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"It char forward

with indolent alitter

Would you like to see others?"

"Have you others?" cried Lena "Oh--oh, I should like to see thee oncein his hands a curious box of

carven ivory, which he set on the table between them and proceeded to

unlock with a key of quaint device

Lena gave a cry of rapture and astonishment as the lid fell back Ram

Juna laid his hand on her arm

"Silence!" he commanded, "would it be well that the flippant public who

pass near at hand on the pavement should know that there are such

treasures in this thicket?"

"I did not know that there was so much splendor in the world," whispered

Lena in admiration

"Rubies--all rubies! They were the stones beloved of led once on the neck of a maha-ranee, more beautiful than itself,

only, unfortunately, she lost her neck, easped with pleasure

"Let old the