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OUR BIRDS IN WINTER. 
He ate liis dinner in silence ; and all the 
afternoon, while at work with Oscar and his 
father, he. meditated on the best plan by which 
he could kill the bird without being found out 
in his wickedness. 
At last, he concluded to lie awake after 
he had gone to bed with his brother, and, 
when all in the house were asleep, he would 
silently open the cage, and put the cat so that 
she could easily seize the bird. Accordingly, 
he ate his supper, and soon crept off to bed ; 
because, as he said, he was to work on the 
morrow chopping timber for a neighbor, and 
would have to start early. 
Oscar remained up, attending to and 
watching the bird for some time; then, bid- 
ding his parents good-night, he went to bed, 
and soon all in the house was quiet, all its 
inmates but Henry being buried in slumber. 
Now Spinnette was well aware that Henry 
meditated mischief against her, and she re- 
solved to give him a lesson that would teach 
him not to cherish feelings of revenge, and 
that would not be forgotten as long as he 
lived. 
