The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-03

young flying squirrel, rather rare I'm this
vicinity At first the animal remained
curled up, and it's captor feared that IL
had been injured by his blow; but 1t soon
recovered its spirits, and sat up on It's
hind legs to eat food which was given to H.
On his return to town Mr.. Fuller brought
back the squirrel with him, and took il
down to his office in the criminal courts
runner thett here was a
strange animal in the office of the clerk of
special sessions soon got around among The
attendants in the building, and Mr. Fuller
had a number of callers. One of the at
tendants who came up was a big freshman
with an Unborn distrust and suspicion OF all
unfamiliar animals He looked at the flying
squirrel from all sides, and said to Mr.
Fuller
"Phwat koind av riptyle is that, Mr..
Fuler?"
That's a flying squirrel, Dennis. Didn't
you ever see one before?'
"Shure, thin hov. Manny's the wan av
thin Use seen flynn about Cintharl Parruk
av summer avenin', aich wan on his little
broomstick like a witch"
"Oh, those were bats. This is a very
different sort of animal
"An' can he fly? 1 see no wings onto
him."
Indeed he can fly. He was caught on
the fly"
HE has a wicked oye in his head said
the Irishman. I'm not likin' his looks"
The rest OF the day Dennis spent in tell
ing every one in the building of Mr.. Full
ler's haste widout amy wings at all, at
all, that can fly like the divil." This
brought such a crowd of spectators of all
kinds, from Judges to janitors, that the
work of the Office was much impeded, and
Mr. Fuller decided that a life of greater
privacy would be better for his pet. So he
took the squirrel home to his apartments
where it had the freedom of the place
when the doors and windows had all been
closed. Soon Chuck, as it was named, be-
came very tame, and a favorite trick of
his was to climb to the top of tall book
case, and at a whistle sail down to his
masters shoulder. 1t had been Mr.. Fullers
intention to have a squirrel wheel made
for Chuck. While the matter was still in
allegiance, he was fixing his bicycle one
day with Chuck as an interested spectator
when it occurred to him that the wheel
of the machine would furnish a fine op-
portunity for the squirrel to exercise If il
could only be taught. He propped the BIZ
cycle up SO that the front wheel was off
the ground and set Chuck on the tire.
Never did duck take to the water with
more avidity than Chuck to the joys OF
the wheel. No instruction was necessary.
The squirrel raced along turning the wheel
under its flying feet until it got tired
Then it looked about for a way to get
off but found none. 1t could not get
enough purchased to spring up over the
handle bars, and was finally compelled 10
flop ANONYMOUSLY upon the floor The
next day Mr.. Fuller gave Chuck another
spin and the exercise seemed to agree
with the little animal so well that it be-
came an every evening performance. One
evening when Chuck had been wheeling
and had, as usual, tumbled down, Mr..
Fuller left the squirrel to its own devices
and sat down to read. To his surprise
he saw Chuck approach the wheel, leap
upon the tire from the floor, scramble
along to the top, and spin until tired ma
ture gave out. Thereafter Mr.. Fuller
never had to put Chuck on the wheel;
the squirrel mounted without aid. The
cyclometer was set, and the biggest days
run yet registered is trife more than
ten miles.
But the squirrel has not yet mastered
the art of dismounting without falling all
over itself. If Mr.. Fuller is there 1t chit
tiers to him to come and take it off, and
if he doesn't come there follows the igno-
lninious tumble to the floor. Lately
Chuck has taken to sitting on the floor
in front of the wheel studying 1t with deep
thought. Obviously the squirrel is study
ing out some way of getting off in
graceful and effective manner. Mr.. Fuller
is ready TO bet that sooner or later MS
pet will solve the problem.