The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-29
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ibuts MI, Power br0usht - .yenithlens ithla; :,
With ~ him ~ 4 ssi(lIS 81 or gvcunJ "a
fssYoane.. ..','a'.yykat was his name ?,
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| on ha si,I,a N 'welf -HT u isI, W Won ID. =.
been there, Dadda: vHi, Know Jo,
! promised to fetch me 'home.p HYes
he.n "The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
meaa-cama witirus. .9and wanfed II
see Won. ,,,,, -. -. .ll..,..-- "a
was uneasy. and vet what was tc
be done. y a'fe ~ s-'a rgrr = !,
In the disturbances OF my spirits I
took m nv hat and went out ALMOST
without anv rs,rne.e + Turned to.
wards Lower Thames street and info
ouaintaece waa a sItting Mmers ad ISs
pipe 81 Ueass IA HfsHS,xeErI1s was
not aiofie. sh6weve!i ssNhtSng
with his back against the he door-jamss
was q gaunt wild figure, poorly Dir ess-
ed in q course. holland FooatJ .and a
shirt all open, where a ragged red
dish beard streaked with gray hung
down upon his breast. dHo had q
bag and two or three small cages in
his hands,i andl as !hB made ,way for
me to enter, put bird that he had
held pefehed ,up0ns-his finger into
one of them.
"I'll jHst take q turn round while
you speak to your friend" he said in
u adeep,breathlessk kind of yeics,.aj he
went out. ASsS . s3fbftD
s,- Yes, that is q strange -chazacter;Y
said my friend, knocking the ashes
out OF his pipe. ~ see you're to take
stock of him, as they call it; but Hou
won't fNA ifNsys One of the best
birdhhdeFSl4 ISndbn, he is. He's
bGensA AaH over Ihe Xoxld almost.
Al s11oW's pretty mis1?daw now,
dH didnHtsprupliseeher Mother bif1i,
and thatAhapS fOfthe very thing l
w9at: ~ h&d sCH1y CONE back. I'D
tend e to her with my 9oye,- bless
NET 1bnehteye& ~, 2IG
Weha4Rt long 70 wait. The
strange figure ofthe, bird -stutfer came
before the door, and my friend bar
gained with him for the purchase of
the iitfls songster that had EpSrehed
On his hand. But he won't DO that
for the young lady unless I Introduce
him to her, and show her how to
coax him. he said. .I must carry
him home for you" bade my friend
good evening, and went back again,
feeling more comfortable in my mind.
The bird-fancier; strobe after me.
When we reached the gate of our
hall, he looked up curiously at the
old porch andhas L thought, seemed
to hang back q little. There was a
i4le brasspiae e 6ndaf Tie DdEhndle, 4
with the name Of the hall engraved
upon it in, church text. He looked
at it from under his ragged brows,
and then looked at me. '
".You haven't relative Of the
name of Allan perhaps?'
"NOne to my Knowledge" I re-
,,;ed iHl'ff 30 j3f -
tsyVhera doos ba live ou -
3 Il ~ tb.tss sno,a th.pl r can toll
,,,n Ha was- moro iite e,dv;no than
WING when r frat ma,le mia acouajnt.
,nca hut he-l1ad vontb and health
N ,;s,-s;.IS a,,d on r nnrsaJ hin
branch hnt Won don't know him
,n,o' ,nn nd ',at Ua how ~ ion@ ~" 49, ~
snro an" H., S ~ nros,, % hnnt forta ya
aase = nS1 ~ ,han UUjs to a.
Z ~ esn n he So This is the vonn1
adv he said nnickIv ID AIice whS
,si ,;r1a down tn .,etI ,,s i'm, now
'tond M in the hau .,It'was1-s1rnnga 4
hs, he az should @ E I"ot at bar % With si1ch /
La otana;ts. m % h;S @ oras - f.sta,ad % | On ~ har
r;th 1naat;onin1 arnrasS;6S as of
me a. who had been loHa~seek inc I'll
onk oniva faw min ,1tes to beach
4 lice how to coax her pretty feather
ID pety o9asl I..a0e1 1fi1 adT ~
While the bird-fancier was show
ng her the way to manage it, he
,ept his seafthfngs gaze upon her,
md was SO absorbed that when
ouched him on the shoulder he
tarted. ,.,,;. 5,5.,...L 4,f
+ .'Come,n, said, "you will take
ONE bread and cheese and ale in feS
urn for so much trouble,U r.
mo. I think not,n he said with an
air, and in the same still
ones that sounded almost ghostly -ini
heir breathIess depth. "But If you'd
ct the young lady accept another
bird from me--4What did you say
lsr name was ?' Alice Your
laughter :" well yes, as much as
,ossible daughter and my ward
Why was he so curious; and still
With that strange hungry look ih his
yes. II will be willing to buy
mother bird for her. 1 said, "or she
hall buy one for herself. mo; she
nay buy the cage, but not the bird.
ID much rather give her both,
hough." 20 ais 'i.'i' .sfr7Jl .r,i
..iComa come u T said veil give I
,o,, half,a,crown. or~the cage. then.
md coii the b;rd a present far which
Iic,. will think Won. Pm stlre.p -
Orr strange visitor made as though
,e would re3nse the money: but. ON
,nr nressinp him. slowly unfoided
he naper in which it was enclosed,
md was about to dron the silver into
,;s uooket. when, the writing on that
rapmenf, m Of the envelone causht his
.ve a sudden snasm fitted across I