THE DUDE AND THE MOUSE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2510, 11 August 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE DUDE AND THE MOUSE.

A Milwaukee dude has been learned a lesson that he will remember as long as ho lives. He visited a young lady noted for her presence of mind, frequently, aud was always alluding to the story that women were mortally afraid of a mouse. It seemed to give him great pleasure to include that particular young lady among those who would faint away in the presence of a mouse, or scream nine kinds of murder. She was not built that way, and was not afraid of anything, and decided to teach him a lesson, so when she knew he was going to spend the evening with her, she invited in several young people, and had a mouse confined in a toilet case on the centre table. The dude, as usual, opened on the subject of mice, and said that if one should come into the room the girls would all jump on the chairs, and the boys would have to protect them. " Speaking of mice," said the young lady, taking up the toilet c»3e and opeuing it, " I never thought a mouse was dangerous," and she took the animal by the tail and held it up close to the dude, who turned pale. "Now, for instance," said the girl, as she walked up close to the dude, " you, a great strong man, cannot be afraid of a little thing like this," and she put it on his shirt collar, holding on to its tail. The dude gave all the symptoms of terror, as the mouse tried to go down under his collar, and begged the girl to take it away. " Suppose the tail should break off,"«aid he, "or you should lose your hold on it, ye know." This gave her an idea, and she let go of the mouse, and it scrambled down tho dude's neck. He yelled murder, and grabbed himself everywhere the monae made its appearance on his body, and came near fainting away, until the girl's brother took the dude up to his room, whero he disrobed, and the mouse was discovered in one of his stockings, having travelled from Genesis to Revel ttions too quick. The party laughed themselves half to death over the antics of the smart dude, and he went home to take a stimulant in tho shape of some seltzer water. It is the general belief that he will not attempt to have any more fun with girli on tho mouse question.— Peck's Sun,