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BA.YAKD TATUOa'a 10.8T POBM.
The'old Heroyniaxitorest sesti '
HkVeatheroalhe plain; ,C
Wabhwinkel'a orchards writhed and bent
In whirl of wind and rain;
Within her neat, irpon the roof ,
Fr generations tempest-proof, : .
Wahlwinkel's stork with her ijottng ones lay,
When the hand of the bttrricairf tore away "
The honse and the home that held them. ,
The storm passed by ; Ihe htppj- tree '
v. Stood w and kissed the tndi i SL.'Tli '
And from the birds new melocQes'; -Came
fluting one by one.
ft,
The stork, upon the paths .below
Went sadly pacing to and fro, f?
Witi dripping7 plumes andheaddepressed,
For the thought of the spoiled, ancestral nest,
And the old, inherited honor
' Behold her now !" the throstle sang
From out the linden tree,"". i
" Who knows from what a linehe sprang,
Beyond the unknown Bea ?n
" If she oould sing, perehanee her tale
Might move us," chirruped the nightingale.,
"Bong? She can only rattle and oreak !" -Whistled
the bullfinch,, with sUyer beak,
Within the bars of Jbia priBon..
And all birds there', or loud or. low, .
Were one in scoff and scorn; "
But still the stork paced to and fro,.,. . -. ,
As utterly forlorn.; j r '-rv :i U .i.i
Then suddenly, in turn of eye, "...
She saw a poet passing by,
And the thought in his brain was an arrow of
! Aw. .- ... 'I . .
nThat pierced her with passion and pride and
ire '
And gaye her a voice to answer.
She raised her head and shook her wings, '
And faoed .the pipingerowd ff, ? "
''Best servioe," said she, never sings
True honor is not , loud.
My kindred carol not, nor boast;
Yet we are loved and welcomed most,..
And our .ancient race is dearest! and first, - "'
And the hand that hurts us held accursed
In every home of Wahlwinkel !
" Beneath a sky forever fair,
And with a summer sod,,
The land I come from Bmiles and there
My brother was a god !
My nest upon a temple stands
And sees the shine of desert lands;
And the palm and the tamarisk cool my wings
When the biasing beam of the noonday stings,
And I drink from the holy river !
" There I am sacred, even as here;.
Yet dare I not be lost,
When meads are bright, hearts full of cheer,
At blithesome penteooat.
Then from my obelisk I depart,
Guided by something in my heart, '. .
And swoep in a line over Lybian sands ' ' ; i
To the blossoming olives of Grecian lands.
And rest on the Cretan Ida !
" Parnassus sees me as 1 sail; - . .
I cross i he Adrian trine; ' . v " "
The distant summits fade and fall, '
Damaltian, Apennine;
The Alpine snows beneath me gleam , . '. ..
I see the yellow Danube stream ! k
Bat I hasten on until my spent wings fah .
Where I bring a blessing to each and alL
And babes to the wives of Wahlwinkel !"
She drooped her head and spake nimore;
The birds on either band
Sang louder, lustier than before
They cou'.d not understand. ,
Thus mused the stork, with saap of beak :
" Better be silent than so speak !
Highest being can never be taught; .
They have their voices, I my thought; .
And they were never in Egypt I" .. .
American Legation, Berlin. Germanv, Novem
ber 12, 1878.
MAT'S LUCK.
44 It is just ' my luck !'
said Mat,
He walked gloomily to the window
andlooked out on the vivid green of
the croquet lawn, on white and red
roses clustering about the porch; on the
old rector, tending his favorite gerani
ums in the distance, amid a blaze of
sunshine and glow of color. Mat longed
to be with him the somber room seem
ed as oppressive as a cage.
He threw open the French windows,
drew a long breath, and thrust his fin
gers into the pockets : of his shooting
coat, fallincr naturally into a careless,
lounging attitude, peculiar to him. The
fingers came in contact with a note, and
idly brought it to light. It was ad
dressed in a woman's handwriting to
" Matthew Curtis, Esq., M. D." A
grim smile ; played . about ' that gentle
man's lips as he reflected how unsuited
was that formal superscription to the
jovial, reckless good-for-naught, known
to rich and poor for miles arouna as
young Mat Curtis. U
With a listless air he drew lortn the
brief; inclosm-e. His Tface darkened as
he perused it. -
Miss Agnes Bellue would oe giaa to
nave a few minutes' conversation with
Mr. Curtis."1
" Jjover-like very I" commented Mat,
with sarcastic emphasis,
Another glance at the "delicate paper
and the firm square handwriting, the
dark look hardening the while, until the
character of the face seemed completely
.altered.
