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Rh was in sight for several hours. Then an accident wrecked one fourth of the collection. I helped replace those last June, all but this Yellow Emperor which we could not secure, and we haven't been able to find, buy or trade for one since. So my friend was compelled to teach this past winter instead of going to college. When that moth came flying in there to-night, it seemed to me like fate. All I thought of was, that to secure it would complete the collection and get the money. So I caught the Emperor and started it to Elnora. I declare to you that I was not out of the pavilion over three minutes at a liberal estimate. If I only had thought to speak to the orchestra! I was sure I would be back before enough couples gathered and formed for the dance." The eyes of the elder Ammon were very bright. "The friend for whom you wanted the moth is a girl?" he asked indifferently, as he ran the book leaves through his fingers. "The girl of whom I wrote you last summer, and told you about in the fall. I helped her all the time I was away." "Did Edith know of her?" "I tried many times to tell her, to interest her, but she was so indifferent that it was insulting. She would not hear me." "We are neither one in any condition to sleep. Why don't you begin at the first and tell me about this girl? To think of other matters for a time may clear our vision for a sane solution of this. Who is she, just what is she