Jeathers were ludicrously 

 tousled. And all against 

 the mere shadow of him- 

 self! Never was there such 

 a ternlitation for the head 

 ofafomily to assemble his 

 people and draw a prodi- 

 gious moral. But better 

 thoughts came : for ^ after 

 all^ ivas it not probable 

 that the poor bird ivas de- 

 fonding — or at any rate 

 believed he was defending 



OB 



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