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CHAPTER I
hfhen a Man Finds Himself
ANB flnc fnlr evening In September,
tall, sinewy young man or re
fj but somewhat melancholy fca
. ica.1 leaning upon the stono para-
3 wtroundlne tho roof of tho Bet-
Bllt Hotel; tno pcuestni oi prom
ea from which a spectator awake
look after sundown wun a inrui
real enjoyment along the distant
eash or tne .ueiawaro uivor,
in League Island to Cramp's ship-
and beyond, ami if miscnievousiy
,t can drop a ladles' pocKet
.'fiJkerchtof or cigar ashes Into Broad
ftet far below, our wide main corrl-
of activity.
.'Our majestic Broad street, carpeted
ilh a generous runner of whlto as-
l for vehicular tralllc, nnd uorcicrea
39 the curbing with a flaky stono
(In? for humans and small sized
lestlo pets, Uroau street inai sur-
to tl.e north and south tlto be-
t pose of tho giant bronze Wil-
Penn atop City Hall.
r-n,..- t,n -rnntr; It mlcrht havo been
.!, wAtvin ilrAf1 n Hm.1I..
IBS, yOU KNUW, icummvu ". ...i.v.j.
tee. that spoko from tuo llcsli wun
accompanying heavy handfall be-
in the shoulders.
f BUI the cracic poio pinycr, narnesu.uo
at nephew as well as heir of tho late
a i, Montcomery. did not move. Ho
i, ei provoked and puny In his
tewghts. Monto Crlspen was yet to
V mw Into possession of a philosophy
Jjl tkt wrmounts the pangs of checked
WW, finds tho glow of interest on
jitj iih moment's horizon, and knows that
t Hsianca and adventuro surely await
iS tmni every corner. Ho Jiad been
J$ (pofla by a doting uncle.
flfonte was a nickname, short for
A' rohn Montgomery. Onco thero was a
7(3 iwmmate back In the days of his unfln
& ihti career at Harvard who had called
"S fonts by his given name, John. But
'i1 hlJ roommate had long since nub-
eerjed Into the squlrrel-cago existence
jj ft a small town In New England, and
rj' illths rest of tho unlvorso called young
$' Crfipen, Monte Monto Crlspen, peril
jF rwly near Monto Crlsto. Interrupted
ifi tram his rooftop reverie, Monte turned,
'4? iil pinned weakly at his disturber.
C'lob's comforter, eh?" ho snorted;
&t to bury Caesar?"
$ JKot exactly bury; It all depends
Jj fgaa yourscir.
13 jjlf Uncle's will now had only read,
Hitry this nlco girl,' and supplied the
0 ii girl Just as thoy always do In tho
S tot-sellers."
0 Instead " began Craig Andrews,
i!s uncle's lawyer, also executor of ttie
it will and testament of tho dead cap-
fin of American Industry,
Jnstead," Interrupted Monte, "Uncle
mat tie up his whole fortune on the
Ml Idea of keening me home."
Andrews laughed Then his face be
ame grave, a weighty earnestness ac
(glrta from tho pcrusa' of countless
b books and tho writing of many
WefSj. Ho remonstrated:
jT'our uncle was an eccentric bach
elor and the last man In tho world to
aatth make for another. I found John
KoQlgomery a bit whimsical In his
Ke&a.yet alwavs sure in his Judgments,
&yhow, Monto, his death kept you
?t of that mad foreign legion of the
French army you were so Intent on
Wning'ln Paris last month."
Jwt a paragraph or so to explain
M mantle of despair that had dropped
on the well-groomed Monte Crlspen.
fcrbaps you read about it all at the
6n in the newspapers; the sudden
tath of old Montgomery from apo
tay at his magic desk of power in
fi Montgomery National Bank build
K his eccentric will, and tho sum-
anlng homo by cable of his Idolized
"phew from Paris to learn of Its most
fftige provisions. Monte's parents
dead.
tfala the will, after malting Monte solo
Wee to an estate of $100,000,000,
iwlded said John Montgomery Crls-
Ni resides In the city of Philadelphia
r one continuous ear, going rortn
SO miles In any direction, save for
5 occupancy durlner the summer
tus of my seaside cottage at At.
fiUe City."
