Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1929, Page 40

40 A Strain on the Family Tie.—By Gaar Williams ' : AFTER YOUUE HAD THAT LONG PROMISED TRIP WIFE LL PROMISE YOU ANOTHER. ONE — RISHT AWAY LX) Flip Filled With Pride. Be not too hasty in your pride; Be sure the cause is justified —Old Mother Nature. ‘There was a lot of excitement down behind Farmer Brown's henhouse. Flip the Terrier had discovered Unc’' Billy Possum there and he was dancing around Unc’ Billy, barking and watch- ing for a chance to rush in and seize him. Unc’ Billy, on his part, was turn- ing so as always to face Flip and was snarling and showing a sharp set of teeth. All the time Unc’ Billy was try- ing to edge along until he could reach one of the posts of the henyard. Of e 82 5o - M ) i e “WELL,” THOUGHT FLIP, “THIS FELLOW WAS EASY. course, Flip didn't know this. Flip didn't know Unc’ Billy or anything about_him. No, sir, he didn’t know who Unc’ Billy was, so of course he had no suspicion of what Unc’ Billy was trying to do. All Flip wanted was a chance to dash in and seize Unc’ Billy by the back of the neck. If he could once do this, he felt he could shake Unc’ Billy to death in a minute. | j, So_he continued to rush and bark, and Unc’ Billy continued to gradually work along until he turned the corner of the henhouse. If he could just get down the length of the henhouse to where the fence began, he could climb one of those fence posts and be safe. How he did wish that he had remained in the old stone wall! He hadn't known anything about Flip. You see, it was a long, long time since he had been up to Farmer Brown's, anfl it was only a VEMBER 19, 1929. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. short time that Flip had been living there. Unc’ Billy knew all about Bowser the Hound. He had met him before. Flip was wholly different. Bowser was slow, while Flip was quicker than a flash. Gradually Unc’ Billy was edging along nearer and nearer to that first fence post. He turned his head for a quick glance and Flip saw his chance. He rushed in and got hold of Unc' Billy by the skin of his neck. He didn't have a good hold. He didn't have a hold that would let him shake him thor- oughly, if he wanted to shake him. He knew it. He was sure that he hadn't even hurt Unc’ Billy, So you can per- haps guess how surprised he was when Unc' Billy suddenly went limp. Flip dropped him at once. He had killed many rats. He knew that when a rat went limp that way it was dead. So Unc’ Billy must be dead. Flip let go of him and stood over him, trying to believe his eyes. There lay Unc’ Billy on his side, his eyes closed, his mouth half open and not a sign of life about him. Flip backed away two or three steps. Certainly this queer fellow was dead. He went up to him again and rolled him over with his nose. There :‘Sd no doubt about—this fellow was ead. “Well,” thought Flip, “this fellow was He looked like a hter, but m{lfle have I killed a rat as easily as I killed this big fellow.” see, Flip was still thinking that Billy was some kind of rat. ‘Then Flip became filled with pride. Yes, sir, he became filled with arlde. He felt that he had done a big 3 “I wonder what Bowser the Hound will say to this,” thought Flip. “Yes, sir, I wonder what Bowser will say to this. I'll go up and get him and bring him back here. He'll have to see it with his own eyes. He won't believe that I could kill any one as big as 50 easily. It's funny. I must have scared him to death. I didn’t break his neck or I didn't even have a good hold on him. I wonder if I could carry him up to Farmer Brown's. That would be even better than bringing Bowser down ere.” So Fll‘) got hold of the loose skin of Unc’ Billy's back and carried him a short distance. But Unc’ Billy was too big and too_heavy for a small aognw: carry far. He tried it two or ti times. Then he ped Unc’ Billy, stood and looked at him pridefully for a few moments, and then raced off to get Bowser the Hound. There wasn't a prouder dog in all the Great World than Flip. You Unc’ (Copyright, 1929.) Daily Cross-Word Puzzle ACROSS. . Mystic arts. . Russian tea urn. . Medicine that allays nain. . Work. . Merciful, . Irritates. . Leave out. . Trash; coll. . Kind of herring. . Nonsense. . Yielded. . Uproar. . Girl's name. . Clergymen. . Rent. . Failure of tenant to make payments. . Sylvan deities. . Period of time. . Suffix denoting follower of. . Highway. . Brought up. Tin, . Comforted. . Fruit drink. . Bitter vetch. . Furious. . Knight. . Indigo plant. . Tribunal. . A mineral. . Shine. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE. o i o ee 0 5 O w‘ NRREW R Lnl Ba N {mwiC] ) RISV . Capital of Venezuela. . Immortal. - . Howl. . Ransoms, . Decides. DOWN. . Pertaining to heat. . Wind-flower. . 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