MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



alas! they do no little mischief; but never 

 had there been anything to approach the 

 wholesale ravages of this formidable crea- 

 ture. Never before had one of his kind 

 been seen in our neighborhood. 



Of course we could only surmise, build- 

 ing our conjectures on the fact that a fear- 

 ful storm had visited us just before these 

 evidences of fright among the birds and 

 squirrels had been observed. Had the 

 tempest come from the region of eternal 

 snows? Had it, on its way, met this beau- 

 tiful being nurtured in an Arctic cradle, ac- 

 customed from his infancy to gaze on great, 

 dazzling tracts of snow and ice, magnificent 

 of plumage, strong of wing, keen of sight 

 and glad and proud of heart? Had the 

 noble bird, exulting in his strength, dared 

 to court the tempest, gloried in battling 

 with the storm? And at last, when too late, 

 had he recognized his danger only to be 

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