. The Audubon magazine . ather) alittle ragamuffin came along—one of yourfriends from Frog Hollow—and he pulledout a slap-jack, and (he didnt see me)was just going to let fly at my Orpheus,when I grabbed him by the nape of theneck and gave him such a trouncing thathell not get over it in a hurry. Ah ! but my dear brother, remarkedJack, I did better than that. I am afraidyour friend will come back again and doa great deal of damage to spite you. me say that 1 tliink you took the wiseststeps possible in the matter. But we mustgo to bed, heres Phillie sound asleep inpapas arms. Good-night, my bra
. The Audubon magazine . ather) alittle ragamuffin came along—one of yourfriends from Frog Hollow—and he pulledout a slap-jack, and (he didnt see me)was just going to let fly at my Orpheus,when I grabbed him by the nape of theneck and gave him such a trouncing thathell not get over it in a hurry. Ah ! but my dear brother, remarkedJack, I did better than that. I am afraidyour friend will come back again and doa great deal of damage to spite you. me say that 1 tliink you took the wiseststeps possible in the matter. But we mustgo to bed, heres Phillie sound asleep inpapas arms. Good-night, my brave wish you every success with your fairecountries. The summer passed and autumn boys had learned much in the pastfour months. Every bird that flew wasfamiliar to them, and they had little booksin which they wrote down their observa-tions, and in which they had skilfully drawnmaps of their separate provinces, on which. were marked the trees that bore the nests. The birds were gone. After a series of. )W )!,» l WAS SO MUCH INTERESTED WATCHING A BLUEBIRD IN THE ORCHARD. I dont see what else I could havedone or how I could have done it bet-ter, said Alex, unless Id killed him,he added, and I didnt want to do that. Then listen to what I did, and here-after do not scoff at your brothers brightand shining example. I, and he poisedhimself gracefully on the railing, and spokeslowly and impressively, I took a lot ofAudubon pledges down to Frog Holloiu andenlisted all the boys, and theyve sworn toprotect the birds, and theyre interested I got a goodlie lot of retainersfor my earldom ? Bravo ! Well done ! came from allsides, as he clambered down from his perchand went to his mother, saying: There are their signatures, you takecharge of them, will you ? Certainly, my son, said she, and let plaintive farewells, they had winged theirway to the sunny south. And then wintercame, and with his soft snows filled to thebrim all the forsaken little nests. It was th
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