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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Troubles of Biddy, by Isabel Byrum
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+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
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+
+Title: The Troubles of Biddy
+       A pretty little story
+
+Author: Isabel Byrum
+
+Illustrator: Margaret Evans Price
+
+Release Date: November 25, 2010 [EBook #34438]
+
+Language: English
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+
+<h3>Transcriber's Note</h3>
+
+<ul>
+<li> Illustration captions in {brackets} have been added by the transcriber for reader convenience.</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="pg">
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 405px; margin-top: 1em;">
+<img src="images/illus01.jpg" id="coverpage" width="405" height="650" alt="The Trouble of Biddy {Girl playing with ducklings.}" title="" />
+<p class="right">N<sup>o.</sup> 25</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="pg">
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[Pg 2]</a></span></p>
+
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 537px;">
+<img src="images/illus02.jpg" width="537" height="650" alt="The Troubles of Biddy {Chicken, duckling, and duck.}" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<h2>A Pretty Little Story<br />
+by Isabel Byrum</h2>
+
+<p class="center">DRAWINGS BY MARGARET EVANS PRICE<br />
+<img src="images/002.jpg" width="30" height="38" alt="{Logo.}" title="" /><br />
+<br />
+<br />
+</p>
+
+<div style="float: left; margin-left: 1em;">
+COPYRIGHT 1917 BY STECHER LITHO. CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y.
+</div>
+
+<div style="float: right; margin-right: 1em;">
+"MADE IN USA"
+</div>
+<div style="clear: both;">&nbsp;</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="pg">
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[Pg 3]</a></span></p>
+<h1>The Troubles<br />
+of Biddy</h1>
+
+
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">"Oh dear," sighed old Biddy, just under her breath,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">"I really am troubled and worried to death!<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">For months I have thought of a family, dear,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">To gladden my heart, and to live with me here.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">"But daily I find that my plans are upset,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">And all I can do is to sit here and fret&mdash;<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">I haven't a sign of an egg in my nest,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">Though some I have laid are as good as the best.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">"I&nbsp;scolded last night when my mistress came near,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">But though she was bitten, she seemed not to fear;<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">She only said, 'Biddy, what are you about?'<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">And then through the doorway she simply passed out.<br /></span>
+</div></div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 493px;">
+<img src="images/illus03.jpg" width="493" height="650" alt="{Girl gathering eggs.}" title="" />
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="pg">
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[Pg 4]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">"I&nbsp;don't understand it; I cannot see why;<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">For surely to be a good mother I'd try;<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">Although I would see that they did as I said!"<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">And Biddy, in sorrow and grief hung her head.<br /></span>
+</div></div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 511px;">
+<img src="images/illus04.jpg" width="511" height="650" alt="{Girl with eggs next to nest.}" title="" />
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="pg">
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</a></span></p>
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 407px;">
+<img src="images/illus05.jpg" width="407" height="650" alt="{Girl placing eggs in nest.}" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">So deep was the longing of poor Biddy's heart,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">She felt that with life she was ready to part;<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">But glancing about in her trouble and pain<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">She saw that her mistress was coming again;<br /></span>
+</div></div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="pg">
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[Pg 6]</a></span></p>
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">And noting the basket she held in her hand<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">Old Biddy thought quickly "she can't understand,"<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">And "what is she doing?" exclaimed in surprise;<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">For out of the nest Biddy felt herself rise.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">As Biddy stood resting her poor weary legs,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">She saw that the basket contained shining eggs;<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">And mistress with care placed them all in the nest<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">For Biddy to snuggle beneath her warm breast.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">Now Biddy was happy; her burden was gone,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">Her troubles had vanished, she felt she had none:<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">And, planning away in her little straw bed,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">No thoughts of complaining came into her head.<br /></span>
+</div></div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 614px;">
+<img src="images/illus06.jpg" width="614" height="650" alt="{Girl feeding hen in nest.}" title="" />
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="pg">
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span></p>
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 616px;">
