The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-04-26
RsHsE CROWS.
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fsaEsSys CROWS
One sSssaIsS aIaSsS, eHe;;
II, isn Pves Z pesaaea to Be Honest.
rea.ing f4eulty is present to
q RENT rkable grea in the crow"
says a natusali iaS the New York
oun. "a neisDr mine in Penn
syl'aa "a had q aeccow that demon
stra this mo eoaclusively. The
nelsn: or Lad tie children and one
e'enln 8 their maer went to a neigh
Dor = oase, loeg The children and
tEe cro w in. TEefsw always stayed
up unI Fl the chilenswere put to bed,
ana III IS eyeninswk1e the children
were mping " lin, the kerosene
lamp " Eas knockgoRthe ia BILE. The
splllea foil took Se;; and soon the
mouse Eas in a fswssy to be burned
oo"n Eith all in Lard but for the
cfo" u would haaBeea.~The crow,
as soon as the fas spread, flew up
Inc enl4 4hney, andRerching on the
rool, Sc t up such $ei1ing as only a
oro" ca IN give whesadisposed. This
anusua noise wassaed byth neigh
oors, a pd they weiont TO see what
was tne occasion oatssTs Flames were
then ou |rsting frondhs windows, but
tne ero kept his Zee on the roof,
yelhng furiousIy heehildreu were
rescued Sjust in timethsy having run
INTO .na kitchen, here they were
1ouna uddled togeeS But for the
timely Earning give. by the crow,
thouSh they wouldave perished in
the nam les, as the fl vas SO. far adj
Vanceo ehat the horhwas soon con-
i nsd two tame mSs once, and
Whlie tnAey were NOS: @nusing pets,
tney alt er a while bezRe such incor
figsole heives that GSw we must get
rld OF !, sn lem. They ssfeanything and
eTely 34R Rng they conIt hoid of, in
c!1olng smoney and sairy. One al
llc,e 'hefy purloined dsg8 asgold watch
oelongifg to yonng5nan who was
vlsiang lat our hoaseI they lugged
IL away somewhere sanIid it where it
could ndt he fonnas ss..ras, that theft
1na' aecfded me toaa rid of the
Crows ashd one exceed igly dark night
! took II em off thenI@st put them
ln1o ieled bag, and dHgs with them
nearly I'm miles tosapaxe:: Of woods
Wnefe u dumped themAns of the bag
ana ofof on, retnruna home by a
clfcaNo! Is route, for9gs sthe cunning
olfes might hear rs a1nd of the
wagon e 7 turned aseun4at the spot
where released atd went back
tne roaaaaI had come might have
saved an the troJtSs gT1she next day
one OF tl Q cro#scana Hng leisurely
INTO IF e : Eard, psrshgde Self on the
ralllaa the: back porre where I was
at We; ind gave sh most out
faSeos going ogsF fslags3able. Twas
gag q ealdn:t unsfesssas crow talk,
Deen co..tEhmentedi iby VI eIhas crow
said. Aser it got through giving its
opinion { me the crow 4sied itself
about thEpremises as usd H. In an
hour or 5 the other crow same back.
Those tY incorrigibles bbered to-
gether 1.-THE most earnes manner for
several niinutes, and them seemed to
have conee to some understanding, for
they deTaway toward wood lot at
the back ,f The farm. I hated to do
It, but L l made up my mind to make
way wlththose crows tina, very night
II they came back again. Invent to
the Darn 10 think up how I would do
it, and VS. there some time, WhenI
returnedto the house my:wife met me
with a cprious expession On her face.
The croWs had got bacl and were
struttin 6 sedately about fae ward.
Wit do you thinl?' said my
wife. 'Ihose crows must ,ave brought
Mary S Watch back, for sfe found it a
minute ago on her burea, just where
they took it from
':And e thew had T lidn't make
way with the crows that atEght, nor I
didn't haze to make way With them at
all, Tor tbm that day as ong as they
Lived, ting Sc crows never!tole another
thing. lid they know I'D appreciate
the tact that T had MAIDEN effort to
turn ther, drift from comfortable
home because of their aievery and
thereforei came hack torestore the
watch thty had purloi7d and hid
away, an with a determination to re-
form? here isn't parole of doubt
IN my m1 pd that they die Not par
ticle." '.