A Bird Story.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 38, 19 September 1901, Page 29

A Bird Story.

A charming story is told of an incident connected with the great fire in Chicago. A family living near the lake shore had a large number of pet birds. They had built an aviary — a long, narrow room with glass windows reaching from ceiling to floor. Passers-by often stopped before the house to watch the pretty creatures flattering about, to hear their songs, cr see them bathe. One afternoon, in the week of the fire, a cloud of fluttering wings moved wearily up the street. Pn aently these birds, most of them oanariee, caught sight of the aviary with its happy denizens. Straight towards the windows they flew, some of them against the glass itself. The ladies of the hou^e were quick to take in the situation. They hurriedly shut their own birds into a compartment of the aviary, and then threw the windows wide open, retiring from sight that the spent travellers might feel free to enter. After a few minutes, first one and then another flew inside, where they settled down, panting, grateful for rest and safety. It was some time before they attempted to eat or baths. After the strangers had eaten of the bird-seed and rested, the other birds were allowed to enter, and it was delightful to hear the chorus of songs whioh arose wnen the home birds and the strangers met.

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