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thernin, dripping through the al- most bare branches of; the green, was growing colder, The skieé were any, and snowing gray" every» 3.83- Soon 'itawould be snow which would ftllday by day, and the wind that waiied .drenrily nov'rt would shriek 1nd me wildly thromgh‘the forest. It had hem I pleasan' ummer home to; crows here on ) ,ullhead pond. Frogs and snakes had been plenty,- and Gent, thefcroy, had provided - handsomely for his. ftmily, until they were all well grown and able to provide for themselves, but the-frogs were all down ' the deep mud of the lake now, would not come up until spring, {and the sunken heel gone info winter qua!» ten. His children had left for more prolific feeding grounda, and he mistrusted they had gone to join their fellows at the most on Pohanâ€" nook river. 'It'was time. Last year he had not delayed until this time, but this yearâ€"he hopped dejectaily along a few steps and dragged one mangled, blood~dried wing helpless- ly over the Wet leaves. He would never fly with the flock to the roost- ing place ngnin. The ran‘fli‘ng gnaw of imbedded bird shot ate deeper and deeper into hie breast with each day, and each any he ekulketi farther and farther from the haunts of his brethren, like the «inward he had grown, knowing the: it must come â€"-â€"thnt sentence from the unwritten law of the wilderness which every crow knows, and which he knows is his eacred dutjr to carry out. He felt instinctively, the horror of cold and hunger and sufl‘ering which united him; and which were setting over him with eech passing dsy‘ of tbe waning year..nnd yetfhehid himself away with painful efiort. sitting motionless-under some over»_ hanging shrub all day until driven out. by hunger. It was hard to find foot}. Yester- day he hm! cams upon a mole bur- roving along under the loose soil and had clawed him out hungrily.. Ithadbeenascantymealfora maw as empty as his own, but he was grateful. To-day- he had only: been able to find a few dull slugs under the decaying bark of an old log. Soon even these would be locked fast in the grip of the frost. There was nothing so hard“ to beat as hun- ger, that he knew, and yet he skulked miserably from day to day and endured its pangsâ€"~why, he did not understand, for he could end it ‘11 so easily. One call of distressâ€" that was allâ€"and they would all flock to his assistance, his wild com- pdes. He could‘not uhderstand the miserable tremor which shook him as he remembered this. Why, he hat} given the death blow himself, gladly and willingly, when his mate had been stricken blind by king- fishers as ,she was searching their nest for eggs! » - He recalled the fact now, that she too had flown desperately hither and thither in a vain attempt to get away, but they. wgm merciful and did not allow her, poor thing. Of all the terrible things that befall the wild creatures nothing is more to be dreafled than blindness. No crow could turn his back on a' blind com- rade, nor on one hopelessly disabled. Nevertheleu he had never caved a note since the day the hunter’nhot had found him. Crow‘s do not lie,~ glad his only safety lay m ailenoe,n safety that wan becoming more ter- rible day by day. If the shot had only found a vital part, as he had hoped those first sickening days, he could have home it until the end, but now, with [body demanding muld wing his way to the top of the tallest tree, this hampering of n crippled wing was terrific. Thu ms the fourteenth day of hit mfiethg. The wound had gmwn Iii! ind dry and the shattered bone“ :9de- :mrflthh. by “oratory Pub. Wet were the leuea and'few, and ea‘flimngh theiflegs‘h. . He peek!!! at it yicio'nsly; but such an agonizing thrfll shot through the W part} of his breast that ‘he‘ desisted ind at with drooping head under a. let!- leaa shrub of tag alder. - A farhil'inr- “Caw! Cay!” sent d Ihive: of dread, to- theftip-bf .his bed draggied tail, And he huddled up 3 little closer under the protecting brmi‘chea. v . ' - It was a cheerful note, ma bo- tokened a chi-elm, happy-gmlucky comrade, who had flavdled about his mum home with a few earéleas mates like himself. He alighted on the ground near by m peek at a snail shell which Gamit could have told him ‘ was empty; 'théh-hia roving eye‘cmght the dull gIeam of Gaant‘s fathom, md he alps nearer with peering, in- quisitive. gaze which Gaunt would not meet. He sat with closed eyes before this, that during all these days of suffering he had atriven to The stranger flew to the top of a tree and sent forth a load cell "‘Caw! Cur! Caw. "’ It was a com- mane} fox the gathering of the clan, and presently answers were been! The Wound Had Grown 8t"! and Dry‘ One and two and three at a time they came and formed a circle about they ragged tag alder bush beneath which Gaunt sat motionleusut- ing that which came swiftly, and; denly with one sharp blbw, the ex- ecution of the Sentence from the un- Written law of the wad creatures. “Well, I’ll be bloived- if that