The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-27
BelIing the Buzzards
gy yyINNIFRED BLACK.

Good news from Pennsylvania Iney
are learning to bell the ouzrards down
theref Il
The farmers Ia Berhs eoanty woke
un the other night and heard d bell
toIiing high In the dark overhead
Pong. bong" sang the bell, Bong,
ss,ssg..'. and the farmers tsrned over 1
in bed and listened. 4
some one ss dead in the village.
they said, ''and in accordance with l
the good Dutch custom. they ring for
the gsassiag of his soul" And eney
turned to sleep again.
Rut. no; the bell kept ON. "bing,
bong" right over their heads. so the
farmers ran TO the door Can be |
an airship that passes" they said
1T Il nm omen" whispered others. And |
~oa. there were who hid their eyes
aud dared not look when the n1yste-
ri.,,s bell sounded high ia the dark
overhead
nut one man ran, and ne was keen
OF sight and determined OF mind, ana
he saw in the giimmer OF the waning
moon a t,ark form towering above the
ward where the chickens stirred and
cheeped.
ITS nj huxzard. :" ne cried, and
bnzzard il was--ringeJ and helied by
some tricky hunter. A huge bczxard
with spreading wings, round his neck
a thronx Of s,easoned leather and srnfH
the fhrong hung Il bell, sturdy bell
that came from the neck of SOME
leader of the herds.
"Ciang," ii said. ..esans. am the
buzxard: I come TO rob the chiekens
yard: take care. take cake.
And all the hens clncked, and the
rooster ran TO and fro. and the
little chicks scurried to shelter. The
farmer found his gun but the buzz
gard was gone without the chicken ne
had come to steal.
Good for the man who hellsd the
buxxard. ! wish some one would tell
us how to do the same thing all ever
the country.
You know a buzxard or two who
would he the better for hellfns. don't
youg | Io--human buzzards.
The first huxzarfi I'd bell would
he a man I know, a newspaper, man,
he ae, tees. ese.ar bat ensaoas. rest
ies~. curious, prying, a human bug
gard.
L. there a man little disconnected
on the paper
1nFHG DSpptt5 wa ~SN1Ash6 -te
right" he souawks in the victims
car. they don't appreciate you. Why
do YOU stay with Them And he
hints and grins and suggests till he
has buxxarded the man out OF q good
position.
why has he- special grudEa1
axainst the man? Is there some one
else he wants to get into that mans
place? Does he want to get even"
with the paper somehow?
Buzz, buzz: cling. clang, cling;
here's another Of the tribe. female
OF the species this time.
"Your husband Is such a lovely
man" says the female. $50 devoted,
isn't he7 Who IL that pretty girl I
see hfm with 90 muchT Your niece
Nor You don't know who II II: sou
cas,'t imagine! Well, my dear. don't
worry, It may not be anything, but
he does act awfulfy queer when you
see him with her. Oh. I'm 80 sorry
I said q word. wouldn't make
trouble for worids.'' Cling. claug.
cling. bell the buxxard--male and fe-
male. s7s
Hurrah. brothers: there's agony UP
there In tho big house on the hill The
man has run away with another wo-
man. and the wife left behind with
have to sell her nne furniture, and
let the big house 60 empty Let's
crowd around ana stare when she
tries to slip by without being seen.
start her divorce, 1t will make her
feel "a happy. swish, swish. how
black the air IL with the beating
winE1
the iittls girl across the street,
pretty thing, isn't she2 HAIR like