Iron County register., 1890-12-04

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and in bad climate. Some of our folks
! come back"
Il don't mean away off there" Fas-
sett replied, 81 mean right here. This
| forest is full of trees in which there
isn't single crows nest, and on each
side of it there are cornfields full OF
worms in which you won't find more
than one small flock of crows. Why
don't you go to work scratching in these
fields and building nests in these trees?"
1--WE can't pay the remit" was the re-
ply in chorus.
why should you pay rent? Haven't
you as much right to scratch in these
fields and build nests in these trees as
any other crow?"
For little while there was silence.
Every crow was thinking. The quiet
was broken by voice from above: "Agi-
tator! Socialist! Com-meso-nist! Rob
bert Thiefr' it croaked.
Qui looked up and saw an angry crow,
whose feathers were tipped with red.
That's Roger Rocks chaplain" said
Outs chum under his breath.
| just then there was grea, croalSing
among the flock at the appearance
of another crow with red-tipped wings.
| To him the whole situation was eX-
planned, and turning to Qui he said:
MY friend, believe you are right
There are plenty of trees and plenty of
corn fields here, and no crow need be
hungry or without nest. But some of
these crows with the devil in them have
called these trees and cornfields theirs,
and the police keep other crows off. and
SO most of our crows have to work for
other crows for almostnothingo or starve.
It's a shame and a sin, and if our inn
poverished crows knew their rights they
would stop it,
But Father Caw," one of the crows
asked, you would pay Roger Rook, and
Jim Crow, and the rest of the crows that
own fields and trees, wouldn't you?'
IF l could" said Father Cav indig-
nantly. Il would confiscate every field
and tree without one barleycorn of COM
pensation to their miscalled owners"
The anger of Roger Rocks chaplain
when he heard this was beyond descrip-
ton
"We'n see about that, you villain!
We'll see about that he fairly shrieked
as he flew away. Pretty soon he re-
turned with crow whose breast was
covered with red, followed by flock after
flock. an immense throng of crows, all
croaking and screaming, ''They want to
rob u.s." Call the police!" kill the an
| archists!" Society is in danger!" Com
mew-nistsr' and so on.
The crow with the red breast was very
mild of manner toward Father Cav.
such sentiments as Roger Rook' chap
lain reports to me are unworthy of you,
Father Caw," he said. There must be
a mistake. Surely you would not take
away crows property and let any other
crow use it. Think of the labor that has
been spent in building crows nests in
these trees and in gathering grub of diff
ferent kinds. 1t would be robbery to
take these away from their owners with
out pay"
Il did not say that your redness,"
replied Father Cav, humbly. Il said
would take away the trees and fields and
let all crows use them to scratch for
grub and build nests"
But it is the same thing" his red
ness responded. mo crow would
scratch for worms if he didn't own the
field, nor build nests if he didn't own
the tree"
Yes. he would" Qui interrupted.
my boss didn't own the field; he only
hired it, and not one of his flock had any
interest in it. :"
His redness glanced superciliously at
Qui, and Roger Rocks chaplain ex-
claimed, ''What impudence!" at the same
time twisting his neck first one way and
then the other for the approval Of the
crowd.
When the excitement caused by OUTS
interruption had subsidized, Father Cav
said:
Your redness, it is not necessary to
own forest of trees for the purpose of
building nests in one. See all these
empty trees, and sec these poor crea-
lures without nests! Nor is it necessary
to own whole corn,field in order to
scratch for grub. See all the csrn-felds
in our region-how few crows are allow
ed to scratch in them-and see these
famished crows! 1t is one thing to own
the grub you scratch, and another ia
own the field in which you find the grub
it is one thing to own the nest you
build and another to own the tree in
which you build it, or worse, to own
empty trees in which you allow no 9TH
er crow to build. Crows make nests and
scratch for grub, but crows neither make
trees nor plani grub"
TO RE CONTINUED.