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ATTORNEY COECS%i_LOR. AT LAW.
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We look run 'A our friends, for one 'whose life
l; free from imir:rfeetions. Judging them
62, - wia,t no think it inen.shotild he, we draw.
No veil of hiudaess over Laths of their's,
Bat with n reason guided not l.y, sense
We (Ines:ion all their deeds. Our -erring roes
Find At our I:.:nd i .3 brie
h microscopic eye.
Assume in every care the i'errn3 of Wmutitain.z
Are we free flow ill ? Lias n!ot the F:,11, on us
ri‘:!n.iliy a.; theie6?
-Ire •se Lt , ire d with virtuous hearts
Th:in then w'tose :lets we criticise ? Ah, no I
We e.mitot el tint eteinptie.rj . from a fault
Tlrr. - let ns noldy ylei Ito friend.-; the saute'
Allowance that we give otir'Oves ! We loce
These frames of ours.with perfect love, with all
Their fault:.. Ar.d wq .no as well esie3m
Those who are faulty like o'prselvei? _Reverse
1;:,e judg:cents we!so 'quickly farm, and as
We hope for Ftt:don. parilott those who err!
Do -tti ! :tad hri ht ern ill o-ar lives appear
\V; :e;: g:!de , .li:- 0:2 holy of lor'
Atti!atieti hy the hams r!ivi i e of Mere)
ilovs DAL%. .March. la 3
AN EPISODE
OF
FRONTIER LIFE
lIIE
RAcrrows is-situate on Caronßiver
%bout twenty-five miles from Carson nivel
and forty-nine tn;lcs femri the sinlc,
of Humboldt River. The town con , it,ts
of two stores with dweilifig, 'apartments at
tached, •a blioksmith,'s shoji, a,l barn and
one or two fence.rail correis.
.The pp
ulation way amount to fifteen:men, five
women, eight dogs, three cats,
and probably a dozen half poisnned our/
fresh from-Humboldt River,
MEI
This couneutlity lives' on the chances
of trading with innuigrarrts to Oali fornia—
w hose ailimals—when they ri.r.teir the west,
urn side. of the desert are so; much ex
hausted by fatigue and alltalind water, that
the trader gets them for 4 ' Song," and
as there are some good grass bottoms along
• the Carson river—the Water tif which is ,
I
c::cellent—th 3 P.M 111 a I 4S - re sown restored
,and fattened. and'are Llea sent to market
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in California where the: are tr'litcle to ply
Lye hundred per cent wore than they cost. 1
Califorida: in it's infa l cy wary therueep. j
tide or land of refuge or murderers and'
robbers from every part of . the world—a'
'leis - field of enterpriyo for. adventurers,
too-well,known cut-plrses andswindlers ;
as t it was also the «]i Dorado'' for thou
sands of enterprisingoung me.it, who have .
realized fortunes by industry 4nd frugal
: ity, and are now.revctable Uteinbers. of
i .
society, many of then liViirg in a,,,uenee
•
and wealth. But atom was : also a class
' of uteu--who When t. ey made their 'Tile,"
thought it too much to hold on to—and
gave themselves up, intoxicated with their
sili.l. - .:css,. : to the most expensive -and fool
ish amusement's :an enjOynients; and
when they found the r dust"
ing rapitl_lyafter . a time, they tried to make
good what they had dust ,in T; ilebauoliory,
by risking what ,was yet lell thetp_ atthe,
gaming table• and not more than fiverp . ei•
cent..of This cla.s es-er bettered tliems—elv6
j_)eiioiz3 lo of Ti; ildr)oziv!, :pl i a )11; , 3sNiiqiioil :10 Ucl);s.
. 4 ,tt'irtetr (11oTtrts.
monk the iVahonal Eia.
W OMEN'
BY Pitfall: CARRY
'Tis a s.td tutu, yct:tis a &nth
That dues uatcr.eed the proving,
,give our hcarts away,uua4;ed,
t• re n , ,t . loved for losing,
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Striving to ,yir, a little back.
F,r all we feel, wst hide it,
And lips, that tremble With thciriove,
In treqnbling hax&tieniC'd. it..
