The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-06
Annals MOUSIE.
There Was a Good Deal Of. 1t, and
Then There Was Nothing
at All.

"Ohi Oil Come herel Quickl Quickr'
1t was the voice Of my Anna She was
shrieking for aid.
"Comel Comet Bring a pail Of waterl y
Iricrured her coming to meot me with
her clothing In a blaze.
Placing Billy on the table. l hastened
to help her.
She was dancing wi Idly round the room
but there was no sign OF fire. She was
gesticulating as much as was possible
while her hands grasped convulsiveiy a
portion OF her dress.
What IS itf Are you burnedf scaldeds
poisonedi"
/ seized her hand. but she sprang from
me.
Don't, DON'T 1 must hold onl 1t is
herei 1t is In therel'
Her eyes looked as il they would start
ont of her head. Had Anna gone mad?
In my most soothing tones | besought
her to tell me what a alarmed her.
ut is in my pocket Think of It'll In my
pocket Why don't YOU bring the waterf
| can't hold on much longerl o, it's get
ting outl l feel itr'
Calm yourself | begged. You will be
i'll if you excite yourself IN this way. /.
Cain yourself; don't excite yourself. =
ike TO see You calm Yourself If you had a
mouse In our pocket and didn't know
where IL might go next
"a mousei' my heart leaped for joy.
My Anna was sane.
"Yes. a mouse. As soon as / felt 1t
/ pulled out my hand and held on the top
of the pocket so IL couldn't get away.
If you will get a pail OF water, YOU can
tie a string round the pocket Just above
my hands and cut 1t out of the dress"
But you will ruin your dress" | ex-
p~ostulated, and l proposed several less
expensive ways of disposing of the
mouse.
And you think a little hole in a dress
of more consequence than my f~eelingsp'
Anna grew almost frantic again as she
pictured the mouse roaming at its will.
Fearfnl of the possible effects, | did ex-
actly as / was told. / brought water; |
tied the string; l cut the stuff; and down
Went the pocket.
My tender-hearted Anna covered her
eyes and turned away her head SO that
she might not see the struggle of the
drowning creature.
But there were no struggles
you must have squeezed IL to DEATH"
l said.
Then Anna opened her eyes and looked
at the pocket lying at the bottom OF the
pail.
She mildly suggested that | should cut
the string and take out the contents, as
among them were q note of invitation,
two concert tickets n other articles OF
value.
l found the tickets and the invitation
saturated with water and sticky from
their vicinity to a package Of caramels.
Anna indignantly exclaimed that she
would not be childish enough to carry
caramels in her pockets. Little Maud
must have slipped them In. Finally l
drew put a pats of soaked gloves and as
sured her there was nothing else living
or dead in the pocket.
Where is the mouse?" / asked. THAT
is the mystery"
There is no mystery at ALL" replied
Anna in an aggrieved manner, as she
pointed out some dilapidated wet fur on
the wrists of the gloves; Can you un-
derstandf" she asked, as If provoked by
my stupidity. Il tackled on that swans
down for the tableaux the other evening.
We came home late and | was SO tired /
rolled my gloves into a ball and put them
in my pocket. Naturally. as soon as !
touched the fur | thought it was a
mouse. And now there is an almost new
pair CT gloves spoiledi"
s.Yes." / said feelingly, for / was the
provider Of gloves.
WELL" said my Anna. r~esenting my
tone, what made you put them into the
waterf"
did not answer, for at that moment
there was a thump and a cream. ! had
forgotten Billy. He had fallen from my
study table,
You don't mean to say that you sat
fastening after me, almost breathless.
What possessed you? You will be the
death of that child yetp'
Such is womau