a raw spring day ; snow still lingered in shady 

 spots. But here, backed against the farther 

 wall of the cavity, were two young owls, scarcely 



"\yraiiiied up like little Eskinius, 



a week old, wrapped up like little Eskimos- 

 tiny bundles of down that the whitest-toothed 

 frost could neyer l)ite through. 



Very green babies of all kinds are queer, un- 



[2(i(5] 



