“We are our brothers’ keepers,” said our stern and honest Pilgrim ancestors. “We are our brothers’ keepers,” we, their children, must learn to echo—keepers even to the beasts of the field and to our little brothers and sisters of the air, that have a right to exist and to lead their own lives, and to demand from us created beings of a higher order protection, sympathy, and goodfellowship.
Transcriber’s Notes
Illustrations have been moved so they do not break up the paragraphs.
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
The following corrections have been applied to the text:
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| [67] | ... her some gunineapigs to play ... | ... her some guineapigs to play ... |
| [100] | ... one?” a asked. | ... one?” I asked. |
| [100] | ... picked up I strange ... | ... picked up a strange ... |
| [113] | Their appetities amused ... | Their appetites amused ... |
| [150] | SUKEY AND HER FOSTER PIGEON | SUKEY AND HER FOSTER-PIGEON |
| [159] | I took here there, ... | I took her there, ... |
| [165] | “I tried her ... | I tried her ... |
| [199] | ... and sunroom, where ... | ... and sun-room, where ... |
| [205] | ... am here,” I am ... | ... am here, I am ... |
| [219] | ... the French voyons!” | ... the French “voyons!” |
| [230] | ... to get accquainted with ... | ... to get acquainted with ... |