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Xellic and Kobhad quarreled Xotas do many lovers ior botlt were operastors and had charge of ofiices- - whosewires were too busy to permit of anywar of words hut Just enough spacehad occurred that morning for each tou

make the other miserable There hadJong been an affinity between the two ofa stronger natura than usuallyhetween telegraph operators NpIHstender touches upon tlie key

theierivoas twitching pf Uobinsarm when worn out bv th rtish ofmessages and train orders She it waswho seasoned the magnetism of dotsand dashes --with a Balm that kept liisheart sweet and wholesome This shesnftfari fiii --tvnhvlho l h ronrl nfrirhintrl

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ijng tree scope to uilk to Inspretty and semtylaling cousin Shehowever was hot kept m the dark as tothe proceedings and together they con-cocted

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a scheme to the devotedBob Price jealous

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will give a sudden hint of thotruth get rea in the face and appearmuch confused continued the naughtyNellie tapping her prettv foot anxiouslyagains t the embroidered foot stool thatadorned the little office

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swers came to his repeated callsr is a ground north of me lierejKsited and reported it to the mainoflice After testing the wires for sometime the trouble was lQcatedr at PineBluff Ah was asked for

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winO instead of blassoTninsr the roseaioivher cheek kissed awavtheXlusliuiulleft her face wan and expressionlessBack and iortli 5hoyint to Mm litljdolilnvhich like aiiejrlectcd floWrhad lost its frqslmess The canary vrasdrooping upon the porch from thirst jinuhunger the desk was in confusion andeverything abont the room reflected herfeelings Che pting time had inadeinanv chatfjrea ubon the wiref ISTcdhaddeierted Iils tpost aiid new dpeVator- -

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uut now now ciiangeui onewouumordare to call tliis newcomer who deemedalwajs rushed withrbusiner and thenight operator at Fairfield liad slippedinto iter lovers chair iquite naturallyand taunted her with many an insinua-tion whenever shtf asked for informa-tion or showed willirighess to con-verse

Sittinglbne afternoon brooding overthe post and dreaming ojf the FarliVest she was aroused rom the lethargyby her nstrument clattering out herofiicecall and continuing to repeat thesame until she had duplicated the let-ters in answer

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when there is a lull on the line Thenthe demon of her old self came back toher and revived her spirits Howprettily you send wrote the daintytinkers Go ahead I love to hearyou3 -

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and made an electric tremor creepalongjier nerves and flash through everyfiber of her hungry heart hope tohave many more such chats with youGood night Some ones calling on

Thus if was flmt within the space ofhalf an hour Nellies heart had under-gone

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a reaction and something like thoold merriment crept into her brighteyes Every day brought a warmersunshine into her life which was fastchasing away the shadow that darkenedit and all because she was loved by astranger-r-th- e new operator Try as shewould she could not help associatinghim with her truant lover At timestheir touches upon the key were thesame and their expressions-fac-simile- s

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Know whom clicked heinstru--ment in return

Rob Price replied Nellie with atremble upon the last dot

Hal The dunce whojbroke his heartover your piece of fuir with Ned 1

should say I had heard of him a fewtimes I understand he is burying him-self

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in a mining camp out West and hishealth is declining Weeds must havo

i sunshine as well as flowers you knowbut say don t make me jealous by try-ing

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toresurrect him May I come upto morrow and see you 1 have ajriendwho is going to jMjlldalG and woulH liketo accompany him said tho newoperator

Certainly retorted the Milldaleoffice and Nellie began to smooth herbrown hair and arrange the papers up-on

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her desk as if it were dawn insteadof twilight

That night her dreams were trouble-some

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aiufwheu the morning looked inthe window there were tears upon herlashes She made a hasty toilet fandsuuntered oft to the office wishing thata wreck would delay the early trainShe had just unlocked the door andstood talking to little Jack who wascaroling in Ills cage when the trainwhistled The engine pulled up slowlyto the platform and Ned Owens camebounding into the room kissing heruntil her cheeks were aglow withblushes

Nell he said I beg a thousandnardons for abandoning you as I didbut I have a surprise for you andthrowing the door wide open he pre-sented

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to her the new operator RobinPrice

There he stood with extended armslooking handsomer than ever with thosame soft hair curling over his brow

