The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-17
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she scampered about the deserted porch es, snifflng at windows and snuffing at doors, but not crack could she find large enough to squeeze her inquisitiye little self through.
 Perching on the porch railing, she curled her tail over her back and thought the situation over. A brilliant idea popped into her head. With leap and a scramble. she reached the cottage roof. Over the shingles she darted ana up to the top of the big brick chimney. .Ah. hap laughed Hi spy.. flirting her tail sauciiy as she peeped down sooty. black hole. II guess they forgot to lock this door,
 When Harum scarum and his brothers came romping home to supper they found their parents listening to the eA- cited chatter of a little person so rum pied and sooty that they hardly recos- nized her as their pretty sister. Ill spy. She had to t~Tin all over again. tnen' and tell of all the wonderful things she had seen under the red roof
 Come on and see for yourselves, she continued; tits as easy as running up a tree to get inp'
 ~Yes. let'sr' cried the Harum sca- rum. Lets go down and paint their old house red to pay them back for the hot time they've given us this summer.
 ..Harum. dear!' protested Mother whisk-sasl, .plaintiveiy. why do ycn nick up their dreadful expressionsf Besides, 1t isn't right to revenge your self on your enemies. It's much ? v.,nra-b
 THE wHIsK-TAILs' MOVE IN
 .Ahsm. my deari'' coughed her hus- hand. ..rhis would not be revengins ourselyes--not in the least. It would be simpiy--weii, getting even, as you might say. Perfectly justifiabts under the circumstances. Danghter, leao 'ns wayl"
 strikes me it's pretty dusty down hereP' sneezed Hurry scurry. landing in a bed of light wood ashes.
 "And so darkr' complained Mother whisk-tail. shaking the soot from her dainty paws.
 In few minutes their bright eyes became accustomed to the darkness and they could see quite plainly by the light that streamed through cracks tn 
 the window shutters.
 'sWhat a dandy place to liver ex' claimed Heiter 6kelter. Lets move in!'
 'Let.si" shrieked the other children. galloping about like mad.
 suppose we do, Mrs. Whisk-tail, said their father. and so the matter :. ii was delightful autumn that fol. lowed the narrowing summer-cIeal q days and frosty nights and me niki Whisk-tails worked early and late. B, the time the first snow flew beech nut and walnnts,. hiAksEyg nsata and heRt nuts were tucked away In every ccgns. eupboards, behind beds and under ia
 Now that the cold weather was set ting in, there was no more for th' eat and explore their winter quarters Mother Whisk-tail, by the way. sheC tears of joy over the treasures or ths pantry and etoreroom-dellcious corn meal and delightfu rice and cereal cor fee and breakfast foods, all convent entity left in tempting paper sacks an' pasteboard boxes,
 As the weather grew colder th' Whisk- tails felt the need of snul beds to sleep In, Hurry Scurry dui a deep hole into the very middle ot fine hair mattress, stnd lined tt Witi bits of paper, pieces of window cur tains and scraps of bathing suits tha hung in his room.
 Heiter Skelter, always a bit reck less, chose a down pillow for his bed and came out every morning sheez ing and coughing, with the whit fiuff covering him from tail tip tt whiskers. Little Hi Spy found a grea bunch of cat-tails tackled up abov' the mantel, and 1t was no trouble a all to gather from them any quantit! of soft. warm, yellow down to lin