The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-05

placel That's. what / should like to know. IL
would have done Just as well. There are
mi miRhty isw people n this world that can tell
miehtv fsT c 10 {he real enuine article.
Wei, g come back to the blackblrd. I'd
not should ISS%ISfi ioin s ana s wShIasr mnd T SS, os thar az
hat to Put 1t on. for l was eolne. down town to
that old hal, OF mine was Trimmed. and I sort OF
started back Casplng when | saw that black
L TRY tu SifsHss!n Eis W head ssiit S and l ES5R on s SPs exc Of Of
me out OF one eye-he didn't have but one, the
children had picked the other out with a hat
ne was setting there instead Of hopping about.
alive and chirping, on the limb Of some tree.
the thing from all sides at once. IL wasn't
my ianlt that he was there on that hat, that ls'
Ell esdI '0F SsfIl' /, SS sant kill xnh him G p,m have ,or him lin
Then. again, II / hadSt wanted him for my
him. and he would have been Killed anyway, So
was II, my fault? IL must>have been his fate
e be killed and stuffed and sewed on q hat,
work out HE fate or destiny or whatever you're
2 mind to call q. lust the same as the rest Of rs
he had been. Matched and had grown TO be a
Eooo-sized bird and then had been cut of In
ms prime al for the express purpose Of. roost;
have been, The whole thing was awful puz-
Jung; and II was made all The, more, %ppzzlIng
" hhVg Wu1FIes COCkeu MS ncnu ana looked ut
me sort. Of reproachful-li like out OF the corner
81 that-one owe nj his. anyway, | brushed
fne I GId hat on gave him an extra nick or two
q hstpln straight through his foot and started
,"There,s a good deal in the way you look at
things. Now, | had been wearing that black
blrd on my hat the whole winter. long and he
nadnt iazed me. | had worn him until he
stead Ola shining b dS ilri.s and Sf2 Raif the Rtst time M,
l had FORGOTTEN he was on my hat; but now,
the ah"S way YOU do Os!!fss NJ I "I Reps t SR9Rf G'R that at
and saving to themselves. What, 9 wicked,
stuffed Just to make her look p%rettyl and 1
thought read in a woman's eyes across from
up on iln nv : hat after iU ali. ar and df that made made ~ me nsf firiSs
mad. l wished | had never saw the old bird. .
III was glad when ! got off that car and went
was looking at some handkerchiefs aud walt
i aB6u Tor &, doe Gls Sii.s to get e. ak ,eEG Ssr *. Ssi prlse on n
them when something came tumbling over
my face !. opto;the s%9gntsr looked down; and
II had fallen on one side with that good eve OF
hts upperm9st. staring straight at me. The
little mirror opposite me-. and there was. The
rest Of that blackbird broken half in two. one
wing hanging down over my hair and the
he'd got tired Of sitting up straight SO long
and wanted to rest q while;
L UOOk WnaJ was lett OF MIN on my bonner
then and there. ! couldn't go into the street
with q headless bird dangling about-and got
the girl to put this bow on In the ~place.of IL.
and I.took It for o sign that l mustn't wear
birds, Since then l hain't wore the ghost OF
a bird on my bonnet and l won't. Not only
that, but I've joined the committee and we're
working hard-aDd that's something brand new
for . committce-tryinR our level best to abol-
ish this monstrous killing of birds and stufinE
them and perching them on women's hats. all
for nothing in the world but to encourage them
enough vanity and to spare. most Of them that
l know anything about. without any encourag-
ing OF them in it. II do hapren to be q woman
that says the same"