The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-12
LITTLE JOHNNY.
His Account Of a Woman ara q
Housa--A Question Still
Unsettled.

This morning me and my mother
and Missus Doppy, wicl has got the
red he'd, jest like the w~udpeckers
their was a mouse, and the NOUS it
skipt up Missus Poppys close like it
was to home there an dinner was
reddy. Missus Uoppy she jumped
onto a chair and hoi!ered real fewri.
Gus, and held her close so .iglte a
rouud her feets that the nous cudeut
get out. and my mother she ioIEered,
! 800, like her hart vas broke. and I
criGe. Bimei,y MY uDcfe Ned '!e
come in. and Missus Dcppy SIC to'c
him mity lowd for to save Der. In
Gle Ned he see how it a and he
folded his arm anu sei, Uncle Ned
did:
"Missus Doppy, vile tie reculer
caracter Of yure misforten oman Is
my deepest sifnfathy, the nn,s II IN.
wien [ .ouid do for You is OF se,.ii Il
nature that it would be- w"ise than
the mouse.'
Then Uncle NeG he tl,,t q
vile, and petty soon he went to ,l.
stove and put his ann under j; eim
fetched out Nose. who i tie cat, ..t,.
Mi>sus Dorpy hat 10 let 60 hyr
CLOSE, and was a t'yin fo: ~ Stake
out the mouse junp:n VI, and down
aud Uncle Ned he put Nose between
her feet and let him go, aud lie skaliy
huted up her close like Iig:liu:li Tor
to cetch the mouse. You y. see
sech cerkus performance ID AL your
life, and Wen my father he cntile il,
he said he never didn't IN hi>en too.
After it was ali owe and Nose had
ct the mouse. and Mi-sus Dori,y !, in
piecefe in bed with pnu'tlsh cnto
her legs, uncle Ned he spoke up ard
sed: Johnny" and / sed wot dit he
want. And then he sed:"J"hnny,n
a other TIM; II CESS its Il bont the
rite time for me and you to go in an
receiv the thank which is due t., our
va'lor and divocion III suckerin a
lady Wtch was in Distress"
So me and him W. went fer to see
Missus Doppy, and uncle Ned he
bowed real plite and begun for to
make a speetch. telling her not to
mention it o We didn't do more
than our duty, but Missus D. ppy she
sed he was a crule man, ANT then
she busted out a cryin, and [ was so
excited j busted out a cryin, too, and
Nose, which is the cat, be iukcd in
at the dore and seeu how things WAS
and he showed out As hard as eve he
could hook it. After a while W, tn
things was cammer, Urcle Ned he
sed:
"Missus Doppy, l hope will l;ssan
pa{inn 10 ,.c, ,.E;l T
viii til you, has been to IEiy and
everywhere, vile he discorrses a lit
tie on to the matter which you had
under consideration vile you was adj
dressin the house from the chair.
Now. beggin yure parten, it is a well
known fack in natural hissory tina:
mice don't bite nobody less 0
cetch EN- an squeeze EN- tween yure
thumb and finger. 1t is ekaliy well
understood and has been prooied by
Semitic expeppermint thar Wen they
cline they don't stick ia their nails
to mount TO much, watever eats NAV
do under the same c%ircustenI ses. |
have tjggeie ed this thing oat in a d"z-
en- langwedges, and / can't fn.! any
reckOrd Of woman Uich has -.
bit cr scratch by a mouse rI.uuiu ~,
her close"
Then Misses Doppy luked at him
real sollem out Of her eyes and said
wot was he a driven at. Uncle Ned
he said:
"Yes, yes, line a com,n onto that a
presently and l hope you will
excuse me if l hanDle sech a delly-
subjeck with my usuIe awkerd-
ness, jest like a a Butthis is wot
worries me an Johnny an we wud
like TO be set right. Now if mouse
wen it runs UP"
Then Missus Doppy Iuked at him
agiu, SO sOlielner tLan before, and he
got red like turkey coxes wottIes, aud
sed:
"Misses Doppv, as l was about to
say wen you Interrupted ne, it a
mouse gets where as a gentleman it
amt got NO business for To be, and if
Il don't bite and it don't scratch, now
wot hurt can it do? If its a fair cues
ion me and Johnny, here, We would
ike to know what was you 1raid Of
he mouse FORE"
l felt nifty pround. 1 can tell you
n l spoke up and sed: Eyes, Mis-
US Doppy, me and uncle Ned we
want YOU to tell us wot it was wien
was afraid the mouse was a goin
or to do to you"
Missus Doppy she dident say any
hing for a long vile, only jest put
Ter hands over her face, and after =