The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-06-13
mop BIRD STORY.

shlc, Now Orleans picaYunc |
Of W. 'om de plume Catherine
ls lady i. u protcan writer
~ made an enviabIe re-
a't ,a,tcrs. She is as vigorous
~ 1T ,rhilippics and social essays
,oncl,ing and elegant IN more
.,,ll moods She derives ' n,r
,,i,imatcly. belonging a, 'n'
7.mily of littcratcurS. Sh' Is
r Of W. NJ. SmallWood' oi
,.,e,n,. father and daughter
~. member, of the Picayune
Che sweetest wild singing
u hn sou,h is commonly known
'In 1t i, Il dainty and elf
creature, given to iri,ky
5hoth SOM and wing. 1t has
,,rrlinr. musical song, lnrN-
y" TTrrt and when in captivity
.;blv sad. 1t is Il pretty crca-
and capricious rs Il pretty
'ohout the color OF its coat-hoW
brown like Il wren, now green
,nrt or yellow like Il canary
like u lay, and now all at once
,lnr Green and yellow llke-- Il
thc popular. but none tllc ' 'ons
~. ,'mposltion touching maSc"-
taste for gorgeous colorr'ng, "oe'
A I' GOOD in the pop family tor ~
,osHu advances the maze nl," ,
ont in a glory OF crimson ' ,';'
make the breast of II cogK rom,
i. jyriier red with envy; me poi
!. in bushes and stunted trees aI'
|ncst are little eggs 50 "hlli I,',,a'
hnn bird crgs that the greene >
[ur my naturalist could hardly lal' At
|inr thc nationality OF inc ''''''''
VIZ Dii season of the year hundreds
and bows make Il business oi
these birds and selling then
n,jyity. Despite their sweet
,pops are not considered amy.
,dc than plcbians in the bird
ID popular sympathy for them
r vet eliminated in law Ton
Election. We are apt to bt
srry for Il Gagged mockingblrd
b. n prisoncd pop; Just rs we are
he sorry for Mrs. BroWnStonr
,fliction falls ON her. than ion
Oldest and povcrty-Strlclrn n'ign
In walks behind her 10 rot
field. sympathy. like grief i
nitieatcd by the circumstances {"
Of the prettie,t places in the
Known rs the HollowS. 1t is
ii little hills and dalcs, in which
anne Grand old beech trees, aide
;and long, plant, swirllng irath
fern. A pair of pops had gon'
aekceping in the shadlest' deepe,
nolest part OF the llollowS, an'
after long, sweet days OF loving
[ar and waiting, there came
d in May. when. with intnit
ne Young couple iluttered ilk'
m angels about their brood, ant
Town into the beautiful, gaping
bats. Things prospered hnrl
newly organized family UNI
bird. with the sclf-conseluen
ton OF his gender. began to tax
easy. and leave all the pattern
care. that is none the less t'r'
If the children, to their mothe'
is, she was in her brand ne
ynIy airs. how proud in her mott
anyone of my women rca"cI
os we'll as |. There were holU
Aothinr seemed 80 sweet To h'
~ brooding over those hrlplr'
bending her dainty head
with kissing carcSNrN IN ansW'
.imorou, pipings. There WEI
hcn the father, being off SIX.
gwith birds OF another fcathe
must needs provide all the foe
younrstcrs. There are oth
y n who have to lock mp the
=, in the house alone while Tho
market or look after the day
!. and who can doubt that som
of the same tender anxiety stirr'
>, little ieathcr-covcrcd heart wh'
, Eito 20 ON her marketing cNpct
:, MANY time, | warrant, Wh'
ID got half way from home. won
a silly feminine prescntimenl sen
= nging back to make sure that
i. hit. An, we females, when
l. 10 maternal love we are all hli'
lthcr, ! hope.
X from her home the YOU
y had discovered, swinging IN
e, farm house porch, Il canar,
q (which she was II most conata
Il tplomatic visitor. What sw'
;, Of the wide free country she
+" 70 the pampercd prisoner behi
y gilded barS--a gur%ling III
like the song in snatches OF
at which she took her daily bi
then the chatter being ended
Dip her greedy little beck into
X, take all her mouth could HI
)ff home mute from sheer 10
lcumstanccS. Early one n
, r, before the long green frol
O S had uncurlcd from dcwy sic
At ben the silence of early morni
the quiet of peaceful rest ;
a PED IN the hollows, the pop h
j. pa out for the young ones brc
y a gray foggy light was
nj ming to slant through
* branches of the beech
"a thc far teathery tops
n 's " loblolly pines stood ont
hOucttpS arninSt tbn foJiun