The Hawaiian gazette., 1883-10-24
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D % elc was gong 70 have a 10 she better 70
| out where there was plenty Of fresh air.
/ peath Is always bad thing 90 contemplate.
/ One day We arc full Of health and joy and cold
| yictuals, and the next We are screwed IN box,
/ a few words are said over our remains. aud d
| few tears are shed, and there is a race TO see
/ who shall &c, back FROM the cemetery first,
and though we may think We are an important
factor IN the worlds progress, and sometimes
/ feel as though It would be unable 10 put up
margins and have 20 stop the deal, the world
goes right along, ana 70 must annoy people
I who die, 20 realize that they don't count for
Eamc. The greatest man ID. The world is only
O nine spot when be Is dead, because some
I body else takes the tricks the dead man ought
l 20 have taken. But say, who is dead 90 your
house,"
"Our rooster. Take care, don't YOU hit me
with that cauvassed ham, said the boy, as the
grocery man looked mad to learn that there
Was nobody dead but rooster. when be had
I preached such a sermon on the subject yes,
/ how soon we are forgotten when We are gone.
/ Nov, you would have thought that rooster 6
[ ben would have remained faithful % him Tor O.
week ot least. l have watched them all the
| Spring. aud / never saw more perfect picture
OF devotion than that between that bantam
rooster and has hen. They were constantly
[ \
I her. lie would dig up augle-w0rms and call
I her, aud when she came up ON a gallop and
saw the great big worm on the ground she
would look SO proud Of uer rooster, aud he
would straiEhton up and look as though e
was saying 90 her, Il IN a daisy, and then Size
would look al him as If she would like 90 bile
him, aui just as she was going 10 pick up abe
worm De would snatch DO and swallow % him
self, and Chuc',lc and walk around and be full
of business, as though wondering why she
didn't take the worm after be had dug It for
her, and the len would look disappointed az
iIst, and then she would look resigned, as
much as 90 say. Worms are 90 rich for my
blood anyway, and the poor dear rooster needs
them more lhaU I DO, because be has 90 go al
.bc Growing, aud she would 80 of and Gul "a
-rasshopper and cat It on the sly for fear be
would see her and complain because she didu' .
divide. %, 1 have never seen anything that
seemed 90 mg So human as the relations be-
tween that rooster and hen. He seemed 20 rTy
sa do everything for her. lie would make her
stop caukIiu- when she laid lu Jg-. and De
would try 90 Clckle and CROW over It as though
De bad laid i, and she would &c, gf DO cur-
uer and c,uck 90 q modest aud retiring manner
us though slC wished Go convey the IaUa 90
.ar servant girls Do lhu kitchen that the r0os-
Ter bad 90 do al tue hard work and she was
only useless sppgudaEe, III only for society
and company for HIm.
Butt was disEusygd with him when the poor
hen was setting. Tue FIRST week that she SGT
on tie eggs he seemed TO get along first rate,
because he had . couple OF h0wer-bcis o. dig
Up. which a press OF business bad ClusUi him
90 neglect before, and a couple of uei.hbaTs'
gardens 90 destroy, So be seemed To be glad 90
have Lis hen retire 20 her h0udulr and sci. but
after he had been sb0o-ed ont of the garden
and tgvgr-bgds he seemed % De nervous, and
evidently wanted TO be petlyd, aud would go
near the ben, and she would tell him % 20 aud
take D. walk around the block, because she
hadn't time TO leave her business, aud if she
didn't attend Go it they would have q lot of
spoiled eggs 90 their hands, and DO family 90
bring u. He would scOld and seem 10 tell
her taat 10 was all iOylIshuess, Ihat for h.s
part be didn't want TO hear a lot Of chickens
sIuakinE around. He would seem Go argue
with her that brood Of chickens would De a
dead Eiye-away on Them both, and they would
at once be ciassgj as old folks, while If they
were alone IN tine world they would be Spring
chickens, and could so IU young society, but
tie hen would scgld back and tell lim De ought
90 be ashamed Of himself 10 talk that WY, and
De would 70 gh mad, and sulk around q spell.
and then 20 20 o ueIgGb0r S leu-luusC, and
sometimes DE wouldn't come back all tlc next
DAY. The hen would be sorry she bad spoken
SO cross, aud w0dId seem panied at his ggiu-
away, aud would look auEIyusIy for his return,
and when he came back, after being out in thu
rain al night, she would be sgliCiiggs after HE
ieallL, and tell him be ought 10 wrap s5ua-
thing around him, but lie acted as though lie
didn't care for health, and be would 70 ous
again aud get chilled through. Finally tLo
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the rooster seemed very proud, aud when q y
body came 0Ug 90 look at them be would crow
and seemed TO say they were all his chickens,
though the hen was long time Matching them,
and 1t 1t had been bin tllat was setting on them
he would have Matched them out in a week lr
died a trying. But the exposure told on him,
and Dc went into a decline, and one morning
we found him dead Do YOU know I never
seen O hen that seemed 10 realize q calamity
as she did. She looked pale and her ewes
looked red, and she seemed 90 be utterly
crushed. II the chickens, which were 30 young
they could not realize they were lIttie orphans,
became noisy, and got 10 pulling and hauling
over a worm, and conducted themselves in an
unsggmly manner, she would talk 90 them IN
hen language with tears IN her ewes, and 10
was picture Of woe. But The next day d
rooster got 90 looking through Jho
fence from the alley and trying 20 flint with
Ter. At fret she was indignant and seemed !
Co tell him he ought to 20 abou; his business
aud leave her alone, but the dude Kept cluck- /
iUE, and pretty soon the widowed ben edged /
up toward the fence and asked him 90 come In. !
but the hole DO the fence was too small for him,
and then the chickens went out into the alley 4
and the hen followed them cut. 1 shall always /
think she told the chickens 70 20 out, 30 she /
H." % 81.