"Look at it I" quoth Mat. 44 Her
hand never trembled ; there is not a wa
vering stroke I Why, most girls would
cry their eye? out while writing such a
note as that to their lovers I"
He crushed the offending missive into
a crumDled ball as he spoke, and ad
dressed a few more expletives- to the
fair sunshine expletives peculiarly
unbefitting a clergyman's study, or the
iiAarinc of the young lady who noise
lessly: entered in time indistinctly .to
catch them. . - : i
Yonnff not more than twenty, per-
hans but with a , serene and queenly
grace of movement, a gravely beautiful
face an air just now, of! haughty dis
gust.-.-- - . , .
44 Pardon me," she says, icily; 14 so
interesting a conversation with yourself
is probably of a confidential nature."
Mat turns with ; a flaming face a
quick, deprecating gesture, a courteous,
apologetic bow and speech that some
how in their confused humility stamp
him as a gentleman. !. ;
44 1 trust indeed you did not hear it.
I earnestly crave forgiveness if you
did I" :.
She contemptuously dismisses the
matter with the slightest wave of a little
jeweled hand. Cold, hard, proud she
looks, and her words hare' a clear-cut
articulation suggestive Of newly-clipped
coins. . v .
" I sent for you." X
44 Yes," answers Mat, defiantly. His
penitence is dying away the dark, hard
expression is returning. 44 Just my
luck," it seems to repeat.
"To beg an answer to two questions,"
continues Miss Bellue -
Mat bows, thrusts his hands into the
deep shooting-pockets once .morej and
resumes the careless, lounging attitude.
44 Have you entered your name, not
withstanding my protest, as a gentle-man-rider
for the autumn, steeple
chases ?" . . . , . .
! "Yes," '''!x" . . i
'T t '
' 44 Is it, indeed, true, that last night
you involved yourself in a poaching af
fray! actually knocking down a keeper
and helping the poachers to escape?" !
" Yes," says Mat, with a kind of sul
len despair,
Miss Bellue draws something from
her white fingers, and holds it out.
Mechanically Mat's hand comes out of
the shooting-pocket and grasps it. It
is a woman's engagement ring.
They look at each other, a curious
contrast in the two faces. Hers com
posed, calm, haughtily indifferent. His
blankly astonished, angry, agitated, by
turns,
44 Not-itot that, Agnes, " he pleads,
huskily.
The serene beauty, the quiet determi
nation of her face answer him.
44 At least, let me explain. I can do
so to yottri: Satisfaction, I think, I
hope !" he says, dubiously. 44 Return it
to your finger, and reserve judgment
till you hear the defense f" And he holds
the ring toward her, with a great, clum
sy hand that trembles somewhat
Still no aadible reply. A faint shake
of the head, a look of polite incredulity
that is all.
14 Do you not care ?" he asks.
His appealing eyes search her face.
It does not change. Beautiful, imper
tarbable, the sentence written there
never vanea. Mis unsteady ringers drop
the ring ; but he lets it lie, half buried
in a fleecy rug. Then, with a set, stern
look, he sets: his foot upon it, bows
lightly, and walks f rom the'room.
i He leaves the house, passing the win
dow to gain the road, but looking neith
er to the right nor to the left.
His head is erect, his hands are out of
the loose pockets. For once (startling
transformation), young Mat Curtis looks
positively dignified. 1
And as he. vanishes as startling a
transformation takes place in the room
he has quitted. Miss Bellue proves
herself a woman, and not a queen, by a
series of actions essentially feminine.
First, she rescues the bent love-token
from the. floor; then she tkisBes it and
criesover it ; then she locks it away
carefully in a writing-desk; then she
rushes! np stairs to watch her lover out
of sight from an upper window.
For a quarter of a mile or so she
watched him, a retreating figure, grow
ing smaller and smaller in the distance.
