"AN ACCIDENT TO PONSONBY.
AN EPISODE OF THE WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1899.
in "chio-chins Am bound for Calcutta and thence by P & O, home.
"Your wife Agdan and myself exclaimed simultaneously.
"Yes, my wife."
"But we didnt know you, were married." remember the lady who found me in the church "No, I don't suppose you did. But you at Malinto."
Well, I'm hanged." It was Agden who spoke. I was practically dumbfounded and stood staring at Ponsonby with all my eyes. Then I managed to blurt out!--
It was hot, villainously hot, Sor was the fir Ing. So, were transport mules, Chinese stret cher coolies, advancing troops and the poor bleeding wretches who were being put into the ambulances. So was all the available water. So were the little not of correspondents who, drummed their heels on the sides of a stack of biscuir boxes on the side of the railway
"But how did she yet into town?" embankment and anathedised the war, editors saw me in the hospital. Ilow she ever found "I really couldn't tell you. But she came and in general and the Press Censor in parti- me in the church i don't know and have not cular. But the very hottest thing of all was Ponsonby, And Ponsonby, the usually calm yered up sufficient Spanish to enquire." and urbane l'onsonby, the well tried repre-always a decent fellow. But Agden will have We were sorry to fose Ponsonby, whis was sentative of the Daily Gadfly, was now
it that his bruin was affected by the fall into. swearing like trooper, or for the matter that curious crypt. And Agden is probably of that like lost his pony and smashed his camera? Had to his wedding.
thousand tones. Had fe not right for, if not, why didnt Pansonby-invite as not a staff officer ordered him "Fifteen paces behind the Staff if you please, gentlemen?" And had he not fallen headlong into a buffalo wallow, thereby befouling his usually neat attire and twisting his ankle."
were
Around us was nothing but smoke and dust through which the midday sunglowed in a crim son ball. A few hundred yards to the northward, on either side of the line of railroad, lay a long line of blue and brown clad humanity, from which came a mitling sound as though millions of crackers were being ignited in one continuous stream Then, cutting the dust laden air with their sobbing screams, the bullets of the foe came flying overhead, occasionally alighting on the brown sunbaked ground with dull thuds or clanging loudly on the iron roof of the station in whose rear tre faking shelter. A queer looking trio we were, dust begrimed and smoke stained, booted and spuried, belted and revolvered. And the worst of it was we had none of us broken our fast that day. As Agden, of the Su Francisco Screamer remarked “ While we are waiting here we might as well investigate the *hard tack,' anyhow."
To this preposition I assented. A big stone and a jack knife soon had a case opened and our teeth busy, and when I unearthed a tin of sardines from my hip pocket even Ponsonby forgot to sweat further. Whilst thus engaged the firing ceased, there were a couple of bugle calls, a series of yells" from the American troops as they rose from their rice ridge shelters and dashed forward in pursuit of the fleeing foe. Speedily we were following in their wake, pausing only now or then to look at a wounded man being bome rearwards ori a stretcher. The advance line is soon overtaken, they have lost all sight of the fleet footed Filipinos and are now resting and awaiting a well earned meal. Our notes are soon joned down and we proceed to investigate at neighbouring hamlet which, after firing, the insurgents have vacated....
Looks like hot work, here," said Agden, pointing to the church from which a shell had gently removed a comer..
We acquiese and proceed to investigate the interior. There is every indication that some attempt had been made to loot it. A confused heap of altar ornaments and priests vestments lie on the floor, some oil paintings have been cut from their frames, a crucifix has fallen prone on the altar the whole is one terrible scene of desolation. After leaving the church we enter the adjacent priest's quarters and, finding them comfortable, proceed to camp: there for the night Your humble servant is installed as while Agden and Ponsonby
chef, sally forth to annex a chicken or anything edible which comes bandy. By this time a number of the victorious troops have entered the village and are looking about the place, taking sections of nipa with which to make camping shacks," collecting firewood, seeking water, eggs, etc. Time passes, Agden returns but no Ponsonby. It gets dark but the village is ablaze with the light of one or two blazing buildings. We ramble about, looking here, making enquiries there. Still no sigh of our friend. Anyhow it is no use seeking him further to-night; he is sure to tum up all right. So after a pleasant little meal we "tum in."
