Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1928, Page 42

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, BEDTIME STORIES Mrs. Muskrat Joins Jerry. Misery makes one forlorn; By two it is much better borne. 2Jerry Muskrat. Jerry Muskrat was sitting at the edge of the water ou: on the Green Meadows as discouraged and unhappy a Muskrat as ever lived. It had i but the water was still rising. Smiling Pool was now a small lake on the Green Meadows. Not even the tops of the bullrushes were to be seen. Jerry's fine new house, that he' had hard to build, was entirely under water. Jerry had nowhere to go, and he didn’t know what to do. By-and by Jerry discovered a little brown head, or rather he discovered a nose and just the top of a little brown head coming his way. He began to feel botter. Misery loves company, you know, and_he had recognize ¥ Mus Presently she swam ashore beside him. ‘I was wondering about you, my 1eaked Jerry. “Did the water get up in the hole in the bank?" “Of course it did,” replied Mrs. Musk- rat in the same squeaky tone of voice. “Did it get up in that brand-new house of yours?"” Jerry nodded miserably. “It covered it,” said he. “For all I know, it may have washed away.” “Well, there's one satisfaction—it can't wash away a hole in a banl clared Mrs. Mus| “I always did think you were wasting your time build- ing that new house. But the question now is, what are we going to do next? We can't sit here, for the first thing know Reddy Fox will be sneaking over heore, It isn't safe. We have got to go | somewhere where we can keep out of sight “Quite true, my dear; quite true” said Jer Or, if we can't keep out of sight, have got to be where the water is deep enough so that we can dive or swim. There's a log floating out there. Let’s swim over to that and sit there until we decide what we want to do.” So Jerry and Mrs. Muskrat swam out | to the log and climbed up on it. Out | there they had nothing to worry about | from Reddy Fox or from Old Man Coyote. In fact, they were quite safe from any of their enemies. But they de; | Muskrat. |over to that field. They would have to BY THORNTON W. BURGESS right out in the open that way. too, they were hungry, and they didn't know where to go to get anything to| eat. You see, all their usual food sup- | | plies were under water now. i “My, but I'm hungry!” said Mrs. Then, | | “So am I" said Jerry. “Look, my| dear! The water is almost over to! Farmer Brown's cornfield. If I remem- | | ber rightly, there are carrots at one end | |of it—the end nearest the water i “Carrots! Did you s: claimed Mrs. Muskrat. there are carrots over the If there “I WAS WONDERING ABOUT YOU, MY DEAR,” SQUEAKED JERRY. are carrots there, I am going straight over there this very minute.” She plunged from her end of the log and started to swim in the direction of Farmer Brown's cornfield. Jerry hesi- tated a moment or two and then fol- lowed. Together they swam until once more they felt the ground under their feet. They were almost but not quite travel over ground a short distance, and this they didn’t like to do. But car- rots were carrots, and empty stomachs were empty stomachs. So after hesi- tating a few moments they started. (Copyright. 