MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



I suppose he, also, is compelled to turn rob- 

 ber, and to make a raid on the property of 

 some other creature. Birds' eggs are not 

 despised by him, but I am ready to testify 

 that he is not a monopolist in this respect. 

 Visits to cabinets of amateur collectors 

 (we'll say nothing of museums) have con- 

 vinced me of this fact. 



As to his eating young birds, how can I 

 deny this charge, haunted as I am by the 

 remembrance of the tragedy in the ravine! 

 Also, there comes to my mind the testi- 

 mony of a travelling companion of mine 

 who, on remonstrating with a keeper of a 

 public park for his wholesale shooting of 

 squirrels, was informed by him that the 

 squirrels were killing all the birds and that 

 he was only obeying official orders in de- 

 stroying them! 



Now, strange to say, all these delin- 

 quents were foreigners. The public park 



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