Show 7 JAMES A MURRAYS MURRAY S HOME AT MONTEREY f r rW rI W l 1 I i it d l I w si r x 5 v p pr r w wI wi I i Terrace Entrance From Ocean Side to Home of James A Murray at Monterey Why the Humming Birds Nest at Monterey During a recent visit to Mr and Mrs James A Murray at their beautiful home at Monterey one afternoon seat seated seated seated ed In the roee rem garden on the terrace overlooking the ocean my attention was attracted by a 8 peculiar whirring sound close to me Turning around I observed what at first sight I supposed to be a new species of butterfly but immediately perceived the most dimin diminutive diminutive diminutive and beautiful be of the feathered tribe I had ever seen It was a hum hummingbird hummingbird hummingbird It fascinated fa me as it float floated floate floated ed e from flower to flower Its tiny trans transparent transparent parent wings wIngar while its ita dainty little bill bitt stole the nectar from the roses ro s calyx Were whirring with the velocity of an electric fan in and emitting the sound which attracted me Presently the gardener was approaching and ari I In Instinctively instinctively motioned him to stand still atm which he not comprehending I partly turned round to further admonish him and for tor the instant losing sight of t the bird It vanished Ah sir said he ae as he advanced towards me these are the first hum hummingbirds hummingbirds hummingbirds to build their nests here but out sure like the fairies in Ire Ireland Ireland Ireland land When Whan you oU see He one of em the minnit you OU take your ey eyes s off oft em bad cess to me If It you can CM tell which way they vanish When St Patrick preached in I the Em Emerald Emerald Emerald erald Isle The fairies that haunted the green And their revels had hell held in olden time Were filled with envy and So they thoy want went where the water lilies JUleS float i On the edge ed e of the shallow bay My And nd they thay chow chose cho e themselves each a little boat To cart them far away I 1 Merrily now that little fleet Bounds hounds oer the waters blue Boldly Baldi the fairies have leave taken their seat t tEach Each in her hor light canoe Thy Thi y gave gao their quean queen the largest est Their perilous e rid course to CUM euW iii And after lter a aThe liar nir Mike like a tiny The tiny vessels glide a The eddying ripples that bore bere Or them atone along alongA alonSA A murmuring melody played And the fairies who knew the words wards s of ot its son sonA sonvi sonA A vi g answer made The waters are hurrying away to the theArd out Ard And bear thorn them on with their tide Till rm they reach the s mouth Ml l lAnd And float tl t on the ocean tide t Through Three gh many a day and night they ailed U d Warmly tho the sunshine fell tell t For the might of oC the tit winds and waves was stayed stared By the power of h lr magic spill spell That ma magic ie spell P U 11 has banished the Ute While tira westward course they take For Fora a II glorious GUS trail of ot burnished hed light Is following in their wake I The Tho fairies have reached the strand str nd And loft left the tl lily HIv flowers And fly away aVe I lu in a band bend To the pleasant Dowers bowers Tho centuries old long since have passed And exiles yet were they thoy Till an art Irish h homo home they y found Cound at last t tIn In an ail at nt roY And the tho humming ai m birds seen in this sunny sunny v Sparkling rainbow hues Ar ih the tali r who left the Emerald i isle Iste 1 ti theIr thi white egg canoes JOHN |