. St. Nicholas [serial] . good. I am ver-y hun-gry, and this is tire-some work. I 11 sit on thetop of the barn and rest. Just then the dai-ry-maid came a-long, and see-ing the egg on thepath, she picked it up and said : Gra-cious me ! Here is one of thoseChi-na nest-eggs out in the gar-den. 33° JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. [February,. JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. My snow-birds have found out a secret. Theytell me that something came last year, and it scoming again—soon—this very month, about the14th—not to me, your Jack, but to the LadyEarth. It s something like this : When a Honey-guide sees a man coming along
. St. Nicholas [serial] . good. I am ver-y hun-gry, and this is tire-some work. I 11 sit on thetop of the barn and rest. Just then the dai-ry-maid came a-long, and see-ing the egg on thepath, she picked it up and said : Gra-cious me ! Here is one of thoseChi-na nest-eggs out in the gar-den. 33° JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. [February,. JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. My snow-birds have found out a secret. Theytell me that something came last year, and it scoming again—soon—this very month, about the14th—not to me, your Jack, but to the LadyEarth. It s something like this : When a Honey-guide sees a man coming alongin the woods, he perches on a branch and callsand twitters until he has attracted attention ; thenhe starts toward some bee-nest of which he knows,flying in a wavy line, stopping now and then, oftenlooking back to see if the traveler is following, andchattering all the while. Arrived at the store ofhoney, the man smokes out the bees and helpshimself to their treasure, while the bird, perchednear, waits for his reward in a share of the spoil. When one nest has been robbed, the guide willperhaps lead to others. But now and then the faith-less bird will sell the unwary traveler badly; and,instead of leading him to a store of dainty sweets,will suddenly leave him at the brink of a lionsden or in front of a crocodile
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