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P 82 . THE _EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1929 THE CHEERFUL CHERUB DEESWAY WELL 1 MIBMT AS welL 66 T || VES YOUR AunT Anb MR DEESwAx LEPT were |7 SO' SHE'S ToLp Him A SHEY DAT B e THE RITZINA AnD WHEN TeN MINUTES AGO = r\! APPEARED TO B HisHy|| EVERYTHING' TM Sunk ' poY CREED e waeys AGNINE BENTLEY LEAVES TLL GO wai|| NEBOLS AMD EXCITED ' 1 FEAR Swe WAS inFormed|| 1D BETTER HOP cuT of Now torsmnn-,e_ ]| 41 D BrEAK TH Ews Ax || HiM OF HER REAL AGE = THEY HAD A LoNE TAK || TOWN UNTIL ME cooLs ' GeNTLY. AT POSSIBLE ABOUT || N PRIVATE — HE ACTED VERY PECULIARLY WHEM T4 BET Hes LD -QFF But tlf:ulms.s | m ADDIE . THIS MARRUAGE Must || Tuey LepT — Al ——— Ny ety cven ag Mese n\‘Y pencils | ! pop Mz;’wm long and’ sharp And "fi:’“’ give th Now the Fat back. A\ < Is in the Fire. CAN ‘ou MATCH THAT ! T GUESS N THE'OLD BAME THIAIKS THAT LITTLE RUNT 15 JOoHAL GILBERT OR ?;ouefl—uue L Gee IMAGIME!S:IM', OR THAT INSULT T CoULD SCRATCH -}HESQQTFLRC?T THE OLD WEAZELS EYES OVUT ! BLOMDE HIM! \WHY- T FEBL LIKE A FATHER N Boss, SHES PARKED 3 H Goob MORAING, - Im GOING To MRS, GOOL IFLOWER LI LE e SIT AROUKD AND WATCH THINGS SAMUEL SMITHERS, A MODERN S0NG WRITER GETTING MATERIAL | FOR ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE 002y , SWAMPY BLUE SONGS. _ e BEDTIME STORIES °*; i i ips, drummers.” replied Jumper. “Now you Peter Finds & Lot of Chips. | Cummersy SepUt TLEPHe was drim- Who faithfully d?'h do his part ming a little while ago.” May ralveshin ERllae 0 e “He is a master drummer all right, _Old Mother Nature. | nere is no doubt about that” said o 18 et g2 e e d | oo, DU WHO A (AR AR tAE A Peter Rabbit of his big cousin, Jumper | ™o vou mean to say that you don’t MAY BE BLIAD BuT IM AoT ! ForR ALL T KNow MAYBE YOURE IN Love WITH THAT SiILLY BLoab2 ! the Hare. ., | know thy ster d 12" exelaimed | s aobs s p — PF“l“l&:nrY‘l}mh':r any one drumming,” | r:om“p@r.e Wx“u?;n':";ampiwe :h»ro‘wgs You AIN'T BREAKING Dater latined. He'listensd and 1is-| 303 oUt tn the Green Forest who diont T GoTTA IMITATE SHIPWRECK ol C il '™ tened. He didn't hear any one drum-y i, go get acquainted with him, Cousin KELLY To GE&T AWAY Y FUE G ming, either, That drumming had | puter. “You certainiy ought tor T 11' e SNITCHING SOME REFUELIN cease “Well, W e “That is what T start t . L drumming . ltle while ago?" demand- |y when T s ou T thought” vou MU €\GHTEEN-DAY DIET! (B FoR e Love of o MEAT, You 02, 0 eter. | - o ¢l Dent you know when you hear|CoUId fell me what T wanted to know, afld M-M-Mml THIS - F Mike, JerE weT : LIT‘F\.EE' MID-AIR! . “If_you )‘m%lkppt right mbltm oy F SIRLOIN . ARE You DOING RECCORD, CHEATER, | you were heading, you prol v woul F N have soon seen him.” sald Jumper. "I E \S GREAT. MuTT. hope youll excuse me now, Peter, for | NS MORE z I have’an engagement. 11l see’ you SPINACH AND ater.” Before Peter could protest Jumper | GRASS > (34 had started off and Peter knew by ex- | BUD FISHER perience that it was quite useless for him to try to keep up with Jumper. “Well,” muttered Peter, “I suppose I might as well go on as to sit here. I wish That fellow would drum again. If | A Non-S!op he would only drum, I would be sure . to find him.” Flight Acrost But, the master drummer didn't drum Sirloi again. Peter would hop along a few | & DIFioiD, steps and then stop to look and listen. By and by he came to the foot of & big dead tree. The ground at the foot of it was covered with chips. They were freshly eut chips. Some of them were _ " surprisingly big chips. Peter'’s eyes [any opened very wide. “MY GOODNESS,” HE MUTTERED,| My goodness,” he muttered, “what W has been going on here? It looks as if - Y H‘%ggf. HAS BEEN GOING ON | %0, i party of Woodpeckers had been - : 3 3 el R FoR MEL at work.” B - Thunderer the Grouse?” demanded| Peter tipped his head back and looked A € GoT - Jumper. up. His eyes opened wider than ever, | —*=#ee=—— WINDY, THE P1LOTS SAY DON'T WORRY Z4ou HEARD ME — 1 WON'T STAND WEW, W Dis 1S ISLAND STt wasn' o | High up in that t a_newly cut ’ “ RID OF THAT 1 heard: " repiea Feter prsivels "-‘-?{‘ hole: T was'a bie moie, "Yen: i it THERE'S To0 MUCH WEIGHT $:“’f“:g:“ FOR TWS KID BEING TOSSED OUT e A"‘z‘f‘:fe, oF TIB\'T — Torether M Bome Sne. was @rumming on | that thosé chips had been made by the | In THe PLANE AND ONe OF || DY W JJUST FoR THE SAKE OF A LTTLE WiTHoUT A You No CAN €eT wood.” | cutting of that hole. But who could US WilL HAVE To BE DROPPED|| ficn goarDd ALT\TUDE ! (F You RTTEMPT T PUT ( STRUGELE WHERE - N WITHOUT HIM OFF You'LL HAVE To PUT ME “Oh.” ied J x bably | have cut a hole as big as that? That| . was e 5“&;’ Wocdipecker m‘my’.‘:‘.: what Peter wanted to know. For al lflffl | To SAVE THE SP&PY Al AND 1M GONNR . W, ARE we? “Thank you for nothing!” repifed | long time he sat staring up at the hole \N sSED A COIN AN 4 . Peter & little crossly. “I knew that and then down at the chips. At last | oDl Tew 1T €M OFF TOO! GET THAT ? NOTHING! THE much. What I want to know is, what | he ‘scratched a long ear with a long | TM ELECTED - N “PLANE 6 BuMs JuST TURNED THE PLANE UPSIDE Down was it?” | long ear with the other leng hindfeot. “Oh, it must be that you heard the “It's too much for me,” muttered Peter. o master drummer—the finest of all (Copsright, 1029.) (24 KENKLING The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle member of the Woodpecker family| hindfoot. Then he scratched the other Izji,. Columbus Never Had a Rougher Voyage Than| - This! DONT GET IR RAGAMUFFIN CADDY, | EXCITED, DEAR, AHE COURSE ' THAT'S MY CADDY. 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