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Show Belling tne Buzzards BY WINIFRED BLACK. GOOD news fioin Pennsylvania. They arc learning to boll the buzzards down there. The farmers in Tierks county woko up the other niht and hoard a bell tolling' hlKh In the dark overhead. 'Sonf,-, bon;?,'' sang tho bell. "Bonq-. bong," and I lie farmers turned over in bed -and liutcncd. "Some one h; doad in the village," they said, "and in accordance with the sood Dutch custom, they ring for ' the passing of his soul." And Upturned Up-turned to sleep again. .13ut, no: tho bell kept on, "bing, bong," right over their heads, so the farmers ran to the door. "Can It be an air ship that passes V" they said. "It Is an omen," whispered others. 1 And soino there were who hid their eyes and dared not look when tlio mysterious bell sounded high in the ' dark overhead. But one man ran, and he was een i of sight and determined of mind, and he saw in tho glimmer of the waning moon a dark form hovering above the yard where the chickens stirred and cheeped. "It's a buzr.ard," he cried, and a buzzard It was ringed and belled by somu tricky hunter. A huge buzzard with spreading wings, round his neck a thong of seasoned leather and from the thong hung a bell, a sturdy bell that came from the neck of some leader of the herds. "Chmg." It paid, "cling. I am tho buzzard; I come to rob the chicken yard; take car, lake care." And all the hens clucked and tlio rooster ran lo and fro. aud the little chicks scurried to shelter. Tim farmer farm-er found his gun but Mm buzzard was gone without the chicken he had come lo steal. Good for the man who belled tho buzzard. I wish some one would tell us how to do the came thing all over the country. Vou know a buzzard or two who would be the better for belling, don't you? I do human buzzards. The llrst buzzard I'd bell would be a man 1 know, a newspaper man he Is loo, clever but envious, restless, curl-ouh, curl-ouh, prying, a human buzzard. Is there a man a little dlnconlcntcd on the paper? "These people aren't treating you right," ho flquawks In the victim's ear, "they don't amircclato you. Why do you may with them'.'" And he hints and grhiK and .suggests till he has buz-zarded buz-zarded tho man out of a good position. Why has he a upcclal grudge against tho man? Is thjre some one else ho wants to get Into that man's place? Does ho want to "get oven" with the paper somehow? Not at all. He's Just a buzzard, thafa all. and It's his nature to buzz. Wouldn't It be great if you could bell him so that the Innocent wayfarer could hear him coming and get out of the way? Uuzz. buzz, cling, clnn?, ctlnsr: bore's another of the tribe, a female of tho species this time. "Vour husband Is such a lovely man." says the female, "so davoted. Uu't he? Who Is that pretty gill I eoc him with so often? Your nloce? No? Vou don't know who It 1; you can't imagine? Well, my dear, don't worry. It may not be anything, but he docs act awfully qner whon ou cc him wltli her. Oh, I'm so orry T said a word. I wouldn't muke I trouble for worlds." Cling, clang, cling, bell the buzzard malo aud fomaJe. Hurrah, brothers, there' agony up there In the big h'ou?e on tho hill. The man haa run nwa.y with another woman, and tlm wife left hnhlnd will liavc to sell her flno furniture, and let the big house go empty. Lot's crowd a round and ntare vrhen she trls to slip by without being scn. Let's ask her when alio is going to start her divorce, It will .:nako hr fcl no happy.. Swish, nwish, hovr black the air Is with the beating win KM, The little girl across the ptrt, pretty thine. Isn't alio? Hair like com ftlk, eyes like forgt-mo-notc They v nes In some kind of disgrace. dis-grace. Let's run over awl axk her mother about It. Swhh. swish, what fun It Is to be a buzzard. Whenever there's a brother down. . go aftor him. Whonovor a alater ntumbl, flop your black wing in her wye. Pry. nK outlons, vntch. clont. shall vou l. a human buz-' buz-' T tlr r--. l,;gti't :;itiV:. 1 1 1 u ' '.nr. "'fa ' u'V'H , ,1 J.' j' f r ,t o" f L.' I t It 'O! Ji "ii arl , 1 If V, rn V r f 1 ou wori r T r ' r " r - in 1 - m |