Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-10-04
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mJuubBiueor.
They were proud, fearless
BIRDS, rugged as the granite e.
amour which they dTelt anu -
On the wing as the wind that bio
those high attitudes,
During one season, however,
was reared in one of the eyries an eag
let who very early in life developed
tastes and habits that we're entirely ont
G. keeping with his birth and sur
roundings. In short the young gle
eyinced partially for flying down
and making himself ',hail fellow, well
met" with vnumber Of TURKEY buszardS
who lived in o cannon belo :.
again and again the memb rs OF
his family warned him that no good
cohll possibly result from the keeping
OF such company, and that he would
find in time he would only succeed ia
earning the contempt of all the o'her
eagles of the community, without
gaining any advantage by association
with the turkey buzzards.
what do 1 care" says the young
eagle, in response to repeated adu oni-
tions, ''You are all too proud up here
You only see the world from the top o.
the mountains. Now The turkey buz
yards are right Jolly good fellows.
Tney go down among the men and
o,Ler creatures, ana have'a rare good
time Of 1t. can tell you thee is S me
fun in going out with such. compau-
IONS"
Young brd," replied a wise old
eagle, "bel.eye me, whatever yo1 may
think, it is til a fact that you are an
eagle and a turkey buzzard. The
habits Il ;4y after latter are entirely
diferont from your own, SO be assured |
that if you persist in consorting with |
birds of that feather nothing but harm ]
will be the final outcome"
To this advice the young eagle paid
little attention seeking tie first oppor-
tunity to fly down and pay a visit to
his friends in the canon, when it was
suggested by one of the party that they,
shodld ali make an excursion toward
the plains in solrch of carrion.
"But there are men down there, are
there not?" asked the young ergls.
90 be sure" answered q turkey
buzzard. Il
"Well, I have boen told that they .
shoot eagles whenever they see them"
remarked the former.
"They won't shoot us" replied the
after, "beceuse we are of use to them
Is scayengers, and they won't shoot
you ii you go with us for The same
"All right; you all know best Of
course" answered the young eagle, land
% he gladly joined the small party Of q
birds that had agreed to make up tie h
expedition, II
For time all went we'll, as they t
lew along over the mesas, and the c
aglet was enjoying himself after an
neagle fashion, when all of sudden !,
ne of the turkey buzzards espied c
lamb lying down in field apparently a
nprotected.
There now! Why don't you go for +
cat lamb? the latter suggestes to the |
Dung eagle, at the same time pointing
nj the helpless creature. That's fair
anne for you" and aside to another
lrkey buzzard, "and for us it will be
anne also, for if we don't get some of
le lamb we are pretty sure to pick the q,
ones OF our friend, the young eagle, "
ho as likely as not will be shot in the G.
Venture"
Immediately the fierce nature of the h;
gle was aroused, and, swooping down n
pom the lamb, he had already seized o,
when rancher who was sitting un-
or fence near by, being startled by
10 whirring noise and the bleating of
20 lamb at once got up, aod, at
ance taking in the situation, took 80
m with his gun and shot at The bird. III
The unfortunate caglet dropped the Oh
NIB and huttered upward, but it Was Ft
'ident from the way in which he few e.
Ist he was badly wounded. The n,
acher took another shot, this time
issing his mark, BY this the eaglet
ruggled out of range, only to alight tn
lally upon rock from which he was Di
liable to fly further an
81 am shot" he family called out 10
% Of the turkey b1zzards lowering TT