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Show BOY li ATTACKED BT ANGRY SWAN FOWL CHtSES LAD, AND WITH WINftS AND BILL INFLICTS MHIOUS INJURY. MAY LOSE SIGHT AS RESULT Youth H thrown to th Ground, Bird The) Deal Sledge Hammer B (res Gate Keeper Comee to the Reecue. Clnctiniil Attacked by a mule swan In Spring drove cemetery. Joseph kod, Jr. aged seven, waa tbrowntothe ground and so aeverely Ix-sien lhn.it the lo ad ami face by the bird a tltga and bill that he la now con flu el lo his bod and physicians fenr be nay lose the eight of bla left eye. If ou Indeed the eight of bolh. Youag Uood live near tbe cemetery, ceme-tery, asdwent lo the grounds lo play. He wss itirarlcd to tbe lakes Iu which la swans live, and Hood on the basil admiring the graceful papa and rettui swan aa they floated soft ly on lbs surface of the w ater. Wtttthrr the hoy did anything to dlaturtf Hie aw ana or esrltn their anger an-ger II rial known, but at any rate the first Ihllg tho boy knew the mule madnathlm In a style which waa un mlstaliuly hostile. The ltd Instinctively atarted to run, but tie swan wss too quick for him, and slnlng savagely and flapping Ita powerfd wings did It beat lo overtake over-take llu boy. Tig' tli-r boy and awsn raced across lb lti Immediately surioundlng the lake. Ifier they had got'O 60 yards or moritlie swan, rising upon Ita legs nnd hat flying, half running, overtook the lot thoroughly frlKbtened hoy. Alt) bird's body struck that of the chill a Its flight the latter waa almost al-most tlrown lo the ground. Tho bird. Instinctively seeing Its advantage, coiiunaccd to atiio-k blin at tho aame time mil bill and wluga. IV-arlngs of a swan are very kiw-etful. kiw-etful. is those who have been the object ob-ject ifa swan' attack can well testify. testi-fy. Tio blid In uuestlon I a very Irani one. ami the blow which II raised upon the lud'a bead and breast wore ilniost heavy enough to bent the breattoiit of him. It la said. Thetilrd satisfied Itself at first with bestial and pounding It victim and T Swan Attacked Him with Beak and Wing. tkn started to pick him about the basd and face with Ita bill. The lad. a eoon as he wa thrown It the ground rolled over on hi face-aid face-aid burled bla head under bla arm to sard off the blows. The wsn. bow-eirr, bow-eirr, waa so persistent In It attack tlt the boy wa finally comiielled lo asngo hi position. A he attempted to rise to hi feel tk wan rushed at him and wllh Mgr. hummer blow from each of It singe struck him full In the fare. Tbe Injuries sustained during Ibis Ittsck almost pill out the boy's eyes, and, screaming with pain, blood rush-UK rush-UK from his wounds and frightened lo uh point of becoming hysterical, young (Jood screamed for help. At bla cries the awan renewed Ita attack, again beating blin ubout the bend and face wllh Its heavy wings, and then pecked hi in In tho head wllh Its bill. Fiirtiinutely for the hoy liniekeep-tr liniekeep-tr Thompson henid his cries, and. appreciating ap-preciating tho fact that tho child Ufa probably deiended iiihiii ipili k action, ac-tion, raced across the grounds lo there the awan wus still beuilng and seeking It victim. Unwilling to fight both Thompson slid the boy, the swan slowly withdrew. Thompson picked the hoy up In his irms and ran wllh him to his parents' soaie. A doctor was called and biinduged the boy' wounds. HI left eye was sadly swollen. Tho young pal lout Is HIM con lined to bla bed and II la be-llored be-llored that the sight of bolh eyes may be destloyed. The swan utlack I believed to save beun due lo the fai l that Ha mute bus a number of young swan In n pest hidden somewhere Iu 111" gnis.t surrounding lb" luke. It la auppoM. d that Ihe male thought lb" lad came to the lako tu Injure lliu awauleta, uud proceeded tu rhastlso hlln. |