El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-02

turns" said Tessie, very svveetIv. after
they mad played for quite a while. She
mad pulled Iotle up the road, and she
had pulled her back, but still TOttie
quarreled to be taken on one more trip
4 suppose l must take IL away from
them sighed Mrs. Tabby She pushed
her glasses back on her head, sent all
OF the children out OF doors and took
the cart upstairs She hid il in old part
Of the barn in which they lived. where
Lnere was nothing but trash. Surely"
she said, as she brushed the cobwebs
and dirt carefully from her clothing.
They viii not think TO look there I
don't see why they are so fond Of IT. I
nate to take II away. but they quarrel
so. and might get hurt in it"
she went downstairs, p1Lpat, pit, pat,
and she did not hear some one scurry
away It was Tom Tabby, her little kit
y boy, who had watched her. She sat
down and went on with her sewing, but
Tom made his plans for getting the
cart down the next day.
III get IL tomorrow morning earIvs
he whispered to BinE1ie that night as
they lay IN bed But what viii we 40
with it after We get ito
"Oh, Wen find out what 20 do with
II" replied Tom with a chuckle.
When are you children going TO
Sleep they heard Mrs Tabby call, but
before she could get out OF bed they
were both pretending TO be off 10 kitty
dreamland
A shimmery. shaI1y sunbeam peaked
under Tommys eyes, the very next
his eyes Surely II was not the next
day He thought he had just fallen
asleep But he ran 70 the window and
shifted the fresh air, and then hurried
away He carried the cart down with
out one speck Of noise and hid il in the
bushes Tar from the house. Then he
slipped back and got into bed No one
had even Wakened vet He was so
sleepy that he dropped OFF again al
once and both ne and Binkie were
late for breakfast His only thought
was to get the cart and play Hurry
Win your bread ana milk his sharp
claws dug into Binkie's side. Tessie
and TOttie were already gone But IL
was a good thing they were late
From where they sat they could look
out OF the window. and this is what
they saw First came Tessie drawing
Iotue in the cart 100000" came
from Tom, those sneaky girls
''Shhsh,' Binkis caught his paw. Don't
YOU see that mother will be out there
in a minute2 They held their breaths
and waited Out OF doors Mrs. Tabby
was walking nearer and nearer 10
her. and without a word to T0ttie ran
away as fast as she could. Mrs. Tabbv
did not see her. But Tottfe saw Mrs
Tabby and knew why Tessie had run
away She tried to get out Of the cart
She Wlggled and pushed and pulled her
fur and scratched and made so much
fuss that Mrs Tabby heard her.
Inside the house, Tom and Binlxie.
and Tessie. who had sneaked in the
front way. held their sides and stuffed
their napkins into their mouths to
keep from laughing They saw Mrs.
Tabby try TO pull TOttie out They
heard her scream with pain and then
then watched. while Mrs Tabby raised
her paw and spanked
7 don't know who brought this cart
downstairs" spank, spank, they heard.
but do know the selfish little person
who was stuck TO it When ] 20 into
the house I viii make a good guess
about who took IL out
But that was the last that Tom wait
ed to hear. ne took to his heels and
spent the day with Toby Hicks
Copyright, 1914. by Florence z. Ycder. .