Show MADE FIENDS with MOUSE pa 1 int lacure lover acquired confidence of small denizen of the wilds I 1 was waiting at the drumming los log of tho the ruffed grouse for the bird to cow boice 0 and perform before me my chice of at concealment was in the branches of a fallen alien dead spruce I 1 had not been waiting long before a white tooted footed mouse appeared among the branches on the ground elmost under me it was fato interesting retting to see how freely ho he moved from place placa to place appear leg now here and now there all the while traveling under the snow which lind many caverns formed in it by tho the sun bun for it was v aa early spring another mouse soon made Ms ala appearance pe arance and I 1 watched the two for rome namo time RS as they searched for food it was waa not long before one ona of the mica was nibbling at my shoo shoe burthe movement of my iny toot which was resting on tho trunk of the tzee trea scot him scurrying to the shelter of the ha branches below dy by patient advances vances however I 1 was waa able to touch 1111 the 0 little fellow with tho tips of roy extended fengers fins era and five minutes inter infer I 1 was stroking his back as you stroke a kittens st 21 nicholas |