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slight movement on my part caused it to dart 

 away, but we picked no more blackberries. A 

 weasel is not always so easily driven off. They 

 have been known to boldly attack men when the 

 latter were tangled up in bushes and briers. Do 

 they know that they have us at a disadvantage at 

 such a time? Their well-known cunning leads 

 me to think this. Two of them will act in con- 

 cert and circumvent a ground-squirrel or a jump- 

 ing-mouse, and so capture prey that would other- 

 wise escape in many an instance. 



We were glad to reach an open glade, with a 

 huge, spreading chestnut. Here there was a 

 breeze, and many a bird came hither while we 

 rested. Though all were familiar to us, they were 

 none the less welcome, and we wondered why even 

 a song-sparrow never becomes tiresome. Have 

 not pleasing associations to do with this ? It is al- 

 ways nutty October and the painted woods when 

 I hear the crows cawing ; and if these birds are so 

 destructive as claimed, which I do not believe, 

 give me smaller crops and at least a few crows to 

 perfect the coming autumn days. 



" What bird do you like best ? I 've heard you 

 say a dozen different ones at as many different 

 times," remarked Beatrice, who is never content 

 with asking a question simply. 



"What bird do I like best? I wish I knew. 

 It is much like the case of the man who fell in 

 love with twins, and was all unhappy because he 

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