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...dreads their last words together. The Mother Superior, a comfortable woman in voluminous black, greets him with the news of his wife's death. He goes to the corpse, led by a young nun who lures him with mischievous eyes, and a lovely hand "passive as a sleeping bird." In the quivering candle glow the composure of the dead face mocks him, and his embarrassed relief reacts with an extraordinary smile. Contagious, it starts wickedly on the pained faces of the attendant nuns, like "subtle flowers opening." The mischievous young one strangles her smile with sobs on the Mother...
...Wildwood golfers were not amused. They caused the golf hawk's capture and petitioned their directors to destroy both bird and nest. It was then that this flatland fable became historical...
...free, his troubles over. He felt, no matter what Mrs. Shaver might say about Democratic iniquities, at peace with his fellow creatures. He sent a telegram to the directors of the Wildwood Club, saying: "Fortunate indeed is the golf course which can claim the honor of a great bird that can outbid the game in interest. Millions of Americans have never seen a fish hawk. In the interest of all these and all outdoor lovers, including those who fill your course, spare this bird, spare its nest...
...Julesburg, Colo. ... It was named for Old Man Jules, who lost his life and a pair of ears when he inadvertently fired two barrels full of bird shot into Jack Slade, one of the Old West's pet desperadoes...
Josef Casimir Hofmann, famed pianist, director of the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, left for England on the Mauretania to accept unusual jury service. To be judged: a carillon of 6r bells (the lightest, 7 Ibs.; the heaviest, 11 tons), destined for the Florida bird sanctuary of Publicist Edward William...