Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1929, Page 52

52 1 l WHEN WORDS FAIL YUH I | THE EVENING WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 1929. “THERES NO USE, L CANT SLECP! THIS KATHRIME KOOKY AFFAIR IS GETTING oN My NCRVET — ITS AFTER 3 AN, I \WONDER If SHE LOVES MUSHBY ? 1 THINK HE WAS A SAP To FALL IN LOVE WITH S A YOUNG GAL — SHES GOT ALL THE EAR MARKS OF A Higtl STEPPING PANSY! I THINK TLL GET UP AN’ GO OUT FOR SOME AR, (T Gee! wrATS go oN v e [l NEXT Block: 7 T S0UNDS LIKE A CHINESE WEDDING ~ LISTEN TO THAT NOWE — AND THAT YELLING — MAYDE ITS A THAT COP CERTAINLY € ME A DIRTY LOOK! WeLL AT THREE THIRTY N TH' MORNING THIS TOMWN 13 LikE A GRAVE YARD. TLL BET It THE oMLY BIRD OUT OF HJ NEST AT THS HouR - 3o Lona VR " HEY KD} BOYS!! 14 D DONT FORGET TO-MORROW THE CHEERFUL CHERUB life in one small*place And see cach day the same old sights, But then a life that cart spread ‘out May reach perhaps to greateg heights. MWW, 515 I MUST SAY SOMETHIN & T Him To PROVE THAT . IM AOT REALLY COLD . HEARTED ! PooR BoY, HE THINKS TMm Coud BUT ‘WAY DOWA INSIDE ME M AoT . Havware At Last! BY THORNTON | |Venus Melts. W. BURGESS BEDTIME STORIE It is a good thing that she did this. The lost little Duckling heard her and he obeyed. Once Billy Mink passed very close to his hiding place, but the wind was the wrong way to Carry a scent to y — . Billy Mink | Billy and Billy’s sharp eyes failed to Billy Mink has sharp ears. Billy pick him out as he lay hidden among Is smart. It is not easy to fool Bllly.|the weeds. So Billy passed on. After | Those sharp ears of his heard the anx- |a while he grew tired of hunting. Some- fnus ealls of Mother Wood Duck. Billy | thing caught his attention on the other stopped swimming and listened. side of the pond and he swam across. “So that's it.” said Billy, talking to | Not till he had disappeared did Mother himself, “So that’s it! She has lost | Wood Duck venture to call again for one of her babies and is trying to find | that lost Duckling. When she did call, it. Well, well, wel, I guess I'll ‘have|she called in a low tone. Almost &t to help her. I can think of nothing |once there was a joyful little peep and that I should enjoy more than finding |out from among the weeds came the little Duckling, paddling so fast that he seemed to be almost walking on the water, or rather running on the water. Straight to his mother he went, and | what do you think he did then? He climbed up on his mother’s back. Yes, sir, he climbed up on his mother’s back. Oh, how good it was to settle himself there! To snuggle down In among the feathers. A Mother Wood Duck didn't say a word. She wasted no time, but turning, swam as fast as she could swim back to where she had left Beauty and the family. All were there. The Ducklings had been somewhat in awe of their handsome father and they had obeyed him. All were clustered around when Mother :Jo:ad Duck and the lost Duckling ar- ved. The Duckling scrambled down_from his mother's back. Such a happy Duckling you never saw: He had to go touch bills with each of his brothers Happy Reunion. Experience will teach you more Than admonitions by the score. —Old Mother Nature. 7 WHAT T LIKE ABOUT THE CAR IS THE DUPLEX- SPRINGS THAT THE AUTO SALESMAN. SAIDY THIS CAR 1S ABSOLUTELY WATER TIGHT AND He RIGHT: SOME CAR, JGF JEEF, THIS CAR'S 6ONNA SOLE ALL MY HoT WEATHER WORRIESE AIN'T THIS Afce AND cool? Mof’ 0 g By , i BUD FISHER RIDE /N THE TooL CHEST. IT'S SAFGR. The Grumble | Seat. NEAR TO HIM AS DARED. that lost Duckling. Probably it is hid- ing in the grass here somewhere.” So Billy began to hunt around in the grass. From a safe distance Mother Wood Duck watched him. anxious little mother as she was! She swam as near to him as she dared, that she might watch him better. She didn't dare go too close, for she knew that Billy Mink would be quite equal to killing her if he got the chance. Once in a while she called. What she said was: “Wherever you are, keep perfect- ly still.” SHE SWAM AS SHE The Daily Cros Such an | and sisters. Still Mother said not a word. You see, she was a wise mother. She felt sure that he had learned his lesson. She felt sure, too, that he would tell his brothers and sisters all about it and that they would learn the same lesson from him. And this is exactly what did happen. So there in Paddy's pond was the happlest @f happy reunions. Beauty the ‘Wood Duck, Mrs. Wood Duck and the 12 little Ducklings were all together once more. Paddy the Beaver, watching them, chuckled. So did Mrs. Paddy. They were very fond of their pretty neighbors and they rejoiced in their happiness. (Copyright, 1929.) ss-Word Puzzle (Copyright. 1929.) . A sunk fence. . Long seats. . Defile. . Combine. . Compass . Shaped like an open hand. . Disavowal. . Firearm. . Command. . Comprehend. . Thigh bone. . Proclamation. . Intrepidity. . Slight irritation. . Ball. . East Indian tree. . Wriggling. . 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It is said to have {| been heard for a distance of 14 miles, but_under the present circumstances its noise is har tange of t¥o o e e a e