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THE BROWN THRUSHES: 
To their credit be it said, the Eobins were 
among the first to approach the Browns, and 
while they congratulated them on the full es- 
tablishment of their innocence, they knew not 
how to apologize for the pain they had caused 
them to suffer through their mistake, and the 
rascality of Blue Jay. 
Do not say a word about it,” quickly said 
Mrs. Thrush. We were to blame ourselves 
for our pride and want of charity ; for if, when 
we found your child in our nest, we liad at 
once gone to you and inquired about it, all 
this trouble would have been saved ; but we 
foolishly supposed that you had abandoned 
young Robin ; and in our anger at the impo- 
sition we believed had been put upon us, we 
would not listen to the promptings of our 
better natures, but allowed the counsels of the 
wicked to prevail with us. No ! we deserved 
to suffer for our unneighborly treatment of 
you, and the lesson that we have learned will 
not be thrown away upon us.” 
And we,” answered Robin, ^^have learned 
a lesson, too, that will never be forgotten ; and 
