MISS JENNY'S FORLORN ADVENT 



orthodox of French stews surrounded her 

 for hours after the garlic indulgence. 



A few days after Jenny's arrival she con- 

 stituted herself guardian of the larder, so 

 rapidly did she gain courage and independ- 

 ence. No matter how generous a supply of 

 food she might have, she was in the habit of 

 swelling out her feathers and going at 

 Chupes like a little bulldog, when he at- 

 tempted to help himself even to his own 

 portion, if it 'happened to be in her neigh- 

 borhood. 



Of course her pugnacity made it neces- 

 sary to have a legal division of goods and 

 chattels: two cages for the night, and those 

 occasional day incarceration periods of 

 which I have already written, and two food- 

 and water-dishes in the cages; also a pri- 

 vate supply for Chupes in my neighbor- 

 hood, where he used to station himself dur- 

 ing nearly all his hours of liberty. If he 

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