The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-05
Corner for Children.

the remains of campfires often We're to
be seen, while an occasional shaky lean
to was deserted through the dusk The
moose raised it's huge head once or twice
to nibble a oft of green from the branches
of the trees. He began to show signs
of WEAKNESS.
Il must have bit of SUPPER the
moose declared at last. Il am fearful!y
hungry. Here is a juicy birch and there
are several fine willows whose leaves ''-,iI
make good meal which l can wash
down with drink from this little brook.
Then, as if a second thought had occurred
to him, the moose inquired, But are not
you hungry, too?"
Strange to say, Jimmy was not, and
the moose contentedly nibbled away at
powerful limbs, with the deep hoofs cleft
to the depth of four inches, but took very
good care to keep out of their way as
the moose moved about Jimmy thought
he gulped his food in quite haSty man
ner, but the moose, who happened to no.
tice his surprise, said:
Never mind; can chew it later. 1 am
merely filing my storage stomach. I'm
not a bit afraid of Indigestion.
81 beg pardon said Jimmy politely
i don't quite know what you mean by
storage stomach
ELL the moose replied, II am a
cousin of the domestic cow, and our di-
gestive apparatuseS are much alike.
have, like the COW, stomach into which
l swallow food, which later L will gulp
up and chew. You call it Chewing the
cud' in the case of cow. After the food
is chewed / will send it down into sec
ond stomach, where it will be mixed with
a digestive fluid and passed on into the
true stomach After all this you may
believe | do not fear Indigestion
Jimmy agreed end thought what good
thing such an arrangement would be for
his grandfather who was troubled with
dyspepsia.
When he had finished eating. the moose
remarked: Before you mount again will
you kindly. examine my hoof? I am
troubled with the impression that a bit
of sharp stone is lodged between my two
toes
Jimmy removed the bit of stone which
had lodged in the -hoof and commented
on the odd shape of the foot.
''It may seem odd to you Your feet
look just as queer to a moose. Nature
shaped my feet as it did to enable me TO
run securely over the slippery earth of
the forest"
'Waugh-h-h-h" sounded deem voice
through the forest.
There. Did you hear it?' asked the
Jimmy shuddered. for it was very ter
rifying sound to him The moose con-
tinued:
THAT must be my mate calling me.
The sound comes from the shore of the
lake" With long strides the brute swept
through the wood with it's horns stretch
ed back to avoid the limbs of the trees,
which were set so closely together That
there seemed scarcely room for man
much less a moose to penetrate.
Very cautiously the great beast ap-
preached the water, which now could be
seen glimmering through the trees.
1.-The hunters have so many tricks that
I have to be careful" whispered the ami
nal. Il think this is all right. I'm, I'm sure t1
moose stepped out into the moonlight,
and a shot rang out loud and clear. The
shout of mans voice was heard above
the crash of the underbrush as the moose
fell to the earth. Jimmy recognized it. It
was that of his Uncle Bert, and when,
with an effort, he opened his. eyes there
was Uncle Bert standing beside. the lire
nephew. who had fallen asleep over his
books