The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 24, 1919, Page 13

‘, ot e and all the chips were dropping Es Fe home of’Mr. and Mra. Oriole J ‘a ‘i chips. ey : _ geked Nick, laughing. —_—_—____. ____«f “How do suppose Sahta Claus ever can come down a a =A =a i Jerry Muskrat’s Troubles Begin BY THORNTON W. BURGESS (Copyright, 1919, by T. W. Burgess) YY MUSKRAT watched Billy, So Jerry sat on the top of his Mink and Little Joe Otter start | house and watched Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter out of sight. Then he sighed. Then he sighed again. “I to the Big River. Both intend: | suppose,” he muttered, “my troubles until they were sure | gre just beginning. These traps Billy Begun to| Mink told about were set for him, Laughing | but I know trappers well enough to #0 discouraged that | know that sooner or later there will be some traps set especially for me.” Jerry was quite right. Marly the next morning, as he was Making his breakfast, on @ lily root, he caught sight of some one coming down the | Laughing Brook. | Brown's Boy. | This stranger kept stopping and ex amining every old log in the water | and every hole along the bank. He [stopped at three of Jerry's favorite -peating places and. studied them. Jerry knew just what that meant | “That's that dreadful trapper,” jthought Jerry. “He's trying to find | out where I am in the habit of going. © that he may eet traps there, Ite | Clear to me that from now on I aball | have to watch my atep every time | I move.” After the stranger had left, Jerry swarm to the places where the strang- er had stopped. At each one of them his nose was tickled with a Gelicious smell. At one*piace he amelied a carrot. and Jerry is very fond of carrot. At another place he ametied apple, and if there is any one thing that Jerry Muskrat likes it is apple. He was greatly tempted, was Jerry Muskrat, It seemed to him that he must go ashore and get their journeys, Billy was going @istant brook. Little Joe was Otter, there had istfulness in his t is, Jerry those good things to didn't. Under water, so that he could no) longer amet! those things, and then! swam over to his house to think things over. But he Next story: Jerry Can Find Ne Traps. ADVENTURES - OF ke Hebets Daten HOW THE ORIOLES MOVED | There was a terridie fussing among | Nancy. “But perhaps we could move Dirds up in one of the maple/ the nest.” in the woods. The twins| “No, we can't,” declared Nick. up curiously, but all they | “Birds won't let you.” [gould see was a scurry of yellow| But Nancy had another idea. feathers and some chips fying. “Then let's tell the fairies. They can/ “I wonder what's wrong.” said| move it, I'm sure.” Nick. “I wish we could see bett | Niek colored @ little because he But almost as soon as he said it both | was still ashamed of the way he had children thought ef their magic ed at the fairies’ ball, but he said, shoes, They would climb up and see,| “All right. Let's.” | Late that night when the littie! “1 deciare I'm tired cleaning house,” said Mrs. Oriole, | .=y ciambered into the| pocket nest went slip, slip, slipping Ze overhead. And what do you| down the branch to a cleaner spot think the trouble was? The flickers| the sleepy birds thought it was the were chopping @ hole in the mapie| south wind rocking them. But the twins and the fairies knew “[nderneath. Mrs. Fiteker had her —-— ? out now and her long beak gave er the look of a peering old Indy. “[ declare I'm tired cleaning | house,” said Mrs. Oriole, grabbing up ‘gome more chips and throwing them overboard, Kvery time I come home| Press.)—General John J. Pershing Buit's worne and worse, Thone flickers! caine back to his own country folk d no business starting to do car-| yesterday lenter work right over our heads, |" «Johnny's in town,” Laclede's six f the children no little, too! Oliver) viene traws band—tuned up for the a chip in his eye yesterday and) bere Oran bane rf and | occ _ p when the special had to bathe it with borax water) carrying General Pershing and hin| ei! night.” paity from St. Louis slowed u | | pai 1 lo pin Bhe kept on scolding and throwing | front of the little red station here Home Town Folks LACLEDE, Mo., Dee. 24.—(United “What had we better do, Nancy?” “We can't the hole,” replied | better. \ | | Welcome Pershing | THE SEATTLE STAR—WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24, 1919. DOINGS OF THE DUFFS OW, HELEN, WHAT Are (4 smu UNDECIDED ~ WHAT woveD, “TOM POR CHRISTMAS! | You sugeeeT? He just plunged his head)! ¢ pene. Anyone Would Think Olivia Was Married! NOw DON’T WORRY, ANNIE. 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