Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1929, Page 24

WELL I DD OUT OF OL NATHANIEL VAN VELTEN ABOUT THAT GHOST! IT LOOKS LinE We'LL HAVE To LEAVE THE PLACE AMD BOPYS AT THAT DOOR i THEY 'RE FUMBLING WITH THE LOCK ~ ITS THE GHosT ! HR. BOWERS e (WAS THAT 'GHOST BEDTIME STORIE A Deed of Darkness. The evil doer loves the night And hates and fears the hours of light. -~—Farmer Brown's Boy. Farmer Brown had been reading the evening paper. “I see,” said he, “that there have been chicken thieves work- ing in this part of the country. You want to watch out, Son, that you don't Jose your hens some fine night.- Here is an account in the paper of the tak- ing of all of one farmer’s hens and the thieves got away with them.” “I don’t believe any one will bother us,” said Farmer Brown's Boy. *I guess | THESE TWOQ THIEVES WERE USED | TO LOCKED DOORS. Bowser the Hound would give us warn- ing.” gWefl." replied Farmer Brown, "tako‘- my advice and be sure that you lock the henhouse door every night.” | Farmer Brown's Boy said that he would. In fact, he got up right then | and went out to make sure that the henhouse door was locked. But he wasn't really afraid that thieves would visit that henhouse. No one ever had stolen any chickens there—that is, no human being had ever stolen any. Of course, Reddy Fox and Robber the Rat and Shadow the Weasel had from time t0 time taken a few, but somehow | Farmer Brown's Boy had never regarded these as thieves. . ‘That night Bowser the Hound, who AND SWELTER IN EIGHTY TWO, DEGREED WHEN [T ONLY FORTY FIVE. n:auzzs/ 777, BY THORNTON W. BURGESS the desire to hunt became so strong in Bowser that he just had to go. So it was that just before he went to bed. Farmer Brown's Boy heard Browser's voice way over in the Old Pasture. “The old scamp!” said he. “Well, it's my fault, I should have chained him up. Well, Reddy Fox wili give him a good run and then Bowser will come home all tired out and there’ll be no harm done.” . It was along in the darkest hour.of the night that two figures stole up to the henhouse. They were very, very quiet. All was still at Farmer Brown's house, for every one was asleep in there. “Are you sure that that dog isp't around?” whispered one of these dark figures to the other. “Listen!” said the other. “There’s his voice now, way over in the back part of the Old Pasture, I know that hound’s voice. I wouldn't have suggested trying for these hens here if I hadn't been sure the dog was gome. Hellol The door is locked.” But the locked door made little dif- ference. These two thieves were used to locked doors. It took only a few moments to force it open. When they entered the henhouse, one of them turned on a flashlight. “My.” he w pered, “this is the best lot of hens w found. This will be a good night's work. Where are the bags?” “Just outside,” thief. “I'll bring them in.” He stepped outside and brought in | two or three big bags. ‘1l have to work quickly,” said one, “that dog may come home.” “Don’t you worry about that dog,” replied the other. “He’s chasing a Fox. He won't come home before morning. “We want to take these birds alive,” said the first thief, “but we’ll have to work carefully, o as not to get them to mak- ing a noise. Yous hold the bag while I pick them off the roosts.” Meanwhile, in Farmer Brown’s houss. Farmer Brown's Boy was peacefulln sleeping. 1t hadn't entered his head that anything could happen to those prebious hens of his. (Copyright, 1929.) Stuffed Baked Ham. Remove a boiling ham from the water just before it is entirely cooked. Using a slender, sharp knife, carefully take out the bone, then fill the space with replied the * other | |1 love spots of color K‘;\{lfl | | | s #p! 1 Singing in 2 room. 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