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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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That
afternoon
Billy
was
on
duty
when
the
whistle
of
fast
wings
was
heard;
a
blue
Flyer
flashed
into
the
loft
and
made
for
the
water-trough.
He
was
gulping
down
mouthful
after
mouthful,
when
Billy
gasped:
"Why,
Arnaux,
it's
you,
you
beauty."
Then,
with
the
quick
habit
of
the
pigeon-man,
he
pulled
out
his
watch
and
marked
the
time,
2:40
P.M.
A
glance
showed
the
tie
string
on
the
tail.
He
shut
the
door
and
dropped
the
catching-net
quickly
over
Arnaux's
head.
A
moment
later
he
had
the
roll
in
his
hand;
in
two
minutes
he
was
speeding
to
the
office
of
the
Company,
for
there
was
a
fat
tip
in
view.
There
he
learned
that
Arnaux
had
made
the
two
hundred
and
ten
miles
in
fog,
over
sea,
in
four
hours
and
forty
minutes,
and
within
one
hour
the
needful
help
had
set
out
for
the
unfortunate
steamer.
Two
hundred
and
ten
miles
in
fog
over
sea
in
four
hours
and
forty
minutes!
This
was
a
noble
record.
It
was
duly
inscribed
in
the
rolls
of
the
Homing
Club.
Arnaux
was
held
while
the
secretary,
with
rubber
stamp
and
indelible
ink,
printed
on
a
snowy
primary
of
his
right
wing
the
record
of
the
feat,
with
the
date
and
reference
number.
Starback,
the
second
bird,
never
was
heard
of
again.
No
doubt
he
perished
at
sea.
Blue
Corner-box
came
back
on
the
tug.
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