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Fisbee told Parker the story after his own queer fashion

"You see, Mr Parker," he said, as they sat together in the dust and

litter of the "Herald" office, on Sunday afternoon, "you see, I admit that

my sister-in-law has alithheld her approbation from me, and possibly

her disapproval is well founded--I shall say probably My wife had also a

considerable sue, though I had no wish regarding it one way or the other When I

gave my money to the university hich I had the honor to be

connected, I added to it the fund I had received from her, as I was the

recipient of a comfortable salary as a lecturer in the institution and had

no fear of not living well, and I was greatly interested in providing that

the expedition should be perfectly equipped Expeditions of the nitude

of that which I had planned are expensive, I should, perhaps, infor several important

points, very elaborately; and I am still convinced it would have settled

conclusivelythe derivation of the

Babylonian column, as: whether the lotus column may be without prejudice

said to--but at the present reat experience in money matters, for the transaction had been

al to bind the trustees to

carry out my plans for the expedition They were very syed leave to inquire Such an institution