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FOUR ORPHANED ROBINS. 

 Kind-Hearted Bluebirds Assuming the Role of Parents. 



sympathize with human beings in distress. Cats occasionally 

 manifest a sympathy for suffering humanity. As for sym- 

 pathy displayed by dogs, there is no need to cite examples. 

 No human being, I am safe in saying, was ever free from 

 troubles of some kind, and I am equally sure that no one 

 who had a companionable dog felt that he was without sym- 

 pathy. Full well does the dog know when his master is 

 suffering pain or sorrow, and his nose pushed into his mas- 

 ter's hand, or laid affectionately upon his knee, is a sign of 

 sympathy worth possessing, even though it exists only in 

 the heart of a dog. From that moment there has been 



