leet took away with him, I knew she was 



brooding her eggs. And when, at last, both 



birds came together and, instead of helping KHIooleef, 



themselves hungrily, each took the largest Mtf/e 



morsel he could carry and hurried away to Voice 



the nest, I knew that the little ones were 



come ; and I spread the plate more liberally, 



and moved it away to the foot of the old 



cedar, where Killooleet's" mate would not 



be afraid to come at any time. 



One day, not long after, as I sat at a late 

 breakfast after the morning's fishing, there 

 was a great stir in the underbrush. Pres- 

 ently Killooleet came skipping out, all fuss 

 and feathers, running back and forth with 

 an air of immense importance between the 

 last bush and the plate by the cedar, crying 

 out in his own way, " Here it is, here it is, 

 all right, just by the old tree as usual. 

 Crackers, trout, brown bread, porridge; 

 come on, come on ; don't be afraid. He 's 

 here, but he won't harm. I know him. 

 Come on, come on ! " 



Soon his little gray mate appeared, under 

 the last bush, and after much circumspection 



