I G LITTLE MISS mss CURIOSITY'S NEW HOME rE By Dy Thornton W. W Burgess A kindly word a gentle hand Will trust and faith at once com com- mand Old Old Mother Nature Little Miss Curiosity the smallest of or the children of or Polly PoUy and Johnny Chuck who had started out by her her- herself herself herself self to see the Great World was a aAe prisoner e A Farmer Browns Brown's Boy o had her h on the edge of r the corn corn- cornfield co cofield cornfield field and now he was holding her and gently stroking her He could feel the thumping of or her heart You i 1 or little thing said he You have ha nothing to be afraid of I wouldn't hurt you ou for the world nor would I allow any one else e e to hurt you 1 ou No sir I wouldn't woul nt let anybody hurt you the least little bit But you jou ou are altogether too small a Chuck to tobe tobe tobe be wandering around all aU alone You must have run away from home I suppose I ought to take you ou back there but probably you would do the same thing over oer again So I am go- go goIng goIng going Ing to take t. you home There you'll be safe safo until you ou are big enough to look after yourself All the time he was talking Farmer Browns Brown's Boy was gently stroking Little Miss Curiosity Her heart no longer thumped so wildly Somehow or other she didn't feel so dreadfully scared Once more curiosity was tak Ink taking takIng Inking ing possession of or her Never Neer had she been so high up before Never Ne had she seen so much of the Great World as she could see now as she peeped out from Farmer Browns Brown's Bo Bo hand Up the Long Lane Farmer Browns Brown's Boy took her Straight over to the house he carried her and into it Mother Brown was working in the kitchen For goodness goodness' sake what have yoi Ol there A rat she cried backing away No replied Farmer Browns Brown's Boy Ive e brought you ou the cutest pet you ou ever had It is 15 a 0 little Woodchuck I think she wants a cookie Mother Brown went to the pantry f I ar She seized the he cookies in her two little black hand and came out with a molasses cookie She held it close to the nose of Little Miss Misa Curiosity Little Miss Curiosity tried to back away but Farmer Browns Brown's Boy held her closely and she couldn't Then something delicious inthe in inthe Inthe the way of an odor tickled her nose Oh my my m my how good it was I Her mouth bega to water Yes her her mouth began to water ater Yes sir her hershe hershe hershe she smelled anything like that before but without knowing anything about a it she knew it was good She nibbled it My it tasted better than it smelled It was better than the sweetest sweet clover she had ever taste She Sh for for- forgot forgot forgot got everything that had happened She forgot where she was She for for- forgot forgot got to be afraid Nothing mattered now but that cookie Gently Farmer Browns Brown's Boy Doy put her down on the flow floor S S' S S' S 1 r cookie in tn her two little black hands and there she sat nibbling 1 a a. a. a as her little Jaws could go She look look- looked looked ed so cute that Mother Brown Bro laugh laugh- laughed ed right out That was all that Farmer Browns Brown's Boy wanted anted He knew that Mother Brown Bro n wouldn't object to keeping Little Miss Curiosity as a pet Well said he I guess Ill I'll take her out to the barn Why not leave her in here for a awhile awhile awhile while asked Mother Brown We can fix a box with mth a bed for her in inhere here Farmer Browns Brown's Boy chuckled down Inside All right said he he U if you'll promise not to let her get out and run runaway runaway runaway away well we'll try keeping her in here Ill I'll fix a bed for her back of the stove So Farmer Browns Brown's Boy fixed a bed bedfor bedfor bedfor for her back of the e stove and Little Miss Curiosity having had so much excitement and fright was tired enough to go right to ro bed and sleep She Ehe didn't know It but she now had hada a new home Copyright 1927 by T T. W. W Burgess The next story Black Pussy Backs Up