MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



we picked him up; and, although we were 

 severely denounced by the whole party, 

 himself included, we bore him away from 

 his friends, his relatives and his family tree, 

 and brought him to our home. 



Such a dear, downy, yellow-beaked, big- 

 headed mite as this baby robin was! The 

 pathetic little " chupe, chupe " that he ut- 

 tered from time to time furnished the sug- 

 gestion for the name of Mr. Chupes which 

 he always thereafter bore, while a mark of 

 identification had been provided for him 

 through his hasty and unpremeditated de- 

 scent from the tree; for, as he fell, he struck 

 the ground with such force as to break the 

 hind toe of his right claw; and the injured 

 member, in healing, grew forward instead 

 of back. But no doubt my clumsy surgery 

 intensified the defect, for, forgetting how 

 plastic the baby bones were, I bunched all 

 the little toes of the right claw together 

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