Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-16
SANDMAN STORY.
BY Mrs. r. A. Walker.
Copyrieht. 1918. hy Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate. New York City
THE WHITE CAT AND THE MOUSE.
Part III

"Thc first thing for you to do" SAID
| the little mouse, lis to eat the berries
and wild grapes growing about here, for
| YOU must be strong enough to walk back
| To the home of the old witch.
| Poor white pussy drew back in terror,
| for she did not want again to he locked
| UP in the room from which she had just
escaped.
Have no fear" said the little mouse,
''shc will not see YOU. We will wait until
| she is asleep and with your soft feet and
my igh, ones we will not awaken her
/ After eating some of the berries and
| grapes she found growing about her the
white cat felt better and when II was
| dark she followed the little mouse up the
/ mountain to the old witch's house.
There was no trouble getting inside,
for the door WAS always open. Past the
bed where the old witch slept the little
mousse led the trembling cat and at the
far end of the room it disappeared in a
crack in the floor
! Poor pussy thought she would die OF
! fright when she found herself alone. but
| the little mouse returned before she had
| time To run away. ms she thought of doing,
Il did not dare bring IT for fear
| should lose 1t, said the little mouse.
Put this in vour mouth and swallow IL,
then she can never again harm YOU.
| White Cat swallowed the little white
| pill the mouse gave her, and instantly
/ She changed into her own form again.
Quick. hide behind the door. said
| the little mouse. for the old witch moved
| on her bed and was waking
The little Princess saw the little mouse
| roll small white object that looked
| Just like the pill he had given To her
Il. i i .E l.. Il. II, Il
| squeak, Mistress. | have found your
magic pill. Now keep your promise
| With a cry 0f jov the old witch sprang
M from her bed, but the little mouse
rolled the pill behind him and sat on it
| "FiISt, give me back my own shape,
| nc said The old witch reached for her
crooked cane. and holding il M she said,
Become yourself again. and touched
the mouse with the cane
\ handsome youth took tho place of
the little mouse and the witch reached
with her long. honv fingers for the white
object and without looking II II she
placed il in her mouth
'Oh," She screamed rs soon as II was
IN her mouth fer She knew i was not
the magic pill hu the scream and The
anger and the stone for il was a llttlc
white stone chokcd her and the stone
stuck IN nor tlrn;'
Screaming ont hcr wrath. She raised
her arms over her head whIlc the thunder
rolled and the lightning flashed through
tho housc
In short timc tho thunder and light
ming ceased and when the Princess looked
about her she was sitting on the ground
with the handsome youth beside her
No housc was there 10 hc seen and the
witch had disappeared also but where
tho house once sto 'd there was huge
white rock, peak Of which looked some
what like the arm Of the old witch raised
over her head.
The Princess and the youth went TO
the home Of the Princess, and the King
and Queen grew Young again with the
return Of their lost daughter
The youth was ono Of the bcwItched
youths that had followed the old witch
when she was beautiful girl and had
been changed into tree, but when the
old witch lost the magic pill of youth and
beauty She had changed the tree into
mouse, saving if the mouse found the
magic pill il should be rewarded by re-
cciving back its former shape ot the youth
When the mouse found the pill the
Princess was prisoner 0f the Old witch
and because he piticd her So much he
PLAYED the trick on the old witch and
helped the Princess at the same time
Tie was a not a prince but because
n his bravery the King gave him the
Princess for his wife and they lived
happily ever after.
An the youths that the old witch had
cast the spell over resumed their own
form when the house fcll Some people
say the story Of the old cat and the
mouse and the trees and witch is only
a myth. hut others say It is true and
point 10 the white rock 10 prove Il