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Any other than wee Gibbie would have been heartily cuffed for the offence, but the owner of the bird only smiled at the would be liberator, and hung the cage a couple of feet higher on the wall. ANY OTHER THAN WE GIBBEY WOULD HAVE BEEN HEARTILY CUFFED FOR THE OFFENCE BUT THE OWNER OF THE BIRD ONLY SMILED AT THE WOULD BE LIBERATOR AND HUNG THE CAGE A COUPLE OF FEET HIGHER ON THE WALL
 fact had come to the surface; the common thing was his in uncommon degree and potency. Gibbie knew no music except the voice of man and woman; at least no other had as yet affected him. To be sure he had never heard much. Drunken sea-songs he heard every night almost; and now and then on Sundays he ran through a zone of psalm-singing; but neither of those could well be called music. There hung a caged bird here and there at a door in the poorer streets; but Gibbie’s love embraced the lower creation also, and too tenderly for the enjoyment of its melody. The human bird loved liberty too dearly to gather anything but pain from the song of the little feathered brother who had lost it, and to whom he could not minister as to the drunkard. In general he ran from the presence of such a prisoner. But sometimes he would stop and try to comfort the naked little Freedom, disrobed of its space; and on one occasion was caught in the very act of delivering a canary that hung outside a little shop. ONLY IN GIBBEY THE FACT HAD COME TO THE SURFACE THE COMMON THING WAS HIS IN UNCOMMON DEGREE AND POTENCY GIBBEY KNEW NO MUSIC EXCEPT THE VOICE OF MAN AND WOMAN AT LEAST NO OTHER HAD AS YET AFFECTED HIM TO BE SURE HE HAD NEVER HEARD MUCH DRUNKEN SEA SONGS HE HEARD EVERY NIGHT ALMOST AND NOW AND THEN ON SUNDAYS HE RAN THROUGH A ZONE OF PSALM SINGING BUT NEITHER OF THOSE COULD WELL BE CALLED MUSIC THERE HUNG A CAGE BIRD HERE AND THERE AT A DOOR IN THE POORER STREETS BUT GIBBEY'S LOVE EMBRACED THE LOWER CREATION ALSO AND TOO TENDERLY FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ITS MELODY THE HUMAN BIRD LOVED LIBERTY TOO DEARLY TO GATHER ANYTHING BUT PAIN FROM THE SONG OF THE LITTLE FEATHERED BROTHER WHO HAD LOST IT AND TO WHOM HE COULD NOT MINISTER AS TO THE DRUNKARD IN GENERAL HE RAN FROM THE PRESENCE OF SUCH A PRISONER BUT SOMETIMES HE WOULD STOP AND TRY TO COMFORT THE NAKED LITTLE FREEDOM DISROBED OF ITS SPACE AND ON ONE OCCASION WAS CAUGHT IN THE VERY ACT OF DELIVERING A CANARY THAT HUNG OUTSIDE A LITTLE SHOP
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