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Show PUSS' SPECTACLES Puw wondereU h her master and mistress always put on 'their spertaclea then they sat down at ntght to read, and one day when he and Rover ware sitting alone by the firs In he sitting room she asked him. thinking hs was Im enough to know everything, j '"To eee with, of course." said Rover In raptv to her quraHon. "They cmn read j hettrr e tth spectacles on ou ran see thins quicker then without Ihem. "Could you eee mice In the wall If you wore pecieclea?" aaked Fuse. ih. dear, no! m cannot see through the !. l ut, ' said lluvr, Spectaciea make things look hter and plainer, hut ymi can l see things that ar cut- of I eight, vou k now. j "I ran t ee that they are much good. : then," eatd Puee "I can eee a mouM I quick enough, but tf 1 thought I could I eee thm tn the erall I would get a pair, for eontettmes I have a hard time telling whtch hole In the pantry to watch " "You could watch a hole without sitting sit-ting right reside U. ". aaid Rovsr. "If you wore enectacles. Tou would not need i to he ao near, and the mice would not j tsjapect yeu were there." , fuse began to think about the spe. tscfes, and one day she derided she would .tHkrrow her mistreee glaaaes ths next time she left them on the kitchen tahte. She did not have long to watt, for her mistreee went to town one day and for- got her spectacles, and rVee, prowling i about, came upon them. "Ah' Now is my time ts try them on," ahe aaid FMiee aat up on the table tn front of tha window and put oa the apecteclee. A bird hpptne; around In the yard out-Ide out-Ide suddenly looked so near that Pupa thought if the window had net b-en between be-tween them she might have caught It. "I'll )uM wear thee spectacle for jawhile and sit In the- pantry door. I i hall be mire to catch more mice thai way. a a Rover aaid. fur things a long aay off certainly do ftoo, neer ' Pun reeaoned. aa ane thouaht. In 'a very wtee wey, hut ahe did not remember i that though the object she saw might apfieer to be ncttr h. it really wouid he aume ditanc9 away from her. j I'uks calmty aat down on the pantry floor, with tle spectacles on, to wstch , for the mice. Hhe did not have long to wait, for a hold little fellow cause out of a hole and run arroea t he floor, and to I'uiui he aemed ao near he put out her paw to tap him. and down it went on the floor, ' and PO mouae uttder it . 5 Just then the little tnoune. who had . not seen I'uea, ran around the flour hur- re), and I'uan. through the spectacle, waa sure he waa itearcr than he wan. Ko ' ahe gve at airlnK. hut away went the moue, and up a nnit a pile of tina felt fuse, snd over rame the t tne with sHh -a clatter that Rover rame running from' the other room to see what had hap- ; pened. ! fuse was crawling out' from under the Una when Rover came Into the pantry ' The spectsrle had been knocked off and Rover aaw them on the floor. j 1h. I see' You have heen trying the) spectacles." aaid Rover. "Dtd you catch 1 a mouee" Thoee spectacles may he ail ssr fine1 to read with, but for hunting mtcS they I are no ue at all." said Fuss "This , : pentrv would soon be overrun with mice j If I looked throush thoee things Why.; , I waa as sure ss could be I had that mouse almost under my paw, but he got j away" "1 d;d not think you would tike them, i hut I knew you would ncxtr he satisfied until vou tried them," aaid Rover. i "I do not aee how you can say such a thing Rover. You know I am not the least b I inquisitive." auid Fuse, with an j ansrv flirt of her tail. "No. perhaps not inquisitive. Puss." ' said Rover, "but you. Iifee to kftow all ' alfM everything you aee.. Now, don t 1 you?" ' i "I don't rail that being' lmjui1tlve at all," replied Fiisa "I call that heir. of an Inquiring mind, which denotes Intel- ' ligence " . t "Well, perhaps on are rlsht." aad Rover, walking away, for he knew there was no use arguing with ua. i Coprr!ht. tt. by the alrr-lure Nees-J lapr aSypdicate, New York City 1 |