Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-12-19
The Story That Goadie Told Her
Grandmother.

pIluo III ucI IauS uoSO ehoe VAN WIG "a
ception of an occasional ST" she talked
like much older child. Her compan
ions had always been grown up people.
"Did you hear about the mouse,
Grandma, that mamma killed las,
night?" asked Goldie, as she drew bel
little rocking chair up close to her grand.
mothers side.
No. No one else thought it worth while
to tell me. Can't you tell me about it?
"Oh yes! And it's veal etciting in
some places" answered Goldie as she
smoothed out her dress.
"You see" she continued when Grand
ma had her knitting ready, 1T was way
late in the night and all at once noise
Weakened mamma. 1t sounded just like
somebody was spilling all the water GU
of the pitcher. Mamma listened. Then
she felt to see if papa was up, but no, he
was sound asleep, But still the water
went splash-ity splash, splash-ity splash.
Mamma was just little bit afraid; but
she went to the sitting room door and
then the noise stopped.
And what do you think, grandma!
She was standing wight close to what
was making the noise, and didn't see it,
till splash ,ity splash it went again wight
at her feet. And she looked and there
in the washbowl was mousev'
an IL
mamma almost screamed but she
didn't. She just put her mighty wight
close awound her feet and was going to
kill the mouse"
"But you see grandma, whenever nam.
ma would go toward the bowl the mouse
would jump and splash till she was just
sure it would jump out and then-oh my
wouldn't it have been awful? Cause
mamma couldn't wun fast and hold her
mighty and
But wish I could see it stand up.
1t was soap suds in the wash bowl and
when the monse wasn't splashing to get
out it would stand up to keep the soap
suds out of its eyes. The water wasn't
very deep, just about up to its waist,
mamma said. And it would stand up
just like the dog "Gyp" in the picture"
Papa said, "why didn't you lift it out
and just put it out of doors?"
But Mamma, she said, II don't get up
nights to sVesooo mouses from watery
gravy"
"Why what are you knitting grandma?"
'Tm knitting some silk mittens for
your mamma on Christmas. Now you
must not tell her. Did she kill the
swell, she thought she would kill it |
and she picked up the poker. Then she
thought that if she hit the mouse with |
that it wonld break the bowl and it was |
our pretty bowl; SO she put the poker |
down and got Papa's ruler"
"She was just going to hit the mouse
hard when she just thought that she
might hit it and knock it out of the
bowl and not kill it. And you know
Grandma that wouldn't do, cause the
mouse and she would have been all alone
In the room together"
$50 then mamma got some more water
in bucket and was just going to pour it
on the mouse to drown it."
'Well did she drown it?"
Oh no, she didn't pour it, cause don't
you see that would have made the bowl
full and the mouse would have gone
splash-ity splash right over onto the floor
when mamma was in her bare feet and
her niehty.-Thats what makes it so
etciting."
"Well should think SOP
"Yes, but she did kill it. But she had
to think long time. And Mamma said
while she was thinking she looked at the
mouse and the mouse looked at her.
Then mamma said: Oh, this won't do;
If / stand here and look at you, and you
look at me, with yonr funny little black
eyes, shall feel sorry for you"
$50 she thought little more, and I |
guess she didn't look at the mouse that
time for she just thought how to do it
quick"
81 guess maybe she remembered how
the mouses had chewed up my white fur
bonnet and that helped her to think; for
che just got another bowl and turned it
wight over the mouse aud put such lots
Of things on it to hold it down. And
there it was this morning when we got
up-all killed deadp'
sWhere are you going? Can't you
stay longer with Grandma? like your
stories 50 much"
II think had better 60 home now
and ask Mamma if she spects we will kill
some more tonight, then TIL tell you
some more stories"