Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-29
ONLY a MOUSE.
But Il Created Great Diversion in New
York City.
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New York Tribune.1
For nearly an hour yesterday after
noon crippled monse, with body half
an inch long and a tail twice that meas
urement, had the right OF way in Broad
way at point just below Days Thea
ter. Horses and wagons were driven
carefully around it, and once a motor
man stopped his car and gently pushed
the manned creature off the rails
Where 1t came from could only be
subject of conjecture. A street gamin
copied 1t first. He was just about to
kick it with his foot when portly-
looking man whose eye had caught the
crawling thing stopped him.
Don't hurt the poor little thing" he
said; its injured already
The boy couldn't understand the mo-
tive, but he obeyed the command To-
gether the man and boy stood and
watched the mouse. Other men and
boys and women came along, saw the
man and boy intently looking. stopped
and bent their gaze. Another boy es-
saved to kick 1t.
Leave him alone" yelled the first
boy, and he grabbed the other young
ster by the collar and laid him on his
back, for the newer arrival was the
smaller.
A more miserable looking. dirtier
mouse could not be Imagined. Two of its
legs had been crushed. and it was Just
able to drag itself along on the other
two. 1t was SO weak and dispirited, and
yet SO tenacious of life. It had lost the
power to squeak and the instinct of fear
IT was bent on getting to the curb, and
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The crowd increased until fifty persons
were gathered along the edge of the
curb and around the mouse on the slop-
py asphalt. They watched the struggle.
of the manned, persevering creature as
II failed. only to rest bit and try again,
raising itself and trying to get crawl
ing grip on the wet stone. Again and
again it fell back into the water in the
gutter to crawl out and gather it's wan
Ing strength for another trial.
Kill it; put it out of its misery!" said
che man. but no one stirred.
The mouse turned and crawled pain
fully toward the car tracks. A big ex-
press wagon drawn by two horses came
aiong at a trot
Look out!" yelled the crowd in
chorus.
The driver pulled up sharply and
leaned out. He saw the little brown,
wet streaked patch barely moving.
It's mouse; don't hurt him." sang
out a boy
Carefully the driver piloted his horses
tc either side OF the mouse so that it
would be left in the open space between
the wheels. He looked back. saw that he
rad calculated Alright and smiled.
faint cheer came from the crowd.
Forlornly the mouse dragged its body,
With frequent stops. until 1t reached the
car tracks. A car came bowling along
Again went up a shout from the crowd.
Look OUT"
The motorman looked out, or rather
over the dasher. He saw the mouse. He
stopped his car jumped to the street and
carefully pushed the mouse to one side
OF the track. AS the car went on the
crowd gave him cheer.
The mouse crawled back and began
series OF desperate, futile attempts to
climb the curbstone For the next half
hour horses and vehicles of all sorts. in
Guiding automobiles, came to stop
when they reached the spot where the
r,ouse was fighting against the inevita-
wide detour around it.
The crowd didn't say much, but it
watched with the most intense interest
Several suggested that the creature
ought to be killed, but no one would
crush the life out of such pitiableAob-
Ject.
Lets go away" said a man finally
Some boy will come along and end 1T.
The knot of men and women dispersed
A boy came along. sighted the mouse
resting for another effort at the curb
and kicked 1t into the middle Of the
street Several men were looking back.
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