The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-15

RhEsIWo sb4ikOS lhoMPED ABOUT u
the slip to take charge OF the unloading
sof his poultry, taking with lin n Gu.
ban Youth as Interpreter The inter-
prefer was the cause Of all tile trouble.
osRiches, like Sfalcons, are traetable
when they can't see and So when 1t is
desired to load or unload them they
are hooded & The Interpreter asked Mr..
Barbour if Ut wasn't hot for the os-
triches with !tle hoods over their. heads,
and II. Barbour conceded that 1t was.
1.-THE same time stepping into the cab
IN to sat tend to some papers. The in
sgterpreter mlslnterpretlng Mr.. Bar
lIolr,s assent to his obviously correct
remark upon the weather. obviously
nnliopded two of the desert chicks, ana
trouble began }imaei.:ately TO ensuc
and kept right on ensuing 4. =
ButsallE that Is DEPRESSION. The two
birds rofiiied about, Kicking ri ;ht ant!
left while crew and passengers took
refuge lielow or aaloft, aud they COB.
1led q few Delaying pins .ana bolt
heads md other hard things to digest
that were thrown at them or that they
found lying about: Then they sialkel
back and forth majestlcally, and the
rooster bird tried to crow and flap his
wings, but failed absurlly, as the crow
gofS the ostrich and his; wings are rudl.
lnentnry, &; !. 4; u
The sudden activity aboard the Allie.
mania caused by the looslng OF the
birds had been followed by enforced
i1leness gof sallF hands, and the problem
IEoft how to unload the rest Of the cargo
became a serious one, the captain
I sweafing loudly that he couldn't M;
feFa to pa V deniurrage4oH account of q
couple of, thanked dry land stormy pct:
rels, Finally; some one suggested that
y they might lie caught by sprinklIn:
salt on their tails. and the cook was
ordered up from his galley with sack
ssof salt. He came up pale anu trem.
bling and was saved from the deadly
kick of8 the ostrich only by the timely
Ndnterpo OF an ornithologlst among
the passengers, who called the angry
captains attention to the fact that
ostrtches haven't any tails.
One who had Travelled in Africa then
famed hope again Into IN flicker by
Suggesting TINT II they only had some
sand5 for the sostriches to stick their
heads into they could catch them eas.
sailys that thatiwas the! way they always
caught them in the desert, where there
sis;plenty Of sand.
boat was at once lowered and dis
patched TO the city for sand. When II
returned with Its cargo the sand was.
Shoisted aboard and dumped on the
deck mt X the end farthest from the
STITCHES and made into nIco heaps
like gigantic; golf tees, after which sew
y 5eral OF the crew were sent around in
the boat to the bow Of the ship. at
(which end The ostrlches were, TO shy
s.shoo. The ostrlches wouldn't..'shoo,"
as they. had found a key OF nails and
! 10 were taking dinner. sf *
~ brave lady went out among the
sand dunes and called, "Birdy. blrdy.r
But the desert scorchers ,lisrcsartle,is
her establishments. A small hoy asked
tie captalnswhy he didn't scuttlc3 the
ship and drown 'em alive. like the nj
:$r,its do. ~ About that time the birds,
flushed the kct, of nails and came.
smajc Notwithstanding Mt, hut stopped
halfway and began, picking their teeth
with their toe nails. The ornlthologlst,
suddenly remembered that ostrlches in
captivity arc very fond OF broken bot.
ties especially for dessert, and two OF