Show PUSSY M ai UtES KES A DIS- DIS Dy By Thornton W Burgess A cat th that's ts else tilse will know her place And thus avoid undue disgrace Black Black Pussy 1 Pussy the Cat had taken a 0 at 11 deal of Interest In all that was Riling on in th the Old Archard She w all about the tha feeding shelves there She knew all about the shet at the ot of Farmer Browns Browno house She watched those shelves from a distance for she knew bettor than to go very near them She had tried that once or twice and the Ic lesbon on Farmer Browns Brown's Soy Boy had bad h hr r was one she would not soon for tor- get tor-get got gd So from a distance she abe atch QU 1 satch the feathered folk tolk and thO at those feeding I shelves and anel the end of o her tall tan Ith eith Ith eagerness and hen w hen she ehe could stand tt n fl no r she abe would go o 0 men cp er In another cr Ill I'll pare pan of oft O Otic t- t tOld ti-c ti Old Orchard hunting Tho Thoe The The- ont much to hunt there but It ither 11 0 her the satisfaction iaU of ot hunting 11 Jt was on one of ot these hunting trips that she discovered a II little hole holo In the snow close to the tha trunk of oC I a Irce One sniff at at that hole told Black Pussy jussy all that she wanted to o Snow now That was the tha hole of oC a Mouse C cs S Ir bir s ir that was the hole of ot a a aMour Mouse MouI One of ot the tho children of o Danny Meadow Madow Mouse had made that hol hole tall tail ot of Black Pussy more than ever She crouched on en the snow with Ith ith her feet teet gathered under her and fixed d her ber eyes on that nole Only the tip of ot her tall tail moed mo That would twitch every now and hen She just couldn t keep It still ron For the tha remainder of oC that afternoon afternOon after after- noon she kept watch there But Dut she kept watch In vain The Mouse who id hold made that hole bole didn't put so ao aoI soI I much as a a whisker outside After a awhile awhile awhile while Black Pussy was forced to gl gio 0 up But she didn't forget the discovery she sho ho had made No sir air she he t forget tho the discovery When When- When f eer er there was nothing else to do doshe doshe she would go over oer and watch thet hole Twice as 03 she approached ched she sho saw aw a little gray form torm disappear In Intha latha that tha hole bole Of 01 course courte Sammy Jay ay discovered what she ahe he was doing and Sammy Sommy tOck great delight In spoiling hunting h by coming over ever there and screaming when he saw her watch watch- watching ing log that bole hole Whenever he did that Black Bleck Pussy knew that It was use use- use luss Kas to remain there She would get getup getup up up and walk away with as aa much dig dig- dig nit as 3 she could But just as soon lag 89 She ha he wee waa sure eure that Sammy was no longer about she would return Now Black Pussy didn t need that blouse ouse As a a matter ot of o fact tact she probably ably ablY would not have oaten eaten It It If she ahe had caught It It It was the th love ot of hunting that kept her watching that ole Ill rn get that fellow sooner or later s ehe would say to herself Sooner or later he ho Is going to be and ond when he ho Is Im I'm going going going- to O ito to be bo right on hand That Mouse probably thinks himself very smart emart but hut hell he'll find that there are art others quite us as smart aa S he I am a 0 a Teat believer In patience Yes Yes Yea I am ama ana a 0 groat great believer In patience There Thero Is 1 nothing like being belag patient when who waiting tor fOr opportunity That Moua asi the remainder of the afternoon she I kept pt watch there doesn't know It IL It but he ho Is mine Yes sir ir he Is mine I feel teel It In my bones Copyright 1923 byl by T W V Burgess The rho next story Black Pussy and Spooky the 0 Owl Ol I 00 no 00 |