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"Will Dennis Fleet come forward? " cried Dr. Arten. Very pale, and trembling with excitement, Dennis stepped out before them all.
"Take heart, my young friend; I am not about to read your death-warrant," said the doctor, cheerily. "Permit me to present you with this check for two thousand dollars, and express to you what is of more value to the true artist, our esteem and appreciation of your merit. May your brush ever continue to be employed in the presentation of such noble, elevating thoughts."