The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-30
A Bird Idyl.

II
AS they stood together, looking es
to the garden, She raised neon Of
.stIy TO his. and, while an expr2Zr bcr
sect suspense crept softly
ftty face, mqr%ared, 1I1s,ol Si,,,s Ave a nice
heP'' ID. .tbev do
10. yes" he ansY s;naeuras y;,b.
IT. They have polly set s'ers ,o,, - non
voting or hayinybeSS va are oe in for gasiI' Iise
sback them AZ Letters that Wi Will ',sS' eS.
sd they can Wears later. and they
Ise thein lrecords to be sprung ON
Aven'f g9t Xrong moment. and they
seuI ~ about finance 10 get them
how hoe. 70. yes, darling. the birds
,lo sIyyetty nice time soffitHs sfs D.
l5Hf their lives seem to be made up of
IA she whispered fair ptls-...s..ss,,,.s
<1esks-ss- sss.xssIxslrr bsts ttss5 rtsivffv
love. have seen human beings
lose lives seemed TO be made up of
Ies but, when there wasno one. .arouni.z
sif home assumed the Character of 8
liticsl caucus, with a good sized tor
do emptied into the free fight. You
lstn't Judge tlfe feelings of married
uple for each other BY the way they
at y kettle-drum But then, fhe birds
We the advantage over men in making
''No Jokes on bills and 'notesP' she
oke in
No, he replied. "but because they
We sure thing They don't have to
down town and write poetry and pat
coal all day for four. dollars per week,
Il they never have 10 save up money To
y 'for-lcc-creaprs saHsl ~theater parties.
ey never have To buy clothes. and
len they do fall IN love they are not
ked about all over creation. and they
n lave to. meander up. to- the girls
her and tell him lot. of hes, and
me their references to do likewise.
yes, the bird in love has n pretty soft
ng
!, Do YOU think they understand each
Ter when they twittern y
. | don think there can be any doubt
put that, because the male seems to
INmad when the female gets in all the
k Now that female over there seems
be in the act of mailing her lord for a
" dress, or commanding him not to be
'kingat that other bird over there in
J polonaise. OF course they under
nd each other, or else they would keep
4.
!. Would you like to be bird ?''
I Not much" he replied. with great
Iphasis, II wouldn't like the idea
getting up at five in the morning, aud
shing in dew ON a soggy flower bed,
a sqiiawking off a LOT of rapture over
breakfast of raw worms. O. no, I
Mt want any bird in mine | would
her sell suspenders on commission >
= But, suppose we were both birds?n
: said, with a slight tremor in her
'sFhen we should have to dodge the
/. and boys with guns, and we'd have
1--we in trees and have dull time, aud
lemonade through straws. And
ouldnt have to call on You in tight
s p saffFl fsfMall86HfsEi.i!a 6s Min Mi 6iyf sui
lb-hard, cold, solidified bone Kisses
t think of it, And | shouldn't have
eshirt front for YOU to lay your head
j And. if | reached out for a handful
waist | wouldn't run the risk of hav-
b a yard of my palm torn off on a pin
veh -"
What becomes of the birdspn she
h1e in, while an early-dawn tint suf-
fd her features. --- ~
Go south for their health, generally;
five were birds we might be knocked
an with sticks and stuffed to ornament
nantel-piece or lady's hat. How
uld YOU like TO be filed with lot of
fduSt and chemicals?' ?''
Not much. I'd rather be stuffed
n ice-cream and caramels But |
m, what becomes of the bird at laste
never find them. Now the flowers
e and blow away. aud we know what
pmes of everything else, but we never
| dead birds lying in the garden walk.
their comp.mions bear them away
Hay them lovingly beneath the leaves9
ways had an idea that's dainty poetic
end could be made of it, =
1T could be done, my dear, and it
uld make anica ten dollar poem. But
at take any stock in musical valleys
llhappy spheres millions of miles away
zen you figure on birds. They don't
q any such place, my dear. They
uerallys 90 to the dime. restaurant.
iere they are worked into pies, or cast
play. the difficult role of the quail on
ST.
She sank on the sofa in fiutter, and
said he would be around on the NOR
= to take her 10 the mat Puck.
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