The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-17

such a great big snowflake in all my
born days" said Aunt Fish Hawk
Well, | do declare, it seems just
wonderful how that birthday cake
could blow right out of doors when
everything else was blowing the other
way" said Grandmother Wild Goose.
and Grandmother Cat Bird told her
son, Mr.. Cat Bird. to go right out and
get the birthday cake, but he said
that 1t was no use, for that big snow
flake was Mr.. White Jay, and the
birthday cake had not blown out but
that Mr.. White Jay had flown out with
it, and he thought Mr.. White Jay was
just too mean for anything. The rest
said they thought so, too, and the
birthday party had to be satisfied with
ginger bread, instead of birthday
cake of five layers with white frosting
on top and letters made of red can
dies. M
A little while later the Eagle. who
was King of all the birds, LAS going
long the road to the jewelers. to get
his crown fixed, when he grew so very
tired from walking through the deep
snow that he had to sit down on a
stump to rest. 1t happened that Mr..
White Jay was resting in the snow
just behind the stump and as he kept
perfectly quiet. of course King Eagle
could not see him. He thought he
would have some fun, and, as soon as
King Eagle sat down on the stump,
Mr. White Jay commenced to talk with
his head close to the stump so that
it sounded just as if the stump was
talking. King Eagle was thunder
struck to hear a voice from beneath
him say: Get up, you lazy loafer!
Don't you know any better than to SIT
on a gentleman like that?" King Eagle
did get UP in hurry, but he was very
angry at being called lazy loafer, for
he was tremendously proud, and he
asked the stump if it knew who 1t
was talking to.
Nobody, much,'' said the stump.
only a good-for nothing eagle" That
made King Eagle so mad that he just
jumped up and down in the road. he
pulled off his crown and overcoat ana
said he could lick any stump in the
country who was lll-bred enough u
talk like that. =,
Don't talk like that to me, or l VIII
pull out your tail feathers" said the
stump.
.sYou will, will you!" shouted King
Eagle, and he jumped on that stump
and kicked it shamefully, beat 1t with
his wings and tore it with his peak.
While he was making the chips ny at
a great rate. Mr.. White Jay. who had
neSn DONG all lIllS ldlhlilS AAioICoA "a
the stump, slipped around behind KING
Eagle and went off like shot with his
crown and overcoat. King Eagle FIN
ished tearing up the stump just in time
to see Mr. White Jay disappear with
his crown and overcoat, and then he
was madden than ever He called
meeting of all the birds and ordered
them to catch Mr.. White jay and XIII
him as soon as ever they could, for
that was the only way to stop his
thieving. The birds tried very hard
to catch Mr.. White Jay, but of course
they could not find him at all as long
as the snow was on the ground, but
when summer came, and the grass and
trees were green. they could see him
for a long way. Then they chased him
so that he hardly had any peace at
all, for he was so white that they could
see him much easier than he could see
them. They.very nearly caught him on
several occasions, and they frightened
him so that he flew right up in the
air, and kept up in the sky all sum-
ner. He would come down to the
ground at night to get something to
eat, but all through the day he would
stay so high up in the sky that he
could not be seen at all from below.
At last winter came again, and the
birds dreaded the time when the snow
would cover the ground, for they ex-
pected that Mr.. White Jay would begin
to steal again. T-
At last the snow came again and Mr..
White Jay came, too, but the birds all
laughed when they saw him for he had
turned blue from staying UP in the blue
sky so long, and they could see him so
plainly that they knew there was no
danger of his stealing any more. He
brought back King Eagles crown and
overcoat. and King Eagle changed his
name to Mr.. Blue Jay and told the 9TH
er birds not to chase him any more
He is blue to this day, and is still called
MIR. Blue jay, but he seldom gets a
chance to steal now. although he would
do SO in a minute if he could.