Show MOUSE TOPER MEETS SAD FAIE his lingering for one more drink was fatal I 1 saw a little tra tragedy gely the other night which would furnish a strong argument for a mouse temperance union said a suburbanite we had been troubled by mice in our bouse house and my wife got a cat A few even ings later I 1 heard a scratching noise in fix the cellar and taking puss with me I 1 started to investigate the sight presented would have shocked a temperance mouse A hot bot tie of claret had fallen over on one side cracking the bottle and permit ting most ot of the wine to run out on the shelf A dissipated young mouse had found the bottle and had evident ly started in to have a regular toper a Lele celebration bration and he succeeded when I 1 appeared the mouse was certainly the possessor of a jag of large proportions he ile stood up on his hind legs near the broken bottle and blinked at me in an amiable manner as it if asking me to join the festivities then he toppled over on one side and wagged his head from side to side after which he started in to drink more of the spilled claret in the meantime puss had espied the mouse and wasn gasn i E lost losing ng any tf time me in mak ing after it the mouse saw the cat plainly enough and had plenty of time to get f away but he wanted one more drink in addition I 1 think he had deac leached e that state of vinous ity where it was disposed to look upon even cats with a friendly eye the instant the cat gained the shelf she went for the mouse with a dash even then the mouse didn dian t seem to care much it t display any ter until the cat cats s jaws closed on it then it gave a little squeak but it was too late |