He never once looked back; the regu
lar march of his steps never faltered;
a turn of the road hid him from sight.
Miss Bellue sat down on the floor a
most, '.undignified position and cried
till her pretty eyes were red and
swollen. ' .
44 It is all oyer !" she moaned 44 all
over I"
:. H : "-:"'. ,i
4 4 Fire! Fire 1"
Mat sprang from his bed, and, with
professional expertness struck a light,
tumbled into some clothes and rushed
from the house.
No need to ask whence the alarm pro
ceeded ;" the - fierce pillar of flame and
the red glow , in the sky were beacons
toward which he ran at headlong speed,
with one thought in his mind, 44 1 pray
heaven it may not be the rectory I"
4 Where is it?" he shouted to two
laborers, fagging along as swiftly as
heavy boots and ponderous f habits of
progression would let them..
?4. Farmer Joyce's, sur."
44 Farmer Joyce's I Thank heaven f
The riext house to the rectory, but hot
near enough to endanger it n y l
Mat's suspense gave place to a thrill
of almost pleasurable excitement; it was
his 44 mad young Jblood " asserting it
self. Dashing through a gateway, he
almost ran over a girl, bare-headed,
wringing her hands in impotent anxiety.
It was Miss Bellue. f , . .
44 Go btck at once," commanded Mat,
curtly. Put on a hat, and the thickest
shawl you have."
The panic-stricken girl obeyed. . Not
till afterward did it occur to her he had
no right to issue such.instructions.
When she returned it was to find Mat
thew Curtis, Esq., M. D."i in" the center
of a " burning pig-stye, pitching out
squeaking, half -roasted porkers.
44 Just my luckl" he grumbled, ex
amining his scorched fingers. 44 If they
had been babies, now, I might have
gained some credit at the same risk." .
".The stable is a-fire, sur 1"
44 What I" shouted Mat. He did not
wait for the information to be repeated.
An ardent lover of horseflesh, it was as
appeal to his sympathies that sent bim
rohnd intervening outbuildings in a state
of breathless suspense. !
It was true. The stable was on fire;
the horses were screaming with terror ;
two or" three rustics were making excited
and fruitless attempts to drag them out
attempts the poor animals resisted
with all their might.. A little crowd of
men looked on idly and despairingly.
it
Si
un.
run
four
into the barn and get
empty sacks and a rope.
three or
Quick 1"
" Yes, sur.'
By drawing a sack over eeh. animal's
head and neckj, thus blindfolding it; by
passing a rope round . the forelegs and
setting strong) arms to haul, and by a
little organisation of brave but until
then ill-applied efforts, a rescue was
effected. All the horses were saved -except
one poor brute smothered j by the
smoke.
Farmer Joyce came up, with- a grimy
hand extended in honest gratitude.
44 Thank you kindly, sir I don't
mind for the ricks and the building
they are insured; cut it went to my
heart to hear them poor brutes scream."
Mat gave his left hand the right one
was bound up; with a handkerchief. The
old rector joined them, Miss Bellue lean
mgoahisafni I v;'
4 4 The danger is over "ow, Joyce. I
think. Mat, come across with me."
Mat glanced at the averted face of the
young lady, and misceastmed it. She
was, in truth, ashamed to meet his eye;
The contrast between his coolness and
courage and her physical , cowardice
humbled her, 1
" I Hare burnt my hand and arm
slightlyHttst my luck I" said Mat. 44 :
must go home at ohde to dfesS thenii-'
He took off his hat as he spoke, awk
wardly enough, with the left hand, and
turned away. ; ' u
"He is a fine fellow, Agnes, tha
lover of yours'' said the fectori 44 but
his manner is rather abrupt to-night
What ails him ?" .
44 Never mind, papa never mind.
There was a kind of wail in Miss Bel
lue's voiee.
"A lovers'
quarrel," thought the
rector, sagely.
-44 Then my attitude
must be one of dignified neutrality
my policy non-intervention t" and he
laughed quietly to himself at the conceit
. Mat was dressing his burns in the
surgery when the outer door opened and
his father entered.; J . . )
"Halloo, fa her ! Who called you up !
It was my tuti to-night."
It should b: i explaiaei that " young
Mat Curtis" and
partners. j
the old doctor" were
"The old klootor
made no reply.
