Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1929, Page 41

THE EVENING —By Gaar Williams AT BELIEVE TM GROWING ¢ AIR MINDED, AN BEDTIME STORIE Peter Plays In-and-Out. Peter Rabbit was having a good time. Yes, sir, he was having a good time. A 7/ DA 2 »\'t‘ ) ET } s E 04 ] BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. Peter. As soon as Peter saw him com- ing he kicked up those long heels of his and away he went, lipperty-lipperty- |lip, until he came to the entrance to one of his private little paths. In he He was teasing Flip the Terrier and he | poj was enjoying it. He was hopping around inside the dear Old Briar-patch where Flip could see him and Flip was doing his best to ret into the dear Old Briar- atch, but the brambles prevented him. very time he came to one of the open- ings to Peter's private little paths, he would try to force his way in. Peter would wait until Flip had crawled in art way and then Peter would hop off. p would back out, yelping from the scratches he had received, and rush “OH!" SHE PANTED. “THIS I8 DREADFUL!” around the edge of the Briar-patch until he could again see Peter. Yes, it was great fun for Peter. At last Plip came to an opening that was a little bigger than the others and this time he managed to get through the brambles and really inside the Old Briar-patch. Peter promptly took to his heels along the nearest little path that led outside and a moment later was out of the dear Old Briar-patch, while Flip was in it. Peter scampered along to the other end of the dear Old Briar- patch and there sat down and waited. Flip came out the same way he went in and promptly raced around after pped. | " Flip poked his head in, found that he couldn’t get through the brambles, then i raced around to the opening where he could get in. Once more he crawled through and was inside the dear Old Briar-patch. Then Peter played the same trick again. It was a regular game of in and out. It was a long time since Peter had had so much fun. Meanwhile little Mrs. Peter had been anxiously sitting under some branches well hidden in the middle of the dear Old Briar-Patch. S8he wasn't enjoying this performance &t all. She was pro- voked with Peter. “If only Peter had kept perfectly still in the first place that dog never would have discovered him and wouldn't have tried to get in here,” said she to her- self. “My goodness, I do hope he will not find me! Peter does the craziest things. Sometimes I think he hasn't a bit of sense. Oh dear! Here comes that dog this way now!™” It was true. Flip had suddenly de- cided that while he was inside the dear Old Briar-patch he might as well ex- plore it. While he couldn’t move about Ireely there were some open places where there were no brambles. So it was that presently he came up to the little bramble tangle in which little Mrs. Peter was hidden. He saw the lit- tle opening which led into it and peeped in. Little Mrs, Peter was sitting per- fectly still, so at first Flip didn't see her. But just as he was about to turn away he did see her. Instantly he was all excitement. He knew it wasn't Peter, for this Rabbit was smaller. He began to try to force his way in, He yelped as the brambles scratched him, but he kept on trying to force his way in. Little Mrs. Peter could stand it no longer. She darted out on the farther side. Instantly Flip withdrew his head from under the brambles and was after her. Little Mrs. Old Briar-patch. She darted along one {in a moment was out where Peter was waiting for her. “Oh!” she panted. “This is dread- “No, 1t isn’t, my dear, it's fun,” sald Peter. (Covyright, 1920.) Daily Cross-Word Puzzle {0l A . Attacks, . The oil plant. . A Southern United States river. . Distressed . Making speeches. . Wiry stee: . Confused mixtures of sound. . Cupola. . Payable. . Contest. . Bereft of speech. . Meal. . Thereupon. . Energy. " A pet dog (coll). . A color. . Covering. . Pamper. . Intersection of doubt. . Numbers which exactly contain an- other number several times. . Pronoun. . Wax. . Remitted. . AgO. . Expression of disgust. . Wing. . Draws. . Fondle. . Leggings. . —_— ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE. A . I ;ln thes . Imaginary Tns. . Relating wp:hz past. With profundity. . Reaches out. . Emanation. . Mopped. . A glossy fabric. . Like an old woman. . Hostelries. . Limb. Compass point (abbr.). . Froth. . Relaxation. . Hold session. . Garlands. . Cartes. . Moves sideways. 14. Weep. . Lepidopterous insect. . Incipient obscurity. . Am obliged to. . Flowerless plant. . Large plant. . German title, . Whimper. . Author of verse. . Chase. . A mollusk. . Ar:tm“ governor. . Sort. . Fragrant herb, . Animal skin. . Sea cow. . Listened to again. . Speaks with hesitation. Container. . Palatable, 45. To outwit. . 'An art in literature. . Sew slightly. ~ . Have effect. . A hollow tumor. . Snowshoes, . Dry, as wine. . . Broach a_vessel, 5. Stir together, . §7. Pronoun. R ‘ Kerchief Two Feet Square. While in London recently, South Af- rvican cricketers, touring Englas | signed Sir D. Tata's autograph hLane { kerchief. It is two feet square and sl- ready bears the signatures of more than 1300 tamous cricket players, ~After nlayers slgn their -u:nrrl&h: Are em- B R S A THE CHEERFUL CHERUB We must be free ore we can live. Freedom is all that we need — Freedom from fear of" t other folks say And from all of wrah-;bits ot A Familiar | Face at Last. TM Goie To FIND OUT Peter heard Peter thumping outside the | of the little paths that led outside and | FRom Red KIDDER HIMSELF - FooTBALL STAR ICEMAN-| JusT W %a Hav\warp More “Nut” Stuff, NOPE! WeT BT ) M-M! MUTT, DID et N6U HEAR THe LATEST SCANDAL ABOUT GuS (34 BUD FiSHER His Pitcher of Joy Runneth Over. @EMEMBERNG THE BEARTING HE TOOK IN HiS LAST FieHT~ You CAN'T BLAME CHoP MUP For RUNNING RAWRY WHEN HE HEARD THAT WINDY HRD SIGNED HIM UP FOR ANOTHER KEN KLING Chop Picks a Safer Profession. 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