We, flolish,ll!:ent Ilk kiss and
But it and love's beginning;
While lie. witoNwins hearts awat•,
13 sat:sfed with
thinking that we have net found
TherirAt o . n'e for our niating,
IV,• go oa till oily huirls white,
And eyes are blind with waiting.
The best of nntil we 'die . .
Is less r. 'saint than:woman;
And while We pray for love divine,
o . .ir hearts yearn for . the human.
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COVDEiIaf:GaT,-, POTTER COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1358,
by, this course, while the balance got-ut
terly. ruined not, only pecuniarily but also,
ini hearth and character; -and if 'they-did
no go "to the dogs" at; once—they were
worthless to theursclVe's arid society for-.i
ever afterwards. Many of this Class when !
ruined in everything; retired to the near-!
est "diggins"—shunucd acquaintances and
became, under assumed names, the most
notorious s cOuntlialS; either as: gamblers!
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robbers, or Punk swindlers t: and nota few
of them. took up ranches ou the outskirts,
of the State., on the various immigrant
routes, and became cattle4hieves under ;
the; name of " trader's."
Of this latter class were the men of!
Ragtown, and although I did not observe
within the limits of the town, a • court
honse nor a single church, still it must
not be presumed for a single moment that
this community had neither law nor, gos-- 1
pel- to govern them—on the contthry, they
respect both of these institutions very
highly indeedin their dim peeuliarnan
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ner be sure—but a
.Very 'effeetive
,one';
not.withsfanding, as I shall endeavor to
demonstrate if you follow me to the close
of this sketch:
About noon- of the second day's travel
after leavh . ig the riese.rt and Ragtown be
hind us while our train was roiling slowly
onward through the heavy, sterile coun
try; through which the Carson flows, after
leaving its own valley, 'which snriads it
self in beauty along the eastern base,of
the sierra Nevada—we were overtaken by
two gen tletncri, whom we recognized to he
inhabitants of the town behind us.
They- were both well Mounted on steeds
of Indian breed. highly caparisoned a la
.Vericana; and from their appearance they
seemed to be prepared for a journey. As
they pilssed our train, they regarded each
wagon with a look of enquiry, as if trying
to find some thing they had lost..
On approaching the party,- of .wilic . ll'l
was, one riding ahead of the train; they
seined up; and the smaller Of the two, a
short heavy bulk Man with a very round
head, short neck and fat, red-whiskered
race, dressed in btiek,;itin unmentionables
and vest, with black cloth coat rather
seedy :.nil slouched' hat—addressed us
with :
idornin'
We returned his salutation civilly, when
he cohtinued
" When yon passed our ranch I had no
sort o'notioo oc!Lvellin . for same
but eireact:Aalm: -, s t so fixed it
sine , . that I'm boon' throngh."
•
To Cidiforifiti ?" we inquired.
"W. no, p.:Thap- - ; rMt - qUi . te s.; far"—
he replied, ey:iiag us indiviJually and col
lectively, as if taking our moral all l physi
cal measure; and after coating to some
mental conclusion as t,) our size in buth—
he asked :
" Did you Sla ere a stranger, a young
looking flier—yaller hair, pip!: rms.?, - aud
all-mighty tall ative—around your camp
last night ?" .
We replied in the negative. . '
4 . 1 \Val gen'lmen, the feller I'm a dock ,
in' for, left our settlemen t yesterday:lnd I' in
after him 1 . v;th a warrant from the "b..)ss,"
and I . only hope I mayn't - see him in the
neat .week—but I'll try mighty hard to
sight him. I tell you. There's a nciv ranch
ban:built )wa oa the river 'haat three
miles for'ad , if yuu'il come on well hey
some.thin' to drink and tell you Avila
the gen'lmen l i am after—its too 'daruc - d
hot to talk and rile here - jest - now." -
After a short oonsultatiOU, three of us
eousented,to ga with the, '!',Doe," his
cotnracle called hint, and in less titan half
hour we were seated in • the " new
lunch."