Nellie uttered a little shriek and fellin his arms

Years and years have slipped by sincethen Nellie is a happy mother whodraws her children about her at twilightand tells them stories of her truantlover of Ned and the Now OperatorChicago Tribune

The Mystic Number Eleven

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late municipal elections at Trieste whenthe recurrence of the number elevenwas reallv remarkable The electors ofthe fourth ward for example num-bered

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1311 in the third ward only elevenLiberal candidates came forward and inthe first a like number of eleven weroin opposition Tho elections began on

Fthe eleventh dav of the month and theresult in the Third Ward was proclaimedat eleven oclock at night The mayorwas elected by 1111 votes and amongtho new councillors are eleven advo ¬

cates eleven merchants and elevenJews Thus at least at Trieste the unfortunate number eleven disliked soilong as symbolical of the unmber of thoApostles after the loss of Judas blfair to become quite rehbihtfttel N

CONCERNING FUNERALSntA Somewhat Glowing Topic Iot Flippant-

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oursclvesnffer death Ts one that shouldbe fully considered at an early date Tn

11 seriousnesBthe soui is not the onlything to bo looked after cither duringlife or after death We are too prone toneglect our health during life and thenbequeath duraceumulated microbes andother results of a doug and perhapscrooked career to some sightly cemeterr set on a hill like a ci tnatean notbeliid - -

Longevity is wgood thing though Ihave known public men to overdo itTodiatv the proper niqraent and leaveggooUilnpressibn on history is one oftho lost arts To lacker out of life withthe applause of a great people ringingin tho Qard is a gpod thing but manthat Tswrn of a woman anatho majerity of them are that way are too proneto linger on this side bf eternity untilthev havo done some little fthine that is

f never properly explained on their tombstones

But aftwIleaTirwlmt shall we do wltliourselves In this brief treatise I darenot attempt to be thorough or evenlucid Leaving others who know allabout it to state oxactlywhat dispositionwill bemade ipf our souls lgV us lookinto the mattergbf hat we shall dowitfciour bodies VVVv

I bopefmtfwhat I may say will notboregarded as flippant for this is no placefor flippancy but allow me to speakplainly of it as I would on any othersubject concerning onr health

Death fiassolne very peculiar charac-teristics

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For instance it will wake upthe dormant old crank who hasiiovermissed a funeral for sixty years JBLe

goes for miles to sec debased It ishis holiday It is the one saving sportin his otherOTsooylesst life Vo allremember him IfeisV sometimes awoman

The thought that the tim0jwill comesome dav when thisman will put on hisfuneral clothes and come to myfuneralmakes my tallhair rise up on m Hocan not gloat over me how but theday may conle when I shall lie low in¬

stead of lying otherwise as I do nowand he may outlive mo and come to seeme properly buried Tben he will enjoyhimself Ah what a blessed relief itwould be could I hover over the door-way

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when he comes ami hear my foot-man announce to the old vulture thathe is a little late as Mr Nye was putin the kiln half an hour ago

I could suffer a good deal through lifeif I knew that I could at lat head offthe funeral fiend the ifian whowouldnt loan mo a dollar when I wasstruggling for grub but who cheerfullyvisits my funeral and shows his ap-

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in every possible way1 must say in all candor that there are

many attractive features about crema-tion

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I am sure that when cremation isplaced within the reach of all it willrapidly become popular

In the first place if the space betweenlife and physical annihilation could bomade just asnarrow as possible it wouldhe far more cheerful to consider Deathitself is cruel enough but to add to it ahippodrome 01 a public funeral ana turnonr Tinrlnrs iulo fi nuidv morSTltSi and-- - ithen KKreposo- - ma crowueu jiemeterytill thecity wants tlie groiiiuFfbraparkand then to pick up our crumbling bonesand mqye away to a new grave is notcheerffirto contemplate

I have often -- thought that a cheerfulbook of lift or sixty pages might bewritten under the title of Recollectionsof Resurrection or the Diary of aBod It could be made to teach us avaluable lesson Politically I ampledged to genuine national reformLet the nation try it andit worlS all rightfon the nation I willtry it myself Next I am in favor ofcremation at living prices At presentIhc price is too high and the poorman is left to decay and fill thesoil with the poisonous gases whictathepoor as welKuathe-rjchJuiivft-duIg- e inafter deatp 1 I If -

