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ON THE ROAD TO THE NEW STUDIO. 



tell of the wonderful skill with which 

 Mr. Borglum molds the clay and 

 wields the chisel to cut away the stone 

 or the marble. It was rather my mis- 

 sion to become acquainted with the 

 naturalist and to introduce him, as 

 such, to the reader. I must confess 

 that that part of his professional work 

 that interested me the most was the 

 ready adaptability of Bill who drives 



a beautiful yoke of oxen. If there is 

 any one thing in all this world that 

 Bill likes to do, it is to drive those 

 oxen. He has been accustomed to it 

 from boyhood, and regards it as some- 

 thing really worth while, but he does 

 occasionally condescend to take an 

 hour's rest to become a study in the 

 beautiful and to pose as Orpheus by 

 the side of Eurydice. Curious, isn't it, 



"HE PATTED ONE OF THE STONES LOVINGLY.' 



