MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



compositions and gave up improvising in 

 order to devote himself entirely to the in- 

 quisitorial bars; racks would be a more ap- 

 propriate term. 



Those were dreary days! Everything in 

 life went to the tune of Yank, Yank, Yank, 

 and it did seem as if the dreadfully persist- 

 ent notes would never be unlearned; for 

 Chupes' satisfaction in his performance in- 

 creased instead of diminishing. We three, 

 the teacher, the bird and I, were in gen- 

 eral disgrace at this time; the charges 

 against us respectively being instigation, 

 response and ownership. 



Before the summer set in one member of 

 our family started for Europe, and our 

 nearest neighbor left for the wilds. I don't 

 mean to intimate that Chupes caused the 

 stampede, for summer plans had been 

 made before the Yankee Doodle episode, 

 but I do assert that, owing to the painfully 



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