MISS JENNY'S FORLORN ADVENT 



room like a rat instead of a bird, terrified at 

 the liberty accorded her, and only feeling 

 somewhat reassured when she found her 

 way into the cage and was able to look out 

 at us through her prison bars, it did not 

 seem to me possible that any trapper of 

 birds could realize the cruelty or the injus- 

 tice of his action when he captures and 

 imprisons the wild, free, happy crea- 

 tures. 



Jenny came to me one day at about four 

 in the afternoon, wild as any bird you have 

 ever seen. At eight in the evening of the 

 same day she was perching on my hand and 

 eating crumbs from my fingers. Chupes, in 

 the mean time, looked on with benevolent 

 interest, but he showed unmistakable signs 

 of resenting the liberty when Jenny was 

 placed near him. She in her turn refused to 

 approach him or to allow him near her, and 

 this state of antagonism was kept up for 

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