Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1929, Page 22

BEDTIME STORIE Horns That Are Not Horns.’ Tt was several days befare Peter Rah- bit again sav- Lightfoot the Deer. Yo will remembee Peter had left Lightfoof in order to tv* to find out what Samm; Jay was sifepvaing “Thief! , Thief! ‘Thief!” for. By the time. Peter got aver to where Sammy had been scream- ing Sammy was no longer there. 8o Peter never did find out what the fuss ‘vras about. Other things occtipied Peter's aften- tion and it was a week before he again ‘went over to wiiere he had found Light- foot the Deer. He found Lightfoot lying . | and get grown. They take my strength o | dreadfully.” BY THE TIME PETER GOT OVER TO WHERE SAMMY WAS SCI - ING SAMMY WAS NO LONGER ‘THERE. down in the same thicket he had been in before. ‘Instantly Peter saw there was a. difference in Lightfoot's n;:sur- ance. Those two knobs on Lightfoot’s head had pushed up. “Why,” said Peter in surprise, “your antlers have grown since I was here before!” “I should hope they " replied Lightfoot testily. “I should hope they ] didn’t suppose they grew as fast. as all that,” said Peter. b 7 nfihe’ didn’t, T nmrhm.nd‘;l;:hvebl ant y | « end lared it foot. “There has The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle ddddd davd SEBENAERER aEEE_ SRR (20 Gl AREREE JASeN ! its sprin And time for love. . and dardening— || Alas; “such: c ‘the ] | ° spring ran: ing N gty canmat ¥ Jsing &t J i BY THORNTON W. BURGESS Ph“dmed by the time I need to use by 'm.’ “Is—is there any feeling in them?” Peter asked. “Feeling!” exclaimed Lightfoot. “Of course, there is feeling in them!. I have to take the greatest care that: nothing hits them.? “If one should be injured, would it bleed?” inquired Peter. “Of course, it would bleed. What a silly question!” replied Lightfoot. " “I found one of those antlers thaf you dropped. There wasn’t any blood in it,” declared Peter. “Of course, there wasn’t any blood in it!” retorted -Lightfoot impatiently. “There won't be any blood in these when they get hard, but_just now they are spongy and there is blood in them, and they are hot and uncomfortable. And I do wish they would hurry up “What's that?” sald Peter. “I sald they take my strength dread- fully,” replied Lightfoot. “What do you mean by that?” said Peter. “What do I mean by that?” repeated Lightfoot after him. “Why, I mean just what I said. The growing of these antlers takes a lot of my strength Don’t you see how thin I am?"” “Now yon, speak of it, you are pretty thin, Lightfoot,” agreed Peter. “Of course I am,” .retuyned Lightfoot. “All I eat goes into the growing of these antlers now. I always feel ashamed to meet anybody when they are in this state.” “I syppose that’s why you hide away off here,” said Peter. “Exactly,” replied -Lightfoot. “I'm nervous and cross and irritable and I want to be by myself. By the way, have you seen Mrs. Lightfoot lately?” “No,” said Peter, “I haven't.” “Well,” said Lightfoot, “I don't want her to see me until I've got a new set of antlers. They.are going to be the biggest and best set I've ever had.” “Betuuse we had-a good Winier 1usi “Because we a T Winier, ity lenty of Toed, and 1 was FRANKIE GENARO never T condition e Spring than I was when these antlers started IN New YORK, to grow. u'nut means big, fine antlers by Fall, 3 ux;othlnl happens to them,”| KENKLING AND INDUCED S ope mothing will" said Pete 0 will” S : . a:n nnoare funny thl‘;n. u'enfl EVERYBODY AT THE m:y;'; n’l“:lney are sort of horns that are not horns.’ gon\zb,tit)l_q HOUsE To /BET The Office Boy Gets Promoted. INDY SIGNED TROUGHHOUSE (105 - T FIGHT Looks Like Windy Started Something! (Copyright, 1929.) k2 By 2 8 dNeneNe| =L i FREEMAN - A Woeful Lack of Reverence. 49. Siesta. 50.. h mountain. - | 51. Officious. 52. Ring of harness. . 55. Appendages at the base of a leaf. 57. 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