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a copy of the complaint and summons, for 
they have no prisons, bail, or bondsmen, but 
it is a matter of honor with them to appear 
before the tribunal at the time designated, and 
there is no case on record where such a sum- 
mons has been neglected. 
Brown and his wife were busily engaged 
feeding their own and the Robins’ young, 
when the complaint and summons were served 
on them ; to describe their astonishment is 
impossible, but it soon gave place to indigna- 
tion and contempt for the rascally trick which 
they now saw had been played upon them by 
Blue Jay. At first they thought to go at once 
to the Robins and tell the whole story, but 
they soon perceived that it would do no good, 
for they would not be believed, for their action 
would only show that they were afraid of the 
law ; so they had no choice but to stand their 
trial, and, with a sublime faith in the triumph 
of the right, they assured the judge’s messen- 
ger that they would be ready to defend their 
case, adding that they had no doubt but that 
every thing would be cleared up satisfactorily. 
