Show A LOVER OF LIBERTY Guatemalas Bird of Freedom Will not Live in Captivity The keetzahl spelled quetzal which Is Guatemalas bird of freedom said Col T G Stuart of Kentucky who hag recently returned from Mexico to a Washington Star reporter can beat the American eagle hands down on the sCore of plumage It Is Indeed a most gorgeous bird With a neck glittering in iridescent splendor and a brilliant five pronged tall that makes the rainbow l hunt dark corner Its head is like that of a parrot with a powerful and peculiarshaped bill and its cry is likened to the word llbcr tad which means liberty The quetzal adorns the coins coatofarms and other oth-er Guatemalan Insignia and the bird Is held In the greatest esteem by all Guatemalans and to kill or capture It IB akin to treason Ono day I was talking talk-ing to my friend Signor Vlllejas about the quetzal and some of the traditions concerning it and asked him If It were really the national law of Guatemala that the bird could not be captured SI signor si he replied earnestly It la not only ze national law of zo I Guatemala but It Is VQ national law of zo quetzals of zo birds zemselvcs zey will not live In zc cage When zc man capture ze quetzal which Is not of tab and put yQ bird In zo cage he utters once 70 warning cry Llbertad and If wo man at once do not atone for ze in stilt to zo bird and release him he once more utters ze warning cry Llbertad Zen if zo man do not let him go he takes hold of zc bars of ze cage with his peculiar pe-culiar bill and spreading th6 live prongs of his beautiful lull among ro bars on the other side he break his beautiful neck with a twist and crushes hid broken heart Zc bird will not live In 20 cage |