MATOLOS.
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A SPIRIT BRIDE.
BY
ANDREW HAGGARD, (Author of "Dedo and 10 “Ada Triscoll," etc, plc.)
[CorvRicht.]
J'ARE 1.
The origin of the very sad adventure, which bas tinged my life with grief, was that I went haunted house. Although the owner and his by invitation to a séance which was held in a wife had for long been disturbed by horrid shricks and other unaccountable noises, and although the servants and themselves had! occasionally had fleeting "rencontres" with fitting shadowy forms, they had never been able to make out what it was that the ghosts to be asked. At length, however, it became wanted, as these never stopped long enough almost impossible to live in the house, the spirits that inhabited it having developed the unpleasant habit of twitching the bed-clothes at night from off the living inhabitants. It was of no use putting them on again, they were twitched off repeatedly. Now, even a worm will turs, gud my friends. Mr. Smith and his wife, who had given the spiritual inhabitants of the old Manor House a free rein shriekings, trampings, rattling of chains, and as long as they had contented themselves with sudden fittings by in the long passages, drew a line at twitching of bed clothes. They therefore determined to obtain the services of the most powerful medium of the day, and, if possible, make the ghosts materialise fully give an account of themselves, and say what it was they wanted. Smith was a stockbroker, without a scrap of superstition in his nature. or two before, and would not in the least have He had only bought the Manor House a
year objected to buying the family ghost also, on account of the air of respectability that it would give the place, had he been told about it. But he had been done." Instead of one family ghost there were evidently two or three, and they were, not only not respectable, but dis tinctly malignant and spiteful spirits.
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thought, Mr., Ashburton, you were accustomed to the vagaries of the spints by this time! But never mind, hold tight on to me, I am smaller than you, but I will protect you all the same. The spirits and I are very good friends."
I wondered how she knew my name, but Well, really, my dear young lady, you make giving her hand a responsive grip, I answered,
me feel a little ashamed of myself, but I must honestly. own I do not like the idea of being hit in the eye by the brass-bound corner of an ancient bible, or of having my head bashed in by a failing book-case. Still I am glad to find that you are a friend of the spirits," 1 your generous offer to protect me, you will added, laughingly, "as, then, quite apart from probably run less risk of being hurt yourself
Hush," she said, laying a shapely finger on séance. her charming lips, "we must go on with the Don't you know we have come gn on with the business quite in the dark here to see the ghosts? But we will not any longer," she said. "It is too rough nitogether" Then to my surprise she spoke in an authoritative voice, John Roberts, we cannot run this seance quite in the dark or there will be accidents. We must have a couple of kumps lit and turned down low, placed at the corners of the room, and you must watch to see that the evil spirits do not overturn them and put them out."
Very well, Miss Evelyn," answered the voice of the controlling spirit. "I think it will be safer for the mediam too,”
Ilave you any lamps, Mrs. Sinith P" said my fair neighbour to our hostess. "If so you had better light them, and place them as i direct.”
Neither Mrs, Smith nor anybody else seemed to have the slightest idea who the young lady was who was thus taking the direction of affairs into her own hands, but she replied, "Oh, certainly Miss--Miss-
"Miss Evelyn," interposed the girl. qutside the door. Where shall we put them ?" "Here are some lamps, Miss Evelyn, just
For everyone recognised the fact that it was just as well that this very self-possessed young lady should be allowed to take the lead, as no body else seemed to know what to do.
She lit the lamps and placed them in the corners, turned low; then, coming back to her Seat nest me to my great satisfaction she once mare took possession of my hand in her firm, bui dainty grasp. "There," said she smiling something" at inc. "Now, Mr. Ashburton, we shall see
"I expect we shall, Miss Evelyn," I replied. "And if so, it will be entirely due to you." I only wished I knew Miss Evelyn." Miss Evelyn-what?-but I liked the name Evelyn in itself without any surname.
We had not long to wait. We had scarcely the medium was suddenly lifted off the sofa, resumed the clasp of hands all round before carried across the room over our heads, and placed on the wide top of the book-shelf which had so recently nearly fallen down.
