The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-14
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Bind of Paradise
ny RUBY peusLAs.

" RUBY 1evsLAs'
\ Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
I Newspaper syndlcate.l
TsFHEL Was distressed about
- ipE contaminated BY the prox'
My Of u common hiFd that hung
h the window Of the apartment
it8lep,t Know how 10 overcome
ne difficulty she told her chum.
HpstkIe Is being absolutely ruined
fnd ypp know what I think Of him.
He's d wonderful roller, and I
hFplght him east with me and
proplIsed 10 take him back, 90 as 10
AyelhtAa mated With another rare
bif9 that belongs 70 bird tancter
y eat stewn. Its a shame"
WHAT harm can bird down.
stairs 40 your DicSie up here, !
wanttpj know" asked Rose amused
a the insignificant cause OF Ethels
Worry.
what hafmg WHY, that bird is
d choppet-a common chopper. He
yb,skesia lot Of noise, sings oil the
time, has lovely feathers, l sup,
! pose, and they--whoeYer they may
be-ptobably. think he's grand.
l)ickie hears hIm-be's young, my
bird, you know--and he thinks y
smart 10 initiate those bourgeois
notes. ! have closed the windows,
but can't suflocate just because
thes3 people will keep their com.
mon canary In the window, can :"
Rose laughed, well, hardly,
Ethel Can't you 90 and wait on
! these people and ask them to re.
move their bird from the win
dpSgg
ilthel admitted that she had con.
sifered even this step. ut seems 10
be- sort OF studio, and don't
know who lives there" she said
IN the course OF the next few
siinny mornings her bird so def.
antls insisted on learning the chop.
ming notes OF the common bird
dowastalrs that Ethel was driven
10 desperate measures.
Leaving Diokie struggling with
the short, noisy notes he seemed SO
enarnoged OF, she went downstairs
and knocked on the door below a
BRASS cathedral formed the knock
cir and she wondered who the people
might be who had so ordinary a
door Smoker and SO common a
'Nihird.
yplng man In smoking coat
and wearing horn.rimmed glasses
answered her knock.
u am Ethel Darling" she be
wont you come in9n The young
man asked. swinging wide the
Ethel entered. She let her eyes
bail on the bird in the cake. He
WAS making an unearthly noise,
throwing his head about and dis.
porting himself generally in the
soh: Peter asked the young
Yes You see, 1.-Two upstairs
andyI have a very finely bred can
aryswho Is a marvellous roller with
q pedigree back OF him that reach
essas far back as-well, ! hardly
sSot like Peter" laughed the
Young man gayly. "fIe's Just the
garden variety, guess"
He's pretty" admitted Ethel.
She did not want to offend the
strange young man. Il was per-
nnitted6t6 bring Dlckie east with me
for-oh, more for company than
anything else. came on to study
music, and they were afraid Id be
! omesick--lonesome or something
land a was 10 bring Dickie as a
part OF home, you know.
"a pretty idea. Does It work.
thelman asked.
Ethel nodded informally. Eyes.
hut oh; I'm so worried. He is learn.
ing Toto sing like your bird, and
he IS being ruined! He loves to
hear your bird sing and 1 close the
window and nearly die for want OF
sir. III wondered II we couldn't.
perhaps, take turns putting our
birds in another part OF the house.
Tou do II one week; I'll do It tho
nGxt. would"
1.-THE bird isn't mine. It belongs
TO my sister. and she thinks he's
wonderful. ! shall bring up the
subject very carefully. My sister is
we'll. she's the type the cartoon.
ISIS always associate with canary
bird and-she's sensitive
Don't offend her, please Ethel
froEned thoughttully. What could
steSdo?
Leave Il to me. I'll see that
Pete's common manners wont con.
y animate those OF your aristocratic
canary, Miss-Darling. 1t is Oar.
ling, Is IL rot?"
II shall appreciate anything you
can do"
my name Is watson-Gilbert
Hatson.r
Ethel turned toward the door and
y he held II open for her. "You are
sure you don't mind?' asked the
girl as she stepped out.
ION the contrary am glad to
have become acquainted with the
owner OF Dickie." laughed Watson.
He did not like 10 tell her that
she was the loveliest thing he had
eyer seen in his life, and that she
had quite upset him, coming in. as
she had. while he was In the midst
of one OF his most thrilling seen.
arios. He found himself unable to
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