The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-02
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buster John could pck II out with an old shoe
dainty ab1ut It, too. II the meat OF the scaly
bark happened to be t ne least spoiled or worm
batter food. And bet between Seen times s he s told OF
some OF HIS recent adventures,
curousy at vlT pece Of the meat seals EarE
forspaws, II went home before the shi ne ball
curled up In my bed. lie raised his heQd and
made his tongue culver. and | was afraid to go
chine ball came out and found me away from
nome that wouldn't I've able to see what waa
going on. for the shne-balI Is SO bright that it
I wandered about among the trees. Iump-
ing from one to the other. until .na'ly re-
IN big pine not far of. ! had seen him hid
ing some aeorns, there, and at night ! used to
II could get:there by the time the shine. ball
came out could! get a little rest. Well. went
to the pine and erawled into the woodpeck;,
Bad smell Tne fsr ya no o led in it,
such sue. AS had a home. and everything about i
you ought to eat all the good ones Yourself
ana I nick out the bad ones for ne, Why.
This was nd dressed to Buster John, whose
appetite for scaly barks had asserted itself
when he began to pick out the goodies" for
"There,,nov that's, better" said Fit; with
as satisfied s ehirp., The door Of the wGndneeS,
" seemed TO be wrong But it'was'the'best /
nould do; | crept in and curlsd up lor such
eloep as could get in such place. went to
slept | don't, know; hut when woke ! Mas
hot The shine-hal WINS looking right in the
door and | was nearly surocated"
AZ this point Flit pretended 70 sneeze to
There ere" was is only enc I2ne e he eai and this
did l rayled out aud went half way down
ths tree where the trunk was l,heo enough ID
out on limb and tried to believe felt better
Did tell you the tree asdead? Well. it was:
hiding place In it. The pine was standing
alone. and the only way to reach the thick
Now, didn't ike to do this To be out in
the light Is bad enough. but to travel on n
looking mt you Is worse still. SO ! stretched
out on the big limb not far from the ground
long lay thele. bur all Of d sudden | felt the
wind rushing'down on me. and under the lin h
] went like flash and none too soon. for as
went under big hawk came swishing by so
close that could almost feel her feathers
brush ne We'll. was so frightened I hegnI
been warned against them. but ! never saw
one before. Did you ever see one? They are
This hawk was net satisfied She swooped
and circled as do when make n long living
JUMP from tree to tree, She circled onward
! very well for the glare of tho shine ball"
living, What DE name er goodness is de shine
why. it's the sun. goosey." answered
Il couldn't see very we'll" said FIT. and so
| | went on ton Of the limb again: but ! had
hardly stretched out there. thinking the hawk
was gone. when felt the wind again and this
! time she didn't miss me more than a hairs
| breadth. Cp went the hawk again and |
thought 1t would be best ior,me to say under
! tho nmb But this didn't help me much. The
| short time there were two Of them sailing
| around. The biggest one came slowly down
fhn linn .Fi h ma la. 4
forward and looked at me-and Of ali the hor-
rible creatures you ever saw she was the mo At
horrible. She breathed as loud as possum
ii came very near dropping, from the limb
! moved toward the body OF the tree aud the
hawk moved after me and tried TO reach ne
with her hooked heak: | made a dash aud
went round the body o, the tree, and as did
| 30 the hawks mate came swoopinG.down. by
! this time the other hawk was on the wing and
" the time darted on the other side she wa;
reHdV !" swo9p ms ,, %ogIM have b Lasted
tho hawks and they flew away. AMI then felt
that sqme, somebody take mo from the tree
Where are your brothers and sisters?'
asked Swee est Susan.
| We'll. YOU know how 1t Is In the woods and
fields; 1t Is everybody for himself and every.
thing for itself Once out Of the nest you mus
them. and they wouldn't know me. Some.
times see my mother. and she always has
hickory, nut or a sweet acorn to, give me ;'bu
as for tho rest know nothing about them. II
Is very comfortable here. where you hav,
You. and supp"se iii ne never see ", any Of m,
kind any more \ little more water II yor
please lust n drop. Thank you! Now. 4
You IL put me IN nice soft place Ia ike tt
But before Fit could get any slecrthe chi!
| dren felt in duty hound to show hi II TO theil
mother and 70 their grandfather The White
haired Master. who never allowed any one t,
s dnk or III. 3ess f"y s9 n hi Il. 1"o
him to the library, sent for some ginned cot
ton and made him q nest behind some books
on the TOP shelf; which was. not too high FOL
the children to climb to and there. for many
a long day. he made his home.
The library was in a room that had not beer
originally built for holding books. and tn,
shelves were built aga INST window. the harl
OF them being boxed in at that point. Eli
behind this boxing which gave him an s cas-,
way OF going out and coming in. He Wen
put ana in e. so much tGat he
was over he had very interesting family
composed Of his wife and four plumpchidreI
and. indeed, OF all who saw them. Mrs, FIJI
was shy AT first and insisted on scramb!inG GU
n great haste when BI.!er 'Ionn or Sweetes
grew accustomed to these visits. The fGu
young ones were as tame rs Kittens from th'
amusing to see I hem swoop down from the toI
shelf 10 the heal Of some unSpspectinG vi.ito
White Mnser ans ali s
ness, Sometimes the wives OF the peiahbor
Ing farmers. who called on business, were pur
posey asked into the library. by one or tn,
other of the children They never failed (
utter wild screams when they found IA wil(
thing about the size of a big rat running abou
over their heads and shoulders.
! incidentally the children learned one inter
esting fact in natural history from Fit. Thel
had heard or had read that squirrels store u
nuts for wiintar use. But when they men
toned this Fits surprise was great
Why, what nonsense" he chirped. III
cold weather we find plenty on the.grolnd un
der the caves. aud in the trees. too. We bur-
them for use in summer. before the acorn
and nuts are ripe. but We don't need them mucl
after the whisk"rs begin 70 grow on the roast
ing ears in The fields. Whom the weather Il
very. very cold we sleep and nobody get
hungry when asleep"
| After so long a time the voice OF Aunt Nj
nervy Ann was heard calling the children. Sh
had been around to the quarters. saying good
10y to the ncgrues she found there. and Sendini
inrewells to those who were absent. MlJo
Tumlin Perdue. her former master and Mis-
| Nallie. her young mistress. were going &
move to town. and town was n great place II
Aunt Mlnervy AIMS Imagination. To q
there tm live was something vondertul sh'
didn't ieel 1T all certain that any OF her oil,
friends would ever see her again. and she saic
! so. .hakinG her head solemnly.
You SEQ me now, an YOU better look at m