10 The Exploits of Elaine A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama By ARTHUR B. REEVE The Weil-Known Novelist and the Creator of the "Craig Kennedy" Stories Presented in Collaboration With the Pathe Players and the Eclectic Film Company Copyright. 1914. by the <ta| Company All Poreign Kithtt Referred CONTINUED While these astounding events were <transpiring in the little church. Ken nedy and I had been tearing across the countr)' in his big car, following the directions of our fair friend. We stopped at last before a pros perous. attractive-looking house and entered a very prettily furnished, but small parlor. Heavy portieres hung over the doorway into the hall, over another into a back room and over the bay windows. "Won't you sit down a moment?" coaxed Ger f le. "I'm quite blown to pieces after that ride. My, how you drive!" As she pulled aside the hall por tieres, three men with guns thrust their hands out. I turned. Two oth ers had stepped from the back room and two more from the bay window. We were surrounded. Seven guns were aimed as us with deadly preci sion. "Gentlemen," he said quietly. "I suspected some such thing. "I have here a small box of fulmhiate of mer cury. If I drop it, this building and the- entire vicinity will be blown to atoms. Go ahead—shoot!" he added, nonchalantly. The seven of them drew back rath er hurriedly. Kennedy was a dangerous prisoner. He calmly sat down in an arm chair, leaning back as he carefully balanced the deadly little box of ful minate of mercury on his knee. Gertie ran from the room. For a moment they looked at each other, undecided. Then, one by one, they stepped away from Kennedy to ward the door. The leader was the last to go. He had scarcely taken a step. "Stop!" ordered Kennedy. The crook did so. As Craig moved There Stood Her Arch S«my, the Clutching Hand. toward him, he waited, cold sweat 1 breaking out on his face. "Say," he whined, "you let me be!" ' It was ineffectual. Kennedy, smil- j tng confidently, came closer, still hold ing the deadly little box, balanced be tween two Angers. He took the crook's gun and dropped it into his pocket. "Sit down!" ordered Craig. Outside, the other \ parleyed in hoarse whispers. One raised a gun, ! but the woman and tbe others re- I strained him and fled. "Take me to your master!" de- | mandril Kennedy. The crook remained silent. "Where is he?" repeated Craig. ' "Tell me!" Still the man remained silent, j Craig looked the fellow over again. : Then, still with that confident smile, 1 he reached into his inside pocket and drew forth the tube 1 had seen him i place there. "No matter how much you accuse me," added Craig casually, "no one ■will ever take tho word of a crook that a reputable scientist like me would do what I am about to do." i He had taken out his penknife and | opened it. Then he beckoned to me. > "Bare his arm and hold his wrist, , Walter," he said. Craig bent down with the knife and 1 the tube, then paused a moment and turned to tube so that we could see it. ■ On the label were the ominous words: Gerrr Culture 6248 A Bacillus Leprae (Leprosy) Calmly he took the knife and pro- j to make an incision in the man's arm; The crook's feelings un derwent a terrific struggle. "No—no—no—don't," he implored. "I will take you to the Clutching Hand—even if he kills me!" . Kennedy stepped back, replacing I the tube in his pocket. "Very well, go ahead!" he agreed. We followed the crook, Craig still j See "Exploits of Elaine," Seventh Episode, In Motion Pictures, Victoria Theatre, Saturday, April 3 READ THE STORY IN THE STAR-INDEPENDENT EVERY WEEK . Holding the deadly box of fulmlnate'of ! mercury carefully balanced so that ; if anyone shot him from a hiding place i it would drop. No sooner had we gone than Gertie hurried to the nearest telephone to inform the Cluching Hand of our escape. Elaine had sunk back Into the chair as the telephone rang. Clutching : Hand answered it. A moment lafer, In uncontrollable | fury he hurled the Instrument to the floor. "Here —we've got to act quickly— that devil has escaped again," he hissed. "We must get her away. You keep her here. I'll be back —right away—with a car." He dashed madly from the church, pulling off his mask as he gained the . street. Kennedy had forced the crook ahead , of us into the car which was waiting, \ and I followed, taking the wheel this , 1 time. "Which way, now—qpick!" demand- ; ed Craig. "And if you get me in wrong—l've got that tube yet—you re- i i member." Our crook started off with a whole ; burst