Show REAL TRAGEDY IN BIRD LIFE Vigil Kept by trY y of Long ng r Jated Song Songster ter for v r. Mate Is Full of Pathos In the annals of f bird bird lore nothing can be found surpassing In pathos the story coin colneS s fro from Tarlton O. O to the home ot of For many w weeks eks cl clOSe se there here could the he writer early and late be heard the loud clear call of a bird his scarlet coat in la With to his mate strong Contrast contrast with his bis surroundings less Jess decided military bearing bear bear- and hIs Ws no ing ing he lie would perch on n the topmost twIg of a n tall tal apple tree and from his coign of vantage ge scan th the little world around him with his eagle eye hoping hoping- S to glimpse the familiar form of his lost companion His alert ear and eye eye- catching no sight or sound of the absent absent absent ab ab- ab- ab sent loved one he would pour out his his- soul Jn in unavailing for her return The little singer In his untirIng untirIng ln Ing song proclaimed the fact that he- he heart was waiting with a hopeful One morning while in Jn in quest of the the early worm he chanced to light upon abush abush n a a- a bush that stood by a window opposite the window of another house only afew n a nI I few feet away and seeing his image- image 1 reflected so vividly and so close to him he flew Joyously at the apparition believing believing believing be be- lieving it to be hi lOSt lost long mate His enthusiasm knew no bounds and hard were the blows struck with his horny beak and claws in his impotent im r potent wrath until when he he- sank to rest The next ext morning at at early dawn he he- r renewed his clarion rion call and came hack back to renew the battIe battle bat bat- attle at- at tle tIe of the pre ous day with his delusive delusive de do- image This little tragedy In la lathe the heart of the bird has been carried on on for five months His flaming coat coatIs Is just as as bright and his kingly bearIng bearIng bearIng bear- bear Ing none the less striking g but a great change has come over the spirit of ot the bird He Be gave no sign of the battie battle battlo bat bat- tie tle royal that has raged in his in-his his breast for Cor weary days and weeks but hissong hIs bis- song has fallen into silence Cincin Cincin- Cincin anti Dati Enquirer |