The Red Cloud chief., 1882-07-06

Rats and NIee.
IT'S queer that girls are 40 d~fesdsully
afraid II rats and mice. Nen are never
afraid of them. AMI I Shouldn't mind II
there were moreaxmiliion mice In I'M
oed-room every night
Mr.. Trayers tod Sue and me = ter
ribls story one day about y IN that
was walking ihrouzh n lonely iieli-
when she suddenly saw a field-moase
right in front II her. She wa. = brzFe
woman: so after she had said: "Oh.
MT, save me. somebody" she deierm-
ined TO save herself IL she could. for
there was nobody within mile, OF her.
There was n tree not cry far Cd. and
she had Just time Ia climb mp b tree
and sea, herself in the branches when
the mouse reached it, foot There ths,
animal stayed for six DAYS and nights.
squcaking in n was tina; made the
wOman's blood run cold. and waiting
for her % come down On the seventh
day. when she was nearly exhausted. n
man with n gun can along and shot
the mouse and saYci her life. don
believe this story. and | told Mr.. Tsay-
crs 30: for \ woman oouldnt climb a
tree. and even IL she could. what would
hinder the mouse from climbing alter
her.
sue has a new young man, who comes
every TUESDAY and Thursday night.
Oae day hc said: Jimmy. If yoa'h &c.
me . lock Of your sisters hair III give
YOU a nice dog" | told him be was
awfully kind. but ! didn't think IL
would be honest for me To take Sues
best hair. but tina: I'd try 20 get him
some OF her everyday hair. Aud he
said: What on earth do yon mean.
Jimmy?n And | said that Sue had got
some new back hair Il little while ago.
for | was with her when she bought It,
and | knew she wouldn't like me 10
take any Of that. So he said il was no
matter. and he'd give INC the dog any
WY.
Itold Sue af.erward al about il. just
TO show her how homes, | was. and in
she said: "Oh YOU little orment
a'way and never let Inc see you again"
and threw herself down on the sofa and
howlcd drcadfully, and mother came and
said: Jimmy, If you want to kill Your
dear sister, you can just keep on doing
~ YOU do" Such is the gratitude o:
grown-up folks.
Mr.. Withers-that's the new young
man-brought the dog, n he said he
would. He's a beautiful Scotch terrier.
and he said he would Kill rats like any
thing. and was two years old. and had
had the distempcr; that is, Mr.. Withers
said the dog would kill rats. and Of
course Mr.. Withers himself never had
the distemper.
OF course, I wanted to see the dog
kill rats. so | took him TO a rat-hole in
the kitchen, but he barked AZ il 80 loud
that no rat would think of coming out.
II you want to catch rats, YOU mustn't
begin by barking and scratching ut rat
holes, but YOU must sit down and kind
of wink with one eye and Law for them,
Just rs cats do. | told Mr.. Withers that
the dog couldn't catch any rats. and he
said he would bring me some in a box.
and l could let them out. and the dog
would kill every single one OF them.
The next evening Sue sent me down
TO the milliners 10 bring her new bon
net home, and don't you be long about
it either you idle. worthless boy. Well,
l went to the milliners shop. but the
bonnet wasn't done yet; and as l passed
Mr.. Withers' Office, he said: ''Come
here, Jimmy; I've got those rats for
YOU" He gave me u wooden box like
q tea-chest, and told me there were 4
dozen rats in it, and I'd better have the
dog kill them ut once, or else they'd
gnaw out before morning.
When | got home, Sue met me at the
door, and said: "Give me that bandbox
this instant. you've been m%ornanour
about it." l tried to tell her that it
| wasn't her box: but she wouldn't listen,
| and Just snatched it and went into the
! parlor, where there were three other
Young ladies who had come 10 see her.
and slammed the door; but the dog
slipped in with her.
In about a minute l heard the most
awful yells that anybody ever heard. 1t
sounded as If all the furniture in the par
lor was being smashed into kindling
wood. and the dog kept barking like
mad. The next minute a girl came n.y.
ing out of the front window. and anoth-
er girl jumped right on her before she
had time TO get out of the way, and they
never stopped CRYING: Help murder
let me out oh my"
/ knew, Of course. that Sue had
opened the box and let the rats out, and
though l wanted ever SO much To know
il the dog had killed them all, | thought
she would like it better if I went back TO
the millincr's and waited a few hours
for the bonnet.
/ brought it home about nine O'Clock;
but Sue had gone to bed. and the serv-
ant had just swept up the parlor, and
piled the pieces of furniture on the piaz-
"a. Father won't be home till next
week. and perhaps by that time Sue will
get ovcr il. wish l did know if the
dog killed all those rats. and how long
it took him. Jimmy BroWn," ia
Harper's Young People.