JIM’S BABIES 
Poor “Jim!” His efforts to get an honest 
living for his young were thwarted by the 
crowds of fishermen near his home, and so, 
in thievery of a few kernels of corn, he met 
his fate. What diabolical trap had been set 
for them, and where was Mrs. “Jim”? 
These questions were never answered. It 
though 
doubtless a thief and cannibal, had _per- 
bd 
was enough to know that “ Jim,’ 
ished in defence of his young like the cour- 
ageous father he had ever been, and we 
sadly added one more to our list of bird 
tragedies. : 
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