Williams news., 1915-05-27
WIDNIeHT's FIRST LESSON FROM
 SNOWFALL.
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wagon" q had fine sleep" said Midnight, for the bed was the softest l ever slept on, and there were no noises to disturb me, and I was warm all night, and that is something l nave not enjoyed for long time.
 Kit and Puff came in just then and said Good morning" to Snowfall, but did not notice Midnight.
 Something the matter with your eyesisht this morning?" asked Snow ball. as he noticed Kit and Puff had only said Good morning to him. Cant you see that Midnight is hereF
 Kit and Puff knew well enough what Snowfall meant, and not wishing to openly offend him, they said Good morning. to Midnight, but in very naughty way and without looking in his direction.
 Are you going to breakfast?" they said, as they passed Snowball, and he kept on walking toward the kitchen.
 q shall be there very shortly" said Snowfall, and walked over to where Midnight was sitting.
 When he got over close to the kitten he sat down, and, after waiting for minute, he said: Do you know what cat ought to be, above everything else?"
 "I don't know that do," said Mid night. "You see, am not very old yet"
 "Well, your youth is no disadvan- tage," said Snowball; but cat first of all ought to be good. He ought to be truthful and honest, he ought not to take things that do not belong to him. and he ought to be kind and not get angry. But next to being good, he ought to be clean. My master says that cleanliness is next to goodness, and. as he never told me, don't know | whether goodness comes first or not; but, anyway, they are right next to | each other.
 Now it is perfectly plain to me | that, however good kitten you may be, you certainly are not clean. There l is mud on your paws that was there yesterday when I picked you up in the ] street, and your mustache has cobwebs on it that I know you never got here, | for mistress is too neat to have cob webs about her house.
 q didn't suppose said Midnight, ''that a little mud made any differ ence. and as for cobwebs I hadn't mo- ticed them at all"
 Well" said Snowball, Hast night l told you I was going to teach you to be real cat, and am going to begin by teaching you how necessary 1t IS to be clean. Breakfast is ready in the kitchen, and I suppose that Kit and Puff are already eating theirs, but | you cannot go into the kitchen and cannot have any breakfast until you have all the mud off your whiskers and until you are very much cleaner than you are now, and do not want you ever again to come down to break fast without having thoroughly washed your face and brushed your coat.''
 How will I get the mud off" asked Midnight, flor know it is stuck on very hard. got lot of it on when dray drove by and the wheels splashed lot of dirty water on me-"
 Come out in the barn. said Snow ball, "and I will show you"
 When they got to the barn Snowfall found a place on the side of the door where there was a rough board, and leaning his body up against it he | pushed as hard as he could, walking forward at the same time.
 You try doing that a few times and see if it doesn't feel good to your coat and clean it at the same time."
 Midnight tried it somewhat awk wardly three or four times, and then Snowball said: "Turn around and rub the other side" Midnight did as he was told, and pretty soon all the mud was rubbed off.
 "Now," said Snowball, you see that round hole in the door. That is for us cats to go in and out when the dool is closed. You go through there stand ing up just as straight as you can an6 rubbing your back hard against the top of the hole."
 Midnight followed this direction, ana after few trips through the hole he had rubbed all the mud off his back
 That's little rougher treatment than you will have to have when you are once thoroughly cleaned" ex plained Snowball; "and now I wan you to smooth your fur and wash you face'
 How shall do it?" asked Midnight
 "With your tongue, this way" ant Snowfall began licking his sleek fur . already glossy from the bath which h' : had taken as soon as he woke. "Ant
 you wash your face like this,' he ex plained, tapping his paw and rubbing his face with it.
 } Midnight worked hard to do a. Snowfall had shown him, and while
 Snowfall occasionally laughed whe1