Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1903 — This Mouse Built a Stairway. [ARTICLE]

This Mouse Built a Stairway.

During the digging of holes for Newt York telegraph poles not long ago ths workmen noticed a moose which haft, fallen into one of tha cavities. Foe boom the tiny prisoner* raced frantically around the In do sure. Then ho seemed to gfet oxer his hysterics and set his wits to work. Soon he began systematically to dig a spiral groov* round and round the inner surface of the hole, which w£s several feet deep* Night and day the busy little captive worked away digging little pockety here and there as his improvised staircase got farther from the ground, so that he might rest from hie hard la-' bora. The workmen kept him supplied with food, and after the third day the Indefatigable little creature reached the top, and enthusiastic cheering welcomed his freedom. —New York Tril buna.