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WOOD FOR SALE Wood, cot any site, for sale. Address postal to James E. Allen, Ocean View, N. J.

COTTAGE FOR SALE At 406 Asbnry avenue, Ocean City, suitable for summer or year around home. For particulars, address James E. Allen, Ocean View, N. J.

BOROUGH OF STONE HARBOR, NEW JERSEY.

ORDINANCE NO.'*1.

AN ORDINANCE tor tha purebaae at a tract of land aituatr at Sum* Harbor, la the of Cap* Mar and Stat* of Nr* Jcraay,

berr! Dafter parOcularlr public purpoM* of lb* Soroush. tmprorrmeot of the UUD* bj the erection at an auditorium and rrcroatioo pier, and I riding for the l»ae of bond, to par for gulrlos aald land aad conatrucUnc Improve- :

mem thereon

UK IT OKDA1NBD br the Council of the RArmirh al Stone Harbor:

nd. more partlcuof land alioata at

FOR RENT Adding machine for rent by day o boar. Apply Thomas E. Ludlani, Jr. st Post Office.

MULES FOR SALE "’Pair young mules for sale. Apply to Charier S. Roberts, Bbore Road, below Baptist Church, Ocean View.

FIRE ENGINE FOR SALE Howe lire engine, 35 horse power Battenburg 4 cylinder engine, 350 gallon piston pomp fully equipped, hotse band driran; will throw lour^ streams 100 feet. Has been replaced ny motor apparatus and will be aoid to the highest bid4er. Address Woodbine Volunteer Fire Company, Woodbine, N. J.

$10.00 REWARD For information that will lead to Uie arrest of the person who stole tools I .'out mowing machine box, and did other damage, at the shed of Joseph Dallas, bwain street, Sea Isle City.

Urly described

ALL that parcel or

Stone Harbor aforosaiu. BEGINNING at a folnt In tb* Northeamrrlj l.nc of On* Hundred Sixth Stroe. at a dinane* of THREE HUNDRED EIOHTT fee* South* mterly from the Kaaterly Coroar of Rim Avenue and One Hundred Sixth Strem. oontlnulns. tbeoen (1) along the aald line of the aald Nortbeamwardly line of On* Hundred Sixth Street extended for a distance of ELEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY fee* point; thence (2) by a line conceetrlt nm Avenue Northaaatwardlr tor a distance of FORTY-ONE aad EIGHTY-NINE HUNDREDTHS feet; thence (3) Northeaetwartly by a line which If extended to FI rat Avenue would intersect the Easterly line of First Avenue al a point ONE HUNDRED THIRTYSIX and TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDREDTHS feet Northeast of the Baxterlr corner at Firm Avenue and One Hundred Sl-.th Street and also Intersect the Southerly line of Let No. S, at the high water line of ***—*“ Ocean which la the Westerly

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HUNDRED TWENTY feet, thence (6) M westwardly by a line which line le tb* bleb water lint of the Atlantic Ocean, tbs distance of ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN feat to Ute of beginning, be purchaed by the Boc- .... of William E. Weber for tb* sum of On* Hundred Dollar* which turn nhall be paid hereinafter eel forth. That the aald tract of lend, berelnbedescribed, be acquired for the public purposes of the Borougn. and for the erection -• Tvon of an auditorium and recreation pier, accordance with the statute In such earn dc and provided. I. That when and as soon ax thlx ordlice becomes effective, Borough Council

.. tb* property above described, to be paid from the proceed* of bond* to be Ixsued as hereinafter provided; said con tract to provide • ■*- i property shall be paid for lb hereinafter set forth, upon the Borough at a

NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANT | IN CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY

To MARY T. Kit tin

glees by Araloa Develuptueut c

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Dated Jan'y i». lytr- JU pt »o.js t

BOARD OF CHOSEN

FREEHOLDERS

Of the County of Cape May

PUBLIC NOTICE

Sealed Bid* lor the grading two sections ol Thud

pered by the C.Jnty

'pctibcalion* p*.