Death should end our career so faras earthly aftiiirs go but with theembarrassing prospects of u prema¬

ture burjal tho cheerful chances ofbeing boiled by the janitor of a medicalcollege and our skeletons wired together and hung iu a museum andihebpportuuity if we escape the firsttwo of being tipped out of ourgraves b a flood an earthquake 6rthe act of the Common Council it isno wonder that people cling tolife

If I thought that for centuries aftermy decease mv long but symmetricalskeleton would be used night afternight to illustrate the union in ipseof compound cyclonic fracture of thetibia I wouldnt be able to sleepnights Bill Nye in Boston Globe

LOVE OF HOME

How It Haunts Men and Women Par FromTheir Native Lund

Nostalgia is a disease as much as neu¬

ralgia or fever are diseases it baffles thocleverest doctors skill and admits ofonly one complete cure and that is byremoving its cause Sheer strength ofwill may keep is in abeyance hard workmay turn aside its course for awhilebut sometimes tat odd moments in unexpected places it asserts itself with an I

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thirst for home which will neitherbe repressed nor appeased

A floating scent m the air a scentladen with tlie memory of a by goneday a sunset flush in the ky an oldmelody borne on the breee havebeen known lo bring on an access ofthis strange illness almost unbearableIn degree Reason haJLittle or no offnt n jTiWliitiio- - ita fftvArisl pvfitpmftntfriendship the closest love the terderetijcan notj tnrn asiuBiisjcurreni uiuMehas no poorer toi soothe lfobrttcrnesltnor thrdi4nictions of gayety5 toronseitffrom it melancholy It is somethingoutside tho sufferers body outside him ¬

self iitsfeelings his reason itisasieXness of the soul a longing to outstriptime and space to leave tlie laggardbody behind and fly to the native airtheaIovedUassooiatious abdearlyvfrferids ofchildhool - t ss

Lonely ranches in wild Mexican moun¬

tains have echoed to its sobbing orv iin--j der tho glare gf a tropio im ami4 the

brilliant coloring of tropical foliago inscattered homesteads in far Australianplains men and women have pined andsickened ave and even died of thismysterious illness It is strange that anailmenL which to all appearance is con-nected

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with tho nerves should not bomore common among the weaker sexbut men suffer from it in a greater de-

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than womenarid the more hardyL the race the more thev seem to sufferNorthern races experience its deadly

¬symptoms moro than tho warmer blood-ed Southerners indeed I have heardthat the Bsquimaux havo such a deeplyrooted love of their cold and barrencountry entwined among the very fibersof their nature that theycan hardlyexist for any length of timeout of it anddwindle away physically and mentallytill thoy return

I remember once in a far foreignkcountry seeinga man who moped lost

uis appetite ana aooKeu general iywretchedfor days but who on beitfgjquestioned as to tho cause of hi3 melan¬choly replied that he was- - in perfecthealth Afterward when the fit whichwas fortunately merely a temporaryone had worn itself out ho told methat it was a heart longing for homewhich had suddenly taken possession ofhim that it seemed to him ho could notagain bo happy till he heard thq oldtones and paced the old garden walksIf only for a day or an hour it wouldihave contented him He could againhave assumed tho harness of daily toiland spent the necessary years of exilein a foreign land could he for one dayhave drunk at this refreshing wellHomesickns

THE VANDERB1LT

The Iast of an Historical nnd Tfoll KnownCraft

The sale of the ship Three- - Brotherscloses tlie career of a historical craft In1855 Commodore Vanderbilt orderedconstructed for his New York andHavre line a steamship which was de-

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to attain a remarkable speedWhen approaching completion sopleased was tho old Commodore withthe fineness of her lines and tho promiseher model gave of quick passages thatho had her christened after himself No

ains or expense had been spared in theandcrbilts construction and fittings

and when she left tho builders handsshe is said to havo represented an ex--penditure of eight hundred thousanddollars During the early part of thewar when the Confederate cruiser Ala¬

bama was making such inroads on theAmerican merchant marine and theUnion men-of-w- ar were unable to effecther capture the Idea presented it3elf toCommodore Vanderbilt that perhapshis pet steamship might accomplishwhat tlie ships of the navy had failed todo and ho presented her to the Govern-ment

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For this munificent act Yanderbilt was thanked by Congress and had agold medal struck in his honor - Ultim-ately

