The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-14

feet Keeps slipping OF an tNe tlH1e.
Well. If you are going to fall down.
said little Willie Treetoad. "do not fall
on the church steeple or something like
that"
Don't Ill like that" said Jill Frog,
II am getting mighty uncomfortable"
$50 am l." said Jack.
Little Willie Trectoad looked over at
them and saw them little by little slip
ping off the Bats, while the Bats We're
having a very good time and enjoying
the fun. He noticed that the Bats We're
flying over in the direction of the river,
and when they got just over the river,
the Bats began to shtver n shake.
and Jack n Jill Frog slipped off OF
their backs and fell down, down, down
and landed in the liver "Cher-plunk."
elNeER's JOURNEY.
One night Ethel's father told her a
story about Ginger, a little dog which
belonged to the railroad agent at Cedar
Grove, n the story was as follows:
Little Ginger got tired of looking
at the trains one day and he wondered
why 1t would not be a good idea to
get on the engine and take a ride. He
thought and he thought how he could
best do it. He knew that he couldn't
climb up on the engine, SO he said to
himself:
81 think I'll wag my tail and look up
real hard at the fireman and see if he
will not take me on his big engine
some day.
so the next morning when the ce-
dar Grove Limited came along and
stopped at the station Ginger ran out
n wagged his tail as hard as he
coudld, at the same time lookin Cup at
the Herman.
az think it would be a good idea to
take that dog for a ride said Jim the
fireman to Jerry the engineer.
"Grab him up quick said Jerry, be
fore the station agnt sees you.'
The first thing Ginger knew he was
riding along through the country at q
very, very rapid rate.
The houses flew past him and even
when he saw a little dog by the side
OF the track it was gone before he had
really time to bark at it.
When ngmt came he was so tired
that he did not know what to do, but
Jerry the engineer and Jim the fireman
gave him a nice big supper and he al
most forgot thai he was away from
home.
The next morning they put him on
the big engine again and he started for
home.
Every time the engine stopped and
he got a chance he looked out the cab
window and barked as hard as he
could.
az think this is a great lot of fun
he said. I wonder when 1 will get
home.' Just then he saw his w little
station coming into view. Home at
last he thought to himself"
THE CITY MIcE's JOURNEY.
81 wish you would tell me more
about Mr.. and Mrs. City Mouse said
Ethel to her father one night, and SO
he told her the following story:
You remember how Tom, the cat in
the big Office building in New York
City, almost captured Mr.. and Mrs.
City Mouse and little Maudie Mouse.
They had to wait until the next
morning before they could move out Of
the building, because Ton stood on
guard and would not let them get out.
Finally they managed to scurry down
the stairs when no n was looking,
and into the next building, which was
empty.
There they had a lovely time, be-
cause no one was there, and they man
aged to find a piece of cheese which
some one had left from lunch.
Maudie Mouse was so hungry that
she ate the piece of cheese all up at
once and almost mad herself sick.
By the time night came they thought
it would be a good idea to start for the
country, where they We're going to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Country Mouse, so when
the lights began to blink and the corn
ers got very dark Mr.. and Mrs. City
Mouse and little Maudie Mouse sour
ried out of the dark building and across
the street as fast as they could. There
they waited in a dark corner to see If
any cats were around, and, not seeing
any, they scurried across to a vacant
lot, where they kept very still until
Mr.. City Mouse could see what was go
ing on. He did not go very far away for
fear some one would get hold Of his
dear wife and child.
Finally when he came back he said,
ut is nearly l o'clock now, and l do not
see any one around, so let us hurry
down and perhaps when no one is look
ing we can skip on to a ferryboat and
go across the river
1t made a very funny sight to see Mr..
and Mrs. Mouse skipping down the side
streets n ark places, Mrs. Mouse
with her little bonnet tied tightly on
bundle as he could Of the things that
they wished to take away from their
home, while little Maudie Mouse car
ried a little dolly which she held tightly
in her arms and quoted every time
the dolly woke up.
Finally they could see the great big
river in front of them, and hear the
foot! toot!" Of the steamboats, and
see the blinking lights going up and
down the river.
They stepped into a doorway to see
what was going on, when all of a sud
den behind them Mr.. City Mouse saw
a great big pair of shiny eyes.
Run. Run!" he said. Hurry under
the sidewalk, for here comes a great
big cat" and sure enough, just as Mr..
City Mouse and his wife and little girl
slipped under the sidewalk a bic cat
sprang. where they had been, and little
There, there, now don't you be
frightened. We will soon be over in
the country, where there are no cats"
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