If you think “The Time*" u

•d. to be built of ft S. That for the purpose of cc.alrtog the property shot* ee< Imth. aad defraying the

be issued bond* of tb* said Borough In the sggrvuste sum of Slk.OOo. to be designated Auditorium Pier Bead*.'' aad the Mayor sad Borough Clerk of lb* Borough be aad they ere hereby authorised and empowered to issue end cause to be duly executed, under tbs corporate seal of the Borough, and attested by the signature* of the Mayer and Borough Cl-rh. the bond* herein provided, which bond* shall be in lb* sum of f &00 each, payable within twenty years from tb* date thereof, as hereafter specified, aad shall be dated the first day of March. IfilT, aad '

of the yuan j fallh. crodtt and property of tb* Borough of 8toe* Harbor. art htrsby pledged for the payment of Ur principal aad 1 me rest of aald bonds. Bald bonds shall be in form as here

BEWITCHED HIS

Whan Jama* Whitcomb Riluy On* of Hin Poem*. In bla -jilatform career," curing Uioee yearn when he went about the country read'ns: bis poema. Whitcomb Riley saw with bln beard with bla car* what thought of him. Never any stood nlcbi after uisht on tl platform to receive ouch solid roara of applause for ibe “reading" of and for himself. He did not “read" bis poema; bo did not “recite them, either. He*took hla whole body Into his banda. as tt and by bla wtxard mastery of m Don left no James Whitcomb Riley at all upon the stage. Instead Che audience saw and beard whatever the Incomparable comedian wished them to see and bear He held a literally unmatched power over them for riotous laughter or for actual copious tears, and no on* who ever saw Hoo of that power erfll ft

forget him.

There be stood, alone upon the Mage, a. blond, shortish, whimsical evening clotbea-o Bgure with “a whole lot of style." and a whole lot of own style tool He offered a deferential prefatory sentence or so; tl denly face and figure altered, to merge completely Into those of a petaon altogether different fi poet and not Mr. Riley, bat a farm hand, perhaps, or a thin itttfe gtri stood before you, “done to the Ufa.' Then the voice came, "don* to Um life," too—done to the last half andl ble breath at the end of buaky or wistful sigh Thera was so risible effort on the port of the magician. Tfee audience did not strain or worry for him as audiences so often do for thoae who "entertain” them, because craft lay not In contortion, but la s glamour*ng suggestion that bald tators rapt and magnetised. Nat Good win'a opinions npoc production of realistic pathos ta edy may be accepted as academic. Goodwin said: *‘l used to radio 1 Un' -until 1 beard RUoy do It I asked the Lord to and never tried It again:"—Booth Thr klngion In Collier's Weekly.

WAS SCARED

i recite)

and shall contain they are IsxoeU pursuant to inis or

nesci- «ud the provision* of Chapter 232 the Lews of tbe State of New Jersey oum in 1K18. uo'KIed. "Jm Act to autbortac a regulate tbe Ixxuxdos of bond, sod other obligstluux and Um Incurring of lodebtedoesa by county, city, borough, village, town, town- • - eny other niusictpallty governed by

rwnnuiaeUio," approved

•umortiy at which r purposes to which

sod recreation pier to be couttructed thereon, and engineering nod other expenses incurred ay me liorvugb In connection therewith, aad be amount neerwarj to be raised for that xurpose I. flhiMj.i, the aggregate of the >ot>d« authorised hereby. » That by this ordman tad declared: A The probable period of 4b* usefulness rf tbe I in| Totemcn 1 or property, for wl •aid bonds are aulborlxed. exceed* twi B. Tbe aterued assessed valuation of r taxnblo real property. Including nuj rnu of tbe Borough of Jkoo* Harbor.

The net debt o. Harbor, computed as provided la 8 Cha«.ter ;-52 of the Law* of Iblfi. a

not subscribe lor it and get it regularly 1 ! through the mail cverr Friday? j ^ MAIL ORDEH BUSINiSS "

“* “ That tbe procvjd* of the bond* lssa< usnt to tbl* ordlnsncr. shall bs paid i Collector of the Borough wbo shall I *ent. dl.burse the ssn>e except to pay'll me of issuing and selling the -snia. at

HERCULES TIRES 4000 Miles Guaranteed TKX yuK^MAl^ FRIC^ "

