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coming warwhoop, but would always come 
back disappointed. It was at such times that 
Aida and her mother would have a loving 
word for Zephyr, and it evidently was at a 
loss to know what such unusual attention 
meant. For instance, Zephyr might have 
wondered why she was so often invited to 
go to sleep in a large cushioned box, with 
a wire cover, not often closed, over her; and 
why she was fed occasional dainties in this 
place, until she had grown to love it, and feel 
perfectly at home in it. 
Up to this time, they had not been quite 
sure but that some one might claim Zephyr, 
but they had found out by accident, that a 
family had moved away from a near-by ham- 
let, and had left this helpless creature to the 
mercy of fierce dogs and winter terrors ; but 
a kind Providence that doth not let even the 
sparrows fall had brought her to a good 
home, and now, that it had been decided 
what could be ctone for her by the remain- 