"There's no earthly use in dentin' it
Jitu"„said the Doc addressing% the-host or
the rancti, , in whose ear he had whispered
So:nething, on enOring the house, and a
ter glass of ‘‘ neat,"-be closed
one of his, keen dancing gyes, and looking.
intently at Jim with the other, continued :
f‘ And you had urter : know batter. than to
try.t4 hide him froni ) .tlia law.. ile's in or
about this raticia andl there's nothin' will
save hira--se. jest be, wise:and fetch hint
inat- 7 the sooner its over the better."
" Well, Doe, I suppose the law must ba
obeyed here as•well:as any Where ;, put
Doe afire the critter a sight`-ice hitt', a
trial any lion" sari .~im, yu-a 6p—r.mig
room - door - lie. continued in. a louder voice
"Its no use--you .cake's &nigh,. come
ont" and the young fair-haired followwith,
the pug nose made appearance, with
a most rueful conntemince, before the Ric,
who, gazing. ;it him from head to foot with
a look of cmtempt, said, addressing us,
" Gen'lmen you see before you a feller
who has violated not only gratitudl - i,' but
also the iaWs of oar settlement, dud who
stands under the sentence of Demi', given
by them as had a right to try him ; and I
am sentand,in flict I'm-b:mn', as it-fell
to my lot—L-to hang him ,if I caught him
within a cert4in dista nee of our settlenient;
and I- have eangt him, and I will hang
him—he must die;" and he -hit the table
a thump with his big list, which made
pitchers and tumblers dance, as if to as
sure the peor victim that his earthly (Loin
was sealed beyond any hope of revocation.
"Jim, let's have another. drink
round, and you Pliir —said he, address
ing his comrade or servant, who was a
tall raw-boned man, armed to 'the teeth'
with bowie and revolvers—"pt the laSso
Olt my pommel for one can't deley;" and
Phil. diSappeared 'to obey orders.
During all this time we sat• surprised
And puzzled at the summary w
which the Doe. and• his c:).nrad2 Wcre
about to deal with poor "pug," and,puz
zied kitra the real nature of the 'cul
prit's offence, for the Doe. in his hal ,
rantrrut, to us had specified nothilig par
ticularly ag.ainst him. At this stage of
the preccedings, Capt. C—, one of my
comrades, ventured to put the Tiestion •
"Doctor, might I be allowed to ask you.
sir, What is the nature of the man's of
fence—is it murder?"
"Wal, Sir, I had nrtm.7 in civility told
you all'bout it a:'ore this, as you are
pine to see him hung. This feller you
see,' came - t.) on:i‘anch about a month ago,
clean starvel 'and almost naked. We gin
him some clothes and ,employed him at
good ways;, --as we wanted a man at thin
time, to hterd for on the bAtoms.
Wai he d)4. pur'ty fair, exu.Tt drinking
and talking a litde too znue'i, until the
day you p.cised our ranch. I suppose
you remenoli?,F having met a party of Cal
ifornians_ goin!r east that day?" he in
quired.
We nodded in tic affirmative.
"Will," he continued, "they stopped at
our ranch during the afternoon of that
day, as they intended - crossin:* the Desert!
by night, and during that time this hyat 1
Mr. Sallivan gets. to drinking and talking !
withlthem, ftnd tells them coniidentiaNy
like, that they had better lock out fort
their animals, as he was employed by
us .to heard their cattle and riding ani
mals down on the botloais towards thei
sink, which we had stolen front Migrantsi
and travellers passing. Of course they
believed him, for sich things is done on . '
these hyar roads by d—d scoundrels
occasionally, and how in thunder are the
travelling public to know decent folks
from robbers, except by reputation?
Shortly before they. kir, on of them takes
me aside and tells me the hull story, that
this rascal told them about us, and advis
ed me to stop suph practices, and so forth.
WitE gentlemen,' you may guess when I '
heard sick lies as these—(enough to dain
age the good name of the hull Settlement)
—told: by this wean skunk after . what
we had done, for hint, I.•biled ri , zht up ;
and efl had found hint then, he w,uldn't
have to be hung to-day—you may bct
your lives On that. Wel as soon as the
party had left I.wanted to see. this
.privately, for I was then cool
enough-to talk the matter over with him.
