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From the London Atheateum.l
r On of the workers of the world ' .' .
hiring toiled and toiling died ;
Batetaeri worked and the world went on
; And was M changed when he was one, .
- - A strong .triekai. a wide tail furled ;
y And only a few men sighed.
V . O f beroea of the world ' '" .
- Fought to conquer, then fonirht to fail, :
. . . Ana leu down arain in bi b!ot-tained mall
And arerhu form they atept; '- .!
Hi lost and hi banner furled ; ","
VAM n,y wetnan wept.'
One of the singers amon mank ind
. Bang heali'g song from an o'esw rough t heart
W men listened the grass ami wind
1 Wert'"f the rett unsung like a wave; '
- ads fiune that will ne'er depart
'.K " neverWru la his grave.
.j One of the women who only love
";": i'.ved aad "grieved and faded away f
Ah me ! are these-gone t& the God alx.ve, " -v
more of each can I say? .. ; ,
4 Tey are human flowers that flower and fall, .;'
This U the song and the end of them all.
LITEEAKY
GOSSIP.
MR., .MART BAYARD CLARKE, EDITOR."
All books received during the week will le;
taeotionsd by nam in the next succeeding is-
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tioa after careful reading. They may be sent'
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Wary Bayard Claskk, Newbern, N. C
BOdKS RECEIVED.
D. APFLETON COj SEW-YOKK.
t'JIEMlHTRY OF COMMON' LIFE. By Jam.
. J F. W. JounStox. Edited by -Arthur Her-
- bert Church.
THE SEAMY SIDE. A Novel. IJy Walter
; Bes axt and James it ice. r
1 , : HAEPEK a BROTHERS, SEW YORK.
MEMOIRS OP MADAME De Remcsat. Kdi
ted by her Grandson. Paul de Kemusat. Sen
ator. Translated by James Cotterell, Esq., of
.-in ewra or, oar.
THE TELEPHONE. THE MICROPHONE
AND THE PHONOGRAPH. Translated
from the French of Count du Moncel.
.'. Whenthe first edition of Johnston's
I "Chemistry of Common Life " ' appeared
twentj-fiverjeare ago, even' educated per
" . sons had but haxy ideas of the real scope
and functions' of this , science, and its inti
:, mate connection with the daily life -of man;
L it was considered as ' belonging only to the
J laboratory ! or 'the druggist shop, and-' this
L-was one of the first, expositions "ever given
, to the .public of its main conclusions touch
ing everyday life. It treats of . the air we
breathe, -the water we drink, the soil we
i cultivate the' bread we eat, the liquors we
I ferment, infuse and distil the narcotics iti
i "which we indulge the odors we enjoy, the
' smells we dislike, and lastly of .Jthe circula
- tioa of matter as exhibiting in one view
the end, purpose and method of all the,
: changes in. the natural -body, in' organic
f. nature, and in the mineral kingdom which
are connected with and determine the exis-'-
tence' of life: Tlie present edition contains
" an Entirely new chapter on the colors we
admire, with many lesser additions render
ed necessary by the progress of science,'
r some, entirely the'editor's own, and others
taken from standard works ot various au
thors, all "of which render it. a useful and
interesting book on the common things of
- life.,: . .' " : - . ".'
uThe Seamy :Si&" is a great improve
ment on "Celia's Arbor," the last joint
novel of the'" two authors, but like most
-literary partnership work,"prcsents a rather
patch-work appearance ; some of the char
acters Are well drawn-and some exaggera
ted, though the general effect is, good.
The seamy side of life is shown in the
. character of Black' Hamblin, but there is
" no decidedly low life depicted; we are kept
nrs-lhe company generally of ladies and
gentlemen never rising higher (than the
well established hereditary ' merchant's
family, 'we never descend into the f shims,
and though we! guess the secret of the; plot7
it. does 'not destroy the interest! of the
'book.., ' V "'-"'. -.A : ' ; '
.-TAe -Metnous of Madume R&nusat
give anything but an attractive ,jKrtrait
of Napoleon Buonaparte, but the analysis of
his character bears the stamp of truth, and
accounts Tor many 6f his acts, for he al
ways judged others by himself) and, accord-.
, in' to Madame de. Remusat, was often
mistaken; always having a secret motive
himself, even in the least important acts of
"his lite, he could never understand that
natural "indifference which leads many per
sons' to Soct without aim. She gives many
anecdotes to support this view of .his char-
acter, which accounts for his suspicious na-
tare,, as he generally imputed interested
motives to every person. She says; ''When
Buonaparte .'was ; about setting out for
Esrvrjt he went "io. see M. de Talleyrand,
who was. then the Minister of Foreign Af-N
fairs upder the Directory. 'I was in bed ill,'
.saysde Talleyrand; 'Buonaparte sat down
near nie and divulged to me all the dreams
of his youthful imagination. The activity
of his mind interested me in hirn and also
on account of the obstacles I was .aware
" secret enemies, whom I knew, would place
in his way- He-told, me of the difficulty
iq which he was placed for. want of money,
and that he " did not! know wherc to get
aa Stay, I said to , mm, 'open my dest ;
voa will. find there a hundred; thousand
franW wtieh lelons to me. They are"
yours for the present ; you; can repay the
money when fyou return.. Buonaparte
threw himself on my neck and I was ile
llcrrited to see. his joy. - When, he became
t Hv Consul he returned me the money I .had
v ' ir. lonfc him. but he asked me one day, fWhat
interest COUJU you nave iiu m icuiuug mc
monev t j have thought of it a hun-
1 :ija tlniM and have never been able to
H divine your object. 'I had none, I replied;
1VI was feeling very iH, and it was quite pos
: gible that I might never see ou again;
you were young, and impressed me strong
. and-1 felt impelled to render you a ser
- JiL. without any - after-thought whatever.'
r .'la that case,.saia uuonaparte, anu u u
". -was really done without any-, aesign, you
i acted dupe's part!". Though apparently
.subject to violent fits of passion, he never,:
J- gayg these memoirs, lost his .self-con-ol,
i however much he might appear to do so.
