A HERMIT'S WILD FRIENDS 



gether. Wabbles tells them about the hermit 

 and the dooryard crowded with food. In some 

 way he induced the male linnet to accompany 

 him, three weeks out of season, with the un- 

 derstanding that Mrs. Wabbles, a week later, 

 would pilot the female linnet to her husband. 

 It must be remembered that linnets do not 

 inhabit the woods. Wabbles gave the free- 

 dom of the dooryard to the linnets. They 

 were invited guests, and were treated as such. 

 It all goes to show that Wabbles knows what 

 belongs to good breeding and possesses a moral 



