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


know, for one. I've never seen
The man that I'd admire
To have hanging after me, i
Instead Of my Josisr.
Inc Little White Kity's Troubles. -,
Springfield Republican IT,:
Out in the wood shed behind the house
lived three little kittens with their mother.
The old mt was black and white with yell
low spots. and her name vas Tabby.. None
Of the little kittens had yellow spots, though
one of them had little specks Of yellow: so
little Emma called this one Specky. Her
brother called one Of his ttat, and she
thought it was good name 70 borrow for 9
CIT thatwas SO truly speeky. The kitty
Emma thought most Of, however, WAS the
little white one with one black spot on it's
forehead, che was the brightest of the three.
She did many queer things for cat. and
she was very we'll behaved. One day the
kitty saw b&sin standing ia corner, and
she knew she had seen her mother lap some
thing from it. She thought she was large
enough to do whatever her mother did, and
she would try whatever it was. So she
walked up to the basin with great self pos
session, as if she knew all about it, and had
been there a: great n1any times before
There was water in it. as it happened, and
Miss Kitty Was very much shocked to see
i cat in the basin looking right At her. She
Ralked froncne side t. the cthe. trying to
|. make, out what it could be. >, - 80
Pretty soon people began, to laugh at her
queer performances when she went for a
drink Of water. This Kitty didn't like one
tit was serious business with her. She
couldn't make out Why there should be
cat in the water, and she had never enjoyed
drink OF water because CT it. She never
would drink until she was &c thirsty she
couldn't endure it any longer, and then
there was that same dreadful trial to 20
through again.
It seemed to her it wouldn't he quite SO
bad if the people didn't laugh at her SO:
They seem to think, that because lam a cat
have no feelings" said Kitty in her cat
Language. 81. -. 49, -" -
/ One day she vas determined to find ont the
mystery, 80 she put her paw down suddenly
into the strange cats face. and got such
ducking This was too much. She ran.
from the house into the garden as fast IS
she could 20. She sat down in the sun,
and dried her paw and thought the matter
over. .n
SIZE thought she might as well IDEAS live.
She had faint idea of drowning herself in
| the pond but the recollection OF the shock
she had when she put her paw into the wa.
ter drove that thought out Of her head at
once.
I'm going away from here at any rate, "
she said. Il can't bear to see Emma laugh
at me when I am in such trouble" ..
After nicely drying her paw and smooth
ing her soft fur. she started. She walked
leisureiy down the roehl as If she hadn't
care in the world, and had yoz net her you
would never have dreamed she was in such
state of mind. When she came TO the
back; She had never been beyond the turn,
and the world looked SO large and strange.
But she went on, and after little. way she
became used to strange things, and didn't
mind it so much. 49,.
Soon she met some little girls going to
pick berries! They had their baskets and
we're all eating bread and butter. .: -
/, %, what pretty Kitty" said one OF
them. Lets catch her.
II guess not, said kitty to herself, and
| jumped over the stone wall, md soampered
! into the field at her very smartest pace. She
had been picking her. way in the field only
! q few minutes, when big dog came after
! her, and she had to climb tree to get out
of his way; then he barked at her such q
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
Q house not far away, and rs soon as the dog
! left her she started for it; she began to feel
hungry. She sat down on the doorstep in
the sun for few minutes, thinking that
some ono 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 "scat" in such
an emphatic manner that kitty thought she
might as well 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. y" .'|.,,
She walked along in q very depressed
temper. She began to feel Is if there was
really no pleasure in life. Onceshe had been
80 delighted in being out Of doors, chasing
tho butterflies, and trying to catch grasshop-
pers, but now grasshoppers had no attrao-
don. She couldn't take her attention from
her troubles long enough to catch gross