"V After a violent: scene he once said to the
V'-bbe de Pradt, "You thought me terribly
aturrT. Undeceive yourself; with me kn-
eer never goes beyond this," putting his
hand to his throat and indicating that pas-;
sion never rose high enough to disturb his
head. When in Poland he ordered his
brother-in-law. 3Iurat. and General Duroc
to find a youneand pretty mwtress for him,
who must be of the nobility. . "MtJi some
"difficulty they induced a young married
lady to go in the evening to the castle near
arsaw where the hmperor dwelt. v nen
she arrived, without seeing her, Xapoleon
ordered her to be conducted to her apart
ment, supper served and sawl sne couia
rotim as noon as she tdeased. .-lie then
went on with his writing till quitcHate, fin
khed all the business in hand and proceed
ed to the room, and without , losing a mcM
nient bean a conversation on the political
wtnit nn f.t I'oana ana lnierrojraiea tne
. jl . i - . . j - .r .
voun" laay as u ne-uau uau u. iwntv
. . -j v. v. t:
detective, demanding information respecting
the Polish nobles. m Warsaw, never seem
ing to remember that Murat had promised
in his name a more ienaer interview.
Madame de Itemusat gives a pleasing por
trait of Ilortcnse whom she regarded as an
innocent woman subjected to the jealous
suspicions and tyranny of a despotic hus
band, who disliked her and hated her family.
She says the scandals about her were origi
nated and circulated by the Buonaparte
family. and particularly by Caroline,
Madame Murat, who was jealous ofNapo-
Icon s affection tor her and her lanuence
. . ,, ti ' . u i. - .t. :.i
over Dim. "tionense, ne oucu nam,
" forces me to believe in virtue." .
The author did not believe Napoleon
capable of love; he once said to her:
"Josephine is always afraid that I shall
fall seriously, in, love. Does she not know
that I am not made" for lovei? For' what
is love ? A passion whieh sets all the uni
verse on one side, and on the other, the
object beloved. I certainly am not of a
nature to give myself up to any such ex
clusive feeling. ' What then do these fan-
cies, in which my affections have no part,
matter to her?" . i
The' character of Josephine'as drawn by
Madame do Remusat is that of a graceful,
indolent Creole,; with whom "the petite soins
of life were the only things of importance.
1 She never opened fi book, never took a pen
in her hand, and never worked, yet she never
appeared ennuied." She was always amia- .
blc and had consummate tact, but not even
a foundation on which to? build ? anything
but a gracefulwell-dressed woman. Her
wardrobe was not a means, but the end of
her ambition-; she changed all of her clothes
three times a day and kept six waiting-
maids always busy bought everything she
fancied without asking .the price, and owned
from four to five hundred shawls, "s She al
ways carried a shawl, which ' she would
throw-around her shoulders with matchless
grace: Buonaparte, who thought , a shawl
covered her too much, would sometimes j
pull it off and throw it into the fire, when
she would, without the least emotion, seqd
for another. She was always elegantly:
passion with her, and. even on the day of
iicr, death, fancying 'that the Emperor ot
Russia was coming to- see her, she had Jicr-
self- dre.ssed in an elegant robe de chamhre
and, died -covered with ribbons, and rose
colored satin.
Count Moncel has given in his " Tile-
jtjne, JiicropnonCy ana I honogra pn, an
interesting and! complete history oi these
inventions ;- he admits the superiority of
Mr. Ldison's telephone but thinks the in
vention of the microphone due io Mr.
Hughes and not to Kdison, as the principle
of the invention, ia due to scientific discov-
'eries made in 'Europe, and not by Mr.
Edison. The account of Faber's speaking
machine, which was exhibited in Paris two
years ago, is most interesting ; the.author
thinks it a most
, thing, and is
surprised that it -has attracted no more at-
r tention from physicists, which he thinks is
because it was not properly brought out
with due. scientific authority.
lhe book is well translated and very
interesting.
"The Writ 'of Habeas Corpus.
Warren's "Experiences of a Barrister:"
, In the month of February, of the year
following that which witnessed the success-
ful establishment of the claim of Sir Harry
Compton's infant son to his magnificent
patrimony, Mr. Samuel rerret was travel-
mg'post with all the speed he could com
mand towards Lancashire, in compliance
wi.th a summons from Lady Compton," -re
questing, in urgent terms,: his immediate
presence at the castle. It was wild and
bitter weather j and the roads were in many
-i . ... . i i t i i ' . - -
piaces renuerea aangerous, ana aimosi im
passable, by the drifting snow. Mr. -Ferr,
ret, however, pressed onwards with his
habitual enersrv arid nerseverance : and.
spite of, all elemental and post-boy opposi
tion, succeeded in accomplishing his journey
in much less time than, under the circum
stances, could have been reasonably ex
pected. t But swiftly as, for thoscslow
times, he pushed on, it is necessary I should
anticipate, "by a brief period, his arrival at '
fiis destination, in order to put the reader
in possession of the circumstances which
had occasioned the hurried and pressing'
message he had received. ...
Two days .before, as Lady Compton'and
her sister, who had been paying a visit to
Mrs. Arlington at the Grange, were return
ing home towards 9 o'clock in the evening,
they observed, as the carriage turned a
sharp angle of the road leaduur throueh
Compton Park, a considerable number of
lighted lanterns borne hurriedly' to and fro
"in various directions, by persons apparently
in eager but bewildered pursuit of: some
missing object. .The carriage was stepped,
and in answer to the-servants' inquiries, it
was replied that Major Brandon's crazy
"toiece had escaped from her uncle's ' house ;
and although traced by the' snow-tracks as
far as the entrance to the park, had not yet
been recovered. Mrs. Brandon had offered
a reward of ten pounds to whoever, should
secure and re-conduct .her home ; hence the
hot pursuit of the fugitive, who, it was now
supposed, must be concealed in the shrub
beries. " Rumors regarding this unfortu
nate young lady, by no means favorable to
thef character of her relatives as persons of
numamiy, nau previously reached Xady
Compton's . ears ; and she determined to
avail herself, if ; possible, of the present op
portunity to obtain personal interview
with the real or supposed lunatic. The
men who had been - questioned " were in
formed that only the castle servants could
be allowed to search for the missing person,
either the park or shrubberies ; and that
if, therei she would be taken care of, and
restored! to her friends, in the morning.
