Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1929, Page 31

BEDTIME STORIE Why Black Pussy Failed. All kittens should this truth be taught: No mouse is eaten till it's ca ck Pussy. Black Pussy, Farmer Brown's Cat, dearly loves to hunt mice and squirrels and birds. In other words, she dearly loves to hunt. It isn't that she needs them or wants them for food. It is for the pleasure of hunting them. Now, in Winter, when the snow is on the | ground, there is very little hunting for Black 'Pussy, excepting in Farmer Brown's barn. So she goes out to Farmer Brown's barn every day to hunt | for mice and young rats. She isn't | so eager for full-grown Both rats | and mice are almost always to be found in almost any barn. That is because there is always food there in the way of grain, and because there are so many hiding places. It was the day after the big s(m'm; HE‘WAS TOO NEAR THAT HOLE FOR BLACK PUSSY TO MAKE A RUSH. that Black Pussy went over to the barn. There was no other place to go. She entered . the barn through the little swinging door that had been provided for her. Once inside, she moved softly toward the grain bin.: She had learned that there was where she would most likely see a mouse or a young rat. Sure enough, there, close to the grain bin, was a young rat, very busy eating a little grain that had been spilled. Close by was a_hole. He was too near that hole for Black Pussy to make a rush with any chance of catching him. She would have to steal upon him. 8o, crouching close to the floor, Black THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C,” WEDNES BY THORNTON W. BURGESS Pussy stole forward very, very slowly and very, Very carefully. Only when the young rat's head was turned the other way did she move, and then only for a step. Her yellow eyes glowed with eagerness. Little by little, little by little, she crept nearer and nearer. The young rat did not notice her. He was too busy stufing himself with spilled grain. At last Black Pussy was almost within jumping distance. If she could creep just a step or two nearer, she would be where she could spring on that young rat before he could reach » thought Black “He can't get away from me. In just a minute now I'll have him.” She stole forward another step. Then gradually she drew her hind feet under her and prepared to spring. Just as he was going to spring that rat dis- appeared. Yes, sir, that young rat dis- appeared. He disappeared right up in the dusk of the upper part of the barn. Black Pussy was so astonished that for a moment or two she didn't move. She simply stared up, as if she couldn't be- lieve what she saw. What she saw was the shadowy had been so sure of. It had been taken from right under her very nose. Then bird and rat disappeared above the rafters. Of course, you have guessed who had | taken that young rat from almost under the nose of Black Pussy the Cat. It was Spooky the Screech Owl, who had been driven into the barn during the storm a few days before and now Wwas making himself at home there. From his perch on a rafter he had looked down and.seen that young rat, He had seen Black Pussy, too. He had seen her when she first entered the barn, and he had watched her patiently stealing to- werd that young rat. Then, without making a sound—for, you know, his wings are noiseless—Spooky had glided down and picked up that young rat. Seldom has Black Pussy been in & worse temper than she was when she realized just what had happened. She looked up among the shadowy rafters and growled: “You're a thief!” she snarled. “That rat was mine! You wait! Some day Tl catch you. You're a robber and a thief!” But from up in the shadowy rafters there came no reply. Spooky was too busy. “As long as there is such good hunt- ing T shall stay here,” he was thinking, and didn’t even look down at Black Pussy the Cat. (Copyright, 1920.) LITTLE BENNY BY LEE PAPE. Every day after suppir I been asking pop if he would get me a pair of ice skates and pop always tawks about peeple getting hert on ice skates and how dangerous it is to brake your neck and everything, and last nite I started to ask him agen and ma sed, O for goodness sakes Willyum let the child have a pair of ice skates and lets have a little peace. Im willing if youll take the full re- sponsibility, pop sed. Certeny, the ideer, responsibility, hee hee, Tl take the responsibility, ma sed, and pop sed, Very well then, wen Benny is brawt in you are to take full charge and I dont wish to be called. Brawt in, my lands how do you meen, brawt in? ma sed. ‘Well, that depends, pop sed. If he ony brakes an ankle he may be brawt in hopping on his' spare foot, but if he brakes both ankles of corse that will leeve him no spare foot to hop on, so he will proberly come riding in on a pleecemans shoulder, wile if he brakes a rib or 2 he may come reeling in by himself, but if he brakes a few ribs and dislocates a shoulder at the same time, his little frends may haff to pull him home in one of their express wagons, but as I say I do not wish to be called and I must ask you as the responsible party to take full charge of his recep- tion, pop sed. .Well of all things Ill do