... with her head on one side, andthe sauciest air in the world, she was saying: "Beau-ti-ful Joe, Beau-ti-ful Joe!"I had never heard a bird talk before, and I felt so sheepish that I tried ... she began to laugh at me. "Ha, ha, ha, good dog sic 'em, boy. Rats, rats! Beau-ti-ful Joe,Beau-ti-ful Joe," she cried, rattling off the words as fast as she could.I never felt so ... never saw a worse-looking house than she kept.She used to do very queer things, that I know now no housekeeper should do. I have seen her catch up thebroom to pound potatoes in the pot. She pounded...