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With an evil glare in its eyes toward the man, the lion drank thirstily from the cup. Around the man and the lion there was a ring of blazing fire, leaping out of the dome like great pillars of flame, entrapping them within its narrow circle. WITH AN EVIL GLARE IN ITS EYES TOWARD THE MAN THE LION DRANK THIRSTILY FROM THE CUP AROUND THE MAN IN THE LION THERE WAS A RING OF BLAZING FIREAPING OUT OF THE DOME LIKE GREAT PILLARS OF FLAME ENTRAPPING THEM WITHIN ITS NARROW CIRCLE
mented itself, telling a story throughout its united branches. It was much more than a painting, though, because it stood out from the dome like a group of completely independent sculptures, but placed so as to tell the combined story with a sort of native ease, not stressed or artificial, yet seeming as natural and beautiful as water in its flowing grace. Now I will endeavor to describe its content, though I realize that in this case the picture must be worth many millions of words. The center of the mural was its beginning, and there a man was standing proudly upright, dressed in splendid clothes of fine linens. He held in his hand a magnificent cup of gold with a row each of diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and pearls running along its breadth. It contained a dark red liquid, which appeared to be boiling, and the man was holding it out to a fierce lion whose shoulders were four feet across and whose mouth was like a cavern, with stalactites and stalagmites of the most terrifying nature. S PICTURE THAT COMPLIMENTED ITSELF TELLING A STORY THROUGHOUT ITS UNITED BRANCHES IT WAS MUCH MORE THAN A PAINTING THOUGH BECAUSE IT STOOD OUT FROM THE DOME LIKE A GROUP OF COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT SCULPTURES BUT PLACED SO AS TO TELL THE COMBINED STORY WITH A SORT OF NATIVE EASE NOT STRESSED OR ARTIFICIAL YET SEEMING AS NATURE AND BEAUTIFUL AS WATER IN ITS FLOWING GRACE NOW I WILL ENDEAVOUR TO DESCRIBE ITS CONTENT THOUGH I REALIZE THAT IN THIS CASE THE PICTURE MUST BE WORTH MANY MILLIONS OF WORDS THE CENTRE OF THE MULE WAS ITS BEGINNING AND THERE WAS A MAN STANDING PROUDLY UPRIGHT DRESSED IN SPLENDID CLOTHES OF FINE LINENS HE HELD IN HIS HAND A MAGNIFICENT CUP OF GOLD WITH A ROW EACH OF DIAMONDS RUBIES SAPPHIRES AND PEARLS RUNNING ALONG ITS BREADTH IT CONTAINED A DARK RED LIQUID WHICH APPEARED TO BE BOILING AND THE MAN WAS HOLDING IT OUT TO A FIERCE LION WHOSE SHOULDERS WERE FOUR FEET ACROSS AND WHOSE MOUTH WAS LIKE A CABIN WITH STALECTITES AND STALLIC MITES OF THE MOST TERRIFYING NATURE
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