Show Mosquito Story Told by Truthful Kansan KansanA A from from Kansas writes gratefully to o thank us for fOI the stor story on our ml miscellany page that described the of or on one ot o our contributors In a steam stearn holler boiler by L mosquitoes It explains something he lie w writes that has always been Leen a 1 mystery to me Some time lime ago ngo I had had occasion to pur- pur purchase pur purchase chase n a boiler of or n n certain type At- At Attracted At Attracted h by the of or nn an eastern firm I ordered one from th them When It arrived ed I I found attached to It by 11 the bill which which was thrust through h a 1 hole tn n the boiler anti clinched a 1 large mosquito apparently dead When hen I released It however I found lint It wa war was not dead but only weak and 1 from hunger hungeT In fact the poor pOOl tiling thing was nothing lout hut slain and bones I I ministered to Its needs neels and turned It t Into my mr pigeon pleon nr ily Intending to keep beep 11 it for n a curi curl curiosity here here In we ve seldom sc see mosquitoes larger than n a crow The mosquito hod n a n number number of severe I bruises acquired 1 In shipping on Its body On these I poured sooth soothing In liniment rite he next next morning bein being too busy husy to attend to It myself I sent my little l boy o out to put nut more liniment on the mosquito lIe made a mistake and used Doctor Soakum's S f alums alum's hair hall re re- restorer re- re restorer restorer storer Instead of In the course of oC a n few dais days the mosquito was covered ered with will tine fines soft curl curly hall hair Last week weel I sheared pounds QI cf high grade wool from froni it It You may not believe this I w wouldn't believe It Il self myself If anyone els else else was telling It And I cant can't prove it because the mos mos- mosquIto mosquito mosquito quito Is dead It got ot loose yesterday and swallowed a n Missouri mule that had strayed across the lie state lIn line The mule kicked as he lie went down Its throat and broke Its Youths neck neck Companion |