of directions that rivaled the | motor guide—"through the town, fol- i I lowing trolley tracks, jog right, jog left under the railroad bridge, leaving i trolley tracks; at the cemetery turn left, stopping at the old stone church." "Is this it?" asked Craig Incredu lously. "Yes—as I live," swore the crook ! in a cowed voice. ; He had gone to pieces. Kennedy ! Jumped from the machine. "Here, take this gun, Walter," he j said to me. "Don't take your eyes off the fellow —keep him covered." Craig walked around the church, out' of sight, until he came to a small ' vestry window and looked in. ] inere was Elaine, sitting In a chair, 1 and near her stood an elderly-looking man in clerical garb, which to Craig's , ; trained eye was quite evidently a dis guise. Elaine happened just then to glance j at the window and her eyes grew wide with astonishment at the sight | of Craig. He made a hasty motion to her to make a dash for the door. She nodded j quietly. With a glance at her guardian she suddenly made a rush. He was at her in a moment, pounc- I lng on her, catlike. Kennedy had seized an iron bar that ! lay beside the window where some 1 workmen had been repairing the stone j pavement, and with a blow shattered i tho glass and the sash. At the sound of the smashing glass the crook turned and with a mighty ! effort threw Elaine aside, drawing his revolver. As he raised it, Elaine sprang at him and frantically seized his wrist. T tterly merciless the man brought the butt of the gun down with full l'orce on Elaine's head. Only her hat I and hair saved her, but she sank un ' conscious. Then he turned at Craig and flred i twice. One shot grazed Craig's hat, but the other struck him In the shoulder and j Kennedy reeled. With a desperate effort he pulled himself tow*ard her and leaped forward again, closing with the fellow and i wrenching the gun from him before he could Are again. Just then the man broke away and made a dash for the door leading back into the church itself, with Kennedy after him. Up he went into the choir loft and • then into the belfry itself. There they came to shrer hand-to-hand struggle. * Kennedy triyped on a loose board, and < would have fallen backwards if he had not been able to recover himself Just I in time. The crook, desperate, leaped . 1 ' ' ' ' V HAKRISBURG- BTAR-!NI)EPENDENT, THURSDAY EVENING. APRIL 1. 1915. | for the ladder leading farther up Into ' the steeple. Kennedy followed. Elaine had recovered consciousness almost Immediately, and, hearing the commotion, stirred and started to rise and look about. From the church she could hear sounds of the struggle. She paused just long enough to seize the crook's revolver lying on the floor. She hurried into the church and up Into the belfry, thence up the ladder, whence the sounds came. The crook by this time had gained the outside of the steeple through an opening. Kennedy was in close pur suit On the top of the steeple was a great gilded cross, considerably larger than a man. As the crook clambered outside, he scaled the steeple, using a lightning rod and some projecting | points to pull himßeli up, desperately. Kennedy followed unhesitatingly. There they were, struggling In doad l ly combat, clinging to the gilded cross. The first 1 knew of it was a horrified gasp from my own crook I looked up I ' tv JL** Just Then I Saw a Woman's Face Tense With Horror; It Was Elaine. carefully, fearing it was a stall to get me off my guard. 1 There were Kennedy and the other crook, struggling, swaying back and forth, between life and death. There was nothing 1 could do. j Kennedy was clinging to a light i ning rod on the cross. It broke. I gasped as Craig reeled back. But j he managed to catch hold of the rod farther down and cling to it The crook began to exult diaboli i cally. Holding with both hands to the cross he let himself out to his full i length and stamped on Kennedy's fln | gers, trying every way to dislodge him. it was all Kennedy could do to kejp his hold. I cried out in agony at the sight, for j he had dislodged one of Craig's hands. The other could not hold much longer. He was about to fall. Just then T saw a face at the little window opening out from the ladder to the outside of the steeple—a wom an's face, tense with horror, i It was Elaine! Quickly a hand followed, and in it was a revolver. Just as the crook was about to dis lodge Kennedy's other hand I saw a flash anu puff of smoke, and a second later heard a report—and and another. Horrors! The crook who had taken refuge seemed to stagger