MAIL CKI.gll- PROMt-Tt r riixtu HERCULES TIRE CO. apsSii 1

• to or ne.esxxry tor such purpose or Ho rough cvuucil may reapproprlet. ...d. remain,:-g uuti-olled to psy t l-Jl of j ouLundlng bond. I If Ttu. -m tb* prmeeds si.™ oooos. ' ud , ■J^uGon and delivery, by lb. -. 0 William E. Weber lo .*,0 Borough, of a

LIGHTING A CATHEDRAL •impl* Yut Spectacular Met Had at St Isaac’s, In Putrograd. In an article in the Atlantic Monthly describing a midnight mass ~ •re in 8t Isaac's cathedral. Warrington Dawson says: “A sudden blare of Innumerabl* can dies, hanging high overhead In chandeliers, tore away tbe gloom and told us that the ceremony gin. At tbe Isaaklewskl Sober one match did what a switch or button doea elsewhere, save that here the opera Don was as Ingenioua anT Inltladre as could be devised. Inriead of being a machine mode contrivance by millions over tbs world. "A waxed string, an end of which hung down within easy reach from the marble paving, ran from on* wick to another, then from group to group from chandelier to cbaudeUar. unDl all tbe candles In the cathedral wi connected. The match wus applied to that btrtng. A spark (pitting tiny ~ raced up to tbe first caudle aad oo aped on It* way. an earn eel. busy little lamplighter, quick as the snap of a finger, adroit as a monkey unfailing In it* auervaa. "Among Lie hundred* I saw It reach I counted very few which Old not blaae at tbe touch, and moat of 'heee Bared an Instant and aputtervd oat, that the string's work al It been done. The Ernersl effect. Indeed, was aa If each wick had I wen as electric bulb, but tbe whole. Instead of lighting when one switch was turned, depended upon a hand uw coast re buttons"

The Kitchen Fleur. A practical way of orating with tha kitchen floor and at the same Um* •cooumuiug labor, la lo cover It with a plain, dark colored linoleum, such as red, blur, green or black, and to polish It- A shiny aurfauu la eaay to sweep up and keep clean, and It iiullahed ooce a week on ibe other days a need .only be run over with a mop. If treated In this way a will always look nice and will sate at least twenty mluutea’ work a day.—SL l-otila I’uaMbaiaL-h.

Fogs of Peru.

Peru has hundred# of square mile* along its coast of ralulebs country, la this tract rain Is never known to fall. Yet the region Is not unUtvly barren of vegetaUuu. Sow* parts of It. Indeed, aru coin pars lively fertile Thia la due to tbe extraordinary toga know'll as "garuaa." They prevail every night from May to OctoU-r after a summer that la aultry and extend up to a level of 1.2iX> fret a bora the sea. Abo vs UU) feel rain falls.

One Occasion When Buffalo Bil Was Shy on Courage. TYING A MARRIAGE KNOT. As a New Justic* of tha Pm** to Parfertn tha Cor—roety. hert Ha Didn't Lika tha Jab—On* *f HhCtaoe Call* as • Pony Ejcwtoos fti* It la difficult for this gener boya. even though they he bora aa tha "Great American desert," to that Buffalo BUI was over anything except the star of a tent show, but old timers know of bis perilous Ufa of earlier days aa on Indian fighter, eccmt. overland freight guard and pony press rider. Wbeo the Kansas Pacific railroad was building to the coast it employed Will Ctyly to aupply Its constr ganga with meat. One of the gi ■hots of tbe plains, be won bla and his spurs killing buffalo for the builders of tbe Iron trail. During IndiCo campaigns Cody to be chief ecout for the army and Indian adventures became a port of hla dolly routine. The fame of Butfalo Bln spread through tbe army. Kona doubted tbe courage and resource of tbe great scout and Indian hunter. Yet one day this courage was a tried. There was on* time when falo Bill admitted be was scared. General Emory. In command at Poet McPherson. Induced the county authorities to make Buffalo BUI a Justice of

the peace.*

“Why. general." protested the scout, “I don’t know any more about la 1 than a mule knows of singing " But tbe sppololment was duly and legally made, and the new Justice had

to eerve.