Jfc the event said John Montgomery
LSPen violates this condition ol real-
ffew! either In snlrlt or deed." also
H the will, "my entire estate shull
yF wo a trust fund for the cstab-
?ent of a University for tho Educa-
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m - .iiu JiuiiUKiauia.
Jjjgimk it out carefully before you
jm to a decision," remarked Andrews,
tot of money to whim away.
J3 an appointment downstairs; I will
you shortly,"
, k't the young man alone, deeu
dltatlon.
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re la not another point of view in
spawpnia to compare -with the hotel
2S.We feet ourselves nn thn mmrlor.
' a glided ocean liner anchored
Jftereat aerial Imrlm in,- witt,
roof and under our feet are the
g-wool vrappings.of the 20th cen.
gffwwg of tables in spotless linen.
HJWed women and escorts ftrrtvinir
Auartet of elevators. Boor sections
ge and fall with the precision of
?! aves. 80ft music lssuincr from
iyWP Of Dalllia TM vril nt rain.
lawna ana vrbite laundered fronts,
sparkling orbs In smiling faces, uncov
ered dishes nnd filled glasses, and tho
whole roof pjcture crowning n pyramid
of gorgeous stateroom-), tho tier upon
tier of unseen sumptuously furnished
hotel rooms underneath.
Again wo look away from tho diners
out, closo our eyes to tho stialni of
the latest fox-trot, nnd follow the gaze
of our heio, Monto Crlipon, out upon
tho great city with Its uneven creit
of skyscraper top-?, factory stacks and
dwelling chimney pots. It Is passing
under tho gathering dusk of another
closing day.
Through tho falling shadows wo trace
tho outllno of tho pant, and dream of
Old Philadelphia; there rises first from
among tho roofs of modern Industry
nnd well earned rest, tho vision of a
virgin forest penetrated by - truth-
loving company of men and women In
Quakor dress of battleship gray, who
232 years before had howed out houses
and a "meeting-house" between tho
two rivers from Vino to South streot;
tho vision changes and at yonder red
brick building, oxcltcd mon In cockade
hats, somo with frilled shirt fronts nnd
buckled kneo-breoches and hoso, nnd '
others In simple Puritan garb, assem
bled to sign tho Declaration of Ameri
can Independence; onco moro tho
wholo scene changes, and tho streets
below nro filled with tho crunching I
boots of marching soldiers In dark-bluo
uniforms, passing down lines of cheer
ing crowds on their way to tho front
In '01 to savo tho Union.
Vestiges aro boforo ua of these
graphics of yesteiday In visible monu
monts that recall their existence.
Ponn's statue breathes forth tho strug
gles of tho Quakers. Tho Betsy Boss
house on Arch street, near 3d street,
echoes tho making of tho first Ameri
can flag, nnd the irregular red front
of tho Union League Club recalls tho
Anti-Slavery movement and tho sonor
ous drum-roll of the Northland.
Wo can well surmise serious thoughts
In tho mind of any man as ho turned
his. face away from life-sire pleasure
In tho dining room nnd looked down
from tho loot upon this spawning
ground of Ameilcan history. There
woro serious thoughts in Monto Crls
pen's bialn, but they were wholly per
sonal, for be it known that our heio
was a decidedly selfish person. Tho his
toilo pnnornma spread below was lost
to our plcasuro-lovlng globo trotter. In
stead of Penn, or Franklin, or Meade,
ho was engrossed In a single mental
contemplation that of himself, "his
fate," ho called it, for the moment
thinking aloud.
Shadows deepened, and In the city's
filmy lower levels, man-matle electric
stars twinkled their earthly firmament
of rivalry; countless motors, looking
like weighted flreflUs, darted in and
around the halls, of the metropolis, find
ing tho spaces between tho blocks in
a seemingly purposoless game of hide
and seek. Pedestrians as they moved
along in tho glare of street lamps re
sembled, animated ink spots, from un
der which moved caterpillar legs, those
of tho men grotesquely long, those of
the women daintily short. It was
night. e
Tho robbery, although of unusual
character, was hardly noticed In tho
nowspapers, for public Interest was cen
tred in tho outcome of a world's series
baseball game.
