The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-02-07
|ar and Catholic Messenger.
rs, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1875
JUVENILE COLUMN.
s STORY OF JACK SQUIRREL.

a. HERE lived on the main branch of a
kefy tree, Mr.. Jack Squirrel and his
lily gay and happy t tife r sasy i ed;
kAsp5&r hemselves. Old Jack was fine
EiI1< Sf{16r he spent most of his time in sum-
HAS Sather hunting up their winters
foa hich consisted of generous supply
different kinds of nuts, always gath
13h the beautiful Indian summer. One
he long drouth caused all the nuts,
>6tipg acorns, to fall before their time
Int winter found the Squirrel family in
<Hf6&r Strengthened circumstances. But
lack was CHEEKY fellow, always in
|stt4ned to make the best of everything. So
|ah8 E&Ehered in a great store of acorns, and
|sA4ids In the bosom of his family, THAT for
III part he was thankful for good warm
c68E % his back, and plenty of acorns to
edt that on the whole they were much
6c&5ox for young and growing Squirrels to
seAt than rich sr food"
MY stoyy, however, is about young Jack,
the 'oxly son of the family, and the chief
pS5 of his mamma. He thought himself
IA BAT consequence and put on many airs
z'f his sisters, who were nice, obedient
Erlb. Now Jack, although he loved his
3other, thought her little fussy, and
|H3dn't see why squirrel of his size
sAonld be expected to mind. And now 1
Am going to tell you how master Jack
eAne to grief, and at the same time found
Adsa that his mother knew the ways of the
MGrid better than he. One bright October
x11fning, Mr.. Jack Squirrel and wife went
|&sxOss the wood to condole with some
elatives of theirs who had recently lost u
E8Hild in very distressing manner. He
I'D strayed from home. and was having
Hn-squirrel fashion-when cruel hunter
red, killing him instantly, and his family
was in great trouble.
Before Mrs. Squirrel left home she told
|<he young girls what to get for dinner, and
WAS also very particular to command them
~ nto in he frnn mn hai Tao1
|lalGo was cautioned but no sooner had his
#arents gone, than he told his sisters to
s<ntay there if they wanted to; for his part,
| ne was going to town to get some pop corn
re appetite was poor, and he hadn't rel,
Ffahed nuts for several days" They begged
I'm to stay at home, bat with a whisk of
ftsa tail, and a turn of his supple body, lie
whs out of the tree and gaily hopping off
t0wards town. His courage began to fail
him, however, as he passed from the pas
&Rre into an orchard, but he thought he
|sFould rather die than go back, after telling
the girls so many times that he wasn't
hgeaid. His heart beat so fast that he
sphld hear it thump through his thick fur
|jecket, and he was about turning around
when he spied plenty of pop corn in a
|gentleman's garden near by. So through
the fence he hoped and was about to help
himself, when he heard some boys saying.
tsAt him, Bose, sick him !" land at him"
|1key came, two boys and dog, and dread
zssto relate one boy carried gun. Poor
49, he thought surely his last moments
had come. He nearly tainted with fright
stillhe was quick witted enough to hurry
into the first tree he came to, and betake
hig trem bling self into a snug shelter on
|khosend of q limb, where the leaves were
|thick. For moment he felt secure then
he Thought of that dreadful gun, aud alsr
Of bis Cousins violent death.
All the mean things he ever did rushed
fhI6lgh his head. He even remembered
falling his little sister to shut her eye aud
|open her mouth. then hopping a w"rmy
mt into it |! he could hear the boys taking
|un&er the tree. and knew they were plan
|ni1G TO shake him out, 40 as to try Bosses
|Agility in catching him, or if they did not
|shake him cut, they might hit him with
|ch9nee- shot-he would die then, and his
sey never know his fate. Poor Jack
|tnpngbt, in his trouble, of all these things
|Enuch faster than can tell them, and he
resolved that if he ever reached home with
II whole skin he would mind his parents
|e9ee after but just as he made up his mind
|AHs he deserved to be shot for his folly,
Tue master of the house came out and said,
|ssBoys, do you call that fair two of you,
|apd dog, fighting one simple. half-grown
|s1uirrel come away, directly"
frightened as Jack was, he could not
FaIp feeling provoked at being called
Aimple and half grown" but, after ali, it
|4AB true, for, had he not been simple he
|Ee1ld have known that his mother knew
|1Aet; and swell as he might, he was only
Ealf as big as his father. The boys seemed
"a think it ratherahard that they must give
IN their sport; but they were good, obedi-
Ent boys, and, calling Bose, they followed
beir father into the house.
Poor Jack did not dare to stir for fear of
|heir return, thinking that, maybe, the
Down was full of just such boys with dogs
md shot-guns. So he stayed and stayed,
Inngry, tired, and home sick, until it be-
|an to grow late in the day, then h.
heeiS He dd d not stop to CHATTER
|aEried through the orchard, across the
ture, and up into the dear old familiar
-Daae-tree. !
On reaching home his parents had found
put his disobedience, and his mother was
overcome at the thought of his great /
anger, and possible fate. Old Jack was
|ast starting after the runaway as he t
|nahed in, and humbly throwing his paws
FOUND his mothers neck, exclaimed, "Oh s
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