back, wildly, taking a couple of steps in the thin air. Kennedy regained his hold. With a sickening thud the body of the crook landed on the ground around the corner of the church from me. "Come—you!" I ground out, cover ing my own crook with the pistol, "and if you attempt a getaway I'll kill you, too!" He followed, trembling, unnerved. We bent over the man. It seemed that every bone in his body must be i broken. He groaned, and before I ! could even attempt anything for him, was dead. As Kennedy let himself slowly and | painfully down the lightning rod, ; Elaine seized him and, with all her strength, pulled him through the win dew. f He was quite weak now from loss of blood. "Are you—all right?" she gasped, aB they reached the foot of the ladder in the belfry. Craig looked down at his torn and soiled clothes. Then, in spite of the smarting pain of his wounds, he smiled, "Yes—all right!" "Thank Heaven!" she murmured fer vently, trying to stanch the flow of blood. "This time—it was you—saved me!" he cried, "Elaine!" Involuntarily his arms sought hers— and he held her a moment, looking deep into her wonderful eyes. Then their faces came slowly to gether in their first kiss. (TO BE CONTINUED.) TURN HAIR DARK WITH SAGE TEA Grandma Kept Her Locks Dark, Glossy and Thick With a Simple Mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur r^— The old-time mixture of Sage Tea and Sulpluir for darkening gray, streaked and faded hair is grandmother's treat ment, and folks are again using it to keep their hair a good, even color, which is quite sensible, as we are living in an age when a youthful appearance is of the greatest advantage. Nowadays, though, we don't have the troublesome task of gathering the sage and the mussy mixing ut home. All drug stores sell the ready-to-use product called "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com pound" for' about 50 cents a bottle, 't is very popular because nobody can discover it has been applied. Simply moisten your comb or a soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, tak y <i:ie small strand at a time; by niorn- : i'g the gray hair disappears, but what 'e'i'.'Hs the ladies with VVveth's Sage rnd Sulphur is that, besides beautifully darkening the hair after a few applica tions. it also produces that soft lustre and appearance of abundance which is ■o attractive; besides, prevents dan druff, itchiug scalp and falling hair.— Adv. i _ - DYING. HAS PICTURE TAKEN Maa Who Has but Fourteen Days to Live Sits fcr Photograph Phqenixville, Pa., April 1. —"I have i but 14 more days to live and I want :my picture taken." With this startling i remark John Mi*t.'nnn, of Byers, Ches ter county, walked into a photographic, i studio in Phoenixville yesterday and : asked that iiis photograph be taken, i "I took poison by mistake and when I left the hospital 1 was told 1 had but 14 more days to live." said McCann, "and 1 want my friends to have my picture." "1 went to the cellar to get some oysters and a bottle of 'vinegar. I poured some of the stuff on my oysters. I thought it was vinegar. It was poi son. It has poisoned my. kidneys and 1 have but ' 4 days more to live. This is like going to the gallows." At. liyeis yesterday it was aaid that McCann had been .11 Tuesday night, but that lie had not told his friends of the accident. IDENTIFIES AMNESIA VICTIM Friend Says St. Louis "Lost Memory" Man Is Cincinnati Broker St. Louis, April I.—A man calling himself "'II. W. Davies" and suffering from lapse of memory was i<Leiutified here yesterday as M. W. lJrury, a broker of Cincinnati. The identification was made by C. C. ''le.ll, of 'Boonville, Mo., who saw the ■picture of the "lost memory" inan in a newspaper. Mr. Bell long has known Drury. Mrs. IJrury and two sons living in Chicago were notified 'by telcgrap'h of the identification. iMr. Drury said his memory failed before April, 1914. I ENDS LIFE BY WELL DIVE When Bullet Failed, Farmer First Fired Home, Then Plunged Warren, I'a. April 1. —Diving into | a well, Adam Warren, aged 60, a farm ' cr on 'Mm'ray Ilill, committed suicide | after failing by placing the muzzle of I a revolver against his forehead and I pulling the trigger. The bullet inflicted I only a slig'ht wound. Warren then fired his home after I vvihi:'h he ran to his well and plunged |in headfirst. : Bef >re his wife and other i members of the family succeeded in get j ting him out he was dead. VICE PRESIDENT EARNS $1 Turns Crack on Movie Machine "Tak ing" Egyptian Drama Los Angeles, April I.