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


you must always understand that the
dolls day begins when your day ends,
and your midnight is their doom.
Well, one evening the Dolliver fam
lily had the paper doll to tea with
them. The paper doll lived over in
Ethels desk, and she had an elegant
summer home in the table drawer.
Indeed, she was very elegant sort
of person, with poor health, which
proved that she must be very fine in
deed. She was so frail that she did
not dare go near water for fear of
getting wet and the slightest excite.
ment made her rustic and 1utter like
a dry leaf
Mrs. Dolliver has made things as
fine as she could to entertain the pa
per doll. In addition to the china
dishes with the china food fastened to
them she had little lump of cheese
and a bit of cracker which were left
over from Ethel's tea party. The Dol
livers and the paper doll were all
sitting around the table, being as
elegant as they could, considering
that Mr.. Dolliver was lame man and
Mrs. Dolliver had the baby sewed in
to her arm, and Which and Tother
never would behave. anyhow, when
they heard little squeaking and
little rustling, and in came slipping
a mouse, and hoped UP on the table.
Now, of course, a mouse looked about
as big to the -Dolliver family as
kangaroo would look to- you or me-
You remember that it was a mouse
who had gnawed Mr.. Delivers leg
and made him lame man; and since
that dreadful, dreadful time Mr.. Dol
liver tainted II anybody merely said
"mouse"-and he didn't even like to
hear Of other things which began with
M.
The mouse had been attracted by the
smell of cheese. He paid no attention
to the Dolliver family-he thought
they were 'iust dolls. anyhow" Mr..
Dolliver tainted, as | told you he was
sure to do, and fell under the table.
Mrs. Dolliver rose up, with the baby
sewed into her arm. and shrieked:
my husband! He will be killed
again."
OF course. nobody can ever be kill
that settles it, Indeed. nobody knew
till that minute that Mr.. Dolliver had
been killed once; but Mrs. Dolliver
was very much excited. and then she
had the baby sewed into her arm, and
that interferred with her doing any
thing but shrek.
At first, Which and Tother had
thought that the mouse was going to
be great fun; but when. they heard
their mother shrieking thus, they de-
cided that they were frightened-and
Which and Tother were perfectly ter
rife when they were frightened
Tommy Dolliver picked up the
china dish with the china roast chick
en- on it, and was for throwing it at
the mouse; but his mother cried out,
''Do not madden him. | am certain
that we shall all be killed before he
him, my son!"
Down on the hearth rug in front
of the fire, there lived white kitten.
Mr.. Delivers dislike for mice extend
ed to cats; for he understood that
cats had something to do with mice.
So he wanted all his family to keep
away from the white kitten, as he
considered it "a roaring, ravening
wild beast"
Then one day Ga sure enough day
when Ethel was in the room and the
dolls could only move as she moved
them) the kitten got hold of Tommy
Dolliver and played with him. 1t
dragged him all around over the floor,
and nearly tore his clothes off him.
None of the Dolliver family would ever
have thought of going near the white
gittcn for anything except Dolly Dolli-
yer. as soon as the mouse made it's APP
pearance in the Dolliver dining-ronm.