MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



face," they seemed to say, " but what has 

 happened to her feathers? " 



One of their 'callers, who appeared in a 

 camers-hair shawl, will well remember the 

 terrible panic caused by the sight of her 

 wrap. The birds evidently thought that 

 their last hour had come, and dashed wildly 

 against walls and windows in their en- 

 deavor to escape from the awful apparition. 

 Even after they had, in a measure, quieted 

 down, nothing could induce them to ap- 

 proach the friend, although she tried to al- 

 lure them with their best-loved dainties. 



With this deeply-rooted aversion to gay 

 colors, Ohupes entertained a strange incon- 

 sistency; the exception of which I spoke a 

 moment ago. He manifested a decided pre- 

 dilection for a certain shade of yellow. I 

 have often seen him alight in a perfect rap- 

 ture on the hand of a person knitting in this 

 color; his joyful gambols testifying to the 

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