. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. 412 Till': MAGPIE. 'â I .''. Ai *i^ â fj tlio table, socuml tlic Uvitlicni siK.,tadc-(', and was out of tlic glass door with tlm most noiseless wing, and with a very graceliil motion. I remained fiuiot resolved to seethe end of the joke. After a few seconds' absenop Jack was again at his post, eyc^ing tlie ..Id gentleman with a most and if glance ; it ^^ as nearly to resist the ludicrous impression nrodiim by the eiitiiv At leiigf h olf
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. 412 Till': MAGPIE. 'â I .''. Ai *i^ â fj tlio table, socuml tlic Uvitlicni siK.,tadc-(', and was out of tlic glass door with tlm most noiseless wing, and with a very graceliil motion. I remained fiuiot resolved to seethe end of the joke. After a few seconds' absenop Jack was again at his post, eyc^ing tlie ..Id gentleman with a most and if glance ; it ^^ as nearly to resist the ludicrous impression nrodiim by the eiitiiv At leiigf h olf came the spectacles, and out came the pocket-handkoi cliiet aiu snull-box ; (puck as thought Jack had visited the table and was out of the onnn door with the prize, which 1 have; no doubt had from the beginning been the o Ins covetous aduiiration while they were on the nose of the old gentleman This tiinp the ]\Iagpie did not relurn. eitlier because he found it more dillicult to reach his^ton house With the spectacles than with the case, or because, having gained the object of l,k ambition, he conceived his presence no longer necessary. At length, the jteriod of rumination having elapsed, the old gentleman was about replacing the .spectacles. As .soon as his surjaise had abated at not linding them with hU hand beside him on the table, he removed the chair and groped about on the carpet th⢠raised tin; book and examined every part of the taljle. Not beiii-r able to rcstr'iin myseli any longer, 1 exploded in laughter, and of course I was instantly suspected'n playing oil a practical joke, ami charged with taking the spectacles, but at leii-ti, siicceeded in convincing him that 1 had never risen from the sofa on which I rccluinl After a good deal of laughing, and two or three other memU'is of the family hnviiicr been attracted to the ronm by the hubbub, I was compelled under cross-examination to own that T had witnessed Jack's The question then bijcaine
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