THE ROBINS GO A-TRAVELLING 



tionless, entranced, under the boundless 

 dome. Then the voices of the trees seemed 

 to reach 'her, the wind-stirred branches 

 beckoned like friendly arms, and she flew to 

 their shelter. 



Perhaps it was because her wings, still in- 

 fluenced by the close confinement of her 

 earlier days, refused to carry her far, or be- 

 cause the treatment she received from the 

 wild birds was of an unchivalrous nature, 

 that she did not remain away. Later, love 

 for Chupes and affection for me, also the 

 recognition of her dependence on me, re- 

 strained 'her; but at this earlier date, had 

 circumstances been favorable, I think she 

 would have been glad to cast her lot in with 

 her little wild fellows. 



She always appeared so flattered when 

 they came in her direction, although I 

 am certain that their notice of her was 

 prompted by a very unflattering, in fact an 



