MISS JENNY'S FORLORN ADVENT 



his mood changed from melting tenderness 

 to vindictive hatred. He flew at her and 

 pecked her hand so viciously that he actu- 

 ally drew blood. It was exactly as if he 

 had said to her: " I believe you were the 

 cause of it all. You took our dear one 

 away and kept her from us. Take that, 

 and that, and that, will you ! And now go, 

 and never come near us again or you'll hear 

 from me!" His displeasure and distrust 

 diminished gradually and finally disap- 

 peared altogether, but the length of time 

 he remembered the supposed offence was 

 really wonderful. 



One beautiful spring morning when the 

 maple buds were swelling out into leaves 

 and the little feathered folk from the South 

 were chattering merrily among the 

 branches, I noticed Chupes and Jenny at 

 the window perch, viewing with the deepest 

 interest something going on in our nearest 

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