bird-hoop

Updated: May 8, 2025

Algernon, reaching home at midnight, stole into his brother's room and hung the bird-hoop near his bedside. With characteristic perverseness Elsmere, a sound sleeper by day, was easily wakened at night, and, as Algernon slipped out of the room, he sat up and watched the birds bobbing in the moonlight. Presently he dropped back on his pillow, sleepily content.

Katharine Ellis Barrett - The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted