Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1929, Page 35

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY. JUNE l A Strain on the Family Tie.—By Gaar Williams I Jenny Wren Hunts in Vain. Jenny Wren couldn’t forget that queer insect in the shed of Farmer Brown's house, You will remember it was what 1s called a House Centipede. So she kept going back to look for it again. She didn't see it until the next day and then she spied it. She darted at it. As before, it ran into a crack. Jenny grabbed twice. Each time all she got was a leg and these she dropped. For a moment she quite lost her tem- er. But when she had calmed down a ttle she heard again that funny little “WHAT ARE YOU HUNTING FOR IN HERE?” HE DEMANDED. squeak. This time there were two squeaks. That is to say, & squeak came from two different places. Jenny cocked her head to one side in order to listen to it. It sounded like the very faint squeak of an insect. “There must be two of them,” said Jenny to herself. “It's queer I can't find them.” Just then Mr. Wren joined her. “What are you hunting for in here?” he demanded. . People over 70, . Armed band. v . Revolving parts of machines, . Foreign. . Invent. . Toward. . Lowest scries of strata. . Rhetorical figure. . Uncooked. . Chum. . Half an em. . Cylindrical in transverse section. . 1Is in need of. . Close-fitting waist. . Card of admission. . Person who overrates mere knowl- edge. . Cut out with a die. Furious, . Maker of clay vases. . A constellation. . Separated. " Proposed universal language. Fastens . Small bit . Distress signal. . Dance step. Last mentioned. . Ostrichlike birds. Exclamation. . Line drawn from center of a circle to a tangent. . Bulogy. . Change . Puffs up. . Dependability. Down. 1. Surgeon’s instrument. . Pertaining to winds. . Bottle. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S PUZZLE. S| [V D! mx| 2| )] P~ {mmi2 AL Ahathy) O D V| ARSI =10 BY THORNTON W. BURGESS “Listen!” said Jenny. Mr. Wren cocked his head on one side and listened. “There are some insects’ around here,” said he, and began to | look around. “That’s what I thought, but I can't find them,” said Jenny. “What are those things kicking down there?” asked Mr. Wren. “Legs,” replied Jenny. “Twice I've tried to catch a queer fellow with long legs and all I've got was those legs.” “That noise seems to come from around them somewhere,” sald Mr. Wren, listening more intensely than ever, “I know it,” said Jenny, “but you can see for yourself that there are no insects around them.” It was true. There wasn't the smallest of insects to be seen anywhere about. You may be sure that two pairs of bright eyes like those of Jenny and Mr. ‘Wren would have seen the smallest in- sect. It was very mysterious. Together they hunted all over, but all their hunt- ing was in vain. Finally they gave up, for they could waste no more time with those hungry babies over in the nest. But Jenny Wren couldn't forget that mysterious squeaking. She came back later. There was no squeaking. Once more she looked everything over thor- oughly, then finally gave it up. “It is too much for me,” said she. “I wonder if I shall hear that squeaking here again. I don't like mysteries. don’t like not being able to find things I know I ought to find.” Every morning the first thing Jenny ‘Wren went to look for that Centipede, and every morning she stopped a min- ute or two to listen for that queer squeaking. But she didn’t see the Cen- tipede and she didn’t hear the squeak- ing. Meanwhile the bables were grow- ing fast and requiring more and more food. She forgot all about the Oenti- pede. There was no time to think about anything but food. It was food, food, food from morning till night. She and Mr. Wren hardly had time to enough for themselves. Hungry babies must be fed. 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