Article August 22, 1901 Issue

Adhering to Principle

BY JOHN B. WILLIS

He was only a plump little squirrel, but he was both wise and cheery, and he taught me a most helpful lesson that morning.

It had snowed abundantly during the night and the path to his storehouse in a neighboring stable was hidden beneath a deep convering of white. Under these circumstances the little fellow sallied out via his air-line, and I, sitting at my window, saw him springing fearlessly from branch to branch of the interlacing trees. The last drooping limb brought him within a broad jump of the eaves-trough, and with a daring leap he landed safely in the downy depths at the foot of the slope.

I had expected to see a bit of plucky floundering, in his effort to ascend the steep roof to the cupola where he was accustomed to enter, but it was soon apparent that he knew a better way.

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