Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1928, Page 21

’ BY THORNTON . BURGESS BEDTIME STORIES Jup in the blue, blue sky, he could see |a long distance into the water, and he | | saw many fish. Also, he saw that most | | of them were too dee) in the water for | - him to catch. A fish must be at the | Hunting was not proving very profit- | surface. It was very tantalizing to see | able. There were two hungry babies in | ;‘hme f]l;h.'dow& hbe(::: and know that | s | he_couldn’t caf the nest of King Eagle and it was | P00 PHAL Eo e saw o good- | amazing how much they could eat. ' sized fish close to the surface. The They kept their mother and father look- | water was smooth. King Eagle swung ing for food for them most of the time | OVer the fish. And then, just as he was during the hours of davlight | ready to make the pluage. an astonish- | On one | jng thing happened. Another fisherman | or two days King Engle had had very [shot down and selred that fish! It good s | was Plunger the Osprey. Yes, sir. it ki Hh’ h'“: "l"'““m ““':;‘“ | was Plunger the Osprey. At King | ik e ad brought home & rabbit. | Eagle completely lost his temper. ' Such | Bul to keep two young eaglels gTOWINg. | impudence! It was not to be borne! more than an occasional duck and rab- | ond then, King Eagle was glad it had ‘ bit is needed. So both King Eagle and | happensd. He might have missed that Mrs. Eagle went looking for fish. They | neh' but Plunger hadnt. Plunger had | | ariven his great claws into it and was | now flapping heavily to lift it. King | Eagle chuckled to himself. He in- | King Eagle Tries Fishing. Exverience this truth doth teach: The greeds often grerreach ~Plunger the Osprev. Why doesn't he come up?" said | King Eagle to himself. “What is the | matter with him anyway? What is he | staying down there on the water for? B’cu‘{s he think he can fool me by doing | i at?" | It did seem as if Plunger was staying | down on the water. As a matter of | fact, he had struck a fish too heavy for him to Ift. He could get it just clear | of the water and then down it would | g0 again and Plunger with it. The trouble was he couldn't let go. Hs | claws were so caught in it that he | couldn't let go : flapping. flapping, flapping with th big wings of his, and all the time that | King Eagle was wondering what was | happening, Plunger the Osprey was growing more and more tired and was wondering. too. He was wondering if that fish would succeed in pulling him into the water and drowning him. He was terribly frightenid was Plunger th» Osprey. He was so frightened that he Wasn't even aware that King Eagle was | watching him from above. { All the time King Eagle was losing | patience. He wanted that fich and he intended to have it. He dropped down | nearer an | a little clumsy, but he does caich fish. | the time he. grew monrSond o, Al | He sailed out over the laKe. His sharp | puzzled. “ eves looked down into the water. From THE TROUBLE WAS HE CC NOT LET GO. were not p whether th> fish were alive dead. and not awfully fussy as to how long the dead ones had been dead. Fish were fish King Eagle had been up and down the Great River. He had been around the shores of the Lake. There were 1o dead fish. If he was to have a fish he must catch one. Now, while King Eagle is not as good A fisherman as Plunger the Osprey. he is not =0 bad as he might be. He is Abe Martin Savs: | S: BY LEE PAPE. Sattiday afternoon ma was mad at me for diffrent reasons especially on ac- count of me having dmpped' things, | especially things I wasent sippose to of | picked up in the ferst place, and she | | put her hat on to go out, saying to pop, | | Now dont forgét, Willyum, Benny is | | not to leave this house, unless of courss | you wunt him to go on an errand or | | something of that kind, now I hope | | youll remember that, Willyum. | | gorear not, the boy s a prizmer, Pop | | And ma went out and pop kepp on ' | smoking and thinking, and after a wile | | T sed. Hay pop, wats you going to do wen you get that cigar all smoked up? Lite another one. 9 chances out of 10, pop sed, and I sed, Well have you got any more or do you need some more? | Ive got a whole box, thanks, pop sed | and 1 sed. O, I was going to say if you as all out 1 was going to say Id go | around and get you some, | _ Thanks for the genrel ideer, Im sure, Queen | 11 r::;!mt:; ;:’-‘f:t! some other time, Marie lived in this country,” sald Ike PoP sed, ai y soon I sed, Well a St hay pop, I think you need some shay- y. ;-]-ur; [Gay. polntin’ t' & picture Of 8 o0 creem anyways. The last time I . ‘»looked at your shaving creem there | { wasent much left in the tube, I sed. but you're through when th’ movies pass you up. “Ther’s somethin' I'd have if (Copyright. 1928.) | ‘Invohng the Law | S — James Bildad smote me on the )-w,!uq so0, and with fury of a Hun; I thereupon in-oltwbogy can voked the law, that justice might be | (PZY’ dons. My aunt advised me to forget | James Bildad's vicious blow; “The law | will run you into debt,” she said, “as you must know. Beneath the court- room’s gilged dome the lawyers furnish thrills, and you must mortgage house and home when you pay up their bills. . Justice would be truly great if ere delivered free, but it’s so costly that a skate should from it wildly fiee.” 1 sternly said, “I am resolved to ply the Jaw's keen sword; there is a principie invoived that must not be ignored. If | “1 permit this Bildad wight to get away | with that, he may come back again to- nigh: and smash my Sunday hat. My | courage would present a flaw, I'd be & | adzook, if he could soak me on | and not be brought to book.” | The case went up from court to court | and isn't settied yet: I found it most | expensive sport, and I am deep in debt. 1 am a sad and broken man. whose hopes have heard their knell; a lawyer | rides in the sedan that once 1 tooled so | well. The hair is gray upon my dome, | 1 am no longer strong: 3 lawyer occu- ples the home for which I tolled so long. | My life is dark and bleak with care I | throw a dally fit; a lawyer fills the easy chair where once I used to sit. There are deep furrows on my brow, | my face is sad to see; 8 lawyer owns the brindied cow that once belonged to With weary eyes I'm gazing up at that dont relent: a lawyer owns the Airdale pup that once behind me went. Had I but listened to my sunt upon that fateful day! But I adhered and went my foolish Sir? y . L Wich I partly was, and ] started to | read Paul Peppy Among the S shooters feeling a little better ins:*? mutch werse. Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. ke “I hadn’t had nothin’ but peanuts | |an’ ice cream an' a banana an' two suckers an’ a chocllate soda, an’ I| don’t know how come I got to feelin’ | 50 pale.” way goods, they ga am camping in comfort nesr ‘he woods, WALT MASON. Copyrignt. 1928.) " BRIDGE. (Copyright. 1928 By WEBSTER | { ot HOR! wriaT 1 D10 1 TELL YU, | Frara<? NO 1 \witt yous e€iic perasd ~f (oo wweray A | | pousLecF T LeraATrE FEEAATIE 0¥ COURSE | AreyBairiG MK i | e s BusmEss | \ B 05 ! 14 ! THE EXPERT'S | UTTLE BOY st o P (s et S MU} ‘ f . 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