The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-04-24
"PlNkEN."
New YAk >,ar

"PlNkEN."
 New NotG star
 Two very small hoNS and >orrowtul little ..lrl came out of the garden door of an old fashioned house on Pleasant avenue the other day The b,,vs ear ried small box and thc little s,rl toy spade They moved >elcmnlv tack under the elm ,ree>. and when uts,r tho garden wall they paused The boys aus hole a few feet deep anal laid the box iu !; The other child held her apron te her face and wcpt They ware very ma,tcr-et.taet havs and piled the earth over the box in ta>ine>> like way Every timr the earth struck the box d great >oh broke from under the aproa II was all over soon. and when tho Young ladN with the brown eyes anu dark han asked thu httle grl why >hr Was crying she took the arton trom her tCar,sta,ued ,'vy> aud sad
 hey haNr t>ulA buried (anothcr >otl PmkeN there
 WAo Wa~ rnkcv9 rinkey Wa Il pussy cat amt it> he and hi~tor, were ver> dear e. the members vt the lutan# tilr funeral party
 ' don, auN thnt t,tN remarkable, iu her lii, and her death oe,.,~ioned tN a >, vers eold Na> tertaulN ,uniybrti, com moHplaee not Ia have attracted Very wld,s attention
 w. got inN,N ~Gd the h,tlc gsrl when she Nts oh ~o ,maN ~hv Wa. se >ladl lh.d sh. could uot -e, and nt hr~t VI thought ,hr bad hren bon blhd Th,N tull u> thd all pu>~> ,a'- w,I,s horn blind but M would never h,h,>, that lm5kcN wouii seeuuti oI,a mefunt her eve, Were Widc "it"h aud theN were pink evvs so NJ. called her HWkrN must ~aN continued the Httir sirl that She was always very wlld pussy cat aud often told her that consumption ar some trrrlhlc disease would hr hvr end She Wa just tho Satue a~ other kittens. only noticed that nj d stfN carly aR, she used to s,t at the window amt look out iu the vard Shr would sit sometimes for hours and hours that way and l camc to ,h, cou eia~lou that she must have heard nS brother talking about gong to sea and hunting bear-. and that she too had uIi,lr nf her mind tese,. th, world So whenever I saw her booking out weuld always take her m my aftn- s,y. her all the Harn l could find for hrr to play with and all the milk she could lruk It wa, useless She would go asain and again [" the window and on" ,iaN she went uut
 She dldu come home that night nt thr next, and waited and watched and hoped that nothing hal happened to h,r Ind "i didut feel glad when she did come back and eaV" her Hg sa6errful of milk and the very beet yaru in the house She wn. II pnod pussy then ter a bong while nnl t wa+ not iur month at"rward that l saw her apaiu nt th" window \ great ioa cam. over me and led her swnv hut she went out again and nsnin eyer, night and only came tack in tho morn ing- Ouc Iay ~lp killed n tjuv muu~,. and immcdiatcIY mn win II to tiir-rirrt,t. and cried ne though her heart wnuld break tp bc allowed to go out I opened the dooi and uway -h" ran with the mouse over the t,nc" and she ehd not return fer Il week Ilrf oN"- werr rcd too and h" seemed very tlun The next day fink'y caught another tnott-"- and 1 erred e G"orri,' t,eoretc do follow iuukc> nn. -,. where -he @"..- He ran down the garden and -prnus over tln wall bat when he got into th. churehyard beyond nll he cmdd ~e" wa tho snip ol PnkeY tail going round the corner Every lay aitci thu, G"orgl" tijcd to follow her sait coudnt and -p -tA.d nt the church corner nnd uu" afternoon saw fukcv come da-h ing hy with a little brown met-e in her mouth ran behind her and -a~ her go under the church and there la-t her went into the church yHr,i under the great daik iloor Df the church. and -carchcd all around for puk.y There l- boiler in the church fpr heat ing Il on sunday aui down hy its .ide heard pn--l voice that ] knew Wac Pinkos hutfi"d tAere and would yoH bcli"v" lt lying onn lttie -ir,w Na. Pinkcp conld sec ty her eyes that -h" wa- dyiuR Living pn the .traw too wa. another ii',l" pussy that had been born the sam" day a. Pinky. and had fallen oB feucc and bro ken hor l"I Shs wa- kink"y- -i-- ter and -n kuc8 that my pus-y had been saving all her nlic" and Iaintle. to giv" her latne sistrr under iho church floor They iici thrf- i',at 'tay poor rlnk"y from being ont lat. at night and papa says her si.tcr- leg must hayo become infarnei and caused her death Wc buried them in the same box Dear dear Where shall ever g"t such another pu.sy'
 So the little maid -pok" and the lady with tho brown "yo. took her into the house, and there were tear in her ryc-. too