The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-17
INDIGNANT nIaDs.
An Attrmut To- Rob Them of Their
Young Creates ~ Sensation

An Attrmrt 10 Rob Them OF Theh
Young Creates Sensation.
When college student | was taken
very IN In my fophomore year. ANA
gaining strength but slowly, the doctor
ordered mc into the country.
boarded at farmhouse. ana gave
myself entirely up 10 the woods ana
fields.
Through an entire summer J studied
lovingly the ways OF the birds ana de-
icrmlncd 10 raise some young thrish"s
and take them with me TO my city
home In the fall
NV selection WIS a nest OF Drown
thrushes. II Was In thick mass oil
brushes Ia swamp an eniangl ,'nent
Of Wild growth, aud almost impene'
tlnblc.
Every day I wltchcd, from the eggs
to the callow Young ! resolved To ~.
low the old birds two weeks theh
would assume thc raising OF the .'ouhg
uncs.
Al last the day came. aud all my
preparations were made Taking WIN
me cage worked my way through
| the dense underground. Very carhu'lS
/ removed the nest. ana was trying 10
get Il into the cage. when the female
/ bird arrived. She uttered a cry, alllo'
4 shrek. aud disappeared. hut RETURNED
/ Immediately with ner mate.
The two birds made a Will EFFORT 10
drive me away even dying NJ me, WIN
every demonstration of rage and dir-
irtss. TLcp. To my surprise. they ho'h
left
now ftlt So mean That at once SET
about putting the nest back lh the
bush. hui q gave mc great deal oi
trouble. MS / could not make Il stay W.
i,s place.
What nowg The two old hor'ls were
back. accompanied with q whole nrNN
1f wild birds. The entire copwre was
alive with them. They seemed tent
on picking ms eyes out ! mat n
screen my face by holding TIE cage
before 60.
As Ia these binds their number ana
variety. and conduct ull "geth't ~
was an extraordinary scene. ~ srrih'U
la mp there were ut beast hfty ui ihe~'
indignant little bodies. and perhaps
dozen species. some lying az mc' "h'
III making angry demons nl DIS
Their. were brown ihrushcs' sons
thrushcs. cai.hirls. aud several oi ih'
wnrhlers. such an uproar mcMlhk
chrlcking. twlucrlg aud other cries
label of bird sounds! II an mean
distress and rage. liui such a niiA'ul
An talked at once The one key'not
M The dlscord was distress and mag
nation.
got ont Of that swamp q wiser an
n better youth. My conscience sinot
me. and my only solace lay IN IN
thourht that | had done my best I
undn the mischief had wrought.
The next morning ! again went
the swnmp to see how matters Noo'
How softly worked my way throus
Inc bushes. How DEATH still ever,
thing was, The young birds had gon
did so want to Know now Tue "
hipls had managed matters anu ho
ID Jared with tie little ones.
That Indignation meeting oi tue mn
occurred great many years ago. ID
i,r scene - still vivid To NY MIMI.
anr winter. Just after Snow siorl
, bevv nf snow birds Appeared near d
bouse / fed them crumbs nnd IN
stayed with az several days. They
little bold. even coming mp To !
.itchcn steps to got their aiious. Th'
was. however. one exception.
4 fence separated the old apple
rhsr,l from The house lot ana !
served that uuc bird kept ON the Ten
rail. never youluring nearer Z"
feeding place. To my surprise ana
lirht. the reason for 70 was tooh m'
plain.
The moor little fellow was lame
one wing: So be- must not be too i'
as In The event Of danger he M
have some vantage for ESCAPE. 30
old bird took him crumbs at rv
feeding time.
Rut the most remarkable act In
Knowledge of q bird IN sympathy v
another In distress was performed
"A robin not two hundred yards ~
INV house. II was deed Of dat
and In the highest degree heroi,'
A SPARROW. hawk had bounced %
SPARROW IN the street. hhh was ~"
n away. A robin from his naple
witnessed the act and Instantly 81
cd In pursuit ., 81,
High In the air the noble little icl
. caught up with the buccanecr ana
could hear the short. icrsy cries
'uen he hawk rs the robin was peg
and In" and making the feathers fly.
ONE The hawk dropped his prey and
tina rohIn returned to the maple tree W
uss he had left his mate. The spar
very made Tue oeS' o' ''''' W > WV
his kind.
Was not that nohly done for the
in-so brave and ~ magnanlmous,
Samuel Lockwood, In our ID
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