The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-03-18

eertain day discontented was little
Squirrel Gray
Early that morninghe had whisked
from tree to tree. until suddenly he
Mad discovered the road. at the end
sof which, as far away as his little
.Ablack eyes could see, was won
Tirously beautiful, rosy radiance in
1the eastern sky.
& Back home he flew, hurrying to tell
&mother about it, and to ask her what
Twas in the World -at-the-E -End-of-the-
ERoad,
II Danger mother had told him.
"But how do you know?" asked
NSquirrel Gray
n The crows say so, and they know;
flor to and fro, from here they go, to
1.-THE World-at-the-End- D."
his mother had said with a wise nod
4 Of her old gray head.
The beginning and end of each
4 day afterward found him at the road,
and all the way home he was longing
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Every day he teased his mother to
let him go see the World-at-the-End-
of-the-Road. But always she shook
her head, until finally she realized he
never would be contented again. One
morning to satisfy him she reluctant
ly tols him he might go.
1t was nearly night when he ar
rived at the World-at-the-End-o
Road. There he found houses and
horses, barking dogs and mewing
cats, crying babies and people, big
and little, talking and laughing. Oh!
what noisy place the World-at-the-
End-of-the-Road was!
He soon found out what Danger
meant.
From tree to tree, along the fences,
over roofs, scurried Squirrel Gray,
until darkness found him on a grape
arbor. There he tremblingly hid
himself under the big leaves, and
there he slept all that night. dream
ing of home and mother.
The next morning at first he
thought he was home, until he opened
his sleepy eyes. Then all the scared
feeling came back again, and he
hardly dared to move. But Danger
was still asleep, and, as all was quiet
he ventured to peep out. Through
the trees he caught glimpse of
something that made his little heart
throb with gladness, and Danger was
forgotten.
There again was the alluring pink
sky! Down from the arbor he
sprang. From tree to tree he trav-
eled with long flying leaps, until he
came to the last tree. Not another
was in sight, but on he sped down a
rough, rutty road, which led him to a
long stretch of pebbly beach. Yet on
he went, until he found himself at
the edge of water, the longest and
widest water he had ever seen. In
his woodland home had been only a
little pond or two that reflected the
green, leafy branches above and the
pretty ferns around, but this big wat
er was not green just then, it was
pink like the sky.
AS Squirrel Gray watched this in
wonder the rosiness from sky and
water faded and finally was gone.
Then suddenly appeared a splendid
shining ball of gold in the sky. and
across the sleepy, satiny water was q
great, glorious golden pathway, ex.
tending from the shore at his feet
straight across to that woodland be.
yond.
With glad little leap he started
to cross that gold path-but dear
dear! - there, too. was Danger
thought Squirrel Gray, as he swiftly
sprang back again and stood shiver.
ing ON the shore. The warm sun.
SHINE soon dried his fur coat, how.
ever and pretty soon the sun-ball
grew brighter and brighter. spang.
ing the water with little. SPARKLING
diamonds and making his eyes wink
and blink. Warmer and warmer II
grew, and he began to look around
Tor the shelter of shady tree.
But all that could be seen was q
little square house painted green
planted right there on the shore. ant
under the house an open door.
No cats, no dogs, no people. wer.
around, so nearer he ventured; ther
without sound, into that cool dark
ness he went with a bound. landin,
in basket upon the ground. Then
curling himself up in a round gra,
ball he went to sleep there, with nt
fear at ALL
Now the Boy in that little bunga
low early that morning arose to go Il
dig for clans, while the tide wa.
low so down cellar he went to ge
the hoe. and what he found there o
course you know. When Poy spieS
the little fur ball. quick as a fast
over basket and all he let a big bo,
softly fall. Then into the house h,
swiftly sped. to wake Big Brother
who was still in bed. When the,
softly peeped under the box there wal
no longer quiet gray ball. Instead
was scared, squealing squirrel al
ready 70 bite and for his precious III,
TO fight.
Quickly they dropped the box. and
while the two boys were wonderin,
what to do next, down came the coo
Ing, cooling, Bungalow Baby in tn,
arms OF the smiling Bungalow Lady
followed by Little Sister and the Bun
saiow Man. Their such a chatterin,
began! Squirrel Gray was NOR,
frightened than ever. Pretty soou
Aittie Sister tried to poke a cracks
under the box and into the basket
Again that piteous, shrill squsaling