FINE FEATHERS DO NOT MAKE FINE BIRDS. BY KATE J. NEILY, AUTHOR OF "THE WHITE KITTEN," "ELLIE RANDOLPH," "MARION'S BOSTON: LEE AND SHEPARD. 1869. HARVARD 55+2 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by LEE AND SHEPARD, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. ELECTROTYPED AT THE THE PROVERB SERIES. TO BE COMPLETED IN SIX VOLS. 1. BIRDS OF A FEATHER. 2. FINE FEATHERS DO NOT MAKE FINE BIRDS. 3. HANDSOME IS THAT HANDSOME DOES. (Others in preparation.) (5) FINE FEATHERS DO NOT MAKE FINE BIRDS. CHAPTER I. HERE was great excitement in Public THERE was excited of School No. 8, that 23d of December. The usual soldier-like order and drill seemed entirely suspended; and all through the great building, from the Primary Department, through the Intermediate, and away up to the Grammar divisions, a bustle and confusion prevailed, which showed that something very unusual was going on. A peep through any of the great glass doors revealed the occupants of each class-room busy, not with lessons, but with a great deal pleasanter work, in their opinion at least, if one might judge by the eager importance of each sunny face. The desks, the long benches, and even the floor, were heaped with great boughs of (7) |