The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-05-21

at tn, altar pray,
Queen of Saints. be near us
= On this sweet May day.
Taught by Him. we love her
In our simple way,
Placing none above her
Gentle Mother hear
Al thy altar pray,
On shis sweet May day.
MY BIRDS.
May little Ned came in from his play or
. front steps, saying that . new bird >
I'D come, and he wanted me to come and
b it.
|" Such teenty bird {" he said, with his
Zee full of animation. "Not bigger n 90 %
measuring on his chubby fingers. can
hops all over, an talks just as fast J"
y followed him to the veranda. A lattice
- around half Of it, and hopping in and
through the bars was q cunning little
pwn wren, who, the minute he saw us,
gan to chatter and scold as if he thought
were intruders on his territory.
sat down with my book, and told Ned
to sit down by me and watch the bird
first the wren seemed to be somewhat
turbed by our proximity, but it was not
pg before he concluded that it wasn't
prth while to pay much attention to US,
we seemed inclined not to interfere with
Pn in any way. He flew up to the caves,
lrched there minute and then flew into
small hole in the veranda cornice.
p He is looking for place to build his
Hiding it in the hollows he has found,
q if he does he will stay here nearly ali
inner; and by and by he will bring
little brown wife with hip, and yon
see them carry sticks and moss into
caves, to build their nest with"
rhe wren few out of the hole and up
% tree and began to sing. 1t wasn't
gery long song that he favored US with,
9 he repeated it over and over, and it
ended as if it came from happy heart.
Fhe next day he brought his wife to in
Pct the place he had selected for their
$t. She sat on bueh and looked at us
some time before abe made up her
nd that there wasn't any thing to be afraid
She kept turning her brown head up
side and looking at US out of first one
and then the other in o very comical
3hion. Her husband kept flying from the
lsh to the caves and back again, chirping
ID scolding. I suppose he thought she
as too timid and wanted to make her un-
rstand that we wouldn't hurt her.
At Last she few up to the caves with him
ID both of them disappeared. We could
'ar them chattering inside the cornice
ey were laying their plans, probably.
BY and by he few out and lit on the tree.
city soon he dived down to the ground
q then few up again, with a stick in his
y and carried it into the hole with him.
.sy had begun to build. their nest.
1uch oosy little workers as they were Z
icy carried sticks and twigs for two days
Ten the sticks they selected were so large
At it required many efforts to get them
to the caves and in through the
anSn I'm -
ways succeeded in accompiishinD
Dir attempt. Such ohattering as thew
d! Mrs. Wren seemed to superintend
B building of the nest and if her
sband seemed inclined to differ with
in regard to the selection of ma
ial she chartered and ecolded until he
We up and let her have things her own
y.
The third day they began carrying bits of
,ss and feathers, and we knew that the
st was nearly finished. They were lining
that it might be soft and warm for the
pod they expected by and by.
After that we saw but little of Mrs.
rem. But we saw all the more of her
sy, jolly little husband. The fret thing
heard in the morning was his song and
an hour or two he kept at it pretty
'adily. / used to wish he would rest
lille sometimes, If he couldn't vary it
newhat; but the keen little fellow evil
ntly felt as if he had q certain amount
singing to do, and, as he had no inten-
n OF Sinking any part of it, the sooner
was done the better. Very often he few
20 the cornice to visit his wife, and then
could hear them talking busily. Once in |
while she came out, and if we were any
ere near her nest, we were sure to get |
FOOD round scolding.
wo OF three weeks went by, cand then
knew by the way Mr.. Wren began to
.ry worms and bugs into the hole in the
NICE that there were some little mouths
'eed. Aud it was only a day or two
c cS MRS. Wren began to fly out in
Su OF food, aud from that time on. for
5e1 vi Tour weeks, both of them seemed
tbo al they could do in providing food |
me 5o ngty mouths in the little nest.
sn %T uS az L saw pair of bIiSht ewes
, thas y; HuG Oh the hole, and | told Ned
ls sT wso ~ would Won. not be long before the
{ very ' s II.Sq SneiF wings: And it was
I en- persuaded their brood to ssE n a a mES
me world. heard a great chSt : Ss@us