The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-30

, How often have I told you about sticking
your nose into things that don't concern
YOU. I'm not sorry for you one bit, because
if YOU had obeyed you wouldn't be
coming home now with your hand mashed
all to flinders. But, MOI daddy-llke, you We
got to go and get yourself into trouble
with Mr. Man, and now you see what has
come Of it. I'm not feeling at all wen my
self but now I've got TO go to work ana
make a whole parcel of poultces and tie
vcur hand no and nurse you-and I declare
somebody ought to be nursing me this very
minute r,., ri,x,,. o,o+bor
said" continued Mr.. Rabbit, "but Brother
Lion didn't say anything. He just lay on
the sheepskin pallet she made him and
studied how he would be revenged on Mr..
Man After q while his hand got well, but
still he said very little about the matter.
The more he thought about the way he had
been treated the madden he got. He Snash-
ed his teeth together and waved his long
tail about until it looked like snake.
Finally he sent word to all his kin-hls I'M
cles and his cousins-te meet him some
where in the woods and hold a convection
to consider how they should catch the great
monster, Mr. Man, who had caused log OF
wood to mash Brother Lions hand.
"Well, it wasn't long before uncles and
cousins began to arrive. They came from
far and near, and they seemed to be We.
tenacious. They shook their names and
showed their tushes. They went off in the
woods and held Their convention, and Broth
err Lion laid his complaint before chem. lie
told them what Kind of treatment he had
received from Mr. Man. and asked them if
they would help to get his revenge. He
made quite a speech, and Wnen he sat
down, his uncles and cousins were very
much excited They roared and howled.
They said they were ready TO tear Mr.. Man
limb from limb. They declared they were
ready to go where he was and gnaw MIN
and claw him on account 4 the scandalous
way he had treated their bloodkn.
'+}ut when Brother Lions mother heard
what they proposed to do she shut her eyes
and shook her head from side to side and
told the uncles and the cousins that they
had better go back home all of them She
said that before they got through with Mr.
Man they'd wish they had never been born.
But go they would and go they did.
$50 they started QUE soon one morning
and Travelled night and day cor ally
week. They We're getting very tired and
hungry, and some of the younger blood
cousins wanted to stop ana rest, and some
wanted to turn around ana so lack home.
But one morning while tney wore sCing
through the woods feeling d little s'&ky in
head and limb, they suddenly came in sight
of MIR. Man. He cutting down trees
and splitting them into timber. He had his
coat off and seemed to be very busy.
But he was not so busy that he didn't
cousins sneaking through the woods ovre
the dry leaves, and he wasn't so busy that
he couldn't see them moving about among
the trees. He was very much astonished.
He wondered where so many of the Lion
family came from, and what they were
doing there, but he didn't stop to ask any
questions. He dropped his ak and climbed
a tree.
Brother Lion and his urcles and his
blood cousins were very much pleased when
they saw Mr.. Man climb the tree. We
have him now said Brother Lion, and the
rest licked their jaws and smiled. Then
they gathered around the and sat
their Launches and watche Mr.. Man. This
eHin't do any good, for Mr.. Man sat a
limb and swung his legs, just as contented-
ly as if he was sitting in his rocking chair
at home
'"Then Brother Lion and his uncles and
his blood cousins showed their teeth and
growled. But this didn't do any good. Mr.
Man swung his feet and whistled dance
tune Then Brother Lion and his blood
cousins opened their mouths wide and roar
ed as laud as they could. But this didn't
do any good Mr.. Man leaned his head
against the trunk of the tree and pretended
to be noddins.
"rhts made Brother Lion ard his blood
kin very mad. They ran around the tree
and tore the bark with their claws and
waved their tails back and forth. But this
didn't do any good. Mr.. Man just sat UP
there and swung his feet and laughed at
them.
Brother Lion and his blood kin soon
found that if they intended to capture Mr..
Man they'd have to do something else be-
sides caper around the foot of the tree So
they talked it over, and Brother Lion fixed
UP plan. He said that he would stand at
the foot Of the tree and rear up against the
trunk, and one Of his blood cousins could
climb on his back and rear up, and then
another cousin uncle could climb up
and so on until there was ladder of blood
thirsty Lions high enough to reach Mr.
Man.
Brother Lion. mind you, was to be at