MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



casion, to make a clean breast of the mat- 

 ter, and to tell you of the only instance in 

 which the usually highly esteemed and 

 dearly loved little gentleman was under a 

 cloud; yet I think you will agree with me 

 that my little musician was in no wise to 

 blame. So far as he was concerned, it was 

 simply a case of misdirected talent and 

 endeavor. The odium should rest solely 

 on the individual who conceived the idea 

 of developing the patriotic side of the 

 bird. 



" Now, Mr. Chupes, you are to learn 

 Yankee Doodle/' I heard this disturber of 

 the peace say, in an evil hour, to my apt, at- 

 tentive little bird. " Listen well while I 

 whistle it for you." 



But instead of whistling the tune 



throughout, the musical director, thinking 



to arrive at the happiest and most speedy 



results through the reiteration of certain 



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