MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



tragic ending as would call for a heart- 

 rending obituary like poor " Bob's " 

 "Died of a catf and I am anxious you 

 should feel as I do that, sad as it was to lose 

 these dear, true-hearted little friends, the 

 end came in a merciful manner and at a 

 merciful time. A five years' stretch of al- 

 most uninterrupted happiness constitutes a 

 beautiful bird-life. And it was within a few 

 weeks of five years after Mr. Chupes' com- 

 ing to me that the loving little heart ceased 

 to beat. We laid him away in the sod of 

 this northern haunt where he had carried 

 summer brightness, and about a month 

 later we buried his faithful little lover, 

 Jenny, beside him. 



It is impossible for me to speak without 

 emotion of the last days of these truest of 

 little friends. Chupes' affection for me, 

 great as it was at the outset, had gone on 

 increasing with years. My absence even 



