Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1929, Page 36

36 I Thanksgiving Day. —By Gaar Williams BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. Lightfoot’s Thanksgiving. Youwll find it true that in some way s day. There's cause for thanks in every day. Lightfoot the Deer had fled from the Green Forest. Two strange dogs had wandered into the Green Forest and found his trail. They were hounds. Of course, they had the wonderful noses that hounds have. It was no trouble at all for them to follow Lightfoot’s trail. He had made straight for the pond of HE PLUNGED IN AND SWAM ACROSS. Paddy the Beaver, which is, as know, deep in the Green Forest. He plunged in and swam across. On the other side he hid in a thicket from which he could watch and see what would happen. He didn't have to wait long. The two hounds. baking as only hounds can on the trail, burst out onto the shore of Paddy’s pond. They were running with their noses to the ground. This brought them straight to where Light- foot had entered the watef. The two dogs lifted their heads and looked across the pond. Lightfoot was nowhere to be seen. They began to run in a circle to see if they could pick up his trail anywhere. Of course, they couldn't. Then those two dogs sepa- rated, one starting around Paddy’s pond one way, and in the opposite di- Tection the other started around the pond. Of course, they kept their noses to_the ground. Lightfoot waited no longer. As quiet- ly as possible he stole away and soon BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. the dogs were running with their goses to the ground. They knew that ner or later one of them would find Light- foot's scent near where he had left the water. Sure enough, it wasn't long be- fore the voice of one of those days went ringing through the Green Forest and the other hurried to join him. Then the two voices could be heard together, growing fainter and fainter, until as they reached the Great Mountain the sound could no longer be heard in the Green Forest, / Now, Lightfoot the Deer hadn't wanted to leave the Green Forest. He did it because he wanted to get those dogs away. He was afraid they might run across the trail of Mrs. Lightfoot and the twins. For this same reason Lightfoot would not return to the Green Forest until he had led those dogs as far away as possible. . ‘Those two dogs hung on. They were not easily discouraged. You see, they were the kind of dogs that would rather hunt than eat. Poor Lightfoot! He began to think that they would outlast him. He tried all the tricks of which he knew, but in vain. Each time one dog or the other would find his trail again and once more he would hear those voices rolling out behind him. All that day they chased him. 'Way into the night they chased him. Finally, in a little pond on the Great ‘Mountain Lightfoot managed to break his trail. ‘When at last Lightfoot knew that the dogs had given up he crept into a thicket and there he hn panting, so tired that it seemed to him he never could get up again. For more than a week Lightfoot was on the Great Moun- tain and all that time hunters with you | terrible guns were looking for him. One of them had caught a glimpse of him and had shot at him, and the word had gone forth among the hunters that a deer with a wonderful head of antlers ‘was on the Great Mountain. Lightfoot grew thin with worry. He never felt safe. How he did long to be back in the Green Forest! But every time he tried to work back that way a hunter was sure to appear and Lightfoot would e e «ni as! Te came & m tht. Lightfoot traveled smmy?mJlu"nh as day was breaking he slipped into the fa- miliar and dear Green Forest. Straight on he went to his favorite thicket, and there he lay down.- All day he remained lying there. All day his heart was filled with ] ving. No hunter dared come into the Green Forest, for hunters were not allowed there. Several times far away in the distance Lightfoot heard the bang of terrible guns. Each time he was more thankful that he was Wwas running again. He was headed to- ward the Great Mountain. Meanwhile, back. And, though he didn't know it, it was Thanksgiving day. . (Copyright, 1929.) aldd dNAAE SdEud diEE JdRSEE aEEN 1418 s - Long bag net for catching fish. . Confidence, . Disable. . Scold. 5. Extreme. . Egyptian singing girl. 7. Gaelic. . Tablelands. . Shakespearean king. Guarantees. . The name of several Egyptian kings. . Group. Limas . Time. . Edible product of a plant. . A tree. . Negative value of the force function. Electrified particles. . Confirmation. Low sand hill. . 100,000 rupees. . Cottony plant with yellow flowers. 3. Be located. . Small cake with soft filling. . Greek past tense. . Lodge. . Watch pendant. Puts a burden on. . Unreadable. Breakfast dish. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE. AT EPU T TERNS . . Expels from the legal profession. Lived. e . The sole of a plow. . One for whose use a thing is done; legal term. . Ireland. . Citadel. . Bring up. . 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C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1929.° PIILOS TVE TAKEN ALL THE BLANKETS th) SLEO, I[F You WIN THIS GAME FoR DEAR OLD GINSBERG COLLEGE You GET A BIG TURKEY DINNER L muf’ Jof : 24 BUO FISHER | GEE, I WONDER WHAT THAT MO0B 1S AW ABOUT 7 GET A WIGGLE ON OLD DenR, WE WANT TO GET THERE T AND WHEN THEY CALL oN ME FOR A SPEEM, TvE GOT ONE ON ICE THATS A PIP! YEH, JULIE Th AL PREPARED — IT'S GoING TO BE A BIG NIGHT FOR US —~ REMEMBER VESTERDAY, WHEN 0 FROSTY TO suiLT OF B ¥ HOMES I HAVE EVER HAD SRE'JEIN A HUBRY BUT 11 WiLL SERVE 0 RS BAELTER T— I Soob-rs e FIRST ONE' I'VE EVER SEEN THOUGH — (Bt ..o reimns v T AIN'T GATEN SINCE LAST WEEK, l"'\' DESPERATE, I CAN'T GET THE IDER OF THEM STANDIN' THERE sTARIN' AT A COUPLE QF HARMLESS Bwps ¢ NOW'! WE DONT EAT Any MEAT ! nutain BUT VEGETABLES PIES [ GENE BYRNES By S.LHUNTLEY Let Us Be WANTS THE GIZZARD T q«,gsscm., NoUVeE SPILLED THE GRAVY RIGHT — IT DIDNT HURT ' FLOOR NONE.) 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