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Identifier: stnicholasserial222dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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confrontedthe island visitor, as in the event of accident orsudden illness, was a serious one indeed, whilethe inconveniences and annoyances to whichnearly everybody at one time or another wassubject were almost limitless. How often would one hear exclamationssuch as these: Oh, dear! there goes theboat, and I never thought to send word toRobby to be sure and bring his overcoat. Theevenings are so very cool now, he 11 catch hisdeath of cold ! I d give five hundred dol-lars, declared a gentleman well known in thefinancial world, if there was any way of get-ting word to Los Angeles before three oclockthis afternoon. Such was the condition of affairs when, onemorning, two enterprising lads in Los Angeleswere discussing the situation. Why not carrier-pigeons ? said one. It was an inspiration. The face of the othergrew radiant, while two words of Sanscrit orsome occult tongue escaped his lips. Theywere : Gee whiz ! — and the thing was asgood as done. 89: CARRIER-PIGEONS OF SANTA CATAI.INA
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SUGAR LOAF, AVALON, SANTA CATALINA ISLAND, CALIFORNIA. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BV BEST & CO., LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. The boys had already been interested in thepigeon industry, and so began at once the sys-tem of training necessary to render a certainnumber of their birds available message-bearersto and from Catalina island. How do you fasten the message to thebird ? Will the same pigeon fly both ways ? Why do you fasten that bit of paper to histail ? How do you get the message from thebird ? Does he bring it to you ? Does nt the pigeon ever pick the messageoff? Wont any kind of a pigeon do for a carrier ? Dont they get very tired going so far ? Oh, look at that funny little ring on hisleg ! AVhat is that for ? Well, the variety of questions asked by thespectators from day to day, when the birds wereabout to be liberated, would certainly fill a half-dozen pages of St. Nicholas. It is quite impossible to answer here even agenerous proportion of these inquiries, or ofthose that will nat

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