. The country boy : the story of his own early life. Horses; Silverton (Or. ). 88 THE COUNTRY BOY gether, but finally spring was approaching and I had noticed how he could fly around the barnyard. Father came to me one day and warned me that if I wanted to keep that goose I had better clij^ his wings, but he said, "I hope you won't. You say that you love ani- mals ; now show it by letting this goose alone, then when his kind come by in a few weeks going north for the breeding season, he will join them and be hai^pier than he is ; I replied that "of course an outsider might
. The country boy : the story of his own early life. Horses; Silverton (Or. ). 88 THE COUNTRY BOY gether, but finally spring was approaching and I had noticed how he could fly around the barnyard. Father came to me one day and warned me that if I wanted to keep that goose I had better clij^ his wings, but he said, "I hope you won't. You say that you love ani- mals ; now show it by letting this goose alone, then when his kind come by in a few weeks going north for the breeding season, he will join them and be hai^pier than he is ; I replied that "of course an outsider might think he would leave, but in reality he would not. The goose and I have talked it over and he don't care for anything better than I am, so he ain't goin' away.'* "Well," said father, "when I see you two together I think as much, but when you go downtown loitering around with people that aren't half as smart a s this goose, it's then that he misses you, and it's on that account that I wish you would leave h i s. 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 Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912. New York : G. W. Dillingham Co.
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