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SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAP- TERB,
Kathlyn Hare, believing her father Co . Hare. in peril has summoned he-r feavm her home in California to gn to him in Allahu, India. Umballnll
pretender to the tnroue of that prin- idpallty, has imprisoned the colonel,
named by the latci king as his heir, because he fears the American may insist on his royal rights. Upon her arrival in Allahu, liathlyn is lnfornnd hy Umbslluh that her father being dead, she is to b'e queen, and n-.nnt marry him forthwith. Because of her refusal she is sentenced to undergo two ordeals with wild Leaists.
John Bruce, an American and fel-
low passenger on the boat which brought Knthlyn to Allahu, saves her life. 'Phe elephant which carries her fronl the scene of her trials he- comes -frightened und runs awuy, sep- arating her from Bruce and the rest of the party. \
After a ride filled with peril shs
takes refuge ln' 8 rulnlni temple. 'l‘he holy men and villagers, believing her to be an ancient priestess, risen from the tomb, allow her to remain as the guardian of the sacred fire. But Ks.thlyn's haven is also the a- bode of a lion, and she is forced to flee from lt, with the savage beast in pllrsuit. She escapes and finds a retreat in the lllflrfle. only to lllll in- to the hands of ui linnil of slave traders, who bring her to Allniin to the public mart. She is sold to Uin- ballah, who, finlliug her still unsllb- iiilsslve, throws her into the dungeon with her father.
Bruce and ll-is friends eilect the re-
lease of Knrtliiyn and thc colonel. Uinba.llu'h’s attempt to recapture them 'ls unsuccessful, and the fugi- clves are given shelter ill thc palace of Bala Khan.
supplied with camels and servants
by that hospitiuble prince, they start on their Journey to the coast. The party is overpowered und taken in custody by brlgainris. The leader, recognizing the coloniil, dispatches llamabal and Pund-its to Allahu for ransom for the white king, his dau- ghter, and Bruce. Uniballnh journeys 1_0 the lair of the bandits. Tile colo- nel ls delivered to him and hu or- ders that Kathlynr--arid Bruce be kill-
ed. But the brigenns quarrel over ithe division of the money which Uinhai- lah has paid tn obtain possession of the colonel, and during the confusion the prisoners escape and Nil?" "-‘ Allahu., l{ii5h‘_'/n, .'tll‘iice1in~l liiimu- h'ai concoct a plan to get the colo- nel nut of Uniliullah's clutches. (Copyright: 19141 By Nnroid Muc-
CHAPq\|;m XV_ é She went on. Beneath her the leop-,1yn. "Perhaps we shall escape, liiltpnusiid for the supplies .'i\vnii‘iil;; 1 warned you noi. io move ilic rlir-f "ilnliili, when I put you ull safe ‘
ards tore at the vines and tried to nonc of us is sllrc. iict us ii;»ei~cly tlicin. .\iimcd was not known to the tain." ovrr iliil fi-oiitii-if l iiin coming buck,
Urlicc siiruggcd. io Alliiliri to iiiiii ont." And that
DvE RES Karntvx
A or I I I I
By HAROLD MacGRATH
£8’ mI‘du:vm'i" he' strong l’°fiV “Tl” Bh00t to kill any man who iitthnvpts ed that some unsuccessful candidate
ee o ose modern contrlvances to stop us. My Kit!" einbrnciui; was rnturning to hir hoine.
