Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 489
was sheer malice on Jacks part togrudge his neighbor a few mice, for the millerscat was old and lazy and he himself despisedany smaller game than rats. At length, by keeping under cover of thebeach-plum and bay bushes, Tiger reached hisgoal, and soon took up a position near a prom-ising-looking… … TIGER DID A DESPERATE THING. (SEE NEXT PAGE.) rise on which stood the mill, caught sight of theunsuspecting cat calmly seated, his nose towardthe mouse-hole and his back toward the com- i894] ■TIGERS MERRY-GO-ROUND. I053 ing danger. With a startling yell Jack sprangtoward his victim. It was shabby…
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