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Show STORIES OF miDS, A Hawk That Undertook Too Big . a ' Contract .' 1 Blddr Wm Too IIcbtt fr BBm. ui Mr. Hawk Paid. UulS BafOtroyi.ag4H1nB rareh bjr acoldlnc SwaUojrt. Ono day this summer, wrlt tho Now York Sun's Boranton (Pa.) correspondent, correspond-ent, a blir hawk darted down Into Ethelbort W. Poarco'a barn-yard, up In derrick township, solxed a tough old hon, flow across tho road .with hor, and uttlcd. down behind a rail f oneo. IUddy waa too. hoary for tho hawk to sail away with, and sho squawked to tho full ox-tont ox-tont of hor lung powor while hor broad-wlnffod broad-wlnffod captor was pinning hor to tho ground.- The .hawk appeared, to know that Its sotlons woro bolng w&tchod, for OTory fowsooonds It raised its hoad and pooped botwon tho rails toward tho houso, whoro. Mr. Poarco, who had got his. rlflo tho moment tho hen thtof dropped behind tbo fonoo, was.waltliig to got a good shot at it. The old hon squawked right along, .fluttorod for all sho was worth to frco horsolt from tho hawk's big claws, and struggled in the grass, whilo 'tho bawk hold her down with apparent esso, glanood through tho fonco, and Boomod to bo afraid to begin to dovour hor bo near tho .farm buildings. Twlco tho hawk made an effort to rise with Its noisy proy, but tbo old hen's weight was evidently soToral ounces moro than It had boon used to handling, and again It was forcod to sottlo down. Mr. Poarco had drawn a bead on tho rspot In tho fonro whoro tho bawk was and tho noxt timo It stuok up Its hoad and pooped bntwoon tho rails, ho pulled tho trigger. For a moment thoro Was a lively fluttering bohlnd tho fonco, and protty soon tho hon dashed Into tho road, with hor' wings spread, out, and wont limping and squawking toward tho barnyard as though sho was soared half to death. Tho hawk' wasn't visible from whoro Mr. Poarco had bangod away at It, and ho ran to tho fonco and looked oVor. Tho big bird lay sprawled out as dead, as a stono, and wbon Mr.. Poarco examined It ho found that his bullat had out tho hawk's brain out as. nicely as'a knife aould havo done tho work. Early In tho spring Farmer Lewis L. Ilanloy's boys trapped a largo malo horned owl on tholr tathor's plaoo In Pocono township. Tho bird was a Qoroo Dghtor whonovor any ono wont noar hltn, and tho boys wanted to conuno. htm in a ctgo. Mr. llanloy wouldn't lot them, -and ho turnod. tho' owl looso In pno'ot his .barns whero there woro lots of rats and mtoo. The owl soon beoamo used to tho barn, caught and nto enough rats to koop him tot, and aotod as It ho enjoyed his new abodo vory much. From his porch on a beam tho owl watched for game, and whonover a rat showod ltsolf on tho surface of tho haymow hay-mow ho dropped down as light and as nolsolcss as a foather and novor missed catching It In his claws. Ho cleaned out tho rodonts at such a rapid rate that within a month tho remainder of thorn took fright at his murderous habits and . . fled to anouiur uurn ca tnuuppohiiui.. of tbo yard. Mr. Ilanloy thon tram forrcd tho owl to tho othor barn. whor. ho slow tbo 'fats in tho samo way. Alto awhllo tho farmer loft the barn door open a good doal of tbo timo, but tb owl noror trk-d to fly away to his oh homo In tbo woods, seeming to bo entirely en-tirely contented with the living ho war getting without an effort. At about this timo the swallows arrived ar-rived from tho South and started to fli up their old nests to tho peak of thi barn, where tho rafters camo together. Tho owl was moping on ono of tho lower beams-whon tho swallows began to got ready to raloa families, but during the day ho flow to a higher porch and took a nap. In a short timo tho swallows aatight sight of tho big bird as ho sat only a fow foot below ono of tholt nests, and no sooner had tboy spied bim than thoy bogan to glvo vont to noisy protests against his remaining thoro. Presontly tho wholo colony was in an uproar ovor the sllont and motionless mo-tionless owl. Every swallow In it flow back and forth from ono ond of tho barn to tbo othor, dartod past tho owl atcloso as tboy could without toughing him, and mado tho barn ring with tholr squalls of angor. Tho owl didn't seem to know what all tho fuss and flurry was about, bat tbo pugnacious swallows kopt up such a rackot and hammored bim so hard that ho finally camo to tho conclusion that thoy didn't want him thoro, and so ho Iroppcd to a lower beam and clung to it. That paolOod a fow of tho swallows, hut tho majority continued to sail past tils hoad and to toll him that ho had lottor clear out of tho barn entirely, until tho owl sought a still lowor perch, u-hero ho sa-t and blinked at bis loudmouthed loud-mouthed assailants. This ono-sldcd warfare was kopt up for throo days.' Mr. Ilanloy saw that thoro would b no peace for tho swallows swal-lows so long as tho obnoxious owl remained re-mained in tbo barn, and so ho caught tho big bird and put bint in a cago. As soon as tho owl was out of sight tbo swallows qulotod down, resumed their nest fixing, and woro as happy as could bo, Mr. llaulcy has kopt tbo owl caged .ip all summer, but as soon as tho swal- w vll away to tho South ho will lot n bavi tlie frmxlom of tho barn onco |