Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1929, Page 22

22 Something Ought to Be Done About This WE NOTKE YHAT THE FELLOW WHO GIVES THE /.ATWMA‘M MORE. TH' NEXT TIME I meK You LP FOR THINKIN' YER BARNEY OLDFIELD - YER GON_ T 6ET A TICKEZS3 BEDTIME STORIE Peter Discovers Beauty. The handsome are too often vain: While worthwhile folk are often plain. ~Peter Rabbit. Peter the Rabbit sat on the dam of Paddy the Beaver gossiping with Mr. and Mrs. Quack the Mallard Ducks; Peter had a lot of questions to ask and “IT 1S BEAUTY THE WOOD DUCK!” EXCLAIMED PETER UNDER HIS BREATH. on her part Mrs. Quack, who did most of the gossiping for the Quack family, very curious about the friends she not seen since last Fall the Gocse and his flock had missed. “Do you see Farmer Brown's Boy often?” asked Mrs. Teplied Peter. “I hope he’ll come again before I leave,” re] Mrs. . “I could SELDOM GETS The BY THORNTON W. BURGESS thing. It wasn't at all dignified, but evidently it was productive of results; for, though Peter hung around for some time, Mrs. Quack did not return to continue the gossip. Peter was just trying to make up his mind if he should stay any longer when he heard a whistling sound overhead. He looked up quickly. Two ducks passed overhead, flying high. Peter wondered who they were. He suspected they were some of Mrs. Quack’s family. Then he noticed that these ducks were smaller than the Quacks. It was just as he noticed this that they turned and a moment later passed high over- head again, the sharp whistle of their wings coming down to Peter. Again they turned and then they began to circle around above the pond. Evi- dently they were looking it over very thoroughly. Evidently, too, they saw Mr. and Mrs. Quack standing on their heads in the water. They knew what that meant. It meant food. So they swung aroynd lower and lower and presently, with a splash ,they alighted at the other end of the pond. There they sat on the water motionless for a few minutes. Then they began to swim slowly across to where Mr. and Mrs. Quack were so busily feeding. The sun fell full on the new ar- rivals. Peter almost caught his breath at the beauty of one of them. He knew in an instant who it was. It was the handsomest of all the duck family. He ‘uvmnll. but, my, how beautiful he was! “It is Beauty the Wood Duck!” ex- claimed Peter under his breath. “My, my, my, how handsome he is! It muc% - | be_wonderful to be so handsome. suppose that that is Mrs. Beauty with him. She’s_ve trim, but she isn't handsome. But is handsome enough for two. I wish he would stay.” this the arrit By time new. arrivals had | joined and greeted Mr. and Mrs. Quack. standing on their bottom 1 Then they, too, began heads and for around a little them. an food. Peter nearer and watcl 5 “If I had as handsome a head as that, I'd never want to put it under water. 1 should always want to keep it where it could be seen,” said Peter. He was talking to himself. He forgot that he might be overheard. “Meaning whom?” inquired Mrs. Quack with & chuckle. “Just as if you didn’t know,” replied head in the water, 50 to speak. A mo- Peter. ment later she was doing the same (Copyright, 1929.) The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright, 1929.) . A fermented drink. . Stamped metal disks. . Grating of parallel bars. . Eagle. . Decree of a sovereign. . Similar to. . Drunkards. . Cubic unit. English river. Affirms. 2. Obvious. Brown kiwi. Devil . Originated. . Sets of concentric boxes. . A body joint. Auricle . Amount paid for usage. Eyes: Scotch. Part of an automobile’s anism. 9. Third King of Judsh. Gets up. Funereal vase. 3. Commiseration. Aver. 5. Fourth series of geologic strata. 7. Boy's name. Front 0ol for making lines on leather. mand Rich sofl mech- ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE. | . Bundle of sticks. . Smooth. . Otherwise. . Russian Stockade for prisoners. . Want. B . Departed swiftly, . Married sgain. . Roams idly. Down. . 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