. Lives of the hunted, containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds & three birds, and in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings . the mob, when itscattered somewhat, could be seen the causeof it all—a little Hen Sparrow, vigorously, in-dignantly defending herself against her crowdof noisy suitors. They seemed to be makinglove to her, but their methods were so roughthey might have been a lynching party. Theyplucked, worried, and harried the indignantlittle lady in a manner utterly disgraceful, ex- 109 A Street Troubadour cept that it was noticeable they did her noserious harm
. Lives of the hunted, containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds & three birds, and in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings . the mob, when itscattered somewhat, could be seen the causeof it all—a little Hen Sparrow, vigorously, in-dignantly defending herself against her crowdof noisy suitors. They seemed to be makinglove to her, but their methods were so roughthey might have been a lynching party. Theyplucked, worried, and harried the indignantlittle lady in a manner utterly disgraceful, ex- 109 A Street Troubadour cept that it was noticeable they did her noserious harm. She, however, laid about herwith a will. Under no compulsion to spare hertormentors, apparently she would have slaugh-tered them all if she could. It seemed clear that they were making love toher, but it seemed equally clear that she wantednone of them, and having partly convinced themof this at the point of her beak, she took ad-vantage of a brief scattering of the assailants tofly up to the nearest eaves, displaying in onewing, as she went, some white feathers thatafforded a mark to know her by, and may havebeen one of her chief II A COCK SPARROW, in the pride of his black cra-vat and white collar-points, was hard at workbuilding in a bird-house that some children hadset on a pole in the garden for such as he. Hewas a singular Bird in several respects. Thebuilding-material that he selected was all twigs,that must have been brought from Madison orUnion Square, and in the early morning he I 10 A Street Troubadour sometimes stopped work for a. minute to uttera loud sweet song, much like that of a Canary. It is not usual for a Cock Sparrow to buildalone. But then this was an unusual a week he had apparently finished thenest, for the bird-house was crammed to thevery door with twigs purloined from the muni-cipal shade-trees. He had now more leisurefor music, and astonished the people about byfrequent rendering of his long, unsparrow-likeditty; and he might
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