Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-25
SANDMAN STORY.
By Mrs. r. A. Walker.
Copyright. 1915. by Mcclure NcUc pnper
Syndicate New York City
TIGER.

Mrs. Tabby Gray was very proud
of her only child, Tiger.
He was not very handsome kitten,
but he was very bright and could Jump
higher than any other kitten Mrs. labby
had ever known, and she had known
a great many in her life time.
Tiger sometimes wore red ribbon
| about his neck. but he objected to that
very much He could not race about and
| hunt so well with it, for sometimes
the ribbon would get united and Tiger
would have dreadful time getting
| about.
So Mrs Tabby took of the ribbon
and let Tiger run anywhere he wished
Rut Mrs rabbv had no idea that her
only child did anything that we'll
behaved eat should not do and she did
not watch Tiger at all
Mrs Tabby always took her nap
after dinner under the kitchen table
and il was then that Tiger did the things
of which his mother never dreamed
For long time the master had lost
a chicken Not every day, but once IN
a while He thought the hawk had
taken them but one day he found some
feathers on the barn floor and he thought
il must be a rat, so the master set trap
Tiger always went to sleep beside
his mother, but he did not always stay
asleep II he had he would not have
come To gref
Tiger would wait until he was sure
his mother was sound asleep and then
he would softly creep away from her
and run ont of the door
To fool everyone Tiger always ran
down the road way and then stcle
around back of the barn and jumped
in the window
lie would wait until Mrs Blddv
came in with her brood TO eat corn or
oats that had been dropped from he
managers III the stalls, and when Mrs
Biddy was busy Tiger would steal mp
and carry OF one of her chicks behind
a barrel
Now It was right behind thi~ barrel
the master set the trap for the rat, and
one day. when Mrs Iabby awokc Tiger
was uot beside her. He had always
managed to get back before the mother
awokc before this
lp jumped MIR, Tahby and looked
around and called her cmld. hut ne
Tiger came. then Mrs Iabhy ran out
in the ward and her sharp mother ears
heard the cry Her cmld was some
| where in trouble
She ran this way and that and II
! last she located the cry II came from
I The barn and in sh" ran to behold hcI
/ rhld caught fast N ra' trap hN one
( lcg and CRYING pltcnusiy
Mrs 1abb, did not stop TO look i
/ She had She would have seen the poor
Ittlc chrk on the floor beside Tiger
1 Rut She did not stop She ranfo the house
| and mcowcd 81 hard that The mistress
/ followed her to the barn
~.,-.. c,,.r Ggf Floor roe and
/ called tho master This II he bad
creature that KILLED your chickens,
Sic sand. holding up Tiger nr the nap'
rhc master took hm and pu hs
nose ,iosc to til. poor luie chich on
,hc foor and thcn he uoNed Tiger ears
uhtIc Mrs Tabh> looked on aud the
ow cd approviuEll
III he docs j, again Tahh> YOU Will
lose Your son said the master rs e"
.Irt Tiger 90 and to prove Size under
stood Mn Tahby took her cnId IN
hand ~ once
She called Tiger who was running
nut ii tn, barn 10 her and pushed the
chicken toward him Just ~ Tiger started
tu take It She gave hm good sound
box on the ears and then another and
another until Tiger ran. cryng as he
Th., should live 10 sec chlld
N mipc III such disgrace she
saId III Tiger tha5 night Il never hap
paned III lu1 fanal, before that w had
inc Who stole chrkcn~. and am bourd
YOU shall be broken q tins dreadful
habit
Tiger had lame leg for many days
tn, he also had his ears boxed every
day for long time too, for hi> mother
took hum into the barn every day for q
while ana took hm 10 tic place where
hc had been caught IN the trap and
boxed hIs ear until he cried
Mrs rabby broke her child OF his
bad habit and She had no cause for
beng ashamed again, for Tiger devoted
/ himself 10 the rats and mice and never
! again touched The lIttle cLcks.