. St. Nicholas [serial] . THE UNITED STATES BATTLE-SHIP HER VERY OWN. (A True Story.) By Florence A. Pardee. Once upon a time, there was a little girlnamed Helen. She lived in the country, andabout her house there were many fine trees,where the birds came every year to spend thesummer. Now Helen loved to watch the birds,butterflies, and bees doing their work. Well, one day, Mr. and Mrs. Oriole came tolook at the big elm-tree. They soon decidedto build a nest there, and each flew off in a dif-ferent direction to find building-material. Oh, papa, cried Helen, who had caughtthe gleam
. St. Nicholas [serial] . THE UNITED STATES BATTLE-SHIP HER VERY OWN. (A True Story.) By Florence A. Pardee. Once upon a time, there was a little girlnamed Helen. She lived in the country, andabout her house there were many fine trees,where the birds came every year to spend thesummer. Now Helen loved to watch the birds,butterflies, and bees doing their work. Well, one day, Mr. and Mrs. Oriole came tolook at the big elm-tree. They soon decidedto build a nest there, and each flew off in a dif-ferent direction to find building-material. Oh, papa, cried Helen, who had caughtthe gleam of brilliant orange and black, letshelp them, so they 11 stay here. All right, little girl, answered her father. Helen had helped birds before by puttingbits of string and worsted, and straws, on theground and near-by bushes. Suddenly she clapped her hands, exclaiming, Oh, I m going to label this nest, and then,after it s all built, it will be mine! HER VERY OWN. 821 So she carefully wrote her name on a tag ofpaper, putting a long piece of white stringthrough the
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