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she came to this coast convoyingthe old Monitor Mouadnock around theHorn and made one trip to Honoluluon which occasion she was tendered incourtesy to carry Queen Emma down Onher return she was laid up at MarcIsland until ultimately sold for a smallamount to Gebrgo Howes Cq whoat an expense of nearly 200000 fittedlier up as a sailing vessel and theoccasion of her first leaving this port

h with a wheat cargo was a gala day inthe harbor After making severalvoyages she was sold in Liverpool for asinalf amount to her late owners anEnglish firm who sold her to be nsed asa coal hulk at Gibraltar It is quiteprobable that-- tho British Government isthe purchaser but the consideration isnot stated It is in all probability theend of a famous ship San FranciscoCall

A VOTE RECORDER

An Interesting Invention Devlsqd to Savethe Time of ieglslatora

An intricate and interesting machinewhich for over two years has stood iffthe room pf the committee on educationand labor on tho House side of thoCapitol is at last to bo removed Tt

hs an interesting lnstorv An oldgentleman named Crosby noticiug with

L some degree of annoyance the immenseamount oi time lost m tuc Mouse oy tuocalling of thO yeas and the nays under--too-k

to invent a machine which canldrecord the vote almosUnsjtantauequslyby the means of electricity There weroto be electric buttons at eacn uongressrmans desk The pressure of onerecorded yea and the pressure ofthe other recorded nay upon aprinted slip at the clerks deskwhile at tho same time aningenious arrangement moved the handsof a dial on the Speakers desk andshowed at a glance how many votes hadbeen taken on eackside TJio inventorafter having had an expensive modelmade was taken sick and was couirpelled te spend nine months in FloridaTho next session of Congress was a verybusy one and he could get no one tolisten to a dissertation on the merits ofhis invention This year his son fellsick and died and he has not been ableto urge upon Congress the adoption ofhis machine Tho Speaker will probably give orders to have the apparatustremoved for it nils up considerablespace Mr Crosby wants 875000 fromthe Government for his invention andclaims that it would save a great deal offillibustering Washington Post

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New Provender for Boys

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a British General by tliat name Tlierewas another man way back in iiistorywho --pent his time in tying knots orsometningof the kind Whv do vouask

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THE OCTROI

Tniernal Caatoms Datr f7LVted 3aFrance aad Italy

Among the financial reforms proposedis that of abolishing 4th octroi This isafoim of interns customs duty na- -known and entirelv inconceivable inAmerica whoro irade ia free betweenthe different States and between thecities and the surrounding countryTho products of one department pay- - atax in that department and if they areisent to anotherpaycustpmsduty whenonteringit For instance acitizen ofBordeaux who owns vineyards andmakes wine in Uoussillon pays a tax onhis wine there and another if lie bringsthem to Bordeaux So with every otherproduct taken from the place ofproduc-tion

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to another locality The cities rlsohave their octroi making all the heces- -

Lsaries 01 lite wood meat nour vegertables pay heavily when they jivtbrought In for the consumption of itsinhabitants It is this which rendersliving so expensive in Paris for the--

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and as there is constantly largefloating population in France largelyout of the foreigner who has done somuch to make the French capital themagnificent city which it is The littlecustom-houses-a- re distributed along theSeine and on the thoroughfares leadnginto the city No one can travelthroughout France stopping at thelarge cities without being constantlymade aware of the expenses or theoctroi hy the attention whichhis baggage and even hislittle handbag receives when in makinghis exit from tho station ho ha totTunthe gauntlet of the petty officials whoseduty it is to seethat nothing escapes thepayment of this particularly offensivedutv There is onlv one country inEurope which maintains the octroi andthat is Italy but Italy is very noorandif it is anvwhero excusable it --is In thatnew and struggling country

The inconvenience of the octroi haslong been complained of by producersand consumers especially tbj poorupon whom it bears heavily and oruoof the more progressive statesmen ofthe country have for many years beencasting about for some feasible meansof having it abolished but so far with-out

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success The mreat cities which arechiefly maintained by it are naturallyopposed and the rich whose propertywill have to pay more heavily should itbe removed are also opposed to achancre If this old medieval relic dis--appears sonic otuer lorm 01 laxauonwill have to take its place and whatthat shall be will have to be a matter oflong and careful consideration to acountry whose burdens in the way oftax and import are already too grievousto be borne That the change would boa relief to the poorer classes and to alarge class of middle class consumerswho think that the necessaries of lifeshould be exempt from taxation if any-thing is too plain to require seriousargument Ciwv Smi FranetecQ Chron- -

