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THE STRANGELAND BIRD LIFE 
Soon They Were Marching Out in An Orderly Array to Meet a New Stranger 
choir in some lofty cathedral, for it seemed to 
appear that every one of them wore a long black 
robe and a light gown beneath which showed 
where the dark folds fell back. 
Just as the tall, dignified stranger came 
close to Stormy, who, odd little tramp that he 
was, did not know what was going to happen, 
the stranger made a dignified bow, then he 
made three more dignified bows, then he began 
to make a speech. It turned out to be a very 
long speech indeed, but whether it was a ser¬ 
mon on the evils of being a tramp or just a 
plain speech of welcome Stormy will never 
