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CITIZEN lUUD 



some people pay tlie light -keeper at the little island 

 yonder to see that the law is kept anil that no one 

 hnnts them here. See ! lie is eoming over now to 

 iind ont wliat we are doing here ! " 



''Who are the people that pay him, Uncle Roy?" 

 asked Dodo; ''the Wise Men?" 





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" Yes, the Wise Men, and some Wise W^omen too. 

 You can give a part of the money in your tin bank to 

 help the poor birds if you wish." 



"Oh yes — that is — I forgot," and Dodo whispered 

 in her uncle's ear that she, as well as Nat, was saving 

 inone}^ to buy Rap a ^chole bird book for Christmas. 



" It seems to be a very open place for nests, out here 

 on the sand," said Rap. '' I suppose the little Gulls 

 and Terns must be hatched with down-feathers on." 



