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He suddenly flung himself from his vortex of song upon the bed of the sick man, with a twitching hop and rapid opening and shutting of the tail, like the fan of a disturbed beauty, and thence perched upon Milburn's peaked hat, and with a convulsive struggle of his throat and body, as if he were in superhuman labor, brought out, distinct as man could speak, the words, "'Sband! 'sband! Vesty! Vesty!
"She must come to Sunday-school," he thought, "if she stays in Princess Anne. We will polish her." The mocking-bird, not being satisfied with any lull in the conversation, "pearted up," as he saw Vesta withdraw, and cried, "'Sband! 'Sband! Meee shack! Mee-ee-ee-shack! See me! see me! Gents! gents! gents! genten! Sweet! sweetie! sweetie! Hoo! hoo! See! see! Vesty, she! Ha! ha!"
He seemed to remember, and, with compassion for him, she stooped and kissed him. "God bless you!" he sighed, and passed away into the Upas shades again. At that minute the mocking-bird flew in the open window and fluttered above the lowly bed, and perched upon the headboard and began to sing: "'Sband! 'sband! see! see! Vesty, sweet! Vesty, sweet! Ha, ha! hurrah!"
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