Of tropical hours,

With all the tropic's rare bloom-splendor fraught,

Surcharged with Beauty's indefinable powers,

Angel of flowers!

JAMES MAURICE THOMPSON.

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A PRINCESS OF THULE.

By William Black, Author of "THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF A PHAETON."

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CHAPTER X.