+<img src="images/illus07.jpg" width="616" height="650" alt="{Shed.}" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">She looked from the window each morning at dawn,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">And pictures of rapture were constantly drawn,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">For, out on the lawn near a little old shed,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">Were dishes and troughs where the chickens were fed.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">And Biddy thought wisely, "These things I shall use;<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">The largest and neatest are what I shall choose."<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">But never a thought did this wise mother take<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">Of danger, or trouble, in St. Mary's lake.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">How happy she was when the first sounds were heard,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">And the bright downy heads her soft feathers stirred!<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">"But what is the matter with each little nose?"<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">She said in amazement, "And what ails their toes?"<br /></span>
+</div></div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="pg">
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</a></span></p>
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">"They are not like chickens at all, I am sure!<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">I wonder whatever such strange things will cure?"<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">And Biddy once more was in trouble most deep;<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">For none of her children could really say peep.<br /></span>
+</div></div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 424px;">
+<img src="images/illus08.jpg" width="424" height="650" alt="{Girl picks up duckling from nest.}" title="" />
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="pg">
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span></p>
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 469px;">
+<img src="images/illus09.jpg" width="469" height="650" alt="{Girl pumps water into pond for ducklings.}" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">"I&nbsp;think that my babes for a walk ought to go;"<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">One morning said Biddy, "I'll lead them just so;<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">I'll watch every minute lest danger arise:<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">For they'll not be safe when from under my eyes."<br /></span>
+</div></div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="pg">
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span></p>
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">At the word every downy ball hustled about,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">And ere Biddy knew it, they all had jumped out<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">Of the nest, and were darting about in the sun,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">For bugs, and for grass blades, and simply for fun.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">Biddy watched for a time and then softly said,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">"I ought to be dusting my feathers and head;"<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">So off to the roadside she hastily went,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">And there in the soft sand, a few moments spent.<br /></span>
+</div></div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 642px;">
+<img src="images/illus10.jpg" width="642" height="650" alt="{Girl kisses duckling.}" title="" />
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="pg">
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span></p>
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 589px;">
+<img src="images/illus11.jpg" width="589" height="650" alt="{Girl feeds ducklings.}" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">What was it made Biddy's heart quiver and leap?<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">It wasn't the sound of a young chicken's peep&mdash;<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">But the splashing of water and flutt'ring of wings&mdash;<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">And leaving the road side she screamed, "Of all things!"<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">Her babies were all in the watering trough,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">Regardless of sickness, disease, and of cough.<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">"Oh dear," cried poor Biddy, "What now shall I do?<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">My children will drown and before my eyes too!"<br /></span>
+</div></div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="pg">
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span></p>
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">And mistress cried, "Biddy, now please don't you fear,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">They simply <i>love</i> water, and oh! aren't they dear?<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">I'll keep them all safe, so Biddy go 'way!<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">And let your poor children have freedom to play."<br /></span>
+</div></div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 435px;">
+<img src="images/illus12.jpg" width="435" height="650" alt="{Girl closely holds duckling.}" title="" />
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="pg">
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span></p>
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 650px;">
+<img src="images/illus13a.jpg" width="650" height="392" alt="{Girl plays with ducklings.}" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">Each day in the trough and the puddles they played<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">And off where the grass was the deepest they stayed<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">While Biddy would search for them, clucking for hours<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">Over the barnyard and in 'mong the flowers.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">The little log barn was a refuge at night<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">Where often poor Biddy for courage would fight;<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">And there, with her feathers above her young brood,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">She tried to instruct them in ways to be good.<br /></span>
+</div></div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;">
