Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-25


Topsv was the only child of Black
Puss and she was being brought up eS
pIack puss thought ell well-tralned KIT.
ems should he@to keep her coat well
licked and slick looking and TO be able 10
hunt for mice.
plack Ptss had taken great deaf oi
Mains with her only child, for she was
determined that no one should say lopsy
was n spoiled child, rs most only children
are said To be.
Topsy had caught n mouse and she was
rs vet only half grown To bo sure u WAS
n littlermousc but Black Puss took lopSy
into the library of the house where th'y
lived and showed her tkc table ~ mouse
runs about here every day when the master
is out and want YOU 10 watch and cate
II if Won can and il il is too hig for you
to catch watch where II lives IN the wall
and will pet Il This morning ! have 10
90 In the attic and take care Of some niCc
: / saw running about there lest night.
,nly caught two Now mind. IopSy you
keep vour cvcs wide open and catch that
mol,sc ,f Won csn Don't SIT in the sun. Tor
vo,t will hc sure to stretch out and ~ to
: lccp. and besides that tho mouse might
sc, you behind the trash basket or under
the window scat. but bc sure YOU SOC
where he gies If vou find he is too large
ior vou to handle
on ran BLACK Puss and ToPsv sat
lown behind basket and waited. hui
no mouse dld she soc
Torsy walked over 10 tho sunny spot
~ the floor and SAT down but she soon
grew slcopv and remembered, what her
mother sand about not going to sleep
III lump on the table thought
Topsv. and hide hehlud that pile ot
papers Then | will hc ready to pounce
lIpou that mouse when he comes
Topey jumped wy on the table and
found So tnau, interesting things there
she forgot Ell shout the mouse. First
there was the jnb we'll She rosod her
tcsc IN that. Int she dld not like The
smell Then tho pen tray she found
very fascinating. hccauso i ratified s0
when size tapped u with her pav
~udacnlv rrpsv espci something that
interested her ver, much i was tound
piece II glass in slltrl frame IN stan
lard She tarl.ed II with her paw Rnd I
swung harl arl forth She vouf to ono
eidn ard looked through Il
VI, how ug everything looks
4hn4toh4 Tons. The ink we'll lrolF
hi. . ercat 'sr lottl" fnl how funny
tho raf,rverat l""rz his face i IS
ll.5 rs the ra~t,l
Taps, vae So interested she ea- rutr
still uot even ."vlra her tell SIP still.
IN fact that little mouse creeping 1p
tie ~ 'le l.u Ili not Lrow shn WIS there
until 81, roa,ii,d tie ta'lc fop ard sat "n
She edge # II
II ua7 T}.n thai aFsV. iooNnE
through 80 pl.s- SAW hfn and he looked
So Inc that 1.I,@, rrrod of tho table
with frlcl.t eni hla uf dtr y widow s"ef
Hnva IumIci mousse tine. and rfn
homo int nf course Iapsy dri rot
500 where ~ went n. "ae thln-nE
hop she could es,aro ff,n a1'h hHsr
least
Hli vou gr' thet mouse asked
Black Fuss. coming Just fhdn Why.
uint IS tia petter with Nu l"'sN
ou look frlehtened
OH mother Vou would have been
frightened, ! an sure, hed veu heen
ere. said ropey, for mouse az Mg
am ran M the table just now
II carvot he possible rat samc IL
~. and anyway. aut sure i could
II have been as large es that Where
ii Il GO asked Plack n's-
4 dld not watch. roriri IoPs,
l jumped down AMI 1aa nndor h"ro
am ei1rc hc wuuli haNe eaten ME. mot. r
hc vfs So tic
THAT ia vor, queer sald Black
P,isz You creep under the scat ont
If sight and | vii watch ! am sure
1t was only . little mouse You must
have fallen asleep and dreamed
Topsv did not reply She Vas glao
- get as far out ot sIght as she coulo
and soon she was asleep
When she avnkc her mother VAS
gone Tops, crept carefully ont vherr
She could soc. and just then Black pus'
jumped down from the table with thC
mouse
"Do vnu call that hugo mouse
asked Black Tllss " here were vou
hiding ON the table when vou saw tho
beast vou told me about
Topsv hung her head She remem
hered then that she was sitting IN front
Of the funny glass that made things lool
big II must have been tho glass
mother. she SAID
show me where YOU were, SAID Blscl
Puss
Topsv jumped on the table and Blacl
Puss followed sit here. mother. salC
Topsv. and look At me
1opsy ran ia the other side of tn,
glass and Black puss looked My :
she exclaimed. YOU look as large as
blc cat. no wonder YOU werc frightened
That is the master magnifyine glass
but if you had been attending to Won
work You would not have seen such
big mouse and could have caught him
And Black Puss boxed the cars of he
only child as If she had dossn childre1
to care for.
Meow meow crlcd Topsv. IF
was as big as looked through that elas
YOU could not whip me
If YOU arc as big as a house and yo
do not mind me SAID her mother 2
will punish YOU. Topsy You arc nc
going to he spoiled kitten even if 70
are my only child. The next time lesv
YOU to hbnt for mice YOU attend 70 YOU
work instead Of playing And Tops,
knowing she must mind, promised this
she would
LITTLE BENNY S NOTEB BOOB