The sun., 1897-12-05
a1tH sEATE 81 2 Fnoa.
suGsrines ~ = Girl who mas to Take Csrs sf
Anpther Fan,tiyaa Pet.

ITO be able to keep pet animals about is one
Of the beauties of homo in the country, /" said
the man who did not live there.
Perhaps So" answered the man who did.
"but unless you consider that carriage horses
aro pets wo don't own one"
That is funny" said the girl pouring toa.
They wero gathered in the hallway of n coun.
try club and had been beguicd into drinking
tea and eating butterod toast when darkness
drove thom from tho links, In some mysterious
way they had also boon diverted from talking
golf for fully five minutes.
"why, oven in town." the girl went on. ''we
have two white rats a chipmunk and a parrot,
not to speak OF the collc.'
"But wh-what do you do with themi'
gasped the petless man.
Keep them Gagged most Of tho time" laughed
the girl. "Somo people don't like to have them
running about, you know"
"Woll should think not" mumblcd a rosy
checked damscl, sitting on tho arm Of the others
chair and taking largo bites of toast and Jam.
For myself don't fancy pets, they take up too
at is all q matter of taste" snid tho man
from town, but the people with the least time
seem most willing TO spare H. for them. Phi
losophe,rTs run to pets especially. and stage
people people " s, u,,.. o,u.-.,
oh, dog Is all right" spoke. up the girl
Win TOey CHECKS, DuU tell you THIS pei hllSl-
ness is a mistake. 1t is ali very well for tho
people who like thcm, but thoy are continually
sharing them with people who don't. Their
chickens arc always scratching up other peo-
ple,s flowers. their cats kill other people birds
and then they are always going away on trips
pets. II you take them and anything happens.
why OF course they don't say word, but 1t Is
mighty iis. unpleasant and il they had been home
thsW; though b for wanting gSt to gSt away way
m nlv X.i,.nn 1n,, y
Il have right to be- she answered. You
know how Susie Vandcrpoef went all to pieces
getheri Well, have discovered it was nll on
account &c Of one of these pct performanccs,"
Il didn't know Susie had any PETS" said tho
girl, squeezing out ono more cup of tea for q
She hasn't. 1t was one of those trip lcga-
cles, ana the worst ever heard off,
"A frog That is, the Millers left it to hor
they have been gone. and 1t seems to have quite
In what way1" asked one of tho men.
Well, to begin with, Susie couldn't help her
self. The Millcrs brought it over in a nice
little glass fish globe. and told her + wouldn't
it in safe place. The first l knew of 1t was.
when Susie came to call with her mother
antly enough when all of a sudden Srisies eyes
began TO wander, and finally, not having heard
word of what l had been telling her, she
turned to mamma.
v.., !" What 2 lovely lot Of flies you have, Mrs.
Eemes, for this time of year she said.
., Mamma looked very, much annoyed. She
thought Susie was indulging in sarcasm.
know IT,, she answered. but have
tried my best to get rid of them.
Then you wouldn't mind If caught fcwi'
the Millcrs's frog while they are nt the Hot
Springs. she went on, and he seems to like flies
better than anything else. but you have no idea
how ho hard it is to find them since it has grown so
from her pocket with three or four flies already
in il. set It carefully on the table. took Off her
gloves, and went to catching more
on can't fancy how expert she has grown.
the houses in the club grounds. Just think Of
that! She has rugged up miniature swamp
in tin box and spends hours day looking
sfter that frog; hunting gone for il. so to speak.
Yet l know she feels dreadfuly ahont her
stroke. Tho tears actually stood in her eyes
when she spoke Of it and she is Just counting
the moments till the'Millers get back. Now do
you see why feel as ! do on the subject of pets
and don tyou think have right to be savagc!"
NO." said the man from town. Il think it
has given Miss Susie n chance to show what n
heroic friend she can be; only hope the Mil
lers will appreciate It,"
:, Appreciate it'll" groaned Rosie. What can
they do to compensate her for all the time they
1t was the tadpolo that did It,"
rs she greatly indebted to the Miller familyr
asked the petless man.
The girl with the rosy checks shook her head,
new supply Of toast and jam preventing utter
ance temporarily.
pole i'll her carel'
The cir! nodded.
Then said tho petlcss man, 'lf were in
Susies place ! should go back to golf, giving
OF tho terrible complications which have arisen.
u chance to answer whether she should ship the
frog c. o. ID. to the Hot Springs or leave it In an
adjacent swamp to be its own fly trap"