The Nevada County picayune., 1919-12-25
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 Happy Jack fa5h no notice of Petels 5rogu- 4es. Sir. believe in | Hrfl he continued The truly l#Il-y Hezseu=Ia 4aa one #bo Wit get aa faatest and fsreaest in life. Think it oyer Peter So IL was because am truly thrifty that l had to drop everything else and move right now in the middle of my busy season couldn't afford to risk losing what I've already get just for the sake of adding a little to 1t Do you think l could. Petor 9"
 Peter Rabbit scratched one long ear with long hindfoot then the other long ear with the other long hindfoot, and looked puzzled I don't know what you're talking about. but if you say it's so l guess SO it is." sad he
 o0f course it is, retofted Happy lack You know I've been living in l 2 Q attic at tbat aaa oEe. #b#.g9 He pointed 10 q hea=e Peter could just see through the trsae
 Peter looked at the house then looked al Happy Jack "YoH may be able to stuff 9 lot down ne. but you cant make ne swallow that house." said he
 Why men live in that house!s
 "Of course they dns replied Happy Jack. with a chu sis 3t IFe been living there. loo 70 zoa see Chat l.mb of q tree ta4t fo4caag the roof of that house
 Peter oddsd Vel. one day con taued Happy Jack. T raa out on that stab and on fhe#a0f Then dfscov- cred a place where I could suaW a hole and did ie"
 What fera. demaH6ad Peter.
 To find or5wlat was 5a .ae." re pied Happy Jack hen Ha4 # big eaouEh to crawl through % into 5Ee atefc and it Ha= tae mot Ha#aar. fal place There was tha aa lot =of stuff I'D thela ga aeer=eaes. .Aa5-af old naHers a1t eA5zhes #ld furniture. ] hoNes-soodneas, couldn't baen to tell you of all the smff in that attic. It didn't take me #.a7g t2 f.TI aut that nobody ever came 8n there excepting once ia great whJle to put some more stuff there
 So l made nest in box, a nest of papor which tuHe up and old rags, and decided to live there It was the most comfortable home I've ever had. and I was looking forward to spend ing the winter there It was a won derful place to live. It certainly was" Happy Jack said this very wistfully
 Then why don't you stay there?" demanded Peter
 "Recause I've just discovered H isnT safe. declared Happy Jack "No. sir, 1t isn't safe, and safety is the frat law of life. a. you very well know"
 Again Petsr nodded, and Happy Jack continued: "One night was awakened by some one in the attic. lt was q boy and he was looking for something with a lighte1 match It burned close to his fingers and then he dropped it l. fell on q piece of old paper and it blazed right up That boy Was quick I'll say that much for him. He stamped that fire out quick CT than q wink Then he went off down stairs
 Tho rest nl that night didn't sleep much I kept thinking supposing that match had dropped in one of the big | piles of paper and he hadn't been able to stamp it out. The Red Terror would have just raced through that stuff and that whole house would have been afire in no time So Fdecided to move. l couldn't afford 10 lose ny winter supply of Huts stored there, to say nothing of running the risk of being l burned to death because of some body's carelessness Besides. made up my mind that l had been living win thrittleSs people No one truly thrifty would ever have allowed such a mass of old stuff 10 collect They would have sold it for Thrift Stamps and so sot some good from 1t. You know, Peter there isn't anything that can't be made use of in some way,
 T can't stand thriftlessnes. That in itsei. ia had enough, but thrftless people are also apt to he careless So I'm moving to a hollow tree. Now feel rested and must get to work again and save the rest of my winter sup plies before the Red Terror burns up that house. l feel 1t in my bones that that is going to happen some day. Good by Peter"
 Happy Jack scampered away in the 1 a a-r4stiou of the house where he had