YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



the back edge of my little blanket, which 

 really saved my tender flesh. 



At that instant papa got ahead and gave 

 him such a solid whack with the umbrella 

 that he turned his attention to him, while 



j .^ r-" 



mamma knelt down in tne\driveway and 

 bowed over me, so the fierce bird, could not 

 possibly reach me again, -and shielded her 

 face with her arms. She feared he would 

 pluck at my beautiful eyes; yet she did not 

 realize till afterward the great danger we 

 were all in, for a wild goose will break a 

 man's arm with one blow from his powerful 

 wing, so a hunter afterward told us; but 

 papa gave him such stout battle that he flew 

 off, conking angrily, into the bay, and we 

 reached the house in safety. 



A few moments later, when mamma went 

 to set a can of cream on the north piazza, 

 there was Mr. Goose again, standing on 

 the door-step and hissing at her. She re- 

 treated, pell-mell, into the house. Papa 

 grabbed a new broom out of the kitchen and 

 went out, and had a regular go-round with 

 the old fellow, ruffling up his feathers with 

 a good pummeling, before he took wing and 

 sailed off into the bay again. 



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