CHAPTER VI.
JACK ROBIN'S LOVE.
All the while her brother had been relating his sad tale, poor Molly stood on the side of the nest, shaking from head to foot. In the course of an hour she was so ill that her parents feared she would die, and thus that they should be deprived of two children in one day.
"To think," cried Mrs. Robin, "that we were singing so gayly while our loved ones were in such danger and trouble!"
"We must contrive some means to rescue her," said Mr. Robin, sternly. "I, for one, will perish before I will leave her to so horrible a fate."
Jack at this remark gave a cry of joy. He had the greatest confidence in his father's capacity, and wondered he had not thought of this before.
"Why can't we go at once?" he exclaimed. "Mother will nurse sick Molly, and I will show you the house."
Mrs. Robin and Molly added their entreaties, and the birds flew away. When they reached the house, they found the cage already hung on a hook over the front piazza.