He will do there nicely," said Miss Evelyn. "He's in a trance, and they will probably bring him down again if they want him. If not we can fetch him down ourselves."
lying on followed him on to the top of the book- After the medium, the sofa that he had been
case. It was placed right over him upside down, but he did not seem in any way annoyed by its weight, or, indeed, aware of its presence, Then the table upon which was one of the lamps was taken violently up, thrown down again and smashed, but the lume was taken across the room and carefully placed by the other one.
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I saved that lamp," called out the voice of approbation. the "Control John Roberts, as if seeking for
Yes, John," said Miss Evelyn, "that was right of you; but all these manifestations are simply rubbish. What we came here for was haunt this house, and to find out, if possible, to see the materialised form of the ghosts that wlint they want, not to see them play the fool
like this."
"I know that, Miss Erelyn," answered John, but they are bad, unraly spirits, who neither
know me nor care for me at all."
"Well, you had better tell them that if they another chance, as Mr. Smith is going to pull don't show themselves now they will never get the house down over their heads. Are you not, Mr. Smith 7"
"Yes, 1 am," answered Mr. Smith, staring with astonishment. "But how do you know this?
in undisputed possession of the Manor House. A compromise was come to by the intermediary of the self-possessed and beautiful Miss Evelyn. Shiith agreed on the one side to give up to them entirely the oldest wing of the house. They agreed, on the other hand, never any way whatever to annoy the Smith family again to twitch at the bed-clothes, or in or their descendants. Smith and the male apparition shook bands on the compact, for the time being. The lady also insisted the two ghosts were fully materialised for upon shaking hands with me, as she was kind enough to say she still had a weakness for not at all like shaking hands with even the good-looking young fellows. Personally, I did ghost of a murderess, but I thought it best to comply with a good grace. They then bowed politely to the company, and walking arm in arm out of the room, disappeared for ever..
then quietly with unseen hands replaced Mr. John Roberts and other well-disposed spirits Hawkshaw, the medium, and the sofa in their briginal position. Hawkshaw was awakened from his trance, and the séance terminated pleasantly. Then we all went down to the din- ing-room to an excellent supper, of whish we stood greatly in need.
During this meal, the host and hostess, the latter of whom had quite recover- ed from her fright, both inadegreat deal of Miss Evelyn, but imagining, perhaps, that she had come with a friend, they asked her no questions as to her surunity, nor how she had chanced to arrive so opportunely on the scene that evening, although I have cause to known that their curiosity about her was.very great. But in fact, they were just a little afraid of her. For my part, the more I aw of this girl the more I was struck with her beauty; while she continued to glance at me, strange to say, with a look in her grand lustrous eyes which was positively affectionate, and it seemed to me somehow from that look that she wished me to remain near her. It was at the same time a clinging and caressing glance. I did not refuse its unspoken invitation, but kept by her side when we sat down to supper, t found her a most interesting and well-read companion. She seemeil to. know about everything and everybody, and was just as much at home i Voltire or Renan as she was in the books of Rider Haggard, or in the ordinary park and society gossip of the day. Supper ended, our host was in somewhat of a quandary. The last tain from Kingston, which was the nearest station to the Manor, had gone to town, and he did not quite know how to dispose of all his guests, especially as now he had surrendered one wing to the spirits, he could only offer some of then, Miss Evelyn and myself included, shake. Evelyn, however, spoke in her quiet decided downs upon arm-chairs and sofas. Miss wayThanks, Mr. Smith, do not bother about me at all. I must be up in town very carly indeed, and intend to stroll quiety along by the river and wait for the first train at Rich mond. It is a lovely night for a walk, and 11 feel that the air would do me good. I am quite capable of taking care of myself, unless, indeed, any gentleman-and she glanced at me--is dying for a cigar, and would like to come to.
I, of course, took the hint, and offered my escort for the seven mile walk, which she accepted.