He sat down
in a lo w chair, and began
to fan himself
with a broad straw hat.
Mat, looking
up m surpriEe, . saw that
he was ghastly!
pale; that his eyes had a
look of horror in them; that his whole
appearance was that of a man who had
sustained a terribly fright. , ;
juai .oucnea nia arm genuy.
father?"
44 Doctor Oattis liAs moved twice be-
fore any sound issued; then he uttered
but one word:
44 Cholera!" -j
face there came a faint
Upon Mat's
reflection of
scourge had
his father's fear.. . The
been raging with frightful
violence in distant parts of England.
They had talked of it often, dreading its
approach, trusting it might pass by this
pure, healthy jrillage.
" JNo; the next day three cases were
reported and I one; death. The , rival
practitioner, Mr." Bennett, a man of
good private means, fled with his wife
and family. Mat and 44 the old doctor"
were worked almost to death. No need
of bar-parlor discussions, or approaching
steeple-chases, or poaching affrays now
to quiet the mad young blood, j . :
Mat went from house to house with a
grave face, and a cheerful, kindly, hope
ful word to every poor terrified wretch,
who shuddered at his own fears.
Then his fafher was : stricken, 44 the
old doctor."
Poor 4 4 old doctor I" When the evil
he had dreaded really came to him,
seized upon him, he grew brave and
strong. ''
" Nonsense, lad I" he said, when Mat
tried to speak encouraging words from a
sinking heart! ,4 1 have no stamina;
I could not expect to live much longer
in the ordinary course of nature. Don't
blink the truth, boy. I shall be glad
to die in harness."
Miss Bellue watched the funeral pre
cession from that same upper window
she had once before put to a similar use.
Very contrite was Miss Bellue in these
days. A horrible dread had taken pos
session of her with the first report of
cholera in the village. She fought
against it; she hatred herself for it; she
tried to drag herself , to the beds of the
sick poor; but trembling limbs refused
to carry her. It j was constitutional
physical oowarjdioe; and every gossiping
tale of Mat's calm heroism increased her
self-abasement and her love and admira
tion for that unconscious gentleman.
His father's death gave him double
work, but he did not spare himself. He
snatched food, 'rest, Bleep, when and how
he could, until the epidemio died out
almost; then as the last case was in a
fair way of recovery he sickened.
44 My luck has changed," dd Mat
with a smile. 44 1 can r be. spared now
the work is done,"
Miss Bellue heard the news the same
hour. A 'housemaid to whom .'She had
done some little kindness ran off to the
fectory td ,tell hf. , Mise, Bellue gave
an order or two and went straight, to her
father's study. , . ' '
"Papai Mat is stricken. down.5'
44 Bless my soul I" said the rector, in
great excitement '? Poor ladpoor
44 1 - have told Jenkins io put the
horses to the brougham and the house
keeper to get the green bed-room
ready."
4 4 Eh ?" and the old gentleman locked
very bewildered. r
44 And you must fetch Mat, ".explained
Miss Bellue, calmly.
"But butV ; ,
. 44 He shal not be left to the nursing
of those ignorant servants," she insist
ed resolutely ' " He shall be brought
here or I will assuredly go to him." f
The rector had yielded to her all her
life, Heshook his. head in perplexity.
, 44 Are you. not afraid, dear?" .
A peculiar smile .lighted her' pale,
beautiful countenance ' '
44 Not now." ' '
; A similar . question was almost' the
first one put by Mat in a . convalescent
state. .T ... . 5-.....
; 44 Were you not afraid, darling ?
" Perfect loteoasteth out fear." she
rejoined, softly.' ' ' ;- "': ''
The Story ef a Murder. "
The case of Abe Rothschild, convicted.