nuthing of the kind, I meen I think your awful to fill my hed with such impossible calam- ities and if you wunt to buy him ice #kates you can do so with the burden on your own shoulders, ma sed, and rop sed, Well Benny, there goes your last chance, I dont seem able to do any- thing with your mother in this matter. Aw G, ma, I aint going to brake any- thing, I sed. Holey smokes, ma, G roozlem, there wont be any responsi- bility to take so why cant you take it, ma? I sed. Do your lessins, ma sed. ‘Wich I did. Hot Sandwiches, ‘Toast two slices of whole-wheat bread and butter them generously while hot. Have ready a slice of cooked chicken | that has been heated in hot stock or gravy. Place the chicken on one slice | of toast, edd a thin slice of tomato, a little chopped green pepper and a dash of mustard. Lay on the top piece of toast, cut into thirds, and put the sand- wich on a crisp lettuce leaf. Serve im- mediately. 4 Scrape fine a piece of fresh, juicy raw beef and spread it between ‘slices of bread that have been buttered slightly. Toast each side of the sandwich and serve immediately. A sprinkling of salt and pepper and a grating of raw onion makes this more palatable to many pecple. [\ 1 5€€ OSwALD GRovEL Has | BUSTED wWTp T SOCIETY, LOLOMNM S AGAIN, THAT S S THIRD TImE T S WeEw. Abe Martin 5ays: “Ther’s been so much controversy an’ publicity devoted to liquor that fully one-half o’ the present-day booze hoist- ers begun out o' curiosity,” declared a prominent hostess today. ‘This is dandy weather to stay in the house an’ trace ancestry. eI T S e e I like to read a brave old tale of kings and queens of long ago, of some blitne knight in coat of mail who deftly slays a war-like foe. I like to read of squires and churls who were retainers of the knight, and of the lovely, high- slays a warlike foe. I like to read and write. I like to read of noble lords who lived in castles full of gloom, so cold it called for cords and cords of oaken logs to heat a room. I like to read of good Queen Bess, who never saw a window screen, who swatted flies in her distress and cussed until the air was green. I read of peasants, starved and thin, who lived in huts so_small and foul that modern cows, if lodged therein, would voice a loud, protesting howl. I rummage through the old book store for stories of the bygone days, the glad. romantic days of yore, when knights pursued their shining ways; the days when bathtubs were unknown, when hats were made of brass or steel; when e'en the king upon his throne possessed no fork to eat a meal; when anesthetics didn't aid to calm the throes of poor galoots, and dentists used a garden spade to dig & tooth out by the roots. The more I read the more I think how fortunate we moderns are. We have fine things to eat and drink; we finish with a good cigar. The work- man in his modest shack has comforts monarchs didn’t know when they at reigning took a whack, in those brave days of long ago. If with this present age you're riled, read some old tale that's written well, and promptly you'll be reconciled to these brights scenes in which we dwell. WALT MASON, ‘Webster ACCORDWNMG © T ) GOCIETY NOTE 5 OSWALD. AD HIS WIFE WERE AT | MRS, REEKSWITAITT S GATILE by 1 N > REToov Y WiERE S ROWIFG ) Lie FnprG HIMSELE ) WHAT LINE YoU RE SoTouT SO AT 'S HALT \ W %, DINE Fra€ G ABTT EWALD 15 g LLNEVER 56 G2 Satis R G wita TH ZULCESS HE § WON. HE LL G0 AFTER BIGGER AND, | Brgeer came (e i s 2> 1T ST Log 52 w Avieous eor outline of a bird, and| | hanging below it was the young rat she THE CHEERFUL CHERUB Eyes ovely iy and |BUD FISHER Oh, Well! That's One on Me. Sound Precaution. Invalid. wre strunge and tkmq: . They see sc for to moon and star They sperk our thoughts more trve thun words, And vet just think how smalk they =zre i ol — | TRANK'S FOR THE Feep, JeF BUT YOU Look WHAT'S THe MATTER? WORRIE! IT'S PLAIN TO SEE HE'S NO GOLFER. HE CALLS THE DOG"NIP* WHICH 1§ SIGNIR) CANT olP Wi T o By PoP MOMAND Al's a Good Business Man, but A Bad Tailor. TVE BEEN SUSPENDE! NON-PAYMENT OF HOUSE CHARGES AND I CAN'T S\GN THIS CHECK: T'VE GoT AN IDEAL THERG'S BUD FISHER. HE'S A MEMBER IN GOOD v MR MSGINIS, WILL YOU KINDLY TELL YourR DEAR WIFE TO SEND THIS SUIT OF MINE TO THE TIILORT TO BE PRESSED? T WANT TO WEAR IT THS EVENING. JLST A LIYTLE "SAFETY FIRST" Sev -PVE CenTs! 1 DUDS MYSELF AND KEEP TH KNOW TH' DIFFERENCE — Tt Do T BUD, T'VE ALWAYS Been A GREAT ADMIRCR OF YOURSe WOULD You MIND DRAWING A LITTLE PICTURE ON. HeRe EoR ma!? MY BRUDDER WINDY BOUEHT You T'RUN ALONG WITH ME WHILE 1'M DOING ROAD WORK FER MY FICHTS — NOW YVE GOTTA 6VE You A NICE NAME NO DouGT ABout 1T HALF oF THE MEMBERS OF THE CLUD BAVE BEEN FOLLOWING _RIM AROUND -THE. COURSE EVERY DAY Fol A WeEK WOULDUA LIKE TO BE OUT IN THE JUNGLE AN’ HAVE A LION CHASE YA? — ISN'T THAT GRaND MABeL~THE DocTor- SAYS NoulR UNCLE Cay GET vP To— 7" X WANTA BE SLRE T DON'T WALK INTO ANY ROOM WHERE YOUR HOUSE -GUEST SHOULD HAPPEN ' BE WITHOUT HAVIN' HIM KKNOW T'M COMIN'D WHAT CAN 1 CALL Him 2 SPORT — ROVER ~ PRINCE — RUDOLPH ™ STRONGHEART — PERCY — DONALD — MIKE - ARCHIBALD = OPEN UP Your. 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