Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1930, Page 37

\ S AND IF YU DO REWE AN ITEREST N DANCING YOU GET NG CREDIT TOR THE AT TEMAT b ARSI Hen - Preeene BEDTIME STORIES Chatterer Changes His Mind. *Tis strange how much you'll often find Dependent on a change of mind. “Old Mother Nature. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS knew all about the hot-tempered little that built them. He knew that n Winter there was nothing to fear from them. “I believe I'll climb up there and have a look at that nest,” said Ohatterer to himself. “Id like to see what it is like inside. There is nothing to be afraid of now. If any wasps stayed in that nest all Winter they are either dead by this time or asleep, and I had Just as soan have two or three to eat.” So Chatterer started to climb up to the nest. But he had hardly left the ;mund when another thought came to im and he stopped to consider it. “It is pretty warm today,” thought he, “and some insects get to stirring around on & warm day like this. I wouldn't like to find a wasp that had come to life. They certainly can sting. Yes, sir, they Chatterer the Red Squirrel thinks himself very smart. He wants other people to think him very smart. It up- set him a whole lot to be unable to find out where Whitefoot the Weod Mouse was living. He wouldn't admit that Whitefoot was smart enough to keep his home & secret from them, 8o he certainly can sting. One stung me once and I don't want to be stung again. Of course, there may not be any wi in there. I don’t suppose there are. It is better to play safe than to be sorry, however. We shall have some more cold days yet and a cold day is the kind of day to poke around in a wasps' nest. T'll wait for a cold day.” So Chatterer jumped down to the ground and once more began poking around ui the leaves, searching for hazel nuts. He didn't give that nest another thought. He didn't even look up at it. All the time a pair of blaek, hbright eyes were watching Chatterer. They were the eyes of Whitefoot, the Wood Mouse. Inside, Whitefoot was chuckling. For a few minutes, while . foo! spent more time hunting for White- | his secret surely would be Aifcovered, foot's home than any one knew of. |Hut now that Chatterer was no longer One day he m‘ to be poking | even looking at the nest, Whitefoot felt around in the on the edge of |that his secret was safe. the Green Ferest, in the hope that he | ¢ 't he surprised,” thought might find a hazel nut or two hidden | Whitefoot, “to find out that I am here? under the dead leaves. Finally, he| He hasn't the least idea that I am looked up and there over his head was | wa him. That reminds me that be as eareful as we may, we are never | abselutely sure that we are unseen.” (Copyright, 1830.) o' d I'LL CLIMB UP THERE HAVE A LOOK AT THAT NEST.” a 'Wasps' nest—a great, gray globe. Chatterer knew what 1§ was at once. He has seen waaps' nests before. He ‘ Daily Cross-Word Puzzle l . Clip. . To what place or end. . Spike of . : Mot far o, .vblrnot for summoning & jury. . Ad o . Poem. . Compound flower cluster. 8. Hand-to-hand conflicts. . Find fault. . Anoint. . Smooth, . Single number. . Dark brown pigment. . Human race. . Corroded. . Ice-runner. . 1Is able. . Was under obligation to. . Weapons, . Radio parts. . Deitles. . Testified. . Bwathe . 8cotch plaid fabrie. . Chinese shrub. . Diminishes. . Casts a malicious glance. . Squares of type. . Season. . Tree of Java. Cease. . Morning moisture. . Japanese sash. . Move about. 3 pes. . Variety of quartz. . Animal allied t> the giraffe. . Of an Italian race. . Welsh trout. . Rawhide. . Digit. . Once more. , Rather than. . Silly talk. . Mineral spring. . Sloth. . Drops of saline liquid. . Large bird. . Hypothetical force. Wonders of Easter Island. Although the place has been visited by vandals, who are almost malicious in their operations, the Easter Islands, in the South Pacific, are rich with mar- velous relics of a past age the le of which little is known Down. . Connected by birth. . By the way. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZILE. who still wonder how the stone houses. semi-pyramidal cairns, towers, cisterns and statues were built in a long-past 8ge, who were the builders and what became of them, The relics are often grotesque, but they are always inter- esting from any point of view., Many of them are down on the ground, but others are still standing as straight as When they were first placed ages ago The exact meaning of the signs and symbols engraved on these stones are lmvumnmt&l. as no satisfactory ex| a?llun of them has been made. Eld! Ji it - W . the M-‘:L and he hup-mg.flfl which has not been “‘! t 18 souvenir hunter. The B GLEGSA0. 2 "~ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Like Ready P Mt T, You cAN'T | CLAim SEVEN .| PoLLARS FoR A BAD R A BAD DeRT'S A ] THE IDEA OF DEN\NC My THROUGH Yo TAM- &~ SHANTER b. €, AN MASTAWES FIANCEE AT POLCE HEADQUARTERS 248 ALL THESE DAYS! - SHE KNOWS NOTHING ABOQUT THE MISSING JUDCE OR THE FUNDS HE CONFISCATED! WHERE'S “THE DoCToR ¢ WE'V! LOOKED EVERYWWERE FOR. [ HIM. THE SHIP HAS BEEN fl DOCKED IN CHARLESTON i\ For FIFTEEN MINUTES, D WE'RE LOSING PRECIOUS TIME / Friendship ————t e CAT'X}EMAN‘S 153 NATL .BAN AN eaes. WHAT ™Y? HeY!/ relics have baffled the archeologists |. By S.L.HUNTLEY Pa Draws Interest All Right. 5 WHEN wAS we MonEY BaRRowen)) THURSDAY. MARCH 13, 1930.%\( W e || ) Jorv l Punce? I CAME TO SEE THE L\EUTENANT oN |IMPORTANT BusSINESS ! You'lLL FIND THE oR ON THE DECK Aaovg. WHEN 1 WAS PRACTICING | THE SEA G AND THE ARE CADDYI LEFT HIM L\ JF YOU KNOW G\T BACK IN LINE SAY, 1 WAS JEST AFIGURIN' OUT THET NUH MIEHT AS WELL GIMME MY INTERES' ON THIS HERE New U : WHAT A MESS You You CANT WE- PUTTING [ AN JIMMIE WANTED YO FIGHT RIGHT WHERE THEY WERE STANDING ! 1M SORRY, MR.PIFFLE, BUT THE INTEREST 15 NOT PAVABLE UNTIL THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR HAS EXPRED ! . WAL, DADSUMMIT, 1 TRUSTED YUH FER" 6T TH FIRSY Siv WEEKS_ BACK, 5 AN WAT NOUR /= TURN TRUST ME (T s ) START A Savi mn’gz vs WING Feoh wreresT] SAVR HOW COME YUH CANT