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Show ' ' 'HH1 1 1 1 it 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m 1 1 1 m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n m 1 1 i'i. i I-Poisoned I-Poisoned Food Vainly Set Out to Kill Rats still untouched, but on this occasion it was covered with a piece of old sacking whlcb was lying In s corner of the premises. Next night tbe rl took their departure. Recently a well-known school tench- er in a Lewis (Hebrides) public school told the following rot story: "Last spring a rurally of rats Invaded hi barn. To get rid of the undesirable j visitors, be got a supply of a rar poison poi-son and spread It one night on the floor of the outhouse, thereafter locking lock-ing the door to prevent any of his do meetic animals entering and eating the food. Next morning, he found, to bis amazement, the uutouched food, covered cov-ered over with a layer of chaff which was lying In a heap near at hand. He asked his wife If she had been to the barn, but was answered in the negative. nega-tive. However, on the following night be first removed the heap of chart and put down the poisoned food a before. On the following morning h was further mystified to Bud the food |