YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



"I'll teach that goose that I've some 

 rights around here yet!" he said to mamma, 

 breathing hard after his sharp tussle. "I 

 could put an end to his career mighty quick, 

 but I don't wish to hurt him -- any more 

 than to teach him to let us alone." 



"What a strange thing!" said mamma. 

 "I can see where he has been marching 

 around the house and island all winter. 

 He just thinks it belongs to him and we 

 have no right to be here." 



"I think he is a wild goose the Jacobs 

 boys, across the bay, tried to tame for what 

 they call a ' 'coy goose ' to call the others, and 

 I don't wish to hurt him if I can help it," 

 said papa. 



"No, he is a handsome fellow, and 

 I'd like to see him around if he would 

 only be a little more civil," said 

 mamma. 



But I kept saying, "Boo! boo! boo!" 

 short and sharp -- I thought he was an 

 awfully bad goose. 



Papa started out again, picking up a fence- 

 rail as he went, to be ready for Mr. Goose, 

 should he return to give battle, and walked 

 up the steep grassy hillside overlooking the 

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