kngwn as corsets and stays. ‘K-atlilyn. _"l'ci~liiipn the escape ni the
lt wus wnll for Kiitlilyn that vile
vimlie sprung out, dashed for_tlic leollords is the luckicst thing tliat'ha_d inode up her iiiiiid to 1nn.p for I Szand drew herself up rapidly. could have liuppeilnd. It will keep the vines nt the nioiiir-nt il;-lin did. “ “"‘3°" the “Ve” l90lN-l1`dS Wiilrled them ull hui-ly for nn hollr or n'.'orc. ‘For the elcpliunts had not left thc
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“"d, new all her. But the half n do'/f Since llillhailluli lielicyes you to hc first turn in the sl-i-cet \\'licii keepers "1 yurds which they hnfll l‘lrBf- tO Gov- dead, lin will lin concerned u.l><.uit my frnd noliiiers caiiie running pell-méll er '50 reach '$118 “'I\1l SING-'l her. ‘ U11. disuppeiiriincii only. And it will be into the streets with ropes and lad- UD. d@SPH|`Hf01y. Wlldly. Wil-ll ~ serv- some time ere they learn of my cs-lders, prepared for the recnptnrc of ous energy which did far more forlcnpe. Forward, Allnicill This time .~the treasury lcopards,. vsliiell, of her tlmll 1191' lmtuflll Strength- The .-." . " lcoursc, iiere looked upon ns eacred. cats leaped and suurled at her heels' 'Dun’t father!" interrupted Kath-' At the nncient gntn ini-_ fugitlvee
alien the man or the turbun. |"Whf-n finniabn returns it will be to
Wlint king, fool." returned the fight. llc will not be able to avoid
l§\i"\l'f-H. 4 lit now. I sllouidn't mind going back
"lilo wlilte king who was lietrotL-, with liirr. Ahmed, what is this
"J this UUY! /U. ni! l have seen tlicf l=ti‘iillgie liolii illll-hulluh had over the
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ple."
Kathlyn Hare! She lived; she hed
_.escaped the brignnds; she had fooled- hlin! And Rariiubal had played with him as u cnt plays. with s wounckd
rilyiil iiirlinii lt is hal" lnttioiis of the l‘o iic f Th eel T
Th ~' _- __ . V -- -u iio _ r'. hey
e rlliiiils ilinled liiiil. So, finding iilwnys xippienr tp he uflllild of him.”
ho hope iii thclii, llc rain to his ole-I "Ali, alililb," said Ahmed, _resting llfiiinft, lllounted, null rode liiick into his mlklvs or goad oil the skull of
his iiioiini., “there is said to be nn-
town. linrgn Ruin- would pay well for this liclvs
other priiioiii-r in the aliice rison
..~, '. .. '._ ' P P lnitliei sold Riitlilyn rielironcli-|Liil l‘.ln;.;h knows, I believe."
fully, "flint iniiliollt lccogiiized yi;ll.l
"Wliiit's your idea?"
r,AN.I.H|.~,RS_\ follow, one sllcceedilil; in tearing-her hope. I’in so tired!"
skirt with a desperate slush of his
llrllcc rcuclicll over nnd prcsscli hor
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J hed m the um um’ l\n_i,hlyn Dau. e os U s lod and umblcd hand l_ciis_~,.lliiigly, ond the ioloncl
wgxézgcfor me onslgurhtl' of The l,,,,v_‘li_a|ck among his mates. _ 'eyed lllmnns from , new 1ini.;li~._ . anis. once she heard R u.eme“d0“,_, ut every lillnute the Vines, sturdy “(iuoil! lie ilzllrmilrrd under his scmtcmng at the rea, ,Ol ner lildliig HB they Werv. tllreiltelled 10 Lcmu iirentli. “Nothing better could lmpp- place. the pa|,mqui_u toti_,,md__ Lint tumbling to the ground. 'en_ I-ln is n liinn, nnil n trlcll one, I the 'nimal was rot trying ‘wget i,,_' Her long and lively experiences in know. Good! if once wn nur elcni' of side.” he was meriely sllarpcniiig his the .lunfre ha¢l_tul1ghlC her l'»lll‘- uccd this hell, I shiill not stand in tlieii- I ' ,ter the mamwr oy his l_ln¢l, of climliliig quickly yet lightly. She way. But, Winnie, Winnie; what ill cuws “mm bmp enough h,.,,__ flung herself across the top of the Go<i's mime will that luitten he do- cmws W " were Bm] My ',,n'c,., n wall, exhaiistod. For the time being, ing all these terri!;ln w‘<'eks'! Will shc ve" knew' dime' wh 'tiled' them to nt least, she was safe- She luluii; try to find ns? The first' telcsrnlih month th' eopora ,there for _ few minutes till she had office we ranch I must cable her un-
