The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-07-10
THE LITTLE BACHELOR.

When I was q little Luan l lived by myself.
All the bread aud cheese J put upon the shelf.
The rats and the mice. they led Inc such a
life,
l was forced to go to London to buy me a
wife.
Now. yon can see how lonely | a
Day aud night. only the rats and mice
to keep. me company! l didn't get
along at all, | had III many troubles.
In the first place. twas because | did
not know how to cook, that | came to
live on bread ndtheeSe at all, and then
to find that | couldn't keep that from
being eaten hy the rats and mica.-not
even when put it upon a shelf SO high
that | had to climb Il ladder to get toil
oh dear tor they irarned to climb it
too. a great deal quicker than l did. |
think | should have starved at lest:
but one night WHEN | tell asleep in NY
corner by the fire, there came to me
such a beautiful dream. saw a It'll
wife standing by my side! From that
moment l never left off thinking other.
Whenever l shut my eyes | could see
her, and oh. how l loved her. Could
it be that she was really coming to me
from somewhere! Atevery little noise
or rustic l would start, expecting to sea
her :; and then it was the rats nearly
drove me crazy. Again and again l
rushed to the door, thInkIngI heard a
gentle tap upon it. and that ! should
see my little wife standing upon the
threshold: and again and again the gen
tie taps proved to have been made hA
the rats and mice, and | saw nothing
from The door but the dark night o4t
side. 1t vas too much to bear. Al
last | said to ~myself:'.I Will not wa
any longer. | will 60 to London and
will bny Il wife who will drive away
these dreadful Creatures. and then |
will sit quietly in my ore and dream
of my sweet vision forever
The rats and the mice, they led ne such Il
life
l was forced to go to London ard bry me q
wife"
1t was 50 difficult 70 choose, Suci,
rows and rows OF wives ia that great
London shop. I wondered # lice
were enough bachelors in the void TO
buy them. j: don't believe there were.
for they all seemed so anxious to be
sold to me. That made it very -mbar
RAISING. However. | could not posi-
bly, take them all. yon know. 50 I be
gan to search among them for or. who
looked as if she could clear my l.ou>e
of rats, and who wouldn't tai. too
much. for l wanted quiet, You Il mem
Der. Well, the salesman wanted me to
take a h%ewitching little creature. Oh.
she Was 30 e%harming: And She look
ed just ready to spring into my AIMS,
as if she knew | conld moi re.ist her.
Bat | reflected that rats would frichtei
her to death and then she was SO very
expensive. There was Mamie Net,i
coat too, and Dafiy-Dcwn-Dilly bat |
never could keep Nanny in clean, white
petticoats, and Daily vas proud of her
tinery. Betty Blue Was there, and en-
treated me very pitifully to take her,
but | could never forgive her FIR being
so careless as to lose her shoe. Their.
was a strong minded s2inster who said
rats never remained day in her mega
borhood but-gracious. no would
l. | came near taking a wld,w from
very piSy. and two helpless little crea
lures tied up in brown paper, looked
so lmplorins'y at me. that longed to
TAKE them ont of their misery. Infact.
1T seemed quite dull and unpleasant for
them all, forever their dolls were taken
away from item and put in a basket on
shelf. That was Il shame, l thought.
l was quite pleased with a waxy-look
ing little thing who was put on the top
OF a chest of drawers. but she roared
out crying tor me at such a rate-the
cry baby of course I wouldn't have
her after that. One poor little thing
turned her back to the rest, aud bur
led her face in her arms in quite
a ~despairing way. l think l should
have taken her if it had not been for