The coachman was then ordered to drive
on ; out! tne wheels had nor made halt-a
dozen revolutions, when a loud shout at
ne distance, in the direction of the park ,
lolloweqbya Succession of piercing screams,
arinounded the discovery and capture of
the object ot the chase. The horses were
urged rapidly forward ; and ere more than
a minute had elapsed, the carriagedrew up
- within a lew yards ot the hunted girl and
her captors. The instant it stopped, Clara
.Brandon, liberating herself by a frenzied
effort from the rude grasp in which she was
held by. an athletic young man,! sprang
wildly: towards it, and with passionate en
treaty implored mercy and protection. The
young man, a son of Mrs. Brandon's by a
j i i : i ' i- . i' . ,
lonner nusDana, lmmeaiateiy re-seized her;
ana with nerce violence endeavored to
wrench her hand from the handle of the
carriage-door, j which she clutched with
desperate tenacity. The door flew , open,
the sudden, jerk disengaged her hold, and
.she struggled vainly in her captor's power-
tul grasp, j "bave mel save me! she fran
tically exclaimed, as she felt herself borne off.
" You who are, they say, as kind and good
as you are beautiful and happy, save me
from this cruel man !" ; '- :
Lady Compton. inexpressibly shocked by
the piteous spectacle presented by the un-
happy ..girl her scanty clothing soiled, dis-
arrayed, and torn by the violence of her
struggles ; her long flaxen tresses flowing
disorderly over her face and neck in t angled
dishevelment ; and the pale, haggard, wild
expression oi.; jier countenance was ior a,
few moments incapable of speechl Her
-sister was more collected : "Violet she in
stantly remonstrated, "do not permit this
brutal violence."
. What right has she or any one to inter
fere with us ?" demanded the young man
savagely. " This girl is Major Brandon's
ward, as well as niece, and shall return to
hei lawral home I Stand back," continued
he addressing the servants, who, at a gesture
from Miss Dalston, barred his proeress:
Withstand me at your peril !"
" Force her from him!" exclaimed Lady
Compton, recovering her voice. "Gently !
gently! I will be answerable for her safe,
custody till the morning." . -
The athletic fellow struggled desperately r
but however powerful and determined, he
was only one '. man against a score,1 nearly
all f he bystanders being tenants or laborers
on the Compton estates; and spite of his
furious efforts,) and menaces of law and
vengeance, Clara was -torn from him . in a
.twinkling, and! himself hurled with some
violence prostrate on the road. "Do not
let j them hurt : the man ," said Lady Comp
ton! as the servants placed -the insensible
gir in the carnage (she had fainted); "and
fcHJ him. fhat. I - ha Tiia -"MjT 'lgrol ;
claim to the iciistody of this unfortunate
.person he must prefer it in the' morning.'.'.
Immediately on arrival at the castle, the
escaped prisoner was conveyed to bed, and
medical aid instantly summoned, j W hen
restored to consciousness, whether from the
effect df an excess' of fever producing tem-,
porjury; deliriuni, or from confirmed mental
disdase her speech was altogether wild and
incoherent th only at all consistent por
tions of her ravings being pitcously-iterated
appeals to Lady Compton not to surrender
her! td her aunt-in-law, Mrs. Brandon, of
whim 'she seemed to entertain an overpow
ering, 'indefinable dread. It was -evident
shoj had been subjec ted to extremely brutal
treatment such as, in these days of . im
proved! legislation in such matters, and
greatly advanced knowledge of the origin
and! remedy ojf cerebral infirmity, would
not be. permitted towards the meanest hu
mat being, much less a tenderly nurtured,
delicate female, : At length, under the in
flulnce of a composing draught, she sank
gradually to sleep; and Lady Compton
hayingdetermined to rescue her, if possible,
frofn the suspicious custody of her rela
tives, land naturally apprehensive of the
legid difficulties which she could not doubt
would impede the execution of her gener
o'ui, if somewhat Quixotic project, resolved
onlat'once sending off an express for Mr.
Felret, onwhose accumen and zeal she
knew she could place the fullest reliance.
Clara .Brandon's simple history may be
brifcfly summed up. She- was the only,
chfld of atMr. Frederick. Brandon, who, a
wiSower in the second year of his marriage,
, had since principally resided at the "Elms,"
a handsome mansion and grounds which
he had leased of the uncle of the late Sir
Henry Compton. .At his decease,; which
occurred about two "years previous to
poor Clara's escape from confinement, .as
just narrated, ; he bequeathed, his entire
fortune, between two and three thousand
poiinds per annum, chiefly secured on land,
to his daughter ; appointed his elder brother, '
Mjor Brandon, sole executor of his will,
. and guardian of his child ; and in the event
oflher dying before she had attained her -majority
of which she wanted, at her
father's death,; upwards of three years- or
wiheut lawful issue; the property was to
gototthe major, to be by him willed at his
pleasure. Major Brandon, whose physical
and mental energies had been prematurely
broken down he was onlyi in his fifly
seond year either by excess or hard, ser
vice iu the East, perhaps both, had married
lafe in life the widow of a brother officer,
arid the mother of a grown-up son. The
lay,fa woman of inflexible will, consider
able Iremains of a somewhat masculine
.beauty, and about ten years her husband's
jup-ior, held him iu a state of thorqugh
piipiljige; and, unchecked by him, devoted
al her energies to bring about, by fair or
foul pieans, a union between Clara arid her
sob, a cub-cf some two or threc-and-twenty
,years of age, whosesole object in secorid
inl; hb mother's yiewTttponCIara was the
acquisition of her wealth. Ajceordinc to
popular, surmise and report, the
lady's mental infirmity had been brought
. apout by the persecutions she had endured
atrthe hands of Mrs. Brandon, with a view
td force' her into a marriage she detested.
TW most reliable authority for the truth
of these rumors was Susan , Hopley, now
iq the service! of Lady Compton, but who
had lived for many years with Mr. Fred-'
crick Brandon and his daughter. She had
been discharged about six months after her
master's decease by Mrs. Major Brandon
for alleged impertinence; and bo thoroughly
convinced was Susan that the soon-afler-
wards .alleged lunacy of Clara wasrJi a
juggling pretence to excuse tlie ric
underiwhich her aiint-in-Iaw, jRr thM&ir
therance of her. own vile purposes, ha1 de
termined to keep her, that although , of
place' at the time, she devoted-all th:!av--
mgs of her life, between eighty arid fcfty
pounds, to procure "justice'- for theiB-S&d
ujjjnu.u.( a ma aixicie, ousan was ayssa,
could be best obtained of the lord cHaivt-l-
lor; and proceedings were accordingly Jjtlfen
before the keeper of- the kind's conscleuec.
in order to change the custody of thetae-
icuucu iitnauc. ine amaavits niigcan
support of the petition were, howe1o
loose and vague, and were met withuih!
positive counter-allegations, that theliQfSir
cation wal ' at once dismissed' with
and poor Susan rash suitor for !'jitefji"
reduced to absolute penury, j Theseleir
cumstdnces becOmins' known tb'lJJiay
Compton, Susan was taken int herr ics ;
and it was principally owing ito . h.
queritly-iterated version of the a'ffaiif gbpit
Clara hid been forcibly1 rescued fronis.
