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tor's model. Yes, the nior saw it plainly, and with his four j training in t h e beautiful, he caught its full significan . H e v S| llboui — t it is said he attended every important damn- last year, including t w o >ps e

<>i Mr. liana weeklies, and the military hall. II< ' ft h e r alder with hi

m o u t h agaj and intently watched t h e gr; ful movement h e r a n m< h a n d s as she sm >thed t h e panel over her knees, a n d Heel T her bo< "( nu i belle" he thought. H e had a ver\ artistic tern] unent n I had on suffered a severe attack of Platonic friendship in the art wl n he 1 1 be o m e infatuated with the symmetrical curv if Venus Milo. W h a t exquisite poi ! And his month open 1 wid< He ventured n< Divinel) sw< >he smiled, but modestl) ; in fa. her cl > : ! at l the tint come and go. \ n d he marvelled. Making •. he w • ' ne, I shifted to) rd the | t. T h e Siren v. I her little in alarm i 1 ' I' Sh< vva >ut to d i s m o u n t h was then that t h e seni i 1 < every feature n ular, with ey< ' p a n d blue. RapictI h. not u | . n- memory tablets, and >mpai 1 her I at a h Svh * r c .1 mathematical calculations, S y h was | n {\ h \ < nior came nearer. T h e Siren, a very timid young ladv dei'ik •>., i ,, i . . . . K "\. <u m \ ami u th i \ i 1$ post and nimbly I ippccl to the c r nkii ..„„,, .;., . , . '

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