Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1930, Page 26

BEDTIME STORIES Puts the Nest Back. t e'en the folks we love are queer. me it daily is more clear —Flip the Terrior. “My master is certainly queer, thought Flip the Terrier as he sat wi head cocked to one side, watching Parmer Brown's Boy. | Bowser the Hound didn't agree. You see, he had lived so much longer with | Farmer Brown's Boy and had seen him | do s0 many unexpected things that BY THORNTON W. BURGESS peared and then disappeared in the grass. Where he came from Flip didn't see. He couldn't undestand why his master suddenly stopped him. He quiv- ered all over with excitement. He sure anted to try to find and catch that | mouse. “Down, Flip. down!"”~ commanded Farmer Brown's Boy. “That was White- foot the Wood Mouse and we've made him trouble enough already. He must have come out of this hornet's nest. ‘We'll look it over and see.” So Farmer Brown's Boy picked up the nest and began to look it over, “Aha!” said he. “Here is a round hole just big enough for a slim, trim little mouse like Whitefoot.” Farmer Brown's Boy poked a finger in that hole. He discovered at once that there was a nice nest of soft and other soft material inside. scratched his head thoughtfully. “It is too bad,” said he, talking to Flip and Bowser. “If I had known that ‘Whitefoot was livii in this nest I wouldn't have touched it. A Mouse whe was smart enough to choose such & place for a home ought not to lose that home. I wonder what we can do about t. He began to fish in his pocket. Pres- ently he produced some stout string. Farmer Brown's Boy long ago learned out String 1 one's. pocket, eipecialy st one’s , €8] afield. mp:nc he picked u; going L FIN- | the branch with the big nest and began about. take to lash it back on the bush from which 1” said Parmer Brown's Boy as back and looked at it. “That look as well as before it was but it will hold; that is the main . 1 hope we haven't frightened tefoot so that he will not return. Poor little chap! He must have had a terrible fright when I cut that branch. Now we'll go off and give him a chance s | Yo return.’ . Pabled sorceress. . Violent storm. . Old Testament heroine, . Roman coin. . Long poem. 43. Differ in opinion. . White fluid, 45. Strips, . Frozen. 50. State of being fat. . Bestow, . Relating to the study of plants. . Asiatic country. 60. Jug. : E‘“"{' d duall, . Move forware ually, . Slightest. e " 31. Set upright, 35. Seed covering, And this is why Flip thought his master was queer. He couldn't under- stand why Farmer Brown's Boy had mcut that branch and then tied it (Copyright, 1930.) » lgnfth of a step. . Bird venerated in ancient Egypt. . Famous Doric temple, . Shunned. . Thin and transparent, . Tough, elastic wood. . Indicating addition. . Unquestioning. inaccurate. ion, & Chop into small pieces. . Pine icy particles. . European country. . Large order of plants. B n. . Small talk. . Tough, strong cord. . Raised strip. Frenzied Warm rooms in a bath. . One-fourth of a bushel. . A Southern Indian. . Large animal. Leave. THE EVENING WELL, HERE WE Go JoLE! W TEN MINUTES WE PULL OUT FOR """Yfl\;fifl : PALM EACH ! rey smoke and precious thing yet it's always Tee . RAecn STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, MONDA 1930. W AND WE HAVE MARCH 10, AN AWFUL CRUST i/ RienT Dis Vg WAy, SuH WITH ONLy #4q0 To OUR NAME ! | i 1 SUPPOSE THEY ARE A COUPLE OF YES, HEY VE BEeN LOOKING AT US Ever SINCE WE ARRIVED. HE LOOKS SORT oF Fmeum? — = T BET THE OL Boy CAN S\EN A MEAM CHECK ! HAS ME NUTTIER THAN A FRUIT CAKE. He'S HOUNDING Me ALL OVER THE LoT. oy grastes| BUD FISHER Mutt Meets Some Old Friends He Never Knew. . Biblical tower. . Historical town in Abyssinia, . Solemn ceremonies. 49. Relating to a particular place. . Lateral, . Chanted. . Afternoon functions. . The Orient. . Caustic solution, ANSWERS TO CROSSWORD PUZZLES IN Qe PN QOO =] > | [Tlo[Ps] HIAT1 ] R] [wz[molz/m»Molz/>]r] CEEEE CECD Sz P> o) @[> e EAO) DELEE LEEODE Dasns LoE QU B LOOK AT THB NEICHBORS y WTH THEIR HERADS OUT OF THE WINDOWS! WHAT R KICK THEY'RE GETTING . WATCHING HER ({4 ) BEWG_MARCHED OFF T THE Police STHTioN! ¥ Wu'rzecgg o SICK YOU CAl EAT THOSE, ORANGES 1D LIKE o HAVE FREEMAN He Must Keep Fit. /| CoLLecToR, He could SUcH DISGRACE !! WE'VE BEEN LIVING HERE FORTY YEARS AND NEVER HAD ANY SCANDAL ‘TiLL You BROVGHT THAT COUNTESS To TowN ! I WONDER WHO THAT MAYBE HE GUY CaN BE T HE HAS SEEN You CERTAINLY SEEMs To || N THE MOVIES BE INTERESTED N A NS US. Gee! THATS A SWELL FUR CoaT Z||HE HAS on, I1SNT \T? OH- WK = \ HEARD THNT, ToOo - TQ_BLUNDERNMWLE, D, THEN SBN- 4 RE'S THE INCOME TAX SHAVE Em SQUEEZE BLOOD AND Send FRomMm A TURMIP AND cALL (T SODA WATER, ouTSIDE TD S€c You! SHE GOT THAT JUDGE To FINANCE Your (DER OF BUILDING A BOXING ARENR, AND RFTER HE SOLD STocks IN IT To EVERYBODY Hel DISAPPEARED WITH THE DoueH! 1 DON'T BLAME THE CoPS ¢ FOR QUESTIONING H y o \ Z 1 CAN SEE YOURE WAATS THE I'DEA NOT ORANGE MINDED ILL TAKE -THE FRUIT -THE ORANGES I F'M CERTAINLY LUCKY AT MARBLES' I'M THIRTY-SIX By GENE BYRNES His Luckiest Day. At Least, Pa Admits the World Is Round. THAT S NUTHIN! "M FIFTY-ONE <Ay, FELLER HOW FAR OVER THIS WAY 1S GALA GuLCHT, YUK ALL ARE AGON' Wit | “BOUT 25919 e J | oF collecTing AL o5 \ GEE- \TS Funn THERES A TAKE A SCAT, GENTLEMEN,| T'LL BE BACK IN A MINVTE ! T e oy 1 B i s vt W T s 8.5 7 8 THEY MAY ASK HER A LOT OF QUESTIONS BUT SHE WON'T KnNow THE ANSWERS! SHE'S AS INNOCENT AS A KID MAILING R LETTER To SANTA CLAUS — AND 1M 'SURE OF (T % 1 CAN'T AFFORD . LET MY SWING PECOME RUSTY THE MOST IVE EVER BEEN AHEAD IN MARBLES 1S A HUNERD AN’ THIRTEEN BEHIND! — BUT, IF YUH 2 TURN AROUND AN 60 TH' OTHER WAY HIT'S TWENTY- ONE MILES .