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Before I received this "second blessing/ 5 one
evening my wife and I went out to set a hen ; we
had to move the hen from her nest to a more
desirable location. My wife placed the eggs in
the nest while I held the hen, which, when all was
ready, I very gently placed upon the eggs, then
quietly withdrew my hand and up came the hen.
I gently placed her back again, and again she
arose, so I put her back again (only not quite so
gently as before), and again she arose to her
feet. I set her down this time with more author-
ity, and the way I stuck my fingers into- her old
back and ribs was enough to give her to under-
stand that there was something going to happen,
but the end was not yet. By this time my wife
was getting a little anxious, for she knew the
fellow that was handling the hen. We had al-
ready broken some eggs, but the hen still, with
all past experiences, refused to set, and I was
determined that she should, and so we had it, and
before we got through that hen was well-nigh

picked, and feathers and broken eggs were the
fragments that covered that battlefield; but that
poor old hen, where ! oh, where ! was she ? "Ask
of the moon." This was very clear that I did not
have the second blessing, and I was very much
in need of another dose of pain-killer.
34 Thirty-three Years a Live Wire.
