The Worthington advance., 1890-07-31

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but then he told me heswassa stymo-
logis'. an wrote for the papers about
bugs an things. told him he could
hev all sich oreeturs they wuss on my
land, an welcome; so yis'dy he showed
me newspaper that he'd pi.cc in It
tellin' about that very bntterdyl He
goes home tonight, an I she'll miss
him lots"
Bessie did not express hor opinion;
but when, on arriving at ( Hannah
Ford's, she heard that Harry yelling,
the young ''etymologis', had suddenly
decided not to leave Eord's Mills just
yet, she thought that perhaps tho SUM
mer might be pleasant, even II country
life Vas monotonous and quiet
It happened that Bessie also was fond
of ''bugs an things" SO she aud young
yelling had a common interest to start
with; and it was not long before Harry
found that; she. had ,implled his heart
among her rnspecimena" OF course he
could not be so ungallant % to ask her
to return II. but he managed to capture
hers In its place, so both treasure-hunt-
ers were happy. +
e It was not, however, until yelling
had had . favorable interviow with
Bessie's father that she or any of the
denizens of Ford's Mills learned that
entomology was pastime with him.
not profession, and that comfort
able income of some twenty thousand
dollars per annnm allowed him to study
nature because he loved her. Then, too,
he owned to Bessie that he had con-
tracted an aversion to fashionable but
terflies," and that his haste to leave
Ford's Mills had been caused by hear
ing that she was to spend the summer
there. His change of plan was made
when, sitting unseen in Mrs. Caroline
Ford's dining-room, he overheard the
conversation I have quoted, and the
first glance he gave at Bessie's winning
face made him anxious to add to his
fine collection of specimens just this
one unique specimen Of fashionable
butterfly. E. Wadleigh, in
Dem0rest's Magazine. -. '..-..
THE AMERICAN @aosHAwk.
For Strength and s.rAv0ry 1t Ia Not Ex-
& soo.l~d by Any Bird OF Prey.
Very different in appearance and hab-
its from the larger species is the gos-
hawk, or, as he is ominously styled in
Northern New England, the ''blue hem
hawk" OF rather slender build, when
full grown, hawk of this sort measures
from twenty to twenty-four inches in
length. It is blush slate-color above;
below, white, crossed with many zigzag
slate-colored lines. Though more nu-
merous in the mountains of the far West
and in the British possessions, the gos-
hawk is not uncommon in our northern
! most States in fall and winter. and oc.
casionally even builds its nests in that
region. ltloves the woods, and is oftener
met in the shade of the dense pine and
spruce woods than any other hawk. For
| strength and bravery this hawk is not
surpassed by any bird of prey.
1t feeds upon ducks, pigeons, hares,
grouse and poultry. 1t is the type of a
true hunting-falcon, flying rapidly a
few feet above the ground, and descend
ing with swift rush on the lucklcss
prey detected by its sharp eyes. 1t is
daring to rashness, and unlucky is the
farmer whose poultry-yard becomes ia
miliar ground to one of these hawks.
Almost before the frightened fowls
have had time to sonEd the alarm it has
| selected and seized its victim, and is
away.
! Audubon once saw ono of these fal.
cons rush upon flock of the birds called
grackles as they were crossing tho Ohio
river. The birds in their fright collect.
ed into compact mass, the hawk
dashed among them, and seiziag first
one and then another killed five before
the flock could escape to the woods on
the further bank.-H. w. Henshaw, in
St. Nicholas.