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Show MADE NEST IN DEARD. I Mouse Took Great Liberty With Mine, in Alaska. A mouse may natural! be a "timid heaslle." but nt times It shows nn nil-caclty nil-caclty which borders ori the Impertinent. Imperti-nent. A traveler In Alaskn brings rome this experience of his Klondike wanderings. Tho luller of tho Ktory passed n lonR, cold winter nt Cape Nome He and his companions hnd. for a year or mote, let their beards grow, ns n protection pro-tection for their throats nnd chests. j One nlpht. hen all were asleep, the man In (piestlon was awakened by a liRlit patting on his face. Tho cold was Inlenre, nnd not caring to move unless It was necessary, ho lay still. ARaln (ho IlRht touches on his cheek Mo put tip his hand, nnd his fingers rinsed on ft tiny mouse tanpled In tho meshes of hlR heard. A companion, roused by tho involuntary exclamation, exclama-tion, lighted a cnndlo nnd Investigated. Investi-gated. Tin1 mouse hnd selected tho beard as a warm n-id ellRlble site for a residence resi-dence It had burrowed out a nice, round nest, and when caught was on-Raped on-Raped In -lrnppln,t; benns. purloined from tho scanty larder. Into the receptacle recep-tacle thus made Youth'H Conpanlon |