Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-28
SANDMAN STORY.
BY Mrs. F. A. Walker.
Copyright. 1915. by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate. New York City.
LITTLE MOUSE.


1t would never have happened if he
had minded his mother, but just like
all children, even if he were mouse in
stead of little boy or girl, Little Moue
thought he could take care of himself
You must not run out of the hole
in the wall, )" said his mother one day.
II find that the playroom is on the other
side and there will be nothing in there
for us to eat. Besides that, some of the
toys are made of things that are not good
for little mice to eat and might make you
sick, so be good boy and stay here until
| have looked about bit and made
another hole in the wall"
Little Mouse did not reply. He was
thinking that as soon as his mother was
busy he would take look at the play
room on the other side of the wall
And that was just what he did the
very minute he saw the tip of his mothers
tail disappear
At first Little Mouse only poked out a
head and looked all was still and by the
light of the moon shining through the
window he saw many interesting things.
Then he took another step and was
half way out of the hole in the wall look
ing some more and this time he saw some
thing that looked like bit of food
One more look about and then out
of his home went Little Mouse, forget
ting all about his mothers warning
'Nibblc. nibblc," went Little Mouse
"it is food to cat after all mother said, :
he thought, and il was, for it proved to
bc crImb, a big one. too. Of nice plum
cake.
Mother docs not know everything, :"
said Little Mouse I'm look about
bit now | am llerc and run back be
fore She returns Oh, what is tnat3"
Over To the other side Of the room
he ran and ninbled AT what looked like
a nlcc OF meat on a little plate. but it
proved to bc made of plaster, and Little
Mouse did not like it
There were many other things AZ which
he nibbled hut none Of them were nice
and SO Little Mouse thought he would
Just look and not taste for the plaNroom
was filled with things he had never before
seen
Around and around the room he ran
and over the toys he went and then II
happened
Little Mouse ran up the side of a
dolls trunk. The cover was up and
he went down among the soft clothes
Of Miss Doll Click, went some
thing and Little Mouse kept very still
but nothing happened so he poked about
for while
But when he ran up to the top to go
out he found ont what the "click" meant:
the cover had closed and he was prs
oner
All day he stayed there and all night
too, and then he wondered if he could
nibble 8 hole in the dreadful thing that
held him.
Il was very hard work. for he had
never made a hole all by himself BY
and by he made tiny one big enough
TO see through and the suddenly thr
runk was tipped over with a bump and
out went Little Mouse on his head
He picked himself up in a jlffy and
off he ran while someone screamed 50
that poor Little Mouse was frightened
nearly out 0f his senses
1t was long time before he was over
his fright and came out Of his hiding
place back Of a big box, and when he
did he made straight for the hole in the
wall
He was 80 hungry he could hardly
walk, but instead Of finding his mother
AZ hc had expected al was still ard his
mother gone
'.Oh, dear, oh, dear" cried Little
Mouse, what will | do | don't know
where to 90 oh mother, mother" be
squeaked
But no one came and answered and
after a while Little Mouse ran along
in the wall not knowing where he was
going.
What was that" he asked himself