New Britain herald., 1928-12-13

Buster Bear couldn't keep away from the curious little house he had seen two men build in the forest His common sense told him to ksep away. This man smell when he first went back there after the men had left, filled him with distrust. He was full of curiosity. but the man smell overcame that curiosity. So at last he had gone back to his new home up in the ledges on the back side of the Great Mountain.
 But there was one thing that Bus ter couldn't forget. He couldn't forget that, with that man smell, there. had been mingled the smell of fresh pork--the pig smell. It had come to him from inside that little house.
 "Thers must be some pig meat in there" thought Buster. II am sure there is some pig meat in there. l wonder why? I wonder what those mon left it there for?"
 The more he thought about that smell of pig meat the more uneasy he became. So, late the next after noon, he was back near that little house. Right away he noticed that there was something different about 1t. At first he couldn't think what it was. He walked all around it.. wrinkling his brows and trying to think what there was unfamiliar about that little house. Suddenly 1t dawned on him. When he had left it the night before it had been op'n at one end. Now that end was clos ed. A door had been shut. Buster was disappointed. He was muo' disappointed when he discovered this. Now l cant get in there" thought he. There's no chance Of getting that pig meat. I wonder if the wind blew that door shut?
 Buster walked over and began to sniff around the little house. The man smell was not so strong now In fact, there was very little man smell. It was only now and then that he got enough of 1t to remind him that this little house had been built by two of those two-legsed creatures whom he feared and hat ed. Presently. as he prowled around. he stopped very suddenly and prick ed up his ears. Was there some one in that little house.
 T heard some one in there. I'm sure Of it, said Buster to himself Now who can 1t be?''
 He backed away somewhat has t,iy at the thought that one Of those men might be there. There he sat, his head swaying from side 10 side. as he studied that little house. and tried 10 understand what it was for and who could be in it. Sy and by curiosity stirred him to investigate once more. Cautiously he approach ed the little house. He discovered that there were cracks between the logs. He sniffed at one of these Again he backed away somewhat hastily and the hair on his shoul- ders stood up.
 "Cat,' he exclaimed under hls breath. 'As sure as I'm alive there $ Cat in there. 4 BoDCat, Now, what is he doing in there l won der if he has eaten up all tbat pig 9"
 Once more Buster approached the little house and sniffed at the cracks. He had been right-it was the strong smell of Cat. It vas so strong that Buster knew the Cat was in there right then. And sud denly it came over Bustei that If the Cat was in there he couldnt get out. No, sir, he couldn't get out. Once more Buster backed away Tn haste. Could it be that that little house was q tap? It didn't seem possible. II didn't look like . trap !3ut .hcre was that Cat in there and that Cat couldn't get out.