Tim no Iso she mad* brought, a big
foosler to her assistance, and he. too,
faced tho hawk with grout clamor,
nut whon the florco hint * woo pud
again It ivm tho vigilant, hen that met
him Tho rooster had pi*ancod away
behind her.
Thun, however, a* the battled hawk
again rot.mated, ho rushed forward
with tho light of halite In his eye.
knocked tho hen away from hot-chick
ens, ruthlessly trampled on the brood
and sounded his clarion note of tri
umph and dollanou. twice more the
hawk renewed the onslaught, ami each
tlmo the hen drive him IT and the
rooster ohilraod tho victory and trod
down tin' chicken-' Whon the* hawk
at la*! llnw away with empty buak
talons tho hon had only two UtQ#
hlfds to cat'o for. Out of a family <n
nltio tho gallant rooster had trkmpled
sovon to death.
OLD PAUHIONI.U PRFAOHBRS.
Who l> Not I m' Mlitiit Nor llmorl to
HpiiinMniml Mt'llto It,
It may not bo generally known, bqt
It Is nevertheless a that some pf
the greatest anil bent preachers In the
world do not use slang or nhuslv#
language, or pas * around tin hat for a
living, -ays the Atlanta lot -Itullon.
They suffer many hardships, . las a
rule remain poor all nC tliolr (i'’os, but
they never resort t, -mmatlonai m#;h*
oils In order to draw crowds and nil
IJiolr pockots. Many of them in (heir
old age fuel all the i-vlla of poverty
uml die neglected and in want but lively
nrk live* ftur l.hotn, and (hey go out
of tho world happy In the ronsetoul*
ness of having fought the goo l light.
