Eureka Reporter | 1905-12-01 | Page 2 | When All Nature is Astir

WHEN ALL 13 astop two 0 clock in the morning the un vereal waking hour there Is one hour of the night be tween midnight and morning cock to be accurate when all na ture Is astir the combos and th shepherd and the old country W tell us about it this hour Is heralded her aldei by the rooster crowing not this tim to announce the hour ot down but a though he were a watchman nr the course of night cowboys asser that the entire herd of cattle wake ui and walk about and lie down an lest in a new lair the sheep roust themselves and crop the grass th birds stir in their nests the cowboys horses and the shepherd s dog oper their ees to see that all Is well shepherd and the cowboy open thel tyes too to look tor a moment at the stars and become for the time being mere animals in nature s lock yet there Is no accounting for the in audible summons the gentle touch ol 01 i that recalls all the sleepers to life at precisely the same hour eves to those deepest read in these arcana this rhythmical nightly resurrection remains a mystery