The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-01
.ldious night'to run orer this ground, J.,
to them also home.

uoious night 10 run 0rer this ground
to them also home.
Even these are net all OF the animal
world whose boundary of life and in.
terest is here. Not to count the but.
teri'ies' THE burly. doing humble,
bee' and the flies that sail over If
look closely at the ground. Beetles,
ants spiders and creeping and crawl.
ing creatures of many sorts are wend.
Ing their way hithcr and thither, oach
one Intent upon its own absorbing bus.
lness' and utterly Qblivious of me, big
and usurping as l feetmyseIf to be.
Musing on this and other stranpo
'hinss that meet us at every turn, /
sauntered back toward the bars but 4.
'he Darn door | pause there is music
within,
Dldst ever hear the twallow singing
LII lne Darn dear -readarg~--A np--lha ON
come with me. I pass through the
Hospitality open door. subside us silent
ly as possibly, and listen and look.
There they are; two on beam stretch
ing across near the peak of the roof,
another on wooden pin beside his
nest, fourth flying about, and
all singing like mad. Now the
melody swells and fills the empty
old walls, till one may shut his eyes
and fancy he is among the bobolinks-
for, strangely enough, this quaint and
peculiar. song does resemble the rapt-
urous carol of that bird. But now ii
is low again; all have finished their
not very long strain, except the one
on the peg. And. 10! before he reaches
the last note the three strike in again,
and the sweet sounds fills the building
once more. 1t is curious contagion
that, when one is singing, impels
every other to join in, and happy as
curious, since it is in chorus that the
effect Is best.
And there are their homes. One at
the end OF the beam near the singers,
where | see the head of the patient
sitter; another on the wooden peg,
where five small, triangular-shaped
mouths-generally wide open-fringe
the edge. Now the mother sweeps in
and alights beside them, spreading
wide her beautiful tail and showing
clearly its oval white spots. Great is
the chattering, and urgent tho de-
mands of every infant swallow In the
nest, and low and sweet the murmur-
ing after she leaves them, for the few
before they fall again into
silence.
Do swallows. ther. sing only in the
barn? &c out and seat myself on a
rock beside the door, for now. after
some remarks among themselves which |
sound strangely like articulate speech.
md which | suspect may be reflections
upon intruding spectators. the whole |
party have passed out, l hardly know
where. The barn is old and rickety,
md bird can 60 in or out almost any
where.
Again the swallow-song is heard. |
Three are on the roof; one on the peak.
where his minute feet may be seen
with good glass) clinging. and two
ire fiat on the shingles-all singing. |
And when they pause, the delightful
warble floats down from the air. where
a swallow scars and sings in the sun
shine. Sunshine and the open air do
lot lessen the charm of the song, but
t is so low that it is lost in the great
out of-doors; only the listening ear and
he desiring heart will hear it there.
Did not we'll to brave the bars md
he barnyard that sweet morning in
Junep-Olive Thornc Miller. in Chris.
ian Union