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Show RAT WITH A WOOPtlN LEO. rH How an Inveallteatol Hainan rMUOtl H lhl Hoy irittril Out OtlpplM ItaU H A rat with a wooden leg la a curio rH Ity, aa curiosities go nowadaya Ye SH such an nntmal can be seen any da) K at the residence of a man named Dug gH more. In ths southwestern seotton ol H tho city About a month ago WIllll H Dugmore, a lad of 1! year found tht Uaafl little rodent In a trap In the cellar, sH His first Impulse was to brain tho pesj BH with a baseball bat I ut the rat looked M at him so pleadingly ths U lllle a hear) ILjfl rns touched, and he decided to taxi L the trap to an adjoining vacant lot and LH liberate the anlmvl This he did but H Instead of scampering off aa ho ex M peeled the rat limped painfully up 19 H him nnd began to lick hla hand WIllll H then discovered that one of tho ant- M mal'a lrga had been almost severed bi M tha trap Taking the rat borne he cut H the lag off and then bandaged tht H wound using as a liniment a lltllo vase. H line. He then put the ret Into a rage H and nursed It for a week He then H removed tho bandage nnd found that H the wound had completely healed. H The rat was however unable to walk, gH and lllle derided he would mako tot M It an artificial leg doing down to tht H cellar ha obtained n piece ot pine and rH after some whittling aurceeded in mik- H Ing a leg This he fnattned on with a H string nnd waa delighted to sea that H his plan was entirely successful Tht rat Is now tho family pet and can bt H aeon any day hobbling about tht H kitchen or teasing a little Irish terrier, fM of which It haa made a lifelong friend H rhlladelphta Times H |