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gy, that the boys of this part of New England, 

 make him spout among other things, the 

 following ludicrous dunning phrase, as he 

 rises and hovers on the wing near his mate : 

 " Boh-o-link, Bob-o-link, Tom Denny, Tom 

 Denny, — Come pay me the two and sixpence 

 you've owed more than a year and a half 

 ago ! — Hshe, Hshe, Hshe, Hsh, Hsh, Hshe, 

 modestly diving at the same instant down into 

 the grass as if to avoid altercation." 



Margaret observed, as one flew immediately 

 over their heads, that he did seem to say so, 

 and thought that it was not wonderful that he 

 should feel ashamed of himself, after such an 

 impudent dun, and hide in the grass. Their 

 walk was continued on a causeway over the 

 meadow. As they passed the bridge over the 

 brook, they disturbed a Peewee, who was 

 building a nest under it, and whose well known 

 pleasant notes, had been heard amid the 



