The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-05-16
Continuation of
CHAPTER SEVEN

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see us back again, and received us
with manifestations of joy, but
looked askance at the new pets.
The eagle especially came in for
shy chances, and promised to be
no favorite. Fritz, however, de-
termined that his pet should at
present do no harm, secured him
by the leg to a root of a fig tree
and uncovered his eyes. In a mo-
ment the aspect of the bird was
changed; with his sight returned
all his savage instincts, he tapped
his wings, raised his head, darted
to the full length of his chain, and
before anyone could prevent him
seized the unfortunate parrot, who
stood near, and tore it to pieces.
Fritz's anger rose at the sight and
he was about to put an end to the
savage bird.
Stop said Ernest, don't kill
the poor creature, he is but fol
lowing his natural instincts; give
him to me, and l will tame him"
Fritz hesitated. NO, no." he
said, 81 don't want really to kill
the bird, but l can't give him up.
Tell me how to tame him, and
you shall have Master Knips."
Very we'll" replied Ernest, 81
will tell you my plan, and If it
succeeds, l will accept Knips as
a mark of your gratitude. Take
a pipe and tobacco, and send the
smoke all round his head, sc that
he must inhale it; by degrees he
will become Supplied and his saw
age nature from that moment sub
dued," !
Fritz was rather inclined to rid
icule the plan, but knowing that
Ernest generally had a good reas-
on for anything Of the sort that
he proposed, he consented to
make the attempt. He loon seated
himself beneath the bird, who was
still struggling furiously, and puff
ed cloud after cloud upward, and
as each cloud circled round the
eagles head he became quieter
and quieter, until he sat quite still
gazing stupidity at the young
smoker.
Capital" cried Fritz. as he
hooded the bird, capital, Ernest;
Knips is yours"
CHAPTER VIII
Next morning the boys and |
started with the cart, laden with
our bundles Of bamboos. to at
tend to the avenue of fruit trees.
The buffalo we left behind, for
his services were not needed, and
| wished the wound in his nos
trils to ebcome completely cica-
tried before l again put him to
work. We were not a moment too
soon; many of the young trees,
which before threatened to fall,
had now fulfilled their promise,
and were lying PROSTATE on the
ground, others were bent. some
few only remained erect. We
raised the trees, and digging
deeply at their roots, drove in
stout bamboo props, to which we
dashed them firmly with strong !,
broad fibers.
Papa" said Franz, as we were
thus engaged, and he handed me
the fibers as l required them, 4,
ARE these wild or tame trees?"
"Oh, these are wild trees, most
ferocious trees laughed Jack,
land we are tying them up lest
thew should run away, and in a
little while we will unite them
and they will trot about after us
they should run away, and in a
Oh. we will tame them; they shall
have a ring through their noses
like the buffalo,"
That's not true" replied Franz
gravely, but there are wild and
tame trees, the wild ones grow
out in the woods like the crab !
apples, and the tame ones in the
garden like the pears and peaches I
at home. Which are these, papa?" l
"They are not wild" l replied,
but grated or cultivated, or, as I
you call them, tame trees. No J
European tree bears good fruit I
until grated" l saw a puzzled
look come over the little boys
face as he heard the new word, {
and 1 fastened to explain it.
'Grafting," I continued, lis the |
process if inserting a slip or twig
of a tree into what is called an
eye; that is, a knot or hole in the l
branch of another. This twig or |
slip then grows and produces,
not such fruit as the original i
stock would have borne, but such {
as the tree from which it was i
taken would have produced. Thus,
if we have a SOU crab tree, and I
an apple tree bearing fine rib
ston pippins, we would take a
slip of the latter, insert it in an i
eye of the former, and in a year
or two the branch which would 7
then grow would be laden with t
good apples"
But" asked Ernest, where /
did the slips Of good fruit trees c
come from, if none grow without t
grafting?"
From foreign countries" | re- '
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