Tho biggest news of tho day Is often
lost Under n two-lino heading and the
weight of nttcntlon accorded a less vital
ovent becauso tho latter Is starred with
scare typo on tho first page.
Tho sui prises of tho world are many.
It Is a strange clroumstanco that oc
casionally brings antagonists Into the
closest proximity. Ask any person of
nffnlrs you know, nnd ho will Immedi
ately confirm It with nn instance. Somo
call It Providence, others Kate. Wo
shall term It Chance chance nlono led
Monto Crlspen to dlno that night nt tho
next table to persons who were plotting
against well, never mind, wo etiall como
to that.
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A TALK OF
PHILADELPHIA
WHITTKN i:.SPi:CIALiIiT KOll THE KVEN1NO LEDGEn BY
ARNOLD GARRY COLM
Old Montgomery was the sort of mul
timillionaire whose money comes into
public notice only through payment of
those taxes always levied after death.
The vastness of his fortune proved a
surprise even to business Intimates.
Possessing all the advantages of birth,
Monte'a uncle had never waged a cam
paign for admittance to society. He
looked upon the Newport set with un
disguised scorn, and often remarked
that society was a mirage In the, at
taining of which suddenly won Ameri
can wealth got its widest advertisement
publicity thai later proved to be most
unwelcome, In the event of divorce
court sequels and Government investi
gations. , The Montgomerys of Philadelphia al
ways had had money; going back to a
share in the proceeds of successful
trading between England and tho East
Indies, an Inheritance that crossed to
America with the pioneer Montgomery
Jn 1750. So that when the last of the
American branch of the family struck
oil on a large area of land in western
Pennsylvania, tlfere came into being
an extra nest-egg from Mother Earth.
Well-watched money multiplies rap
idly. As fast as John Montgomery
turned his Bradford oil into Philadel
phia bank balances, he extended his in
vestments. In the early seventies "ho
built many small connecting railroads,
lines that he knew the big competing
transcontinental railroads must TJltli
mately acquire, and at his price. In
th. early eighties he erected power
plants all through tho Middle West,
and bought up countless horso-car
street railroads and electrified them.
But John Montgomery loved Phila
delphia most of all, and a quarter of a
century before tils death he began sys
tematically to draw back his principal
as well as interest from distant invest
ments. He vlsioned the future of Phil
adelphla; the city of a thousand trades.
As rapidly as he disposed of far-off
railroads and power plants, he poured
the proceeds into great local enter
prises; as Carnegie once said, he put
bis eggs into a single basket, and
watched the basket
his estate, asldo from bonds and gilt
edge securities of tho coupon-tree vari
ety, was well wrapped up In tho indus
trial life of Philadelphia and Its metro
politan district; there was nn Iron works
near Coatesvlllo, a shipyard near Wil
mington, textile mills In Kensington
and other manufacturing cntei prises
scattered throughout the city and Its
outlying districts.
Monto Crlspen had been old Mont
gomery's open door In tho world of
pleasure Boy, youth and man Monto
had stirred life with a golden spoon.
Each morrow trod upon tho heels of
yesterday In somo function of easo and
luxury. Undo Montgomery was a
money well that nover went dry. At
college Monto had on allowance that
would havo kept a racing stable. After
ho had failed to graduato tho pampered
youngster went nbroad, where his In
exhaustible checkbook suuoundcd him
with fawning friends and cringing
servants.
That Monto had managed to retain
the lucidity of bialn, tho coolness
necessary to observe tho facts atound
him, nnd the tact to repel without of
fensQ those who advanced with greedy
hands outstretched, was the marvelous
feature of his urbane personality. Ho
had motored In Franco, punted on the
Thames, and been a regular at Monto
Carlo. Although he had plunged Into
tho night llfo of every foielgn capital,
he still possessed that quiet air of dig
nity that Is tho hallmark of good
breeding. His voice was low and his
manner winning.
It was true that Monte Crlspen had
fed wanderlust until Philadelphia
wearied of leading about his escapades.
In Honolulu he had hired 200 Jlnrlkt
alias to give a shore holiday to the sail
ors of an American cruiser; in Cairo
he had scandalized aristocratic English
residents by serenading the Sphinx one
moonlight midnight with a native Egyp
tian band of musicians, and a crowd
of Arabs he had trained to sing the
choi us of "Hail! Ha! The Gang's All
Here!" and paid to do it. Never once
a word of protest from Uncle Montgomery.
