Isn't it a beauty! I never before saw either an egg or the young.

They are rare this far north." "So Mr.McLean said," answered Freckles.
Before they drove away, the Bird Woman thanked him for his kindness to the Angel and to her.

She gave him her hand at parting, and Freckles joyfully realized that this was going to be another person for him to love.

He could not remember, after they had driven away, that they even had noticed his missing hand, and for the first time in his life he had forgotten it.
When the Bird Woman and the Angel were on the home road, she told of the little corner of paradise into which she had strayed and of her new name.

The Bird Woman looked at the girl and guessed its appropriateness.
"Did you know Mr.McLean had a son ?" asked the Angel.