THESE PAPERS ARE CORDIALLY DEDICATED

BY ONE WHO AIMS TO BE

The Friend of All Living Things.


Copyright, 1917

By Edith E. Farnsworth


CONTENTS

Introduction[7]
Chapter I. Captain’s Own Story[15]
Chapter II. How I Bought and Trained Captain[30]
Chapter III. A Scientific Investigation[42]
(By Dr. G. V. Hamilton)
Chapter IV. Captain’s Prayer of Thanksgiving[47]
ILLUSTRATIONS
Captain Sigsbee, Captain, and His Groom[2]
Captain on the Stage[8]
Madame Ellis Giving Her Performance[9]
Ellen Beach Yaw Singing to Captain[40]
Captain Awakening His Groom[41]
Captain and His Friends at San Diego[49]
Captain and George Wharton James with the Pigeons[50]