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finish  oh  a  vagrant  cat  who  was  trying  to  annex  a  robbin. 
We  have  thousands  of  "birds  here  of  all  sorts  and  I  have  been 
especially  entertained  this  year  by  the  cat  bird.  There  are  a 
good  many  around  the  place.  Out  at  the  club  where  I  go  trout 
fishing  there  is  a  beautiful  pool  which  istdeal  for  these  birds, 
and  as  I  fish  they  fly  about  very  close  and  with  great  curiesity. 
I  am  enclosing  a  copy  of  a  little  poem  that  I  cut  from  the  New  York 
Tribune  sometime  ago  and  it  struck  me  as  being  unusually  close  to 
nature  in  its  descriptions.  I  am  sure  you  will  enjoy  it. 
One  day  while  a  friend  was  fishing  with  me  from  a  canoe  his 
fly  floated  on  the  surf act  of  the  water  and  a  phoebe  jumped  out 
of  a  nearby  bush  and  came  within  a  few  inches  of  grabbing  it  off 
the  water.  The  bird  would  have  gotten  it  if  I  hadn’t  called  to 
him  to  move  it.  Probably  the  result  would  have  been  distressing 
to  all  concerned. 
Drop  me  a  line  again  when  you  feel  like  it  as  we  must  not 
let  our  correspondence  lap  too  long. 
Trusting  that  you  are  enjoying  good  health  and  having  a 
pleasant  summer,  I  am 
WMF/S  Very  sincerely  yours. 
