MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



tree, dental or arboreal indications would 

 have aided us in making our calculations. 

 As it was, we could figure only from the 

 standpoint of a certain hardness of bone 

 and setness of figure. " Middle-aged/' was 

 the fairly general verdict when these tests 

 were applied to her. Perhaps the poor lit- 

 tle creature had been a prisoner for years 

 before coming to us; but the cruelty of that 

 time is something on which I do not care 

 to dwell except by way of discouragement 

 to all kidnappers of birds. 



In spite of her immense improvement in 

 health and appearance, she never recov-- 

 ered from certain injuries received during 

 her stay in prison. Her heart, for instance, 

 was certainly affected, if not diseased, and 

 during times of fright or great excitement 

 it would beat so wildly that I could hear it, 

 even at a distance of four or five feet. Take 

 a pencil and tap gently but rapidly with it 

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