+<img src="images/illus13b.jpg" width="350" height="325" alt="{Hen and ducklings scratch for food.}" title="" />
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="pg">
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span></p>
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 650px;">
+<img src="images/illus14.jpg" width="650" height="223" alt="{Hen and ducklings walk in a row.}" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">Where apples were juicy and mellow, one day,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">These ten naughty children were gathered to play,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">When suddenly one of them, leading the band,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">Said, "Come, let us travel," and there a trip planned.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">So off they all went toward the shed and the pump,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">Turning out now and then for a log or a stump,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">And down the steep hill where the clover bloomed bright<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">The little band wandered in perfect delight.<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">The moment that Biddy discovered the plot<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">She rushed in confusion and soon reached the spot;<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">"Oh children, be careful!" she screamed in alarm;<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">"In the lake I'm sure you will meet with some harm!"<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">But to cry, and protest, and urge them to come<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">Seemed all of no use, for they would not go home.<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">And Biddy exclaimed to herself in disgust,<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">"To stand this I cannot, and leave them I must!"<br /></span>
+</div><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0cap">The evening shades gathered that night in the sky;<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">The wind sung most softly a sweet lula-by;<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">But Biddy had left her dear children alone:<br /></span>
+<span class="i2">She found they were ducklings, and such could not own.<br /></span>
+</div></div>
+
+
+<p class="center">The End</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="pg">
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 650px;">
+<img src="images/illus15a.jpg" width="650" height="420" alt="The Troubles of Biddy {Four hens sitting together.}" title="" />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<img src="images/illus15b.jpg" width="80" height="91" alt="{Logo.} STECHER QUALITY MADE IN U.S.A. 261" title="" />
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="pg">
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 405px;">
+<img src="images/illus16.jpg" width="405" height="650" alt="The Troubles of Biddy {Girl playing with ducklings.}" title="" />
+</div>
+</div>
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Troubles of Biddy, by Isabel Byrum
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or
+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
+with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
+
+
+Title: The Troubles of Biddy
+       A pretty little story
+
+Author: Isabel Byrum
+
+Illustrator: Margaret Evans Price
+
+Release Date: November 25, 2010 [EBook #34438]
+
+Language: English
+
+Character set encoding: ASCII
+
+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TROUBLES OF BIDDY ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Patrick Hopkins and the
+Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
+
+
+
+
+
+Transcriber's Note
+
+- Illustration captions in {brackets} have been added by the transcriber
+for reader convenience.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+                  [Illustration: THE TROUBLES OF BIDDY
+                     {Girl playing with ducklings.}]
+
+                                             No. 25
+
+
+
+
+                  [Illustration: The Troubles of Biddy
+                     {Chicken, duckling, and duck.}]
+
+
+                          A Pretty Little Story
+                             by Isabel Byrum
+                    DRAWINGS BY MARGARET EVANS PRICE
+                        [Illustration: {Logo.}]
+
+
+  COPYRIGHT 1917 BY STECHER LITHO. CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. "MADE IN USA"
+
+
+
+
+The Troubles of Biddy
+
+
+    "Oh dear," sighed old Biddy, just under her breath,
+        "I really am troubled and worried to death!
+    For months I have thought of a family, dear,
+        To gladden my heart, and to live with me here.
+
+    "But daily I find that my plans are upset,
+        And all I can do is to sit here and fret--
+    I haven't a sign of an egg in my nest,
+        Though some I have laid are as good as the best.
+
+    "I scolded last night when my mistress came near,
+        But though she was bitten, she seemed not to fear;
+    She only said, 'Biddy, what are you about?'
+        And then through the doorway she simply passed out.
+
+  [Illustration: {Girl gathering eggs.}]
+
+    "I don't understand it; I cannot see why;
+        For surely to be a good mother I'd try;
+    Although I would see that they did as I said!"
+        And Biddy, in sorrow and grief hung her head.
+
+  [Illustration: {Girl with eggs next to nest.}]
+
+  [Illustration: {Girl placing eggs in nest.}]
+
+    So deep was the longing of poor Biddy's heart,
+        She felt that with life she was ready to part;
+    But glancing about in her trouble and pain
+        She saw that her mistress was coming again;
+
+    And noting the basket she held in her hand
+        Old Biddy thought quickly "she can't understand,"
+    And "what is she doing?" exclaimed in surprise;
+        For out of the nest Biddy felt herself rise.
+
+    As Biddy stood resting her poor weary legs,
+        She saw that the basket contained shining eggs;
+    And mistress with care placed them all in the nest
+        For Biddy to snuggle beneath her warm breast.
+
+    Now Biddy was happy; her burden was gone,
+        Her troubles had vanished, she felt she had none:
+    And, planning away in her little straw bed,
+        No thoughts of complaining came into her head.
+
+  [Illustration: {Girl feeding hen in nest.}]
+
+  [Illustration: {Shed.}]
+
+    She looked from the window each morning at dawn,
+        And pictures of rapture were constantly drawn,
+    For, out on the lawn near a little old shed,
+        Were dishes and troughs where the chickens were fed.
