The Red Cloud chief., 1880-07-08
TuE STORY OF LxBEIH AND the
HAHt.

too many to count thea | GA, orca al
the newspapers there srfv enough IA
PAPER the front Of the building. and Al
last | came To = strangr ruaad psrcsi.
and wondering what cOald b. ia that. i
took 81 the pink stray and wrappanss
that surrounded IL when cat rolled =
tin mustard box. With four holes
punched IA the I'D Whsi - make 81
this | dsdn't know. Itriei - tsts, 90
the cover. but ]; would not stir. Thea
! raped IL gently With a ruler. when.
all II a sudden pop OF came the Id.
and out sprang \ wAd Il cOftoa wool.
ani a queer little drab and ysilo~
thing. thru. or four inches long. that
sluattcd down among tho psPers
Four small legs. a e,g tai. a head
with 81, horns. and a coat 81 naaay
colos that seemed u bc All 81 T. L
waited is 10 IL moS but u Kept
s;ill, 50 very siill that ! thought u
must be dead. So ! gave IL a Pok" With
my pen handle. when "PfscAf away
Il ran. like n mouse. over papers aud
letters. down IL the carpet, across the
floor. and into a dark corncr behind
the safe.
Thus was I introduced Ia "Lisbe,h."
the horned l~iksri. ar horned toad.
which my friend. the Professor. hal
sent me from Colorado.
| carried her home with me that
night. and In n few DAYS she ans In be
looked upon a. ms IL the family. She
took possession II n ot the broad
window seats in the library. where she
had = ctgar-boN for her house and a
hickory twig foe furniture, Here she
spent mos, ot her time In the morn
Ing shc Law in the sunshine. or olung To
the window. sill Ia look "a At the allan
tus-tree Opposite. She showed oaly
one bad trait She would NOT eat, and
for i've week. she WIS never known Ia
take ans food or drink But this Didn't
trouble her n much a. IL did the rest
of Us. She continued la look plump.
and the Professor tells me that she
could have tasted for six months with
out starving. One night ! put four
beetles IN the cigar-boN with her. fast
cuing down the cover. In the morning
they were gone. and from that time abe
had a good appetite. and devoted most
Of her waking hours To sppcasing IL
with such ficS. ants or beetles. a. came
within reach 81 her. ! once counted
fifty lilies that went into her mouth with
in as many minutes.
And she always was rrady for contri-
buttons Of insects. but they must be
alive. IL you took y fy by one wing
and held IL. buzzing. two or three
inches from her mouth. suddenly out
flashed a small siubby tongue. with n
sort Of mucilage ON the end 81 IL. and
before you knew just what had hap
pcned. the rs was swallowed.
LiZbeih soon learned To recognize the
members II the family. and would Oft.
en- follow u from room to room. She
showed intelligence In many ways; we
taught her several tricks. such as ly-
ing on her back n IL dead. and sitting
ON her launches with back agains, an
inkstand. AMI demurely holding a
tooth-pick in one of her small hands.
and when hungry for n meal. she would
come to us with open mouth. n a sign
II readiness. She was always pleased
TO have her neck scratched. or 70 be-
held In ones hand. when she would
snuggle down into the warm palm and
90 Ia sleep.
One day in September. three months
after Lizbeth's arrival. n very import
ant event happened. There came an
other tin mustard-box from the PROBES
sor, who was Their with the Wheeler
Exploring Expedition in California. and
in IL was q baby companion for Lizbeth
according To the Professors standard
of beauty. the preitie-t creature alive.
II was three inches long. and had five
gold bands across its back. black shad-
ing Jus, before each. and n beautiful
white s'omachcr-
So now there were two heads that
peeped out from the library window a;
the ailantustree. and two hungry
mouths { o fIl with flies and beetles.
Baby 500 became the fayoriie. The
color u her a ~as pretticr. and
she had no horns on her head. You
may wonder what Lizbc,h's horn.
were for. I hardly know. miles. IA A
substitute for q shovel in digging in
TO the soil. but she used hers very skill
fully to pry open the lid Of her cigar
box
Lizbeth was the ~liveiier 81 the two.
While a lady caller. one evening. was
seated near the comfortable. Lizbeth
sprang out Of n hat and alighted on her
hand uitering = shriIl "PrscA"' and
giving her a fright and hatred of the
beasts (as she called ;hem). from
which she never fully recovered. A
Danish gentleman. who visits us @Drne-
times. nearly tainted when he first saw
her approaching. and ever sf.erward.
when he called he used Tn push his
head through the hslf-open door. AK
ing. Where are dose rep;iesyT and
when told. he seated himself a, the
farthest corner os the and on the
very edge Of his chair. ready a; the
first appearance Of Lizbeth 90 Baby 20
escape through the door
10 may be you would no hare liked
Lizbeth and TIE Baby q; hrs. sight
You might have thought them ton much
like tozds. Bot IL ron could have seen
the two as they climbed oyer nv
mothers sewing. while she sat a
work, scranbling In and cut her
pockets- stopping now and thea 90
wink or scratch their heads with the hind
leg. or II you could have watched them
follow her from room TO room. scamper-
ing ike mice and then falling asleep in
q square Of sual;ghs ~ her feet feel
sure you would soon have been wiling 20
hold their so.. little bodies 10 your
hand. that you might examine their
many-coiorcd coats. which were very
pretty. looking Ike bits Of Persian
carpet surrounded By fringe
There is one queer fart about the
horned lizards coatEthey change
their color 70 match the surface on
which they live. Thus resembling the
chameleons. though having the queer
power in q less degree. In tnrelinZ
through Nevada and Colorado, ons
may see many eolored varieties Of the
same species. the changes IN that taking
place 10 accordance with sinilar SHADES
q The soil ] have sess oes ssas was
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