Show REAL TRAGEDY IN BIRD LIFE story of long vigil kept by scarlet cod coated so conester nester n for missing mate Is full of pathos in the annals of bird lore nothing can be found surpassing in pathos tho story which comes from tarlton Tail Tarl toh 0 F for or many weeks close to the hom home a of the writer early and late there could beveard be heard the loud clear call of a bird to his mate with his hil scarlet coat la in strong contrast contract with i his surroundings find and his no less lees decided military bearing he would perch on the topmost top of a tall apple tree his coign of vantage scan the little world around I am iam with his hia eagle agle eye b hoping to glimpse the familiar form of his lost corn companion P anion ills alert ear car a and nd e eye e catching no sight or sound of the bie absent loved one he would pour out his soul in unavailing pleadings for her return the little singer in his untiring song proclaimed the fact that ho he was waiting with a hopeful heart one morning while in of the early borin worin vorm he chanced to light upon al a bush that stood by a window opposite el the window of another house only a few feet away and seeing his reflected so vividly and so close to hjul him he flew joyously at the apparition be 0 kleving it to be his long lost matei alsi enthusiasm knew no bounk bounds quick buic ule and hard were the blows struck with his horny beak and claws in his bis impotent wrath until night nightfall full when he sank to rest the next morning at early dawn he renewed his bis clarion clar loAl 1 call and came back to renew the bati bat i 1 tie he of the previous day with his bis delusive image this little tragedy in the heart of the bird has been carried on for five months his flaming coate Is J enst as bright ani anal his kingly bear ing none the less striking but a great gibat change hac come over the spirit of the bird he efe gave no sign of i tie he royal that has raged in his breast tor for weary days and weeks but hla hia song has fallen into silence cincin aahl enquirer |