Oh! Mr. Smith," said she, when this was quite settled, "you can, by-the-bye, use to-night without fear the wing you have promised to give up. can answer for it that you will not be molested at all, for I was responsible for the arrangement being made in the first instance, and I understand the spirits thoroughly, I will, therefore, make myself responsible for them not to take possession until tomorrow night at twelve o'clock."
relief to Smith and those who wished for a bed Her air of quiet conviction brought great
to
sleep in, although no one knew who she was, her face was very truthful, and after the events of the evening it was evident that she. indeed knew thoroughly well all about the spirits and their doings.
gether If you cay endure this--if you can stand this tremendous test, then indeed will your love be proved to be great, noble, and true, and as a reward for the sacrifices you make to comply with my conditions, we may be allowed one or two heavenly years of happ that, I warn you beforehand. Do not decide iness together, we must not expect more than
now. I will see you to-morrow-you can tell me what you have determined on then, One
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remember when or where it was, yet we have may tell you this, although you cannot met before, and moreover, I have made the mast frightful sacrifices to be enabled to meet you again. Now kiss me, and let us be happy of your final decision concerning our future till to-night in our love, while leaving this matter
Silently enfolded her ance arms, and as I did so, I felt even mare strongly more in my than before that we were one in heart and sool. And I too knew somehow that it was not for the first time on this evening that I had loved her pure spirit, although the beautifsf bodily foem that veiled it was new to me.
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That was an eventful walk i had with this bank. The harvest moon shone upon the strange young lady by night along the river rippling waters, and all nature seemed at peace. She had taken my ann, and in a short time it seemed to me as if our thoughts and minds MENU, BILLIARD TABLES and were blended together and I felt that she too was deeply moved by the beauty of the mid- presently she said, answering my unspoken night scene. Her arm trembled in mine, and thoughts
"I would not mind them much," said Smith to me, "if only they would treat me fairly; bur be even with them soon by pulling the old house as they don't appear inclined to do that, I will down until the site it occupied is as flat and unrecognisable as the place where stood Baby and tim it into an apple orchard, he added lon of old. I will put the plough over it too, reflectively. Apples de very well down there.. Not much fun they'll get twitching bed-clothes teeth. "But I'll tell thenrall this at the séance, then," he chuckled vindictively between his and given them a chance though. Perhaps when I bave made it quite plain to them, that if I have to go they will have to go too, they will be a bit more reasonable, and we may be friends yet. But we'll have a nice little party at the séance, even if it is the last party we can I must have been asleep some, hours when have in my house." something disturbed me. What on earth is
As Smith said, he had a nice little party, but that? There, standing at the foot of my bed with a view to making the thing a greater is a young native woman. Naturally I spring success, he had only invited those whom he to my feet, awaking Agden as I do so. The Some of these he had never even met himself had heard of as being believers in spiritualism." mysterious damsel says something in Spanish. before thus as a party it was scarcely a con- What it means neither Agden nor myself can comprehend; but how on earth did she get there? genial one, for very few of those present knew The insurgents have carried off all their woİNCA
en each other,—not that that made much differ- with them and how our present visitor can
ence to the people, who only went with the have remained behind is a mystery. She is object of studing the supernatural. evidently anxious about something, for see how arrived from town it was eleven o'clock at night. When Mr. Hawkshaw, the celebrated medium, she is beckoning.
After a brief consultation as to what to do About a dozen of the visitors arrived with him, we follow the lady through the door and into
and as there were several people already the church. She trips along the floor and goes
assembled we formed quite a large party. right up to the altar, siczing some drapery and told to choose a room in which he thought, When the medium was shown over the house at its side as she reaches it. There right in the thick wall of the church is a
the séance had better be held, he selected here we are. And the reason that we are here the spirit of John Roberts call me Evelyn, You CHS. J. GAUPP & CO., doorway from which descends a flight There were not very many books in it, a musty old room known as the fibrary. of steps. Taking a candle from some lying scattered about the floor she lights it but what there were were large and heavy ones and proceeds to descend. Round and found and there were plenty of chaire, sofas, and we wind and there at the bottom, his hend date all the quests. As! took my seat on the settees, quite aufficieni, indeed, to accommo bound in a blood stained bandage is Ponsonby: end of the sofa, I particularly noticed that the evidently very seriously hurt, looking deathly hair against it to my right was unoccupied. pale but now peacefully sleeping...
