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224 green wings and long exquisite trailers. A more beautiful thing would have been difficult to imagine. "So you see I did not have to be ashamed of my gifts," said Elnora. "I made them myself and raised and mounted the moths." "Moth, you call it," said Mrs. Comstock. "I've seen a few of the things before." "They are thick around us every June night, or at least they used to be," said Elnora. "I've sold hundreds of them with butterflies, dragon-flies and other specimens. Now, I must put away these and get to work, for it is almost June and there are a few more I want dreadfully. When I get them I will be paid some money for which I have worked a long time." She was afraid to say college just then. She thought it would be better to wait a few days and see if an opportunity would not come when it would work in more naturally. Besides, unless she could secure the Yellow Emperor she needed to complete her collection, she could not talk college until she was of age, for she would have no money.