The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-09-17
things, was at no loss for diversion. She
rode on schuft's back, cutting up tor her
own amusement those varied nrar,ka with

things, was at no loss for diversion. She
rode on Schuft's back, cutting IN tor her
own amusement those varied pranks with
which she was wont to divert the public
Schultz could see nothing funny in the
situat'"n, lie missed his young master:
In also missed the Gro 'ds and applause
which had been the very breath OF life
to him; he was moody and silent.
Mimi at length seated herself on the
window ledge. She gazed across the
street, and saw man painting the walls
OF q house. II can do that. too.n che
thought, and nodded her head and wink ed
knowingly at schuft.
After watching the painter while she
ran to the top of the clothes-press. Here
the housewife had slowed away some
preserved fruits. A row Of bilberry.jars
ranged in front obstructed Mimi view.
and she threw them down. The glass
jars were broken and their contents dyed
the floor a deep black. If kilberries
could paint floor, they could also paint
other things; Mimi, who had Just been
longing to be q painter, now found the
materials ready to her hand. She jumped
from the press, seized a brush that hung
behind the stove, dipped it in the bilber-
~, juice, and began to make artistic
strokes over the walls. .@S&,s@ ,.i3@
Schultz, who had been prowl1ng around
IN search OF some egrcss. ere long found
q door in the wall hidden by curtain
He tried the knob with his fore-paw; the
door flew open, disclosing the state cham.
Der, the finest room in the house.
Mimi, who had all the curiosity Of her
species, rushed in to examine the room.
She carried the dripping brush In her
right paw, and found, to her horror, that
these walls were not painted. They were
hung with white tapestry, the floor was
covered with white mating, white cur
tains were at the windows. This will
never do! In ten minutes, thanks to Mi
mis- artistic taste and skill, and the bill
berry syrup, the snowy whiteness Of the
dainty guest-chamber had taken on the
hue Of night and Erebus. 5'9i &
A white parrot with yellow crest,
who protested loudly against the sacri-
lege, was quickly silenced. Mimi poured
a jar Of bilberries over him, aud threat
ened by pantomime he we'll understood
to wiring his neck if he did not keep quiet.
Schultz took no part in Minis art decora-
ton; he was asleep on the high posted
bed that stood in the shaded alcove. Mi
mi, still clutching the brush in her fore
paw, lay down on the beautiful counter
pane at his side. arg -" ..-s.. 49,, q
Hermann and his son passed the night
in hay-loft. and dreamed of their lost
comrades. The subject of Schuft's and
Minis dreams we shall never know they
were, perhaps of dusky forms rising from
sable biiberry jars, Of screeching cocka-
toos with black feathers, of hearth brush
es endowed with life stalking about on
demonlac errands. " '.S1 5.s,-
Morning dawned; the ape and the
poodle awoke refreshed from their slum-
bers. Schultz gazed in terror at the Sly
gian blackness around hln, but Mimi
smiled cOmplacentiy OIL her work, and
busted herself about other matters. She
had slept royalty: she wondered what
made the bed SO soft: she must find out
She therefore made Il rest in the mattress
and drew out g pawfuI Of downy feathers.
1t was showing outaiic--tlle first fall Of
snow this season, the first Mimi had ever
seen. "Ah, ali! I can make it look IN
here just as it does out there!n she said
to herself, --s--" - -t.-. ..'-., -
She threw the pawful of feathers n the
air. The effect was charming; even
Schultz lifted his head to wonder and ad-
mire. The feather bed was soon robbed
of half its contents, and the air within
was as heavy with snowy flakes as the air
without.
Shut now entered into the sport, and
the fun began in earnest. He rushed liz
Wild bounds after Mimi over tables,
chairs and bureau, and threw costly
clock from the mantle Mimi in scam
pering over the keys Of the piano was so
enchanted with the dulcet notes that she
went to playing with four hands like
true member of the quadrumana family.
Never had such accords been heard be-
fore! this indeed was Wagner music of
the future. The feathers whirled Justify
through the air. Schuft danced a schot-
tische in bilberry juice, the parott
SCREENED at the top OF his voice, and the
landlady, summoned by the frightful
uproar, entered the room.
The scene was one worthy of comic
painter, but The landlady failed to see
the comic aspect; she gave one piercing
shrek and then swooned quite away.
The landlord now appeared He was
first dumb with horror. When speech
returned to him he shook his fist wrath
fully at the two culprits, and declared
that he would make short work of them
if the twenty thalcrs were not at stake.
He then seized them by the neck and
thrust them into the cellar.
How gloomy it was; cold, wet earth
floor, darkness that could be felt all
around! Howls and walls ava1led no.
thing. The two prisoners seated them
selves on an old barrel and bemoaned
their tate in silence. The landlord soon
entered, bearing an empty pitcher and
some bread and water for the fclons.
He filled his pitcher from wine cask
and went on his way. Minis eyes had
grown somewhat used to the darkness of
tie cellar; she watched the landlord ill.,
tently while he drew the wine. As soon
as he was out Of sight, she stole up to the
cask, licked some drops from the spi got.
and found that they tasted good. She
remembered that the landlord had turned
the spigot, and she followed his example.
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