Inglenook, The (1907) . le ofhuman woe:— A man set to watch a field miKh patronized bypigeons shot an old male pigeon who had long beenan inhabitant of the farm. His mate, around whom hehad for many a year cooed, whom he had nourishedwith his own crop and had assisted in rearing numer-ous young ones, immediately settled on the groundby his side. She refused to leave him, and mani-fested her grief in the most expressive manner. Thslaborer took up the dead bird and hung it on a widow still refused to forsake her husband, andcontinued day after day slowly walking around thestake on whic
Inglenook, The (1907) . le ofhuman woe:— A man set to watch a field miKh patronized bypigeons shot an old male pigeon who had long beenan inhabitant of the farm. His mate, around whom hehad for many a year cooed, whom he had nourishedwith his own crop and had assisted in rearing numer-ous young ones, immediately settled on the groundby his side. She refused to leave him, and mani-fested her grief in the most expressive manner. Thslaborer took up the dead bird and hung it on a widow still refused to forsake her husband, andcontinued day after day slowly walking around thestake on which his body hung. The kind-hearted wifeof the farmer heard of the matter and went to the re-lief of the stricken bird. On arriving at the spot shefound the poor bird still watching at the side of herdead. She was much spent with her long fastingand grief. She had made a circular beaten trackaround the corpse of her companion. And these are the beings that are shot for pas-time on human holidays.—The Dawn. :•* .Jt ^. The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor,and no man can tell what becomes of his influence andexample, that roll away from him and go beyond hisken in their perilous mission.—Henry Ward Beecher. *^f ^* (^^ A GOOD intention does not compensate for an evilexample. 442 THE INGLENOOK.—May 7, 1907.
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