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Show I CARNIVOROUS 1 RODENT LOOSE IN HOSPITAL 1. r. Combe, a patient at the lee hospital, has a weird Storj to lell about n carnivorous rodent rnd two toes. Mr-. Combe had his foot crushed In the local railroad varda some-tlme some-tlme ago. He was taken to the hospital. Sine that time his i- B has been suspended from a rack. He has ; little feeling" in his leg, he Bays, , ine night he felt something j gnawing at his toe. For a time he thought probahlj 11 wis nothing, no-thing, "more, than reaction oi his nerves. But the gnawing kept on. Finally Final-ly he shouted for .1 nursi She turned oil the light. 'Hie gnawing suddi nly stopped and the gnawer, which was nothing no-thing more than a mouse, Scampered Scamp-ered down Mr. Co tube's leg and a wa y. Mr. Combe -aid jt the hospital lifsterday tha. his third tnr was eaten nearlj to the bone and the mouse had Just started to nibble m his little toe when finally it became be-came apparent to Mr. Combe that all vjas not well with his pedal digits. For two days a trap baited with cheese was laid for lh- rodent, . but the tempting bit was ignored j The nurse cornered the mouse hi a dresser drawer, however, and 1 ended its career. |