THE ROBINS GO A-TRAVELLING 



One other incident of this waiting time 

 shows how Chupes and Jenny attracted the 

 attention of representatives of all classes. 



The habitant women had " relaxed " com- 

 pletely and were snoring sturdily when a 

 sweet little English lady, dressed in deep 

 mourning, entered the waiting-room. It 

 is 'hard to say whether she even glanced 

 around the apartment; at any rate she was 

 soon reading so intently as to lead one to 

 suppose that she was entirely oblivious of 

 such small interests as travelling compan- 

 ions and waiting-rooms. Now Chupes 

 made a point of keeping up his musical 

 exercises even during his journeys. I have 

 known the dear little fellow to trill hap- 

 pily in his paper-enclosed cage during the 

 entire Jersey City ferry crossing, and I re- 

 member that he warbled all along the Cana^ 

 dian route, but I cannot say positively 

 whether it was a bit of song or a short flight 



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