THE ISLE OF JUNE

One of the Healthiest aiidMo3t CharmingSpot on Earth

Whatis the most beautiful placethatyou have over visited asked a lady ofan old English naval officer NewProvidence in the Bahamas was heanswer Tq this view many travelerswould not assent but Nassau as thoisland is popularly called from its prin j

cipal town is one of the most beautifulgardens of the sea Columbus whovisited the island during his first voyagecalled it Femaridia and Ponce dejLeonthought that he had found here thOeartiSy Paradise and touristsof recentyears call it the Isle of June because thewinter months are like June In the tem ¬

perate zones Nassau is the icapital ofthe Bahamas It is a placet bf old searomances- - from the dramatic pirates tothe blockade runners Lnghsh navalofficers worn with service are oftensent here to recruit England holds itto be one of lier most health giving re-

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The island is aouic twenty onemiles long and seven wide and js fa¬

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apple farms Thfe winter market ofNassau is one of the most wonderful inthe world as in it aro fonud all thewroducts of the tropics together withthose of the temperate zones Mr Frank 1

Stockton in a magazine aruciu uu uuIsle ofJune once gave a list of the

fruits to he found there an amazingcatalogue of familiar and unfamiliarnames It is also famous for gxgen tur-tles

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thelandin fruits Youths Companion

AN ODD CUSTOM

The Tribute Levied ac the Kntrancc of theKIvcrTJouro iu PorUiKal

Tho coast of Portugal isdefended from

invasion by forts of castellated form setalong ttie shores wherever a landingmight seem convenient or where an Im-

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point had to be protected-- 3Iostof these strong places date fronbeforetho introduction of gunpowder and wereafterward -- restored and received theirpresent extremely picturesque form longbefore guns and gunnery practice hadattained modern perfection One bf thelargest and strongest is the Castle ofFozatthe entrance to the river DouroIt is in suehairimportahf portion that atone time it mounted at least fifty gunsthough probably little more than toys ifwe judge by the size of the embrasuresA curious old custom is still kept up offiring at vessels which try to pass thebar without a pilot or when the redflag is not flying at the fort Luckilyblank cartridges are used in moderntimes Thb first gun is fired when Ota

vii is outside the bar and If it atonce turns and gives up its attempt tor In it is lined only a small sum

owever if it continues its efforts thogun Is loaded and fired again and againas quickly as possible during its passageand for every discharge another fino Isimposed on tho ship A skillfullyhandled shp escapes without heavyfines hut a badly managed vessel has topav dearlv or In otheft wordX thagreiterlhedangerthey3jlaveriskeirthegreafrir--th- e line demasiijedin puuish- -

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either cripple himself or somebody elseFather said JohnnvFizzhtop canit

I you spare money enough to gut mctgun My son when lean spare aboy 111 get you a gun ExchaWge

dont See upon whatgrouhdsyotrcan secure a pension Yon were natviirthe army during the war I knowjbut I was in thehome guards Were -

you wounded or ilisabled No butTfirst saw the woman who is now raVwife while we were on parade Smce- -

then Ive had nothing nnt trouble amithiuk the Government ought to give mea pension Philadelphia Chrontde- -

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DIGNIFIED HONESTY --j iHow It Vaa Ke wardedby a Diminutive --

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Avery small newsboy stood at thecorner of Superior and Clark streets-

yesterday afternoon- - Under hisarmwas a solitary and bespattered copy ofapaper fcatisneu eitner oy tne pietnqnccondition of lus pocket caused y avaac- -

FccssfnL rim of business or by thearmth of the sun he disdained to call

c -hiswaresA rotund and austere ofSeeroiathfr

North Side Street Railway- - Compaayhpassed Ho stopped abruptly c- -proached the lounging youngster andsaid JVetfwb6y at the same tmuirslipping a coin into the haad f thnrchinwho in turndextronsly deposit- - tted it between his teeth Delivering thewrinkled paper the boy sent a dlrtybaud Into hi3 trousers pocket andpYodaccdfdur pennies and a nickel rhlcHfio emptied Into tho extended palmthe dignified purchaser j- Yea should be more careful sSvlsaid the rotund gentleman glancing stTthe ebange and then handing itback tou-the-youngst-

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