The Story of Paris

by Thomas Okey

Transcriber's notes:

[] The first numeral is illegible on the image. After examining other numerals in this book it is believed the numeral is either 2 or 3 (24,000 or 34,000).

[ii]Sky, v. t. (imp. & p. p. Skied or Skyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Skying.) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen. [Colloq.] Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913).