Brandon'sison. s '- jl'f
' On the following morning the pt
was much calmer, though her mindtill
wandered somewhat. ' Fortified by if&r
thority, of the physician, who certmed: vJhat
to: remove her, or even to expose ! l4o.
agitation, would be' dangerous, if notjtal,
Lady Compton not only refused to deHver
her up-to Major and Mrs. Brandon, bV-t: id
allow.them' to see her. Mrs. Brandfrti'ijn
a towering rage, posted off to the .niferest
magistrate, to demand: the assistarigt;1or
peace-officers in obtaining possession Jf?ihe "
would, however, only so . far comply Jth
the indignant lady's solicitations, as to fegfid
his clerk to the eastle to ascertain thg ia
Bon of the yottng ladyg detention ad
when his messenger returned with 4 fjfte
enclosing a copy of the nhysician's fi
cate, he peremptorily decided that thf
duct of Lady Compton was not onlfpr
fectly justifiable, but praiseworthy, and at
the matter must remain over till the r&eht
was in -a condition to be movedi Tlips
were precisely: in this stale, except fiat
Clara Brandon had become .perfect! 'ra
tional ; arid but for an irrepressible nervous
dread of again; falling into the -power' itof
her unscrupulous relative, quite calm, wKu
Mr. Samuel Ferret made h!s .wishjbr-
appearance on the scene-of action. '
Long and anxious was the conference
which Mr. Ferret. held;with his munifiiht'
clientand her interesting protegee-, ifoi-"
ference that may be called in -whi2kve
astute attorney enacted the part of.'lir.
tious lips. In vain did his eager brain'silicaiiy
ransacit tne wnoie armory pi tne iaw;?r:o
weapon ' cpuld he discern which " affoi
the slightest hope of fighting a success
battle with' !l lpo-allv-!intriintd crnnrrliWiSMir
the custody of his ward. And .yet; y ir. i
relict icii. aa lie iwa.cu uuuu nxu ucusxbK
eye and glowing countenance.; ot . jliMy .
Compton, as she. recounted a few of e.
grievous outrages inflicted upon thej r
and helpless girl r reclining beside hj
whose varying cheek and meek suffid
eyes bore eloquent testimony to the ttli
of. the relationthat he would -willifly
exert a 1 vigor even bey&nd the lai o.:
meet his client's wishes, could he" butf e
his way to a safe result. . At length a'rSy.
of light, judging from his sudderily-gifeifa-ing
eyes, seemed to haye broken upon he
troubled chambers of his brain, and hele
somewhat hastily from his chair. iipf
, "By-the-by, I will just .step and sjC
to this Susan Hopley, if your ladyship&n
inform me in what part of the lower jregjs
I am likely to meet with her r
"Let me ring for herJ"
".No ; if you please not: What I lw.ve
to ask her is of very little imporl ance j htB,
to summon her here might give risc'o
surmises, reports and so on,!, which i tay
be as well to avoid. I, had much rafjier
see her accidentally, as it were." I i I '$
. "As you, r please. You will ! find -Jter
someWhere about the housekeper's apjtrjt- v
ments. You know he by sight, 1 4hio, "
.''Perfectly; and with your cleave I'll tvfce
the opportunity of directing the horses!: ;io
be put to. I must be in London by tin
to-morrow if possible ;" and away iflr.
Ferret bustled. . ' . ' ' ' ! j ;
'. "Susan," said Mr, Ferret a few min.s
afterwards, "step this way; Twant to Iye
a word with you. . Now, tell me are V ju
goose enough to Expect you will everse
the money again you .so foolishly tliW
into the bottomless pit of chancery ?"
"Of course I shall, Mr. Ferret, as C4'u
as Miss Clara comes to her; own. ? fie
mentioned it only this morning; and.iad
she was sorry she could not repay ntesat
once" , '. l s
"Yon are a sensible girl,i Susan, thojh.
you did go to law with the lord chancel jr!
I want you to be off with meSJo LonKX0 ;
and then perhaps we may get your mpey
sooner than you expect,
! Is tkaf&dl
V7U, UUIUU lllv Afv"v'J.;.r
Vou want' me to go to Lunnon for?" t
Mr. Ferret replied, with a wink of
exceeding intelligence, that Susan at pe
declared shewould be read to start inn
minutes at the latest. . ;
I "That'sfa good creature ;! and, Susatg'as
tiore's not the slightest occasion to leCsdl
the world know who's going to run-off h
you, it may be as well for you to take ?ir
bundle and step on a mile' or so oncie
road, say to the turn, just beyond thejrk
turnpike." I" Susan uoddedwjth brisk Qdd
humor, and disappeared irifa twinkling 'i
An bout afterwards, Mr. Ferret wasjln
his way back to London, .having first im
pressed upon Lady Compton the necessxwjof
immediately: relieving herself of the g'ye
responsibility, she had incurred towrjis
Rrandon for the safe custody ofMs
i ward, by sending her -home immediacy.
Jie promised to return on tne tnira uj
from his departure ; but in the nature, of
the measures he intended: td adopt, orple
hopes he entertained of rsaccess, he wafeSri-
:ibly silent; antf ne moreover especyuy
reauestea tuat no one, no eveu jim xvu-
don, should inow of Susan Hopley's jiCr
ney to the metropolis, f !
Mr. Ferret, immedktely on his arrival
in town, called at my chkubers, and rcld
with his usual, minuteness andregn
of the foresroinr DarticularswSe
J j . , o j -1
knew and .thought proper to commu&te4J
to iue.. For the rest 1 fm indebted to.yijp
sequent conversatious .with the difiiht
parties concerned. . ' f . i K
"Well" said" I, as soon as he had gon-
propose
; ' 1 wLh-you to appljr, on: this affidavit,
for a writ of labeas ad tut., to bring up
'the body of Clara Brandon. Judge Bailey
will be at chambers at three-o'clock : it is
now more than half-past two, and I can be
off on my return by four o'clock at latest."
