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should not have thought of coming now, if I 
did not feel it my duty to save the innocent 
who would suffer if I remained silent. I wit- 
nessed the whole affair, and would like to tes- 
tify to what I saw.” 
Blue Jay, who had begun to grow nervous 
at the first appearance of this new witness, at 
these words began to move off, and if the Owl 
had not seen him as he was at the point of 
flying away, he would have soon been out 
of sight. Ordering him to remain until the 
case was finished, he signified his willingness, 
although it established a bad precedent, to 
have the testimony of Night Hawk taken. 
Your Honor knows,” began the Night Hawk, 
that it is my custom on dark and stormy 
days to be abroad, flying rapidly in different 
directions in search of food ; experience has 
told me that the moths and other night-flying 
insects are more active at such times, and, as 
they are quiet, and consequently difficult to 
be found after a storm, it is of course neces- 
sary to hunt them before it begins. Your 
honor will probably remember that on the day 
