The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-06
The Sandman
Story
Toby Dog and Pussy Cat

farm to live they were now very
good friends.
One day Pussy Cat came along
to Toby Dogs house where he was
snoozing in the sun, looking very
sad.
what is tho matter, Puss?"
asked Toby. You look as though
you had lost all your friends.
Toby DOG said Pussy Cat, sit
ting down beside him, Il am Wor-
ried and | do feel sad.
whatever can make you worry
Puss?" asked Toby You have
plenty to eat and a nice place to
sleep and the farmer and his wife
treat you kindly What more can
you ask"
yes, | know they are kind most
Of the time" said Puss, with far
off look in her big yellow eyes.
ooh, yes | knew they did take
away your kittens" said Toby, who
had never been a mother himself
and did not know how Pussy Cats
heart ached when all Ter babies
but one were taken away and she
never saw them again,
Il am not worrying about those
kittens" said Pussy Cat, "but some
others. | have five of the prettiest
little white kittens you ever saw,
Toby Dog, hidden in the woods,
and that is why am worried"
you have!" said Toby, sitting
up and pricking up his ears. Let
me see them" . g."
81 will, Toby Dog, If you will be
very careful the farmer or his wife
roes not see you going to the
woods
But what worries me is that
they will be cold out there in the
woods pretty soon and do not dare
bring them into the house or barn
for fear of losing them.
Once | had my kittens in the
attic, but the farmers wife thought
| went there too often, so she fol
lowed me, and the next day they
were gona What can | do, Toby
Dog, to save my babies ?" .. .
Toby looked at poor Pussy Cat
and shook his head Il don't know,
Puss, am sure, but | will think
it over and see if can help you"
Puss ran off to her babies and
the next morning Pussy Cat was
at his house bright and early.
81 think | can help YOU" said
Toby Dog, "but you will have to
stop catching the mice for while
and live on what the farmers wife
gives you"
,"She does not feed me any too
WE'LL" said Pussy, "for fear | will
not catch the mice"
81 think she will after this said
Toby
"You must come every morning
to the barn for your milk thatQ$he
farmer pours in your pan, and then
run down the road away from the
woods until you are out of sight
of the house, then you must crawl
carefully through the grass until
you can get back to the woods to
your babies
But the milk is not enough. |
have to feed five little ones now,
said Pussy Cat
Every morning | will take a
piece of my meat to the woods
they won't watch me- said Toby
Dog.
And | will take the old coat that !
/ sleep on to the woods, too, and
you can have it until you come
back here to live That will keep
your babies warm these chilly
nights"
Pussy Cat did just as Toby Dog !
told her, and for seven weeks she
was seen only once in while
around the farm.
"a can't see what has happened |
to Pussy" said the farmers wife
one day. 81 do wish she would !
stay at home and catch the mice I
about the house. We shall be over
run soon, if she DOESN'T"
81 think Pussy should have more
to eat; she gets tired OF catching
mice said the farmer. 81 will |
give her a bigger pan of milk after
this. and see if that will keep her
here"