The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-01

| did. At last the loss was laid to him,
as was every loss in the house, general
ly, I must admit, with good reason.
The turmoil subsidized somehow; Uncle
John was waited upon in the solitude
of his chamber, took his breakfast with
. spoon, and meditated q visit to the
dentist; while the young lady dressed
for the street. and started out on q
shopping expedition. At the first place
she stopped. wanting something from q
small bag which she wore at her side,
she pulled out her handkerchief, and.
to her horror, there rolled out on to the
counter, before the astonished faces of
the clerks, the missing set of false teeth.
One day Mr.. Kent brought home q
very large, thick photograph album,
with places for large pictures. This
seemed to trouble Cudjo. who apparent
ly thought the holes ought to be filed,
and that the duty fell to him. So, one
day he was very busy, scarcely seen
about the house, and not till Dan went
to feed the rabbit family was it suspect
ed what important business had so oc-
cupied the naughty bird. To his grief.
Dan found his whole family of little rab-
bits killed, and skinned, and carried off
Of course, he knew that Guido was the
guilty one, but where he had buried the
bodies was not known for day or two.
till some one opened the new photograph
album. There. between the leaves, in
the holes left for the pictures, were
found the unfortunate rabbit babies,
sticking the pages together, and con-
sequently utterly running the book.
The worst fault of Guido remains to
be told; he was what is nowadays
tenderly called kleptomaniac. That
is, he had an intense longing to ap-
propriate to his own uses everything
that struck his fancy-there is shorter,
but not so polite, name for this tend
ency. Being strong and quick, he
generally succeeded, though the only
use he seemed to have. was hiding it
away. He had the regular miser spirit
of boarding. The neig hbors all feared
him 80, if he came into house, through
door or window, no one ventured to
touch him, but all stood back while he
looked around and selected what he
chose, thimble, q kitting-needle, a
piece of money. silver spoon, or any
thing, aud carried it OF to his hiding
place. .....s
For long time the place where Guido
hid his treasures could not be found,
but one day a mound was discovered
under the piazza, and its contents taken
out. Should you like to know what q
crow would consider worth hiding away
so carefully? Let me tell you few Of
the things; a six-bladed knife; cross
that had been blessed by the Bishop
(and belonging to servant girD; some
copper cents; glass eye from the
stuffed owl; q small china dog from the
mantel; bits of glass from kaleidO-
scope; silver spoon or two; fine
toothed comb, and gold ring. Was
not that variety?
The most inveterate enemies that
Guido ever had were the negroes on the
place, and their feelings were fully re-
ciprocated by him. The house-servants
hated him, because he always few at
their feet. and barefooted they would
go, in warm weather. Perhaps he
thought it improper, or possibly he
thought the color of their skin an in
sulting attempt to initiate his own
glossy hue; however it was, he torment
ed them without ceasing.
One day a woman brought child to
visit the cook. It strayed away, and
nothing was thought of it, until sud-
denly there arose q terrific row. It
sounded like furious fight; the savage
"caw" of the crow was heard mingled
with the shrieks of child. The whole
family rushed toward the room whence
I, <1n
driven into corner, and half frighten-
ed out of its wits, while Cudjo had
fairly surrounded it. He was prancing
across in front of it with his most saw
age air. feathers ruffled up, and ready
for war. Now and then he would
pounce on the little girls feet, while
the child held up her hands and
screamed.
He was usually cunning enough to
keep himself from injury, but once he
made terrible mistake. He saw some
beautiful red things in the kitchen, that
cook seemed to prize, and he resolved
to have one. At favorable moment
he bounced upon one and swallowed it
in an instant. It was a red pepper, and
it was not long before Cudjo saw his
error. It began to burn inside; he be-
came uneasy; and soon he flew around
as though he was crazy, squawking,
and gasping, and at last he fell down as
though dead. He received no SYM
pathy from cook. who remembered his
sharp bill.
Its good fur yo'! good fur yo'r'
she said. between her laughing; ego
done fool yo' selfr' - =, &C
He recovered after while, but he
was now five years old, and his career
drew near q close.
My little hero fell victim at last, to