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mg to be dignified. “ Um ! ah ! it seems to me
this figure has something the look of my daughter.

Anna, isn’t the new figure-head like you?”

“ I don’t know, sir,” said Anna, who had
dropped into a seat and sat looking at nothing in
particular.

“ She's so delicate, so modest, she won’t no­
tice/’ thought her lover, “ She is lovely, Job,”

he cried aloud. "Y o u have outdone yourself.
Our sea lady is no mortal, but a goddess. She

has everything noble in humanity, but none of its
faults or weaknesses/'

“ Um ph!” said Job; “ I don’ t know about that.
I ’ve heard some of them goddesses was rather

queer-acted people. Anyhow, I think I’d like the
women folks best, not being a heathen god my­
s e lf”

“ Why, Job, you don’t understand your own
work,” said Master Torrey, half angrily. “ She

is too pure to be moved by our passions, too much
exalted above humanity to be agitated by its trou-

bles ”
{t Waal now, that ain’t my notion of exaltation,”

said Job, “ ’Seems to me that’s more like havin’