Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1929, Page 39

I s INSI0E AnD TELL MYSTERY OF VAN VELTEN MANOR, GOOFy HAS DECIDED To EMPLOY THE SERVICES OF A WELL KNOWN plessures da\gmmed. RIeCAm it g d WELL COWROY- 10U ; 27 ="\ PARADING DONT 1P ol MUST Kilow, Bogs 4 GeT A RISE lOUR PRECIOUS BABY ; ::‘ f:"fngw" THE €RS USUAL IDEA OF MAKING A - AUD LISEN, LE ME A LNELY ONE — 5 HANDSOME AAND OA ITS Toes ~ GET Joe KANE T PICK ME ONE RIGHT BEDTIME STORIE Jimmy Skunk a Hero, 4l unaware. as you shall see, he humblest may a hero be. —Farmer Brown's Boy. Farmer Brown's Boy pulled an his trousers and coat and rushed out to the henhouse. The air was so filled with that dreadful scent of Jimmy Skunk's that it almost strangled him. The hens were cackling and making a great fuss and Farmer Brown's Boy fully expected to find Jimmy in the henhouse eating one of those hens. You see, he was too excited to do any real thinking. Had he done any real thinking, he would have remembered that it wasn’t Jim- my's way to frighten his victims into making & great racket. He works quiet- ly and silently when he does work. Out across the dooryard taced Farmer Brown's Boy. He was so excited that “AS SURE AS I'M ALIVE, IT WAS HEN THIEVES! AND THESE ARE MY HENS IN THIS BAG!" the fact that the henyard gate was ‘wide open wasn't noticed by him at all. But when he reached the henhouse and found the henhouse door wide open, be had to notice that. It came to him then that he had taken special pains to lock that door. It was dark. He realized that he must have a light if he would see what had been done. So back to the house he raced for a lantern. As he raced he noticed by the light of the lantern a bag that was squirm- ing more or less just outside the hen- yard gate,.and from which smothered noises were issuing. He stopped to ex- BY THORNTON W. BURGESS hen thieves! And these are my hens in_this bag!” By this time Farmer Brown, who had also been awakened, had come out to see what was going on. Together they inspected the henhouse, There on the floor lay two other bags—empty. They examined the lock en the door and found it broken. Then they understood exactly what had been going on. “Those thieves must have been fright- ened in the middle of their work,” de- clared Farmer Brown. “They just dropped everything and ran. If they hadn’t been frightened, you would have lost all your hens. What I don’t un- derstand is what frightened them.” Meanwhile Farmer Browy's Boy was busy getting the hens out of the bag and counting them, He céunted them two or three times, until he was sure that not a hen was missing. Then, and not till then, he an to wonder also what had frightened the thieves away, and also to wonder where Jimmy Skunk came into the affair. As he looked around outside the hen- yard, Jimmy suddenly appeared. He walked over to Farmer Brown's Boy and sniffed at his feet. Then he ambled along about his business. It came to Farmer Brown's Boy then that that dreadful smell was stronger just out- side the chicken yard where that bag of hens had been than anywhere else. And then he guessed the truth. “It was Jimmy Skunk!” he cried. “The fellow who brought that bag of hens out here must have met Jimmy and probably tried to drive him away. Jimmy did the rest. If I know any- thing about it, Jimmy Skunk saved my hens for me. Yes, sir, Jimmy Skunk saved my hens. I don’t believe there's the least bit of doubt about it. If we can find any fellows smelling of Skunk anywhere around the country, we'll find the chicken thieves. Anyway, I don't believe we’ll be bothered by thieves again very soon. Phew, that smell is awful! But I guess we can stand it as long as our hens are saved.” They locked up the hens once more as best they could and returned to the house to finish their night's sleep. The next morning Farmer Brown's Boy went looking around. He knew those thieves must have come in an automobile. He knew that they probably had parked it a short distance away. By and by he found the place. By the side of the road was an old coat. Also, there was the odor of Jimmy Skunk so strong that it was almost choking. It came from that old coat. Farmer Brown's Boy chuckled. “Jimmy hit one of ’em, anyway!” said he, and, picking up the old coat, carried it over into the field R (34 BuD FISHER Mutt Is Generous Almost to a m 2 2 ey KENKLING Page =< Q_ ANYTHING BUT MUTT, T HAVE NOTHING TD LIVE FORe TVE BEEN INDICTED UNDGR THE JONES LAW AND IT MGANS QA FING AND EWE YEARS IN JAIL! You SAP, ONLY A COWARD IKICKS-OFF IN TH\ WHY PRY THis HOTEL TeN Bucks A DAY — HERE'S A LOT OF BOARDING HOUSES ADVERTISING I cHeP RATES 71l You sAY IS OKE [1TS AL RIGHT FOR You T2 TALK! Yow WERE Suicik AND EVADED THE JONES LAW! LET Go! 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