MISS JENNY'S FORLORN ADVENT 



from home for a few days, leaving the birds 

 in other 'hands, but in their usual quarters. 

 The friend who replaced me was quite as 

 faithful in her ministrations as I could pos- 

 sibly have been, but these little creatures 

 had given me a place in their affections that 

 could not be filled by any one else, and they 

 moped pitifully for me. 



From all accounts, Chupes gave 'himself 

 up unreservedly to his sorrow. He ate only 

 enough to keep the life in his little body, 

 and not one bath did he take during my ab- 

 sence. He was frequently found in the 

 depths of a dark closet. It was almost as if 

 he were attempting to bury himself and his 

 heartache. His custodian feared that he 

 would die of grief before my return. 



Jenny mourned heartily also, but in a 

 lesser degree. She moped and seemed to 

 have lost all her vim, but she ate and 

 bathed. 



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