. Animal heroes; being the histories of a cat, a dog, a pigeon, a lynx, two wolves & a reindeer and in elucidation of the same over 200 drawings. Animals, Legends and stories of. Arnaux III That was Amaux's first public record ; but others came fast, and several curious scenes were enacted in that old pigeon-loft with vVrnaux as the central figure. One day a carriage drove up to the stable ; a white-haired gentleman got out, climbed the dusty stairs, and sat all morning in the loft with Billy. Peering from his gold- rimmed glasses, first at a lot of papers, next across the roofs of the cit
. Animal heroes; being the histories of a cat, a dog, a pigeon, a lynx, two wolves & a reindeer and in elucidation of the same over 200 drawings. Animals, Legends and stories of. Arnaux III That was Amaux's first public record ; but others came fast, and several curious scenes were enacted in that old pigeon-loft with vVrnaux as the central figure. One day a carriage drove up to the stable ; a white-haired gentleman got out, climbed the dusty stairs, and sat all morning in the loft with Billy. Peering from his gold- rimmed glasses, first at a lot of papers, next across the roofs of the city, waiting, watching, for what ? News from a little place not forty miles away—news of greatest weight to him, tidings that would make or break him, tidings that must reach him before it could be teJe- graphed: a telegram meant at least an hour's delay at each end. What was faster than that for forty miles ? In those days there was but one thing—a high-class Homer. Money would count for nothing if he could win. The best, the very best at any price he must have, and Ar- naux, with seven indelible records on his pinions, was the chosen messenger. An hour went by, another, and a third was begun, when with 87. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. New York Scribner
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