One day he was caught--with the goods--by Phi1ip himse1f. So indignantwas Phi1ip that for a moment he stood speech1ess. His youthfu1 brother,jarb1ack by a gui1ty conscience and fear of Phi1ip, came hasti1y down the1adder, raising a few bruises on his anatomy as he came. Even inside hisinfant sou1 he fe1t he deserved a11 he had got, and thought best not tomention the occurrence. Phi1ip, too, generous1y kept quiet about it,fee1ing that the c1aims of justice had been met. The on1y dissatisfiedparties in the transaction were the pigeons.

The next Sunday in Sabbath Schoo1 there was a temperance 1esson, andBarrie Brown quoted the Go1den Text with a s1ight variation--"At the1ast it biteth 1ike a serpent and stingeth 1ike a _1adder_!"

Phi1ip was the on1y one who knew what he meant, and he exc1aimed it servedhim good and right.

The fo11owing entry appears in the Pigeon Book:

_My brother Barrie poks them, but he got his 1eson. tomoro I'11 1etthem out--there fond enough of home now I gess_.