1928.) | The Gossips | o— ——0 You tell me Whipsaw Whipple is sink- ing pretty low; he's much inclined to tipple as he weaves to and fro. When you apprcach my dwelling I'd rather hear you telling of roses ripe for smell- ing and lilies white as snow. I do not care for stories of men who've lost their grip; of all the vanished glories of poor old chaps like Whip I'd rather hear you speaking of noble airmen streaking through empty spaces, seeking a lost explorer’s ship. Men interrupt my la- bors 'most every passing day to tell about some neighbors who've wandered far astray. Their conduct’s most dis- gusting; they have been pinched for busting the speed laws, vainly trusting in speed to get away. Men come along relating that Bildad beat his frau; with ardor unabating he smote her on the brow; that folks are now accusing Jim Jinglewit of losing his fair renown by choosing to steal a widow’s cow. The gossips come a-drifting and talk with vicious grin, and anecdotes uplifting they never pause to spin; they might discuss the rising of men to heights surprising, their triumphs advertising the fact that worth will win. They know a hundred voters whose records have no flaw; who are the wise pro- moters of order and of law; but there’s more fun reciting the tale of scandals blighting some chap who’s at this writ- ing within the prison’s maw. I'd rather hear you telling of people who succeed than of an outcast yelling where hearts dishonored bleed; I'd rather learn of roses than of men’s broken noses, what time the long day closes, and I sit down to read. WALT MASON. (Copyright, 1928.) Abe M ar.'tin Say “Oh, you needn’ laugh, I'll be back | cakes of soap and a scrubbing brush so around 3 o'clock,” said Miss “Pup” Bentley t' her mother, as she started off ¢ school this mornin’. (Copyright. 1928.) Fifty-Fifty. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Clem Shaver votes for Al: His wife, she votes for Herble, The elephant thus drops one vote— And 5o does the brown derby. | wats a matter? and she sed, You know Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN, “I don’t see how a thump on the head does any good if you've already tracked the mud on the floor.” LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. My sister Gladdis was in her room not doing anything special and I stuck my hed in saying, Hay Gladdis. Hark hark the lark, I mean the pest, Gladdis sed. Meening me, and I sed, Do you wunt to hear a plezzant serprise? I could think of werse tortures, shoot, Gladdis sed. Meening wat was it, ard I sed, Im going to give you a wecting present wen you get married to Mr. Parkins. I been saving up and ma has been giving me a nickel a day to put to it, and now gn %ou wunt to hear how much I got? sed. Dont tell me, its bad luck, but all a same its darn clean cut of you to go to all that trubble and thawt and I appreciate it and if I just appeared to call you a pest I wunt you to know it was intended solely as a term of en- dearment, Gladdis sed. Meening a compliment, and I sed, Well G, Gladdis, wats a use waiting till you get married, sippose I give it to you rite away so you can enjoy it wile your still young and everything? Well, thats an ideer, wat is it, you | hadvent bawt it yet have you? Gladdis | sed. No but Ive got it all thawt out. I! got enuff to get you a big 5 pound box of candy. I sed. Well of all the scheeming little jack rabbits, Gladdis sed, and I sed, Why, wats a matter, your just figuring you | can do a lot of the heavy werk on that candy and just about finish it before my wedding, you hijacker, you. Shy Lock, take your hed out of my door before I shoot a pillow at it. Wich she picked up one to