YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



deafen his ears and singe the glossy green 

 feathers on his proud head, although un- 

 hurt, his righteous wrath knew no bounds. 

 He arose majestically above the water, high 

 in air, with a fierce cry that sounded far out 

 to sea toward the sunset ; then he descended 

 toward the fragile craft as if himself shot 

 out of a catapult, and before the astonished 

 Jacobs boys could realize that he dared do 

 such a thing, he struck them a full fifty- 

 pounder, knocking the shotgun out of their 

 hands with a whiz into the briny waves, 

 while the little skiff whirled like a top with 

 the shock of his savage momentum. 



Up rose the indignant goose again, cir- 

 cling threateningly above them, while they 

 cowered with upraised oars to ward off a 

 second onslaught. 



Billy Honks peered down with fiery eyes. 

 He knew he had disarmed his ungrateful 

 captors, and given them a sound buffeting. 

 Suddenly, above him, a dim V line dark- 

 ened the evening sky, and the startled conk 

 of his wild mates, flying swiftly to north- 

 ward, reached his keen ear. A new sense 

 of power and longing filled his breast. He 

 had called helplessly, for two years, toward 

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