Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1930, Page 45

BEDTIME STORIE Mysterious Blow. mystery—a thipg that's aueer— 11l often Aill the bold with fear. —Hooty the OWL. Yowler the Bobcat yawned and then stretched and yawned again. Then Yowler got to his feet and stood test- ing the air with his nose, listening for the sounds of the Green Forest and trying to make up his mind just where to go hunting. It was not yet dark, but the Black Shadows were creeping through the Green Forest. Snow still remained in patches here and there. It was very still. Yowler could hear no sound, for not even the wind was moving. Finally, Yowler yawned once more “I GUESS HE'LL KEEP AWAY FROM HERE NOW,” SAID MRS. HOOTY. and then started off. He headed toward that part of the Green Forest where Hooty the Owl and Mrs. Hooty were nesting. He didn't know that they were nesting; it was merely chance that took him in that direction. He walked very softly. Yowler's feet are padded and he can walk very softly. Once or twice he sprang suddenly, as if he had springs in those hind legs of his, and he caught a too venturesome wood mouse. “That was good, but it was only a bite,” said Yowler to himself. “I wish I could find a dozen just like it. Some- how, mice are very scarce. Probably that is because they have been hunted so peristently by Hooty the Owl and Mrs. Hooty. There are two people that I should like to drive out of the Green Forest. I would so! But I can't do . Halt. . Shaft of a column. . Popular sport. . Sepulchral monument; Scotch. Peruse. . Melody. . Species of iris. . Dry. . Happen again. . Guardianship. Detest. . Retained. . Sign of omission. Preposition. B me. . South American macaw. . Of ivory color. . Crowd. THE EVENING STAR, St e BY THORNTON W. BURGESS it. If they didn't have wings I might be able to. I wonder where they are living. I haven't seem them around for some time.” Now, even while he was saying these things to himself, Yowler was drawing near to the place where one of Hooty’s bables had fallen from the nest and was hidden under a little hemlock tree. That baby had grown considerably. Now Yowler would have been delighted with that young Owl for his dinner. But he knew nothing about it. It was, as I have said before, just chance that was bringing him that way. Without any warning at all, some- thing happened. Yes, sir, something happened! ~Yowler was struck a heavy blow on the back of his head. He heard nothing. He saw nothing. But he felt something. Yes, indeed, he felt some- thing! It made him whirl around with an ugly snarl to face whoever had struck him. But when he had faced about there was no one there. He saw no one. He heard nothing. And then he received another hard blow. It hurt! | It hurt very much. With a half-squall, half-snarl, Yowler whirled about again As before, he saw no one. He heard no one. It was all very mysterious. A third time Yowler was struck. This was_enough. That was mo place for Yowler and he knew it. The sooner he got away from there the better. He wasn't the least bit ashamed of run- ning away. He didn't feel that it was the least bit cowardly. There simply was no sense in remaining to try to fight some one you couldn't see or couldn’t hear. So Yowler departed and he departed in a hurry. What is more, he made up his mind that that was no | place for him to go hunting. He made up his mind that nothing would ever induce him to visit that part_of the Green Forest again. Now, of course, this was just what Hooty and Mrs. Hooty wanted. Of course, you have guessed that it was those two big Owls who had struck Yowler from behind. You know their wings make no sound. That is why he had not heard them. As they had come from behind he had not seen them. When they had struck, Yowler had whirled around and they had passed g}r’: right over him. So he had not seen em. “I guess he'll keep away from here now,” said Mrs. Hooty, as she watched Yowler bound away through the Green Forest. “I don't think there’ll be any- thing more to worry about from Yowler the Bohcat.” In this she was quite right. (Copyright, 1930.) . Bones of the ankles. . Thicket of bushes, nimal. . Send 3 . Kind of cotton thread. . Girl's name. 69. Measure out. . The upper air. . Enlarge a hole. Down. . Box, s FEi A Bargain. . Mixture. . One who trespasses to hunt game. . Spy. . Light two-wheeled wagon. . Mien or manner, WASHINGTO. WHRT A PERFECT DREAM OF A DOLL WOUSE = TWO FLOORS BN TR FROWT AL OPENS \LUP- AGAIN — HE INSISTS UPON SEEING “THE JUDGE ! = RELLO, COGSWELL, DD You HEAR- D. C, THURSDA AN THERES SWELL FURNITURE \N EVERY ROOM = ITCHM JONES SURE KwNOW MBN R\l FEBRUARY 27, 198U OH! 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