' "A writ of habeas !T I exclaimed with
astonishment. "Why,; what end can that
answer? The lady will be remanded, 'and
yod and J. shall be laughed at for !our
. pains. i . .
This Writ of habeai corpus "ml subji
ciendum," I had better explain to the non
professional reader, is the great pnmgiqite
writ, the Operation of which is souietimes
suspended by the legislature during politi-
,cal .panics. It is grounded on the' princi
ple that the sovereign! has at all, times a
right to inquire, through the judges of the
superior courts, Jy .what thoriy his or
iter subject is held in constraint. Itlssues,
as a matter of right," upon the filing of an
affidavit averring that to the best of the
befief of the deponent the individual sought
to. be brought up kj illegally confined ; and
it W of the essence ipf the pocoeding, that
the person alleged toE be suffering unlawful
Constraint should actually be' brought be
fore the "queen! herself;", that is, before
one or more of the judges Of xhe court
which has issued the writ, who, if they find
tJus detention illegal, the only question at
issue upon this writ may discharge or bail
the party. It was quite -obyioiiw, ' there
fore, that , in this case sueh- a proceeding
Would be altogether futile, as the detention
in the house of her guardian, under the
sanction, . too, of ; the' lord chancellor, the
kx-officio custodier of all lunatics of a
ward of alleged disordered intellectr--was
clearly legal, at least prima facie so, and
not to be disturbed under a habeas ad nub.
at all events, :'j. ;" j '.,; !f. ;
"Perhaps so," 'replied Ferret'quite co)Hy
in reply to my exclamation ; " but I am dv.
termined to try every means of releasing
ihe unfortunate young lady from the cruel
thraldom in which she is held by that har
ridan of an aunt-in-law. .-. She is no more
really insane than you are ; but at the same
-time so excitable upon certain topics, that
it might be perhaps dimcult to disabuse
the chancellor' or a jury jof the impression
so industriously propagated to her prejudice.
lae peremptory rejection ny ner guaruian
ot young Jjunord s addresses, though sane
tioned by her father : you know the Bur
fords?" . ' ;
: "Of Grosvenor Street you mjyin the
East India director?" ': ;-r': i
" Yes, his son ; andthiiitrrcminds me that
the declaration in that evejrlasting exchequer
Case must, be tiled to-morrow Confound
it, bow this flying about the country puts
one out ! I thought some one had kidnap
ped her son, or I fired Compton Castle at
i .i. TtcL . , mm : to! ucn : aeceived
i tker isn't a wedding there before long,
. "Indeed!'.' -,!', I r'A - .
" Yes, Miss Dalston. with Sir Jasper'j
eldest hope. .
: " You don't mean it?"
" They do at all events, arid that is much
more to the purpose. A fine young fellow
enough, and sufficiently rich too " '
"All which rambling talk and anecdote;"
cried I, interruptirig him, " means, it I
have any skill in reading Mr. Ferret, that
that gentleman, having some ulterior pur
pose in view, which I cannot for the mo
ment divine, is determined to have this writ,
and does not wislj to be pestered with any
argument on the subject. Be it so: it is
vour affair, not mine. And now, as it is
just upon three o clock, let me see your
let me see
affidavit."-,. ) ; '; ;; :j ;: ;' :r " J ;
I ran it over, j " Rather loose this, Mr.
Ferret, but I suppose it will do." : j
" y'ell it rather loose, but I could not
with safety sail much closer ; to the wind.;
By the by, I think you had better first ap
ply for a rulej to stay proceedings against
the bail in that case of Turner ; and after
that is decided, just ask for this writ, oftt
hand as it were, and as a matter of course!.
His lordship may .hot then scrutinize th
affidavit quite so closely as , if he thought
counsel had been brought to chambers pur
posely to apply for it." ' ; j
"CautiousIr. Ferret! Well, come along, '
and I'll see what I can do." - ;
:Thewrit was obtained without difficulty;;
few questions were asked; "and at my ro
quest the judge made it .returnable imme
diately. -By four o'clock; Mr. Ferret, who
could fortunately sleep as well in a pt
chaise' as in a feather bed, was, as he had
promised himself, on his road to Lancashire
once more, where he. had the pleasure of
-serving Major Brandon personally ; at the
same time tendering in due form the one
shilling per mile ; fixed by the statute as
preliminary traveling charges. . The vitu
perative eloquen.ee' showered upon Mr.
Ferret by the Major's lady was, I after
wards heard, extremely copious and varied,
and was borne by him, as T could easily be
lieve, with, the most philosophic composure.:
In due time the parties appeared before
Mr. Justice Bailey. MUs Brandon was
accompanied by her uncle,' his wife, and a
solicitor ; and in spite of everything I could' .
urge,, the Judge, as I had foreseen refused
to interfere in the matter.' ' s The ' poor girl
was dreadfully agitated, but kept, neverthe
less, her "eyes upon " Mr. iFerret, as the
source from which, spite of what was pass
ing around her, effectual succor was sure
to come. As -for that gentleman himself,
he appeared composedly indifferent to the
proceedings ; and indeed, I thought, seem
ed rather relieved than otherwise when
they terminated. .. I could not comprehend
him, Mrs. Brandon, the instant the case
was decided, clutched Clara's arm within
hers, and, followed by her husband and the
solicitor, sailed out of the apartment with
an air of triumphant disdain and pride;
Miss Brandon ldbked?round for Ferret, but
not perceiving him: he had left hastily an
install t or: two before- her face became
deadly pale, and the most j piteous expres
sion of hopeless despair I had ever beheld
broke from her troubled but singularly ex
pressive eyes. '' I mechanically followed;
with a half-formed purpose! of remonstrate :
ing with Major Brandon i in behalf of the
unfortunate girl, and was by that means,
soon in possession- of the key to Mr. Fer-j
ret's -apparently inexplicable conduct. . i
The Brandon party walked very fast;
"an4 I had scarcely got up with them as
theywere turning out of .Chancery ,Lane
into Flaelstreet, when two men, whose
: vocation no accustomed eye could for an
! t. :
eluded, "what course
aloptr . . ' . '
instant mistake, arrested their further pro
gress. ".Thw Udy,H said one of the men,
sfgbtly touching Miss Brandon on the
shoulder, 'is, I believe, Clara Brandon?"
