Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1931, Page 40

‘BEDTIME STORIES %’ Barking Stones. ‘When sounds seemi heré and then T o _pince anywhere, rmer Brown's Boy. -~ Farmer Brown's Boy had found a little valley up in the mountains, @ beautiful little valley above the timber line. On one side was & rock slide and around it the cliffs of the mountain towered toward the . It was more of & basin than a ley and in the middle of it was a lttle meadow of grasses and flowers and low plants of various kinds. It was one of the prettiest spots Farmer Brown's Boy had found. Far above, the top of the moun- tain was covered with snow and in the distance were other snow-capped peaks. ‘They glistened in the sun. He gathered some of the flowers with which he was not familiar, carefully placing them between the leaves of a notebook to be pressed and taken home to remind him of this beautiful spot and to be identified. . “Imagine picking flowers in Mid- summer and at the same time seeing snow,” sald he, talking to himself for Jack of any one else to talk to. “It does seem as if in such a beautiful lace some one otught to be living, but thven‘c seen or heard a living crea- ture.” As if in reply, there came'a sound from the rock slide ‘which, while un- like any sound he Had' ever” heard be- fore, he knew must ‘have been made by some small person in a fur coat. It wasn't exactly.a’bark and it wasn't exactly a bleat, hit was a little like both. It reminded of & rubber dog which he had wl a little fellow and which made a noise when squeezed. He chuckled at the thought. “Now I wonder what sort of an ani- mal can make a noise like that” | thought he. “Whoever it is he is over that rock slide. I'll go over and look for him.” So he made his way across to the | rock slide, but when he got there he | th could see nothing but rocks. There were big rocks and little rocks of all shapes and sizes, affording hiding places for an army of little people if they moving patience he had long ago lnrmdrt.hacnlymto ac- quainted with shy and little people. He didn't wait long before he heard that funny little bark again and it -fpeured to come from just to one side of where he sat. Very, very slowly so that the movement would not be no- ticed, he turned his head, but though he looked and looked he saw only a jumble of gray rocks. Then he heard that bark again, this time on the other side. Once more he turned his head with the greatest care, but it was only half way around when that funny little bark sounded from ht in front of him, or seemed to. With the greatest care he studied the place from which that sound had seemed to come, but the gray rocks were all he saw. After this the funny little bleating barks seemed to come all around him, and the provoking thing was that they seemed to come from very near him. It was tantalizing to feel that that barker was close yet not be able to see him. With eyes, and as you know they were eyes trained to see, he went over rocks inch by inch, yet saw no living thing. All the time he kept hearing those queer little barks. Sometimes they seemed to come from close at hand and sometimes from a distance, and never did they seem u; come twice from exactly the same place. “If I didn't know better I would say that the stones themselves are barking,” ‘muttered Farmer Brown'’s Boy under his breath, “and that a lot of them are doing it. There! If that bark didn’t come from that little roundish stone on top of that rock over yonder where did it come from? Of course it didn't, be- cause it couldn’t, but if I didn’t know that it couldn’t, I would be willing to swear that it did.” Farmer Brown's stopped mutter- ing right then and there and his eyes opened wide with surprise. That litele roundish stone had jumped down from e top of that rock and scampered over to another. (Copyright, 1931.) Lo THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1931\ Joy and sorrow, tears and mirth, Peace and restless little cares— 1l our moods, however Are onl‘y different masks Life wears Ry cane '\ REALLY QUITE WORRIED ABOUT HiM | DONT BELIEVE ITS ANYTHING SERIOUS, AUNT ELLA ITS HIS STOMACA. HE MIGHT HAVE SWALLOWED SoME OF HIS WHISKERS, THE WAY AN6ORA CATS bo = THE PICTURE oF HEALTH ! SHUCKS! HES ALL RIGAT. WOGLOM IS ABoUT" WHISKERS AND | SHE MEMT KER. Boy FRIEND You IDIOT! DIDNT You KNOW SHE WAS TALKING ABouT” HERCULES, HER Dow ¥ were small like a Mouse and even for i et the SaAry Caviar Tomato. Place six medium-sized lettuce leaves ( EVER SINCE THAT 816 o . T r=——y e one on each plate. Place a large slice 01{ RERA DAME ‘TRIED TO GRAB PAT ot i TWTTER= | Ve T TR N e ves SOMEBOON | ThE HER OuT wm‘.':\':;-" e ‘ ‘ TO SEE Wou? Leaeww R R W] | L\ZARDS! WEVE GOTTA = AN W WGHT HAPPEN LT IR of tomato on each piece of lettuce. Cut & small hole in the center of the to- bl in it half of the finding s 2 . white of a hard-cooked egg filled with Tock sat down for & period of the un- | caviar mixed with mayonnaise. omfi LETTER-OUT By Charles H. Joseph Letter-out and the plumber did it. SIPPED . TUSSLE | Letter-out and he slings around. l Letter-out and we fasten our rse that way. THEATER STRANGER DEPRESS ' Letter-out snd they are ‘hold- ups. IF THERE WeERe MoRE PEOPLE Like JEFF -~ PROSPERITY WOULD BE SLAPPING VS ON THe BACK- MUTT, T WAS A SPENDING BABY TODAY, BELIEVE ME. I Jgtter-out and drink produces I PATRONIZED THE INDUSTRIES OF THS COUNTRY GET ANSTHER PEEK AT PROSPERIT Y. LET'S SEE = WHATLL Remove one letter from each word and rearrange to spell the word called for in the last column. Print the omitted letter in center column ‘word you have removed it from. If you have “lettered-out” correctly will spell what most of do in street cars. Answer to Yesterday's LETTER-OUT. FLUSTER TOUSLE tter-out and it's. good for & TENDRIL 7 L8 . " PRINCES |Nl Letter-out and bad news doss it. DEPRESS in the busl RUSTLE | E | Letter-out and they are awkward fellows. LOUTS ' FI Letter-out and hear a slight noise CONSPIRE SPENDERS (Copyright, 1931) 4 DOC, MY FATHER LOST Hi ] S:D:\':\r;EC zzs__nfiyss? N canmer” Y AE>® ol /// SUGGESTE! o %l AN AIRPLANE WITH A PARACHUTE HE BE SUBJECTED o A SEVERE FRIGRT 1o ATTACHED To HIM. WhAT'S YourR OPINION % IF You OMIT THE PARACAUTE, THE FRIGAT MIGRT BE SEVERE ENOUGH BUT IF YU WANT To GIVE HIM THE. [} ULTIMATE /N FRIGHTS, TAKE MM T0 PINE VALLEY AND HAVE HIM STAND ON -THE TEE AND LOOK AT THAT FIFTA HOLE RESTORE IT § . Agreeable odor. 3 2 . Burgundy wine. . Pretender. . Distinctive doctrines. . To stick fast. . Women's slippers. . Opened the way. . Avoid. . Many times. . Commander of the Ark. . Wild swan. . Delightful residences. . Kind of Russian hemp. . To accustom. . Sealed m‘h a cement of clay. . To finish caretully. . Bamboolike grass. Delay. . Large flat-bottomed boat. . Founder of Nineveh: Greek myth. . Hebrew letters. . Kind of linen cloth. . Public entertainments of music and| 1. S0 be it. . Uncouth. . Handsome evergreens. . Forebodings. . Names. . To remove the top. . Agrees to. . Chinese tea. . Tree. . Prevents. . American food fish. . To entangle. . Pipes. ! Stratagem. . Unfriendly. . Hardened. . Flies aloft. . Printer's measures. . Christian monk. E . Texaceous tree of New Zealand. . Pine muslin: Anglo-Ind. . Bell-shaped flower. trees. OH,MESCAL. YOURE JUST IN TIME _PA PIFFLE'S HELP- ING ME. CLEAN HOUSE AND 1 WANT You TO BEAT THE RUGS FOR ME. . MISS SALLY, VUK KNOW TWeET AIR CHINESE vAsE WHAT NUH'VE BEEN A-TRYIN' 7O &IT MATCHED FER WAL, YUH NEEDONT BOTHER NO LONGER el JEST BUSTED 3 of ) . To hold in Y Poox, . Mimicked. . Wanders idly. . Veraclous. . Temporary stop. . Venetian pleasure boat. . Acted as if moonstruck. . More mature. 3 's ideal young man. iy g:zv:rud. o 3 3 t type of Greek architecture. . Noted city in Ne'ldl.. Ve . Chain or rock. . Destrogs. .hbgntmmm.