Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1891 — Brave Mother. [ARTICLE]

Brave Mother.

As showing the force of maternal love imong the lower animals, there are few more pathetic incidents than the following, which comes from Australia : The owner of a country station was sitting one evening on the balcony outside his house, when he was surprised to notice a kangaroo lingering about, as though half in doubt and fear what to do. At length she approached the water pails, and, taking a young one from her pouch, held it to the water to drink. "While her baby was satisfying its thirst the mother was quivering all over with excitement, for she was only a few feet from the balcony, on which one of her great foes was sitting, watching her. The little one having finished drinking, it was replaced in the pouch, and the old kangaroo started off at a rapid pace. When the natural timidity of the kangaroo is taken into account, it will be recognized what astonishing bravery this affectionate mother exhibited. It is a pleasing ending to the story that the eye-witness was so affected by the scene that from that time forward he could never shoot a kangaroo. Utilizing scrap steel rod by welding it and drawing it into fence wire is one of the recent successes of electric welding.