Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1929, Page 43

DUT NO - WHEN OUR FATHER DIED FIFTEEN YEGARS Ado WE FOUGHT OVER THE ESTATE. I WANTEN To SELL \T AD CORNELIUS OBJIECTED — T WON IN THE COURTS AND CornELILY WANDERED OFF TO DIE OF A BROKEN HEART. SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE VAN VELTEN GHOST APPEARED — 1 SOMEMMES THINK IT MAY BE THE GHOST OF My FATHER RETURNING ™ SHOW WIS DISPLEASURE — BUT NOTHING CAN BE DONE = ® THE PLACE IF YU WISH - L CAN Do NOTHING 1R. BOWER. NOTHING 5 HR.VAN VELTEN, 1 DROPPED IN T SE€E you ABOUT — THE GHOST WHO HAS BEEN ANNOYING You AT VAN VELTEN MANOR — AK! YES 1 KNOW-ITS ALWAYS THE SAHME STORy; 1 HAVE HEARD IT FOR FIFTEEN YEARS. LOOK WHAT IT HAS DONE B HE Mp. BOWERS — IT HAT MADE ME A MISERADLE OLD MAN' AH! IF My BROTHER CoRNELWLS AND 1 HAD ONLY BEEN MORE SENSIBLE — YES SR, MR VAN VELTEN WILL SEE YoU SIR IF YoU STER UPSTAIRS - HE |\S QUITE AN INVALID Wotta Life! Wotta Life! ~—By Gaar Williams o —————— Give some gladness to the world. ill give you gladness back Becnuse it always pays its bills. e RS SualNN Goofy Gets Very Little Comfort. AW’ 76U HAIEAT | GoT Ao POETRY - NO FEELIAS * 1 FEEL AS IF T RAEW HER N ANOTHER WORLD AwAY BACKR ! T Seem To HAVE LOVED HER ( “EH ? WELL T GoT A FEELIN! ‘ToUR FATHERS Golué To RNOW TH4 IF %y ASK ME ~'ToURE] DIM I BEDTIME STORIE Jimmy's Good Name Cleared. How fine the old faith to renew When those we doubt prove stanch end true. . —Farmer Brown's Boy. ‘Why had his chickens stopped disap- | pearing at the time Jimmy Skunk took up his abode under the henhouse? That was what Farmer Brown's Boy wanted to know. It was very evident now that he had been very wrong in| suspecting that Jimmy had_taken the | chickens in the first place. For a week | some chickens had disappeared every | night. Then Jimmy had gone under the henhouse ‘and the chickens had | stopped disappearing. They were, you | know, little newly hatched chicks, Farmer Brown's Boy was, of course, delighted to find that his old friend | Jimmy Skunk was innocent. But this | discovery left him more puzzled than be- | Zfore, if that were possible. He went back to the henhouse to nail down the boards of the floor that he had torn up in his search for Jimmy Skunk, but before he nailed them down he looked carefully all about under the floor. Presently he gave a long-drawn whistle. He had made a discovery. He had found two or three little feet—the feet of little chickens. Whoever had stolen those chickens had eaten them there under the floor of the henhouse. And then, in a dark corner, he made another discovery. It was a nest. One glance at it ‘was enough to tell him what kind of a nest it was. It was a rat’s nest, Yes, sir, that is what it was —a rat'sipest. It was the kind of nest that Mothér Rat makes for her babies. The face of Farmer Browns' Boy cleared. ‘There was no longer any mys- tery. “Its'as plain as the nose on my face,” said Farmer Brown's Boy. “There was a family of rats underneath? here. Yes, sir, there was a family of rats underneath here. They were the ones who stole those little chicks. I wonder I didn't think of them before. Jimmy Skunk discovered them and de- cided that this was the place to stay. He probably cleaned out the whole nest- ful of young rats. Thoss rats must have come over from the barn. They Jcame in through that hole that leads under the henyar—the one that Jim- my went out of. Heé probably dug that bigger. And there.I was blaming Jim- my for taking those chickens. Well, live and learn. It doesn't do to jump to conclusions. Jimmy can stay under my henhouse as long &s he wants to, if | made. he will just keep the rats away. I'll see that Jimmy has plenty to eat so BY THORNTON W. BURGESS that he won't be tempted by those chickens. As long as he stays under this house no rats will venture under here.” Farmer Brown's Boy cleaned out the nest of the rats and burned it. Then he nailed back the floorboards and closed up a hole that led up into the henhouse in one corner. As he worked he did a lot of thinking. “I suppose,” thought he, “that a lot of people make the same mistake I Robber the Rat does a lot of damage that some one else is blamed MUTT, T'D LIKE JoLLY WELL T SHooT You [l BROTHER GEEVEM AND MWD BRoTHER Geevem T ARe on THe ‘SICK A GAME OF POOL AT THE LIow TAMERS® F M’ o J¥f Y BUD FISHER CALLING ON A VERY ILL LION TAMER There must be a lot of cases just J TINIGHT! like this one. I wonder I didn't think of those rats before. I've been told that they have a lking for young chickens. My goodness, I'm glad Jimmy didn't get into that trap of mine. If he had I should have taken him a long ways off and then I would have gone | right on losing my chickens.” “What do you think?” cried Farmer Brown’s Boy to Mother Brown as he enlfigsd the kitchen where she was at work. “I think,” replied Mother Brown, “that by the looks of your face you have good news. You must have caught Jimmy Skunk.” “Didn’t I tell you that Jimmy Skunk was a gentleman?” cried Farmer Bro:m's Boy, pretending to be indig- nant. “But gentlemen do not steal chick- ens,” said Mother Brown mischievously. “You are right!” cried Farmer Brown's boy. “It was Robber the Rat, not Jimmy Skunk, who took my chick- ens. And Jimmy has put an end to at least one family of rats or I am greatly mistaken. I ought to have known bet- ter than to suspect Jimmy Skunk, though, of course, I know he does have a liking for chicken, and if he were real hungry and nothing else offered, h‘e ;?:ld probably help himself to some o e for. The Lion Tamers’ “Sick Committee” Makes a Call. o Quick Welsh Rarebit. Melt two tablespoons of butter, add | two cups of soft cheese cut in pieces and stir over a very slow fire until the cheese is melted. Mix one teaspoon of. cornstarch with a little cold milk and then add enough;nlflk to make three-fourths cup. the cheese is melted add the milk gradually and heat to the boiling point, stirring con- stantly. Add salt and pepper to leuon‘i an ANYTHING You SRY Is oxke WITH ME (e one-half teaspoon of Worcestershire two tablespoons of tomato catsup. Serve very hot over toast or crackers. The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1926 He Likes to Finish What He Starts. . Brilliancy. . Literary collection. . Man's name. . Existent. . Disgusting. . Withdraw. . Brazilian birds. . A number. Large tub. . Indefinite article. . Those in power. . South African badger-like mammal. . Asiatic country. . Gourmet. . Reddish brown pigments. . French seaport. . Pronoun. . Book of the New Testament. . 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