The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-22

cause liars were put In the nfe ana
burned up. Her brother told her that
tho day she promised to let him play
with her best doll In his own way, and
then snatched her away and ran to
Christine with her. She was liar;
she shivered o. she thought OF the lake
Of IRE. But he was digging Miss
Homer's eyes out Of her head-her
beautiful eyes-to eco why they didn't
shut faster. God would burn her up;
but It wasn't fair when other people
made you tell lies; perhaps God did
something to them. too. But He
wouldn't do anything to Christine; she
was always good. That was why the
tiger loved her, and the man, and the
ape; they hated bad people oh, did
they know she was q liar? She shrank
further down under the bedclothes.
Christine said they wouldn't hurt her
IL she kept still; but Christine didn't
know about It. It would not mind
Christine; It would not mind anybody;
and It was the tigers friend, too!
She dared not open her eyes. but she
knew that in the dark It was bending
down.. and that the tiger had crawled
to the edge Of the bed to lick It's hand.
The ape peered out Of the closet grim
ming q welcome to It, and the man In
the mask stood just behind. They
were all It's friends, and It hated her.
But 1t was 80 dark; perhaps they could
not see her-though she knew in the
depths Of her covering little soul that
they did. Perhaps she could spring
out of bed on the other side, and reach
the hall door before 1t or the tiger
could catch her. But the closet! she
would have to pass that. She felt the
apes skinny fingers, and the mans
sword at her throat. It bent closer
over the bed; did It know what she
had been about to do?
Time dragged by. The door-bell
rang, and company came In. Laughter
floated up the stairs, and It grinned
hideously at the thought Of the COM
pany in the nursery. Once her mother
sang, and that comforted her. Ages
afterward her mother came upstairs.
The man and the ape drew back into
the depths Of the closet; the tiger
crawled to the exact middle Of the
space under the bed and curled its
tail up carefully; It passed noiselessly
to the other side Of the room. and hid
in the shadows as the door opened.
and her mother-her dearest mother
came in and bent down to kiss her
cheek. She dared not stir, but she
knew that It was gone. Her mother
touched her forehead gently. The
child is in q perspiration," she said to
herself; "but there doesn't seem to be
too much cover; Christine is so care
full. How fast asleep she ISL. and with
another kiss she went through into
her own room, leaving the connecting
door open. When she put out her light
It slipped back, but the door was open,
and It did not dare to come very close
to the bed. The tiger had gone to
sleep, and the ape and the man knew
her mother was there; they were afraid
Ohio! The little body relaxed, the
breath came freely, and out on the full
tide Of sleep she drifted beyond It's
reach. s s'
This hannaned manv nights. through
many wears A first 81 never dared to
come IN the. DAYTIME: but at dusk she
knew the stealthv footfall was coming
steadily to meet her. and that ID the
dark r. wonld stand bv her bed. with
its horrible unseen leer. She had. az
she grew older. tried the effect Of leay-
inc her pas burning. lint IN the lone
liness and silence of the night It was
all.nowerf,,l and could shroud itself
lin darkness and, light alike. Every
night her mother came to give her q
last pood-nipht kiss hut the child
nevar told her that abe was awake:
sha was AFRAID to sneak Of Il at night
and n the daytime sl,e was ashamed.
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