The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-17


The Turtle Dawes.
quo day when Bull Chops. the but
c1era black haired. red-cheeked boy,
cane 10 bring the meat 10 Mn. wes-
tons house he brought With him be.
sides the meat basket a big white one
vim cover. from which a curious
nolse lgsued.
what's that In the basket. BiliY"
Jane asked. mot chickens. surely"
hll laughed "lf you wants 20
know. call your little lady. Cook" he
said. ITS a present Tor her"
y cook called Dolly. aud Dolly came
fnnninF down stairs
idiher sends his compliments. Miss
Doll, BE- aid. 'and a turtle dove tina,
BE- links you'd like 70 have for a pet.
~ vings are clipped. 20 It can't ny
asay I've got another here for 1T
Ne Ais Agnes AZ the parsonage. rn
shoN you the two of them together"
tfsn oui Of the basket he took q pair
q beautiful doves and sei them on the
table They were just alike. and they
nesiied up against each other and pul
thelr heads together and began 10 ut
tsf b curious little sound.
hsrk 20 them trilling their cooes."
aid hill Well. must be on. Good.
bye"
-Good-hye. and Thank Mr.. Chops
very much. said Dolly.
Ttsn hlll went away. leaving one OF
~ dove on the table and carrying the
oiher % with him Dolly took up her
larrt white apron by the corners. put
he dove into Il. and carried Il up to
ne sewing room. where her mother
sai busy At work Mrs. Weston ad-
miltd tLs dove. told Dolly that u was
- nreitv and geT,l.. pet. and that
~ ilihef would make D house Cor Il
iasi outside Of her bedroom window
en- and Dolly thought that she had
ncttf iseu 50 happy In ~ her NE she
letol peis. bat dogs frightened her 4
llll snd cats were only nice when
ihff erfs Kittens after that they were
tlletodeni and stole things and ran
tEay and once she had a large green
paffui Vl,h topaz eyes who could
fsli'f ialk 10 her. but q bli her Anger
yfy aadiy just when she vas giving
Naifnp o. sugar. too. But this dove
"a mrtk and mild aud sweet
Surely li would love her just a. she
ihol'd love a.
Thor j. nothing Ike love and
sweetness IN a pet. Is there. mamma -
at Dolly.
-SoiLing.- said mamma. and kissed
~ llile riTl
That nlcAi the dove wa put IN ne
nfrsis old cage no. hung In nnllys
soon tal 4 made 10 nuch noise tha,
Doh, sep, sers little Over and Over
ar,n sne arose and Looked a. I, by
ihs lril q TIE nlehi lamp The n'or
Hals hing All on one of the vide
pfttet bovlnE iu head constantly.
90 repeating q strange little cry that
,ardcd nke rtur-iur-'ur" And 90 1,
" usns on Cor two or three nights.
n sbo daytime q would neither eat
ros ana. be, made the most unhap-
~ Hnle cy continually. Il seemed "a
y fyiuE.
Wanna" aali Dolly. one morning
Al tna 'hlnk Il a sick"
i bop got. Dolly" said her mother:
.nfhap We have no, given Il What
.ssos 10 cat We viii 20 to Aanl
N,rer. Who keep an sorts OF fowls
- 49, her adslce about feeding IT,
a.tfsl ten Sclock on they started
mi Mamie was 4 nice Old colorcd
~ora1 Who lived In a tiny house al
a, iro o. a hill and raiTed an Kind
N fowls and sold cggl to people whs
..riid ln sei thelr heiR She listened
,,refof, 10 what Mrs. Weston had q
=, sfoqi the dove. ana when she had
s,i.trf sald. well imam. I IA.
also psny Of turtles IN my tim,
sna Ain lell you what D. o. natter
n,i drvc ia mourning Or her mate
garlfa De-, ls mattel carnt be naris,
H.. ,ne wants 20 kill en-. ney Del
monrr, en' mourns an dies. ccrlall
.bnrr pies OF grief like dey va
nlts Masna Chops ies show his fool
l.hnos. pariln dem blrds. ne shout,
ri,s en- bod TO you. Miss Dolly. 81
4. should a give EN- boz TO Miss Az
4 ~. never parted a pair Of turtle
.,,rs ! .old pets. ncy aint no com
foa "a themselves or nobody hrcakin
49,. hearts an callln' Cur dere mates.
.ol dearl dcar'" said Dolly "wha
shall ! dof'
~Th,Ioa nothing 10 be done hui {,
,,te ,onr dove 10 the parsonage am
-i,. II 20 Agnes" said Mrs. Weston
~ci,t away my pretty pet" sat
no,l,. then she wiped away the tear
,hst had sprung to her eyes and cileI
"a, -prlof course ! must ! do no
~,n, nv turtle dove 10 break her hear
want her TO be happy"
~ron-.e you DO" said Aunt Mamie
.von n little dove yourself.
3, mills vent home quite checriull
.na ,ooA the parrots case In her han
30 walked over to the pretty houa
e,ar he church where Agnes live
80 little girl vas sitting on the ssep
,oiion IN her ears and cryln
~ bu, bitterly.
h sr,cd out. "0h Agne,, hay
.afarhei"
|n4k lAe cotton on, Of 10