Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1929, Page 51

TRy W' exT A QUICK 22 ONCE OVER SHAVE I~ A | THE .EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH THE CHEERFUL CHERUB | {The human race vanes in marvelous ways We are clever and foolish and deep ITS STRANGE MR. PERKINS, T CANT UNDER STAND WHY A GHOST SHOULD STEAL IT JUST RILES ME WHEN T THINK OF THET BRAND New SHOT GUN OF MINE! &L IVE GOT OTHER PLANS FOR THET GHOST MRS. BOWERS. TLL GET HIM SURE TO'NIGHT AN GET MY GUN BACK ToO ! e THIS GHOST 1S MAKING A FINE SAP OUT OF SETH PERKINS QUR COMSTABLE ! HE'D BETTER BE CARERUL # TUAT GHOST WILL STEAL HIS WHISKERS YET! BACK THIS EVENING * HE HAS A NEW PLAN TO FMNISH THIS GHOST ! TOOK AT THET ANIHAL MR BOWEE. HES TH' MOST BLOOD THIRITY DOG IN PIKE COUNTY! T GONNA TURN HiM LOOSE N TH' HOUSE TO-NIGHT AN \F THET THERE GHOST COMET HOORN (M YE GODS! WHAT | A MEAN LOOKING N ABOUT — 'Tkb BE HIS LAST PROMENADE. BY Crackey!! 1 Gt iy lretde” In only ome thing we're alike it would seem We never have had enough sleep. - Reinforce- ments are Brought in. OHTELL ME-TOURE A GIRL-TELL ME HOW I CAN MAKE THAT LOVELY CREATURE | AOTICcE ME . ("VENUS 15 TENDER Anip SYMPATHETIC. - WHY Do ToU DO SOMETHIAG To APPEALTO HER STMPATHIES 2 "VENS - JusT A&.? er'n.e WORD ? fA-M-M 2 WONT ‘rou TALR -0 DEAR LITTLE HoT TAMALE = oH Kibdo! Go TAKE A BIG DOSE oF RAT POISON AND LIE DowuLHOLDwe A s Sy, i AL i B <87 " BY THORNTON W. BURGESS HAY~wARD BEDTIME STORIE Peter blinked. He blinked several times. He looked back over to the tree where Wanderer the Evening Grosbeak was sitting, and Wanderer was blink- - ing. Then Peter looked back at this Peter Rabbit had been sitting for|nojcy intruder. He didn't know whether gome time near the old stone wall on |6 pe afraid or not. The tail looked like the edge of the Old C the tail of Jimmy Skunk. So did the with Wanderer the Ev: ak. | coat look like Jimmy's coat. But this Wanderer had been telling Peter of | yigjtor's head was unlike any head that some of the people he had met in hiS| peter had ever seen anywhere. He travels and Peter had been 5o interest- | gian't know what to make of it at ail. ed that he had quite forgotten where | He was afraid. Yes, sir, he was afraid. he was. Suddenly he was startled by & | He crept down into that hole between nofse. It was an odd noise. Some one|the stones. Then he turned with just was coming along through the bushes | phis head out and watched this strange and making a lot of noisz about it.|creature. Peter looked around hastily. He caught| Never had Peter seen any one act as this stranger was acting. He would back up until he backed into a bush or a little tree, then he would paw at his head with his two front paws. Then he would move ahead. But as he moved he continually bumped into things. Every few minutes he would stop to paw at his head. Truly, it was a strange and rather frightening creature that s looking at. fears soon were overcome by Apparently this stranger | wasn't paying any attention to a thing cr anybody except his own fairs. Suddenly Peter's eyes flew ve wide open. That was Jimmy Skuni There wasn't the least bit of doubt about it—that certainly was Jimmy Skunk! Peter could see him clearly now. It was Jimmy Skunk with some- thing on his head. Peter hopped out. He was no longer afraid. “For goodness’ sake, Jimmy Skunk, what has happened to you?” | demanded Peter. “What are you acting | this way for?” | But Jimmy made no reply. He | couldn’t. Furthermore, he hadn't even | heard Peter. You see, Jimmy had a sight of some one moving close to the | glass jar slipped over his head. Hix old stone wall. Peter didn't wait to see | whole head was inside thet jar. It was who it was. He bounded away to a cer- | a small jar and his head pretty well' tain hole between the stones of the old | filled it. He had been able to push his wall. Not until he reached it did he | head in, but now he couldn’t pull it it up to see who it was that had fr:zht- jout. Was ever any one in worse trou- ¢ ened him. |blc? Peter, looking through the glass, Peter learned when he was v ung | could see Jimmy Skunk’s head inside. that the one thing and the only thing | He could see the misery and fright in to do is to make sure of safey first and | Jimmy's eyes. He could see just how | investigate afterward. He could safely | hopeless he looked. And any one could sit up beside that hole and satisfy his | see how helpless he was. It was a curiosity. If it was no one he needed | strange interruption to Wanderer's talk to fear, it would be all right. If it was | about the little people of the West. And an enemy, it would be all right, too. for | Wanderer knew no more about what to he would be where he could dive down |do than Peter did. Neither of them to safety. could help Jimmy Skunk. The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyrirht. 1929.) Getting Sympathy. Queer Interruption. | He who first for safety tries Proves that he at lcast is wise. Peler Rabbit. FOR SIX MONTHS I'VE WASHED MY OWN SHIRTS AND DEniED MYSELE SUFEICIENT Food IN ORDER THAT T MIGHT SAVE EORTY DOLLARS:IT Now AFFORDS ME GREGAT PLEASURE T2 SUP THe KD, T WANT You ™ GET YouR | FAace | LVFTED! MUTT, MITT ME. A PET AMBI(TI(ON OF MINE HAS AT LAST BEEN REALIZED, INTERESTING, & TR OH,weLL: IT WAS WORTH CVERY CENnT ofF 34 L Tee BUO FisHER T We Have a Hunch This Is Only N dflu\\\\\\\\\\\ R T "IF A FREE RIDE 1S ALL You WANT, T CAN TM SORRY I RAN AWAY FROM WINDY N ST LOVIS ‘= HERE T AM N DETROIT W(THOUT A DIME! TLL GO DOWN To THE FIGHT CLUB AND TRy T'GET A JoB — HERE COMES A TROLLEY CAR WELL, CONDUCTOR = To MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT-1T AIN'T 6T CAR FARE S0 FLL HAVE T'GET A FREE RIDE DEMANDED PETER. lflp‘l A 2d ey KEN KLING for His Money. MeNanght 8 SPIKE I NEED A SHAVE. DO YOU THINK YOU CAN SHAVE ME? JUST A ROOM AND GET MY| || DOING~HE'S BEEN MINUTE GONE TWENTY MINUTES! IT WOULD BE| EASIER TO CUT YOLR /o0 vou { THINK YOU'RE IF You TAKE THIS DOZEN JARS OF UELLY TO AUNT JULIA TLL GIVE You A NICKEL WHEN You s TOO HEAVY MoM! X CARRIED IT HALP WAY AN' T COULDN' 60 A GTEP FURTHER SO T CARRIED IT BACK! 1. Character on the staff to determine | /. the pitch. 50. A form of palanquin. 5. Having great speed. . Essential oil distilled from bitter 10. Single spots. orange. . Trick. . Far-reaching. . Dodge. 5. Stir forcibly. . Horned ruminant. . Accessory seed covering. . Gaelic. . Member of race in Peru. . Harards. 9. Mitigates. . Fabled demon. . Injury. . Transported. . Doctrine. 5. Coy. . Slippery fish . Kiln for drying hops. By GENE DYRNES . Any productive source of supply. . Equal. L] . Snow or hail-and rain. Anglo-Indian coins. Down. . Plant of mustard family. . Sway. . Endeavor. . Measures of poetic rhythm. 5. Rescuer. . Wing-like part. . Makes low murmuring sound. . Concept. Tyrant. Past. . One who reflects. 2. Spikes of eorn. Hold back. Exclamation of surprise. 23. Edible rootstock. Most recent. . Examined minutely. . Ointment of oil and wax. 31. Rich medieval fabric. 2. Act with great haste, | Z=~Completes. A Backward Lad. . Curved molding. . Grooved. . Remove outside parts. . Heating apparatus. . Repeatedly. . At an end. . Quantities of paper. . Tailless amphibian. Commemorative dick.’ . Rod on which meat i ~\WHOEVER (T 1S HAS MIGHTY SMALL FEET— 1L ForLow roasted. VP THose TRacks DISAPPEAREL: NTo ThE WATE R . Boun ~MusT BE ONE 3. Blasted. ANSWER TO YE EZE UM B8USIE! .| | 34. Ostentation. NES! MOLIE! *gg gmn formally. - - Y ragrance, 3 NGIIS HADOW |5 5 VARY Most austere. 5. Let escape undesignedly. 9. Is chary of. 51. Born. Drench. Gateway of Shinto temple. 5. Bring into line. 56. Heaps. 7. Small dislocation of strata. Sharpen. End aimed at. 2. Inclined walk. A fish. . Comprehend. Q A TIE! C.A.VoIGHT On That i Desert 1sle.