The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-02-07

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or build nest without limb to build
it on?"
II was just about to speak of that"
Fassett went on. II was going to ask.
What more do you want than trees and
flelds?"
s.That's so; that's all we want" said
some one in the flock.
swell, there are plenty OF trees and
fields-a good many moro than enough
for all the crows that have ever lived
since the flood.n said Fassett.
Maybe so. interrupted an intelligent
looking crow, ''but they're too far away
and in a bad climate. Some of our folks
emigrated there last year and had to
come back"
II don't mean away of there." Fasr
sett replied, II mean right here. This
forest is full of trees in which there
isn't a single crows nest and on each
side OF 1t there are cornfields full OF
worms in which you won't end 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.
'sWhy should you pay rent? Haven't
you az much right to scratch in these
fields and build nests in these trees az
any other GROVE"
For little while there was silence.
Every crow. was thinking The quiet
was broken by voice from above: "Agi-
tator! Socialist! Com-mew-nist! Rob
Der! Thiefv' 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 a great croaking
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, l 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 of, and
SO most of our crows have to work for
other crows for almost nothing or starve.
It's shame and a sin, and IL our inn
poverished crows knew their rights they
would stopit."
"But Father Caw," one OF the crows
asked, you would pay Roger Rock, and
Jim Crow, and the rest of the crows that
own fields and trees. wouldn't your"
IF could" said Father Cav indig.
nantly. II 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'll see about that, you villainl
we'll see about that" he fairly shrieked
as he few 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
archistsr' Society is in dangerw 'Com.
mew-nists!'' and SO on.
The crow with the red breast was very
mild of manner toward Father Cav.
''Such sentiments as Roger Rock chap
lain reports to me are unworthy of you,
Father Caw," he said. ''There must DO
q mistake. Surely you would not take
away a 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"
! II did not say that, your redness."
replied Father Cav, humbly. II 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 IL he didn't own the
field. nor build nests il he didn't own
the tree"
Eyes, he would" Out interrupted
my boss didn't own the field; he only
hired ii, and not one of his flock had any
interest in it."
His.redness glanced superciliously ct
Out, and Roger Rocks chaplain ex.
claimed, ''What impudencew 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 see these poor crea-
lures without nestsl Nor is it necessary
to own whole cofn-6eld in order to
scratch for grub. See all the corn-Gelds
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 to
own the field in which you find the grub.
1t 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