“°°*“° P°‘““' i li il l li- tn B l w . '- t ~ 1 -t' 1
An trllmpetcd 'nearby' “Fld ll y recovélrn lerillrefll . in eUd der ’1 c1l&§u|l|l§'l|l\(fes '(1 Ol A‘ll'()l`l`l
Kiitliiyn could have went in deHl>H""~ oiitslae the wall were friends, doubt- less by this time loincd by he* fall" er and Ramabal, nnd all wondering, where she was. She dared not Cell ont for tear of nttrnctlns the NOP' ards, whose movements she Cftillllg hear constantly! UW lm” Ol t ie padded feet as they tfuttcd ““" ff and about the Dlrllill-Illini th” “"1 i sins nl tlieiir wet noses. 0" °”°““ innnl yliwninc. By and by her curiosity could ng; be withstood, even though Bill’ mlg be courting death, Vlilltluusly iiilu soundiessly elle moved the curtain! which factill the will A mass 0 heavy vines run from the ground an the top oi this wall. If only t” ‘B could reach it; if only Uh” Wired 'fa' Presently the \-reliefs. -ufnledhwi ‘_ goads -and rolikes, Wvllld llc 10"' Chun; ing and nil one of fight ban.ii;le;. Umliallah, upon close hlillec ;’ ' wi-.iiiii -recvul" *mf* ‘““P"° ‘°" darkened skin and Indian dress. d From the other wl\\ll0'N Fm peire '_ There, in uni path. were W0 ffl’ ards, boxing and frolickkuir lun; .iii she watched. always l“f°',"” sh: the ramboll Pl '“°” imma Bile left noticed that two 001°' \°"l’“' on off prowlfng, al>l>l`09»° di “Bt l‘;pw_ their hiplnclms, Finite ltll‘<;:l\lyul;1(;h_ eil the rfen ee - 0 er three. seellynl div wily. l§““¢;;`:g into vlew.- Katlllyll “|°l‘°““ me me and hope. The seven 1003” “_ were nt-leslli hill '~ dw” Hrvtznes way. It was* hugh e as W the
sprawling o lr e B -
To think that all depended Ulmlil ui. ininaie nl the im »1n~1“i“ ‘l°°’wa, it opened without else tl!¢\'° 1 at a chance. If it crea ed she “\'1°“d;’0i lin- ni, would nu i to 01° ““ mi. the keepersiifthnot It nnder the "1
less pews e cs . lint the longer he l\°¢“";;°§v:,';,° lon tim miie woul lw"°- ’ um’ their; she tried her hand “P‘;;‘rm,y door handle and nl wly \’“*d that turned it. There s n0 °°“‘; out. she could hear. She l>\’¢“°d *ment ward with .. llow, tea'-ly “'°"';{md,,‘ Fortunately tliedr of the nb ten lfiort, solhevlle sb°'° "h° “
the leopxir s were st eap g an striking futllely; and even »l~,._ her ter- ror she could not but ndm-ire their grace and beauty, And, oddly, she recalled the pet at home. Doubtless hy this tln-.n hc had f,.-lien back into lils savage state. | When she dared risk it she gained a securer position on the wall and siit np, flinging her legs over the side of it. She saw things in n lilt Of blllr |nt first, her henrt hnd been Called llllon so strenuously; hilt nftcr .i lit- tln objects resilnicd their rcnl shapes 'nn-l she cspied the two elelilllillffs-
‘She ,V-"lied, wnviiiig hel‘_ liillllls-
-'lt in Knthlyn!" cried lifllcili .lor
the ¢-,yes of a lover are nlwnyfl keen” cst.' . 4 ~Klt|" shouted the ilnlonel. who
'shared thc howdnll with Bruce. "Kit, hniir; on for -» Iullllienll |0“§°"| Aug `mul, to the “`llll! _ I ‘ The Colonel and llamolinf had left th., zennnn by one of the windows overlooking the Dl199“fI¢ which mn past the garden of brides- _'N163' hfld had no trouble whatever in ranching .the elephants. But the slibseflllffnt waiting for Kntlnvn had kfyfd 01%: an up to the breaking po n _ '_ ity of it was, they dared not st.r, ‘dared not start in search -Of h°\'- HB' lg been leopards only, Bruce would ‘have made nlngri; work of it; tbufix :Y- iwould have been rank folly 0 B 0 I one in search of the girl. If she End been mane captive, she needed their freedom t0 fini” ]lJ‘°‘£h°w§i"£§ sides, the counsel of 0
and Ln] Singh was PB¢l°“°°-
Ahmed had the greatest faith 'ln
wha worm in Kat-hlyn'= ability *O 'take care of herself. Think 0! Whllt- 'she had already ROM *h"‘°““h "n" 'nrnthedl Knthiyn Mcmsahlh bore n
<1 life and an on wild heme
charms i of the Jnngles of Hind could not
fttell.
