The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-22
.ouANcE AMoNa RosINs.
.-oomest!oity is Invaded, and Cock
- a5-.-sa's Fate Aemains a Ayste- =

-.sir Domest.oity Is Invso 90, sno GO0A
s-,a,-s-'s Fate sem aims AysIe-y
From, the yeiy York sun.
,airs Of robins nested this sum
.bs maple trees that surround Mr..
e. - Cartons house, near Montdale,
Mrs. Carlton is clos1 observer o.
aud she took special interest In the
rds, If robins, from the TACT tnat u was
oIo Al5 han it had been before In hunloer
eeears. After the busy bros nad got tnel1
p ye4lsa,t nader way. Mrs. Carlton noticed
ssts Wen T las one male robin fitting about
81 - verd who who seemed TO have no
pc HON Tf,;ayining that she might possi bly,
pate. 80, in this conclusion, she watched
uliS'- 80 carefully for time, and then
tne 5an mn her mind That the odd robin
% ni ni.Ssr a bachelor or widoWer, sne
[,rlin't tell which.
All v ao husbands, and Mrs. Carton
sv9 exDected every day TO See the
ui15-r,sIe bring wife home from some
~ But be didn't, and Tor more than
~, M size saw him fiittlnS across the
az ~ al sll alone by himself, while at sun.
~, he Derched on the toPmost u"lg OF
~ If the tall maple trees, ana Tor a lew
ee o. lI Wy 80 n ed as merrily as though he
1iuu' tSst iolly little wife was listening to
pc" IN I'm her cosy nest In one Of the
Fa altlle,'--0 M wife was there to hear his
AI'I !, became evident to Mrs. Carlton
nhs tnat ne had a certain female IN bis
ss9l III VI ,bs time he was singing. AS soon
1lnl o. "a finished his carol on the treetop
pe 1i;terv fellow sailed away, and Mrs.
70 ~ no more Of him until the fol-
sli.C morning, when be would be on the
OWLS ss.a;n looking for bugs and worms.
~ ar Twelve other robins were also there,
CO ganeral thing, while the dew was on
gysss. but they were all IN pairs, and
~ lone male seemed TO pay very nutle
'.tontion to them for time.
One of the pairs nad a nest IN maple
o "a the roadside fence. The tree stood
~ - nno,ite the house, and one day Mrs
V"1i.on poticed that the minated male was
49, a. around it a good deal of the fore
az The female was on her nest. the
.1 ~, was away, and the bachelor bird
~ mo king love to his wife during his alb
80 He carried several worms to the
80, fa rale. and she took them from his
IN nd did not appear to De a bit dis
O W., ar the attentions the minated chap
20 Tsvirp her. By and by the husband
az Nome with a big and angle worm ia
~ hoax He set up loud squalling the
-nooant he saw the intruding robin close
to his wife's nest, and picked at him spite
f,lly and drove him out OF the tree. Then
49, both dropped on the grass and fought
like couple Of gamecocks, neither seeming
~ set much the advantage of the other,
md when they had got through the hus-
Sand Aev into the tree and the bachelor
bird fitted away.
Pnt the minated robin didn't give up
rsting love 10 the other ones wife on a
Ettla s1uabble like that. He watched his
chances to visit her, and whenever the
husband was not in sight he flew up to the
ns,t and STAYED near il till the angry mate
rsturped and drove him away. Several
similar fights between the two took place
within week, and when the
combatants were together Mrs. Carl
Ion could't tell them apart. So. one
forenoon, while they were having q
pjtched battle on the lawn, Mr.. Carlton
5prunga net over them. He caught the
pugDacious birds, and Mrs. Carlton sewed
bit Of blue ribbon on the left leg of one
md bit OF scarlet silk on the right leg of
be other, and then let them 60. 1t turned
nj that the robin with the blue ribbon on
is left leg was the husband, for he few
rsight to the nest, while the bachelor bird
glted on the fence and began to pick at
as bit Of scarlet silk that sacircled his right
h 1t had been sewed on to stay, and after
had picked at it awhile he sailed out of
ght
twas easy enough then to tell the rob-
rs apart. The presence of the silk On his
sg dida { break the amorous bachelor of
Us habit Of visiting the other robins wife.
sai be kept hanging around the nest just
toe same as before. The husband gave bat.
lie to him every time he caught him there,
but that failed to drive him away for good.
When the female young ones were Matched
toe minated bird became more attentive to
the mother bird than ever. He carried
worms 70 the nest every little " nile, and
took licking for it every time ne got in
the father robbins way. The latter plped
sptetully whenever he got glimpse OF the
persistent intruder, becoming fairly wild
with rage at times and tearing about as
though Is was crazy.
One day Mrs. Carlton didn't see any thing
Of the robin with the blue ribbon on his left
leg The young birds were not yet old
and the bachelor bird a. to the tree mum
per OF times with worms in their bills, but
Tie father Of the family didn't show up
during the day, Mrs. Carlton never saw
MN after that, and she declared that she
VIII always believe that The inmate robin
naIaSSed him so hard and so long that he
neo from bis wife and little ones in order to
escape from the destroyer of his happiness
ana Dome. The deserted wife readily took
Y WIN the remaining male, AID later III
Jus season they raised another brood in the
ID nest.