| Show 15 eg el awn FOWL rowl CHASES LAD AND WITH WINGS AND BILL INFLICTS SERIOUS INJURY MAY LOSE SIGHT AS RESULT youth Is 1 thrown to the ground bird then deal deals sledge hammer Blows Gate keeper come comes to the rescue Und attacked b by a majo evl swan an in grove ceil lettry good jr agal seven was as thrown to the ground and so beaten about the head and face b the birds bird winge inge and bill that hi hl la to now confined to lile ills bed and physicians leir he mat nia lose the eight of hid hig left eat e if not indeed the billit ot of both young good lives near the cemetery and went to the grounds to piny play lie ile vaa attracted altra attract cUd id to tho the lake lakes in which the swans sans live and tood stood on the bank admiring tho graceful papa and mamma sa s swan A an as they floated soft ly IY on be the surface of the water ater whether bother the boy dij did anthina an thing lo 10 dai the swane sans or excite their an ger la Is not known but at any rate the first thing the bo knew the male made at him in a style which was un hostile the lad instinctively started to run hut but the swan svan was too quick quiet for him and hissing savagely and addling its powerful wings did its best to overtake the boy together whether boy and swan raced across the lawn win immediately surrounding the laic late after the had gone 60 yards or more the ewan rising upon its legs and halt flying halt half running overtook the now frightened boy As the bird e body struck that of the child in its the 1 litter itter was war al at moat thrown to tho ground the bird instinctively ha its advantage advant ase commenced to attack him at the same time with bill and winge wings thu the aings of a swan are vcr ver pow erful as a those who have been lie the ob joce of 0 a iwan a attack lan an A ell fy Y the bird in question Is cry strong one and the blow which it rained upon the lade lad s head and bruet were ere almost heavy enough to beat the breath out of him it Is said the bird satisfied itself at first with beating aud and pounding its victim and 4 69 the swan attacked him with deah beak and wing wings then sturlee to pick him about the bead head and ud face with its bill the tad lad as soon as he was theroun to the ground rolled over on hie his face and buried bis his head under h ha s arms to ward aard off the blow blows the swan how ever was as so persistent in ita its attack that the boy was finally compelled to change his position As he attempted to rise to his feet the ewan san rushed at him and with sledgehammer sledge hammer blows from each of its wings ings struck him full in tho the face the injuries sustained during thia this attack almost put out the biye eye eyes and screaming with mith pain blood rush ing log from his wounds and frightened to tho the point of becoming hysterical oung good screamed tor for help bell at his cries ibe the awan renewed its atack again beating him about the head lead and face with its heavy wings and then pecked him in the head with its bill Fort for the boy gatekeeper thompson beard heard his cries cris and ap precia predating tIng the fact that tho the thilda child a lite probably de defended ended upon quick ac tion raced across tho tile grounds to where the san was still beating and pecking its victim unwilling to light both thompson the swan slowly withdrew Ith drew thompson tho the boy up in his arms and ran with him to bis his parents home A doctor wae as called and bandaged the boy a wounds ills left eye was aas badly swollen the young patient ie is still confined tj j his bed and it ts Is be lieveld that the sight of both eyes may be destro ed the swan a attack li Is to havo have been due to the fact that its mate 1 ate has a number at 0 oung swans tn in a net nest hidden somewhere in ill the grab grabs surrounding the lake it Is slip posed oed that the male niale thought the lad came to the lake to injure the swa swan lets illets and proceeded to chastise biti |
