The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-21

, leetle vile. VINO were glttin Uneasy. No brave
sottln' there an walkin' roun' an loOkln' w
inter N trees fr a hour, she, crep' back Inter
her hole, sorrerfpl | see IN, gi'nt's eye an
an then ne give a whoop an. Went way
lie were, back good an early mex morpin'.
an he were n l%onelies' iookin'. ~loveyer YOU
ever. see, Mex day III same thing harp ened
To- settin an needed food You never hcerd
tell on no bird wat worked like he done IN
nus lob afore him were 10 widen tn hole sos
mapul with his claws an Tn way tn chips
fewed remin ed. meo n eight-fO9 saw glttih'
d 4. f. ID 9i IN ~ II lot, one o %. in GlE inR RoSr TI'L7'
he body we're inside o. m tree. Then tn
wildly slttin' on the aiRs give a frightened. cry
CLINT come out an hiked. lie were back In no
Town in N hole an hiked. Almos' afore he
were out o. Sight back he come with nuther
worm. His heart we're In II. he were workin'
fr IN oG'y thing he loved. an, h. come pretty
soin' an co1miip "a black an, wits line With a
dash o. red in Il from that blazin' top-knot o,
hisn. | seen that ct he wernt stopped he'd
stepped out an heaved "A chunk at him an
he 2oiht ,0. m,.,s.. b. m.ds IN tasd,D. her
were m mistake be made all IN time he we're
'quainted with her She were twcnty-iour
sizes too small fr him an, even his tenderes''
To tear mp n saplln'. He Couldn' be brought
T. r~eelize this nohow. but he could a-seed It
plain 'nough Fl he hadn' been. a. say, plum
crazy. She nov he meant well an she got
sorter used to him time jus AZ well used
NJ she could seem that She were I'm terror O
her life He'd been feedin' gi'nt hens In pas
seasons an gint hens u XII outside o two
poun' o. grubs an grasshOppers a day. II
took a good deal o her time THROWN away
food she G,9aldn' eat That made III Siss
some more moss an shavin's fr tn mes an
he srlit M 'nough timber an lugged 'nough
suckers ~ she wanted water, he got a boiler
leaf an filed II an buz2ed up 10 m hole, happya as
II clam, an purity near drowudcd her. IN,
hole were digRed un'er a big limit wat Jutted
out. SaTsnCkers alters do this SOS tu feep NJ
rain out n the oes'. She thurt oust IN limb we're
too big an needed trimmin', sos more sunshine
II an he laughed In giee. tickled mos iujer
suasms by n chanst to do sCmrn fr her.
lie set 10 work az ia a our allied to her 10 'oine
out an look, She got a. iWr a. The aIdEe q.
m hole and squinted up AT the. linn. an JUS
then II broke an liked 10 touf N q ieCe a. Ter
hill He dug way at odd times lei! be- made III
channel to n nos hic 'uourh tr him, an one
time. wen she Come Inter IN -uu 10 streich
he-~e'f. be went down an s%pilatted 81, b algS
cu'se. an come M with q piece % p shell
Stickin' to his claws. She turut in then an
give him a talkiu' vat made him think he We're
IN n Mothers Congress an all g EN- was asin
him T. onst how he dared He Went way fr
two DAYS an on'v come back cause he we're
'frirhted she'd starve She we're glad lhen
7 ll VI Nhl'llNf . VIZ WV ~.
1.-TWO weeks later on N Young was ha'cted
on n bottle VII" artsr th1t sh" brung EN- ont
m rroun' one by ore an, SCI, en- ny 2n
stumus an uushed en- or Meanwhii" y
ri'nt he sit Of at . respectful d~istuncr an hub
IN crsscd fool he didn' have part nur parcel
in 'enl hut he loved they NANNY 80 hard any.
