Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-31

xA~ kitt%a tAAa Lived Win ss~ raga
-Pa&s. PussE" called Bezs. ~ she
STOOD BY the pigpen There vas no
sound. but little gray shafo. ran
sstftly oat Of the pa. and across the
road 10 the orrhAra Il vszh.- said
5sss sobsrly. 4 jas; visa that kittsn
wouldn't 1--we with ths pigs. IL doesn't
seem right. and ne G1 40 Nant him 20
siay IN the house Bat the kitten had
disappeared. and coaiant hear What
tae little girl said You see. this graz
klttsz's mother had died two nonths
beforx. she had be-n a harm cat; the
p.gpen was close BY. 70 What more nat.
ural thar that the nosheslsss litile
puss shcuit nAks frisads vita the
kind brcwn pigs that we're EsA.iy al.
ways asleep IN the sErxhiae Piengy
OF food vas poured Info tss loaK
tfouxAs. nore than enough for the
PISS. surely. \ little i~fi over for a
hungry Kitten lie slept ia the yellow
straw ihat earpsted the slkpen-in
short. vas ore % the tErniS. some
times the pigs. boldly pasfin down
the bars, catered the ain orchard 4ad
rooted ia the graAN for the sweet Ep-
| pies that coaiA be foaae on t.as ground
Though the kitten Gldnt, cat apples.
be ala enjoy tbs trip. and e lmblnE Ep
Into the low-branehlng tires be woula
walt until his TREATS we~s ready 10
start for home. then scArrper on ahead !.
always reaching the pa aSt BeAs.
loving little soul. IonEed 20 have the
kittea for her very own. and every day
tried patiently 10 make sffends with
him. He vas such = clean. fat puasls.
with long auHy tail and big blue
eyes-how could she help loving him.
One warm August afternoon the sky
grew dark. thick elosds hid the sue
ans TIE reals Of thunder werp 40 load
that they quite frixhtssszs IGoa. the
I big shepherd dog. who errp, into the
kennel and hid his head 10 the strau.
/ This f. going 70 be a very hard sho~e
er. said Mr. Mason. Bess's father. aa
be came into the kitchen. wher, the
lamps sere lighted. Jus; ~ II Il were
evening. How Il did raini The bar.
rel under tis water spout ran over. ana
little streams ran across the rad leap.
ing and foarllnE like rear rivers. Then
something IKE pebbles tsppeS sharply
against the vfBdOwpapes-thsy were
hailssDues a. large az wzfnuta. I.aaa.a
face grvw very sad: shs. was thiukinx
aboHt the -ay kitten On. what would
become " him. As soon as Il s,op.
/ ped rairirw. Tsess and her father
started out TO search fur ne kitten
How drradfui' The pixper was half
full or watsr: be coaldn't BE- In there.
Oh. what had become Of him, Sudden.
" Bess's riEAt eyes tpiesf something
erouching surside the psn arasns, the
fence. wry draEgbsd gray aome.
thing that didn't look murA Iiks A kts-
tenn Bnt Z was. and aimost drowned
ms was 50 chilled and frightened that
he didn't wen struggle. bus Law out,,.
/ ~ In her aims while the lf4tts girl car
Tied bim INTO the farmhouse kltes,n
and put him into biz eretonne-S,y.
ered rocker. close TO the stove Che
stroksd his wet firr- very gently ana
presently a soft Htfie pnrr oouls be
heard Wien bedtime came Bess dread.
cd to iea'e her pet. and felt quite sure
that he would run one as soon a. ,hs
kitchen ioor was opened. Early ths
next m1ning Aswn ran the u,.a.
maiden TO nn5 the kitten. The hsv
rcsksr vas enpty. He WASN'T un,,sr
the stove. but what was that standi,g
an the doorstep arching his baak ,nd
looking az frfendiy as possibles n
was the gray kitten, who had decided
70 stat and be proper little home
cat.--slix Thorn. in the Sunday sehoo,
Times Philadelphia.