THE VINDEX. 
Henslow’s Sparrow {Ammo dianus hcnslowh) 
One instance May 9th. 
Savannah Sparrow (Passcrculns sanchvichcnsis 
savanna') Common spring and autumn 
migrant, May 5th. 
Vesper Sparrow ( Pooccetcs gramineus ) 
Abundant summer resident, April 8th to 
Snow Bunting ( Plecti ophenax niialis ) 
Uncommon winter visitant. 
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American Goldfinch (Asti agalinues tristis ) 
Common permanent resident. 
Redpoll ( Acanthus linaria ) Uncommon win- 
ter visitant, Feb. 4th. 
White-winged Crossbill (L oxia lencoptera ) 
Rare winter visitant. 
Purple Finch ( Carpodctcus perpureus') Rare 
summer resident, May 2d to 
A SUMMER’S DAY. 
There was no doubt about it, Jimmie Hardruff 
was in love with Louise Michael. The fact 
was plain to Jimmie’s friends, and some of 
them were so sure he was well received that 
they had bet the engagement would be 
officially announced within two months. 
Jimmie was a tall athletic young man of 
twenty four, the proud possessor of a magni- 
ficent set of muscles which received vigorous 
exercise every day for Jimmie was a “lifter” 
employed by Bootman & Co. Each night it 
was a source of enjoyment for him to go 
down to the gymnasium and show off these 
muscles by ingenious tests of strength. 
Louise, or Miss Michael as Jimmie called her, 
was employed as a waitress in a down town 
restaurant, where her good looks had won 
her a great many admirers. 
One evening towards the last of June, 
Jimmie asked Miss Michael to spend the 4th 
of July at the Salem Willows, and there see 
the various sights. Louise accepted with 
pleasure and ten o’clock found them on 
board the steamer- Fifteen minutes later a 
bell clanged somewhere in the bowels of the 
ship, the old-fashioned paddle wheels slowly 
revolved and the Beverly started out on her 
daily journey to Salem Willows. During the 
confusion, Jimmie had seized the opportunity 
to draw two chairs to the side of the vessel 
underneath a great iron anchor which 
shielded them somewhat from the wind. 
After the Brewsters were safely passed, 
Jimmie’s heart began to throb and his cheeks 
to flush painfully ; at last he managed 
to break off Miss Michael’s endless flow of 
talk with this very abrupt speech, 
“Say Louise, I love you and I want you to 
marry me. Is’t a go?” 
Miss Michael turned her gaze from the 
receding light house to Jimmie’s red, em- 
barassed face and after staring at him 
thoughtfully for a moment she said, 
“No, Jimmie, I’m ’fraid I can’t. Yer pay 
ain't large enough to support us both, for of 
course you’d want me to give up my work.” 
This answer completed Jimmie’s discom- 
fiture and after glancing at Miss Michael’s 
determined face he looked away again at a 
white sea gull wheeling and diving in the 
distance. An embarassed silence ensued for 
some time which was only broken by the 
Beverly’s arriving at her pier at the Willows. 
In a few minutes all the passengers had dis- 
embarked and as Jimmie and Louise crossed 
the gang plank, Miss Michael said : 
“Well, Mr. Hardruff, as you can’t be more 
agreeable, I’m going to leave you until you 
come to a more sociable state of mind. 
P'raps I won’t see yer till we go back on the 
steamer.” 
With these words she left him, and calling 
to a girl friend on the other side of the street 
she crossed over and went into an ice cream 
parlor with her new companion. Jimmie, 
thus cruelly deserted, walked up the street 
with despair gnawing in his heart; it was 
his first offence and he had been heavily 
