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 Opal would have been satisfied with nothing less. From an Oregon logging camp to a princess of India was the way our little home town girl made good.

They will point out that there was a chance for the alleged substitution—and combinations of circumstances always seemed to favor Opal; they will point out that d'Orleans lived and died at a time to fit Opal's story; they will point out that if d'Orleans did not marry he might have had a reason for sending a daughter to a foreign land, or heirs to an estate might have contrived something of the sort; they will point out that the odd heirlooms, given Opal by a grand mother who had never seen her, while none went to any other member of the family, have never been fully explained; they will point out that Opal was the only nature-loving member of the family, which fits the d'Orleans parentage.

Could Opal's story be true and did she cast doubt upon it by her pains to give it background —by embellishments that tested credulity?

Would Opal's story be more amazing as fact or as fiction?

If it be only romance, why has not Opal given us another Arabian Nights?