—Vice Presi dent. Marshall got on the pay roll yes terday of a motion-picture com;any. ■With several members of his party, the j Vice President visited a picture camp j where the movie men were filming an j Egyptian drama. .lust as the "veiled i I'rincess" entered the director called upon the Vice President to tufn the crank of the camera. Mr. Marshall reeled off'several yards of fi.irn, and the director thereupon j handed him $1 for work as an extra, i The Vice President pocketed the dol lar. Lebanon Tradesmen Reorganize Lebanon, I'a., April I.—-The Leba non Board of Trade has been reorgan ized, ami will be known as the Lebanon ''bamher of commerce. A campaign was' decided upon with a view to booming | tiie membership to 4 00. The campaign is to begin May 1, and is to be conduct ed by experts. Woman Diet on Day Set for Moving York, I'n., April 1. —iMra. Margaret j ( orwell was found dead in bed } - ester ! day morning on the day set for her to lihange her residence. S'ho had work ed hard Tuesday preparing for the i flitting. Mrs. Corwoll was 60 years old. COAL PRICES DROP The now schedule is now in effect with coal at its low est prices of the year. With continued cold weather and most coal sup plies needing replenishing the savings offered should prompt the immediate fill ing of all fuel needs. Kelley's Hard Stove for the furnace is now $6.20. H. M. KELLEY 1 N. Third Street Tenth and State Streets FOUR BOLDLY LOOT BANK AND LEAVE CASHIER TIED Substitute Serving For Brother Is Overpowered By Unmasked Ban dits in Cage Carelessly Left Open —Bound Man Freed Self Pittsburgh, April I.—Quietly en tering the Hays National bank, Hay 3 borough, at 2.40 yesterday afternoon, four unmarked highwaymen bound and gai&ged Albert ißall, a clerk, the only persorn in the bank at the time, and gathering the bills, gold and small change from the counter, esca|ted with several thousand dollars. The robbery was not made known until Ball freed himself liftocn min utes later by cutting the clothesline which bouml him and called Justice Miller, of Homestead, who in turn notified the county detectives. The cash taken is said to be $5,000 but iHugh Nevin, vice .president, later stated that the loot did not exceed $2,000. According to the story told detec tives by Ball, the four bandits entered the b«nk a short time after the mes senger, W. E. Tompkins, had left to , take some money to the Monon'gahela , Trust Company," which controls the . Hays bank. "When the messenger left the bank," said Ball, "he forgot to close the door leading into the cage. I did not notice that it was open. About fifteen minutes after the messenger left four men came into the bank. I , was busy at the books and did not look up for a minute or two. Two of the . men entered the cage while I was en gaged in work and one of them, a stout man, wearing a green cap, push ed two revolvers in my face and yell ed, 'Hands up.' "I threw up my hands and the sec ond man, who was about 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing about 160 pounds and who was wearing a dirty brown overcoat, drew part of a clothes line from his pocket and tied my hands. He then placed one handkerchief in my mouth and tied, another over my mouth. "The man with the revolvers order ed me to lie down on the floor and 1 did as 1 was told. The other two men were outside the cage. One of them stood near the cashier's window, while the other stood at the door. After the second and smaller man in the cage had gathered up the money from the counter, they joined the two outside the cage, and ail four left the bank to gether. I could not see from my posi tion on the floor which direction they took. "I worked with my hands for some time and finally succeeded in getting them in position to draw my penknife from my side pocket. Securing the knife, I cut the ropes on my wrists and removed the gags from my mouth. I then called .Justice Millar, of Home stead, and notified Mr. Nevin, who came to the bank in an automobile." Ball, who is about 2<3 yeire old and who resides near Dravosburg, is not steadily employed at the bank. His brother, Arthur Ball, thte cashier, has not been at the bank for several weeks having undergone an operation at the South Side hospital. In the meantime Albert has been attending to his brother's duties at the bank. VTNCOME FIVE COMING Fast Philadelphia Team Will Meet Inde pendents The Vincome team, of Philadelphia, ono of the fastest basketball organiza tions of the east. will close t'he local season here Saturday night with the Harrisburg Independents. The game will 'be played in the Chestnut street auditorium. On the Vincome's first trip to Harrisburg t'he loeal won after a hard flgibt toy the score of 30 to 26. The visitors have McNamee and Pike on the two forward positions; Long street at ("enter, and Zalin and Newman at guards. Harrisfourg. will line up. in their regular order. SILVER FOXES AT $312 A PAIR Government Sells Animals to Be Used Only for Breeding Washington, April I.