We determined at first to sit in the dark, so we bound the medium hand and foot and laid him
To say that we were thunderstruck would be to put it faintly. As neither Agden nor myself can speak either Spanish or Tagalog we cannot, ask the lady; for a lady she evidently is,
with judging by her manner, her dress and jewels,
a sofa, scaled him tight over every knot many scals, and turned out the lights. No sooner were the lights turned out than a fearful crash was heard behind us on my side of the
She sat on some pieces of wood, her face resting on her hands, occasionally giving went
room. was the sound of falling books, and to a sob. How the weary hours passed that we heard one mighty tome after another night with Agden and myself attending on our being dashed violently on the floor the air -injured friend I could hardly tell. At length became redolent of dust. It was almost stifling
came the dawn and I went off in search of" #i
shouted out in an authori stive tone, you had better all join hands and surgeon, after having assisted Agden to get
tone, Ponsonby up the steps leading from the crypt
sing a hymn, there are bad spirits oksent." Into the church. A doctor was soon found and
I knew the voice to be that of John Roberts, came with all speed' with me' to the church. the medium's controlling spirit. He has been His diagnosis was to the effect that Ponsonby John Wesley, and had always shown himself in his lifetime one the earliest disciples of must have discovered the staircase by to be a religious God-fearing spirit. In accor "some accident, had fallen down it in the dance with John Robert's directions I took hold darkness and injured his head. It was im of the hand of the person on my left, and was possible to say how severo Buch injury might be and although he had every hope of a rapid caning across the empty chair on my night to recovery he would hat try to give us any false take that of my nearest neighbour, when Impressions. An ambulance was soon on the found the chair was no longer unoccupied, for spat, our wounded friend placed inside and we a little hand instantly seized mine. I had hard started for towe, Agden having kindly volun-ly time for astonishment, indeed only just had teered to do my work in the field time to think that someone must have moved during my brief absence. The
nearer to me, when the din in the room became to town was speedily accomplished and I left so terrific that it seemed as if all the powers of Ponsonby in the bands of the good Sisters of hell had broken loose. All the fallen books the San Juan de Dios hospital Meanwhile cominenced flying round the room, we were had completely forgotten the ignorita and it violently lifted up in our seats and shaken, and was not until I met Agden at Malolos some three days after that. I gave her a thought. Then I learned that she had vanished as mysteriously as the ad appeared
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could then hear a large table overturned with a smash.
combined scampering and showing was heard Before she could answer a frightful sound of outside coming along the corridor. The library door flew open, and two hideous beasts burst in. They had horrible human heads covered with long grey hair; one was a male and the other a female, and their bodies was those of teeth long and sharp. They rushed round baboons. Their eyes were fierce, and their
the room, clawing savagely at us as they passed, but stopped suddenly in front of the terrified Smith. Mrs. Smith and another lady fainted just then.
"You want to see us Smith, do you? Well,
is, that we are the Darwinian ancestors of the Smith family. The missing links, in fact. Do you see any resemblance to yourself?" and they gaashed their teeth dreadfully at him. "Now, say, are you going to keep us, or are you going ourselves?" And they made as if they would to clear out and leave us and the place to tear him to pieces. We were all nearly terrified
out of our wits at these awful creatures, when the silvery tones of Miss Evelyn's voice some- what reassured us.
"You silly people," she said, "don't think anybody's afraid of you, for although you have made such rights of yourselves, you have over done it so much that a baby could see you are only masquerading, Missing links, indeed Nonsense! If you really want anything settled, why not appear in your proper forms?
She's too clever for us," growled the female missing line Who is the Well, perhaps she's right, so let's change. I am tried of this ugly form, at any rate. But in spite of what she says, we have nearly frightened a couple of women to death. That's some satisfaction.
"Very well, change," said the male being. when two of the handsomest creatures it has The words were no sooner out of his mouth,
ever been my lot to behold stood before us—a gentleman and a lady clad in the court dress of the time of Charles II. But their faces, if hand some were very, very evil. The lady swept round in front of me, and making a low curtsey, asked, with a hard sarcastic laugh, if I liked her any better so?"
