The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-17

brealxfasted or dined sumptuously.
Strange things sometimes happen though.
II was the day before the only big storm
of this season that the squirrel ate ana
ate till the whole of twenty-five English
walnuts had been deyoured. Officer Love
ioy scarcely knew whether 10 indulge
what seemed to be a gourmands de
bauch or not. but wisely decided that the
squirrel knew its own affairs best, ana
SO supplied the nuts until at the end Of
the twenty-second one the squirrel cooked
his eve up at the sky, carefully noted the
weather indications, and disappeared in
his hole near the top of the tree.
Next day the snow fell and the ground
was drfted white with snow. but the
squirrel did not mind, for, rolled in a ball,
it took advantage of the bad weather to
enjoy a vacation, and the time was hIied
with sleep Illustrated with fascinating
dreams of summer skies and leaIy dellS
where banquets of nuts could be found.
At the end Of five days the stress Of bad
weather was over and again the squirrel
was at the TRUSTING place waiting for an
other breakfast OF nuts.
In the fall peanuts were. considered a
great luxury, but one day walnuts were
furnished. and now meal OF peanuts Is
taken only under protest. When the
squirrel has eaten it's fill 1t thrifty takes
the nuts and hides them somewhere for
future emergency when there Wouid oth-
erwise be no nuts. Quite the most com
mon storehouse for them is a hole in the
ground. but not few are carried to the
empty birds nests Two or three nuts
may he placed IN one nest, Out piilN 'li'
single nut is hidden in the same hole.
Hundreds of nuts have been buried IN
the ground just at the corner of fremont
and BoylSton Street, and many people
have watched from afar the energetic ut
tie creature digging holes and dropping
in the nuts and carefully covering them
up. To the eve there is in a short time
nothing to Indicate the place of burial,
but the squirrel knows exactly where TO
dig for treasures in the hour of hunger.
1t is curious to see how the nut TO be
buried viii be turned around and around
in the mouth until it is a comfortable lit.
and then the journey is made to its burial
place If the nuts are not cracked when
offered. and the squirrel is not hungry,
they will all Immediately be put into the
ground. and 50 the precaution is usually
taken to have them cracked. There are
people who do not know Squirrel fond
ness for nuts, and cake viii be offered
a keen appetite only viii ensure fas-
tidious nibbling. During the three days
Of intense cold the dwel7r Of the OLD elm
tree felt it at times bitterly. 1t would
hold up its little paws and shiVer, and
then look al the sky to see If the intense
cold was ever going to ease up. The
squirrel that now occupies the tree by the
monument has lately moved. All the
winter it has been in tree down At the
end of the frog pond, but spring has evil
IDENTIFY created a desire for a higher out
look where the early and late sun may be
enjoyed. Where did these two squirrels
come from? Those who know say that
they used to roam about the Fens. and
that later they moved TO Commonwealth
Avenue. and last winter made the Public
Ga rden their home and this winter they
have chosen the historic Common. There
was a time when there was a whole
colony of squirrels on the Common, hut
they were either trapped or killed and
not a squirrel was left to tell the tale.