Hard On The Canary

A little West Sornerville girl was punished oue day f or something she had done which she was told not to do. "While her eyes were wet with tears she demanded of her mother, with a pout, "Well, who told yon?" "Oh, a little bird told me. " As the mother lef t the room she heard the child turn toward the innocent canary which lrang in a cage near the window and with infantile spite say, "Mean oíd tattle tale, tattle tale!" The "little bird" story worked well tliat time