Arizona republican., 1911-12-14
AT the end Of his fourth jam tar.

| .NNouiAN lbu ~ NtIA EONfl
arithmetic; you'll like keeping &c
| counts"
With her mouth full of luscious jan
tart, Erebus did not feel that il would
be delicate at that moment To protest
The Terror bought an account book
his distrust of literature prevented him
from paying more than penny fer
| it--also he bought a SAW. gimlet. Il
screw-driver, and two gross OF screws.
| Then they mounted their machines
| proudly and rode home. On the way
they paused NJ Il quiet orchard. in Il
strange. unprotected neighborhOOd. and
filed the two cat-baskets with excel
lent apples They did not disturb tie
farmers wife ut the busy dinner-hOur
the Terror threw the apples over the
| orchard hedge To Erebus.
As he mounted the Terror said
| dreamily. Il shouldn't wonder If thes.
bicycles would pay for themselves in
| time"
Il said there were orchards ont herc
where they didn't know us" said Ere
bus, biting a rosy apple.
They rode home put the BICYCLES
| into their cow-house. and lunched with
their mother. They were reticent
about the triumphs OF the morning. As
soon as lunch was over. they went TO
| the village carpenter and bought
| planks. For the rest of the day. save
| for an interval in which Erebus wrote
his letter of warm thanks To his aunt.
! the Terror applied his indisputable
| constructive genius To the creation Of
! cat-hutches. The next morning Ere
bus. with wOmanly lack OF scruple.
proposed that they should mount their
| bicycles, aud sally forth on a splendid
| foray. The Terror would not hear OF
| il.
No" he said firmly. We're going
TO get the Cats Home done first Fhen
nobody can complain"
This manly spirit persisted I'm him
for three strenuous days: and M the
end of them. with the faithful aid of
ErebuS and Virgins. he had con
structed accommodation for thirty cats
Perhaps the wooden bars of the
hutcheS were not all of the same
breadth. hut at least they were all of
the same thickness and it would be a
slim cat indeed who would sduirm
through them.
The eXultant trio gaZed round the
transformed cnw-hOuSr with shining
eyes; then Erebus said firmly. What
we want now is cats
We'll begin with kittens" said the
Terror.
With kittens they began. They an
nOanced that FOR kittens able 10 lap
they would give the sum of three
pence each: and in Little DeeDing the
practice Of kitten-drOwning received its
deathblow. But kittens did not imme-
diatelv flow in; and the complaints of
the eager Erebus that their perfect
Cats Home remained unteuanted grew
50 frequent and so loud that at last
they penei rated the resistant ears %
the Terror; and he called her and
Virgins To Il council. He refused
promptly to accept the suggestion of
his inpatient but highly-strung sister
that they should sally forth on a great
cat furay; but he admitted that some
thing must be done. for they had in
formed their aunt of the completion Of
the Cats Home, and it was time TO in
form her that il was tenanted. Be
sides it was desirable that they should
draw money for "OvcrSecring and
that they could not cOnscenti0uSly do
till there WAS something 10 oyerSeer.
Cats must he procured, but not by
raiding.
We'll, they won't come of them.
selves" said Erebus.
They would with valerian.' said
Virgins.
Who's Valerian?" said Erebus
'lt isn't who. It's a drug ut the
chemists" said Virgins. I've been
talking to my father about eats good
deal lately; and he says Ii you put
valerian ON rag and drag it along the
ground cats will follow it for miles"
Your father seems To know every
thing-such a lot of useful things az
well as higher mathematics" said the
Terror
That's why he has European rep
utatiOn." said Virgins and he spurned
the earth.
That afternoon the Twins bicycled
into RowingtOn and bought bottle Of
the enchanting drug. Just before they
reached the village. on their way home,
the Terror produced rag with
piece Of string tied To it. poured some
valerian on il, and trailed il after his
bicycle through the village to his gar
den gate.
The result demonstrated the accu-
racy of the scientific knowledge of the
father of Virgins. Ill that evening
and FAR into the night twelve cats
Ought DANGEROUSLY round the house of
the Dangerfelds.
The next day the Terror turned
the Cats Home into n cat-trap. HO
ut hole in the bottom of its door
large enough to admit cat. and fitted
il with a hanging flap which a cat
would readily push open from the out
side but lacked the intelligence to
raise from the inside. He was late
finishing it: and went from il to his
supper At the end of supper. Polly.
heir maid. Informed them that Il little
girl had come from the village with
Kittens. The Twins hurried into the
Kitchen 10 find there a small girl with
five little kittens in Il basket The
Terror filled saucer with milk and
applied the milk test. Four Of the kit
tens Tapped up the milk eagerly; the
fifth would not lap. it only mewed.
The Terror gave the little girl a shill
ing for the four. babe her restore the
fifth to its mother and hiring il back
when it had acquired the needful ac-
complishment and the Twins carried
the kittens down to the Cats Home.
Now we've got tleseS kittens. we