Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20
SANDMAN STORY.
By Mrs r. A. Walker.
Copyright 1918. by McCiur, Newspa
Syndicate. New Iort CITY.
MISS NOISES PARTY.


Miss Mousie Mouse came running
home one night after she had been up to
the farm and told her mother what won
derful sight she had seen
"Oh, mother, they are having such a
grand dance up at the barn, she sad
Mrs PrIss and all her children are there,
too, and they all have on slippers. On,
mother, want n party and par OF satin
slippers" , s. ,a, foo,;sh,o.sr,
said Mrs Mouse "A fine chance you
would have of getting away from danger II
YOU wore slippers
Like all mothers Mrs Mouse wanted to
make her child happy, so after little
more teasing Miss Alousic won her
mother's consent, and away she ran TO tell
all the other field mice that she was to
have grand party the next night.
But there was one thing Miss Mousic
did not tell her mother, and it was that
she went to Mr.. Shoemaker Rat the next
day and ordered a pair of satin slippers.
pink ones, because she thought they
would look pretty with her grey gown.
She hid the slippers in the hay quite n
distance from her home and the next
night, after all the invited guests were
there, Miss M9usie ran across the held
and slipped on her pretty pink shoes.
The tircnics were there with their
lanterns To make the place brighter, the
cricket chorus was to sing and Miss
nightingale was To sing her beautiful
Rose Song" during the supper.
Miss Mousics mother was sitting on
the porch of her home watching the
dancers, and she could not sec Miss
Mousic 5 feet so she did not see the satin
slippers.
Old Mr.. Owl. who is very wise old
bird saw Miss Nightingale flying out
of the woods Now, where can she be
going, wonder, he said III follow
her and sec
And he did, flying slowly behind her
until she came to the field Here Mr.:
Owl alighted on the limb of a tree and
watched
Miss Nightingale flew to the top Of a
haystack and just as she Was tr'llng =
few notes to get her voice in order, MIR
Owl saw all the mice dancing.
well. well, who would have thought
IT," he SAID Here | have come right
uD0n a feast ! can at least catch two fat
mice nj once and maybe three one Z
each claw and one in my bill he tieN
straight 10 the place where the dancers
were the thickcst
w nat NhAttl lIiNN tAif ft'tAi'h Ai' ti'
knows. if the firctiics had not seen Mr.
Owl and. knowing he could not sec IN d
bright light. they flew right into hls face
and blinded him.
OF course the party was over quicker
than YOU can say Jack Robinson. Every
body ran home Even Miss Nightingale
flew TO the woods, and when Mr.. Owl
could see again he was sitting on the hay
stack and all was still and dark
He waited and watched, but not a
mouse did he see, and he was about to fly
home when he saw something on the
ground that attracted his attention.
What is that. wonder" he said,
fving down and picking i mp Why, It Is
satin slipper" he said Who can il be
long to? ] will keep il and some day |
may find the owner
- of to his home he flew with tho slip
per and every night he takes il when he
goes out and looks for the owner 1T
must have a mate. said Mr. Owl, and
such dainty slipper must fit very prct
tv creature When | find her | shall
make her my wife and carry her off 10 my
home in the woods.
And all this Mrs Mouse learned from
Miss Nightingale the next day. and Miss
Nousie, when she heard it, ran TO her
closet and took from II one TINY PINK sip
per, and filling it with pebbles she dropped
il into the river back Of her house, for we'll
she knew that Mr.. Owl would carry her
off If he found it in her possession.
Il cannot think who could have drop
ped the slipper. said Mrs Mouse to her
daughter But if ever Mr., Owl finds the
mate. he will carry off the owner Of the
slippers, | know doubt very much.
,bo5,ob II no rnarriad her for Mir (fs-i I
am sure would eat her up before he reach
ed home
Slippers did not have any charm for
Miss Mousie after that. for she found she
could not run as swiftly with shoes on her
tnnt o. she cnllId u-lthnllt hern