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BY MABEL ALBERTA SPICER.
A WEEK before he had been a happy
little pig playing about the farm
with other happy little pigs, "cows,
horses, barnyard fowls, a shepherd dog
and a plain yellow cat. He had wallowed
In the mud and reveled in savory slops
reeking with a dozen different odors. .
Today he was a very much bored little '
pig, imprisoned within a city backyard,
In company with a family of Guinea pigs,
an Indian monkey, a Shetland pony, a
Malayan cockatoo, a Pekingese spaniel
and a Persian cat. He slept on a cushion
and grunted over an insipid diet of milk
and rice; And all this had come upon
him because Farmer Jones had given him
to Dr. Van Loon on a bill. The doctor
had thought it would be a fine joke to
present the little country pig to his daugh
ter, who waa so proud of her rare ani
mals. These fine pets treated the good-natured
little "Curly Tail" as an intruder.
The Guinea pigs disclaimed all kinship
with him. The monkey swung gleefully
bv his fine long tail from his tree and
pulled the foolish little tail of the pig
whenever he came within reach. The
pony spurned him utterly. The cockatoo
hung, head down, from her perch and
pecked at him, then shrieked with de
light. The Pekingese snapped at his
heels. The Persian puss, when -out of
temper with the others, who knew how
to defend thmselves, took it out on Curly
Tail with a saucy slap.
All this would not have been so bad
had not Miss Betty scrubbed him each
morning with soap, then sprinkled hliu
with scentand tied a pink ribbon about
hiB neck. That was more than any self
respecting pig conld stand for!
This morning he stood on the newly
cut grass and gazed longingly through a
crack in the fence at the mud in the
alley. What would he not give for a good
wallow! He was- a very handsome little
fellow, all pink and white with one black
ear. But his desire at this minute was
to make himself as black all over as that
one ear. How surprised Miss Betty
would have been to learn that, for she had
distinctly read in her Nature Study that
pigs are cleanly by instinct, that it is a
desire to wash that makes them plunge
into mud puddles and wallow up to their
ears.
As he peered through the crack, it sud
denly widened and the grocer's boy came
Into the yard'. Curly Tail darted past him
and out Into the alley. He bolted be
tween the feet of the grocer's horse,
which fled in fright in one direction while
the little pig dashed off in the other.
Across hard streets, along muddy alleys,
through vacant lots with tempting pud
dles he fled, till conftonfed by a .high
blind fence. Close by was a friendly
opening, just large enough to allow htm
to pass, but mueh too small to admit his
Imaginary pursuer. '
Once within the sheltering inclosure,
he dropped from exhaustion. And joy!
he dropped into mud! Not the odorifer
ous, highly-scented mud of a sty, but mud,
nevertheless, soft and oozy, that flowed
up over his sides, making a delicious,
cool bed.
He must have been asleep a long time
when he was rudely awakened by shouts
and the tooting of horns. A line of boys
perched along the top of the fence. With
in the inclosure thousands of men and
women were shouting, blowing horns and
waving banners. Most of them were sit
tlg or standing in tiers of seats on either
side of a cleared space, where grotesquely-attired
youths were rushing about
madly with a big oval ball. Half ot these
contestants wore blue, the other half red.
Their clothes were very clumsy appear
ing, and their noses and legs did not look
as if they belonged to human beings.
Their strange antics Curly understood
to be devices for getting possession of the
most desirable mud. It had rained the
night before and the ground was soft and
sticky. But what curious methods they
used! Upon the blowing of a whistle the
players would pass the ball from one to
another, run a few steps, then fall and
have a fine wallow, rise again and repeat
the performance to the wild cheering of
the surrounding thousands. Perhaps they
were trying the ground to see where the
mud waa deepest.
This game was to decide the champion
ship. There was only three minutes more
and the score was a tie, but, of course,
Curly Tail understood nothing of this.
He did not even knoy the ball on which
the attention of so many was centered
was a pig's skin. If he had, he might
have hid.
All he knew was that small boys had
frightened him out of a comfortable bed
anil that the mud looked fine at the end
of the field where the struggle was rag
ing. But never would he dare venture
near that wriggling mass of arms and legs!
Then one of the players threw the ball
to the other end of the field and the oth
ers dashed off after it. The men and
women jumped up, shouting and tooting
louder than ever.
Now the cherished spot was deserted.
Curly Tail could resist no longer. But,
alas for his foolish habit of running with
out looking about him! He did not notice
that a youth in blue caught the ball when
lt.was thrown and , was. speeding down
the field toward him, guarded by those
in blue while dodging those in red. On
came the one with the ball faster and
faster, and on came Curly, nearer and
nearer the cherished spot, neither seeiug
the other.
Collision!
Over and over they rolled and a dozen
others came tumbling on top. The ball
escaped from the youth's grasp and rolled
beyond his reach. From the desperate
expression on the face beside him in the
mud, the little pig should have realized
that he had done something terrible in
making the youth lose the ball, but he
shnt his eyes Indiffeieutly and settled
down for a snooze.
A player in red snatched the ball and
away they all tore back to the farther
end of the field.
The cheering became deafening! Cries
of "Touchdown! Touchdown!" rose above
the whistles and horns. Everybody swept
down from the grandstands, overflowed
the field and went mad together. A nice
place, that, for a quiet nap. .
Two men with red banners and ribbons
suddenly pouueed down on Curly Tall and
dragged htm from his dear mud. Ho
wiggled out of their hands and dodged
about among the feet of the crowd, leav
ing his mark on many a neat skirt and
pair of trousers. But one little pig was
no match against those thousands! He
was soon captured and then he had such
an experience as no pig ever had before
nor since!
He was swathed in red ribbons and pa
raded about the field and through the
streets on the shoulder of a giant, while
the men in red shouted: .
"What's the matter with our mascot?
"He's all right!
"Who's alright?
"Our mascot!"
The men in blue shook their fists at
htm and yelled:
"Make him into sausage! Make him
into sausage! Make him into sausage!"
Cameras snapped him, ladies patted
him, men hugged him till his ribs nearly
cracked. Later at a banquet he had a
most trying time he was toasted and
cheered and offered a quantity of things
to eat which he did not like in the least.
Finally he was handed over to the
janitor aud allowed to spend the rest of
the night peacefully in the cellar.
The next morning the farmer who
brought butter and eggs took the little
pig to his beloved country. Here he lived
happily, as before, with quiet, sane people
and unpretentious animals who allowed
him to be just plala pig.
If XolxMly. Shlrkedr
I know not wlienYe I came,
I know not whither I go;
But the fact stands clear that I am here,
In this world of pleasure and woe.
And out of the mist and murk
Another truth shines plain
It is mv power each day and hour
To add to its joy or its pain.
I know that the earth exists,
It is none of my business why;
I cannot find out what It's all about,
I would but waste time to try.
" My life is a brief, brief thing,
I am here for a little space,
Aud while I stay I would like if I may,
To. brighteu and better the place.
The trouble, I think, with us all,
Is the lack of a high conceit.
If each man thought he was sent to this
spot
To make it a bit more sweet,
How soon we could gladden tho world,
How easily right all wroaj;,
If nobodv shirked, and each one worked
To help his fellows along!
Cease wondering why you came
Stop looking for faults and flaws;
Rise up todav in your pride and say,
"I'm part of the First Great Cause!
However full the world,
There is room for an earnest man,
It had need of me, or I would not be
I am here to strengthen the plan."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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