. The Audubon magazine . reamfor the Society desires to head the list witha subscription of $ Subscriptions from members of the Soci-ety may be sent to us direct, or through theLocal Secretaries of the Audubon Society,and we take this opportunity to invite allthe Local Secretaries of the Society to in-terest themselves to secure contributionsto the fund. TWO LITTLE CAPTIVES. R AIN, rain, rain. I wonder if it willever stop, sighed Bertie at thewindow. Say, grandpa, dont you thinkit might rain at night, so the boys couldstay out of doors all day? Well, I dont know, Bertie; the raindoes a g
. The Audubon magazine . reamfor the Society desires to head the list witha subscription of $ Subscriptions from members of the Soci-ety may be sent to us direct, or through theLocal Secretaries of the Audubon Society,and we take this opportunity to invite allthe Local Secretaries of the Society to in-terest themselves to secure contributionsto the fund. TWO LITTLE CAPTIVES. R AIN, rain, rain. I wonder if it willever stop, sighed Bertie at thewindow. Say, grandpa, dont you thinkit might rain at night, so the boys couldstay out of doors all day? Well, I dont know, Bertie; the raindoes a great deal of good, especially aftera dry spell like the one we have had. Butdont you think that some little boys mightlearn to be quiet on wet days, and stay inthe house contentedly, without going aboutgrowling and making so much noise towake grandma up ? But you see, grandpa, I havent any-thing to do. I would be quiet if you wouldtell me a story. Grandpa kindly put his paper down andlifted the little bov on to his What shall it be about, Bert; fairiesand beautiful princesses and giants? Oh, no, theyre girls stories. You mightput a giant in, though, and have lots offighting. Very well, said his grandfather, wellhave a giant and a battle-and two captives;will that do? Bertie appeared satisfied, so the old gen-tleman beean: Once upon a time, not very long ago,there lived a certain man who had a wifeand two children. What shall their namesbe? Rob and Dick, said the little boy. Oh, no; one was a girl. Well, Jenny, then. Rob and Jenny; goahead. Rob and Jenny were very good chil-dren, and had very nice times together, al-though their father was quite poor; indeed,sometimes they had to go to bed hungry,and both their father and mother had towork very hard to get enough to eat, andcame home at night very tired, but even ifthey did not have as nice things as richerchildren have, still they were very happy. There was only one thing which keptthis little family from being perfectly
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