-eyed Japanese sitting be
side the chauffeur, throbbed up from the
shed. Bersonin climbed ponderously in.
A gray-haired diplomatist, entering the
club with a stranger, pointed the big
man out to the other as he was whirled
away.
Continued in Hext Issue.
Barge Is Raised
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2ft-After hav
ing been sunk in from 50 to 70 feet of
water, the dredge boat Barataria, of the
United States engineers’ department,
was successfully raised from the bottom
of the Mississippi river yesterday.
Chills, Backache,
Nearly Ended Life
A Lady in Highwood, Mich.,
Has Strong Faith in Benefit
Obtained From Cardui
Highwood, Mich.—ln a letter from
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suffered for years, with womanly trou
ble, but for the last two years I had
such dizzy spells, chills and backache,
I was hardly able to drag around. I
wss in a serious condition. My
sttength was nearly gone, and I was
so bad, for weeks, that I was sure I
was going to end my life.
My daughter got me a bottle of Car
dui, and when I took it first I had no
faith in it. But before I had taken
half the bottle I was better. Now 1
can do my own work again, and I will
never cease to praise Cardui."
If Cardui was good for Mrs. Avery,
it certainly should be good for you.
And It is. We know this, because
for more than half a century Cardui
has been helping other sick women
back to health and strength.
Cardui strengthens, builds, restores
and relieves or prevents unnecessary
pain and suffering in womanly trouble.
In the past fifty years it has helped
more than a million women.
We urge you to try it.
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PREPARING SQUABS FOR MARKET
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Properly Selected Birds, Sanitary Buildings and Care in
Killing; the Secret of Success in Squab Raising
The majority of failures in this busi
ness are due tc the fact that most breed
ers do not start off with properly-mated
stock. They have either bought cheap
stock, or else having paid enough for
good birds, they have been swindled by
dealers.
It you cannot start with first-class
stock, do not start at all. A pair ot
common barnyard pigeons, raising
squabs that will weigh from six to
eight ounces each, will eat and feed to
their young as much feed as a pair of
good homers which will raise squabs
weighing from 9 to 14 ounces each.
If possible, make it a point to see your
birds before you buy them. If you can
not afford the time or money for this,
insist on getting a guarantee from them
that the birds are as represented, or that
your money will be refunded.
The sanitary condition of the lofts has
much to do with the success. Wo do not
advocate running through the plant all
the time looking for filth. The manure
from a pigeon pen is worth about 60
cents a bushel as fertilizer. In cleaning,
two' rounds are made of all the pens.
In the first the manure Is all gathered,
care being taken to keep it as free from
feathers as possible. It should then be
bagged up and sent away. On the sec
ond round the nests are all cleaned and
the floor thoroughly swept.
Where the squabs are very young, or
there are eggs, the nest must not be
disturbed. If a nest has squabs In It
old enough to get along by themselves,
the nest is cleaned out and the squabs
replaced.
After a thorough sweeping, spray the
inside of the pens, covering every crack
and crevice with a solution of one part
carbolic acid and two parts water.
There should be regular days for kill
ing. Before feeding in the morning,
every squab of the size fit to kill should
be gathered up and taken to ths killing
room. If any of the birds have a little
feed left in their crops, make an Incision
with a sharp knife and was the crop
clean. /
As a rule, squabs are ready to dress
at four weeks old; but some parents do
not care for their birds as well as
Others, and it will, therefore, take their
squabs a few days longer to mature.
If the breast is well filled out and the
DIGESTIBILITY OF THE PRICKLY PEAR
The Increased use of the prickly pear
as feed for all classes of ruminants,
especially for range and dairy eattle,
makes it important for the proper prep
aration of a ration that the feeder
know how much digestible nutrients to
expect from feeding a given quantity
of the plant either alone or mixed with
other feeding stuffs.
Many chemical analyses have been
made of a number of different mem
bers of the cactus family to determine
their value as feed for animals, and
while this data gives, with a fair de
gree of accuracy, the amount of the
various nutrients contained in the dif
ferent species of the cacti, no reliable
jxiilSwgSPgf Tw- ’ -gb
record of digestion experiment s has
been found, so that It has been Impos
sible to say just what proportion of the
different nutrients were available to the
animals.
