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ATTEMPT TO STEAL. 
than their ears. From the moment this duty was 
discharged, until the Exhibition closed, her whole 
time was devoted to giving all the desired infor- 
mation in her power with regard to her adopted 
State, the animals, ores, etc., by which it was 
represented, and in superintending the sale of 
minerals and photographs of her collection, and, 
after a time, of herself. To the sale of these 
articles she had to look for the only pecuniary 
compensation for her time and labor— -a compen- 
sation stipulated for before leaving Colorado. 
Yet to secure a monopoly of the views of her 
collection cost her a prolonged struggle. The 
arrangement of her exhibit was not fully com- 
pleted before an attempt was made to steal and 
copyright pictures of it. It was only by great 
exertion that it was prevented, and attempts to 
repeat the outrage were made several times during 
the summer. Only the resolution gained by 
facing mountain storms and wild beasts enabled 
her to keep possession of this, the only source 
of income ever connected with her collection. 
That this promised to be a real source of profit 
during the summer may be guessed from the 
efforts made to deprive her of it. The fact that 
the Centennial Photographic Company had the 
exclusive right to manufacture views of exhibits, 
while a protection, was a great disadvantage, 
because they were utterly unable to keep her 
