236 AWAY HE GOES. 



the tanager, and at last they came. Early in 

 June the bird was put into a traveling cage, 

 carried into the country, where a lovely bit of 

 woods and a pretty lake insured a good living, 

 'and the absence of sparrows made it safe for a 

 bird that had been caged. Then the door was 

 opened, and he instantly flew out of sight. 



The bird left at home seemed a little lost 

 for a few days, moped about, often visited the 

 empty cage, but in a short time entirely aban- 

 doned it, and evidently looked no more for his 

 friend. But he is changed too : not quite so 

 gay as before ; not so much singing ; and not a 

 word of the soft chattering talk we heard so 

 constantly while his beloved friend was here. 



