The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-02-26


colony cfrnice, whose eager desire NJ Yves
TO make q safe raid upon certain heap Of
corn. IRsthe same barn, however. dwelt 81
particularly watchiul ont, and when sandry
: Of the rasher mice entered to disport them
seiyss &poa The coye;eos grain, fearful was
the havoc made ia their ranks. Council
alter council was held, &saA at length it. was
determines that aomethiag should he done
in order shat token might be given OF, the
cats approach. brilliant idea then stuaclE
q spruce yosng moaseling, and sprlrg.uu ui,-
On his hin legs, he said What if bell
were put around the willy creatures neck =
For . bresspeee the aoaelty Of the scheme
struck the council with, admiration. Then
rose a gray'grizzled mO1ss. practical sua
experienced from the end OF his whisaers
to the tlA OF his TAIL and gravely said:
What my young friend has suggested is most
creditabe to his inventive faculties. aut
who'sto bell the Cat e''
"By joysy you We hit it, old man. Come
down and ssee our eat mean nv mother
iniaw-ara judge for yourself the extreme
difficulty OF 7ny positioa. Return with me
this sven.ng''
mo, nes' pleaded Priee Pm haaaful
old fellow. unused:to TIE society of ladies'"
II wora take a edenis5. Cal for ma, at
the Yates Department. OF n quarter to four
4 We can hsve u COSY chat this evening. sad
! wind up with Iricndiw suh3er"
Herbert Price hssitate5, and was lost. he
liked Valentine Hardy better than aay Of his
casual acauaintances. ana was at length III
ducsd to promise that ne would accompany
him 10 Byswater. The Journalist slammed
and affected TO despises female society bat
beneath, his somewhat rongh exterior
and hluesness OF speech :here was cheYd
which y1brated With, wCndrous res0aanes
whenever the sound OF a certain name rang
in his cap, and awoke. cad and painful saem
orivs-saemories Of d&ys long departed, when
the iu' I'VE had seemeds a.nged with thu nsost
ro.eate hues OF promise.
Whaa Val, rushad Of t, resvigse his
duties> Herbert Prae WISHED in his heart
that INC had NIT INST his young friend
butshs had given his woi chat lie would
spend the evening with him, and accord
liDgly. ut the tisse appointed. they snonnt-
cd tao hox-sexs IF an omn thus, Aad were
snoa rafting aieag the the busy thour-
eussiaiare. Befoss the young husband
had concluded exsslling the virtues of
his wife, they had arrived nj Minerva
teSEace, and in n few minutes Price was
a she presence NJ the win+>me little
~omnns who bad 80 completely ensiaved
Valentines AFFECTIONS. MaMmA, it APP
Eeared. had gone to the West Eta To
fulfil the great feminine dsty IF 'shor-
ping" and, having several Gala 10 make,
was net expected home. ill 7 O'Clock
The mere Announcements that Herbert
Price had been fer many years faithful
friend o: her husbands was enough TO
insure Ef0r him hsarty welesms from
Felicia. The grey -haiSsd cyn,c, won By
her bright smiles and sim pie grace, soon
recovered hts selt--pO-sessiop, and sIel
All boar had passed began 10 reflect that
after ali, perhaps, his experience of
womar. kicd had ..pot been sufficient TO
warrant the outburstS Of spleen in which
he hsd so often INDUCED resucciing she
sex
IVA. Hardy, you are a Siucky man."
ha said, when after tea the two ,noa
strolled into the garden.
Minerva terrce had bean built when
land at Bayswater was less valuable than
row, and the taste OF Mrs. Hope, comha-
cd with the skill Of the gardener. had
dGne much Tor Tho little space at their dis
posai. A pond of about the capacity Of
good sized wash-tub had bsen con-
strueted ia the -centtr, and in it SEINE
half-doze fat sleepy gold 6sk swan,
house ingeniously surrounded by rockery,
over which trailei sSonccr"p, ferns and
creeping plants. 'Fa,s summer-nonse
was, in tue eyes of Felicia and her bus
band, perfect Ii tie pa-adisc. Here, nu
summer afternoons when Val was in
town, the Young wife would stray, het
thoughts busy with her husband, while
her fingers were employed in embl oidcry
or some other feminine knick -knack The
place was \ ,rihe damprr than sach II
sorts usually are, and the snails an1 sp.
! dels lad takeh 10 It even bc.ute It's crest /,