IDLE MOMENTS. 



when 



R the time of 

 year the day was 

 warm, and the soft 

 south - western wind 

 had a soothing effect 

 as it played upon our 

 cheeks. I had picked 

 up Graham's book, "Is 

 Natural Selection the 

 Creator of Species?" 

 and had adjourned to 

 the summer-house in 

 the garden. I was just 

 beginning to get inter- 



HOUSE SPARROW. ested in the argument 



the passing shadow of a cock sparrow, 



struggling with a 



long straw 

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the breeze, 



