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Show RAT WITH A WUODON LEO. H How an Inveatlfo Mnmaiia rhltedtv Ma Hoy fitted Oat Crippled ItaU A rat with a wooden leg It a curloe H lty, aa curiosities go nowadays Ye such an animal can be seen any daj H at the residence ot a man named Dug- H more. In the southwestern tecttcn ol H tho city About a month ago Wlllll fH Dugmore. a lad of It years found Ihi H little rodent In a trap In the cellar, H Hit first Impulte was to brain the peat HoS with a baaebnll bat but the rat looked KB at him to pleadingly lha W lllle'a heart 191 waa touched and he decided to lakl HM the trap to an adjoining vacant lot and IH! liberate tho animal This he did bul HH Intteeid of scampering off na ho ex IH petted, the rat limped painfully up ta PHI him nnd began to lick his hand WHIM OHM then discovered that one of the ant- jH tnal'a legs had been almost levered by H the trap Taking the rat home ho cut H the leg off and then bandaged Ihi H wound uilng aa a liniment n Utile vase- line. He then put the rat Into a rag and nursed It for a week He then removed the bandage and found thai H the wound had completely healed, H The rnt was however unnble to walk, H and Willie derided he would make fm H It an artificial leg doing down to thl B cellar he obtained a piece nf pine, and H after tome whittling anrceeded In mak- H Ing a leg Thla he fattened on with a H airing, nnd waa delighted to tea thai H hit plan was entirely aiireetBful Thi M rat la now tho family pet and can be H teen any day hobbling about the H kitchen or teasing n little Irish terrier, H ot which It hat made a lifelong friend. B Ililladclphta Times H |