"Certainly, madam," I replied, "vary much better. But now you have assumed your pro- per and form, will you not kindly tell
us your
They related their history, which, to cut it short, was as follows:
"Yes it is heavenly, but do you not think that it is more beautiful in the spheres where the spirits dwell than it is even here to night?" "No." I answered gazing passionately upon her. "Nothing in this or any world can be more beautiful than this."
She sighed deeply-then looked up in my face with a sweet smile and said earnestly- "Ah! George Ashburton, that is simply be cause you think you love me, is it not? You do not even known my name, beyond having heard do not know where came from, nor where I go-you have never seen me until four hours go-and yet now you think in your heart that you love me better than all the world. You would jump into that river for my slighest wish, I verily believe-Say, is it not so?"
right. I do not think, but know, that I love you "Beautiful Evelyn," I replied, you are indeed as you say, sufficiently to lay my life down for you if need be. Ah! I verily believe that you have bewitched me."
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"Perhaps I have," she answered more merrily, "but how do you know that you have not, by some wilful but unforgotten act of your KUHN & KOMOR, own bewitched me too? am not in the habit of taking midnight, waike with strange gentlemen, you know. How do you know that this is not all a delusion-a dream? What means have you of telling that you are you, that, I am 17. After the strange thungs you have seen to-night, why might not I rather be some vampire or evil spirit, seeking, to lure you to destruction for purposes of my own? Do I look anything like an evil spirit?" she asked, locking up at me archly,
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are no evil spirit, but some good true woman, "Ohi au," 1 exclaimed vehemently, "you
some woman whom I have known before somewhere, though I know not when or how, for you remind me of someone
seem to have seen in a dream-but evidently you know me, and know me well. Oh! I must tell you that I adore you first- you can tell me who you are or not as you chouse." And losing all control of myself I wound my arms around the beautiful girl and draw her to my heart. Ohi never, never shall I forget the exquisite sweetness and witchery of that moment when her lovely lips first met mine,-for oh, rapture, she addently returned They had inhabited this house, formerly in my loving embrace. Presently she threw back Strike a light," roared out John Roberts, Charles 11's days, when the lady had been in her shapely head a little, and I observed that or someone will be killed.”.....
the habit of using her beauty to lure tharichess--there-were-tears-coursing down her nor pale Instantly half a dozen matclies were lighted, gallants of the day under their roof-ons at a checks her great dark eyes were glistening just in time for me to see that a heavy book- | time. As she had always made absolute with the pearly drops in the radiant moonlight Meantime, the campaign went on: "Weeks "case was tottering and about to fall on the secrecy the condition of her favours, when #1 too, love you, George," she whispered, passed, the insurgens were day by day being heads of several of the people opposite When the unfortunate cavallers had been decoyed love you more than I can tell, with a greater, driven back, Ponsonby had got our of hospital, the lights were struck, and candles lighted, I by her, and robbed and murdered by the deeper love than woman ever yet had for man, and was recuperating in town and as the rainy was able to see whose hand it was I was male partner in her gullt, who was her Were it not so, I should not be here now. But I reason was, jú full swing and nothing of im- - grasping on my right. I found it was that of "husband, -discovery of the whereabouts of can tell you nothing now, you will have to take pontance was taking place in the country Agden |a most-beautiful young lady, a brunette, with a the victims when they were missed became me entirely on trust, Moreover you will have to and myself were also resting *. We were one | perfect figure, splendid black hair, and a pair almost an impossibility, But the guilty couple put up with my involuntary, absence from you evening dining on the, hotel verandab when of lovely and lustrous dark eyes, which were had been found out at length and executed, | for thirry six hours in every week, from every Ponsonby walked up. After a few words of turned somewhat mockingly upon mine. and now they were doomed for over to haunt Saturday night until Monday at mid-day, and greeting ko said " Well, boys, I'm sorry to leave" Are you frightened, she asked, smiling the spot where they had committed their crimes, ask no questions as to where I go or what I da. you: but, sin og td morrowć. My wife joins me | somewhat - sarcastically,^ #1: "khould have | What they wished for, therefore, was to be left | Some, day, perhaps, you may lose me alto-
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