Hla fret teak was lo perform a wedding ceremony. A wedding* was a greet event at McPherson, and tb«

resolved to attend,

bla wife and listers triad to

coach Buffalo Bill. Nobody could find

a copy of the marriage service.

The groat day came. The guests as •ambled. Cold sweat stood In beads on the brow of the Indian fighter. His

hands trembled.

Yet at Drat tbe ceremony moved without reproach. The bride and groom were counseled In the conventional manner until tbe close of tbs ceremony, woen Buffalo BUI startled the congregation by announcing: “Whom God and Buffalo BUI hath Joined together let no man put

dorr

As a marrying Justice be was voted

vboie fort r la vain hi

PEWETS IRIK NEPVE. Hass; Who a Your.g Officer, Hs Subdued an Ugly Mutii la Admiral Dewey a autobiography written for Hearer* Magaxioe. ta the following story, which «h«>«* that at a young llcuiensat commander hero of Manila boy already the tron nerve that cbaracterixed bb later We: H. K. Thatcher, in com of the Colorado, welcomed me. on heartily, notwithstanding He aald the ship was in a bad sad gave me fall authority in th< of the craw of 700 “Gradually I was able to Identify tin wont character*. They were the one* I bad to tame. The ringleader was s giant rad beaded Engliabmsa i Webster. Many of his mates w. bodily fear of this great brute, prison being full. I had blm put dowt in the bold in irons “One day I beard a breaking ol glass, and the orderly i Webster had broken free ef hla Irons had driven tbe sentry out of tha cold and. hi s blind rage, was breaking uy stone bottles of soda and alb that stored there. “I omit the msster-st-enns to arraal him, and the maaterat-arms cam* hack to report that Webster bad sworn be would kill the first man that tried to come down the ladder into the bold "Such a situation was not to he en dared. I took my revolver and atari, ed for the bold. When 1 ladder Webster yelled up the threat which had made the othera beoitaL in view of hla known ferocity, course, anv one going down the laddei would expoM* tils whole body to an at tack before Ms bead was below tb* deck level and be could see hla adver •ary. But aqy temporartxlng with tlx fellow meant a bad effect oa tha whok ships coin puny. “ ‘Webster, this Is the executive affi cer. Mr. Dewey.' 1 called to him. ’I am coming down and. Webster, yoc may be snre of this—If you raise a On ger against me I shall kill you.' “1 stepped down the ladder quickly to see Webster stau&Ing with a aton< si* bottle In hla hand ready to throw Dut be did not throw It abd submitted to arrest peaceably.’'

Before the days of the telegraph new* traveled by the pony express, nine days from 8L Joseph, the end of the raUroad. lo Sacramento. Cal. Dm distance over tbe abort root* was l.BM

dlee.

WU1 Cody was twice In tbe employ of the pony express as one of the relay ridsra in tbe western wilderness. It was during his second engagement that be saved bis life by bis knack ol shooting straight and thinking quickly. Will was riding from Red Butte, oa tbe North Platte, to Three Cn on the Sweetwater, a distance •nty-alx miles, when a station boas on* day Informed him: “Tbora's signs of Injlna about. Billy. Better keep your eye peeled." Tbe young rider nodded comprehension sa be swung Into the raddle on • fresh pony and dashed out of the itaou with bis mail racks. Plainsmen learned early to keep tbrtr •yra open. Aa Will Cody rode b* scan- ~ tha country ahead of him with tiregora Every rock and hummock had hla attention. It was * grim, wild country be rode through. Greet cliffs overhung his narrow patii and darkened the way. Forsets of black pine stood thick oa tbe precipitous aloj** of the Rockies. Hi* keen eye cough! sight of a alight movement behind a large bowlder that lay ahead of him. It needed nc more than that to tell tbe pony express rider of danger. Hiding at top speed toward the daoger tone, be made hla plan. Cody was almost upon ’be rock before he swerved bh> b«re* sharply and dashed off lo one aide Two rifle reports came simultaneously, and from behind the rock eprang two unmount-

ed Indian

At the same time a score of Indiana on ponies burst from tb* timber on i* opposite side of tbe valley aad

>de toward him.

Ahead lay a narrow para leading te safety Tha race began. Only one rider threatened tb. express mraeeuger. U* wore the headdress of a chief, and hla pony was fleet**! Close together the horses aped toward tbe pass, and tbe Indian was

gaining steadily.

