136 SPORT. 



collapses. His wings clap to as if by machinery, 

 like those of a mechanical bird when he has finished 

 his song outside a musical snuff-box. A very small 

 bunch of feathers floats lightly in the blue sky 



A ROCKETER. 



where late he flew ; he " leaves his life midway in 

 air," and his body falls with a heavy thud just behind 

 his favoured executioner, who, being the youngest 

 of the party, with a certain interest in the host's 

 family which made him very nervous when this 



