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** Waal, I reckon I'll take the vase, if it’s agree­

able to you, and make her holding it out, and put
some seaweed and shells and sicli onto her head,

and let her hair fly loose, as if the wind blew it
back. She won’t want no shoes nor sandals, nor

nothing of that sort. What would be the use to a
critter that passes its life swimming round the

sea?’!
'*1 see you understand. You’ll make her a

beauty, Job?"
" I 'll do my best. You’ll want her to be a light’

complected young woman, I guess.”
“ They say the Nereides bad green hair, but

Virgil says Arethusa’s was golden, so we may make
our nymph’s that color,” said Master Torrey,

turning away to the window.
"J e s1 so; I ’ll go right to work. I must get

Lucy Peabody to put on a white gown and come
and let me look at her a little. She’ll do it.

She’s a real accommodating girl, is L ucy,"
<e But Lucy is not fair.”

" N o more she ain’t* Not white as milk, like
Anna Jane Shut tie worth, but she’s a nice, pretty

girl, and will be willing to oblige me. I’d never