Cody turned In his raddle.

WEDDED SIXTY-FOUR YEARS. And • Cuss Word Hat Nsvar Between This Coup!*. In a ‘lay of hasty divorces, when minds are turning to seek ways In which married. < uuplea may live happily. credit la' due to Mr. and Mrs Charles Bodlne of Philadelphia, who have been married sixty-four year*. The fait that they hav* lived together that long Is interesting in itself, but their chief claim to pubilc notice is is their alatemi-ui that they have never quarreled or even exchanged a <

word.

The wife ascribes her happiness to those causes: "Because I think there Is oo oo* 'father. "Because I am always willing to humor his Utile ways. “Because I wUl do anything la tb* world to please him. "Because I bare always given him plenty of good food. “Because I hare always praised him when be deserved 1L' The husband'd viewpoint of tbe marital partnership and the reason* which be finds for the an marred felicity of himself uud hla wife are contained In tbs folio wing: " Because I think my wife la tbe fin rot woman in the world. "Beceuoe I never have a vacation unleas she goes loo. •'Because I have always been ready to listen to what she baa to ray. "Because I nave never wanted anybody else but 'mother.'" The fact is that this couple continued courtship after marriage and each coo inhaled to tbe union love, respect and wlDlngor*■ to make sacrifices, each for the other, in lbs little aa well as the Mg things. M«*t mantat mi happiness Is based ob selfish Deo*.—Exchange.

Twelve Wa* a Mystic Number. Why should a Jury number twelve? Blacks tea ip attribute* tbe fixing of the number to tbe Normans, wbo. like all their Scandinavian ancestor*, held twelve lo veneration as a mystic num her. Stephen, in hi* “Commentaries." support* this idea and gives In*1 *uce* of the regsrd paid to twelve in Teutonic lew* and find* distinct evidence that twelve men were required among the Anglo Saxon* to form an InqiFsltloD.-London Standard.

y In Businaaa.

An Ey* ta Businara

'Thia | ley is the worst ever. I am going to demand my money back." 'Walt until aller the next act, old in Ten years via pee Ix-tweea acta 1 d 2. and you cun demand Inleraet on lor i hei i.-nrtb of time ''—

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Complete recard of the post in real estate activities lo the « —♦W* f—'-nre „f **.. Tviim>

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Looks are a means of judging a girl’s poralbUltles of early marriage, which la a negative element of ber value w ith some firms, aa they do not wish to waste money oa training girl* who will leev* them soon. I have known one superintendent to choree

The Indian chief bad lift* an arrow I work « ■ to hla bow tnfl even then Wa. sighting , “ ctoln « with a man so aa t., diocearhL rerooT -w. K Kemble, in la

Like a flash C"dy drew hla revolver. -U * ,rt *‘ Management.

Seemingly be fired without aha. so

quick wa* the action. The ludian Style In Emotion, dropped from hie raddle, and lb* pony “Now eouie ectentlfic sharp ray* express »:*d oa safe. - Ksiisaa City (b * r * * rr •tyles in emotion*.' glur "1 believv It 1 know some women

who always wear their dignity ruf

Desorited. flad."—Kansas City Journal. i “Pa what L meant by a reminiscent —— ■ k mood r Croat, y "When your tuolhei b reminding m* “Doean t it simey you ta bear a woof tb* thing* I promised her baf jr* we man talking slang?" ", were inanird Hb* may Iv said tf be In "Why mention slang mpevlsUy?~— x j a reulbbcvat mood, my boy "—Detroit Exchange

I have a vivid recollection nf a ffifl* Interesting shop talk with Robert Um L Stevenson which occurred during • long walk to Fontainebleau. Aa Wt tramped along under tbe shade ef tha toll poplars he outlined to me tha writ er's credo as be knew tt and ex pis tried ills own methods of work. “You painter chape make lot* Of *tmlie«, don't you f be exclaimed. “Act you don't frame them all aad mat them to the saloc. do you? You JoM stick them op oo tbe studio wajl for • ML and presently you afar them an aad make more. And you copy Taj lasquex and Rembrandt and Tan Dyes and Corot, and from each you laara nome little trick of the brush, some Ob' •cure little point in technic. And jot know very well that tt la the knowledge thus acquired that win enable yee later on to deliver your own nnoogl with a fin* and confidant bravada You are simply learning your matter. And. believe me, man char, an antes to any Hue without tha metier la Jmt • blind man with a stick. Now. ta the literary line I am simply doing what you painter men are doing la the p*ctorinl line—learning the ifietier." “Yes. but how do you work thf gamer 1 inquired. “We artists use paint and canvas ard brushes p