yun’t worth seein’,” old Silas Carter said; as he got stifily up from the muddy bank a few yards distant, when he had been setting muskrat traps. from north and mi!) and east and west, for no crow might hear. and disregard this summons. ~ ' “I’ve beam -tell thtt' birds an’ a'mmikm did si'ch things; but I new: spwtefl to' see 3m with my own eyes. They made mighty Wrt work . of it ’n’ nohmistake. ' Well, 1 S’poseit’a the best way, or it Wouldn’t MW been so,” he addedf'philosophically, as he turned Gaunt’sjimp body over with his foot. ' ' “ ' ing studded with small round min: tors. It is based on the principle that most insomniscs can sleep rat the window of an express train. The sight of ‘the landscape rushing by them invariably brings on s refresh- ing nap., The nuchine with sits ' A unique machme 31in just been been put on. the nurket whichclaima to cure sleeplessnehah I The machine resembles an instrument like an electric in, the wings of the in be- “Yes, mamma, when I graduate I Imam! following a literary -.career-- write for mneyn you know." - “Why. Willie. my dear, you haven't» m anything else elnce you’re been wEirl indxglitter of revolving nit,- xfors acts (m the eye and braix} in the the patientâ€"0?? im‘n fig “lumber. CURING SLEEPLESSNEss. mflofimflmm ohm hlm'ror overwork. Traveling in am work that m novelty in tin-mun. tad waning, tn: way In American you at It, lum- nor md tong, is bull-Mug. Ha bus but two or three. 0; poulhly four, week. a MI nominal. and to must pofldvely “see everything." M "In Ill probability he will never misfit up place- of interest ho II now mun 1y Wag." Day In“ any in nu,» do. about. up late W“. W deep. nun: here, drinking W In» h come- home so and no work; a month before he in "muted lulu." Next year he noolm he will (do a dinerent sort of vac-Uni; he wlll so to some quiet lac and m m penuly. - , ‘ Notice of Final Haring on'cortlficato of Completion. Specinl Autu- .. M." No. 30! Notice is hereby given to nil per eons interested that the Board of Lo- cal Improvements of the City of Hishwood, Illinois, hnvinz let the con- tract for the construction of a intern! eight (8) inch sanitary, never, with manholes. and necessary house con- nection ninntn in portions of North nvenue ,nnd Pniner avenue. .in the buy ,of Highwood, Lake County. nu- noil. in occur-dam with the ordinnnce must! by theflity Council at the City- ot Hi youd. January 3. 1908, and no- prpv by W. on Jnnnnry 8. 1008. out! the me having been completed and accepted by the Board on the 11th dub! September, A. D. 19.08. and the mid Bond ‘0! Local unproven-nu nnvins tiled in enidfionnty Court of Lake Gnunty'. Illinois. n‘ certiflcnte showing that the nnid improvement conforms substation! to the refill!!! ‘0! the hen ntatod.thereln. in the {County Court at Lake County, at the Conduct-e in the City of Wake gun, on the 26th day of October, A. 0., 1908. 1t 10 o’clock 0- a.. or ‘u soon mm» the basins: of the court will permit. All perm denim my I“. Won: in odd court baton salamandmaysppeuonthohur in: all nuke their defense. __ ._ 01M A‘I‘ Another cycle roIlI Irma Ind he tonne hie omce Inl- tor I Iylnn to Mt where lapplni vaeI III; III- lIhIeI Ind dmm wind- hlow hub eenh to the UM hrIIn’. He finds the plum fully equal to Me expecuuou Ind pIInI'on I eemlegn o! IdleneII I he II I annex-mu Ind greet etrlnu of one eomInx from the like on the chains of ardent burden. III hII alarm clock for three Iext mornâ€" Ing. He must an: early. for when It In hot the ash Ire dIIItory. The "be- (are hreIktIIt utch" II excellent Ind I“bI¢ bite" II no ptomtelnz thIt he putI In the entIre any. burning hII Ikin In the Inn. At night there II I quiet little hop In the mung room or on the mun. ”(I he Indulsee 'lth the others. There II the m: pIrty. the concert. the trip to town, the at- IIIhIng expedition It Whoâ€"Ind thnI it goes. one gIlI round of plenum. The mail bringI him worry. the ruby an: etch Ind the deuce new: flat. When he gets home Lhe II tired Iain. Vet-Hy the Iver-ego mn'e vatIon II meat: of the origin! ordnancg :6:- the construction of the name, the cost Interact!t coat of making ma collect- lnz nus-mom therefor. the mount «that!!! by tham_to be required (o ;_.A_ â€".â€"_â€"y,_ â€"a m the accruing Interest on bond- nnd voucher- luuod to anticipate colâ€" lection of the armament. for said in- pmvenent.‘ A hen-Ins will be land on the aid «Innate. u _to thy trap: I bought the "tallest mtomobllo the other night that over whlmd don the boulenrd. but in“ u l In: turn- ing n-oomer it broko down “(I a: wife batted in mud ukod me win: I wu doing under the bed on my luck. 009. (list was 1 funny bug, wasn't in n tia‘rdeu month or the entire, your. Vmuon Time. WEE more upon the nun ‘ and any, mm Byron fl hq flipped tho chain (3 home and spot mu tn Italy, “In. to be I“ new scan“. moot m D“ ple. gun m m It k with putty much this nub buoyant spirit "I“ 0'0!" um: I” 1. ‘5“ 7" don. For wool: he in! unuélpated it. ll hi! 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