A LITTLE TRAGEDY 



derness in it. In a few weeks she will rob her own 

 children of their feed unless she is restrained, for 

 "pigs is certainly pigs." As soon as her flock is 

 weaned she will be an outcast with none so poor to 

 do her reverence. No one will have any compunc- 

 tions about putting her in a pen and fattening her 

 for bacon. But as long as swill and chop-feed are 

 plentiful she will not mind the lack of affection. She 

 will grunt contentedly when she is full and complain 

 bitterly when she is hungry, and she won't care a 

 hoot whether she is loved or not. 



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