Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1929, Page 34

BEDTIME STORIES & ruornton What Farmer Brown's Boy Saw. Patient watching brings to light Many an unusual L. - er Brown's Boy. All the time that Honker and his flock had been making themselves at home on the pond of Paddy the Beaver by eating that good breakfast that Farmer Brown's Boy had brought them many eyes had been watching them. Among these were the eyes of Farmer Brown's Boy himself. Honker and his flock thought that after scattering the corn Farmer Brown's Boy had gone away. This was their mistake. He had merely hidden where he could watch them, but where they could not see him. So when the disobedient young gan- der had slipped away from the rest of I NOTICE THOSE GEESE, ALL BUT ONE, HAVE STAYED RIGHT OUT IN THE WATER” THOUGHT FARMER BROWN'S BOY. the flock and had gone up on shore to take a nap, hidden by some young hem- lock trees growing close to the water, Farmer Brown's Boy had watched him. That foolish young goose hadn't the slightest idea that anybody had seen him. As a matter of fact, several be- sides Farmer Brown’s Boy had seen him. Sammy Jay had seen him. So had Chatterer the Red Squirrel. Paddy the Beaver had seen him. And there was one other who had seen him. Who that one was the silly young gander was to discover later. “I notice those geese, all but one, have stayed right out in the water,” thought Farmer Brown's Boy. “I have never seen any one so suspicious as that big leader of theirs. He is everlastingly on watch. I thought perhaps those W. BURGESS geese would come ashore when they got through feeding, but apparently that old leader won't let them. He didn't sec that one that is over behind those young hemlocks. If I know anything about it, that fellow stole away. I won- der what the old leader would do if he knew about it. That is a guunsl bird over thers and he probably hasn't learned to obey orders yet. I guess nothing will happen to him over there, however. I cannot think of any one around here likely to hurt any of these geese. I suppose Old Man Coyote might if he happened along, and I guess Reddy Fox wouldn't be above trying. However, Reddy would have & job on his hands unless he caught one asleep. I have been beaten by the wmgs of a goose, and they certainly can hit. Hello! I thought I saw something moving on that ridge on the other side of the nd. I guess, however, I was mistaken. t must have been just a shadow.” Still, Farmer Brown’s Boy had an un- comfortable feeling that there was something going on on the other side of that pond—something he couldn't see and didn’t quite understand. So he kept watch on that place on the ridge. In- stead of watching the geese he watched that place. He had just about made up his mind that nothing was there when he saw a branch of a hemlock tree move ever so little. There wasn't a breath of wind, so wind had not moved it. A lit- tle farther along on the ridge he saw another branch move ever so little. Those branches were low down. They were only & little way above the ground. Farmer Brown's Boy knew that those branches had been moved by some one creeping under them. He saw just the faintest motion of another branch. Then he began to suspect something. The second branch to move had been lower down on the ridge and so nearer to where that young gocse was napping than the first branch to move. The third branch to move had been still nearer to that young goose. That could mean just one thing—that some one | was stealing up on that young goose. Very, very carefully Farmer Brown's Boy moved to a position where he could see better. He had just reached this position when, through a little opening on the far side of the pond, he caught & glimpse of something that caused him to catch his breath for a moment. It was a flerce round face with a pair of ears very slightly tufted and a pair of eyes that gleamed with flerce desire. It was only for an instant that he saw it and then it was gone. “Yowler the Bobcat!” he exclaimed under his breath. (Copyright, 1929.) The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1929.) . Old, uninteresting. . Possessive pronoun. . Foundation. . Mistake. . Wrath. . Cut. . Sea nymph. . Negative. . Military attendants. . Bolsheviks. . Eskimo house: var. . And: Latin. . Nickname of a President. . Ragged. . Ran. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE. . Stiteh, » . Removal and settling in another place. . Italian river. . Fate. . Expression of hesitancy. . Member of an Indian race. . A large canal. . Corded fabrics. . Discovered. . Money changing premium. 25. Ruminants. 2, Hnder obligation, . A weapon. 28. Body of water. . Fare. A burgler robbed The _things ['ll soon forget — My Fsgnk nuture Is 2ll th i (33 BuD Fisuen Mutt’s Right. At Least He's Half Right. KEN KLING Cheatng Cheaters! FREEMAN They Never came and me . in homan at Cee .CANT US Wimmin RIP P A MAN'S SouL.? THE Boss Sow IS DYIN' OAl Hi§ FEET BECAvse "NENVUS DoOaT YES, AND ITS A SHAME, HE'S A AUT BUT You CANT HELP FEELING SoRRY FOR HIM- T THINR 1LL TRY To CHEER HIM UP SZATED ™ .| e skerev APARTHENT UNDER THE OLD MANSION, CoRNELILS VAN VeLTen TeLLS GOOFy TE HISToRY OF THE GHOST OF VON VELTEN LISEN JUNIOR - CHEER UP, THINGS ARE AEVER So BLACK AS THEY Seem MEBBE' SHE'LL WAKE UP SOOAl AAD SEE YoUR Good Dboowrs LIKE 7 2 & LAND A FAT JoB ACTING €S! Doc, CAN You TELL Me WHAT'S WRONG flumt oy VOICE! SURE, You HAVE THE VOICE OF A SI-YEAR OLD BOY! THAT wiLL Be TWo DOLLARS,, SIRY UNDRED BUCKS WHEN HE ol \F WE/ wAS KNOCKED CoLD! DON'T GET OUR MONEY BRCK YOURE GONNA HAVE TIME GETTIN' YOUR ‘SPIKE, YOU'VE CADDIED PR RO e [o% Ml auy. IF HE MAD A THousn A LONG TIME. RO IS HANDS ARE A MASS oF BLISTERS FrROm SWINGING A NIBLICK, TE CHIEF STiLe PuRSUES A CLue_ o The Poc Lee MysTery ”’ WISHT TVARA L L MILLIONAIRE? TD BUY FIVE HUNRED “THOUSAN' DOLLARS WORTHA ICE CREAM GOSH, 1T SURE 15 RIGHT NICE OF NUH, MISS SALLY, TO HAVE US OVER O SUPPER > A ToGH 7/ HEALTH 8fl<o<! DID HE “TREAT Yovu, WAS HE CRANKY. OR WAS RE NICE. ? To cLroLy MAke \WIF THAT's THE GOoD, BUT 1 HAVENTI CASE WE'LL GIVE giee = '{;‘E" You JusT. FOuR HELD UP ou LEAR wPuRst Faon B MINUTES To C TWO MNUTES § BRACK — 1T'LL ONLY TAKE US HALF THAT TIME To PACK WATH THE AID OF THESE IN THE HOUSE I DEUIDED TO GNE. RERUTATIN OF BEING HAUNTED! 1 TWo ROOMS “THANKS . = OH T ALWAYS KNEW You UNDERSTOoD CAN RUM OA Too ANANY TRACKS ' Copyright, 1929, by Public Lodge o.x. Here's A Buck!! ™ TAl T SA!D TWO , DOLLARS od BReY! I THAT CRoWD DOUNSTRIRS EVER KNEW WE GoT $2000 = FoR THE FIGHT AND HAD IT RIGHT IN OUR MITTS WE'D NEVER GET OUT OF TS JOINT wWiTHOUT A BATTLE ! C'MON, ROUGHHOUSE — , AeNunght Syndieste. 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