His homecomings grew less froquent.
He was known the world over as Monte
Crlspen, the American spendthrift. He
wooed mad. pleasure in every clime.
Once a year Monte dropped off the
rear end of a parlor car in Broad Street
Station and, entering his uncle's blue
limousine, was driven to the old Mont
gomery residence in Walnu. street, near
nittenhouse square.
Here Jn the gloomy dining room uncle
and nephew partook of an annual
Christmas dinner, a function that old
Montgomery insisted upon. Monte knew
that failure to appear meant an end
to his income. Over the cigars old
Montgomery would fumble feebly In
his waistcoat pocket, and then draw
forth the miniature portrait of a beau
tiful lady, "Your mother, my boy, and
a wonderful woman." he would say, and
no more. Monte never forgot the haunt
ing eyes of the woman of the miniature;
the lovely Jane Montgomery who had
married the dashing Captain Hazard
Crlspen, of -the American diplomatic
service, and followed him, within a
week, to the grave in Home, both dying
from an Italian fever.
Having rapidly traced Monte Crlspen
through the maze of the past, we must
hasten back to the roof of the Bellalre
Blitz Hotel, and lift the drop curtain
on current events.
Monte turned toward the arrow-built
yet elderly Andrews, his uncle's lawyer,
now returned for his answer, and said:
"Tell me, among Uncle's effects, did
you run across the miniature portrait
of a lady?"
So at his death the public learned that "Yes; I have U saf e-s
"I would llko to get It, Andrews,
moitow will do"
"Sotry; tomorrow a year henco jon
may get it."
"Why not befoto?" grumbled Monte.
"Becauso Mr. Montgomery decided
that," soothingly loinaiked thoawjer.
"You must cam It. Tho mlnlatuia Is
a pait of tho capital prlzo. When you
havo qualified under tho terms of tho
will for tho entlro estate jou get tho
miniature, and not before. Your undo
gavo mo peisonal instructions."
If Monto Crlspen was disappointed, at
any rate rto concealed it. Ho took a
monogiammed cigarette fiom an ex
quisitely carved easo ho had picked up
at n bazaar In Moscow. Tho sudden
light upon his face na ho struck a match
seemed to bring Into vivid piomlnenco
something there. Indescribable In words,
yet which caused Androws to stuit with
pleasure.
"Tell me," said Monto, am I such a
dirty deuce?"
"The Jury Is still In the box." pro
tested Andrews.
"It Is plainly up to me to take hold
of business affairs here at home."
"Yes."
"Well, I am going through."
"Good."
"Ono condition I make."
"Name It, young man."
"Secrecy, nbsoluto secrecy. I want to
get to tho bottom of things first hand."
Andiews nodded tils complete ap
proval. "Of course. I shall make mistakes, but
I don't intend to do tho usual thing,1'
oxplalncd Monte.
"Pleaso explain," said tho lawyer.
moro than curious over tho processes
opening in the younger mind.
"Sit back and read the reports of
other men; reports drawn up to cover
unpleasant facts. Nine-tenths of the
chaps in my fix 'let George do it.' I
want the truth about conditions. That
is why I am going It Incognito."
Andrews thought of the plight of
Vincent Astor, Avorill Harrlman and a
dozen other young Americans suddenly
confronted by vast responsibilities to
their fellow men. Somehow, he felt sure
that he was going to like Monte better,
He replied:
"Rome was not built In a day,"
"Righto, and I have a whole year,"
was the breezy retort. "Let us go to
the eats."
The two men left the edge of the hotel
root and walked slowly toward an empty
table at the very rim of the dancing
floor, upon which a celebrated kick king
and his scantily clad wife were spin
ning like tops in South American
terpslchore. A waiter bowed the young
Croesus and his personal adviser Into
seats directly under the heels of the
dancers. While Monte scanned the
menu card, Andrews commented;
"You aro upon tho threshold of a
great adventure, Monte; it is all here in
Philadelphia. I really envy you."
Monte shrugged his shoulders.
