The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-19

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den gate.
The result demonstrated the accu-
racy of the scientific knowledge of the
father of Wlggns. All that evening
and far into the night twelve cats
fought clamotously round the house of
the Dangerfclds
The next day the Terror turned
the Cats Home into cat-trap He
cut hole ia the bottom Of IFS door
large enough to admit a cat. and fitted
1t Nth Il hanging flap which a cat
would readily push open from the out
side, but lacked the intelligence to
raise from tho inside. lie was late
finishing 1t; and went from IL to his
supper. At the end of supper. Polly,
their maid, Informed them that little
girl had come from the village with
kittens. Tho Twins hurried into the
kitchen to find there small girl with
five little kittens In basket The
Terror filed saucer with milk and
applied the milk test. -Four of the kit
tens Tapped up the milk eagerly; the
fifth would not lap. II only mcwed
The Terror gave the little girl shlll-
ing for the four. bade her restore the
fifth TO its mother and bring II back
when II had acquired the needful ac-
complishment; and the Twins carried
the kittens down to the Cats Home
Now we've got these kittens. we
needn't bother about getting cats" said
the Terror as they returned TO the
house.
"'rhen you've had all the trouble of
making that little door for nothing"
said Ercbus.
ITS an emergency exlt-lke the
thcatcrs have-only it's an entrance"
said the Terror "But. thank gOCtl-
ness, we've begun at last; now we can
have salaries for oversecring"
In the course of the next week they
added seven more kittens to their
store; Little. Deeping was responding
nobly TO the spur of three-pence
apiece. The Twins informed their aunt
that the Cats Home contained eleven
tenants sawed from the awful death
of drowning" Then they grappled
with the food problem and the account
book .,.I .3 Es
Up TO the age of six the Twins had
lived luxuriously in a large country
house, with toys beyond the dreams of
Alnaschar. Then they had lost their
father and their mother had been left
with n very small income indeed. All
to make both ends meet !; and the
Twins had had q long lesson In learn
ing to do without the desires of their
hearts These lessons had impressed
the Terror deeply; he had come TO re
alize the necessity of having money.
and his interest in financial matters
was lively indeed. lie was resolved
that the Cats Home should last MS
long rs possible; he felt that their
mental and manual work in the fOrma-
tlon Of that home made 1t only right
that the wages OF 'overseering" should
extend over the longest possible period.
But with milk at three-pence-halfpenny
pint. the kittens would very soon
drink up their funds. His mind turned
longlngly to the possibilities of skim
milk.
There was plenty of skim milk in
Little Deeping, for butter-maklng was
its chief industry; but the pigs drank
1t. The Twins went firmly down to the
house of farmer Stubs. They had
never before entered II. though they
had often entered his orchard and he
received them susplciously. pulling
d0ubtfully at the Newgate fringe which
ran bristling under his shaven chin.
Even when he learned that they had
come ON business his face did not
brighten till the Terror. incidentally,
dropped sovereign en- the floor. and
then talked of cash payments. Then
the face of farmer Stubbs shone and
, he agreed to supply them with all the
skim milk they needed. But In the
course of the next fortnight they added
twelve more kittens to the Home; and
, there was another struggle with the
account book. The Terror found the
, way out. He bought stale bread from
, the baker and fed the kittens on
bread and milk They throve on It ;
; and it went further than plain milk.
The Twins had but little spare time.
They had been busy filling certain
. shelves which they had fixed up above
/ the cat-hutches with the best apples
the more peaceful and sparsely popu-
lated parts Of the countryside afforded.
I But what spare time he had the Ter
ror devoted 10 n great feat OF paint
/ Ing. He painted In white letters on a
blackboard.
"LadD RDehamptOn8 cats Home"
I and fixed 1t up over the door. The
letters varied somewhat In size, and
: they were not everything that could be
desired In the matter OF shape; but
both Erebus and Virgins agreed that
} Il was extraordinarily effective, and
that If ever their aunt saw 1t, she
: would be deeply gratlied by IT,
This striking advertisement OF their
; enterprise rendered ID necessary that
their mother should be formally taken
into their confidence. She had learned
about the Cats Home from Polly; but
she was careful never to interfere with
! the Twins In any harmless pursuit
! she was only too happy that they
should have one. She made her for
NAL inspection of the Cats Home with
? becoming seriousness; and admired
everythlng-its convenience, its clean
> llness. the extensive scale on which II
: was being run, and warmly agreed
with the Terror that TO have saved 50
many charming kittens from the awful
: death OF drowning was n great work
At the end Of everything the Terror
said casually, 'The bicycles are to
bring kittens with from a distance"
what? Are those your bicyclesT'
cried Mrs. Dangerlield. "But wherever
did yon get the money from to buy
them?"
Aunt Amelia found the money"