Show A queer effa story an ostrich egg with a romantic history is tho curiosity owned by miss marie lopez of south fortieth street tho egg was presented to miss lopez by joseph to whom it was sent by his brother who is superintendent in of an ostrich farm in south africa accompanying the egg was the following letter from tho sender J send tho ostrich egg and know boux youx longing for peculiar curiosities will receive a boom when you icam its history we had a man on the farm named carr who was noted for his skill in breeding and raising ostriches ho had raised the mother of the egg I 1 sen dand she had been one of his greatest pets this was thought strange as sho was known to be a bird and would allow no one but carr to go near her breeding time came and tho ostrich was soon watching over a botting of eggs oui farm hatches artificially the eggs being removed from tho mother and placed in an incubator carr was tho one selected to secure tho eggs on account of hia great command over the bird ho entered the pen and began picking up the eggs in an instant tho treacherous pet became furious and started to strike him with her powerful feet wo had to bahoot the mother before wo could get her away and then found wo were too late carrs skull having been battered in in the struggle all the eggs were broken with the one exception which I 1 fiend to you philadelphia becard |