, 1877-03-13
encc- Of civilized society. adopted pralrlo wolf

lnto aeF family OF pets.
Tho family consisted Of d poodls-doR named
Tlp, 4 cat, md sa.esal kittens. The wolf aeecpt-
al tho situation with lamb. like sweetness Of dc.
rcanor, grew wonderfully kind, and gcntse, anil
playful Ills wo1heh instincts accr,cd Qnltc sub
ducd. and refined tastoA began 10 develop In him.
his lore for and interest In, flowers g1cw 10 such
dsa.e: hst s r; oe" sss!asa 81. e ,:hs 4 The
% Aad . . tic kttcu.. and tho poed,s.dog Tip, and
3s S rsnt sesa a' e. msnam ha
actnelly htgnn. And II had.
. H. e f H. a ffsn 1s II ';s ;.ns sss sso ss aets s
sSideniy catching simp-a ot angry eye: sna
s to srsalson: on:A q IL woa.s @ neaTs Shsaea
?E & R''sea" III wi :s.;sa a sss Wolf nesre.s
The Kitten, assnmlne sn MIR Of eomposnre, said
ehe should b prepared 70 jusetfy al! ahe Ind
withsas more re- 10. snd killsd hst SAYING:
~ N! mako .t.seusns eoneerins th'' a1a's in
% x Siss ths tho poodla stared asas. for
np one of he kittes. and an ap.st.:. aid hi5 i
thitd-aiast thcy had al' been slain BY tho cruel
Seeing the poo,,ls's sorreyyta' looks, tho wolf
s1RSn RSt1 9sS @ vas Tosn hsys Ss1s Ss1s
happened ;, foa aro murderer, and deserve to
.xs; s,ssx Il s 4. 81 ess :S
Then tho dead ksttena were trf0d before .jnry
Of thot. peers for ruintng the reputation Of tho
This jury was eonpotcd Of The, wolvet1nc, tl1o
yss'el. ;hs fox, ths esdses shs bal, ;ho psn5,ie
cs nto %ai e. f sn
ss .s%!e ees :s3sa!!y y y h:
must hare n,adc them turn in their Fsaycs.
The VOLTS speech was model Of tcrse olo.
..'Genilemcnl" said hc, "1appcal to my rec.
manners and nnblomtrhod uorsia' In my youth |
wa when lived among wolyet. Since have
drslt II s!vllized coa'mun.ty who M hss o',a stoEd
sf e.e H taa Il 10. s@s . Ia qes
iii The iaalt of those miserable kittens and that
enrscd beast Of poodle. Batshey have tn. Chris.
Everybody cried hero, and Tho shcsiG want out
and brought tn lalo Of c9ot-handkcrehlefs.
wh' s' oss sa si s
'1s aentlenen o. lhe. .iu.y,", said 10. blinking
wolf TO tho effect that ho ts gcnttcman and a
ss VIZ siR in yoaf verdict In a'eoFdsneo with
viii IT, yefast W xie cons, @ snea ho sttsn. to yet:
1HSbH8 lH1AM$s AEA NCIuE4EA W kl1 WUIt hAu NSA
ptnlsc Wlcl, he had safHcd. .
1mnedlHtsly there was Frcat uproor Of applause
In Tho court, and In the Inldst Of It somobody went
up md p0ked the owl under tho Ftbh md jerkel At
tho tail fenthers. aud loi It only stuffed btdt
And tho eJea wefe gaaa eyes! And then thot
knew that tltc owl was only 4 Aptrtuat medium and
that It was tue spirit Of AhAt old .Modoc, Capt.
Jack, that charged thu jury.
l1mt they hll went away jtJfnlly together. Tho
band playing, *'D0wn Among tho Dead Men, +" etc.
Tho r0od1a-doG. Zip, beinG left alone, whs sn!ts-
fen with ttrnoFFc, md ho went out and begged q
pIece Of stFychnfncd meat Of a policeman, anil
went into a 3onebomo Aty ard lnid down and
dtcd, and bis spirit went abrund In septic germs.
uaa very we'll sati41cti with tho. shove fable,
Mr.. Editor, utti Itycrosoty ymitalus read It md
said that good fable should hare moral. 70.
piled that thonght tho moral should bn fcad be.
tween the lines, IN It IA In play Or novel. and
convinced ir wss right, ds always do. but hn
wouldn't admit It, a. he novcr will, and 10 to
pleaso him IsugTcstod-
s pas tnsy tn.t,' sfsa e 9a sassaenx sstna .as
Vcsuvlns, prEscnfed tho following:
"Moral:. Let this b0 warning to everybody not
! to wflto Anonymous 1ctterh."
muAt confess TINT this seemed ~ mo slightly
| irrelevant, but he eaJs TINT am woman anti
{thcreforcl can't feason, md that t&lctt IL an
occult telegraph connecting everything moro or
| lesa with cyur1thlnH r!se, and that lawyers and
otter people tLot women or Idiots can SEQ tha c0n~
| nection. Es0rA LEssIAu.