thing wat hlonged, TO- her we're sG3rtcr sakcrdi
a, Twin m fus' Do" thov was three o. en-
but she weren't discouraged She took tive
nm one like II were a feather and hauded II to
her AT N mouth q tn hole without hurtln' OF
II none. he We're 50 proud vNud = NOR some
an a new avc With a aidge on Il Ike a razor
The farlv were out cv'v day arter. that an
I lost ,ir, rom nv hiInif watch,n' Of rn. Ih
r'ny store, lie m?de q housewife O. hist
ON fresh leaves an moss t sleep, on, Thev
thev Weren't no grub Tite an tat an iuiGo
q HE aiin' with love he were a likely lookin'
bird His feathers were clostv an n rcdder
h,id. never fitted through n, north woods,
suckers. F'om before snnpp tell, plum dark
he were comiu' an goin', totin' food, ur wattah:
" Gedd,n, gr , %T snstc SfS" a vT mint O nT two '' to
court tn WILDLY. an tn f%unnies' part O. II we're
he thort he we're sayi psr a ,t sGGd b 5m'. none
7 hev took wat he had, 70 give an, paid no
'tention to him res q IN time. Asf r tn lectle
Ia iSd Ssr sH woI ~ , Ca tsl m'y s f%' h n,m od did Sc. @e down Svrnp TO
no such meals. she never did sleep in no such
bod. she never did have nobody, to watch oyer
her like wat he done. but she 'ook II all "a a
a co'se an Rom DAYS beginning 20
days cepd. she never said a word 10 nun l4nd
didn' tumble He were jus crazy that,-,al
They cone a time wen N. Kids got hlg an
strong an vishiu' fr I o do r. they>efs Two
Wa no GuCkprs nm ono IaN W on | were Ndftn1u ]
got back with Jus one worm. II were fearful
bot III mont were Angus an. h" we're 0yin''
worm 10 ~ ier,le she hid m III two boys
on him an .%walloped him. Ne didn'
.ifHckI his Gsid nn;er hs Wing an IL, en- knock
aroun' much a. they wanted 10. Wen
They wore rheysers out hif1n' him. he went
Ia hisso'f The WILDLY lookt on like II weren't
none o. her hiznis. but I were easvt to see she
rnehhe thov didn' give III gi'nt hat 'nough.
II made me So mad ef I'd had a gun I'd a-shot
m hrll blamed bunch After that the he kids
80 they laid inter him Is r. exercise They
jukkei mos o. tn feathers out'n him In a week
an, al he could do Lr G2ggss2 s co,5 Were t." work
At las IN thing ended, II got 10 be late
In September. One day bout noon, n, four
EN- gathered apart Rom him on a daid limb
Ten ward away. lie were settin' on Nh groun,
sciected. He'd brought tn WILDLY a fat green
hopper an she'd simply declined 70 fetch IL
an, w'ackai n gi'nt on his haid 1t we're
r hard blow an I seen a 'eetle red feather float
away. Tn xii chuckled an flew back. Then
II other ooe di1 tn anne thirg. TIE IN leetle
he com" do n N made , pas him. II
srrawked doleful at his. III wi'dy chuckled
Then she give a couple o'Chirps an all four ris
straight up. 'bove IN spruces. 'bove tn bal
5ams, 'bove IN hemloCks, tn hiCkrieS an ~
pines. They never cas- no hackerd glanSt,
nIt hnided straight r. m south. I knowed
hen thev was gone r. tn winter.
''Th' gjnt lonFt A. roun sorter disnul. He
waited r. ON 10 come back. He wont an
oott ut ~ hole down W'ich he'd em-tied two
II three hundred Weight o. food He feved
n ~ leet'e .rriug were he Ulster git the vattah
r ON tn rriNt' o hi' feet wa thiok al
-oun' II. He come back an hi c'e fen an
ne stamrt on tn rleoes. lie went way, hut
we're bq0k in n mint uT two with n bunch q
ed berries In hi hin. ! knowed wat thev
avid poorie. wat grows In. swnmrs-
'anE olson thev he Ne set on N, aidge o
Then no swa''e-ed 'em one b. one.
he hsdn' got N las one landed Won he teete-ed
leet'e bit. then come down. lie hit n groun'
m Ma hart. with hi laigs an biz i0tiN' M
I'd, Wen S;t 70 HIN he we're store dnid
,e went ont ~ hls class. Animals. It seems.
ire a good deal I've human roings."
aN,h anIA Faru "fhHt ain M way 10 env