1206 “A WIDOW AND TWINS. 
ner, coming more than once quite within 
reach. However, she soon gave over these 
attempts at intimidation, perched beside the 
percher, and again put something into his 
maw. ‘This time she did not feed the nest- 
ling. As she took her departure, she told 
the come-outer — or so I fancied — that there 
was a man under the tree, a pestilent fellow, 
and it would be well to get a little out of 
his reach. At all events, she had scarcely 
disappeared before the youngster was again 
on the wing. It was wonderful how much 
at home he seemed, — poising, backing, soar- 
ing, and alighting with all the ease and 
grace of an old hand. One only piece of 
awkwardness I saw him commit: he dropped 
upon a branch much too large for his tiny 
feet, and was manifestly uncomfortable. 
But he did not stay long, and at his next 
alighting was well up in the tree, where it 
was noticeable that he remained ever after. 
With so much going on outside, it was 
hard to remain indoors, and finally I took a 
chair to the orchard, and gave myself up to 
watching the drama. The feeding process, 
though still always by regurgitation, was by 
this time somewhat different from what it 
