The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-06
TIE THRLE BLIND NICE.
STORY FOR CHID .EN BY UNCLE
Bob.

You have all, rf course heard ,
the three hIini mice who fool, ,hl
an after the f.-mar'a ~ifs AID wer
rnni.hed for the'r atrpidi'v ~ M
Md dame emitting nf? their tail. viii
Is carving knife. But |. aoon. I,
% singular tn.t nG:i6iv ha~ lnnni,
s[ what became Of 'he unfnr,npa I
Il,ttle creatures whn we're thus mad
aho.: - hn'h ouia. ahort % s,yht a
.,re ana .hor, ~ a tail i; irr c,he,
after the sad event. One tnine 3
l'nsat is certain, and II Wiz occn
st once to veg thst unlike little Bn,
lDaep's sheep, thev diI not h-ins
!.har ta,ta hatrird t,tc,n when The,
arrived home.
Now I am able TO tell Won a.
! "o,t what hac.m. nf them af'e'
| he draaGYu! di-aetor nf loaing the,
ail.: fn. thtf t,.tt,e ',rA" ~ti"t
eds ,onr u.T ois- sd ranv thin.
has told me all about the matter.
Fret Of all, then Won must kno-
-hat their names were Poke-nnse
Swiveleve and Shiversi1~s, and i.
~as all thrrueh the thoukh ies.na .
II he fret th,t ti1ev feat their eau
Il oppendasas. which, must tel.
VOC is3g~owE-un lan5nage for tail.
S4id Tho silly fellow: "All>the mo-
nep foIks gre e'r.ia nt u~, so le'
r"n after her aud Fl 'yhter her :"
Rut although it ia true that pos
'rtle girls. ana. indeed, some kros'
- women, too, for that matter. a.
,frsi1 CT m:cu, they soon fo"of
'nt that things were do,te different
-hen they had to deal with farmer
w,ves who carry knives about wit
t EN-.
We'll. r0nt tohevno~. ran aw-,
~ fast as he could, knocking his
nose against varions things az be
~pnt-for without hl~ tall he w@t
ike a shin ~itbout rndher-and
,:~ astoni.hed mother U,li si9n1a ONT
nant on his atumn fthere waa >
.hemist'a next rnor) which aonr
osd, it. better. thop,h he rou!d he
an aome davs af.---.vd. rnnnin
~nnt With a hit of rag +ia' 10 w,..'
all he had left. which made all tn,
,'har mice lanph. Throuyn his
.ke-noae Dtduen-itie~, howe-a-. 'e
anon came TO a sad end for on" =. :,
osine .hont, he h1;na'v walked -.
+. cats monti, tske wea aa1ee'..
ke .nme little hov.. with her moot"
,,ani. end Won may he .ure ha nev-
a. came hack agein. And that va.
3 o end nf poor Pcknvnase.
Little swivaleve di' not fa'~
inch better, ',nt rn i,v.d 1oneer for
ne vas more csre'n', and, sfrsne:
, .av. rhe loa. of his taiI ssvsi -
10. That's fuonr, ,.n't it1
-as in this wav: He was out one
light with a companion, when the'
9TH went toto tran where there
v.e soma nice toasted cheese. when
nddenlv the door came down with
hang and he juat managed to e.
ape, hit his poor friend was cane''
" t,e tail. If he had had one he
~nuId have .een c@ught, too "W a'.
vell.' he said a. r. acampared "F.
, never thought I sncnId rejoice n
80 loss Of NV tail"
Not long after tsst, however te
" u into a jar Of treacIe and VS.
'-nwne1. .sPnor fellow, said hie
other. aa she *.aoa awav &. tesr
v,.r ,he ttp Of w. tai'. IS ut it wpa
Sweo+ asth ~ al'.'' So 1t wae.
"asn't It?
Naa'sr Shiveraid.. 'ive' 'oree
r ". fn- ho atnck cln 80
rnther's side, aud so he k p ar
nger. But one 1ackleas nioht ~
eprened to touch atrange kind e
az when be waa out alone. and =.
u down upoa him and flatteneo
m ont like a pen"ske; and wh"r
- frier ds came to look ct him tbes
aid: Well, wal. wto would have
honoht DOOR Shivprailea Was suct
nst;" Bat flat oe was aure err
,nQh.
So now Won know the end of the