The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-04

even when they hit her; and thu
baby was bowling so much already
that 1t was quite impossible t.
say whether the blows hurt 1t oil
not.
"Ohl please mind what you're
doing!" cried Alice, jumping w
and down In an agony of terror
"0h, there goes his precious
nose!" as an unusually large
saucepan flew quite close by 1t
and very nearly carried 1t off.
Here! you may nurse 1t bill
IL you like!" said the Duchess to
Alice. flinging the baby at her az
she spoke. 81 must go and gel
ready to play croquet with the
Queen" and she hurried out OF
the room. The cook threw fry
ing-pan after her as she went, but
1t just missed her.
Alice caught the baby with soma
difficulty, as 1t was a queer-shaped
little creature, and held out its
arms and legs in all directions.
AS soon as she had made out
the proper way of nursing II
which was to twist 1t up into a
sort of knot, and then keep tight
hold of its right ear and left foot,
so as to prevent It's undoing It.
self she carried it out into the
open air.
IF | don't take this child away
with me-" thought Alice, they're
sure to kill it in a day or two.
Wouldn't 1t be murder to leave II
behind?" She said the last words
out loud, and the little thing
grunted in reply Git had left off
|sneezing by this time). Don't
grunt," said Alice; that's not at
all a proper way of expressing
yourself"
The baby grunted again, and
Alice looked very anxiously into
its face to see what was the mat
ter with 1t. There could be nc
doubt that it had very turn-up
nose-much more like a snout
than a real nose; also its eyes
we're getting extremely small for
a baby.
'If you're going to turn into q
pig, my dear" said Alice, serious.
ly. "Pll have nothing more to dc
with you. Mind now!" The pool
little thing sobbed again (ol
grunted. 1t was impossible to say
which,, and they went on fol
some while in silence.
Alice was Just beginning tc
think to herself, Now, what am
to do with this creature when
get 1t homer" when it grunted
again so violently that she looked
down into its face in some alarm
This time there could be no mis-.
take about 1t; 1t was a pig, and
she felt that 1t would be quite
absurd for her to carry it any
farther.
So she set the little creature
down, and felt quite relieved te
see it trot away quietly into the
wood. "If 1t had grown up" she
said to herself, "it would have
made a dreadfully ugly child; but
1t makes rather a handsome pig
think" And she began think.
ing over other children she
knew, who might do very we'll a.
pigs. and was Just saying to her
self, "If one only knew the righ'
way to change them" when sh,
WAS A little startled by seeing thu
Cheshire cat sitting on bougf
of tree a few yards off.
The cat only grinned when 4
saw Alice. 1t looked good-na
tured, she thought; still, It hat
very long claws and a great man,
teeth, so she felt IL ought to b,
treated with respect.
Cheshire Puss," she began
rather timidly, would you tell mt
please, which way / ought to wall
from hereY"
THAT depends q good deal or
where you want to get to-" SAID
the Cat.
II don't much care where
said Alice.
Then it doesn't matter which
way you walk" said the Cat.
so long as l get somewhere,
Alice added, as an explanation.
ooh, you're sure to do that
said the Cat, III you only wall
long enough"
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