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Show AAJf GRAHAM BONNER. i corrn&nr it vui.in ntvmi uhuw WHITE-EYED VIREO. "The Whltc.K.ed Vlrco." snld daddy, dad-dy, "Is a little Hiimller than the spur-roiv. spur-roiv. Uolh the Mr. Vlrco members of tho family and tho Mrs. nnd Miss Vlreo members of tho family dress much nllke. "They wear greenish gray suits nnd Ihhij white throats. Their sides ure rather greenish und yellowish und they hnvo a number of yellow lines. "'I suppuso folks would think I wns n queer mixture.' said Mrs. White-Kyed White-Kyed Vlreo ono day. '1 suppose they Would. In tho flrst plnce I love to scold. 1 get so annoyed over little things Unit huppen. "An lntect or n bco passing by will annoy uic and I will scold for all I am worth. I am rather u lively nnd guy little creature but 1 can't help scolding. " 'I itm like some people, ygu know. They Just llko to nag and scold nnd fret. They llko tb say thnt things nren't Just right. "'That Is tho way they !ike to do. That Is, somo people llko to do that w ny. "'They rather enjoy snylng: . Now don't do that," and "don't do this." M'I nm the same way. "'Hut though 1 scold and fuss and do thnt way, still I nta not really cross and disagreeable. And I do most friendly things nt times. "'That Is why I say that I suppose folks would think mo n queer mixture. mix-ture. "'For, one of tho very friendly things I do Is to nllow a cowblrd. who i i "It Is Foolish." Is a lazy kind of' bird, to lenvo her egg In my nest. "Then I will sit on the egg and not mind In 'Jti least, though Mrs. Cowblrd lays a very big egg, Indeed, ns big ns several of my own eggs. '"And I nm good to the little cowblrd cow-blrd which Inter breaks out of tho shell and mother It and loo after It, even though It has perhaps knocked my own little babies out of tho nest. Very forgiving urn I. Very forgiving. Indeed. "'Hut,' sold Mrs. Itobln, 'I think that Isn't forgiving, so much as I think, It Is foolish of you. You should let Mrs. Cowblrd look after her own family. fam-ily. It Isn't ns though she wero ill or very busy or had something elso of such great Importance to do. "'And It Isn't right that you should let your ,own children surfer because Mrs. Cowblrd's child Is rudo and shoves yours out of tho way. "Tho cowblrd child Is so big and Tough nnd can't play nicely llko your little babies.' "Perhaps what yon Bay Is true,' said Mrs. Whlte-Eyod Vlreu. 'I nm a queer mixture, though. There is no doubt about It.' "There Is no doubt about that,' said Mrs. Robin. "'Ilut I must be off.' Mrs. Itobln ndded. 'I promised Mr. Itobln I would hunt worms with him this afternoon aft-ernoon nnd I nm suro It Is tlmo. "Wo walk up nnd down our favorite favor-ite hills nnd wo go over tho lawns and hnvo n heautlful time. Qood-by,' said Mrs. Robin. 'Gond-by.' said Mrs. Whlte-Kyed Vlrco. "'Sometimes Mr. White-Eyed Vlreo scolds Someone ho "makes hclleW Is about.' Mrs. White-Eyed Vlreo said to hersolf. ' 'He has if fine vqlco ami has many different notes, but should nny ono stop nnd listen to him he begins to scold tho person right nwny as though to sayr ""Youhao no right to listen to me. I nover asked you to listen to mo nnd so you needn't. Now, hurry nwny. Hurry off." ' " "Yes," dnildy said, "ho White-Eyed (Vlreo family Is rather a strange kind .'of family,' taking thorn nit In all, and 'they have curious llttlo ways, quite curious llttlo wnyB." i |