. St. Nicholas [serial]. MADAM CATBIRD HAD RETURNED DADDY CATBIRD WHAT THE FLASH-LIGHT SHOWED A CAMERA ADVENTURE WITH CATBIRDS By HOWARD TAYLOR MIDDLETON Theodore, aged six, was standing beneath acherry-tree from which he had just brought with him a cluster of luscious fruitand a bit of interesting information. The formerhe kept strictly to himself, the latter he gener-ously bestowed on us. I saw a nest in the busheswhile I was up at ole tree! he volunteered, be-tween bites. W hat kind of a nest was it, dear? asked Pal,much impressed. Dont call me, dear; I aint no g-u-r-r-u-1!Then
. St. Nicholas [serial]. MADAM CATBIRD HAD RETURNED DADDY CATBIRD WHAT THE FLASH-LIGHT SHOWED A CAMERA ADVENTURE WITH CATBIRDS By HOWARD TAYLOR MIDDLETON Theodore, aged six, was standing beneath acherry-tree from which he had just brought with him a cluster of luscious fruitand a bit of interesting information. The formerhe kept strictly to himself, the latter he gener-ously bestowed on us. I saw a nest in the busheswhile I was up at ole tree! he volunteered, be-tween bites. W hat kind of a nest was it, dear? asked Pal,much impressed. Dont call me, dear; I aint no g-u-r-r-u-1!Then realizing, perhaps, that he had been a bitabrupt in his conversation with a lady, he grinnedsheepishly and explained: I think it are a cat-bird. Its got three blue eggs in it. Thanking Theodore for his store of good news,and extracting from him a solemn promise thathe would molest neither the eggs nor the nest, weleft him to his feast of cherries. Then, cameras inhand, we approached with due caution the hair-lined, gras
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