Show A BIG BATTLE WITH RATS they swarm over walter carter an I 1 he ile RUN 10 of alein walter carter of camden N J won a hard earned victory over an army of rats the other morning when the battle was finished and he counted the heap of his fallen enemies he found 02 of them carter is a member of the firm of roberts carter provision dealers for a long time the firm has suffered serious damage from the depre lations of rats it was mr carter s habit to open the store in the morning and he invariably heard a great scampering over the place as he entered he ile concluded at last to have it out with the little beasts and began an inn ln estl esti gatlon gation to find their rendezvous As he opened the door of a small brick smokehouse in the I 1 ear of the store now little used he saw at least a dozen rats run into holes in the floor and walls the quickly re covered from their fright however and soon emerged and glared viciously at him out of their little black eyes car ter went out and got a short thick club and a lantern and then re entered the smokehouse this time he closed the door behind him the dim light of the lantern served to daze the rats and carter had no difficulty in killing three big fellows As they gave vent to dying squeaks scores of other rats emerged from the holes and swarmed around the oung young man on all sides the rats leaped at his hands and face and crawled over his feet all the while keep ing up a horrible din of squealing one after another of the soft ugly things struck him as he stood dealing blows right and left still their numbers mul tippled and the fighter began to fear that the rats would get the better of him he had been bitten several times on the hands but had managed to keep the rats from his head and face thus the fight kept up for fully fifteen min utes and carter nas vas growing weary at last however he felt that the num bers hers of the rats were gradually thinning out and he had less trouble in keeping them off him when no more rats ap feared carter got out into the open air and gathered himself together in a few minutes he recovered and piling up the dead rats found that he had killed of them camden correspondence yew new york sun |