The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-06-10

maj Breakfast" Finally he spread his
wings and saying, "Goin' to find my man
ma" few TO a branch q foot or SO away.
where he wRs so tiTed he had To rest awhile.
Here comes another says Tom.
Slowly the little tumbler edges himself d
onto the piszza-as Helen calls the rim of
the little home-peeping to himself, u goin'
find mann too"
While he is pitching about, trying to find
out what bis wings we're made for, the first
one chirps: VI 90 see mamma now; this Is
the way she used TO do" Strengthening out
bis little head and feet he makes his wings
60 fast hut
100 dearl Oh dearl What hard work it
rs. Il, 30 huBgfy, so heavy, and mamma is
so far aNay. Praise come, mamma, and help
your little baby"
But the absent moihsr does not hear the
plain tive wall, ana the little one falls, falls,
falls clear to the ground.
Fred 10 down there g moment after, picks
him up sll 1rem bling with fright, and places
him Is high up in the tree as he can reach,
but not before number two has made a. suc-
cesstul fight into the rext tree.
The third is now clutohiRg at anything his
big awkward feet can hold onto, and IS tee
teriDg backward sfd forward, now the yell
Low bill and now the funny little square tell
pointing upward.
He can't endure to be left alone, but is so
afraid Of seeing some of those dreatul crea'
brides, that be shuts his eyes and-hies
against branch with such force as to turn
him over and over till he too reaches the
sidewalk.
Fred attends to him; and then We go to
breakfast, after which we find them both on
the grass. How pretty and soft they were in
their little brown Jackets and speckled
bleasta; of course not bit AFRAID Of US, we
loved them SO.
Again and again We pat them on the limbs
of the tree, where at lsst, worn out with ia.
tigue and hunger, they sit still and cry so
pitifully. About 10 o'clock Joyful chirp
announces to our quick ears that food is
near.
Only Helen, Belle, baby and are there to
see the two starving brides within q few
feet of each other. their wings quivering
with delight at sight of msnma and some
thing to eat.
But what ais herl See how she lutters,
hovers over them, even cro9ns TO them, tries
to slight near them, slips OF, flies around,
and comes back to do ii all over again; her
little chicks franticaliy screaming with i'm
patience. What does il mean? Finally she
does Get her foot on limb little way above
where one is perched, and sliding down to
Il, gives it the coveted mouthful-poising
herself on her wings rather than on her feet,
an looking 20 siok and troubled.
Taen we discover that one leg is dangling
swinging round and roUnd-hangjng by the
skin only
oh! mammal"
"Helen could say no more, but hid her
face Ga my shoulder and sobbed as if her
heart would break.
l must confess to .eara mysslf while watch
ing the heart rendIng attempts OF the dear
crippled bride to quiet the cries eff her hun
gIy babies
Poor little mother, faithful to The end Ii
was pltifui, pitiful! Her pain was so evil
deI (, her suffering too human!
ehs appeared twics more, and then her
own sir Myth failed. she crswled away to die
alone; let us hope, out o. sight and hearing
OF her loved ores,
We al felt with her and for her so ksenly
that We Left home for the afternoon, and at
dark all we're gone no one knew whittier.
The probability that some feline monster
was even then licking her chops after q sup
psr on cur dear little pets was too dreadful 10
spesk OF, and YET
Tom went to bed with the remark-"WeIl
Il pity the boy that catch thro wing stones
ct birds, that's all"
Frsd quietly observed to his mother, Hsr-
" sent for me to come over to-nightsto help
him set up robin he brought down with
pop gun Yesterday, but l don't think care
to CO."