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Parker—every one called him Norry—was a lender, delicate lad with dreamy gray eyes and silky irown hair that, unless he brushed it back severely, ell in soft curls on his extraordinarily white fore¬ lead. Except for a slightly aquiline nose and a irm jaw, he was almost effeminate in appearance, lis mouth was so sensitive, his hands so white and lender, his manner so gentle. He had a slow, vinning smile, a quiet, low voice. He was a dreamer md a mystic, a youth who could see fairies dancng in the shadows; and he told Hugh what he iaw.

“I see things,” he said to Hugh one moonlight light as they strolled through the woods; “I see he trees: I mean I see them when I’m alone. [ like to lie on my back in the meadows and look it the clouds and imagine myself sitting on a big fellow and sailing and sailing away to heaven. It’s vonderful. I feel that way when I play my fiddle.” He played the violin beautifully and had promptly been made soloist for the Musical Clubs. I I can't explain. Sometimes when I finish playing, I
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