Show AN CUS an L road meuse which Art cinus k ward coon lies iles llie the cutest little rascal I 1 ever etc wo we tried to catch him at one time but we soon found out it was no go hea too fly to be caught baug J it in anany any trap that was ever over set now lio lie runs about where ho lie likes doea lm pretty much what lie pleases and is looked upon as part aud and parcel of the place the speaker was an old gateman with a weather beaten face elwe post is at the park place station to avenue amenuel L road tho the person spoken en to was a new york k herald reporter the object spoken of was a email small gray mouse with an abnormally long thin noso and bright twinkling 03 at i 11 i a 0 time 7 a in was running about the bookstand attached to the station 1 on I the up town side the tile little animal ran in ill and out of the books and papers perched itself coquettishly on the edgo ed ge ot 0 the t chocolate 90 late case inserted t the long thin nose inquiringly into llie the large end of a cigar holder examined critically t and with apparent amusement menttie alie caricature ofa of a great politician in a cornic comic paper and invest i gated matters on the newsstand news stand generally the little vagabond via aboDd continued the gateman gate mau rv regarding arding tho mouse wit with h a friendly smile brit made his ills appearance here about ten months algo ago where he lie came from froin heaven only knows he ile was first seen een among the books and pap rs on the stand later on he lie made his presence felt by paying his respects to the sweet clio case I 1 he e used to tako take one of tho the packages break the outer covering pick on the inside paper as daintily as you jike like and then hed eat cat tle chocolate very slowly and with great enjoyment he would not lidean like an ordinary mouse spoil sev 1 cral cakes by nibbling a bit out of each no lied hed never touch more than ofie ole small cake of chocolate a night but sem somehow ebow did not dot seem seeni to appreciate lie file modera tion soma some people it does seem can never realino that others have to ic lye too the newsman boxed up the te chocolate and then he seta set a trap to hatch well myself and those who came to this station I 1 lato late at night 0 had lots of fun out of that t trap rap so did tho the little litt locuss cuss the I 1 trap was set with a piece of cheese for bait the first night it was set sized up its construe construction C t ion from all sides it did not take him hini long to drop to how it worked the problem thac thal nest next occupied his bia attention wa wae in the first place how bow to get the cheese in the second place how to avoid getting caught in the trap while doing so he ile soon figured the thin thing out how doyon think he be managed it why wily ho be climbed up on the top of the lie trap caught the wire wire upon which the bait was hung between his teeth and swung it to one side until the cheese stuck in the bars at the side of the cage ho he then stepped down and coolly ato ate it up you just ought to have seen those eyes twinkle and smile when he fie got through he ile repeated this racket for several nights flights until the newsman got tired of baiting that trap A hunt was next made to find his hole but although they hunted high and low d 1 a bit could they find it at last they had to give up trying to c catch atch him as abad a bad job As I 1 said aid before lies too fly to be caught weve grown to like him too and ho lie can now do just about what he ile likes As for me ine ho he knows im his friend and lies hed got every confidence conri deuce inizie in inc ho ile comes 0 out ut foo f oo OD the newsstand every night and eals iha bit of supper which I 1 throw hi him irum between my feet 0 one tale e I 1 can call tell you oil about the little cuss will show you that hes bos fond of playing a practical joke the newsman ono one night left some silver pieces and a paper dollar dolar in a box behind tho the counter N next ext morning the paper dollar was missing in thunder it had bad agwu was what we vre make out the stand had been locked an and no rio one could have got in there 1 Is I 1 believe that devilish moun 11 14 it pays fay the be newsman the little cuss would never be e guilty of doing any malicious mid chief avs I 1 and sure enough Iwas I 1 was right A little while after we wc found foun d the tile bill where do you think it was why stuck between the leaves oan of a book with just the end E sticking ticking out ut the tile little carried it off and stuck it there just by way of a good natured joke on his old enemy the newsman there was a faint mark teeth on the bill but it was not a bit injured in any way ill bet that while he be was huntin buntin for it the little cuss va wai looking out ont of eliat holo hole of his bis which the devil himself cannot find and just splitting hij hi bides a laughin at u hero comes the rain train all aboard for harlem gentlemen all a boardl |