The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-04

tHelH, Uul luoy Wefen much good to
keep out the dreadful cold.
8 It's a shame said an old chief
one day. If only we had some fire.
we'd soon be warm like everything.
How can we get some fire?' But no.
body could answer his question. for
you see all the fire in the whole world
was in the wigwam of two stingy old
women who did not like any of the
Indians. They must have been some
kind OF witches, for they soon heard
what the Indians were saying, and
they said to themselves, They'll not
get one brand, nor a spark even, from
our nice fire. and so they watched.
I taking turns day and night, so that
I no one could attempt to come near
their old wigwam. Sn#Gt
Good Pussy, jump up" said the lit
| tie boy to the panther-like black cat
| which, stalking in from the back room
OF the shop, paused at the three-legged
stool and putting his front paws on
| Johnny's thin little knees begged to
! be petted. With an air unsurpassed
for loneliness, he accepted two or
three caresses and then leaped into
the little boys lap, doubled his paws
| beneath his glossy body and proceed.
ed to blink into the fire with his gilt.
tering yellow eyes.
He's just like me-" said Johnny.
r. is that all of the story?" inquired
the cobbler.
Goodness, no! Listen, Puss, you'll
like this part. At last a young war
rior said, It's no use for us to try
to get ahead of those two Shingles. Nc
indian can get fire. Now let us asl,
| the animals to help us.
There is no beast nor a bird
either, that can get it. while the two
women watch said all the other In
dams. = "s
~" yes, they could. The bear might
get it. , No, he can't, because he is
no good trimming The deer car
run awful fast Yes, but what if his
antlers got caught in the door of the
wigwam? they said.
The raven could get through the
door, said the young Indian. But
he would not go near the fire, because
smoke made his feathers black, and
so now he keeps away from fire. they
said
| The serpent has not been in the
fire, may be he would CO. said the
young warrior. You know he won't
because he's not our friend said the
others. Then | know. I will ask the
wolf. He can run, he hasn't any lone
antlers and he has never been in the
fire. Besides he likes u.s. ~'
"A smart lad if he was an Indian
| for he stuck to his point" commented
the old man.
/ Yes, and he went straight off to
the cave of the wolf, and he. called
out. Say, Friend Wolf, want to heir
us? If you will get me a firebrand
will give you something to eat every
single day. All right said the wolf
Is it in the home of the two old
women YES said the Indian.
. That's easy said the wolf Now
HI tell YOU what you can do. Go on
ahead and hide behind tree near
| their wigwam, wait till you hear me
cough three times, then give a hor.
| ribly loud war-cry'
| mot far from this Indian village
there was a pond. An old frog lived
| in the pond. In a tree close to its
bank there was squirrel that the
| wolf knew, and a bat, too, that had
| its home there. And a little way Off
was the den Of bear. | don't know
what kind of a bear it was.
When he had seen the young war
rior started on his way to hide behind
the tree near the wigwam of the
mean women, the wolf went down to
the pond and he got all of those crea-
| lures together, the frog and the SOUR.
rel and the bat and the bear-and oh,
| nearly forgot, he called deer, too.
He told them the whole thing and he
| said, Now, frog, swim across the pond
and hide yourself in the cat-tails if
you want to help All right said
the old frog, and he swan across the
pond and hid i'll the cattails along the
bank. a@a
Then the wolf said to the squirrel,
Squirrel, run to the path that goes
from the pond to the old women's
wlgWam, and hide in the bushes that
grow beside it. Lay low, sleep if you
want, but only with one eye All
right said the squirrel, and he
Whisked off to the thick bushes that
grew near to the wigwam and he
scrunched himself down just as small.
and shut one eye. ~ " Il
: Bear, stand behind this big rock.
ard stay here till you are told to-
leave, he said to the bear. And the
bear grunted and went behind the rock
like he told him. And then there was
the deer. Deer said the wolf, don't
do anything till something happens. -
THAT wolf had the makin's of a,
great general in him." laughed Thady.
There was a picture of him going
10 the wigWam Of the old women and
he was just as skinny as could be-"
said Johnny. "He was awful smart,
that wolf. He stood outside the wig
wan Of the old women and he ccughed'
a long cough. Poor WOLF said the
women, come on in to our nice fire.
And he did.
'And when he was close to the fire,
the wolf coughed three times, and out
side, the Indian behind his tree gave
"a terribly loud, war-cry,, like this