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Whether Ralph's theory was correct could not, of course, be ascertained

But in the matter of prophecy, he was absolutely vindicated About

half-way through the radually to bewildering shapes and colors, for the girls caooven of brilliant flowers And the torrents of their

beautiful hair floated loose This tirouped

close; they kept theain ca evolution of rainboings, the dazzling interweaving of snowy aroldfish in a bowl," Billy Fairfax said "I never saw such

suppleness You wouldn't think they had a bone in their systeh," coton "I

wouldn't want to handle more than one of them at once"

"I think I could handle two," remarked Frank Merrill He said this, not

boastfully, but as one who states an interesting fact And he spoke as

iton studied Frank Merrill's gigantic copper-colored bulk

enviously "I guess you could," he agreed

"Fortunately," Frank went on, "it would be impossible for such a

situation to arise Men don't war on woreed, "men alar on women, and women

on men Why, Merrill," he added with his inevitable tone of patronage,