lhaflhnd htel:-ennlllyillvlig dvilacovered her UP'
on tim wall. - i
g lr mil; 9. moment to lirini! "N
lelxihsrlilt alongside; and Kafhlyn
idroppm down into the h0§'d"h~ I
home. Ahrrci. hc sail no , low .Cr)ii_>nel, honrscly. "And reliiember, for are we from the ncnrc-at tele- igraph station?"
"'l`hrL'c dayi. Sllhlb-'H - "Shall we he oblige! to stop nc "No, Siihib; only to take supplies
the gntn tn chnng;-_ our li:-:iiilltr-1?”
enough to lust us."` , I "Lose ns little tin;-c as you tcnn. Now drop the Cllrl-li‘l‘nS. l3l‘UC0»"
540 thi,-oiigh the streets they hurri-
|iid, lr.in~-oicsted. Those who sow the enrtnineil liowilali took it for grunt-
gliaiwln tiinre; tlint wus good fortiiilc.. In i.hi: iliiiluct he jcsteil with them, wiiikc-l null lioildnil towxlrd the Cllr- tnincd liowdnli_ 'llin guards liiiiglicd; they lliuliwstoori. l-lonln ilielilllloiliitcil lionri was rctiirniiig wliencc shi: had coins, Ahiiloil tool: hir. time; he linil no rcuson to liurry. Notllinli; iiiust. pnsn which wonl-il nrousn tlin suspic- ions of the iillnrils; nnd haste alwiiys xiliirllleil tho oriclitul.
'l’o the Colonel, liowcvcr, things
uppeareil ti, lug lliinccessiirily. llc finally lol-f. pnticilcc find swept buck thc ciistuiu despite Bruce’s restrain- ing lizlrid. A nntivc ninllout, who lliid been loitering in town thnt day, re- cogliizcil ni once the roynl turhnii which the colonel still worc. 'l‘he fiolonr-l's face mennt nothing; the tllrhfin twerytllillg. The nliihoilt stood stock still for ii moment, not qiiiet hi-licvinl; his eyes. ily this tinic, howrvel', Allnied was comfort- ilhlc nirnildiing hiick of his i:lcpliiint’s cms nnil was jc-ggiilg along thc rond.
"Thr icing!" shouted thc surprised
miihont to the guards, who hnd not
ummm "5-nl ul get on our way, " said the colonel lioarsely. "And, remember, shoot to kill any .::.::_~ w.'._, nfl..-..-.pn to et.>,,~ ur. "
i "lliil.l~{it." rctllriicd liri' fiitlicr
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wiis iill Alinluil would sily rcgurdilig
mouse. U, they should see this time!
Suddenly he laughed. lt eobofd down this corridor, find one of the” treasure ieopnrda roared back at the sinister sound.
. “llighilessl " timiilly,
"l'Inou|-;hl I hold you blameless."
Ile rushed from the palace.
Poor fools! Let them believe that
they had escaped. 'rhere was .still the sister; in a short time now she would be inside the city walls, The Colonel Sahib would return; indeed, yes. There would be no further diffi- culty regarding th_e filigree bang" 0( gold and gems. Still, he would pur- sue them, lf only for the mere sport,- of it. li' lin failed to catch them all he had to do was to sit down and walt for them to return of their nun volition. _
llamabal, however, was a menace;
and Umballah wondered how he was 80lI\i: to lay hold of him. While waiting; for his elephants to be her_ nessed he summoned the council. Rs- ninbni's property must he confiscated and llnluabai put to death. Here for the first time the council flatly refus- ud to fail in with il,mhallah's plane, And they gave very good reasons. Yee, llamaliui was a menace, but tlll th” -‘*01d}¢1'y was fully paid, to touch ltuiiinbai would mean thc bursting forth of the hidden fire and they
would ull bc coiisumed.