- But 6 . l:new '-what ha had •done, and 'sl;
he dug out. But, gentle Men, he couldn't
outrun the law- in this hvar country. In
the old eastern:and sonic of the western
States-you have regular law—Judges,
Squires, :Constables, Sheri is .and sieh
like varmint—and a .right - cute lawyer
eau make an old fat headed Judge and-a
jurY•o' common men that bl a ck
white. Ent:we'in the border settleinentS
of this country hev no sieh law. Ilyar
every nizai is a judge or constable as the
case requires it—for the protection of our
reputtttixn as a respectable caminunity,—
Or the punishment of ;,great erinies,We,
have nojails—don't want any = and what
ever. the majority - of the people e:Juilider
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it proper tclentencie ai 'nd obetr,the 'hall
'
of the people arc b.M:i' 6 carry it tbrom2ih.
Some folks would call t its Lynch law but
it ain't, quite—its: all the' law We, bev,
ho . wever, and we wanil no otherlinkr,—
and by this law, this Mint is sente l aced •to
b. hung,by - a very .4eai majority, for
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tellin aineaii malicious lie; and,". said be,
turning hi 4 eyes on . the. i-ietiM, , •what
ainst being hung
have you Ipt to say•ag
inside a' [du :iniuutes ?'
The seeneWithiL
moaient was worthy.a s
ty was one of the i-nd,
struction. It appeared
Up in aErreat hurry. '
eight feet fc)in the gr
of r0a7.:1 beard., nailed
b'a:tztis. At o:n end of
we sat, an, adub3 firepl
op:loft - rod to Ix; in.tho c'
Tim farmittua and
apartment emzziisted : 1
or five bme'.l2s, a'
frying pm—and
the rao•ri ware a few old'
ret-ulvm-s—Col
e: a long. i
one or two bo.o!;.-skin§
At o:r)
10i r• - _ , volver
plating- the' fite o' his
who stood opp3site to Lq
:eai7-palel fau3 stall lai
ir,r3pirati•m: At t:1-3
viva Phil.—as iF to pr
unit} of an oscip'_, in et .
ta!i,. , a n_itism
a,•_caiust the wall whittliaig, a Piece of a
pine ehip,!easting,a pitying glance, occa
sionally around at Ili, and we sat at the
table between DJ3. and priseTrar 11-1 )n
.
wliTa iVat!: 'talla 1 awaitia.;, in
silence, fur same falafetica in
answer to the The
peer plan nude' several illieliactnal'effarts
but, • whetlier fro'in a sense of
fear or consd )117-3 guilt, laded; and ',finally
burst hit., tnr3 a:1 , 1 sJIAPI an anneal to
US it) '31.11 . 3 ili4l — to. save his life laa
would try caul° batter ini the future.
We, were nit deaf to.his sup;liczhions•;
we Were all well armed hind were 'deter
mined he sh.rald net die fur his alleged
eri.me at that time, if we should hltre to
rcsot•t, to force to save him. My friend
Ca7t. C—, used all tbe, eloqueuce in
his p")wer to save him4—whielt after a
„t, d ea l o f arguntent t4veen the Due.
and us—succeed&l, prided he should
receive ftftr lashes on his bare b and
promise, on oath, never to return to that
part of the c - matry aptin L
In ace.enlance with this .arrangethent
Phil to;.):: the lasso and tm tking the prop
er noose adjusted it around the neck of
thevietim- , —then threw the other cad ci
the rope. over the lowest limb of a cotton
wood trees which stood a few feet from
the shanty, 'caught it tn his' left hand,
drew it tight and cOmMencedin a cool,
business-like manner to punish. After
inflicting about twe,ntY la'Shes the culprit
was so•badly hurt that we insisted an his
release—Which the Doe. g,raiited with a
better grace that, we exNeted, saying to'
us: "Yes, he may dig ouo now, and keep
out o Hie scent o' the wolves,_ or he- mar
perhaps tied a worse death than harking
boron! tu'ornin'. The la+ nnd my eon'.
