Show I When hen the Tree Uree ee ked ria to lo io and Lena ena i i Harry and Lena i brother and amI sister went to tg the tho hc woods ono ono one beautiful o l ko To day a to see If Ie an any nuts yet Set 01 rc- rc on the ground that the they might pick and ana c cat carry nTY ry home As tho they wandered wan wan- wandered dered thru the bypaths rustling with dead leaves lea the they came to a great walnut wal walnut nut tr tree o whose stron strong branches spread I themselves out above every other free i in Its Immediate vicinity Ah Alt we the ou ought ht to find plenty r of nuts her here Harry beginning to kick thru the leaves with th the hope hupe of oC uncovering un un- mu- mu covering ripe walnuts This old tree ought to ha hire have e past cast t off ore man many many bushels of or nuts an and some of them ought to be here lucre In the leaves yet yet Lena fona also set ct to worn to clear away vay the leaves cs from certain ln spots under r the tree treo where herp nuts mils ml might ht he be hidden but tho the they worked for fOI quite quit awhile they found not a a single nut P Pshaw said Mid Harr Harry Impatiently The boys hos andr squirrels and squirrels have Matti taken n them than all pigs all pigs s Yes that's Just what they are arc said u Lena n sitting I down dawn wn on nn a l great 1111 lint t boulder to rest Only pigs would take talc ov everything in sight Just then Harry Barry yaw SAW a ft bird in the tho bran branches branches' hes' hes o of tho the tree and running down the bank to the edge of or th the the- stream ho ire gathered a handful of or stones stoned which ho proceeded to throw at It Ill bet you cant can't hit him laughed d Lena But l ut see ee how stupid lh the tho thing thins I sits there letting you toss stones tit ut utI him him-alny one ono of or which would him should It II hit thin him on tb the oad l Ill Id I think he hed he'd fly away Having Havins- thrown till nil the anti and f feeling too t tired or tired or Inz lazy lazy to to to go so to th the I creek for more Harry threw himself lr down on the boulder beside beside- hi his sister and began to bemoan their Ill III lu luck ko koAs I As ho finished speaking timer wasa wn was a queer CIUCCI soft muffled 1 voice spoke to them a theta a voice olce that startled both hom and amid I caused Lena to draw closer to 10 her brother as 08 if for far protection So Sri you OU would kill the poor 1001 bird that has found a hospital in my arm alms would you asked erl tho the oi voice W WellI Well I. I I must tf tell lI you that you ire are little sinners shiners s I am nm th the tree that I is 1 log Ing 1 to you rou and I hope that what whal 1 I am j 11 r 4 1 1 Iii Ir 1 II I n r m rp O I 1 J. J Il V t I rf c y I w r SC So you I would I Kill hilt tilt the p vomit poor r bird blI that Mutt I t has ha i S fo found m nul nl a u hospital In lit I I II my n 3 i II about to say aO will linger In your yom minds at ud that it 1 lesson mina be he learned fr from m lab he The Tho H pretty Prell i bird ll that lt you nU have Havo boon been 11 trying trins to kill haN been ben woul wounded already by ba a greater sinter sinner thin than cither of ot y you yau U. U rUI fur for ho he h I Is a grown man man andS and nd S should t I know t t bettor better than to the such cH Inn Innocent creatures as birds l Well IVell lib he had a s glum lm and ho 11 he shut shot at lie tho little f helpless Ii thing hitting It in thel th the I Ihil Wing hil It Jt was via at the tho t In lh lie tho alt air hl Just 0 over 1 mo me nod and when whon hit hlf foil fell ll e-ll Into Info n o I upper r branches wh lo it loc lodged ell In It K close protecting fork orl out Jut of tint the wicked ell hunters hunter's sight i There lh Iho dear deal helpless foS thing la lay roar for several e Cral days s then anon fooling feeling so t hungry it taint c crime j out t upon lIl the tho limb Jimh whore It Il now sits sils lo to t t a worm orm that was crawling up that up-that that t ta a way This ju Just t happened today and after eating that lint worm the tho poor pOOl thing felt It stronger f 1 and tried tz to lo fly rho But nut the Injured ed Wing Ing would uld nol mint hold h id It its share a pf f the time we weight l ht of fit th the body hody fill and in I the Iho bird had to tel give I up UtI nail and return n end exhausted to Jo Us its pr prow present emit place But What hat I most want t l tr to 1 say a I Is U this i Suppose all the tho bird bird- Would the tho Woods and Io and parks miles hn be lx nearly n so 0 I Ite delightful ris how j lOW how Isn't Ita Ia If a i fl l pleasure to hoar fir tsar their lr stings songs hh filling 11 the tho forests t and echoing over over n the c hills and through h the tho me meadows meadows' AndIS Arid And j IS IF It not a pretty sight ight to Lo watch t the fi leered r songsters build their nests nest i to