The new South-news., 1909-01-16

Dolly was sitting ON the laundry
window-siil watching Hulda dampen.
ing the clothes. 20 Hulda." cried she,
suddenly. looking out into the yard,
look at the funny pussycat'
''Pussycat. my darllnt," shifted HUI
da: sure that's no cat, it's rat. I'm
thinking. or maybe n weasel, and, as
the small gray animal stopped scurry-
ing along the fence. and, sitting up
straight. curled its fluffy tail over its
back like plume. she and Dolly cried
In one breath. ITS squirrel. it's
squirrel"
"A squirrel In a city back yard''
cried mother. dropping her egg beater
and coming to the window; ''it must
Nave escaped from some boy or other
20 mother" cried Dolly. may
catch him, and may keep him?
Please say yes. mother."
Yes" laughed mother. "if you
catch him. But fear he won't be
canght. and. also does not seem in
clined to be kept; but, she added
suppose YOU set him some nuts--the
chestnuts and hickqies we found In
tsR woods yesterday out on the
Window -aIll and see whether hen
come for them"
So Dolly opened the laundry window
and set the nuts on the sill, and they
all went back into the kitchen, where
mother went on with her cooking. and
Huda washed the lunch dishes. while
Dolly kept as still as mouse watch.
Ing the squirrel
As soon as the little creature caught
sight of the nuts he ran down the
fence and scampered to the window
where he crouched few moments
his thickly whiskered little nose wrin-
| king and quivcring, his beady black
eyes searching for possible danger
slowed them away in his sidepockets
and dashed on with them TO the grass
plot. Here he ran from clothesp pole
to clothes-pole. evidently taking then
for some peculiar kind OF city tree
finally selecting one OF the four fol
his own particular one, at the foot o.
which he hurriedly scratched a hole il
which he deposited his booty, careful
ly covered It, and rushed back for &
new supply. He kept this up--to Dol
,y's deiIcht-until the nuts were al
buried where he painstakingly wen
over his cache. scraping. patting. ant
smoothing the ground until no on'
would have guessed 1t had ever beer
disturbed He then stopped work and
after thoroughly washing bis face
and flirting his tail. proceeded Il
amuse himself From pole to pole h
gamboled climbing first one. theI
the other. and enjoying the viev
watching him and turned to her doll
instead. wheeling Sophonisbe-Ann a
and down the back yard walk. an
seeing Hulda take down the wash line
in which proceeding Master Squire
also seemed much interested. II
mounted his own clothes -pole-th
one above his little cache-to tn
round ball on top, where he sa
straight on end. following Hulda a
t she rolled the rope around hand an
elbow. lingering at each pole to un
fasten the line. She was hurryin
along tfor the short November aftel
noon was growing chilly and had g,
. identity quiterforgotten his sQuirrelshiI
, when. just as she neared his post an
had planted one substantial foot upo
! his buried treasure. he uttered a cha
tering protest and hurled himself III
t on her. a nying bunch Of gray ful
waving tail, and burning indigns tiol
Huida. In her turn. uttered a piercin
shrek. dropped wash-line and clothes
pin bag. ran into the house. and drop
/ ped breA&hless--6ut otherwise unhuI
into the nearest chair. while II
scared and Offended squirrel swarme
over the fence and never was heard {
more.--Kate Hudson in the Christia
Register.