“Wen. I use pen and Ink and paper

precisely as did the master* ef tha pea." Ungb«d Stevenson, “only a pau-

cll U quite good enough for me •{ ant Just now I am making a ta Balzac, with a French plot, local, color aad every tittle touch

detail aa clow to tha oM boy as I das poaribly make It And aren’t Ids works Just marvels of literary perfection: Rro'.iy i believe that Betfira held up to nature a more wonderful mirror than even the great W. S. ktas•eif. His deer old Fere Goriet—dent you Just know blm better even tha* If you had met him right here oo tha grande route end bad an hour's chat

with him?

"I like to swallow a great master wbo'e. oa it were, to read everything be * written at one go and then hav# a try myself at something in bis manner. Tbe only way to become t toaster U to study tbe master*, take m.* word for it It'e all one whether It'S la paint or clay or word*. And thra tf you are humble enough and keep aa opaa mind you may oue of these king day* learn bow to ray it I have at rarlpoa period* thus rat at the feet ef Sir Waiter Scott and SmoHett and Fielding and Dickeaa and Poe and BeeudatalM. and tbe number of (kings which I bate written in tbe etyle of each would fill a clothe* haaket"—Blrga Ha.vtaoo ta Century Magazine

r a story • tot. Preach touch twi

Tiny Jethou • stand. Jethou island is not only tha

amalleat Inhabited island la I (n all Ua little length and breadth thaw >• only oo* inhabited boos*. Jethou lira midway between Unam■ey and bark and affords a perfect retreat from the world. It has a papainDon of about seven, to without reads of any sort and has dc pun. Being surrounded by submerged and partly submerged rocks, it ta impoalMe for the island to be visited by vessels of •ny »lx«, so all cocummlcatioa with the outside world is carried oo By means of a tiny railing cotter. In winter toe good folks of Jethou sometime* have no news of any of tha happenings of the outside world for weeks at a time, and yet Guernsey ta only a couple of milro off.- * '

A Scandal Averted. Little Gertrude had been very naughty and had been severely slapped, first by tbe ours* and then by mother, with n promlra of another dora from father when he came borne. She rat oo the floor, bar cyan ait^ with angry tears. Suddenly she row with a determined look upon her face, and seised her hat “Where are you going?” ter mother. "Out to tell tbe family secrets to tb* neighbors," mid tbe child firmly

What the Asked Fee. Unde Jack, wbo was vLitiag than from tbe wmt, wished to talk to Dimbeth's father at hla offiej. Be could not find th* telephone directory and tfana appealed to tbroe-ymr-Md EUraheth tor information regarding tbe phone number: "Elisabeth, what dee* Her aek for when ehe talkatodaddy at bla officer wraoux Eltaabetb wa. win* for ber day*. Moray.' .be lisped.

Thair Why fi„u, yoe go to your friend* when you want to borrow money? 1 I bar* bevu to them, but Just al lireetut they are all hard pressed. Ibr>

Frt. «. ibit ' U.-i'HAVEN. 8. ivrak Ctart

Dare io b* true Nothing can l I * tt* A fault which needs It a ] grew* 1*0 ih*rob> UarberL

A Difference. “I bear you bar* bra friends r“Nin relative*"

Their JudguiMit on you la | for o>*"—Detroit Free Prom PeMibl* fiubttitut*. Nothing .an ever iak* your ptaro ' cooed U., brtd. "Nothing, drar? "Tkat ta. prrtiape. taSrepi eUeou«t# •*~MJ’

. W ^* **Jt to s Prauti flotVue Well ws* It?" "No t.ut my po-letboofe w*b.~—Bet(Injur..

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