see sec the helm tl fledglings lI lings l como come from the tho tests nests and try liy theil wings and then the their l' l throats Why 1113 hr it I is one ortho of or tho the sweetest test joys of or m my life lire to give gol shelter to the birds and amI squirrels While hIll I am not nol proud of or decayed places in my sides which produce t deep holes holc holes for Col for they ar are n a sign o 0 of f coming coining c to me I me-I I am ama son GIn some sometimes times limes almost glad to have hate the tom for In is them little sparrows span and squirrels rely hide Ririe lell aWa away from rom the tho winters winter's blast and find a snug hu house No Now If I withhold withhold with with- hold complaint over ovel thc these thel-c c hurts hut hurts lo to my- my I solf lIf that others n might inight lint find lIh S sUccor C ml might ht not you vou without hurt to your yourselves selves be be fit nt I h u J towards towards- lh u poor anti p Q I xh h to n our O l 11 n n- n f 1 lt 1 mu 3 i cak of rr m 8 witch which which mH may U hj ut uton even on tr trees N have ha their love lovo of life Indeed Indeed In In- deed trees ha have so I to live for COl The They give so much and ask ak for or so o lit little little lit lit- tle tie In the first place we render a nOne flu fine e I cool Iol shade shade- to travelers In ht the summer and shelter from th the c showers Under our protecting boughs 15 the Ibe cattle cattle- love to lie when the sun i shines hot in th the pasture And all this s time we that lint be bear ar fruit are bus busy preparing pre pre- I paring the harvest o of nuts and fruits fruit s fur for both lh the children and the grown roWIl- roWIl ups not 1 to ii mention the tho hug bugs tho the worms ohn mall hud small animals And Amid what do In We wo ask asle in lI t 1 return turn luton Nothing but soil loll atmosphere aI and at d ruin rail Of or these man gives gives' u us nothing Hut lint often orten he takes away when whon h he he- should not Boys nOs come and hack bath ut our ow bodies cutting culling tho rho buk bark from our nul bleeding sides side for caught aught but hut what whal the they call pleasure put Hut IN Is It nut not ii a a wicked pleasure to robus rob robus u us of nt su so o much life when by so RO doing dolnE th they thoy gain gLin aln nothing And Ancl yet they loveto loveto love love- to gathor a hI the tho fruits we boar bear h ar Then why not th they hold our lives as sacred Arid And did mild you ou ever over know a n. tree or n It bird hd or a squirrel to retaliate In 11 all any ally way when whon much abused and In- In In Injured Ah Alt you children have havo much to lu loarn of the Iho thing S or of the tho th forest the thc brook tho lake Jake and the tho prairies for all tiU hold Bald th their and l' l secrets which lh can not toll tell but hut which wl ich your hearts hart h parts tan lan loach tetch you ou I It If you listen to i tn their thell The Tho tl ceased CN to speak I A low plain I ivo hiI dune camo m from th the tho little lithe wounded bird d In the tho Lh tree and as us and Hairy HatT looked up aw saw If try to lift lin Itself lf on Its wings For a mom moni- en call It ft uttered ll thrum thou to tn the UH earth earth earth- I right at their It feet feel It fell feH dead ead It had struck hl heavily Uy 1 against the edge e of the boulder and succumbed Le Lefa ia stooped and HI l flicked up Ul the little body which was vas wa still warm Ah Ali Ah she said Mid pitying pitying- t Ij I novel never know knew till now how haw precious picc- picc ious your our little lives 01 arc Never Xe v r n-l n v r shrill shall I harm a bird bild or an animal again Nor a si poor helpless tree tree added Harry Harp I y hl his face faco deeply serious for the thet first Rus t time In ht his young oun life liar I 1 never Ocr l i nw i thought r thought ht about boUL such things you know till now So Sn o many boys boYf and men kill 1111 birth bird Ju Just t to he lie killing something I I suppose for foi th tho they never eat at them 1110 dont don't veil Oven go o to lo the trouble ofu of lr l' l u carrying I ln them therm homo home Hut lint from this dayI day clay 1 I mend m my wa ways Mays os But Lena But Lena do you s j jJ J really think tho rho tree spoke or or wits It IC pit our hearts our lie arts Whichever h cl eCI It was as h brother spoke the thc truth teeth amid ami we n mustn't forgot lot what it h t ur u h I a nuts I it t go o homo home I 1 want to 10 L tell 11 Joe Joc and antI Nod Nemi 1 I of what wo we w heard heald here here what what tho the tr h ee told u us Wont they laugh at you asked Lena j Let them thorn laugh answered Harry Harn If a l fellow knows he is right and all nn the others wrong wrong then then let Jet the others othel's lau laugh h The turn will come to him at last and he who laughs last laughs best you ou know Iwo sister i |