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Northland Age, Volume 4, Issue 3, 3 September 1907, Page 8

A Crow Story. One of the oddest of rook stories is told by Mr. Elias P. Squarev, in a letter to the “Spectator.” He says that a large number of rooks were observed cawing excitedly in a tree with three silent rooks in the midst. All except the three then adjourned to another tree, where they continued the debate. They then returned; three rooks, presumably those that had awaited their return, were slain, and the others dispersed. The story of rooks executing one another for crimes against the community is a very old one, but has never been so well authenticaied as to justify complete acceptance. In a tram-car recently a young man attracted the attention of the other passengers by suddenly leaping from his seat and picking up something from between the slats of the floor. Eor a moment he examined his find. Then he asked, “ Did anybody lose a half-sovereign ?” A quiet-looking man got up from his seat at the other end of the car and started toward the young man with outstretched hand. “ Yes,” he said. “ I dropped a half-sovereign when I got on,