Coalville Times | 1903-04-24 | Page 5 | Victims of Too Much Sympathy

Victims of Tco Much Sympathy. The Her. Dr. Iorlnior, the minister ut tho Madlaon Avouiio ilaptlst church, la responsible for this story, though on does not vouch for the truth of It, iifeful as It may ho to point a moral: "A ncMtful of young llnneta were In j tho corner of a Held In India. Having loi-t their mother, they were cold and hungry. They flnpped their little j fealhcrlcHs wings, thereby attracting! the attention of a hugo olcphunt wlili h ttood near by. "'Ah,' nalU the etephant, 'yoti por little tliliiKH. You huve lost your mother, moth-er, and Itavo nobody to nestle you. I urn a mother, nnd havo a mother's heart. I will nestle you and keep you ! warm!' And thcrciion tho elephant ' sat iiKin tho nest containing tho poor little linnets." New York Times. j