JIM’S BABIES 
Poor “Jim His efforts to get an honest 
living for his young were thwarted by the 
crowds of fishermen near his home, and so, 
in thievery of a few kernels of corn, he met 
his fate. What diabolical trap had been set 
for them, and where was Mrs. “Jim”? 
These questions were never answered. It 
was enough to know that “ Jim,” though 
doubtless a thief and cannibal, had per- 
ished in defence of his young like the cour- 
ageous father he had ever been, and we 
sadly added one more to our list of bird 
tragedies. 
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