—The Depart ment of Commerce has sold ten pairs of silver gray foxes to the Alaska Sil ver Fox and Pur Company at Pair banks, receiving $312 a pair for them. These foxes were raised on the Pribi lof islands by the Government for breeding purposes. The fur company is obligated not to kill them - for their pelts, but to use them for breeding. "PUSHMOBILE" A VEHICLE Court Finds Boy Had Right of Way Under Traffic Rule New York, April 1. —Justice Bene diet in Brooklyn has held that a child's "pushmobile" is a vehicle under the law and has refused to set aside a ver dict of S9OO in favor of Rudolph Barr of No. 726 Cleveland street against Harry Kaplan for injuries sustained by I/?o Burr, ten years old, who was injured by one of Kaplan's grocery de livery wagons. The accident happened August 26, 1913, when Leo was riding his "push mobile" on Blake Avenue near Essex street. He was on the right side of the roadway when struck. James P. Kohler, Barr's attorney, asserted that a "pushmobile" is a vehicle and Leo had the right of way over Kaplan's wagon. AUTOS LICKED UP BY FLAMES Wealthy People Suffer Losses When Repair Plant Is Destroyed By Associated Press. Philadelphia, 'April I.—Automo biles and carriages, the property of wealthy residents of the suburbs of t'his city, were destroyed by fire yester day that burned the factory of C. W. Scott & Company, at Bryn Mawr. The vehicles were either being repaired or rebuilt. Among the automobiles destroyed were those owned by Samuel Ren, president of the Pennsylvania railroad and Wayne MaoVeatgh, a former At torney General of the United States. Hassler A. C. to Practice Saturday Candidates for t'he Hassler A. C. will get try out on I»land Park Saturday afternoon. Players are inviited to try for the toam. The following last year's regulars will 'be on hand: Lynch, Gerdes, Boas, Andrews, Rhinefoart, Ross, Peters, Gardner, Kline, Murphy and Siheafer. LAWYERS' PAPER BOOKS Printed at this office in best style, at lowest prices and on short notice. When the P. I. E. Was Opened! In Was On March 25th The P. I. E. is the Pennsylvania Insurance Exchange and it was chartered on the date named. This corporation has been formed with the object of offering to the citizens of Harrisburg and district, clearly written and absolutely sound insurance policies—Life, Fire, Liability, Accident, Health and Auto mobile. None but the strongest and most reliable companies will be represented, and none but the most eligible business accepted. The Slogan of P. I. E. is "Service—Strength" The Officers are: President, Wm. C. Wanbaugh, Secretary-Treasurer, Wm. H. Eby, Jr. Offices at 34 Union Trust Building Theße are young, aggressive men of ability, integrity, prestige—live wires, with your interest at heart. PHONE, WRITE OR CALL ON THEM "DO IT NOW" Sample the P. I. E. —You'll Find It Good! DENIES ENDORSING NOTE Beiired Altoona Grocer Says He Never Signed Paper Given by Aurand Altoona, Pa., April 1. —Thomas M. Gift, a retired Altoona grocer, yester day received notice form the Farmers' National bank, of Seliusgrove, that a note for SI,OOO bearing his name as endorser would be due on May 5. The note was placed in the bank two years ago by the Rev. C. M. Au rand, who died under mysterious cir cumstances, and was renewed last year. Gift declares the uote a forgery and says he never endorsed it. lie is a member of Temple Lutheran church, of which Dr. Aurand was pastor. The two families were very intimate and had planned a trip to the Holy Land last year, but were preventd from ta king it by the war. Heirs of Robert Taylor, one of the leading members of St. Matthew's Lu theran church, Martinsfourg, of which Dr. Aurand was pastor, were notified by a Selinsgrove bank that a note 'bearing his name is due. They pro nounce it a forgery. TWO WAREHOUSES BURN Fire in Diamond Glass Works at Royers ford Threatens Industrial Section Royersford, Pa., April 1. —Fire broke out at the plant of tlie Diamond Glass Works about 5 o'clock last evening and for a time threatened the destruc tion of a large part of Royersford's in dustrial section, fronting on the Schuyl