| Show CROWS 9 I 1 H PAUL NILES NEARLY PICKED TO DEATH BY BIRDS HE DECOYED WITH CALL THRILLING ENCOUNTER TOLD black pests answer lure of man in swarms and he ajla le held prisoner under grapevines for hours freeport III V Viciously attacked by hundreds of crows the other afternoon paul pani niles a lall road fireman living in nee keeport port won compelled to exert all his bis efforts in protecting him belf aiom the he infuriated pests which set upon him aal threatened to tear leap him to pieces the tha battle waged for more thin than an hour mr niles flu finding dixi safety in fleeing to a tree around aroun which a huge grapevine was wound and crawling craft ling under the vine he pro pra his face while his rubber boots boota and hla his clothia q were literally picked to pieces lie ile ventured forth once to again give battle to hla his toes foes but they quickly drove him to cover where lie he rem remained until the kindly shades of night settled down and ife returned to freeport Pree port unmolested paula paul s great love for keport caused him to go on oa a hunting bunting expedition and his direction was in the vicinity of dakota village coming upon three or tour four clows and wishing it if possible to attract more of them he gave a crow call the answer was waa greated than he had anticipated for out of 0 the surrounding trees came such a flock of crows that the suo sun was obscured from view and gave the appearance pe arance ot of an immense vatic cloud passing overhead the clows came with their necks stretched sti etched and in a straight line for the hunter who in realized leall zed he had bad a battle on his hands lie ile blaed bla hla ed away with hit hib doubled shotgun and each crack brought many chows to the ground the tailing falling ot of the bodies mule mk ing a noise like the falling of hall on a tin roof the shooting had the of et feet of more thoroughly arousing the tha crows which were not injured they commenced to attack mr niles face and bands and had torn large holes la in hla his clothes when he realized he be elm they commenced to attack mr niles would be unable to cope with ith them in an open light fearing earing that they might pick hla his eyes out A tree a few yards away and tha grapevines around it was his haven of refuge and hither he scurried with all the fleetness that he ho possessed climbing under the grapevine he was waa able abla to protect hla his face and hands handa from the crows but they were not to ba easily balked the crows attacked his rubber boots which were un protect ed edana and in a few moments they had bad appearance of a sieve mr niles lay perfectly mo motionless donless which cause I 1 the birds to return to their roost the iba opportunity which the hunter was waa awaiting had bad now pres presented entea itself and he slowly pulled himself from the protecting embrace emirate of the tree and vine lie he had bad vowed he be doull tale take a parting shot at his en in return for their treatment but while hla his intentions were good his reckon ing was wrong lie ile had no moie than raised up and got his gun in po position a 0 11 than he was sighted by the crows and they attacked him moro more fiercely if possible than before and back to the tree and vine went paul this time he did not venture forth until night ind hid settled beltley down when he slowly wended bended his way freer artward a sad sight bight bleeding from the iho wounds on hla his neck and hands bands and his clothing slashed sighed literally Ite rally into shreds had mr niles remained and gath ered the heads of the crows crown which he slaughtered ho he would have re c calved ayed a sufficient bounty from the county to buy a new pair of boots and have had soma change left but he says ho he woi ld not have stayed there another minute for or the noise made by the crows was wai the most un nn earthly aund sound he had ever heard i instances ot of similar i while lare iare are nevertheless rec recil kd one freeport man saying baying that he had I 1 once seen a number of crows attack atta cli I 1 a man who was waa carrying A i large piece of I 1 moat meat weighing perhaps 40 or 60 50 pounds j thi mau maj dropped the meat in his flight and it bivas as cart can led by the crows to ta their twit |
