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Show TOY MOUSE OF TIN PREY OF AGED CAT 'MECHANICAL MORSEL DEVOURED BY PET IN CELEBRATINQ EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY. IS WINDUP OF A WILD ORGY Mutilated Bits of Metal and Rubber Tell of the Dark Tragedy In Which a Chicago Feline Is the Chief Character. Chicago. A Binnll brass cogwheel bent nnd twisted out of shape, a half-chowed half-chowed Indln rubber band and a dejected de-jected piece of Btrlng discovered nt tho Hull house apartment told the story of a deep, dark tragedy. These crumpled bits of mechanism hnve been positively positive-ly Identified us tho Interior organs of a chocolate-colored tin mouso with red eyes and n hemp cord for a tall. Tho mystery underlying this grew-some grew-some discovery Is slowly being unraveled, unrav-eled, while suspicion points strongly to P. Jnckson, colored, 18, Halsted and Uwlng streets. The tragedy, occurring, as It did, within a few hours after an orgy rivaling rival-ing those of decadent Itomo under tho tyrnnt Nero, carries with It Biich revolting re-volting features as properly can bo witnessed only by tho blind oye of Night. It was a tragedy of tho underworld under-world In high society. Tho coronor's inquest over the remains re-mains of the victim hns not yet been held, but It Is expected that this Inquisition In-quisition will bring to light tho details In all their unpleasant reality. "This "crcaturo of crafty mien," as Sam Davis, tho Nevada bard, onco sang, celebrated tho eighteenth anniversary anni-versary of his birth. Nothing wns too good for Peter J. The early morning mail brought him a souvenir postcard from a trick dog named Monte, tho pot of a certain "Hlversldo whistler." A messenger then left, with the compliments compli-ments of Royal, nn Angora pussy, a beef kidney wrapped In tissue paper nnd tied with n pink ribbon. Then Mrs. Pclhani had provided for tho cat's entertainment a dozen tiny chocolate candy mice. These llttlo creatures wero disposed In sundry nooks and corncre of tho flat, with strings attached to them so they could be pulled across the floor. Peter, whoso taste for rodent blood long since had been satisfied, went for tho chocolate mice, and showed that oven In his old age his uluws had lost none of their cunning. Tho sport finally final-ly grew tiresome, however, nnd Poter, leaving several mutilated bodies scattered scat-tered around, settled himself on his accustomed ac-customed pillow, where he nbandoncd himself to dreams of the cat paradise As he dreamed Peter must have been troubled with nightmare, as was only natural, for he found hlmsclt about to politico upon n giant mouse Tho mouse wns fully as large as an Australian kangaroo, nnd Bccmlngly was embarrassed at not being ablo to find ample enough hole to retire Into. Tho monstrous creature snarled and curled Its lip, bat Peter wns valiant, and had seized the huge mouso by tho neck when ho woke up. Then a curious sight mot his eyes. With a curious clockwork nolso a for-mldnblo for-mldnblo appearing mouso was spinning spin-ning around nnd around tho floor, it hnd nn ugly way about It. It was painted n dirty mud color, llko an elephant, ele-phant, nnd the hump of Its back suggested sug-gested belligerency nnd defiance Tho mechanical mouso hnd been purchased from n street vender around Peter 8wallowed the Mechanical Rat. Christmas time It could bo dangled by a string, and when released would scud hither and thither as If having n fit. Pctor saw It nnd mndo a dive The strange mouso was Impervious to tooth and claw. Peter regarded It offensively of-fensively and then retired to his corner cor-ner to sulk. Night camo on, and the mouso, forgotten, for-gotten, lay abandoned under a chnlr. As tho clock struck 12 Mrs. Pelharu was aroused from her slumber by a clanking noise. There was a whir, a purr, then nil was silent. In the morning tho ghastly remains wero found. Peter, gorged until his sides were distended, lay Innocently sleeping In tho window. As yet he has shown no Indications of distress. It Is perfectly plain, however, that he ate at least the shell of the mechanical mechani-cal tin mouse |