kill river. The fire was conquered after the hardest kind of a light by the fire de partments of both Royersford and Spring City. The flames were confined to two warehouses of the Diamond Glass Company. Besides the loss of the warehouses, many hundred gross of glass bottles were destroyed. The loss will total about $15,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. P. & R. Indicted by Grand Jury By Associated Press. Philadelphia, April 1. —A grand jury in the United States District Court here yesterday returned three bills of indictment against the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company on the charge of violating the Interstate Com merce law in conl shipments to and from Philadelphia. Wilkes-Barre Has Paid Firemen Wil'kes-Barre, Pa., April I.—'Wilkes ißarre now has a full paid lire depart ment beginning with yesterday. All former call men have lost tiheir posi tions, and the appointment of fifteen former call men to the positions of reg ular firemen gives the department a full [aid department. Eight reserves have also been named. Woman, 80, Dying From Fall Sun'bury, Pa., April 1. —Thrown a wagon near her home in Rocke feller township iNorthumfoerland county, when the horses ran away, Mrs. Harriot Persing, 80 years old, received a broken arm and many lacerations. It is feared she cannot recover. Aim to Acquire Game Preserve Locust Summit, Pa., April 1. —The Locust Summit Gun Club opened nego tiations yesterday witlh t'he Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company for a 200-acre tract of mountain land to be used as a game preserve. FOR RENT PRIVATE ROOMS FOR HOUSEHOLD GOODS FIRE PROOF STORAGE / We Invite Your Inspection / HARRISBURG STORAGE CO. I 437-443 SOUTH SECOND STREET \ LEGATEES MUST KEEP FARM Will of Charles Henry Geissler Directs Heirs to Retain Ancestral Estate Reading, I'a., April I.—The will of Charles Henry Geissler, heretofore known as Henry C. Geissler, was admit- I ted to porbate here yesterday, and dis poses of an esta'e valued at $150,000 among his three sons and one daughter. After the death of all the decedent 's children and grandchildren the real es tate securities! mentioned in the will, aggregating $72,416.77, are to be di vided share and share alike among dece dent's great-grandchildren. The daught o r is bequeathed outright the income ot real estate aggregating $19,361.08, which decedent estimated to be the equivalent of his tin store and mantle business left to bis sons. The document directs that the farm of Samuel B. Knabb, grandfather of : the children, which is willed to them, be continued in them unto the death of I the last survivor of them and to the I extent of expending the entire fortune to keep it in repair. TO MEET AFTER 50 YEARS i Brothers Separated Half Century Will Hold a Reunion I Shamokin, Pa., April 1. —Jacob Mar tin received a letter yesterday from his brother, Henry M. Martin, Eastern, Miss. It was the first news he received I from him in fifty-one years. Another I brother, James Martin, who resides at St. Josephs, Miss., has not communi cated with Jacob Martin in forty-sev ' en years. | When the Civil war occurred the three brothers and their father enlisted ; in the Union army, after which they quit Pennsylvania for Ohio, from which state Henry-and James went south and Jacob returned to this state. The three brothers will hold a reunion next summer. HAVE NOT PICKED PRINCIPAL School Board Committee Will Not Re port Friday No report of the special committee having in charge the recommendation of a successor to the late William S. Steele, principal of the Central High school, is expected to be sent to tj' School Hoard at its meeting to-mp'KS night. This committee will meet,"]', week and likely return a recomme f tion to the board April 16. « The regular meeting of the Fin 'I Committee of the board will be I'jf t'his evening. Lebanon's New Chamber of Comir , Lebanon, April 1. —"Members of f® Board of Trade, in special session wL solved themselves into the LeV, JT Chamber of Commerce and decid) award a contract to the American, Ife Bureau, New York, to take hold flf membership campaign in this city. organization is devoted to city and has the distinction of being sue fill in every city in which its r : % sentative, L. E. Wilson, has worl<ii gjj When People Ask Us | what i» good for nerves and lost wei.g' V we always recommend i 4 tetaSJL Emulsion j containing IJ ypophoiphitt* i a food tonic and tissue builder. George A. Gorgas
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