Neither he nor Andrews had noticed
two men and a woman seated at a near
by table covered with letters and papers.
One of the men, pale, quiet and atten
tive, was listening, while the ether
talked rapidly. Both were of foreign
appearance, as was the woman, who
was flashily dressed after the manner
Of Vienna rather than Paris.
He caught Hochmoister's right arm in such a grip that he swung him
off his chair.
Tho tliIoe3. with extraordinary skill
and d.irlng, succeeded In parting Doc
tor Hoclimolstcr from a black port
manteau, said to havo held -valuable
stocks nnd bonds, which he was trans
ferilng from a safe, in his olllco at
the Exchange to a Bafety deposit box
In tho vaults of the Montgomery Na
tional Bank, on Walnut street, near
Broad.
Tho police were notified of the rob
bery somo hours after Its occurrence
by the representatives of a prhato de
teeth o agency, uho Bald Doctor Hoch
melster had not cone direct to the
Defective Bureau In City Hall, being
a stranger In tho country, unfamiliar
with American methods
In his statement to tho police. Doc
tor Hochmelster Bald he entered tho
train at 5th street with a relathe, and
took a seat in tho last car, the ono
on the platform side nearest tho door.
He placed tho portmanteau In the seat
beside him, against tho wall of the
car, and started reading a letter.
When ho arose to leave the train at
1 D til street the black portmanteau was
gone. He could glva the police no
clue as to the robbers
But this time tho newspapers, perhaps
on purpose, had been badly or inaccu
rately informed.
A black portmanteau, it was true,
had been stolen from Doctor Hoch
meistor, but not in the way reported
to the police Nor did the black port
manteau contain "valuable stocks and
bonds."
It did contain a mystery, this cryptic
cross;
discussion of tho wni's progress with
Craig Andrews, tho lawyer, nover so
much as glanced at the three foreign
ers. Had ho done so his ears would
havo tingled.
Since tho moving pictures became the
voguo we aro all pretty much trained
In the ait of reading distant lips. It
is no trick at all to follow tho mouth
purslngs of people beyond our hearing,
nnd pick up stray bits of conversation.
They are even teaching it.
Tho two men talked earnestly. Oc
casionally the woman looked In the di
rection of Crlspen. Her big black eyes
suddenly flashed a half recognition, but
she gave no audible sign to her male
escorts, one of whom saw her start.
"Your filend, Madame?" he grunted
thickly, with a leer. Ho was a bearded,
bulky man, thick-lipped and bald-headed.
He spoko English with an accent.
"Neln." she tillled back, "he Is tin
homme aallant, that American. I do not
know him."
Dinner arrived and created a diver
sion at both tables. Song, dance and
repeat, ran tho cabaret program. Pa
pers and letters were cleared uway from
the tablo occupied by the Interesting
tilo. They ate in silence. Then more
wine and small black cigars for the men.
It was 7:30 o'clock, and people were
beginning to stream out to tho theatres.
The pale man resumed the conversa
tion. "How ever could you lose a portman
teau so large?" he asked.
"Some beast of a spy got it; one who
was waiting a long time for the chance,"
said the big man. "I do not fear; only
CHAPTER II
The Mysterious Warning
THERE appeared in an evening news
paper of the very day Monte Crls
pen, on the airy roof of the gay Bellalre
Blitz, resolved to buckle down to busi
ness, the following- paragraphs:
A curious robbery from Doctor
Hochmelster, a dlatiogulshed-looktag
foreigner, this morning caused excite
ment la the Market street subway.
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cipher."
"Hochmelster, you aro stupid," re
torted the pale man, blood mounting
his cheeks in tiny pink patches. Ho
coughed after tho way of a man who
sees tho end of tho earthly road.
Tho other's coarse fingers twitched
upon tho table. His breath camo fast
as ho blurted! "You unumrdtg lump. I
am your Imperial superior. How dare
you so address mo?"
Tho polo man lenned forward, and
softly whispered a few words across the
tablo. It was tho sting qt a serpent
Hochmelster shuddered all over his huge
body. Ho had received a terrible Insult,
and ho blinked with tho blind rage of
a maddened animal.
"Do not mind him, Baron," ploaded
tho woman. "It Is an honor to hav
royal blood In your volns."
