Mrs. Nuwif's Trouble

SBe had Juet g-une i housekeeping, and SO was fireali.v uun-ied onc evening when ehe dtecovered a mouse. scurrydiag over one oí the pantry slielVCS. Of coune siie bouht a trap- In tact siie got tbree of tin-m - oae wlth a door tbat sUimnicd down when mouk' nibbh'il at tbe roasted cheese ilr.n ;iiid roK'a.sod the catch, another tbat Ktranslfd t lie little rotobec by meesse i a wtee tii.at caogbt liini aroiuid tbe aeck, and a tliinsr Wtltb an opening in tbe top, a facüc de-i ■i'iius Avcrni, ulnisr wlres, all pohitinii Inward, aJlow of no escape oaice tlie nnoan pniwoii the opening. To Mis. Xuwii's máBgled delight and griet shc fiivind ncxt morning th.it cue en' the trapo, the oae wlth the Kprimg door, held a prtooaer. Bhe was iglatl becanse abe liad caught the ltttle peat, and sorry, for Ihfre was no cat in the house, and she couldn't bear to droivn the poor ] i 1 1 le thinií. Besides, it was a grcnt deal smalli -r than til1 One slie liad sitii in the paaitry. She was wcncterlag whether ifae shouldn't set him bree. He couliiii't do ,111 uch harm. Mooiste st-ttivii ber qnaitdary. He found an opening betwecn the wlree through whJeb he could get his lic.nl. HJ body slipped easily uíter, and before Mrs. "uwi( reaflaed it, the little rodeaxt was ruiming straight at ber. AVith a Bcreatn abe gathered up ber .-Uirts and jimipcd mi a chair. The clia.Vr upset and slic ícll agalnBt a ciotiifs borse, upsettlng it, with the teen hanglng tbereon, ogatnsi the stovc. AVhilt' Mrs. Ninvil, cniisidcralily dazed tuid t iii'nkiiij; .the íiKjiiM' must have hitten her, (roa plcklog herselí up, a tdwci tbat had lallen on the stove c.nit;hi iiri'. Hu arrival oí Uer husUand adÉM to the coofuaton. He threw a pail of water on llii' buriitng limen and the siove. The jianitor. hcariii.ii tli' racket and aeekng the steam leming (rom the Windows, sent ,11 -an alarm of fire, aml iin iivo mjnutes two fire eng'knies aml a truck were in front of the house. Thiere 's a cat and two moré trape In the Hal now, and the unfortunato inicf, wln-n caiiülu are mercUBSSly murdered.