Chapter I: Front Matter

Princess Sukey
THE STORY OF A PIGEON AND HER HUMAN FRIENDS

By
MARSHALL SAUNDERS

“_Despite neither cats, birds, dogs, nor any member of the animal
kingdom, for are not all created beings little brothers of the earth,
the air, and the sea?_”

NEW YORK: EATON & MAINS
CINCINNATI: JENNINGS & GRAHAM

Copyright, 1905, by
EATON & MAINS.

I DEDICATE THIS STORY TO ONE WHO HAS SHOWN A KIND INTEREST IN EVERY
LIVING CREATURE ON MY FARM—TO MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW, CLARENCE KING
MOORE, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

MARSHALL SAUNDERS

MEADOW BROOK FARM
JANUARY 26, 1905

LIST OF CHAPTERS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE PIGEON PRINCESS 1
II. MRS. BLODGETT’S OPINION 15
III. HAPPY TIMES 28
IV. THE JUDGE’S VOW 36
V. A SURPRISE FOR THE JUDGE 58
VI. IN THE PIGEON LOFT 74
VII. BIRDS OF HEAVEN 91
VIII. TO ADOPT OR NOT TO ADOPT 98
IX. ANOTHER SURPRISE 110
X. THE ENGLISH BOY 124
XI. DECEIT AND FORGIVENESS 142
XII. THE YELLOW SPOTTED DOG 155
XIII. HIGBY AND THE OWLS 163
XIV. A CALL FROM AIRY 177
XV. A DRIVE WITH THE JUDGE 192
XVI. THE SPOTTED DOG AGAIN 203
XVII. TITUS AS A PHILANTHROPIST 210
XVIII. AIRY’S SECOND CALL ON THE JUDGE 219
XIX. DALLAS TAKES A HAND AT MANAGEMENT 226
XX. THE CAT MAN AND THE JUDGE’S FAMILY 235
XXI. MAFFERTY UNFOLDS A PLOT 248
XXII. THE JUDGE GETS A SHOCK 262
XXIII. MRS. EVEREST BEGINS TO EXPLAIN 275
XXIV. THE EXPLANATION CONTINUED 286
XXV. VISITORS FOR THE JUDGE 299
XXVI. THE ONLY SON OF A WIDOW 308
XXVII. MR. HITTAKER CALLS ON THE JUDGE 324
XXVIII. THE JUDGE REVIEWS HIS FAMILY 330

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PRINCESS SUKEY Frontispiece

“W-w-whew!” he said after a time, “isn’t she a beauty—a
real princess!” Facing page 32

“Go tell the servants that she is found,” said the
Judge to Titus Facing page 91

“In the middle of the hall stood the grinning colored
boy and the ugly yellow spotted dog” Facing page 204

“Why are you dressed like a little boy?” I asked. Facing page 292

PRINCESS SUKEY