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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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Now
the
third
was
brought
out,
a
small,
chunky
bird.
The
shipmen
did
not
know
him,
but
they
noted
down
from
his
anklet
his
name
and
number,
Arnaux,
2590
C.
It
meant
nothing
to
them.
But
the
officer
who
held
him
noted
that
his
heart
did
not
beat
so
wildly
as
that
of
the
last
bird.
The
message
was
taken
from
the
Big
Blue.
It
ran:
10
A.M.,
Tuesday.
We
broke
our
shaft
two
hundred
and
ten
miles
out
from
New
York;
we
are
drifting
helplessly
in
the
fog.
Send
out
a
tug
as
soon
as
possible.
We
are
whistling
one
long,
followed
at
once
by
one
short,
every
sixty
seconds.
(Signed)
THE
CAPTAIN.
This
was
rolled
up,
wrapped
in
waterproof
film,
addressed
to
the
Steamship
Company,
and
lashed
to
the
under
side
of
Arnaux's
middle
tail-feather.
When
thrown
into
the
air,
he
circled
round
the
ship,
then
round
again
higher,
then
again
higher
in
a
wider
circle,
and
he
was
lost
to
view;
and
still
higher
till
quite
out
of
sight
and
feeling
of
the
ship.
Shut
out
from
the
use
of
all
his
senses
now
but
one,
he
gave
himself
up
to
that.
Strong
in
him
it
was,
and
untrammelled
of
that
murderous
despot
Fear.
True
as
a
needle
to
the
Pole
went
Arnaux
now,
no
hesitation,
no
doubts;
within
one
minute
of
leaving
the
coop
he
was
speeding
straight
as
a
ray
of
light
for
the
loft
where
he
was
born,
the
only
place
on
earth
where
he
could
be
made
content.
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