Garland Globe | 1906-12-29 | Page 4 | Chose Death for Offspring

ICH08E DEATH FOR OFF3PRINQ. Mother Squirrel Would Not Have Them Live In Captivity. I was snlpo shooting In Northwest Missouri last spring when two boys camo along on their way homo from town. Tho shooting was not so good but that thero was time to stop and have a talk, and boforo we parted they told mo tho following story: They had caught n gray squlrrol and her four young ones, In tho usual way, by stopping up tho nolo la a hollow limb. "Wo wuntod to raise tho young ones, and took tho mot'ier, so sho'd ralso them; but whon wo got tlioin ' homo and put her In the box with tho young ones sho killed ovory ono of tbem. Bit each one onco through tho heart. First, sho took hold of a little girl squlrrol, and sho acted kind as If sho didn't llko to kill It, being as it was a girl, bo sho dropped It and went and smellcd anothor ono, and It was a 'ho;' so sho killed It, and then tho other 'he's,' and then she klllod tho girl last." "What did you do with tho moth-1 moth-1 erT" I asked. "Woll, sir, after sho troatod hor children that way wo didn't want hor, and wo turnod hor looso." Forest j and Stream, l! ,