In order to determine the digestibility
of the prickly pear and thus guide the
feeder in the preparation of rations from
this plant, extensive investigations have
recently been made In Texas, New
Mexico amd other southwestern states.
The principle of conducting a diges
tion experiment is very simple. First,
the animal is fed the feeding stuff the
digestibility of which is to be deter
mined until all other feeds have been
removed from the alimentary canal. The
animal is then placed in a stall specially
designed for feeding and for collecting
refuse without waste. It is then fed a
weighed amount of the feeding stuff,
the composition of which is determined
feathers under the wings have started
to break open and split at the points,
the squab Is ready for market. The
wings of each squab should be locked
behind it by crossing them twice, and
the bird hung by the feet head down*
ward between two nails driven closely
together. ▲ sharp pointed knife in
serted in the mouth up to the base of
the skull severs the jugulgr vein and
the squab quickly bleeds to death.
The bird must be thoroughly bled be
fore picking, cr else the blood will con
geal in the spots under the skin where
the hand of the picker touches it, and
the bird will become "blistered," as ths
breeders term it, and its value greatly
reduced.
Wing and tail feathers should be
pulled first, then the neck, back and
breast, care being taken not to tesr the
skin anywhere, as torn squabs spoil
appearance of the shipment.
After picking, the bird should l>e alrMi
lowed to cool in ordinary cool
for Half an hour or more. It must thsM|g
be thoroughly washed, the crop
out, and place in a tub of ice-water
frozen, then they are ready for
Pack in a clean box or barrel.
the sides and bottom with a clean,
paper. In the bottom place a layer
two inches of ice, then a layer
squabs, then another layer of one
of ice. alternating until within
Inches of the top, and the
space should be filled with ica
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qgn
Squabs Ready for Market.
The express companies allow 20 per
cent off the total weight for ice from
the first of March until the first of No
vember.
Place clean, white paper over the top
and cover with burlap, nailing it firmly
to the barrel. Place a tag on the burlap
top and another on the side and ship in
the evening whenever possible.
by anaylsis. All the refuse is collected,
weighed, analysed, and the amount of
the several nutrients which k is found
to contain is subtracted from the amount
of the corresponding nutrients fed.
A good idea of the stalls used in these
experiments may be obtained from the
illustration. They are made of proper
length and breadth, so that the animals
may lie down comfortably, but not wide
enough to permit *bem to turn around.
The experiments developed the fact
that animals scour badly when fed
prickly pear alone; besides, other feeds
are needed to supply the proper amount
of proteids. For these reasons it is
better not to feed it alone.
When prickly pear is fed with cured
fodders or grains the digestibility of
both is increased. In feeding a mixed
ration of prickly pear and alfalfa, or
prickly pear and cotton seed meal, the
general effect is to increase the digesti
bility of all three feeds.
If the ration of prickly pear will in
crease the digestibility of all feeding
stuffs, as It apparently does that of al- '
salsa and cotton seed meal, then this
feed has a greater value than is shown
by its own digestible nutriments. The
probabilities are that the addition of
this green and gCcculent feed to any
dry feeding stuff will increase the diges
tibility of both. ,
During the experiments the animals
being tested, when fed prickly pear alone,
seldom drank water. In fact, in feed
ing a ration of 100 pounds of this feed
per day the animal obtained from the
feed over eight gallons of water, which
is more than was usually drunk by
them when fed cured fodders alone.
A ration for a 1,000-pound milch cow
of 60 pounds of prickly pear, 10 pounds
of wheat bran, and 10 pounds of alfal
fa, would furnish about the correct theo
retical amount of nutriments.
In the prickly pear region of Texas a
ration consisting of this feeding stuff
with cotton seed meal is very common.
It is customary and better to give the
cattle either the run of a dry grass
pasture or some coarse fe< in connec
tlon with this ration, as it will serve
the double purpose of widening the too
narrow ration produced from too much
cotton seed meal and tend to check the
scouring which results trom the use of ■
these two alone.
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