science . is satisfied.- Goal d a y tl
e
luen.7 F,o,sa3i.ng, lie and his friends
mounted their horses and goon disappear
ed on.their way to-the:sotOeinent--L4:hile
the victim wended his wly .hr the near:-
est trail Valley-i-witere on our
arrival the- fullikwing day) we heard •'he
had reached in safety. ' 1 •
•. 1_ •
Fri t'at.t Y..l%*Evel
Ttte rulosave, of ihc ifle6olirsplo•O
-' • ". itcis—Pcarr.:1 3
Wig° statesmen are enabled to ~ f oresee
. .
now p.xple, will vet, by their discernment
of the-motives,und,:r which such actionis
to
• d4orminetf. 31,nPh of the: diA.p;
poidpnept which ha,s ,froM time to time
b-el en -ou tered as to the caurse of events
in
. KansaS, 1. - 4 a. arisen from the wzott of due,
attention to the - tnotives.hy,-,which,partios
were itupelled to action: v...s look. at
the motives the Lecompton..party ara,stirp
to he • gmyerned hy,' in thb, coining few
weeks; ill, yihiell so many.iniportant pAnts
are to he-settled.. L -;: ,
The htitory of thei , :opular strug-
P,ER - funtm. ' - ,
gle against the sectionalists Of the. South
and their northern enadjtaters, since.lBs:4
shows e that Allem was a .poWerful - . deter-.
mination i to extend slavery Over Kansas, -
for the s l ake of sewing -the vote oT Alio :
neiv . state , in the . Senate, . Mad, with ; a. view
to ,presdrve the institntiOu : in NisSolari,
and to prevent the. formation :of any free
states MI the south-west. -- It vas only dins.
that the', control of the ,government could,.
be kept in the hands of southerudeaders.
This dcSi ,, n they were resolved - to. ; effec.t
at bverylfiazard, and by any :means th - alf
~
might, bo necessary : - lt,:wasa.struggle.fop
empire-1- 7 d final one. - ;. :- ~ ~:
As this design was bed selfish and un-,
jtist, it tit - as not to be accoMplislaed by any,
other t 4n : corresponding aL•encies. , These
way be I.ivided into three - classeS-;--bully r , -
f
ing, fiat d told force—all ostly in : the and
to theseiwhe employ then , and theiefore.
oomandOg.the .ecuawny of using no More
at any given point, than wre necessary. to
carry. tlmt point, 1)401 to be used in their
turn, t.f.; tiny
,ar.tqlzi thctt ; the occasion iw-,
quirt!c,l. The record : shot s that t l
hereas
n
been oi ileSitittiOrl.icl emloyinw the. re-,
i )
sources jrelied on, and .the result shows!
that they bare :not • goad. beyond-. the ne - ,
cessitiesi of the vase. ..: : .., .. - ,1. ...--
Wki knew that Walker; and.:Stanton,
two of *he ablest supperters:, ; of, the, Ad
ministration, were , appeinod,--fer the pus- -
I
pose of effeeting this obj ee :sand thew w - o . t .
out with the expeetation - lof achierrng it .
a; a *t.frett triumph. The •-: were - di,*.ii - c--
ad .by, the Administratiot . -,only, because
rlie: . ,- 60. failed -to do: , it,,' . 1 n ir they-'tailed
I Ireause they. were - un -- WOE rig to use the
Drescrib' , d means' of fraud and force to
the extort that had bacorua necessary, and
I to whitili the Administratilau was prepared*
to go, rather than miss tip: object. .
The ),ecoruntol Conven ;ion teas planned
Ih-- ;ire i \Val ..ei. was appointed 'governor,
I ! '
and it Came from the hil l her powers lie-
I hind the curtain.. But it ..was• de.ratig,* ad;
I and apparently rendered nugatory, by the. ,
I per,siitent, refusal of aid. people of Kansas.
tc ranelt 'at ehat.
etch. The siran-
I st efforts con
to have
,V , ,en put
he roof was about
nd and consisted
tiativ on: uoss-
,ac‘, raxn wawa
co. au] .chimnev
)u r. 33 of erection
I:aents of this
dcal. table, four
ca hp kcal,: and
on pogs eround .
