The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-24

Under the back stairs OF a great I
big house sot lonely little mouse
crying as IL his little heart would
break. AS he sat there his friend. I
vited to spend the day with him. call
ed: Good morning. Tim! Merry
Christmas. Why are YOU SO sud :a' /!
4 a Very good reason, friend Tom.
Marcy has swept away the dinner
that worked so hard for and such
a good dinner twas. Bits OF cake
and cheese and little pieces of meat
that nearly cost me my life.
That Is Very sad, indeed" said
Tom. who had been 50 happy in the
thought OF having a change from
field mouse fare and great tears roll
ed down his cheeks.
but why waste our timo crying
and grieving? Come, let us 80 out
into the sweet sunshine What Is the
loss of dinner TO a little mouse ?''
But Tim still Erieved and again Tom
tried to console him.
Cheer up, Tim. Surely together
we can scrape up enough for meal.
AS came through the Kitchen, Mary
and Anne We're planning for tea
party: their mama having promised
them each a wonderful fruit cookie.
with ever SO many nuts In 1t. and
what is more tempting to n little
mouse than n nut? Let us hide in
the nursery till the children come.
While they are eating we shah pick
UP the crumbs as they fall And.
Tim. they always give R-dfc-lus and
Buester boy = big share and surely
there can be no harm in taking food
from n doll,
In very few moments two bright
eyed and anxious little mice were
peeping from behind the dolIies'
trunk. "Oh how warm it is back.
here! Why do they Gomez" said
Tim, and Tom, who was the more
venturesome OF the two, run to the
head or the stairs.
do you see them ?"
Yes, they are coming. replied
Tom as he ran back to his hiding
place.
no! Ho! 10! They are in the
room: You peep out and see what
they are doing. but be very careful
and not frighten them. for we would
not lose the love of those little girls
for all the cookies In the world
Il shall not tighten them said
Tim. as he Deeped from behind the
trunk.
"oh. Oh! oh!" now HE little
heart did ilutter. for right out there
in the doorway was Kathleen with
her great big gray puss in her arms.
fOh, Tom, let's run as fast as we
can before he smells US" and swish
right past Kathleen and her cat, |
down the stairs into the library they
ran Just in time to hear the doctor
say to his wife that two little white
mice had escaped from the 1abora
tory.
4 w 4 i 4 s p
oh, Tim, let's pretend that we are
the lost mice. We can easily make
ourselves white by jumping into the
flour bin, then we will go oversto the
and put us into one OF those little
glass houses where we shall have e
very god dinner. And am quite
sure that we can hop out when he
opens the door at supper time.
4Hot Hoi HOS What a great idea.
Little Tim putFhis arms around Tom
and Rugged him so hard that he near
~ lost his breath.
Off they ran to the pantry ana
jumped down into the -four bin and
such fun they had. They danced and
turned flip-nops which was great
sport they. almost forgot their dinner.
When they were tired playing out
they jumped the pretttest little white
hA14SNS w
Now come, said Ton, we shall
have to hurry to get to the laboratory
before Bernie leaves
How. carefully they walked
through the fields to the university,
and down the stone steps into the la
boartory Just as Bernie was feeding
his little pets.
Squeak! Squeak" said Tin.
Squeak! Squeak y, said Tom. as they
stood there with their eyes closed So
that Bernie could not see that they
were black instead Of pink, as all
really white mice have.
Bernie was so happy to find his
lost mice, and OF course Tom and
Tim Were very easily caught and put
into pretty glass house with many
little pin keyed mice. But you can
not fool 4 mouse and they were soon
discovered not to be their lost broth
ers, bnt just common brown mice.
So they aIlSpounced upon poor little,
Tom and Tim most furious1y. and
soon had them stripped OF their false
clothes: Bernie hearing the commo-
ton ran over and rescued them, and
he is still wondering how those ugly
little brown mice got into the cage.
Tom and Tim finding themselves
safe and sound decided not to risk
their lives again for a meal but in
stead they would go out into the
fields and play. But try as he could
while increased prudence afso IL
shown by buyers in entering upon COM
mitments for the far future Yet this
is q wholesome tendency and is well
coined bY3 producers SNTif h II h ~ TC0rIE4