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Concord, Mass.
1916.

them, being too ill-adapted by nature for prolonged
terrestrial locomotion. Nevertheless he accomplished it
cheerfully enough by plodding straight onward after
his beloved, more than content, apparently, with enjoyment
of opportunities thereby afforded of having her wholly to
himself. She, meanwhile, was likely to keep somewhat
in advance, running hither and thither swiftly, answering
his occasional clarion calls with harsh, cackling ones
and otherwise behaving in the manner characteristic
of all her light-footed, feather-headed and objectionably
vociferous race.