D. Gig 
A SEA FAN AND A SEA PARABLE. 
Unprne discovered a fan gorgon in the doe- 
tor’s cabinet and begged to know what it was, 
while Tom was no less delighted with the va- 
rieties of coral the cabinet contained. 
“Oh, that,” said the doctor to Undine, 
“was a mermaid’s fan, and no belle of terra 
jirma could boast of a fan so gorgeous. Its 
tints were rose and yellow, green and lavender, 
and bedight with jeweled filigree it flashed 
until its glitter made a sort of daylight under 
the sea. It is called a fan gorgon, Undine, and 
when alive was even more dainty and charming 
in color, and far more glittermg than I have 
described or can lead you to imagine. Dainty 
and beautiful enough it was to be called a mer- 
maid’s fan. 
“Tt was long considered a singular and gor- 
geous sea plant, but the microscope has re- 
vealed it to be the home and the work of little 
polypi which naturalists had thought were 
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