"Yea she is ; land what of that, fellow ?"
demanded the Major's lady with indignant
emphasis. -:. , - i
( "Not mufch, ma'am," replied the aherifTs
officer, "when you are used to it. It ia my
unpleasant duty to arreat her for the sum
of eighty -seven pounds, indorsed, on this
Writ, jssued at the suit of one Susan jlop
ley." ; . ! W - M- ' '
( "Arrest her!' exclaimed Mrs. Brandon ;
' why she is a minor." -' f
j "Minor or iajor,! ma'am, makes very
little difference to us. ; She can plead that
hereafter, you know. In the meantime,
miss, please stepj into this coach," replied
the officer, holding the door open.
she's a person of unsound mind,"
screamed the lady, as Clara, nothing loath,
sprang into the vehicle.' I
"So are mbst people that do business
with our establishment," responded the im
perturbable official, as he shut and fastened
Jhe doer. "Here is my card, sir; he ad.
I ded, addressing the attorney, who now came
up. "iou see where to find the lady, if
her friends wish) to give bail ; to the sheriff,
or, what is always more satisfactory, pay
the debt and costs." He then j dniped on
the box, Jiis follower got up behind, and
away drove the coach, leaving the discoin-
,fited Major and. I his.' fiery better-half in a
state of the blankest bewilderment !
; "Why, what is the meaning of this.?''
yatj length gasped Mrs. Brandon, fiercely
atldressing the attorney, as ifs he were a
ptif-ticeps criiniiiix in the affair, j
I "The meaning, my dear madamc, is, that
Miss Clara Brandon is arrested for debt,
and carried off to a sponging-house ; and
that unless youpay the money5, or file bail,
she will to-morrow be lodged ; in jjail," re-'
plied the1 uii mo vjed man of law. j '
'j "Bail! money ! How are we to do either
iu London, away from home ?" demanded
the' Major with,; for him, much emotion.
j I did not wait to hear more, but, almost '
suffocated with )aughter at the success of
1 Fbrret's audacious ru, hastened ! over to '
the Temple. I was just leaving. chambers
fojr the nigh t-T about ten o'clock I think it ;
utust have been-when, Ferret, in exuber
ant spirits burst !into the room. .
"Well, sirwttat do you think now of a
writ ad i'b.?" 1 ' " ? ' ; .. r .'"
tWhy, I think, Mr. Ferret " replied I,
lo&kin as se'rioiij as I could, "that vours
ish'cry sharp pitaetice ; that tlie j purpose
ycu have put it to Is an "abuse of the writ;
tljat thi arrest is consequently illegal ; and
that. a jnage, wmia, upon motion, quash
it) with costs.
To be suret he would: who
doubts
In iho
fiAunnil
Hat ? Jjjt hini,
and welcome I
tiii.""- ''1 I J
u vt 'f A LB
sai
tlie reach of all. the Judges or Chancellors
that ever wore horse, hair, and that ever-'
. lasting simpleton of a Major and his har
ridan wife roaming the metropolis like dis
tricted creatures ; and that I take to be
the- real essence of the thing; whatever the
big-wigs may decide about tbe shells 1"
. "I suppose the plaintiff soon discharged
her debtor out of custody ?"; ;
j "Without loss of time, you may be sure.
Jliss Brandon, I may tell you, is with the
Rev. Mr. Derwent at Brompton. You
ktiow him : the newly-married .curate of
Si. Margaret's tlhttt was examined in that
will case. Well, him r he is an intelligent,
high-principled man ; and I have no doubt,
that, upder hisi and Mrs. Derweftt's care,
ajl trace of Miss Brandon's mental infir
mity will disappear long before she attains
her majority next June twelvemonth ;
whilst the liberal sum per month which i
Lady Compton will advance, will be of
.'great service to him." .. ; :' ' ; , ''.',
; "That appears all very good. " But are
you sure you can effectually conceal the
place of her retreat ?" ! - v;
I "I have no fear : the twigs that; will en
tangle her precious guardians in the laby
rinths of a false clue are already set -and
limed, v Before to-morrow night they will
have discovered, by means of their own
-wonderfully-penetrative sagacity, that Clara
has been spirited over to France ;j and be
fore three months are past, the same sur
prising intelligence will rejoice in the dis-.
J;overy that she expired in a piaison de
$ante fine comfortable repose, in which
fool's paradise I hope to have the honor of
awakening them about next June twelve-.
month, and notj as at present . advised be
fore!". ' ..V '"j ,.! -"
'Everything fortunately turned out as
'Mr, Ferret anticipated ; and : when ,a few
months had glided by, Clara Brandon' was
a memory only; save of course to j the few
entrusted with jthe secret. j ' j
. The-whirligig of time continued as ever
to speed on, Us Course and bring ound in
due season its destined revenges. The
health, mental ; and bodily, of M iss Bran- -doh
rapidly improved under the kind and
judicious treatment or Mr. and Mrs. Der
went ; and long ; before the attainment of
her majority were pronounced by compe
tent authority to be thoroughly re-established.
The day following that which
completed her twenty-first year, Mr. Fer
ret, armed with ;the necessary authority,"
had the pleasure of announcing to the relict
of Major Brandon (he had been dead some
months), and io her brutal son, that they
must forthwith depart from the home in
which they, to the very moment of his
.announcement, thought themselves secure ;
.and surrender every shilling of the proper
ty they had soj long dreamt was tlicir own.
They were prostrated by the intelligence,
and proved aa mean and setvile in the hour
of ad versity, as they had been insolent and
cruel in the day of 'fancied success and
prosperity. The pension' of three hundred
pounds a year Tor both their lives, proffered
' by Miss Brandon, was eagerly accepted;
' and they, returned to the obscurity from
which they had by accident emerged. j
j About six months afterwards, I had the
j pleasure of drawing up the marriage set-
dement between Clara Brandon and Her
ibert Burfbrd;; arid a twelvemonth after,
that of standing sponsor to one of the los
; tiest brats ever sprinkled at a font : none
jof which delightful results, if we are to
belive Mr. Ferret, would have ever been
arrived at had not he, at a Very critical
moment, refused to take counsel's j opinion
: upon the virtues, capabukies, and powers
-. contained in the great writ of habeas cor-
put ad subjiciendum. .' :-.-i-r-
. FARM AXD NOTES.
roppiso TOBACCO. .
