Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-02
CONTEST LETTERS
On General Farm Subjects

something dark lying on the ground
by the pump in front of the. house.
Curious to know what it could be | cir
cled around and as the object was
quiet | gradually drew close enough
to touch it with my paw, but just as
/ was about TO do so there came from
it low moan. Friends. YOU ought TO
have seen me Scuttle up a fence post
and there / sat with my back bumped
until | nearly froZe. Then | noticed
that the kitchen door was open and
l could see bright fire glowing in
the stove. | cautiously descended and
crept that way until / reached the
the pump. Good night. old man, sleep
on the ground if you like but I.prefer
this warm bright fire. | curled up m
a chair beside the stove and at first
kept one eye open intending to jump
and run if that queer man decided 10
come into the house. But it was 30
warm and quiet there that | soon fell
fast asleep. 4 dreadful grOan aroused
me, and terribly frightened | scram-
bled up to shelf above the table AMI
from there | watched your master
slowly pull himself across the door
sill ! learned from his mutteringS
that he had slipped on the ice by the
pump, one ankle had been sprained
and his head was badly cut
''Oh, if only / could have been there
to help him. interrupted Rover.
Il do not see why you Should care.
so let me go on with my story. For
hours he lay there on the floor by tie
stove in dreadful pain. | know. In
deed. | was not very comfortable my
eslf, for the shelf was narrow and
when the fire died out it was very
cold. About daylight he managed TO
crawl around and rebuild the. fire and
l heard him say, oh. my poor, faith
full animals. Now, | know what it
means to be helpless. Oh. my poor ami
mails, | will make up to you all have
caused you to suffer by my neglect.
He spied me on the shelf just then and
tried to COAX me down but l would not
and placed it by the stove and then
as ] was very hungry / came down and
let him stroke my head while / drank
When / had Tapped the dish clean |
meWed at the door for | was anxious
to come and tell you what ! had heard
and seen AS your master opened che
door for me he said: Kitty, tell my
faithful friends in the barn that from
now on | am going to treat them as
the Golden Rule says we should I
don't know anything about that rule,
1 never heard of it before, but 1 think
that he meant he was going to care
for you as he would like to be cared
for himself if he was an animal
''Oh. that is almost too good to be
true" sighed Bessie.
Yes. it is answered the cat. DON'T
hope for too much for I've heard that
sick people often make good resOlu-
lions only to forget them when they
are well again and l wouldn't hope
for too much from Old Tenpenny. Sh--
l hear a rat" and leaping from old
Jim's back she scrambled up the pole,
leaving Rover, Bessie and Jim to dis
cusS the matter.
do YOU suppose the good Farm
Fairy had anything to do with it?'' in
quired Bessie.
81 do not know" answered old Jim
slowly shaking his head. II only hope
the Golden Rule means what Tippytoes
thinks it does and that our master
truly means to follow its teaching"
However, none of them except Rover
were very hopeful and so the hours
dragged slowly by. About dark they
heard someone coming towards the
barn and as the door opened their mas
ter slowly and painfully entered. His
head was clumsily bandaged with a