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Little more than a year later the transforone was the talk and wonder of Cote Joyeuse One would

have looked in vain for the ruin; it was no longer there; neither was

the log cabin But out in the open, where the sun shone upon it, and the

breezes blew about it, was a shapely structure fashioned from woods

that the forests of the State had furnished It rested upon a solid

foundation of brick

Upon a corner of the pleasant gallery sat Leandre shbors who had called This was to be his

pied a terre now; the hohter of young people was heard out under the trees, and within the

house where La Petite was playing upon the piano With the enthusias artist she drew from the keys strains that seemed marvelously

beautiful to Mam'selle Pauline, who stood enraptured near her Mam'selle

Pauline had been touched by the re-creation of Valmet Her cheek was as

full and al away