Works of George W. Peck A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions of the "Bad Boy" Series and Others

CHAPTER XVIII.

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THE DEPARTED ROOSTER. THE GROCERY MAN DISCOURSES ON DEATH—THE DEAD ROOSTER—A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH—THE TENDERNESS BETWEEN THE ROOSTER AND HIS FAITHFUL HEN—THE HEN RETIRES TO SET—THE CHICKENS—THE PROUD ROOSTER DIES—THE FICKLE HEN FLIRTING IN INDECENT HASTE