Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-17
BIRD HAS GL!ahPSE
OF MAN-MAOE CHAOS
strange Experiences Of n Falcon in the
War Zone, graphically
Described.
BY T.. ST. MARS.

bl T.. st. MARS.
!4e came sweeping over the fie!ds In
i Ire and contenicd fashion, anon stop
ping = circle GVaudiy aiOft on motion
.tss wings. tWcni! -.auv inches across
ne M@S = S.Td cons .uus OF his power
though ne boosted o: yut eleven inches
IN u, Tor where ms length failed
hooked. dagger ia.onS. and his tne.
;.e". ne-ce nSht!ag spirit more often
man 10; succeeded
= hlsioTE back OF .I-al.d he was a fall
con. = few days ago ne had been on
NJ "arpatn above the warm plains
and water. tiamiHgo- haunled mariS-
mas 81 spain; in = 'ew days H. hoped
10 Dc thinking OF rearing a family in
scotland, aG.v! now he was-Boompi
IAe she! exploded blackly and me-
nat!ns.y II c'oud Il dust and Smoke
-aad other THINKS The merlin falcon
Engaged Ike forced lightning md
H nos !aGcn s.o"er for three times q
VAS cuoUgc 10 hc safe. he seemed TO
think, and spun instantly a half a
aGA-n .arHs. "ho anus; nave been do
= : business IN III. hOusekeep!uc line.
rose from q radius OF a few feet from
;he Bursting shell There may have
n-tn o'Ae5S nearer ~, but they did
may nave been others beyond that
radius and Trey did NOT trouble TO rise
.-!Se Z, M pom shell the little fall
.SA !ookea IS re. came 50 fast tina,
gu!Nrriug !i'- drawn across the field
SirAiEAt a The larEs. There seemed no
iIoRe o. es5ap@ for them, But your
"a - :. dark horse. The one ;hc
merlin selected promptly got hiruseit
Auolt n" landscape like Photograph
flashes. md then lowered" rocket
:aSlicH till lost IL the SKY. after which
ne Eel stone fashion. and was lost in
ne grass The MERLIN :.iccn could
md him II ne chose lie did not
choose. however. but pas>e ID on with
Z o. sa'n.. ~,
ecE-. and :ugrI 81 mS-.f Suddenly above
land OF giant mOlos
!tiiics SPOKE e~cA s!pnai,y. and there
Vas big booming. like the Atlantic
breakers ne EH"w 50 veil. bursting
II The caves Of the north. And there
""Te things. not birds going in the
ar. whispering ana singing 10 them
se-v"s IN w=y h" haI never known
Just a. ina: moment. out Of a hole
N nc bowels 81 The earth II seemed.
sparrow dar,ed on ina; spo, ha:,
stood thc sparrow's home las, year,
~ MS. ara The swallow being reg
-ii! nom e-.cTr-', had begun 70 build In
,.e-eF. ne t"i!ndattons, shall we say?
But never mind. The merlin took him
A"sf.F as - 9assec a mile a minute
eaasin- E:a.F; too; him IKE ia sh
~, if;n- a!mos, before n. could twist:
l-f-' EF"to@c. Sle1-, ana. trDssing him
6 ne went. vanished With him. racing
,is sp4ih"es, gale across the fields
i'' 'Hl!"s abpv- those horrible raw
ear l-rrrs til. he found a Guiet spot
"he-e n" r3-h teen and est
II" nif TINS On Z pcl". and then. after
c'"aH n@ ri"Hs and heak carefully, be-
Esr - stretch gTeD7reipry 10 !. doZe.
Hi6d". "!tagli Earning he fcl, a
H'.rc,- r:ecG!ssr ~ more and worse
"ni=a seemed 10 3isiocate every Joint
y h's roy IL reil al'nos, 70 the
fT9pHf n~:o"e 10 could recover. and
,:e; rose w!th Is.r0r in MS hnart
ttorFr-S The whole % the field whirt
tiec seemed 20 contain only hay-rakine
y ciir"k rose "..A HIN. ~hirring He
~ 'aoUseuf demons and we're chasing
.4s te'L ~ :e ;"d
There w"te iaen IN those huge bird
.4S+ shziea- lie could near them laugh
- Nf/ pursued h,:n Ep TO the clouds
ts-i mere thfT pared company. ne 20.
~ north acros@ ne English Channel
%rb 'ha' eTrn!:g ne hleIi, IN peac" in
=. "a. On The side If SuyScn hill