E-text prepared by S. Drawehn, Suzanne Shell, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) BLUE-BIRD WEATHER New York "She trotted away to Marche's door and tapped softly." [Page 140] BLUE-BIRD WEATHER By ROBERT W. CHAMBERS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLES DANA GIBSON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK AND LONDON :: MCMXII Copyright, 1912, by ROBERT W. CHAMBERS Copyright, 1912, by ROBERT W. CHAMBERS Copyright, 1911, by International Magazine Company Published October, 1912 Published in the United States of America TO JOSEPH LEE OF NEEDWOOD FOREST JOSEPH LEE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE PAGE "She trotted away to Marche's door and tapped softly." Frontispiece Frontispiece