Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-06-24
Observation-Disclosures
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warmed MS hand, BEFORE she sret
open lire In the eu.u-room. he st-'
% -yandtnofEer. wha v5s buitms mit
tens Tor s6me chtldrFl l SNOW:
lou know. giaudHHtaes. that
have never hart b. al la. ln uN I'D,
eousda'l drown those Kittens aUl
more Than YOU rnlla aa,l They AUS
GO"
Yes. said sranhmd.tr. there's ne
TWO Nats about il. Fgt-ka isn't worth
her salt. She ha44 tss-at a mouse
Ior year. And nev .eat @. leach
ing those kittens a. BIZ mols-rs. she
Is teaching them h. T= tLiey,s they
must 20
4 curly head bphh-a no from the
corner OF the Old hllg. -. and tWa biz
eyes sazed Al sr.Rduatn-r 10 VAS
Constance. and shs aed WY much
disturbed.
hUt, srandmotht She aid, They
afe So dear and a. cunning"
They axe dear. l,r.ivd sr1ndmoth-
er leaning over ds Smoothing Con
stances curls. vel dear why only
TINS morning Eur&a Figln ana her
four LILLE helpers carried OH whole
steak thar had bouzbJ tUl dinner
WHY do you call her Fd-Ine' asked
Constance. Her ot name IS Eureka
Patches"
When you read Oliver Twist by
Charles Dickens. you will know. g"
said grandfather. "Fa.n was wicked
man IN the story WHO taught boys 10
steal"
Bat | don't believe she means 10
steal" declared Constance.
Every animal oa this farm mus.
earn its living" sand grandfather.
sternly. THE othef eats earn theirs
and Eureka should earn hers. You
heard what grandmolher said about
it, ! have found a place to leave the
old eat ana some chsldren down in The
village want the Kittens and tomorrow
l shall have to take Them away
Grandfather said this last very gent.
~. but II he had sect INTO ConStance's
heart ne would have seen very sore
spot indeed. for she loved those kit
tens dearly, and old Eureka, too The
tears We're 100 mead the surface to
talk about it further, so Constance
dropped her hook ahd slipped out of
the room.
As she passed thra the kitchen she
noticed the pantry door was open. and,
poking her inquisiti@s little eyes and
nose thru the opening she saw sight
that made her cry and laugh in the
same breath What she saw was Eure-
ka Patches calmly sitting on The dres.
ser and actually pcr Shading those kit
tens to jump up. Two or three times
when the little things refused to try
again she Jumped down and boxed
their ears CoustaH,e stood there
fascinated by tbs sight -- il was so
funny and then SHE sobbed as She
thought how very fah from funny il
was that her darIings Eureka Patches
should actually teach fher kittens such
bad tricks. that tomorrow they We're
to be taken away forever.
If she could only devise some way
to save hem. OF course. they belonged
to grandfather and she was only
visitor, so she couldSnot claim them
IS hers. Oh, for SONG happy thought
that would keep them from the I'M
gentle hands OF the village children!
She scolded Eureka ahd reasoned with
her, and she icctaredE the kittens sep
arately and together. land kissed each
one on their little blub noses until
You would think they couldn't help
but reform. And thai night she went
to bed with very heavy heart and
picture OF lonely bfe on the farm
without the kittens 10 play with
Eureka Patches. Intelligent cat that
She was had apparently understood
that dreadful something was to hap
pen on the morrow ITO her end her
family, for after darktshe sailed forth
to find nice respectable place TO
which she could moy4 her family. The
only one she could ind was the hay.
NOW IN the biz barn. but there was no
nice warm fire or convenient food.
still, something must be done.
Late that night she went back to
the house to move her family. Thru a
broken pane of glass she entered the
Kitchen, and, calling the kittens, car
fled them, large as they We're. out into
the cold
Two she left halfway to the barn.
near the chicken house, and as she
brought out the third she saw that the
chicken house door WAS ajar. This
was a place more convenient than the
barn and nearer food supply, so she
went in 10 investigate Finding a nice
warm nest IN he outer chicken house,
She brought the kittens in, and they
were immediately Guddled together
and went 10 sleep. Then Eureka went
back for Mopsy, the tattest and most
tr0licsOme Of The lott Mopsy was not
a bit sleepy, and hd led his mother
quite a chase when She let the nape
OF his neck out of her mouth for a
tttuttfH III ,..,a l.AI ga ka .uffaI
and by the time the chicken house was
reached they were Ihaying quite q
tlSsle. Mopsy woulan't 20 in; he
heard noise of chickens stirring, and
be refused to 20. Elheka chased him
aud boxed bis ears ltpeatedly, but to