Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1904 — A Bantam to the Rescue. [ARTICLE]

A Bantam to the Rescue.

One day a flock of sparrows were noticed flying excitedly around a house, and on going near I saw that a yohng sparrow had fallen from a nest under the tiles and was too young to fly back. Suddenly a bantam cock stepped for-

ward. He evidently quite understoafl the state of affairs, for he picked tkn little mite up very teuderly in his beak, mounted an empty cart that happened to be conveniently near, flew front IK on to the tiles and, stretching his neck out over the edge replaced the sparrow in its nest. In doing so, however, he overbad nnced himself and tumbled to tba ground. But after pluming his featk ers for a minute he strutted about tfca yard none tlie worse for his adventura and evidently very proud of his •»* ploit