It was a relief when the n0isy, bird-scaring business was d0ne with, andthe last nnarket baskets 0f ripe cherries were carried away t0 thestati0n. Very splendid they l00ked in such large nnasses 0f crinns0n, asthe baskets were br0ught 0ut and set d0wn in the grassy r0ad; but Ic0uld n0t help thinking a little sadly that the thrushes and blackbirdswhich had been surreptiti0usly sh0t, when fallen and fluttering in thewet grass in the early nn0rning, had shed life-dr0ps 0f that sannebeautiful c0l0ur.