In topping tobacco the end aimed at U
to secure the KTvateK wckht oomatent
with the desired texture, eoLr and body of
tbe leat, which Ust means its tougt&esa,
oihnem and sweet flavor. With th cipe
rieaoed planter the rmle ia to top aocording
to the constitution of the plant, but men a
rule is too genera to be of much use to
the beginner, instead of which let bim ac
cept the following directions: ' I i
ro soon ana m rase as tM tu(trQa , or
seed heads of the plants show thcweUc,
beginning usually about the lUth p( July,
they should be topped. U ia better to
wait until the seed bead appear, because
the space between the leave o thi aa!k
will then har widened vosmk to adxmit
the sunlight between them ; k should,
however, never be rolfered Io bloom,
At the flftt topiadoaiU a foUMtk
plants as are ready should be first primed
that is to say, have their lower leaves brokeo
off as .high as four or six inches from the
ground, and then topped at ten aad only
ten leaves, unhws the form of the plant is
Very gross, in which Case twelve leave are
not objectionable. At the second topping
uch other plants aa are raady, should be
topped at nine, and so on down t9 eight
and seven leaves at each gaooaeJlng ton-
ping, which is usually at an interval of one.
week. The reason for lessening the num
ber of leaves at each successive topping, is
to cause all the plants which were planted
at the same time to 1 ripen together, this
being a great convenience in cutting. . To
facilitate the counting of the leaves, the
ninth leaf is the guide, the formation of
the plant boinsr such that after it ia nrim-
ed, the ninth leaf punts always over; the
bottom one.
tice of this.
It is imporUnt to take.) no-
t !
And it is important to bear in mind' that
to secure the; desired qualities of the. leaf,
nothing is more ncocssary, and to the be
ginner more 'generally misunderstood, than
the proper toppinsr of the iJant. To iir-
norance in this matter is attributable the
greater part of the Bleary, weedy atuff
which yearly gluts the market; and which
m- almost worthless for any; purpose.! iFor
if the season is a generous one, the luiu-.
riant growth of 'the plant tempts many to
multiply the number of leaves. To all
such let me say, that while everything is
lost in body, nothing w gained in fright
by high topping, it being ai maxim among
growers of shipping to()acou, with whom
weight is tlie prime object, that eight jis the
maximum" number of leaves for that pur
pose that is to say, that jthe same plant,
if topped at eight leaves, will weigh a
.-a.ij ftW&tS tX-game"by high
topping in either texture or color, which,
if the, topping be such as 1 have directed,
will, in this piod wont section, be all that
is desired. ' j' I ' '
TQBACCO WORMS. , j.
There are three varieties of the worm
which prey upon the tobacco plant-r-the
cut worm, the bud-worm, and the J horn
worm. Of these the, first , selects as the
point of its attack the stalk of the young
plant, and is but the ordinary earth jworm
of our gardens, and is best gotten rid of by
early working. The second is as common
a variety, making its appearance about the.
time.the plant is coming into top, and feeds
upon the bud, cutting it into minute; hole
which enlarge with the growing leaf. It
is found in greatest numbers upon new
ground tobacco, showing that the woods are
the Art J7a of the parent fly. It is easily
'found and taken, except that in doing so
care should be had not to injure the ten-.
der leaves. The third is tha same aa that
found upon tomato and Irish potato' tops,
I am unable to scientifically classify these
three worthies, nor is it necessary to do so
farther than to say, that by common con
sent precedence belongs to the horn-worm,
which is emphatically fAe tcorm, and is our '
arch enemy. For it no effectual vermifuge
has yet been discovered. ! j
This greatest pest oT the planter first
shows itself as early as May or Jane; but
not in gVeat numbers, and does then little
or no harm, but should not be suffered to
escape, for if so, and as toon as it attains
its growth, it descends into the earth, en
ters the chrysalis, and comes out again full
fledged in August.-. Tlie fly thus genera
ted is a large night-flying moth, which is
exceedingly prolific, and deposits iJ eggs
in greatest quantity during the moonlight
nights of August andJicptcmbcr. j
Against the. ravages of the horn-worm
there is no remedy short of extermination.
A partial preventive is to destroy the fly
by distilling a solution of paris green or of
cobalt. into the flowers of the Jamestown'
weed. Another device is to place in the
tobacco field, at night, lighted lanterns set
in pans filled with some viscid matter, inch
as, coal tar or molasses; I have found thai
to throw the crop as much as possible into
a single field is some safeguard, and a bet
ter one still is to plant it early and push it
forward as rapidly as possible, fir the rea
son that in August when the fly is doing
most mrahicf, it selects only young and
tender plants, and will even choose other
vegetation rather than ripe or ripening to-,
bacco upon 'which the newly hatched worm
will not thrive and ca n hardly exwtj
At every stage of the crop a murderous
outlook should .be kept upon the born
worm, but J after the first of August the
entire crop must be wormed over once a
week, using whatever extra labor is needed
for the purpose, or otherwwe the planter is
over-cropped. It is much easier to destroy
the worm while it is very1 young, for then
it is always to be found near the hole it has
made' in the leaf. .. Bat if it is neglected
in its youth and allowed to grow until it
begins to change its positions upon the
plant, it is harder to catch, and it then be
comes important to know something of its
habits in order to hunt it oeoeaKfully.
Thus it will be found that ia hot weather,
except when cloudy, it feeds daring tbe
cooler part of the day, and can be beat
caught in the morning, while' in cool weath
er it feeds during the, warmer part of the
day, and can be beet caught ia tbe after
-noon. '' i ' 'r .'1- 'f.j .'. r
! ; j 6CCKEIUXa.;' ' lilx .;';
I As soon as the plant k topped,' it begin
to put . forth suckers at every leaf, tut more
rapidly at the top, each plant bearing two
rr
and wi t two crow of them. The hti
be taken out cleanly m fast as I hey arVlil
vooagn to te nroar ty the hand, for
uijerrd to grow and toughen a ptx k
amia win De pecraaary to remove them.
ouwe.the cost of time and UW 'Aft
t field bas bera cvnerallv torra.l ih ....
nng should arevotpany the wttrming. arii
ugM 10 d rrpred once a week. Tt
groaoxl aweker should lo taken away ai
earefally i Ummc above. Rr they iull
papoverwn iue puat. -Vnpt. A. if. Mrr..
