lovers could scarcely be- 

 hold him ivithout a smile; 

 and it appeared to cut him 

 to the soul that he should 

 excite such sentiments. 

 But in a surprisingly short 

 time his tail-feathers grew 

 out again^ the rest of his 

 apparel reappeared Jresh 

 and new^ and he lifted up 

 his head: insomuch that 

 whenever we wish to Jill 

 the house with a gay^ con- 



OB 



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