Evening Star Newspaper, November 21, 1928, Page 37

BEDTIME STORIES Rusty Gets Busy. 1 Wisdom thinks and plans ahead § And of the fuf has no dread. ld Mother Nature. It was time for Rusty the Fox Squir- rel tc wi there was plenty to eat. Now he must make the most of his opportunity for it was getting late in the season. The first thing was to find 2 home. He had to get acquainted with this place in which he had chosen to make his new home. He must know all the hollow in the trees and all the hollow logs He must find out where other people | lived So for a while Rusty was a very busy Squiriel, as he ran way and scam- HIDE-AND-SEEK. | and hopped the other | ow, Rusty is much bigger v Jack the Gray Squi is a stout, heavy fellos speads a good deal of ground, but Rusty spends even mo: last Rusty found a hollow in a tree tru: deep enough and it was bi enough. Best of all, it was not occu- pied by any one. He knew th /s he went inside, for there were no beds ded to make a bed. Winter home. catch me without plenty of food vay. It was for this that I left n Forest and made the long ] this place.” So Rusty began hunting. By and by, | he found a holiow log on the grow It was half covered by brush. Rus eyes sparkled. He went inside. There Wete some dirt and leaves in there. hese he cleaned up. Then he started 1 he nearest hickory tree. How he did work sf g away nuts in tha hollow log! There were nothing bu! hickory nuts in there. In the end of the log he pushed some dead leaves. ‘This was so that no one coming along | ‘would peek in and discover those nuts. | “I must have some beechnuts, | Beechnuts are sweet and fattening. I certainly must have some besechnuts,” said Rusty as he talked to himself. He didn’t have to go far to find them. When he found them he began looking about for a place nearby in which to store them. Between two roots of a great tree was a hollow. = Rusty cleaned 1t out and dug it a little deeper. Then he filled that hollow with beechnuts, after which he covered them with dry leaves. Passing by there you wouldn't have suspected that any one had had a storchouse there. No, sir, you wouldn't have suspected it. Another storehouse was in an old nest. It was an old crow’s nest. In this Rusty stored away pine seeds and certain other seeds that he found. Some walnuts he buried, one here and one there, dif g a little pit for each. He didn’t bother to go far with these. He dug these little pits and buried thess nuts ht under the tree where he fourd them. He knew that he would | be able to find them. He could trust his nose to lead him to them. | Once while Rusty was intent on bury- | ing a nut a Hawk darted down at him. | ain’t for him. an’ he knows his wife's | Rusty dodged behind a tree just in | “CAP” STUBBS. Leave It TH' IDEA—HE WHIPPED A PORE L\'L CHILD | me | upkeep of another human been, its & |of the werld if | elors . EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C. WEDNESDAY. " NOVEMB 1978 BY THORNTON W. BURGESS time. Then they played a game of hide-and-seek, Rusty dodging back and forth around the trunk of the tree while the Hawk tried to catch him. There was a hole higher up in that tree, but | Rusty didn't bother to seek safety there. get busy. He had found a land | He knew he could outdodge that Hawk. | | DinNERS, RECEPTIO J ;Bul when the Hawk's mate appeared it was a wholly different matter. =~ | _“Two against one isn't fair!" cried Rusty, and, swiftly climbing that trec, |he dodged’ into that hole, while the Hawks shrieked with disappointment. | (Copyright. 