Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

“I saw an eagle killed last summer in rather a strange way,” said Fred J. Hancock, of Harrisburg. One afternoon while out hunting, I noticed an immense eagle flying directly overhead bearing in its talons a burden that apparently worried it. I noticed that the bird began to show signs of weakness, but was somewhat surprised when a moment or two later the bird began descending rapidly, and soon fell to the ground. Hastening to the spot, I found the eagle dying, yet firmly grasping in its powerful talons a large-sized ferret as its prey. The animal was fighting frantically for its freedom and had killed its captor. The eagle had evidently greatly mistook its game. The ferret was held in such a manner as to inflict no vital injury. Its head being entirely at liberty it had torn and lacerated its captor in a terrible manner, and at last killed it.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.