The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-02-07

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thers a 81 one At
small mouse has lived
f1r s1le time. At first he
- X esT,Ie out at night and then very
g ION after we bad gone to bed
lJfce OF twice we came suddenly
1jfn him scurfying across the door
. cover we discovered that he Nv
~ n = small hole near one OF the
one day just at noon we
e flie table discussing him. AL
q eve hing IN the pantry had
Z een bed the night before. Friend
0iise was growing careless and nm
ent ut because we thought MN
rIite the cnningest specimen OF
1ehood we had seen IN a long
tlt1e with a small energetic tan ana
100 sc Of nose and eyes like Jet
edZWe foo1fsh1y but fondly let MN
tay on At our house.
ne children we're mostly STespon'
fii5le one day they were playing IN
- dfnfngroom when suddenly there
sssSlII1I5eF iEEISffd shrek. came in to ma
EF5eId sitting on the table and tops Oh
Z 1900 Alter a few times around tins
SsSeT6ofmancs lost zest and the chll-
.fITen took to watching au1ely !or
5ieZ mouse to appear MT. Mouse pc
III 10 know when his arrival Wo1!o
neet With no demonstration he
sTno out ottener. Soon he stayed OUT
while before going back he Wo9 lSl
Irnost sumter across the floor with
~ taiI "a the air. That tan was the
most e1pressiye part OF the mouse
CITifIIout Sc. ne would have been utter
II lacking IN attraction. It was the
thing NE saw upon going to bed
q night
sat reading several night ago.
Out Doked that tiny head and those
midget eyes looked me over Out
S.suae the rest of the mouse. He made
= sort Of circuit about me, hurrylng
right back behind the fireplace. FL
naIFy he became braZen about It. he
fan around me about twenty times as
though to say shes Utterly devoid OF
4 sense OF humor or else she's blind
either FALLING makes this house per.
Gectly safe place in which 10 stay.
After 4 while that mouse ecame ut
teriy Obvious OF me and went out
TO the Kitchen for dinner. BY the
rafting Of pans, judged pretty
GOOD meal was in progress. l hear6
the bread box creak. / even heard
s5smaM squeak as though Mr.. Mouse
ddfte beside himself with soy
Il d erdea sored TO make speech
That was too much. can
anythfng but Dragging. l set the
fsS5n before I went to bed. let my
e46 forget utterly the family respon-
Fhe next morning It was al over
me children conducted the funeral
s'esrryiees.
Al lust eight o'clock yesterday morn
Ing the sun sat up lazily a cleaning
fed head appearing above lot OF nut-
II clouds. A cloud which has made
Bur city one vast unbroken gray space
uddenIy disappeared, leaving beh1nd
81 manner OF surprises in the chang
ing small clouds Of many colors. Even
: ne slowly curling smoke from early
nornfnS chimneyS seemed to take on
lf9ded enthusiasm in extra spuTtS and
31nps as It tried to get higher up near
hose fury puffs drifting on the edge
s. orange and pink and opal and sail
fng so contentedIy by But the rosy
sISy did not. last. Just an. hour later
both sun and color went back TO PED.
Many say this is the worst wealth
sr NE have had for many. many years:
The Ice IS JUST now dL. 10 SAASEN><>'
Etaee. Many funny things happened
sst night on Monroe street up the
iii: AS many as a dozen at once
rfed TO reach the top. Some manag-
Sd TO get part way up and others a
little farther but in the end all went
Siding down again It was case OF
one foot forward and two feet back.
one man came jauntily up wearing
spikes in his shoes and carrying a
s bag OF sugar and a package Of oat-
meal. He laughed most heartily at
the huddIed cIinging groups. But 10
ana behold. he went down himself in a
most unexpected place and his sugar
dew IN one direction and his oatmeal
Ia another. Sugar makes good walk
ing on ice.
) Resident along the streets came out
md tried to help those struggling up
the hin Canes were thrown to them.
umbrellas were used-but long and
hard the journey up. A nfmber gave
It up and went sliding back down the
hiI-efther to spend the night with
erIends or to try it later. An auto
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