Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1937, Page 54

“'D=10 TOONERVILLE FOLKS THE SKIPPER USUALLY OCCUPIES AN UPPER BOX SEAT AT JHE LITTLE SCORPIONS’ BALL PARK THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., FRIDAY, 'OCTOBER "8, 1957." MOON MULLINS— Figure This One. : . Wu.‘lllmnuull]"“‘“l . &/ IT'S A LETTER 1O THATS FU t THOUGHT WAS | LORD PLUSHBOTTOM,ASKING KEEPIN' HIS CAREER IF THEY DIDON'T NEED A FAT A SECRET- WHY, LAOY WITH THAT CIRCUS . WILLIE WOULDN'T HE SAID IT WOULD BE A SPLENDID WAY FOR YOU TO ME WHAT £ WORK YOUR WAY SQUTH 1 MAY NOT BE A WORKING WOMAN LONG,LADY PLUSHBOTTOM . MY WILLIES TOOK UP WRITING FOR A LWVING. WELL, 1 DON'T SEE NOTHING SO FUNNY ABOUT THAT/ I'D RATHER BE A BIT PLUMP THAN SO SKINNY I DIDN'T EVEN CAST A *DOUBLE OR NO POUBLE—THIS IS ONE SCENE I PLAY MYSELF!" CROSS-WORD PUZZLE . Declare, . Garden imple- ment. . Make less dis- agreeable. . Eurovean viper. . Unbeliever in Mahometanism. 5. Bronzes, . Inflowing cur- rent. . Swiss canton, | 39. Morsels. . City In Vermont. . Tail of a deer. DO . Money exchange . 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Higher than the | ° natural veice. 43. Tarkish drink. 46. Thumb. 48, Evergreens. 50. Bar lawfally, . Wade across. . Tennyson heroine, . Corded fabrics. 3. Gaelic blood money. measures, Bedtime Stories BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. Eothi e ok ut change doth f 7 2014 Mother Naturer" THE Lion hunt was over, for Farmer Brown's Boy had found the Lions for his cousins, Sue and Sammy. Of course, they were not what you think of when Lions are mentioned. They were not great Cats with shaggy manes and big sharp teeth. They couldn’t roar until the earth would shake with the sound. They were just insects, small insects at that, each at the bottom of a small pit in the sand, lying in wait for an unsuspecting victim to fall into that pit. They were Ant Lions. It seemed queer to call such little ereatures Lions, but as Sue said, if Solution to Yesterday's Puzzle. one should grow to be as big as a real Lion it would be worse to meet than any real Lion ever was or could be. She was looking at one Tommy had scooped from the bottom of his Pit, and for the first time was seeing the ugly looking jaws. Tommy put it down on the sand where the surface was smooth, and right away it began digging in, but backward. It was the beginning RO THE GAUZY - WINGED CREA- TURE AND FLEW AWAY. & new pit. Fascinated, they watchéd the curious little worker deepen his little pit, pausing now and then to rest, and then resuming work. “I wonder how those things ever learned that trick,” said Sammy. “What trick?” asked Sue. “Why, the trick of digging a pit- A | HAVENT ANYTHING MUCH For. DINNER. TONIGHT. “THE BUTCHER GoT MY ORDER. ALL mIXEP UP OKAY. DOESNT MATTER.. NOT HUNGRY Lord’s breath came and went in short, excited gulps as he watched Tarzan's fingers slip from their hold on the sill, then disappear. He looked down. The man had alighted erect, and then turned like lightning to face the leopard, but the carnivore was motionless. HE'S WRITING. g 1 “ \ AND THE GRocer,Too. HE SENT ALLTHE WRone THINGS MAKES NO DIFFERENCE, DONT FEEL LIKE EATING Silent as the shadow of the wind, Tarzan crept toward the sleeping beast. He had covered half the distance when the leopard awoke. Before it could gather its wits, the ape man dashed at it, his stout club raised to strike. Then the leopard charged madly, DAN DUNN-—Secret Operative 48. S g V00 0 (/// MElSWETOCOME / UP TOMORROW--T'M GOING TO ENJOY THAT!/ THERE'S THE B YOU'D BETTER SLIP OUT AND GET SOME LUNCH BEFORE THE {HH NOON RUSH STARTS IN HERE. WE'LL NEED FULL FORCE THEN/ OF THE THREE F.B1. AGENTS WATCHING THE TOPEKA POST OFFICE DEPARTED FOR A BRIEF WHILE ~ SAY, 1 SENT OFF FER ONE OF 'EM NEW-FANGLED HEALTH DIETS — DO YUH RECKON) 1 CAN) MAKE 'EM GIMME MY MONEY BACKZ HELLO/! HELLO--SHERWFF?? YES-- YOU'VE GOTTEN FULL CONFESSIONS FROM ALL OF THEM--WELL, I TOLD YOU THEY TRIED TO FRAME ME T0 SAVE SLIPPERY--YES--I'LL BE OVER PRETTY SOON-- SPECIAL AGENT WIMBERLY BAKER,FROM A CONVENIENT MONEY ORDER WINDOW, SOON OBSERVED A MAN AT THE GENERAL DELIVERY WINDOW-BUT THE CLERK THERE GAVE NO SIGNAL . 