Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1930, Page 31

= THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1930. . I A'Strain on the Family Tie.—By Gaar Williams e o EN TH WAY MY MOTHER COULD OPEN CANS - SHE / BEDTIME STORIES 550" Black Ghost. metimes there is a state of mind Sor n at to the truth makes people blind. o~ —Blacky the Crow. “Did you kill Blacky the Crow?" de- manded Red “What busin torted Hoof have c;\ug " st Two days had passed since Chatterer | “It is reported everywhere that you the Red Squirel had discovered the |JCC A MG Blacq said Reddy, black feathers beneath a tree in the |pelieve you are smart enough.” Grzen Forest and up in that tree had th“Ho"Y .mr& gwse feathers down seen Hooty the Owl and Mrs. Hooty. | there?” ret ooty o ‘A few black feathers are no proof, He had at once jumped to the conclu- | geclareq Reddy. “Blacky isn't the only sion that Blacky the Crow had been |Crow. It will take Some one smarter kill>d and eaten. The news had spread |than you to catch Blacky.” all through the Green Forest and the | With this Reddy trotted on. How- ©Old Orchard and over the Green |ever, he wasn't so sure as he pretended Meadows. It had spread up through |to be that Blacky hadn't been caught. the Old Pasture. Almost every one had | Those black feathers around the foot believed it. Reddy Fox hadn't. When |of the tree where Blacky's nest was made it look very much as if it might be that Blacky really was no more. Over in the Old Orchard Blacky's disappearance was still the chief sub- ject of gossip. It was the third day and no one had seen or heard Blacky. “That proves that it it trus declared Happy Jack Squirrel. “Can any of you remember_three days without hearing or seeing Blacky the Crow?” Adl shook their heads. None of them could. Strangely enough, it didn't pop into one of those little heads that in all those three days they had neither seen nor heard any other Crow. You see, their thoughts were just of Blacky. But it was a fact that not & Crow had been seen or heard for three days. ‘"Caw, caw, caw,” said a harsh voice. You should seen those little people scamper! Happy Jack the Gray Squirrel dod round the trunk of a k the Nuthatch did . Tommy Tit the Chick- adee popped into a bird house which “DID YOU KILL BLACKY THE |happened to be near. Peter Rabbit, who CROW?” DEMANDED REDDY. | had come up from the dear Old Briar- is it of yours?” re- ‘Do I ask you who you ! Ween aL sew SHoRTY TO3T THE FaMiLIAR BAG CONTAINING THE JeweLs OVERBOARD, HE Dip NoT HESITATE, BUT SUMPED FROM THE DECK OF THE CUTTER, INTENT UPON SANNG THEM. THE CHEERRUL CHERUB I sometimes wish we were monkeys still Or progress seems of small avai of climbing trees owning @ long, pre- hensile tail. Aercoen Both Al and the Jewels Seem Safe. GRAVY No Justice. SCOTT, RTNER IWVE MAPPED oUT A UERY +. |BENEFICIAL DAY'S WORK EOR You! 1‘1 FRST, We JAB WITH THe MU LEFT= Like and " o oy - BUD FisKss E Champion Mutt Changes the Subject. 1T WAS NICE OF You, JUDGE, To OFFER Tt Gee! THIS WATER 1S colp BUT \F T HAE To ger * SEVENTESN CRAMPY 1w GOING TO SAVE THosE SPARKLERS !!! CLASS \S D\SMISSED - ARnie AND GUSS\E WILL REMAIN - A NIETY RIGHT, Like ™S! S0 YoUR DER S To TURN THiIS ToWN INTo THE WORLD'S GREATEST SPORT CENTER, FOR TH' LOVE O PETE! IF IT IS8T THAT GuY NEGINIS [ TA\S \S VERY STRAMGE- BOTH OF JOU MADE THE SAME MISTAKES- \Y \$ VERN EVIDENT SOMEONE WAS BEEN COPMING - ANRNE - WHAT HAVE NOU TO SAM FOR. NOURSELE ? N, we UPPERCUT, LIKE THAT! A FWE STORY HOTEL ADJOINING THE ARENRA WILL CoST ABOVLT HANE SENSE EMOUGH Yo FIGGER OUT WHO COPIED- BUT \ CAN'T SMTCw AW GUSS\E LES SUT_QF \T- [HER DHO'S Om W SCHOO\ BOARD- THAT MAKES HER PERFELY ~ LEARIN' LIZARDS! HOW Y GOW TO BEST A GRME L\KE THNX 2 THAT'LL AMOUNT To A LITTLE OVER 2L CRSINO patch, dodged down between the stones 4 500,000 A CR heard the news he had |of the old stone wall. If that voice Reddy grinned. “What is that black-coated Tascal up to now?” he muttered. “I don’t believe he is dead any more than I am. When Hooty the Owl catches Blacky the Crow it will be when he is 80 old that he is too feeble to fly.” But almost everybody else believed the news, and when, after two days had with no sign or sound of Blacky, even Reddy’s doubt was a little skaken. He even went over to the ‘Green Forest and saw the black feath- ers around the foot of the tree in ‘which Blacky’s old nest was. He heard Hooty snapping his bill at him from up above. had been the hunting call of Hooty the Owl himself there couldn’t have been a greater fright. You see, every one recognized that voice as the voice of Blacky the Crow. With frightened eyes they all peered up in the top of an apple tree. There sat Blacky the Crow. He was just as black as ever. His voice was just as harsh as ever. His eyes were just as bright as ever. But it couldnt be Blacky because Blacky was dead. It must_be Blacky's ghost. Anyway, that is what the little people of the Old Orchard thought. (Copyright, 1930.) Daily Cross-Word Puzzle . South American wading bird. . Anclent Egyptian gem. . Accumulated wealth. . Medicinal plant. Raise. . One Thousand two. . Utterer of painful sounds. . Argument. . Mineral spring. . Converse in a loving manner, 3 P?{_‘: or inclosure, mbining form for Persia. . Preposition expressing direction. . Bereave, . Chemical suffix. In music; a skip. . Composite plants. . Bharp. 'mnant, a of the eye-thread worm. . Habitual drunkard. . Village in the Netherlands. . Acquire, . Independence, . Greek epic poem. . Hand-written document; abbr. . Assessed. 56. Musical note, . Conduits. . City in Northern New York. . Philippine Negro, . Assent. 3 ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE. 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