Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-11-07

"A Thrilling Adventure brought About by
Careless Nap.
am little white kitten, six months
old. People call me Romp because I
play so much.
It is true that have no brother or
sister kitten to play with, but then I
can have lots of fun playing with a
little string or stick, or running
after my own tail.
My little mistress name is Kitty,
too. and she gives me saucer full of
milk every morning. I drink it all
up. every drop That is the reason
why l am so fat.
But 1 am going to tell you of a
dreadful thing that happened to me
last week.
Monday morning after had eaten
my breakfast and washed my face.
went out into the garden for a walk.
When / came around to the back of
the house, I saw two men at work
piling up wood. Our house has wide
piazza all around it, and they were
piling the wood underneath the piazza,
so as to keep it from the rain this
coming winter. sat down and
watched them work for awhile.
By-and-by the men went away into
the field. After they had gone went
over to see the wood. climbed under
the piazza, and sat down on one Of the
sticks in the pile. Sitting so long in
the sun had made me sleepy, and /
curled down in a hole and began to
dream about a mouse
After a long time woke up, but
every thing was all dark around me.
To be sure I can see in the dark, but
I did not like my fix very we'll, for,
when tried to get out of my hole, I
could not move. Then I knew what
had happened. The men must
have come back with some more wood
when I was asleep, and piled it all up
and fastened me in, so that could not
get out. What dreadful thing to
happen to a cat!
felt very badly, for I thought I
should have to stay inside of that great
pile of wood and starve to DEATH I
scratched and pulled at the wood with
my claws, but that did not do any
good.
.'Oh! what shall I do?" thought to
nyself. ''What will Kitty say when
she can not find me any more?"
After awhile I heard my little mis-
tress out doors playing. She was
singing, and drawing along her dolls
carriage. 1 mewed as loud as could,
but she was singing so happily that she
did not hear me.
By-and-by she stopped singing, and
then mewed very loud. She heard
me that time.
'.Kitty, kitty" called she
..Miaw." cried /.
pussy, where are your" she called.
'.Miaw. miaw." said /, which meant
in cat language: Here I am under the
wood"
My little mistress came running to
the woodpile.
20 Romp!" said she. you're in that
wood, know you are. Come out and
play with me- Don't hide any longer -
''Miaw," said I, just as loud as ]
could. which meant: 81 can't get out. ="
She understood me this time, too,
and she tried with all her strength to
pull away the sticks of wood. But
| was away inside the pile. and she was
too little to help me out. She began
to cry out loud.
20 my dear kitty" said she, 81
can't help you"
She cried so loud that Bridget came
to the door.
Whats the matter, darlint?" said
she.
kitty is in the wood-pile, and ]
can't get her out" sobbed my mis-
| tress.
Bridget called the two men that had
fastened me in there, and they tool
down their great wood-pile, and. a
last. they found me covered with dust
sitting in little hole.
My little mistress was SO glad to ge
me again that she kissed me over an.
over, and afterwards she brushed tn
dust off my white coat.
/ Now hope that this will be a warn
ing to all little kittens to keep ava.
from wood-piles where men are q
work. Your friend. Romp.-Mary 3
| Bamford, in Youths Companion.