Arnaux 
Soon it was very clear what they had fought 
over—a pretty little lady Pigeon of the bluest 
Homing blood. The Big Blue cock had kept 
up a state of bad feeling by his bullying, but it 
was the Little Lady that had made them close 
in mortal combat. Billy had no authority to 
wring the Big Blue’s neck, but he interfered 
as far as he could in behalf of his favorite 
Arnaux. 
Pigeon marriages are arranged somewhat 
like those of mankind. Propinquity is the 
first thing: force the pair together for a time and 
let nature take its course. So Billy locked Ar- 
naux and the Little Lady up together in a 
separate apartment for two weeks, and to make 
doubly sure he locked Big Blue up with an 
Available Lady in another apartment for two 
weeks. 
Things turned out just as was expected. The 
Little Lady surrendered to Arnaux and the 
Available Lady to the Big Blue. Two nests 
were begun and everything shaped for a “lived 
happily ever after.” But the Big Blue was very 
big and handsome. He could blow out his 
crop and strut in the sun and make rainbows 
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