112 Em^ntu of ti^e agrees 



arrived in this vicinity yesterday. He 

 has taken up his quarters in the meadow 

 near by. He told me that our gay cousins, 

 Baltimore oriole and bobolink, told him 

 before he left that they intended to start 

 north in about two weeks if the weather 

 held good, so we can expect them in 

 about that time. This is the end of my 

 report. Now do what you please with 

 it." 



On motion of the old grandpa at the 

 top of the tree, the report was unani- 

 mously accepted, and the piping and 

 croaking that recorded the vote were fairly 

 deafening. 



" I have a matter of grave importance,'' 

 piped the old grackle when the noise had 

 subsided. *' It seems to me that it is most 

 important that we go to some place that 

 will help our phthisic." 



"Can't you ever learn to call it asthma. 



