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Show She Was Stuck on the Place. A strango thing happened In this village recently during a l'ullln tho heavy ralnB, and It happened to ono poor, lono hen, and cnused her owner to gaze and wondor In astonishment. This particular hen In que"sllonhas a brood of about twenty chlckens'wblch sho Is forcqd to scratch for and shelter shel-ter from hawks nnd do. other thing thnt are necessary for motherly hens to rook out focv when chickens are young. Well, It happened that one. morning tho rain stopped' for a, few hours and tho ground was exceedingly soft and susceptlblo to the pedal extremities of all kinds of walking creatures, especially espe-cially hens. Mrs. Hen started ont to scratch for n few choice worms and bugs. : About -nn JiouijWtsa-lhnteawL 1 camo -Into tho yata 'and siHer scratching on tho ground aid) supposed sup-posed sho was covering her chicks from some passing hawk. He went up to her, but she did not start. And good reason, tod; she was stuck In tho mud up to hor feathery breast. Tho mnn, of course, extricated Airs. H. from her embarrassing position and sho hustled. back Into tie barn to wait until the ground dried. Dlddeford, Mo., Record. |