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Show The Frolicsome Scallop. ' Th scallop takes life less seriously snd servilely than bla cousins, th clama and oysters, says Country Lit In America. The oyslnr can't dots from hla place; tho clam csn, but rnroly does. Tho scallop Is ss fro as a bird, almost, to tbe end of his days. Then, again, th scallop has temperament. tempera-ment. He exbiblta th frollcaomoneaa I of childhood as higher animals do. i Ws see little scallops by tena and dos-ens, dos-ens, darting swiftly her and ther In ' th water, by a quick opening and shutting of the two valves of their shells. They are as graceful as a flock of snowbirds, and aa vivacious. Capture Cap-ture on, lay It oa th aand, and It maps Ita valves. Impatient of th Interruption In-terruption If vd Interpret th algna aright. It la altogether happy If put back In th pool. |