in Texas of murder in the .first degree,
is intStesUng. The story, as told in the
evidence, begins with the arrival cf
Bessie Moore in Cincinnati two years
ago. 1 She was "about sitwenty years old
and had 'considerable money, but hex
most noteworthy property was. a large
number ef diamonds, for which she had
a remarkable likiflflfi She came to be
known as Diamond Bess. Ar6 Itoths
child was a noted Western gambler; He
fell in love with Diamond Bess, or' J her
diafictondfi or both', ahd proposed to
marry hef. - She several times pawned
some of her diamonds io , et money for
him. but . always managed to. fedem
them. The pair were married bout a'
yeaif ago, in Chicago; They wentf to
Texas oh a hoteyffloon trip, she carry
ing the diamonds caref ully in her pock
et They arrived at the Brooks house,;
Marshall, . on Jan. 1t and, stayed two
days. Quarreling j in their room was
overheard, arid flesi.. appeared to be de
fending ' her diamonds against soiture'
by her husband. jThey next rwent to
Jefferson, where Abd registered at the
hotel underi an assumed name. .They
quarreled in loud and angry,, tones
nearly all night On the following day
they' hired a horse j and wagon, filled a
basket with luncheon, and Started off as
though for a pleasure trip ' into the
country. , Bess acted as though afraid
of her companion. She, had the dia
monds still in her pocket Abe return
ed to the hotel at j night alone., saying
that the woman had gone io visit
friends. He packed his baggage, burn
ed some papers, .and returned to Cincin
nati, where he, spent most, of his. time
for two weeks in gambling, according to
his habit. His demeanor was erratic,
however, and he fold his friends that
somebody was - following him At
length he shot himeelf in the head, but
not fatally. About the same time the
body of Bess was found in the Texas
woods, with a bullet hole in her head.
The fragments oi j the luncheon were
scattered about, but the diamonds have
never been found, 'and it is Supposed
that, being turned into money, they
were used in the long and stubborn de
fense of the prisoner.
How $5,000 was Found in a Tree.
A treasure up a tree was seen in the
watches ot the night by a peddler, who
was sleeping in a . farmhouse in the
Shenandoah valley. 1 He toid his dream
to the farmer next morning, and on
three successive nights he had the same
vision. Then he prevailed on the farme
to accompany him to the forest, where
he pointed out a large oak tree as the
one. he had seen in his dream. It was
apparently sound at the butt, but about
twenty feet up a limb had been broken
off. The farmer did not feel like humor
ing what he supposed to be a supersti
tious whim, but the old fellow seemed
to have confidence in his vision, ai
offered him one-half the spoils if he
would help him cut down the tree.
When the tree fell,! there was a rattle of
coin near where the limb had; been
broken oS, and a small hollow was found
there. - By a little chopping a larger
cavity was found, and within was a mass
of silver. Both seemed wild with de
light, and on counting up found that the
pile amounted to $5,000. The peddler
expressed his.t unwillingness to carry
around so much silver in his pockets.
and inquired where he would be likely
to get greenbacks for his share. The
farmer, having considerable money in
his : house, immediately transferred to
the peddler $2,500 in paper money and
took charge of the entire lot of , silver.
The peddler disappeared, and when his
partner attempted to pass some of the
silver. Io I ' it was counterfeit He was
the victim of a gang of coiners. ZyncA-
burg Virginian. , :
With all the fluctuations in pig iron
and axle grease, ohewing gum still keeps
up at the old figure.
Item of laterest
Agrate wantr Coal.,
.Always a wake A, tassel' torack.
A preeise flower The primroee. .
A 'past-time " My . ! Grandfather's
Clock." , -i .'"
The man who pays in advance cannot
be trusted.- - - l ;
The day after washing day is one of
sad irony,
Spanish women get along with ou
mantilla 'nothez comes.
Mary had little lamb. It was roast
ed, and she wanted more. . j
The eleotrio light is to be used in the
streets of Liverpool instead of gas.
A well-fed hog Wsd tip in his sty
And dropped a regretful tear
"The Beautiful Snow has acme," he said,
, And slaying will soon be here."
Morejtimber is nsed under ground in
the Comstock mine than has been em
ployed in the construction of San Fran-
CISCO.
