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llic Sc/bo7'?ic Society. 



these men who clamor for our hands. Far, 

 far rather would 1 live and die by thee." 



"And I,"' replied the other, "long for no 

 companionship but thine. Alas ! alas ! is 

 there no help?" 



"Yes," answered the good fairy, appear- 

 ing before them, "there is help, and I am 

 come to bring it. Your sisterly devotion is 

 such a lovely sight that I cannot allow you 

 to be separated. Trust to me, all shall be 

 well." And then she disappeared. 



For days and days the two long trains of 

 suitors marched on, following the butter- 

 flies, one to the east, the other to the west, 

 and still no one succeeded in capturing the 

 prize. At last, after months of weary pur- 

 suit, the western band saw advancing 

 toward them another body of men, who 

 turned neither to the right nor to the left. 

 They were the eastern suitors following 

 their butterfly. On and on they came, 

 nearer and nearer, until at last the fore- 



most men of each band stood face to face. 

 Neither would give way nor turn aside, and 

 at last they began to struggle for the right 

 of way. 



As they fought and .struggled, the two 

 butterflies floated back and forth above 

 them, each above the leader of the com- 

 pany that had been following it. Suddenly 

 there was a swift rustle of wings, and a 

 swallow darted toward them; in a sec(nid 

 both butterflies had vanished. 



"The butterflies! Where are the but- 

 terflies ?" cried the suitors from the west. 

 " The butterflies I Where are the butter- 

 flies ?" cried the suitors from the east. 



The battle ceased instantly, and both 

 bands joined in searching, but in vain. So 

 the saddened suitors all returned lonely to 

 their homes, and the two sisters were never 

 separated, but lived all their life together, 

 two happy old maids. 



N. B. G. 



THE SELBORNE SOCIETY. 



THIS is an English society with nearly 

 the same aims as the Audubon 

 Society, presided over by George A. Mus- 

 grave, Esq., F. R. G. S., of Holland Park, 

 London. 



Mr. Musgrave has been indefatigable in 

 his efforts to prick the consciences of his 

 countrywomen on the enormity of the 

 offense of exterminating the feathered cre- 

 ation to gratify a passing caprice of fashion, 

 and to judge from the published list of lady 

 patronesses it is evident that the movement 

 has made its influence felt among the upper 

 ranks of English society. 



No pledge is recjuired of its members, 

 who are simply appealed to, to refrain from 

 the needless sacrifice of life, and to influence 

 others to like conduct by the propagation 

 of pamphlets bearmg on the subject. 



These pamphlets are supplied cheaply 

 by the Society, and subscriptions of not 



less than one shilling (twenty-five cents) 

 in aid of the movement are invited. The 

 ordinary membership subscription is half 

 a crown, equal to sixty cents of our 

 money. 



The Society appears to be doing excellent 

 work, but its methods do not perhaps admit 

 of assessing the value of the work done, as 

 readily as ours, still we are not left without 

 indications, one of the most striking of which 

 is the trade pamphlet of a leading millinery 

 e.stablishment announcing "that to meet the 

 wishes of the advocates of bird protection 

 it has decided to handle only ostrich feathers 

 and those of poultry and game birds in 

 future." Our readers will be interested in 

 tracing the progress of this sister move- 

 ment, and we intend that matters of interest 

 in connection with the Selborne Society 

 shall be chronicled in future issues of the 

 Audubon. 