'SMATTER - DIDNIT TH' DIET WORK T % FOR THE WINTER HMI#A | |'M GLAD YOURE NOT HUNGRY. IWE JUST GoT A Plcik-upP Of all the cat creatures of the wilderness, none bears s0 evil a reputation as the leopard. His ferocity is proverbial, his williness uncanny, the fury and force of his attack demoniacal. But all these things the jungle lord knew, and he was prepared. 4 HELLO--YES—OH! THE CHARGES AGAINST 7) ME WERE WITHORAWN THIS MORNING?? I P4 SEE--WELL-- THANKS Reg U S. Pac OF . Copyrght, 1937 ® " by Pabiihers Syadeste L‘ 7 ¢ s v , AS THE MAN MOVED ON, A SECOND MAN APPROACHED THE WINDOW.AGENT BAKER AND ANOTHER AGENT IN THE LOBBY WATCHED - o THEY TOLD ME To EAT |, WHAT NOTHING' BUT FRUIT AN' NUTS AN’ HIT MADE ME sSICK [/ NAWT TH FIRST DAY NUTS DID, JUH EAT y fall, a trap, to catch ants and other things, of course,” said Sammy. “A lot of other insects and a lot of ani- mals and most reptiles hunt theif prey, but these things set regular traps. I don’t know of anything else that does excepting Man.” “How about Spiders?” Tommy asked. Sammy grinned. “That's 30,” he agreed. “A spider web is a sort of trap. I hadn’t thought of that. What a lot of things We see and don’t think about. Look at this pit over here! I can understand how an ant or any- thing crawling around on the ground might tumble into one of those pits and get trapped, but how anything with wings can be stupid enough to tumble in, I don’t understand.” Sue and Tommy looked. Sure enough, there in that pit was a dainty crea- ) ture, with a long, slim body and four gauzy wings. It was like a damsel- “fly, or dragon-fly in miniature. It appeared that as yet nothing had happened to it. “I wonder if that old Lion in there is asleep or afraid or something,” said Sammy. “Perhaps there isn't one in that pit,” suggested Sue. “Yes, there is, but there won't be long,” said Tommy. Just then out of the little pit rose the gauzy-winged creature and flew away. Sue gave vent to g little sigh of thankfulness. “I'm glad,” said she. “It is too pretty and dainty to be eaten by one of those horrid Lions. ‘What did you mean, Tommy, by say- ing there wouldn't be one in that pit long?” “There isn’t one in there now,” re- plied Tommy, and grinned. “How do you know? You haven't looked,” said Sammy. “I just watched it fly away,” replied Tommy, and the grin on his freckled face was broader than ever. “What do you mean?” demanded Sue, and added: “Lions can't fly. ‘They haven’t got wings.” “That one has” replied Tommy, “and all the rest of themt will have sooner or later,” For a minute Sue stasd at Tommy with her mouth open. “Tommy Brown,” she snapped, “are you tell- ing us that that pretty thing we saw fly away was one of those horrid, ugly Ant Lions? I don't believe it!” Tommy grinned, “I don't blame lm for doubting &8, but it is & fact, ) just the same. And it isn’t any more wonderful than a caterpillar changing into a butterfly or moth, is it?” ~ Sue and Sammy had to confess that it wasn't. (Copyright, 1937 gl Brain Twizzlers BY PEOF. J. D, FLINT, AP RO Ms SR O ST SE EO DR AOFT TF EU RN-SL OI VM- RO SL X8 137, by Chicago Tribune- N Y. News Spaduste, Inc why, YOU SAID So. SAIb IT DIDNT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHAT WE HAD KNow WHERE you HEAR THESE WILD RUMOURS — M STARVED ! eved he could win. Soon his judg- ment would be vindicated, or he would be dead! Lord looked down anxiously. But he was not the only witness. From another window two glowing eyes watched above snarling lips—watched from the room that was Woora's! —By NORMAN MARSH HEY, DAN—-THERES A LONG DISTANCE CALL ON MY PHONE FOR YOU--1T'S THE BI§ CHIEF ! HE SAYS YOU § HAVE BEEN REINSTATED! f NS \ AT THE MENTION OF THE OMINOUS NAME, THE CLERK NODDED HER HEAD SIGNALLING THE G-MEN INTO ACTION/ = == Tomorrow—~ TRAPPED. By S. L. HUNTLEY CUCUMBERS IA SI NT TR WR AI CZ TZ LI EC- /| RA LS. Fun, huh? We think we have something hers that will be quite befuddling as well as interesting and full of fun. The idea of it is to eliminate one letter from each pair and place the correct one on the line above the pair until you have the letters worked out to form a sentence. Have at it! (Copyright, 1837.) (Answer on Page D-11.) 10,000 Congratulated. Eighty-seven thousand congratu- latory telegrams were sent to 10,000 boys and girls who passed the Ox- ford and Cambridge school certificate examination in England.