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very faint, the doctor ordered brandy and water to revive her;
and when she tasted it, Dick, as usual, called for his share.
He laid his little head against her face caressingly, peeped
and coaxed until she determined to gratify him.
But no sooner had Dicky tasted the brandy than he flew into
a violent passion, shook his head, stamped his feet and beat his
wings,
Sl
lding sharply all the time. Then in disgust he flew back
into his cage and would neither come out nor notice Mary all
day long.
Who shall say that that little bird was not right and that
Mary should have sought other medicine.
Band of Hope
Pri1rzer,
1863.
SoNG.-THE BETTER PLAN
Air. "Comin' Thro' the Rye."
If
a body meet a body,
Who won't sign the pledge,
Shall a body wound a body
With contempt's keen edge'(
Should not that same body rather
Strenuously try
To show the other body that he'd
Better join the Y.
From "A Silhouette Social,"
Mary H. Mather,
1889.
The Quaker
Two parts Rum,
Two parts Brandy,
One part Lemon juice,
One part Raspberry Syrup.
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