1928.) "LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Mr. Parkins was sitting in the frunt | room holding his chin in hand and thinking, and pcp come in saying, Ah there, Harvey, I und: nd that ) 1 be my ferst and ony son in law in a cupple of days. Yes, I was just thinking about it, Mr. Parkins sed. I was thinking it ov and its a sollem thawt, he sed. Hi I am today as usual a single man as {free as the berds of the air you mite and and and in 48 hours Ill be lega! y respon:ible for the wel m thawt, he sed. i Yes indeed, but this is no time to r flect on it, pop sed. Wat wou'ld becon all the young batc] arted to get logical insied of poet! he sed. ery true nerhaps, but just in my | present mood I cant help thinking w a v gulf there is between the butt |fly existents of the single man, carels and foot loose without a thawt for tic morrow, so to speak, wat an endless gulf there is between that and the married o | mans. sollem responsibiliti>s, Mr. P: ced. Not that I regret anything, of corse, but all a same its a serioi ideer to think about, he sed. Very tiue, very true, but its every good citizens duty to make that grai g sacrifice for the perpetuation of the grate human race and the amusems2; of the grate female speecies, pop sed. Look at me, Iv2 lost my hair and tak: mmick in the noble c e my duty and Im .con- st then Gladdis came down, g rs wat on erth are you 2 lding forth to each other about 50 sollemly? and pop sed, Wat do you sippose, you of corse. Allow- me to congradulate you once agen. Harvey my boy, your getting a fine ger! and one that wont stand any nonsents, even from you, he sed. And him and Mr. Parkins shook hands and we all went in to suppir, ‘oeiing lam stew with almost enuff dum- lings. AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN, “If 2 man sets still when the tele-| phone rings, it ain’c because he's indif~ ferent. He just hates to move if curiosity won’t let her set still.” —BY EDWINA to Cap! MEaE =3 eve = VE R <OULD AQ\DEETHI“- MAN T, — CHEERFUL CHERUB|| clP g P 1 And nothing we do seems | | i| scold as we may — lPopMo:AnND AND HIS TIME 13 to stop her SO IT IS WITH She wont be unnatoral, || A ROUND OF AND PARTIES FOLLOWED HIS HUGE SUCCESS Goofy’s IN THE MOVIES. Taking No I Chances. MUTT, You WeRE \“'“" He S""“] JVERY FoouisH T | BRING Your Son) oUT T THE GoLF | | lLins. He mAYy JEF | MEe e !_cADDY Fee. | dasdiinas i sy BUD FISHER( @ 1 [ | Cicero Mutt’s EZ Some Kid. | /DO YUK FOLKS / WANT TO SUBSCRIBE 4 To A FLOCK OF : *: SWELL MAGAZINES e g By | SLLHUNTLEY ‘ Pa Proves His Point. BECONE FAMOUS NO MORE HIS OWN. GOOFY BOWERS THE WNVITATIONS INCREASE DAILY.. PoP, HeRe's {WHGR& DId Y 3 @ You! \ : "YES THIS 1S MR BOWERS SPEAKING — WHAT! THE CHAMBER OF CONMERCE 'S GIVING ME A DINNER ? ER-ER WILL I MAKE A FEuW REMARKS AFTER THE BANQUET ? €@ YESSIREE, WITH EVERY SUBSCRIPTION WERE GIVIN' A FREE SET OF BILL SHAKESPEARE'S | LATEST BOOKS BOUND IN OUROC VERSEY QUARTER SAWED LIMP LEATHER BINDINGS _)EST, TJAKE A Look L UNCLE- T WISH YOU WOULDN'T GET IN Too DEEP WITH THART GIRL FAY KERR - = SOMETHING TELLS ME SHE'S AL THAT HER NAME IMPLIES DON'T BE SiLLY - SHE's A CHARMING LTTLE LADY KENKLING Page the Police Force! TAKE MY TiP AND DON'T EVER WRITE HER ANY MUSHY LETTERS! MAKING LOVE WiTH A FOUNTAIN PEN HAS COST RICH MEN 1 HAVEN'T WRITTEN SINCE \, I COULDNT GET OUT OF IT — THEY WOULDNT TAkS NO FOR AN ANSWER JuLiE ' AND THEY WANT ME TO | MAKE A SPEEcH — GoLLY WHAT'LL T Do? I'M nNo L GENE T\)NNE/"_/ you'rt BE SURPRISED AT ALL S WHY, 1T'S ALMOST NEW. ARE You SURE \T'S T's A \ LosT | BALL DONT WORRY, WHEN You GET UP ® SPE€AK THERE'S THAT SLICE AGAIN~ I'VE SLICED, EVERY TEE SHOT SO\ YES, ANO You ALWAYS WiLL SLICE WITH THAT YOU'RE USING ONLY YOUR LEFT HAND. CuT OUT THAT QVER-LAPPING GRIP AND GET YOUR RIGHT HAND UNDER LIKE THIS AND You'LL NEVER SLICE THANKS, WOT _HAVE YOU BEEN P TO NOW, CAP STUBES I DON'T LIKE THAT GRIN ON YOUR FACE MY LANDY WHEN WE GO TO THE COUNTRY WE ALWAYS BOATI °, DONT! WE TRAIN! GOIN BY TRAIN ET SULPHURIC,TLL TRY 1T QGAT YOU GO BY BOAT YOU SEE THE FISHES A~ THE WAVE:! AN WANT TO_ GET SOME OLLARS FOR MY USBAND . MR« DUMBUNNY — o N ALBERTINE RANDALL One Order of Little Necks. GUESS 2 WHY YES ! THATS IT. HOW DID YoU YEH, 1 WANT TO By THE AFTER DINNER SPEECHES OF MARCUS AURELIVS, ABE LINCOLN, CHAUNCEY DEPEW AN’ AT HOW SIMPLE SURG! THEY'RE STILL LOOKING YUK OON'T BELIEVE HIT_THAR'S TH' GUM X' FIND UNDER THE SEATS IN THE WELL , RABBITS WHO LET) OLLARYD, Lfl_fl:fl-\m— SIZET \ . / Randall,