The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-11

! d5leSD-anQ DleW III us ear!
This made the white kitten sneeze.
Then he locked around and said,
why, it's a little girl No, it isn't, it's
a little doll. No. it isn't. it's little
girl@oll!"
Well you got it right at last Dol
| ly Dolliyer said. please come up to
our house; there's mouse up there.
Don't kittens catch miner"
Don't kittens catch mice?" Dolly
was almost frightened at the fierce
look that came into the white kittens
eyes when she said, Mouse" "Come
along" he purred. jumping up, Come
along quick! Prrr!-mice!" And he
ran after Dolly. switching his tail.
When they got to the Doiliver house,
the mouse had eaten the cheese and
gone. Never mind" said the white
kitten, he'll come back and hunt
around to see if he can find anything
more. You must all sit down, and let
me hide behind the corner of the
house"
Everything happened as the white
kitten had said; the mouse did come
stealing back to hunt for crumbs.
Then, when he was on the table with
his long, c-o-C-ld tail dangling down
and tickling poor Mrs. Delivers toes,
the white kitten gave a spring. He
knocked Mrs. Dolliver over. and the
mere wind of his going blew the pa
per doll clear across the room; but no.
body cared for that. For there was
pounce, and a rattle and '&quee--
squee-squee!" and the white kitten
walked off, growing, with the mouse
in it's mouth.
The roast chicken platter has been
knocked off Il. table, and the chicken
was broken rig through it's breast
bone. Nurse said IN the morning that
there must have been mouse in the
dollhouse, which was drawn there by
the cheese that Ethel left, and that she
white kitten must have caught it. She
called Ethel very careless little girl,
but never guessed how eventful that
cheese had made things for the Dol
livers.
ged from under the table and some
water poured in his face, he opened
his eyes and sat up. They told him
about the mouse and the white kitten.
He looked over to the hearth rug to
where the white kitten lay. 1t had eat
en- the mouse by this time, and was
feeling pretty comfortable, thank you.
Il am lame man" said Mr. Dol
liver For that reason some people
may doubt my courage. | have called
the white kitten raving, ravening
wild beast; but | am brave enough
now to go and thank it for saving
my other foot, if not my life
"Mr. Dolliver," said Mrs. Dolliver,
sit is true that you are lame man.
1t is also true that | have the baby
sewed into my arm, and that hampers
me a little But you shall not go
alone. If you CO. l 60" And Mrs.
Dolliver looked SO heroic that all the
Dolliver family shed tears. Well, all
but Dolly Dolliver, and she had been
over to see the white kitten, and didn't
see what they were making such a
fuss about.
The whole Dolliver family and the
paper doll announced an intention of
going with Mr.. Dolliyer; SO they set
off in a procession. First came Mr..
Dolliver, leaning on his cane, because
he was q lame man. Next came Mrs.
Dolliver, carrying the baby, because
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Next came Aunt Dinah. dreadfully
frightened, with piece of catnip in
her hand to try to please the white
kitten. After her was the paper doll,
rustling and fluttering and blowing
back every few steps. Tommy Dol
liver and Which and Tother brought
up the rear; they were behind all the
others, and they were boys, and were
not so much frightened.
Mr.. Dolliver had speech all ready,
which began: my noble preserver,"
and ended with something about 'the
eternal gratitude of all my family"
But what do you think they found
that kitten doing? He and Dolly Dol
liver had struck up great friendship,
so the little doll was riding about the
kittens back. very much as the lady
with the fluffy skirts in the circus.
Mr.. Dolliver would make his speech
because he had 1t ready (and what
use would that have been if he hadn't
made IT'D But nobody listened to it
much, for Tommy and Which and 10th
er all flew to that white kitten and
climbed up it's sides and hung to its
tail and had the merriest, merriest
romp, all over the hearth-rug, that
was ever seen.
1t made the white kitten sneeZe to