"Open the treasury door for me then!" ' .‘ “W0 dare not. The keepers under. stand. lhey would loose the leop_ lU`<lH. which we dare not shoot. The
lilw .... .."
"What is the law to us?" de-
mended Uinlialiah, frankly. "Let nn innkedriws to siift our needs. The nliitc man does. And we need money; we need cnch other," pointing n ling. cr suggostively toward the floor,
“flnly when wc have the troops,” l"0l>llIrd the colilicil firmly. “We have bent our heads to your will 30 (ar- in ‘f\'0Fy¢llillg, but we refuse to sae- riflce these heads hecnuse of a per- sonal spite agniust Ramnbai, whom we frankly and wisely fear. We dats not break into” the treasury," " lpn., k90ll0r_B are uiibribable; the priests are with them, and the people are with the priests. Bring been rn., white man and his daughter first; ll that is impossible, marry this sec- Uml '1B~l1Hl1l@l'. und we will crown her- \ and then you may work your wlli upon llainabai. You have failed in ull directiiiiis so fur. Succeed but inci-H and we are ready to follow
you.
iinihnllah choked hack the hot, im.
Derioiis words which crowded to his
"Alililed uns so iiifcrunlly slol-.ll Ili-lilin siilijici. IH!-“L “|050 ‘V070 Dllllll. llllvarniahed could lip(-lid time iii clintteriiig fo' "l’ll iiiziycr hc knows," whispered UNCH, nnil llc must bow to the inevi. ilu: guards." Ili-iirr. table, however distasteful it might
Alliiird hvnrd, but snid ilofliiiig. -'liiif irlio can it lic? Another poor lie. Pol' the present, then, ltamabal
I "Never iiiiiiii," iiil.i~l‘pi.si».d llriirr pzlciflriilly. "At iiiiy riltc we shrill linvi- thc udviiiitiigc .of ii coupli-. of limlrs, :liid Unihulliiii will not rutch us with thc elepliiints lir lion nt linud. liy thc time hi' stnl~l.ll his ex- pr-llitioil wo shrill lic tliirty iiiilrn xi- woy. l.rt us hc cheerful!" I "Kit," sold llur fnLlii=r_ “I couliln’f. heir- it. l ciin't tiilnk quickly iiiiy inorc. I iini like ri r:`i;iil ill iii .night- nilirc. lvl- liccu down to llcll. illlil l 'rnn‘t just yet rcillize tllnf. l nm uni 'of it. 1'ni sorry!" I "Pom rind!" Kiitiilyii iircsscd liivu in lit-r iiriias, whiln lii'l\ci~. nodilcd cli- 'viniiely l-iii. iiiiiu'->viiii:lv. f
By :ind hy thi-y -drew miiilo thi
ciirtniiin. l-Ziitlilyli siiw hcrr nn( fl\,ci'i= olijrrts which ri-cii|li~il iii-.r f`iri-if juuriicy iiloiig the lligiiiviiy. lf i-lil) silc lliid known!
"Oni: thing is forecast,” said Brurr
. "'l`lliil if-l not liosi~ihlc," replied lini-
ili-vii iii ii white iiinn'.’ Yet. how could :l wlilir ii nn .iiiiliiriico ilie actions of ilii~ L'i»uncil'_"' 'l’iic fjoiorit-1 spollc lr- ritiillly.
;‘i.\.iol."’~fi'oiii Kiitliiyn. "’l‘l\Lrc is
one of Llzoso wonderful trees iiicy mill tlic liiiuic of the juliglc,' She ciillirll fiirii' attention to thc tree iiicrcly to miner ii diversion. She wniitril to keep her fnther‘s tliouglits iiwny lroii; Ailiiliii.
Ho they journey on into the silli-
sct, into twilight, into thc bright, stiirry nilglit.
llrick in thc city the 'panic was nl-
rcnily lxiiii' fol‘gotteli ns li thing of :lie liizst. 'l`llc leopilrds were buck it ilinir piitroiling; the high otlicluls ind di_i:iiifiii~ies, together with the iiiiriirfrnnfill ciiiididafes, had golio llir-ir mv(-ini ways. llmhullnll alone piicvil the halls, wlil siitisfled with flii~ ovinis of the day, barring the fl ntiirlinlirn roused by the escape of the lopliiiiilsi
His raliiuin entered mid saluted. "Higliiiuss, ii mahoiit has news."
