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Show i i rai: hex. SHI. MJllH3 IJIIlrt M ADOlTa A lAillH ei KITUJCS. At Suflnr I Sf rings, Ccnn , a determined de-termined eld hen wau'edtosil. Her owner rercoeed hir i-gi,', whereupon, whereup-on, In nuerulous mcod, she quit her nest and blu-U-red about the home-teadflndlug home-teadflndlug a great dc-il of fiult with'ift. While she was doing iht the family cat d!scoered her arti'tlcall wrought ami mucded ne-t. culeil upon It and deposited lUckltteCHlnlt. Then biddy came ba k, pitched Into pu-sy fair! drove her off the ne-t, llew Iu and sat down on tlie kltteus, evidently Inferring In-ferring Lhcy were a ne kind of chickens she hail hatched In a moment mo-ment of mental abstraction. For a day or two the hen brooded away nrdlheunhapi cat stalked about (he 1 remises watehlng fur au opportunity oppor-tunity to get lack her own. At the end tif three days the hen had to imlttbeold stand for foodand water, an I prumjiy the cat tlle-d Into the uttlaihJ, taking Uiehitlerji one by one b the cuu" of tbe neck, transported them all to tlie distant lait of tl.u hay-mow. Theu cneuo biddy home again H hen the found tho fledging flown she n.Ie-U nnother nol-y row nil abu-t the farm, bhe lxkedalow and alnft vainly for a whllo for the jili-rlng b ood, and Anally found them rauged like peeie. on a telegraph tele-graph pole arm, alongside tlie 4erent cat. Again another battle, and the old eiit ha 1 lo fly from the furiou hrn prckirg, but she took along one kitten iu 1 cr tee til, while Uiu hen held the Held of tattle and four feline f,1N. With the kitten Iu her Uctli the cat scaled a highsraf. fold and matte for herself a new hume.-wlth hcroneot&pring by her sb e. Thu ol I lieu is still encamped on the r t of tlie kittens in the new. made 1 est. Shu Is s not, neither dees she- cackle Ult It really looks as If she was going to bring up the four kits In si lie of all drawbacks ai.d setbacks. The .SUffUrd Sj rlcgs man has watelied the proc-edings I nparllilly lit with lutcrest,and he fancies ho is ir-prictorof the only case of est and huii rhlurllp-i ard riubtlui-tlon. W ho rsu Ival this novel sight? Olio farmer. |