Her words wero of no avail. Some
thing venomous gleamed In the big
man's oyes as he slipped his right hand
through tho front of hla dlnnor coat
"Not all tho dovils In hell," he hissed,
"will keep mo from killing him."
Tho woman tried to scream. Only a
plaintlvo sob camo forth, but It reached
Monte Crlspen. In a glance he caught
up the tin cads of the impending trag
edy; the scared woman, the cowering
consumptive and the Infuriated Hoch
molster In tho act of drawing forth a
rovolvor,
Crlspen sprang at him llko a panther,
his feet leaving tho floor. Nothing but
Monte's quick leap and superb strength
saved tho pale man. Ho caught Hoch
moister's right arm In such a grip that
ho swung him off his chair and, with
a dexterous twist, tho bono snappod and
an nutomatlc gun fell from nerveloas
lingers.
"You sec, Madame," said Monte to the
unknown woman, "how I deal with
brutes who loso their senses." Ho deft,
ly kicked tho revolver toward Androws, '
who coolly picked It up and tucked It
undor a napkin.
Hochmelster legalncd his chair and
looked sheepishly around tho roof.
WalterB wero running and the air was
surcharged with tho coming of hoisted
authority from tho ground floor in tho
persons of tho hotel detective, tho man
ager and porters.
"Looks llko wo nro In for It," shrilled
the palo man, Using.
Turning to the stout Hochmelster, ho
said: "I withdraw that lemark, Baron.
I had no right to make it."
"Tho Countess Zeda," he went on,
presenting Monte, an.t adding: "Wo aro
locent nrrlvnts from Europe.' I am an
American, ono who has always lived
abroad. You were magnificent."
Ho neither Introduced his .sullen com
panion nor gavo his own name. Later
Monto know why.
Thore flashed a quick look of Intel
ligence between Monto and the hotel
manager, who now camo up.
"Only a rehearsal of a new sketch;
we are actors," Monto declared, with
out a moment's wait, in nn unruffled
voice. "Our sincere apologies."
The hotel manager hesitated for a
moment and then nodded. He beck
oned back the others from the office
floor. J
"Certainly, sir," he granted, "but the
last rehearsal remember, the last re
hearsal. I trust you are all gentle
men." All melodramas must reach the period
or readjustment, wjjen the hero lets
cuffs fly back under coat sleeves and
the villain slinks off in baffled rage.
Under twentieth century polish. In
real life, tho normal setting returns
moro gracefully.
Hochmelster had regained his com
posure. Ho paid tho check with a bill
of large denomination, and waved off
the overjoyed waiter. With his palo
companion lie moved toward the coat
room in the wake of the manager, who
was quite satisfied at the turn In af
fairs; no notoriety for the hostelry, no
police-court sequel.
Tho woman remained behind for a
few moments with Monte Crlspen. An
drews was uncomfortably busy reas
suring some curious society people, '
after having smuggled the revolver,
napkin and all, into his coat pocket.
As Monte threw a gorgeous sable
wrap around a pair of decidedly shap
ly shoulders, the Countess Zeda leaned
a little closer toward him, and a mys
terious perfume almost dazed him wlths
Its sweetness.
"I know you, Monte Crlspen," she
whispered in a low, rich voice, the sub
dued passion of which thrilled him.
"Never mind where we have njet. Heed
the warning I give you."
She then quickly drew a white card
from the recesses of her vanity iag,
and with a tiny gold pencil hastily
scribbled something on it. In turning
away she pressed, the card upon him.
He took it from her almost mechan
ically. He remained at the table, grip
ping the card tightly, and bowing as
she joined her two companions at the
elevator, which soon dropped from
eight, carrying away a pair of wonder
tut black eyes, unfathomable and mys
terious, "Weill It might have happened In
Paris, but I doubt It," broke in
Andrews.
"Enough for one night," responded
Crlspen.
An hour later, Monte Crlspen, stand
ing alone under the arclight in front of
hi) residence on Walnut street, took
out the card, fragrant with the same
perfume that had filled his senses pn
the roof. He surmised, an address, but
gasped as he read;
"YOUR STEEL PLANT IB
DOOMED. WATCH OUT!"
Continued
in
MONDAY'S
EVENING LEDGER
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