The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-01

defiant tail into saucy action. He snaps
it out as a whipcord. The more You
try to provoke him to vocal speech, the
more manoeuvres that saucy tail exc
cutes. How long the dialogue might
keep up there is no determining, you
haunting, placating in all sorts Of tones,
he flirting his dainty. expressive tail out
and up; but at last you must break off
the interesting conversation; and as you
move he is up the nearest tree and in
| trice, having turned squarely about,
gives YOU what you wanted all the
while and tried to provoke from him, a
Scotch blessing from his chattering,
chuckling little mouth. On the tree he
| is In his proper dominion and dares to
| be as impudent and vfndictive as his
nature allows Your macking laugh,
| however, does not seem to discomfort
him in the least; and off he goes. up
the tall tree and on through the serial,
leafy path which is his delight.
| To be called suddenly from drean1laad
hetires in the morning is something CT
trial; but one forgives the squirrel
his bound on to the roof and his merry
scamper across it. when it recalls one
| to life in the woods beside the lake,
which in and of itself is rest sufficient.
You don't scowl as you hasten to the
| window to catch sight Of the tiny crea
ture who can make such gigantic
/ noise. All, there he is, bounding light
| ly up the path from the shingle pile.
/ along the walk, up the very steps to the
back-porch. Before you can turn away
| to get ready to make a show of possess
sion Of the mansion, he appears again.
But what does he carry extended In his
| mouth-some big, green-coated thing?
Why, 1t is butternut from the painful
which you picked up after the hard
blow Of the day before. Again and
again he comes for nut. and by the
time you get on to the porch he has re-
duced the store by one-third. The
young man Of the household sets his
feet close beside the pan, and yet the
persistent little squirrel is not deferred
from his quest. He puts down his mis-
givings, which appear In the earnest
little face, and conquers his approach
bit by bit, seorning to lose his feast
through fear Of shape that offers no
| violence to his trim little person, no Of
fence to his quick little ears. The pan
is carried into the pantry and set upon
high shelf Pray tell how the scamp
learned its hiding-place. Later in the
/ forenoon he was caught in the act Of
carrying a nut out through the open
window, having called attention to his
presence there by his noisy activity. a.
pan was put over the nuts. Twenty
| four hours he cherished the knowIedge3
of the whereabouts Of those butternuts,
| and was racketing around in the pan
try early the next morning. Will
squirrels gnaw through partitions to
get at what they want, as mice do, does
anybody know?
! Surely, red squirrel Is whole cir
Gus in himself He does the most dar-
| ing trapeze acts. dearly loves a race
up and down and around tree holes, can
make you laugh for very glee after the
fashion of the most entertaining OF
clowns, exhibits more or less Of must
cal talent-often he excites your won
der as to what bird-note breaks the ST.
lence Of the woodland his tntics no
monkey can excel. Clever little enter
tainer, courageous, persistent little
worker! He never fails to take care of
himself-amuse himself, keep his in
dividuality unimpaired. Though he
scolds-does he swear?--he does not
whine, and he always enters into life
with the zest of healthy SOUL
Would the squirrel nature were more a
part of man! Long shall I treasure
the last years hickory nut, perforated
ON both fiat sides, and showing clean.
empty interior. as memorial Of
brisk, thorough, persevering little fel-
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