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Goliath stopped at a discreet distance, and Dr Lavendar sat still

There was a breathless reen

cock, who, balancing on the edge of his tub, his head on one side,

looked with inquisitive eyes at the two oldto

return to his perch and attack the cuttle-fish stuck between the bars

of his cage Upon which Mr Wright swore at him with proud affection,

and waved his hand to his visitor

"Come on! Sorry I can't take you indoors I have to sit out here and

watch these confounded fowls for fear a cat will co There's

not a soul I can trust to attend to it, so I have to waste my valuable

tiy, and came up to the porch

where he was told to "'Sh!" while Mr Wright held his breath to

see if the green cock would not bathe, after all

"That nigger of mine is perfectly useless Look at that perch! Hasn't

been cleaned for a week"

"Yes, suh; cleaned yesterday, suh," Si up with

a handful of chickhich he arranged on the top of one of the