THE CAPTIVE I opened the cage of my pet canary; Timid, it faltered a moment there, Then, at my call, became less wary, And blithely sprang to the buoyant air.

The poor little canary was sitting in a corner.

] CHAPTER 2 ELEPHANT'S DAY "Elephant?" asked Tweaty, a yellow canary who was looking up at the large gray beast.

The case of the lame canary.

Edith had no taste for noisy canaries; few great talkers have, for they do interrupt conversation must undeniably, but Fred thought it would be most delightful to have them, and as he had a breeding cage which had belonged to one of his elder sisters years before, he asked the price and began to make his bargain.

Looking at Mr. Clarkson as turkeys might look at a stray canary, the jurors expressed their applause.

Not a soul is to be seen or heard; the mountains are covered with the soft haze that says the day is warm but not oppressive, and here and there a brilliantly colored bird flies by, setting "Tweedle Dum," our taciturn canary, into tune.

He then produced a bottle of medicated canary, and pouring out a large glass for the apprentice, drained another himself.

It did not contain Adelaide's heart among the other broken toys which Carmel had destroyed with her own hand or foot, in her moments of frenzied passionthe canary, that would not pick from her hand, the hat she hated, the bowl which held only bread and milk when she wanted meat or cake.

Shadwell had, by and by, his revenge, by obtaining the laureateship, after the Revolution, in room of Dryden, and no doubt used the opportunity of drowning the memory of defeat in the butt of generous canary which had now for ever passed the door of his formidable rival.

In the other front room was a neat carpet, plain, old-fashioned furniture, and a delightful little plantation of fresh and cozy flower-pots, surrounding a vase full of gold-fishes, and overhung by a bright-eyed, mellow-throated canary, the whole of that paradise being doubtless under the watch and care of little Laura Birch.