The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-11-09
The Eagles Lesson.
nv NJ. BROWN.

Cor up among the crags was
:. Tho nest. 1t was just on the
'an' # a great bluff. and had been
sas. against a rock that protected
l. Yam the cold. biting winds of the
~. The nest was built Of twigs
'0,' Elbows, and bits of string. and
y. y. lined throughout with horsehair.
:" mother eagle had taken great
~. 70 make it strong and warm.
az ,he three littl. eagles, snuggled
wv wv. ,orether within, thought 1t the
. t,,s nest in all the world.
', uhen the sun shone brightly, the
~. eagles would peer over the edge
p .hs nest. and the things that they
'. we're very wonderful indeed.
800 vas a wide, wide plain. with
~. .,hins on It excepting little bushes
= ..ee-brush. scattered here and
,s.,e Sometimes rabbits and prai-
ssdogs scampered among the bushes
~ The little eagles did not know
~ their hearts grew big and hot at
a. sight OF those little. running
,,,,es Then beyond the plain was
.reak that was sometimes brown
"A sometimes blue. At first they
M not know what it was; but. as
h.r eyes grew stronger, they saw
A,t II was q river. 1t was from
A. direction Of the river that their
naher came with fish for them to
n Then, just as they would be
,stiug tired OF gazing OYER the great
lain the mother would come with
III evening meal. After they had
nteu. they all went to sleep under
her wings. and slept till the beauti-
mi morning came again.
Now there was one Of these eaglets
INT was larger and stronger than
he rest. He thought great deal
,bout the things he saw, and ques-
|dcned his mother about the places
|he had visited. And his mother
ms very proud Of him, and believed
HAT he would some day be the great
t among the eagles. So she called
him Keneu, the great war-eagle, and
he told him of her journeys and I
he things she had seen.
One day, when Keneu had grown
rong enough to hop along the rocks
the sun, he came to his mother,
10 was standing with folded wings
j q great high rock. She did not
otice Keneu, for she was looking
my into the south, whore all the
nd VS. covered with a blue haze.
Mother" said Keneu, when he
ID climbed up beside her, mother,
n me Of my father"
For = time his mother did not
|asver; then she said. II will tell
IN Of your father Over there, be-
(vad the river, there are creatures
billed men, who live only to kill.
hey do not kill for food only, as We
:. but because they like to see
pings die; and then they boast
|nong their fellows of the great /,
|anbers they have slain. When
hey kill they use something that can |
nike anything long way of. One
~, as your father came in from his .
flat could see him far off. flying. /
PIT high. then low, but bearing ever /
ward home Suddenly l saw a
mite puff, like a little cloud, near !
Pc surface Of t'.e plain; then there
rs Z strange noise in the air: then
aw your father falling-falling-
|ad he never rose again" !
For long time his mother did not
y any more, and Keneu stood very
|uli beside her. But his eyes were
elning. for in him was reused the
Ifed and fear Of man, which is in
v deepest life of all wild things.
go With the fear came the great
'aslns, for he heard the voice of the
s'at desert, that calls and calls to
y aeart of the eagle.
men his mother spoke again.
asueu, you are very like your
N.Y.. .aer, and he was the mightiest of
: nv'ng eagles. You will be strong
i. y beautiful. as he was; but. my
~ w not go near the dwellings Of
~ tor they are cruel. Always re-
l0er this that 1 have told YOU"
j, Aeaeu went off by himself, and
.ssnt OF all the things that his
Asuer had said to him.
!. +" was not long before he began
~ little, and he daily grew
nj 1ser and Aore glad that he was
~. his mother soon began to
10 suort Journeys with him; then
!. ~ uecame longer, and finally, on
4. e'eat DAY, she took him to the
1. suo showed him how to catch
y. In. Keneu proved himself very
~, ana Gid not want to come
I" Wnen the sun began to get low
M west. All that night he
~, u,eo OF the mighty deeds he
70 when he went out into
peat wide world. All night