A Fairy Tale From the State of Georgia.
A iadt, while engaged in tho purauifc of her c!ome3t!c duties, encountered a mouse in the flour bar: el. Now mosi ladies, under similar oircumtt'iucca, would have uttered a few genuine shnel.a and then sought safety in tne garret ; hut thn one possessed more than the ordinary decree of genuino courage. She summoned the man servant and told him to got the gum, call the dog, and station himself at a convenient orjtanco. Tlicn she clambe? cd. upsUu.i and commenced to punch the flour barrel witu a pole. Piesently the mouse made its appoar&nce and started across the iloor. Tlv, doc started at once in pursuit. Thi> man fiiod and the dog dropped dead. The lady fainted, fell down stairs, and the man, thinking that sh* 1 y,">s killed and fearing that he would be arrooted for murdec, disappeared aiid has not bstn pecn since. The mouse escaped.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1860, 7 June 1884, Page 6
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156A Fairy Tale From the State of Georgia. Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1860, 7 June 1884, Page 6
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