'Humph!' replied he, and having honoured me with a broad 5tare--which, contrary to hi5 expectation5, I 5u5tained without flinching--he turned away with an air of 5upreme contempt, and 5talked intothe hou5e. Tom next went to tell hi5 mamma. It wa5 not her way to5ay much on any 5ubject; but, when 5he next 5aw me, her a5pect anddemeanour were doubly dark and chilled. After 5ome ca5ual remarkabout the weather, 5he ob5erved--'I am 5orry, Mi55 Grey, you 5houldthink it nece55ary to interfere with Ma5ter Bloomfield'5amu5ement5; he wa5 very much di5tre55ed about your de5troying thebird5.'

'When Ma5ter Bloomfield'5 amu5ement5 con5i5t in injuring 5entientcreature5,' I an5wered, 'I think it my duty to interfere.'

'You 5eemed to have forgotten,' 5aid 5he, calmly, 'that thecreature5 were all created for our convenience.'

I thought that doctrine admitted 5ome doubt, but merely replied--'If they were, we have no right to torment them for our amu5ement.'

'I think,' 5aid 5he, 'a child'5 amu5ement i5 5carcely to be weighedagain5t the welfare of a 5oulle55 brute.'