+
+    And Biddy thought wisely, "These things I shall use;
+        The largest and neatest are what I shall choose."
+    But never a thought did this wise mother take
+        Of danger, or trouble, in St. Mary's lake.
+
+    How happy she was when the first sounds were heard,
+        And the bright downy heads her soft feathers stirred!
+    "But what is the matter with each little nose?"
+        She said in amazement, "And what ails their toes?"
+
+    "They are not like chickens at all, I am sure!
+        I wonder whatever such strange things will cure?"
+    And Biddy once more was in trouble most deep;
+        For none of her children could really say peep.
+
+  [Illustration: {Girl picks up duckling from nest.}]
+
+  [Illustration: {Girl pumps water into pond for ducklings.}]
+
+    "I think that my babes for a walk ought to go;"
+        One morning said Biddy, "I'll lead them just so;
+    I'll watch every minute lest danger arise:
+        For they'll not be safe when from under my eyes."
+
+    At the word every downy ball hustled about,
+        And ere Biddy knew it, they all had jumped out
+    Of the nest, and were darting about in the sun,
+        For bugs, and for grass blades, and simply for fun.
+
+    Biddy watched for a time and then softly said,
+        "I ought to be dusting my feathers and head;"
+    So off to the roadside she hastily went,
+        And there in the soft sand, a few moments spent.
+
+  [Illustration: {Girl kisses duckling.}]
+
+  [Illustration: {Girl feeds ducklings.}]
+
+    What was it made Biddy's heart quiver and leap?
+        It wasn't the sound of a young chicken's peep--
+    But the splashing of water and flutt'ring of wings--
+        And leaving the road side she screamed, "Of all things!"
+
+    Her babies were all in the watering trough,
+        Regardless of sickness, disease, and of cough.
+    "Oh dear," cried poor Biddy, "What now shall I do?
+        My children will drown and before my eyes too!"
+
+    And mistress cried, "Biddy, now please don't you fear,
+        They simply _love_ water, and oh! aren't they dear?
+    I'll keep them all safe, so Biddy go 'way!
+        And let your poor children have freedom to play."
+
+  [Illustration: {Girl closely holds duckling.}]
+
+  [Illustration: {Girl plays with ducklings.}]
+
+    Each day in the trough and the puddles they played
+        And off where the grass was the deepest they stayed
+    While Biddy would search for them, clucking for hours
+        Over the barnyard and in 'mong the flowers.
+
+    The little log barn was a refuge at night
+        Where often poor Biddy for courage would fight;
+    And there, with her feathers above her young brood,
+        She tried to instruct them in ways to be good.
+
+  [Illustration: {Hen and ducklings scratch for food.}]
+
+  [Illustration: {Hen and ducklings walk in a row.}]
+
+    Where apples were juicy and mellow, one day,
+        These ten naughty children were gathered to play,
+    When suddenly one of them, leading the band,
+        Said, "Come, let us travel," and there a trip planned.
+
+    So off they all went toward the shed and the pump,
+        Turning out now and then for a log or a stump,
+    And down the steep hill where the clover bloomed bright
+        The little band wandered in perfect delight.
+
+    The moment that Biddy discovered the plot
+        She rushed in confusion and soon reached the spot;
+    "Oh children, be careful!" she screamed in alarm;
+        "In the lake I'm sure you will meet with some harm!"
+
+    But to cry, and protest, and urge them to come
+        Seemed all of no use, for they would not go home.
+    And Biddy exclaimed to herself in disgust,
+        "To stand this I cannot, and leave them I must!"
+
+    The evening shades gathered that night in the sky;
+        The wind sung most softly a sweet lula-by;
+    But Biddy had left her dear children alone:
+        She found they were ducklings, and such could not own.
+
+The End
+
+
+
+
+  [Illustration: The Troubles of Biddy {Four hens sitting together.}]
+
+  [Illustration: STECHER QUALITY MADE IN U.S.A. 261 {Logo.}]
+
+
+
+
+  [Illustration: THE TROUBLES OF BIDDY {Girl playing with ducklings.}]
+
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