The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07

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! Instead OF ry Josiar.
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! Inc Little White Kitt.'s Tronhlcs.
! Springfield Republican.
! Out in the wood shed behind the house
| lived three little kittens with their mother
The old :st was black and white with yell
! low spots. and her name vas .Eathv. None
| Of the little kittens had yellow Spots, though
! one Of them had little specks Of yellow SO
: little Emma called tLis one Spec5,y. Her
| brother called enc OF his tGa,. :ard she
! thonght it v:ls a good NAME 70 borrow foE q
! CIT that @aR SO truly specky. The kitty
Emma thought nos: Of. however, Was the
little white one with one black spot on its
forehead, che vas the brightest Of the three.
She did many queer things for a Get. and
she was very wsl behaved. One day the
kitty saw q :r6s!n standing ia corner, and
she knew she had Seen hez mother lap some
| thing from it. She thought size VAS large
! enough to Go whatever her n:otke: did. and
| she would try Whatever it was. So SIZE
walked up to the Basin with great s.lf-pos-
session, as if she knew 81! ,.E-nIt it, and had
| been there great n722y times before.
| There was water IL it. as it nayrened and
!, Miss Kitty Was very nl1ch shocked to see
| q cat in tire basin looking :igh: at her. Size
walked from one side t., shc <'tAe. trying t.
| make out what it could be.
! Pretty soca people began to laugh st her
| queer rerfcrna!.,>s when she ~cnt for q
! drink of water. This Kitty di;'r't ike one
| bit,-ii Was seziols business n,til her. She
TIM To r.,{ Ee
catin the water and she tad Eever enjoyed
| drink q water bcearee ci it. She never
! would drink until she was 20 thirsty she
! couldn't endure it any longer: and then
! there was that sa3n% dreadful trial to 90
through asa.n.
! It see1ned to he, it wouldn't be quite 50
had if the people didn't laugh at her so:
They seen, to think that because am a cat
! I have no feel!ngs,* said Kitty in her cat
! Language.
One she VAS determined 10 ind out the
mystery. go she put her paw down Suddenly
into the strange Cat s face. and got such q
ducking. This vas 100 much. She ran
! from the house into the garden as fast >s
she could 20. She sat down in the sun.
| and dried her paw and thought the mater
| over.
| SIZE Thought size might as well die rs live.
/ She had faint idea Of drowning herself in
! tie pond cut the recoi?ectioEt G: the shock
she had when she put her paw INTO the wa.
! ter drove tkat thought ont Of her head at
| once.
I'm going away from here at any rate, ;"
she said. Il can't bear 20 see Emma laugh
at me when AIN ia such trouble.
After nicely dr,ing her paw ard smooth
! ing her soft fur, she s:a.ted She walked
| le:su-eiy down the road as if she hadn't
| care in the world, and had yoz met her you
! would never have dreamed she was in such
| state of mind. When she came to the
turn in the road she had half q mind to 80
back: She had never been beyond the turn,
| and the world looked so large and strange.
But she went on, and after q little way she
became used to strange things, end didn't
mind it SO mach.
Soon she met some little girls going to
pick berries! They had their baskets and
! we're all eating bread and butter.
| %, what q pretty Kitty:' said one OF
them. Lets catch her
II guess not, " ssid kitty to herself, and
| jumped over the stone wall. and scancpered
i into the field at her very smastest pace. She
had been picking her way in the field only
few minutes. when q big dog came after
her, and she had to climb a tree to get out
Of his way; then he barked at her such a
long time that she Was almost crazy with
the noise. She thought he must be very
| foolish to stand there wasting his bark
''for, of course, shall NOT get down while
he is there"
While she was sitting on the tree she saw
house not far away, and as soon as the dog
left her she started for it; she began to feel
hungry. She sat down on the doors step in
| the sun for q few minutes, thinking that
some one might see her and ask her to
come in. But no one did and she went on
into the hall. Here she sat down again,
but still nobody saw her, so she was obliged
to walk into tie kitchen without an invita-
ton. There was Cross looking woman at
! work. As soon as she saw kitty she
stamped her foot and said "sc0t" in such
an emphatic manner that kitty thought she
| might as we'll leave She didn't even stop
to pick up bit of meat she saw lying out
! side the door, where some more fortunate
| cat had left it.
She walked along in very depressed
temper. She began to feel as if there was
really no pleasure in life. Once she had been
| 80 delighted in being out of doors, chasing
the butterflies, and trying to catch grasshop-
pere, but row grasshoppers had no attlac-
ton. She couldn't take her attention from
her troubles long enough to catch grass-