Souvenir of the exposibon by
44Chain r" r Small gentleman appears
in huge hat, which ingulfs him to his
shoulders; ' His wife But that hat
doesn't fit you, my love. He-LThat
what I told the man but he showed me
his gold' niedal, the only : one ; awarded
for hats, nd what oould I do ? j u '
Between the 1st of May and the 81st
of October last, 571,792 strangers stayed
in Parisian hotels and lodging-houses,
leing m,021 in excess of the visitors to
the,l867i exhibition, and 308,774 in ex
cess' of last year. Of these, f218,622
were foreigners, of -whom 64,044 were
English, 23,524 Germans, 21. 419 Bel
gians;16,417 Italians, 14,560 Americans,
13,284 Swiss, 10,234 Spaniards, and
9072. AJWkrians,v Thirty-six royal per
sonages came, j
The griddlecakesorae days have come,
When proud Melinda passes ;
Her little platelet back for more,
. And sops 'em with molasses.
. Melinda, proud Melinda Jane,
Pesist for mercy's sake ! !
Else, piling in those griddle-cakes,
:- Toullgetthe stomach eake. i - ,
And then, Melinda, loaded down
With griddlecakea, you'd see j
" That; viands doughnut ease; the soul
'i BOw waffle that would bet :
. . , .,. '.St. Louis Times-JournaL i
The mother of twa .sons, twins, met,
enniAmnorarv relates. ! one . j of the
brothers in a field one . morning.
Which of you two boys am I speaking
to?" asked the mothef; "is it you, or
you Drcrther?" '44 Why 'da you ask ??
inquired the lad prndently. 4 4 Because,
it if. im -venr brother, l' Will DOX hiS
ears."
4 4 It is not , my ' brother, it
is
f."
44 Then your brother is wearing
vour isoat for ' vours had a hole ini t
j , - , ,
No; mother, I am wearing my own
joat" 4Gjod heayensi" enea tne
mother, looking at ium intently, "you
ireyour brother, after all I '
llow He (lot Away from a Meb.
A Mr. Chase, who had been ) locked
op -in a jail by mistake in Wisconsint
tells the following story to the reporter
of the Chicago Telegram: '.fl .first
heard firine outside, and the door wa
brbiien inT A rope was put around my
neck, the fellow ' trembling like a dog.
I told him not to get excited; there was
plenty of them to do the job; if thep e were
but few of them, and several to hang,
there might be some occasion for ner
vousness: I was jerked out in double
quick thne. The mob got hold of the
rope and jerked me twelve feet tmore I
struck the ground. Some said: 'Say
our prayers now.' I said: Who is
mm a M ' M J
giving me so mucn wma r von i gej
so excited. Ton have the whole town,
and a rope around my neck.' j They
acted like a lot of boys. If I had been
doing the job, I would have done the
hanging in the jail. They rushed me
off toward some tall pines, and I got the
rope off my neck. They then put a
hangman's knot about my neck and a
stiff noose around my body, and started
w mm m 4
on a run. 1 again got tree irom mem.
I am fly wii a rope. ' I turned around.
The crowd behind were about twenty
deep. 1 pushed them out of my way
and got out of the crowd. I kept right
on. ' I did not stop to shake hands with
the boys. I would like to have made
the acquaintance of the fellows who
placed the rope around my neck, but
didn't wait for an introduction. A chap
fired three shots at me, close range. If
I see him again I will buy him ' some
ammunition.- He ' needs practice. I
gained, on them rapidly,' and, jumping
over the fence, laid low until the crowd
passed. I then jumped back, and did
some tall running in the opposite direc
tion, and arrived here early this morn
ing. If I was : them fellows " (referring
to the mob) I would- go into some
back yard and throw mud ai myself
The . crowd , were bound to hang some
one last night, and if they had not found
me would haye hung some of the other
prisoners. I dorft care about going
back there: they are too' demonstrative.
and make calls at unseasonable! hours,
and the reception accorded me last night
was too liyely . I prefer retirement.
The sheriff, may, as a rule, be j a good
man to his gUesto,- but I prefer the hos
pitality shown me here. I ' am . no hog,
and don't want so much fuss made over
me as they demonstrated there'.7 I am
not guilty, and all I ask is a fair shake
and speedy trial . If I am convicted and
will then be serving my time, and for
life, I will get acquainted with my ccHn
panions the sooner."
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HA?IS. .BHOTJXDEES, 8IBE3. r ;
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GATES, FOY & CO.,
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WHOLESALE GROCERS
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AND D1ALHBS TV
General Merchandise,
ARE RECEIVING TRESH GOODS
BY EVERY STEAMER.
Their Stock is Large end Complete.
Prices Very tow.
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