I:, , arin eats, a long
's--an Aritanas
IIIIIIME:IIIS
1 ott_:-slung
Ill!EM=IIII
hi:11--3;mt . T11-
iut^: ded \ ic;i;u
Ill y a6ll olf.w'aost:
.za. tioups pt co.o
bar stood the
tlle 1)3.35i
-2. 01'2 CO:Ide:11:1CCI
111 :0311:2:1
~ .
to vut....;1 for clele: -, ates—leayingthc :*)llcen•
t ion to I represent , a. mere . handful of parti
sans. :i The - defeat was- :renderect.'mdr6-
overwlichning by the immense majorities;
that, in spite of all; frand:4,cleeted airee . -'
state territorial-legislatures.- ... 2 : ~:] -. ,
If tit r e Ad• ti in istration, n i t• those forvithoin
it acts, Thad been accessible to-the:influ
ence uti right. of justice;;Opairiotisni.:or. ,
of those prudential considerations which
ordinarily act as restraints. upon badmen.%
even when seeking bad ends,. the straggle
would have -been abaudoned-after the ter
ritorial election had - so ex / Clusively shown'.
where the people' of Kan as stood:- . But
it was not abandoned. . .
The Administration h d:other expedl;'
eats in 'l-e:serve. The co yention:was.re
assembli:A, a confidential gent of the Ad . -
ministriition: directed . th ir!' proceedings;
and under his influence the constitution,
was tilli:ici with frauds Old , Ivropgs; was
vitlicirawn fron the peopie- and-placed in.
the hays of Calhoun, 4. tlool of the Presi-:
,I.uit, wao had it in his :pbwer - to alter the
instrtrnent, to authenticaite' its adoption,
Itnd to ennstitute,• by his Sole .certificate,-
the entire government. that. slibith,t.be or-.
ganized . under the constitution.. And .
there ii no check or supervision that can:
alter whatever he &tern, nes.
It ii,- ,
most imphilosophioal • how
,to. up
pqse that such a machinery was contrived:
-ind created fur any otherl i objeettlian that
it nii., , lit be ready tbr us if :needed; nor:
without a purpose to. use it to•any_extentr.
that May be needful to make liansas a
, lave state. . - 1-le,mtho makes himself be-,
here that. those who hart gone so lams-ill.
now s (bp at anything, is- a simple, self•de , .
eciver.! There•is no way oldefeatingAlic
ceaspil.acy, but by ,the ahspluto ;rejection,
of thejLecouipton Const t Pution;' •,and: the
;let ila I admission of the state i nto the linioni,
with the Constitution. Bh:int to be.fornled
by the new convention chosen thiS.Montb.:
Every one of the przt.exts - Tut fortlf-hy
the Lecumpton party is a fallaey, only.-fit-f
ted toiscrcen ,or : faeilitate L : some intended;
trick Of fraud - or usurpation.. - .lti:is said
that the people of , KausaS can alter their..
constitution at pleasure. •...put it.shoula
be ceinambered :that theirery.actmt ad;:.
mission. under.-_the Lecoinplon icon - stitu.-...:
tiun tlCterminea that only] i the. supporters
of that instrument are. to I,be. iectighiladd m:s-1
the p l opl e, of die nsas. • • i 7.lie3r. will: have ,
the legislature-unit the- gate - ,• - officers by
f-2:.flintin's certificates, and the •President -
will erlipitiv the - artny . f 'maintain •thnt
government.
i lie: people of New t' tyk or --rctitisyl,,
varda . . ;cpuld alter their. constitution, ,at
their, pleasure, without )sing'-bound by(
the forins or the old conist:intion.; becatiSe,
in tiie, 1 first PlaCe, ' they
~ lad idready:tbe
control of their Own gave . ntnent, And- thei
favor Of the Federal a . thorities,l which
the people of Kansas ha not';-and then:
thole' states are' too' larAc and poWerfol.
e l .
to fear that iniPertinen interference `o` r
the, :•Tittional Executiv, , .Which:,inig lit'
nearly 'overwhelm smalla sali and unorganizetL
state life Kansas.,
s ,
~ . .
TheiCnOflicial-nO , Apip
Calliodil; trade, ti' he ~1
has, r4Liived ~the !.piffiel
from Goveruor Denvai
=IN
Mill
FOUR CENTS
c:t'd6eldttion'of
tierord he
which way ro-
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