MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



bird accompanied her as far as the door. 

 She seemed to understand that she was to 

 see him again. At any rate she made no 

 resistance, and, once in our room, she suc- 

 cumbed to the reaction from so much emo- 

 tion and took a good nap. 



A telephone-wire entered the house near 

 one of my windows. Shortly after our re- 

 turn, a peculiar sound as of vibrating metal 

 caused me to look out. There was Jenny's 

 mate perched on the wire near the win- 

 dow; there was no mistaking the cough 

 and the peculiar break in the song. He 

 had located our room! 



She awoke at the sound of his voice, and, 

 as soon as she recognized him, she .began 

 scolding roundly. It was only coquetry, 

 but he did not understand it, and he flew 

 away in dismay. I placed a mosquito-net- 

 ting at the window to keep her from follow- 

 ing. She began to call pitifully for him. 

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