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abominable plot become still more plain ? 
Why, Birds of the Jury, it seems to me that 
nothing more is needed to show that Blue Jay 
is the real culprit; that the contradictory 
» stories he told the opposing parties, which 
appear from their own evidence, point him out 
as the kidnapper and robber ; and if that bird 
were this moment upon his trial, justice would 
be better satisfied than she now is by the 
arraignment of these two honest and perse- 
cuted birds.” 
Here he threw a glance of killing contempt 
at Blue Jay. Many of the spectators rustled 
their wings in doubt, and some actually began 
to commiserate the Thrushes in their afflic- 
tion. 
Young Robin was perched on a low limb 
during the trial, carelessly adjusting his feath- 
ers, and when his parents occasionally tried 
to draw him into conversation, he coldly re- 
pulsed them and turned to the Browns, saying 
that they were the parents that had treated 
him best, and he would not abandon them. 
Wilson’s Thrush continued, Now, Birds 
