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Rh and female showed. Ammon explained that she would break her specimens easily, carrying them about in boxes. He had seen these and thought they would be of use. Elnora was delighted with them, and at once began the tedious process of softening the mounted moths and fitting them to the casts moulded to receive them. Her time was so taken in school, she progressed slowly, so her mother undertook this work. After trying one or two very common ones she learned to handle the most delicate with ease. She took keen pride in relaxing the tense moths, fitting them to the cases, polishing the glass covers to the last degree and sealing them. The results were beautiful to behold. Soon after Elnora wrote Ammon:

Ammon was disappointed over that note and instead of keeping it he tore it into bits and dropped them into the waste basket.