The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-07


i Having measles had been horrid.
but what made 1t ever SO much
worse was the fact that mother and
daddy had to go of quite suddenly 10
see grandma, who had been taken Ill.
and for two days Molly had seen no one
but nurse.
She was sitting on the hearth rug in
front of the fire, with a big screen
around her to keep off the draught-for
nurse had opened the window wide at
the bottom before she went downstairs
washing and dressing her baby dolly.
whose toilet took very long time, in
deed. when "Chirp! chirpw came birds
voices over the screen
It's those dear robins, / expect"
said Molly softly to her dolly.
1t was bitterly cold winter weather.
and as the ground was frozen as hard
as 1t could possibly be. Molly had been
placing nicely soaked bread crumbs out
side the nursery window for the hungry
dickey birds to feed upon.
An Unusual Visitor.
Then, suddenly Good morning. said
a chirpy voice right over her head.
Molly looked up with start, and
there on the top of the screen she saw
whom do you think? Why. Mr.. Robinl
Good morning. dear Mr.. Robin" an
swered Molly. How kind of you to
come and see me! I'm so lonely. be-
cause 1 have no one to play with. You
see, I've"
She broke off suddenly with start.
Tor the thought suddenly struck her that
perhaps Mr.. Robin was as afraid of
measles as humans are. "oh, l ought
to have told you at once-Fve had
measles. 1 do hope you're not afraid of
catching them!'
Afraid of catching measles, indeed"
laughed Mr.. Robin. why. we robins
never catch anything but worms and
flies, and we're not afraid of catching
them, l can tell you. But, dear, dear.
how ones thoughts do wander! I'm for
getting to tell you what i really came
for. 1 want to say how grateful Mrs.
Robin and myself are for the kind way
in which you've fed us during this
winter weather"
Just as he was speaking there was
faint "Cheep! cheep!'' outside the win
dow.
why. 1 do believe that's my wife,"
observed Mr.. Robin.
"Oh, please do ask her to come in. too.
and get warm!" cried Molly eagerly.
After little conversation in bird Ian
guage, which. of course, Molly did not
understand, in flew Mrs. Robin. follow
ed by her two sons. Brownie and Or
ange- Breast
please" they all chirped in chorus.
thank you ever so much, dear little
human, for all the lovely breakfasts
you've given us this freezing weather."
And for the nice cool water you put
on the old sun dial in the garden in the
summer, when everything was SO dried
up that we should really have died Of
thirst if you hadn't thought of US.
added Brownie.
would you like to hear how we first
discovered your window sill, with the
lovely crumbs upon it?' asked the
father robin.
"Oh, yes; please do tell me" cried
much as you or do.
well, you know what dreadful
weather we've had lately; the ground
is SO hard that worms are impossible
to find. and as the ferrets nave h "a
such a run on them. they are nearly all
.'One by one"-here Mr.. and Mrs.
Robin both rubbed their eyes, and Mr..
I've saw our friends die around us
from cold and hunger, and we were be-
ginning to fear what our fate might be,
when one morning Orange-Breast said
he would go and see what could be
found He felt sure he would be able
TO get something for his mothers
breakfast
After we had all kissed him and
told him to be careful, he started off
like the good, brave fellow he is" Or
ange-Breast hero hung down his head
and looked very modest, indeed.
Yes, yes; do go on" said Molly, ca
igerly. ~
ange-Breast," said Mr.. Robin to his
son.
Orange Breasts Story.
We'll" began Orange-Breast, shyly,
''as / started off 1 was feeling very hun
cry and cold and rather miserable, but
full Of hope that some good luck might
come to me. Flying from tree to tree,
happened to come to your garden: l
thought it looked familiar, and suddenly
remembered that it was the one in
which we had always found water in
the summer.
u was just thinking to myself that
perhaps l might find something there to
eat when espied a holly bush on the
lawn with a few miserable berries
left upon it. l flew down. and was soon
making fairly good meal.
Just as l was trying to break off a
tiny branch of berries for the others
/ felt an awful shiver creep over me,
and, looking around, l saw a horrid
yellow cat crawling toward me. Scarcely
knowing what l did, l rose in the air
with the most delicious crumbs. OF
course. it was yours. Then 1 flew back
- fast "a ~vAr INV wings would carry