Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-18
SANDMAN STORY.
by Mrs. +. A. Walker.
Copyright. 1915. by Mcclure Nevs pnpcr
Syndice &c. New YORK City
TABBY kAT'S FRIGHT.

Tabby Kat lived in house in u big
yard where there were big trees. and
early ono morning Tabby KAT WIS sitting
on the steps when the birds were Just
getting up. For some days past Tabby
had had her eyes on n certain tree where
two plump brides lived, and this morn
ing she saw them both fly away They
have a nest in that tree, thought Iabby
Kat, and as like as not the nest Is filled
with young birds I'll run NJ and see.
| Bad Tabbv no sooner thought tins
wicked thought than she ran mp the
tree and crept along 10 the limb which
held the nest and looked in.
Huh cggsr she said, with DIS
appointed toss Of her head. Il have
good mind to tumble II of the limb
Then she stopped
No, ! won't Those eggs will be
| hatched soon. and then | will have II
| fine meal and they will hc Young and
tender. ! am glad | thought Of that
Iabby Kat scrambled down jus' N
time TO escape being seen hv the mother
| bird, who came back to the nest
Tabby Kat was very sly. and 81 every
morning after that Tor several DAYS
she dozed in the sun on the steps OF
beside them. but not once did she seem
| TO notice that tree or even hnthcr the
| birds who came for crumbs IN the yard
Then one morning long time after,
when Iabhv Iclt sure the eggs must
| be birds. she came ont Of the house and
sat on the steps Very sivlv she looked
at the tree and saw the two parent
birds fly away
With n spring and bound Tabbv
| Kat was AZ the tree. and ~ she went
Il..s .I. L.. a..
up when, oh horrofsi what was Il that
looked down At her with big gias-y
eyes
Il was a fierce looking face that Tahhy
Eat saw long. sharp teeth and a rel
tongue III n mouth open ready "a do-
vour her, and two furry paws held out
ready to grab her
Iahbv Kat held on as tight as Size
could "a the tree bark with her sharp
claws. tor the fright she received when
she first saw the terrible creature nearly
tumhlcd her off backward
Fahby kat's owes we're So wide open
they almost came ont of her little head
She bumped hcr back and hi~zcd a+
we'll a~ she coul,I: but The terrible fltrro
animal still glarcd ~ her
II was onlr minute but i 81 med
vcar- t. Tabb, that she looked ~ The
awful animal. and she was Iist about
Is Jump when the creature moved
and then before 1abbv could JUMP.
down came The creature right ~ her
and clancd - her right on tlc hael
fahbv Int the ground and jumped
up and ran She ran around fh, hotIs,.
twlcc before she knew Il Then she
ran DOWN the ward and mp on top of a
hugh board fence. where she thought
She might safely turn anil learn If th,,
Wild beast was after her.
Nothing was TO bc scenuf ia creature.
hut Tabhy kat did not come down
She felt she could sec better All around
her from the top of the fence than from
any other place. aud there sat N spite
of the cook calling her to breakfast
and putting bowl of milk on the steps
The birds hoppcd about the ward.
and still rahhy kat sat on the fence
and not until dinner time did she 10 a.
NJ sign did She see OF that terrible
animal, but i Tabhv ka had been in
that part Of the yard where he tr !.
Was she would have seen the little girl
who lived in the house come out and
pick up Zig teddy Bear
"oh. YOU poor Teddy Bear" SAID
the little girl 4 forgot all about you
and left you in the tree al night. ex-
pect the wind blew you over DO hope
ven lid not get hurt when vou tufnblrd
But this Tabby Kat did not see. and
~he felt -ltrc some Wild creature had
come 70 live III that tree and while
she never again beheld # sh, did not
20 near tree again 80 Ill the bireic-
and their nests were safe and the little
ones grew up and flew away without
their parcnts Worrying about fabhy
hat getting them.