The Detroit times., 1916-12-07
~ yHORAqON W. BUK0ESS.

~ AFfAf w.
-Hee. hes. hse Excuse me- but
YOU seen "a be strangers here. Are
YOU looking fo- soma ene IN par
t,cularg Tee, hes. nee What
funny short tails you have! real
~ didnt mean 10 laugh. bur you look
no awfullv foolish. staring around as
II you never had seen anythiDs IN
sour lives before that ! iust couidn {
help II suppose you are relatives
Of mine, tho never m all nay iitt
have known a member Of The
Mouse family who didn't have tail
70 be proud o' nnless par % II was
Loaf In an accident Did YOU pse
rart Of yours that way Tee. bee,
bee
n vas very high. squsaky voice
and the speaker was Mouse, bnt
different looking Mouse from any
Danny Meadow Mouse ever lad
seen. His coat was grayer thar
Danuys. tie was slim and trim,
with sharp fSes and good sized
cars. and he had long tail that
reminded Danny of the Tall of
WhitefOot the Wood Mouse You
know all his life Danny had been
wee bit envious OF Whitetoot oe
cause OF that long tail. Plainly this
stranger Was a cousin. Danny didut
like him. II struck him that this
cousin was putting on airs. And he
was laughing ~ them as " De
thought them very funny.
''You must Ne nv country ecus
rs" continued the stranger ~
woneer II you IRE as green a. you
look. How eyes did you get so Far
away from home7"
"what an impolits fellow whts-
pered Nanny 10 Danny HE acts as
II be thought himself grest deal
better than we sre Who Go yol
suppose be Is,
who are youf" demanded Danny
hluntiy.
"Me9 Why the idea ei asking
who am" exclaimed the stranger
- am Nibbler the House Mouse, II
you must know. Yeu must BE very
ignorant not 70 know who ! am
Mine Is the most widely travelled
family and the best known IN al
the Great World
HUI Wha. does your family
know about irayeling' Mine is The
family OF travellers Why. you little
gray run' you never have been 10
feet outside Of this barn. and here
YOU are braFging OF belonging 20
family Of travellers Scat Run be
fore hi,e OF sour tail"
Danny and Nanny turned 10 look
at the new speaker Re was big
To their frightened eyes ne looked
bigger than he really vas Iie wore
. coat OF brown. but u was dirty
and rough tis too, had long
tail. But il was bis face which
made Danny and Nanny fee un-
comfortable n was sharp face.
oul OF which lroked bold. nerce,
cruel eyes that scemed 10 bore right
thru them. ne was grinBing al
hon aud this showed a mouthtul OF
sharp ugly-lookink teeth. His very
whiskers seemed 10 have ferce
look abou, them. He stared 81 them
very hard for :, minute. stiII grin.
ming Then De turned and disaT-
PeaFing thru a hole in the door.
Danny and Nanny looked over 10
where Nibbler mad been, but ne
wasn't 10 be- seen Danny turned up
bis nose. Thar fellow was AFRAID.
said he I'm yiad We didn't run
Has he gone" asked a gsint
squeaky voice thai sounded 70
Danny rather ,rembly. Nibbler
carted out from behind a pile OF
sacks OF grain. then darted back
sgain. He did il two or three times
before he hnally remained cut
Dannys nose turned up more than
ever.
Has he gomez repeated Nibblsg
snxiously.
Has who sone7" asked Danny.
Why Robber the Brown Rat, %
course" replied Nibhler.
III you mean that fellow who
called you a Funt, yes," replied
Danny. 4 guess you Are right about
belonging 70 a family OF travellers
b. the way you travelled ont OF
slight when that fellow spoke. {"
There was a grest deal OF scorn IN