The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-12-27
"a RESTAURANT FOR :. BIRDS.

81 intend driving out to see Uncle
O'to to-day" said Mr.. Marcy, at the
prcaklast-tablc. "Who would like to
take scigh-ridc with me p, aud he
looked straight into Kitty's eyes.
"Oh, | would like to papa y, said
Kitty, quickly. "May | ?,'
"l1 mamma thinks best Mr.. Marcy
answered, and az mamma was willin%
Nltty was soon putting on warm wrnns
ana preparing for her fvc-mlc drive
Uncle Utto lived upon the State cx-
pcrimcn;al farm, where he studied the
olrds and insects, and then told the
iarmCrs about them, ami how TO get
rld or those that DESTROYED the crons
and q visit TO him was always full of
interest to Kitty. Indeed, she ,houuht
here never could be another uurlr
quite SO nice as Uncle Otto
KITTY lived in Minnesota whore
they sometimes have great dryl al,
snow In The winter, and tlis year there
haa oeen an unusua amount. The
sIciShlng was fine, and The country
seemed so clean and pretty that KITTY
couid not help cXclaiming as they sped
along, for in the city The snow was
dirty, and here everything was white
as snow ought TO be.
The drifts were piled high on either
SHE OF the somewhat narrow road and
whc' lhey met team, papa had to
turn out very carefully in order to
avoid upsct,ing the sleigh. But KITTY
thought it all great fun, and helpcd
lean over when necessary to keen ,hc
sleigh balanced.
81 wonder what Uncle Otto will
have new to show me this time" said
hltty, as they caught the first sight of
me large buildings which told her that
they were nearly at The end of their
ride, "llC always has something
different from what anybody else would
have" she added, "and learn some
thing every time | come out hcrc.n
81 wonder too,' answered papa.
And then he drove up to the house and
Uncle Otto himself came out and
br"uA ht with him large covered bas-
kct, and he went out toward the great
grove of oak-trccs which extended for
miles back of his house.
Presently he stopped beneath a tree
from a brarch of which was hanging a
loosely coilcd wire. Then he opened
his basket and took cut something
white and round like ball.
"What is that, Uncle Otto 2" asked
Kitty.
"rhat is mutton suct, he answered.
Then he uncoiled the wilc, placed the
suct nn the branch and bound il Sc
curely with the wire.
"Now," he added, turning TO Kitty
cone table is spread for dinner"
"Oh," said Kitty, suddenly, .syou
do it for the birds ?"
eyes, indeed" Uncle Otto returned
"You sec there are lots of cold :
weather birds who do not leave us
through the long winter, and when the
snow gets very deep they have a hard
time TO find enough to eat; then he
sides, when it is very cold indeed ~ il
has been lately, they need some KIND
OF food which will produce heat i'm
their little bodies, and the mutton sue,
does just that. So when began TO
think how deep the fault Of their train
ing and so do not blame them so much.
At any lalc, would not want even
the naughty ones TO 20 hungry"
"But how do they know 50 soon that
their dinner is ready p Kitty asked.
81 have come 10 bchcvc,n answered
Uncle Otto, "that some Of them watch
for me, ard when they see me they
soon notify the others that dinner is
ready by calling, for only a few DAYS
after began putting out the suct fol
them, | noticed the noise, ami that
they all gathered very 'Iickly after
| went away. So ! have come TO tn,
: conclusion that they look for me. ant
: know !hat am manager of their res
taurant."
t KITTY laughed heartily. What
funny idea - she said AMI then aftc
f a moment she added, 81 hcncvc III
@ start IL restaurant on small scale a
@ home. i like to see the BIRDS around
n and it would be such fun TO waite
: them. But. do you know" she added
|. 81 never thought before about tn
IS deep snow making it hard for them t
# iind enough to eat. If ! cannot hav
n a restaurant L will have lunch coul
ter"