“Ne\\'n.’ Of \vlint'."' "llc rliiiins that he siiw the king's
tllrliiin iii ii lioivdzili which pnsscd the iincirnt gate nliout nn hour gone."
liallnll.
"I told him that the king was in
hin rhniiilicrf'
"So lir ie. Walt! I will go my-
self and see,” nil at once vaguely pcrturhrd. He was back in u very nliort tinie. furious. "It is true Woe to tliosc who permiitted him to i=sciii»cl”
aids iind the confusion which follow- ed. . ."
"l~llgiini-ss, the escape of the leop»,
should hc permitted to go nnharmed_ lint Itninabnl might die suddenly and ,accidentally in the recapture of the _Colonel Sahib. An accidental death would certainly cxtingiiish any vol. ciiiiic fires that sm.oIdel'ed under Al- luhn. So, with this secret dctermlnt stlon in inlnd, lmlnillah set forth.
Aliiiicd, his mind linsy with a thou-
siind things, forgot this thousand and first, nt that stagrriiiost important of nil; and this wus the short cut, s. viicrc pnthway through the jungle,but which lessened thc journey by some ,thirty miles. .\nd this pathway Um- Ilinllnh chose. The three hours' head- nny was tlins pared down to minutes and at tho proper time llmbailsh ,would appear; not behind the pursu- cd but in the road in front of them.
’l`liei~i.-. was, to be sure, a hare pos-
sibility of the Colonel and his party fretting hryond tlir meeting of the path and the road--that ls, if he kiepl. going forward nli through the night, which, by the wily, was exactly what the astute .fllimcd did. But Kath-
;lyn'n curiosity the next morning
neiiti-nlizrd the advantage gained.
A group of masked dancers, perl-
pntetic, “ns the cause. Confident that they hnd outstrlpped pursuit she saw no reason why she should not witness the dsneinlf.
How Umbnllah came upon them
suddenly, like a thunderbolt, confis- ratini; the elephants; how.they fled' to a nearby temple, bribed the denc- er for masks and garments, ded still farther into the wooded hills and hid there with small arms- ready, needs but little telling. Vmballsh re- turned to the city satisfied. He had
"By nil the Gods of llind, and
‘twins you who' left the door open! Son opened it for me to pass out` first. Summon the council. Off with' you, :ind glvc this handful of 'silver'
_to tile only mnn who has lense eno-
iiirh to believe his eyes. Hare Siihlb is infnr. and I will follow him into' the vi-ry house of the British Rail' (lilnrdr nnd elephants! And the bridcl to he, uhnt of her? Look and sec Nxiy, I will go with you."
l_'nihnl\nh found an empty chan~ber;,
the filtuic queen was gone. More,‘ he found one of the women of the’ '/.eniinzl-l.i.s favorite- bound and uiiirged with hnndkerchlefs. Quickly* he frced hir.
“Hlrliiii-ss, the hride’s face was
"A narrow Illlleflki dldi WU' 5) V HA '_ £ 'ad Haas au .he A-aid so lizrtiis clotted cream' And she
‘she leld- t our way ,. “id the " "sw “uma ‘ L " ' `spnke the iniiglle of thevihite peo-`
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diirk likc my own. but her arms wi>.re`
nt least deprived them of their means of travel. Sooner or ister they would fonder in the jungle, hear of the nrrivsl of the younger daughter, and retum. _
Ahmed was grave. Lol Singh had
gone. Now that the expedition had practically failed, his place was back in the shoe shop ln thc bsnasrs. etc. Ahmed wus grave. He was also a trlflc dlshenrtcncd. The feklr had said that there would be many ills- appointments, hut that in the end... Ile might be a llsr like-all the other Hindus. Yet surely one part of his foretelllni; was correct; many dis- appointments. `
"Kit," said her father, "Ahmed
warned you not tn stop." _
“I am sorry."
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