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ocr>   "Working over a bird with red feathers,??
fix>   "Working over a bird with red feathers,"
said Jack, as if to himself, so low was his voice.
"Now, that makes me remember something I
was told only a short time back--something connected
with that wonderful place he owns over
on the East Coast--about birds too--stuffed
birds, in fact!"

"Do you mean he's got a collection there,
Jack?" breathed the intently watching assistant
in his companion's ear.

"Just that," came the ready reply, "a mighty
fine collection too, from all accounts, of native
Florida birds and filling a number of glass cases.
We already know this party is a man of contradictory
habits, being one thing among society
people and just the opposite when he gets in a
different atmosphere. Chances are he's a pretty
fine amateur taxidermist--those birds have all
been secured by himself and mounted in the
bargain--that when he drops out of sight around
Miami it's to come over here to do some hunting
in the swamps and the Everglades, eager to run
across some rare bird that he needs to make his
collection complete."

ocr>   "Now wouldn't that jar you?" he gasped;
fix>   "Now wouldn't that jar you?" he gasped,
vastly astonished at hearing Jack air his conviction.

"I'm not much of an authority on rare birds,"
Jack admitted softly as he continued to use his

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