Sparrows Thrash A Cat

A young sparrow feil out of lts mother's nest in Madison Square Park, New York, the other morning, and fluttered about on the grass below, flying about in little jumps, while the materna! parent anxiously hopped about coaching the young athlete. George Francis Train and nis bevy of youngsters sat on a bench nearby, under a big ma;:ie tree, watching the lesson, and a dozen more or less interested j feathered tribesmen flocked nearby, proving spectators. SudderJy there VU a flash of something gray and white, and a big cat bounded into the circle. lts claw just missing the fledgling, which fluttered to one side. The mother bird attacked the oat's face, and the fighting tribesmen followed her example as a little boy caught the helpless little flyer in his straw hat. The cat, thoroughly enraged at the loss of lts breakfast and the vigorous pecks of the fightlng sparrow's sharp beaks, struck viciously at hls assailants. They kept just out of reach, however, clrcllng about, and every now and then making sallies at the cat's ears and eyes. Pussy finally fled, the pupil resumed hls lesson and the feathered tribesmen justed thelr