Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1906-08-31 | Page 2 | Strange Story-but True

strange story but true F L has bas a new story it Is illustrative of the marvelous marve loua fecundity of tile the anglish sparrow I 1 aas aa pending sunday with the dumont smiths at hinsley sald said van van in recounting ills his we had bad been up late the nl night ht bo be role foie and 1 was mas a til fie drowsy I 1 sat out on the front boich listening to the church bells and gaeng off tuto into the tha illimitable spice that lies between a short grass town and the horizon beyond be ond presently I 1 dropped my hat into a lied bed ot of virglnia virginia creeper and dozed off to sleep I 1 could not have slept more than an hour for tho children were mere passing the house on the way from sunday school when I 1 awoke awake I 1 rubbed my PIPS and glanced oyer over at my hat in it sat an english sparrow brooding a i setting of eggs weilo I 1 slept the sperows had built a nest la in my hat the mother bird hid laid a full complement of eggs and had begun 9 un the work or oe hatching them kansas city journal