The Peacock's Pride

The Peacock's Pride

The old story that if a peacock Is

divested of the beautiful feathers that

constitute its tail he will hide far from

the sight of man and beast, in sheer

shame and disgrace, was tested over on

Owen's island not long since. Capt.

Jimmy Owen is the proud possessor of

a peacock. Some of the colored farm-

hands heard the story about pulling out

the tail feathers, and one day decided

to test it. They caught the strutting

fowl and one by one plucked out the

feathers. The following morning the

peacock was missing. He carne no

more for his meals and was mourned

as dead until a few days ago, when he

reappeared in all his pristine glory,

with a full complement of tail feathers.

He has now rehabilitated himself in

his old spectacular position, and the

darkeys who played the trick to test

the tradition are satisfied the story is

correct.