<h2 id="c8">A BIRD THAT HUNG HIMSELF.</h2>
<p>Near the gate of our garden stands a
small apricot tree which is only about
six feet in height. Last year a long
twine string became entangled in this
tree. One day when I went to the garden
I noticed a blackbird hanging in this
string, about two feet from the ground.
On examination I found that the string
was closely wrapped about his neck several
times, and that he had been choked
to death by it. He had evidently tried
to secure the string for his nest, and probably
had several times started to fly away
with it, only to find that the other end
of it was fast.</p>
<p>There are usually high winds in Kansas
during the Spring months, and these
may have helped to entangle the unfortunate
bird. It is certain that in some
manner he had snared himself, and in
attempting to fly had jerked the cord
tight about his neck. There he hung, a
martyr to his own energy and ambition;
and somewhere his mate mourned for the
partner who had gone from her never to
return.</p>
<p><span class="lr"><span class="sc">Mary McCrae Culter.</span></span></p>
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