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But he was a good-natured creature, and now and then, for a change, I followed him into the saddle-room. I am thankful to say I have never caught mice except for amusement, and a cat of daintier tastes does not exist. But one has inherited instincts and the musty, fusty, mousey smell of the room did excite me a little. Besides, I practised my steps among the blacking-bottles.
Drawing nearer, and peeping over, his suspicions of Lucifer's guile were verified for mousey was within three inches of his open jaw, "irresistibly attracted," said the narrator, "although he was drawing back with all his might."
Great monopolists control the supplies, and contract to deliver to these hotels, even in out-of-the-way localities, so much ice-stored, "mousey" fish, "mousey" quails, stringy meat, impossible vegetables and fruits, gathered from the cheapest markets of Europe and of a quality just not bad enough to cause a revolt among the hotel visitors.
They are almost the counterpart of the English starling as regards size and shape, but their bodies are of a mousey hue; the head and throat are black, with little white patches on either "cheek;" the tail feathers are black, tipped with white, and on the lower part of the body is a patch of yellow; the feathers of the head form a crest that almost rises to the dignity of a tassel.
Lathrop, you c'n believe me or not jus' 's you please, but I give you my Gospel word of honor as when I turned down the flap o' a trunk 'n' see that old mousey letter stuck in it cornerways, I no more thought o' findin' a cousin than I did o' findin' a moth, 'n' you know how scarce moths is with me; I ain't so much 's seen one 'xcept on your side o' the house in twenty years, I do believe.
"I'm not so sure you're not right after all," she said, fixing a critical eye upon the rival suites. "It is a bit mousey, that other." The order was once more corrected. Joan had the consolation of witnessing the childish delight that came again into the foolish face; but felt angry with herself at her own weakness. It was the woman's feebleness that irritated her.
"No, thank you," said he, "I must be off. Don't forget, little mousey, that you are to ready for another ride next Wednesday." And away he went. It needed a good deal of Nancy's diplomacy to procure Maggie this pleasure; although I don't know why Mrs.
Arty and he get up picnics, and when we're out on the Palisades he says to me you know, sometimes he almost makes me think he is sleepy, though I do believe he just sneaks off under a tree and talks to Mrs. Arty or reads a magazine but I was saying: he always says to me, 'Well, sister, I suppose you want to mousey round and dream by yourself you won't talk to a growly old bear like me.
'Snip the cord that holds me, she said to me to-day; 'beg father to give me a handful of blank checks and old Mousey' that's what she calls the housekeeper 'buy a nice nurse for me in case I need one a nice un-nurse-like nurse, she stipulated 'and let me play around the world for a few months to see if I can find my real self hiding in some cranny; then I'll come back and be good! The girl's a fool, but most girls are when they've been brought up as she has been.
When a day or a person looks uncommonly fair a weather breeder, says I, and generally, nine times out of ten, I'm right. My young lady is too changed to be comfortable. It's either a breaking up, or " But here a shout for "Mousey," silenced further prophecy. The days ran along without cloud or shadow.
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