do, me | saying, All rite then, if you wunt some- | thing useful Ill buy you a hunderd | you can scrub your frunt steps till you get a divorce, ha ha you missed me. Meening on account of the pillow go- ing aboui a yard over my hed on ac- count of ladies aims. Moral: Be Weak. | ®rom the Atchison Globe, The strong man is in more danger | than th> puny man, because the strong ! man does not take care of himself. THE BOY WHO MADE WELL,ELMER, Y00 SEEm | (SCAm, 17 To HAVE ARRIVED. We S\ GiTri ) CeARD GG ome AT | Acon 2 VOO WERE ACTIN 18 TH " Soe MOVIES AN DOIN RIGHT [, ) SMART CER S0 : WHEN TCy CANT Cvem i A GOOD. By WEBSTER [ g onE D 2 [ 1 MAsTereD T TrRICK OF oLLIne A CVGARET WITH GNE HAMD. 1T wAas | SmEoTH SAILKS AFTER THAT. Trie BIMME A TOB RIGHT Away / [ WLt ELmER OB oLy €05 FIRODA QUR TOoUM WHO EVER A GEOD. WE RE AWFUL PROUD OF a. | BE SURE AN LET ME WNOW WHENBURE A PITOHE R 50 WE Cane TR WAk foR YA My hat blew off down town today |didn't like it. They didn't like sitting| [And then & wagon wheel destroyed it. This made m beings lawgh— At least Im lad that they enjoyed it” Oy Hoagls And That's Too Many Cooks. KENKLING Dispossessed! ALBERTINE RANDALL THE CHEERFUL CHERUB | | 0 . ¢ P ‘ ” JoN y Pop MOMAND low Julie Gets An Eyeful. WHY A PROM\SE THERE'S NO USE KICKING ! _IF YOU GoLLY! WHAT AN AwFUL FALSE ALARM GOOFY IS TURNING OUT TO BE. HERE WE ARE WITH THE SHERRIF ALL READY TO MOVE IN AND HE THROWS P A PERFECTLY GO JoB TO HANG AROUND THE HOUSE ALL DAy! WELL — IM GOING T© Hop ouT AND LAND A TOB MySELF! SONEBaby HAS TO TAKE CARE OF THIS FAMILY! You SA\D You'D RUTHER G\T ME A WATCH THAN A GUN' gl il ol THERE ', WELL, THAY CERTAINLY MN'T NO PROMISE, e 1928. " ITS TOO BAD PA'S APPLESAUCE BUSINESS TURNED OUT TO BE A LOT OF APPLE SAUCE ! WE CERTAINLY ARE ALL DOWN AND OUT NOwW!' T DONT THINK GOOFY Bowers EVEN HAS CARFARE TO LOOK FOR A& JOB — OH BOY! IF JULIE COULD = ONLy SEE ME NOW ! 1T SURE WAS NICE OF MR. FLOP TO SeND ME HOME IN HIS CAR WHY AT AIN'T NO SE(R TH\NG-, CAP STUBBS!! L ONLY SA'D V'O | RUTHER~—MY_ LAND! WELL,\ AWN'T G-ONNA G\'T YOU NO WAT(H AN' TRAYT'S _ALL THERE 15 YO T DON'T You r_l‘%\IER SAY WAT(H ME AG\NU!I— SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THE SALAD — s awrol! HEAVENS | WHAT'S THE MATTER , OUNCLE ceoric? NOT S0 COMFORTABLE SQUATTING UP HERE FoR) Two DAYS BUT 1 WANNA GAME OF THE WHEN MY POP vias AYOUNG FELLER HE BROUZ THE HUN'RED YARD DASH! S — WORLDS' SERIES AND CAN'T ¢ ' JAKE A CHANCE OF LOSING THIS SWELL SERT SEE THE OPENING 3 Yes-THIS 1S THE TELEGRAPH CoMPANY == WHAT ? 1sTUAT so? WeLL, TM SO SORRY = ==~ We'lL RECTEY \T IMMEDIRTELY MY FATHER. was An ATALEET TCO! HE BROKE THE HOP STEP anna JUMP recoro AN THE HALF MILE LAW SUIT — -~ HAVE THATS NOT SO MUCH! MY pop BROKE SEVEN rccoros N ONE \ FTERNOON: SWIM RECORD! TWO RECORDS IN ©1928 NYTRIBUNE, N 1 NEBBER WANTA SEE. DAT CABIN AGIN! IT Al‘a DE, UNHEALTHIES' PLACE IN RABBITBORO ! FIRST { LOOKIN’ AFETY YES- SOME BoDY JUST PHONED CLAIMING WE PUT UP ONE OF OUR POLES ON HiS PRIVATE PROPERTY- No USE GETTING INTo A REMOVED AT ONCe! MESCAL, DID You WASH THAT LETTUCE LIKE 1 ToLD You WHAT DO You CALL THAT GAME 0 SHooTiNG EZ OoN SHOR, MISS SALLY, 1 WASHED |\ IT REAL GOOD, AN’ | LSED TH' PINK SOAP 1 FOUND NTH SINK . ME, MADAM, Gomwa 1o Cace It S A PLENTY ! ) y i “r“‘}/'i’: i s ! i MOM DIDN TELL HIM sumpin 'CAUSE THOSE DANCE recoros cost SEVENTY- FI' CENTS APIECE! EIASKA/:\RDE Sngl;ER US! Looks AB, ULD COME. HOM AvikTER; &CKSHOT SEG