the will--oh! how the heart of Pemrose
jumped, like a nut on a hot shovel%
--it did seem as if the kernel were going
to be a rich one for the Thunder Bird, ;

For now, according to the testator's
wish, if his brother, Treffrey Graham,
had not yet returned to claim his portion
of his elder brother's wealth, then
the money--a little bonanza, indeed, a
solid fortune--was to be turned over,
forthwith, to the University of his native
city, to be used for developments in the
science of the air--the upper air and
what lay beyond it--chiefly for the
furtherance of any inventions that might
be put forward by the dead man's trusted
friend, Professor Lorry.

It was here that two pale girls, abruptly
transformed from April primroses to June
roses--oh! such pinkly blooming tea-roses%
--gave simultaneously a wild little shriek.
It was here that Pem, dazzled, saw the%
Thunder Bird, with a clear sky, tear--tear
away moonward--and noticed at
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