" rinrroi. . t
1
L OAT, '. 1 '
- . . I: .1 11 'i . 1 ,.
The
f---iii!" inovKl,aK i'lVnL. a
ten dayn' diffcrrCMW u-tirar b-rw it. , i)..
emp a third vr fourth. It in Uvt t Ji,w.
the Lnd and drag thctn in, but if
in,it should le ahalktw. ,
j ' Tt)P-Imc.Xl.-" .''r .' ;
A mit eievllcnt jtdmn 'fur pLueviing
lhe yonng clover, or top-drrMMirig nidi
stable or farm pen manure. iNxi t allow
manure to lie in the lota Io he Wjil by
faiubut let it gn on the land aa rally a
, jVpTT Attn oRN tSi.' j
. The ploughing of th.nc should be tuhid
forward; aa fast as pnil.le. AlwaW' drive'
the work. Ths grwaUt pn.fit if frsi
work eooaiata in Iwing able to jx-rfonn lie
Varied Ujpratuni rs.tctU at lhe rild
time. Tnia cannot ln on aulwa ju
maintain a firm hold upon the liirr kk "f
"oldtime."
1 I ? sraui'T.t. . . '
CJo and dig away llnmr u-;i
tuckeral from around youi i'.
"prouU aii l
t tnvx. If
you wati healthy troen anl
the nntrition nit. mid g- 10
fruit boarinj brant tins, ami
i nl fruit, all
th"- Unlj, and
.i .' WNntttl in
luckers
an sprout..--WrA
Waits
. .'" Wl at was there wrn '.' i .
i l a m ImI
tin hi ('
1 M IllVol W 4H I
. no u ;
llf, tMH,1 '
Uclicr to bis acholari. '".in
Joseph Ly his brothrni V f 1.
IiuhIk'TI
to ailcnou Tor a iu.iiiim,
to know nacily m!m n
IMH'mcd
tion was faulty. Al la.! a I V hoy lu ll ;
up hia hand. " i ll, Fran.." mi. !.
teacher "wonjt you U-ll thiw ..IJrr m 1ml- ;
am?" The boy lutKd out, "it wan wmiij:
booauMj they sold him loo tli.i. fir."
The Bishop of Mauchostcr Ltdy
presiding at an examination tf tli lu(in
class ia a ladica' aillcgc, wht ri' the now.
fanglcdi. pronunciation waa in vogue, and
one or the fair hours came to the
word "vicissim" (prtihounced we-Lias-'iui). !
"What word is that? ' said the Bishop.
" We-kiss-'iin," my I.nl, " in turn.". h, '
Io you? replied the II whop. " I do DM
sot much wondiT' oowatthe inJnfjf itf -a
roounctation. s ,
Human nature U so const iw.f" t'if
it has an acho or a pain wfiTTfTccaiH a on
occasion it must needs do soim-lhlng to find
out whether it Is still there. Ten minute
after a raging ' toothache has1 stopped you
always try an cxprritnnot in order to nhi
wnetner ine acne nas uaen 11a nnai ic
parturcL We are all like the Iturfman tx-a-
sant who said, "Doctor, whenever I shaLn
my head I have a terrible shooting ain in
my brain." "Why in the world, then,",
replied the physician. " do vou ahake Vour .
hcadT'j The peasant thought a motuunt
and then answcrcvl : ",Wby lhctor, I have
to shake my head to see whether the tin
is still there." The hardm thing io do ii
to let well enough alone. f"
( Curioaity is tbe source tf gtoat evil
sometimea. It takes Vtrj IitUc to persuade
us tli at there is something wrong altotil i
our neighbor; and onoo having mailt; up
our mind thai there is something wrong
we begin to watch him in order to find out
what it is. The Gcrmana have 4 - word
which is peculiarly filtol to these hunters
after bits-of garbage. "oewio". they,
arc called people who arc forcVef snuffing
the air for an evil portenl. They have
another word which is ciually significant
and equally applicable. : It w,"fonlouil,"
and refers to people who male! thcrawlvim
beard before there is any occasion to sjeak
Half the trouble in the world would le -
abolished if men aixl women were only
blind of one eye', el the eye with whi Ti ,
they are on tbe lookout for oil.
A Bavarian who was a good Catholic, as
nearly' all. the Bavarians are, went to tho
pnest and confeMed that he had Uni jn
the habit in his taht mill ot mixing ld
corn with the good. .'The prit condemned
the practice in no measured (ermn aryl tolJ
him he. should keep an rye on him' in the '
futureL Some mouths afterward the Biuler
went Io Confession aoain. so l almoet the
first question asked of bin wm, "Will, do .
you stall continue to mil tho bad corn with :
the gdod?" "No, father," we the reply,
iou nave entirely cured nv of that bad
abiti" "How, then do you manages to
get rid of your bad corn? was the nett
question. "Uh, very 1 eauily," waa - the .'
chccrfiil rcily. "I woulJn't for the world,
put bad corn with the good aiuce you have
reproved me for it, so now-1 mil little
.good Irern with tho bad and it eH very
rcdiiV." ; ; y . .
At a voung MMple in . I 'aria
coaveraaUon happened to turn on the sub
ject of kwaing, and tho question was pro
pounded who of the .young men prrmmt .
could Jboast of ltaring given or being able ;
to give "his girl" the most kbea. arious
were the replica this question called out.
Finaly a young man and the girl to whom
he was betrothed be t I'M francs that they
could A ims 10,fK0 liiiMH in ten bourn, pro- ;
vidioz they would tie allowed to tale an
occasifnal glass f wine'botwoen." . Two '
persons were appointed a committee ; to
count the nuntber of k bancs, and the work
begad. During the first hour they count
ed 2,000 kb"cs. I During the second hour
the kuwet wre not nearly as numerous, r
the committee only counted 1,000. After
the third hour, daring which they managed
to score but 7 50, further" ftpcrations were
brought to a suldcn stand still. Tlie lip
of the young man were scitod with cramp,
and he was carried eff in a fainting rondi 1
tion. J Tbe girl a few days later was striek
ea with brain fever, which nearly carried -her
off to a land where kissing under any
form jis unknown. When the people who
had Won the bet demanded their money
the parents of the young girl rvfucd to
pay ner share of it. The matter was thn
taken to the courts, aad there it was deci
ded that the bet moat be paid.
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