The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 17, 1920, Page 11

ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS Olive Roberts Barton ‘The twins were returning after a/ lost me in school, and the teacher put to the lost books when they/™¢ in the cupboard, waste she » |got me, The janitor found me in wadienly found themeeves In the| Vacation, and gave me to his little Revaly cool shade of the forest of Mis! giri, who loaned ume to her friend, Umbrellas, There were um-/ who dropped me down——" and parasols of every shape! “Oh, stop, stop, stop!" cried Nancy 2 hue, from Japanese paper ones “I'm getting dimzy, Did you really the kind the cirous man jumps out) belong to all those people T” the balloon with, up in the sky. | “Yes,” sighed the pretty little dark | But right on the edge of the won-! blue silk umbrella. “And I got so woods was a dear little dark | tired I came here to the Land o° Lost silk umbrella, with a tasse! on | Things to stay.” stick. . I'm sorry,” said Nancy, “I “Why, you are mine.” cried Nancy, | thought, perhaps, 1 could take you Gelight. “I got you for my birth | wi me when I go home.” y, and lost you in Sunday school."| What the little unfrella was * said the little umbrella, “you | going to answer we'll never know, for you did, but you didn't. You the ma; mushroom whispered tc {me standing against a fence on the green shoes that it was time they way home; then Mrs. Brown's | were returning for tea. 's daughter's friend found me) And whisk! Away they ber way to the train, and then all about me when she got to Next a soldier found me and me home to his little sister; she went were backsin their house in Peach Can Town. (Copyright, 1920, N. FE. A.) oie ol. Lye ! aS natn Cc » { niko uy sC TLE usy Day at the Smiling Pool ODY was excited. Yes, sir;}sinff, sniff, went Jerry Muskrat. Af everybody in the Smiling Pool | Then little cold shivers ran down his fa slong the Laughing Brook was | backbone and way out to the tip of over with exctiement. | his tail, Spotty the Turtle, who usually! “what is it? asked Little Joe Ot everything so ‘calmly that ter oe 3 people call him stupid, climbed | ..,,. e on the highest point of amid log.| j_,1," ‘be man smell he could see what was s> whispered Just then Little Joe Otter gave a long sniff. “My, I smell fish! he cried, his eyes sparkling, and start-| ~ | ing in the direction from which the smell came, He swam faster than Jerry, and in a minute he shouted in delight: “Hi, Jerry! Some one’s left a fish right on the edge of the bank. What & feast” Jerry hurried ap fast as he could swim, his eyes popping out with stronger grew that dreadful man smell. “Don't touch it, Joe Otter.” “Don't touch it,” he panted. Little Joe laughed. “What's the matter, Jerry’ ‘Fraid I'll eat it all up before you get here?” he asked, an he reached out for the fish. “Stop!” shrieked Jerry, and gave Little Joe a push just as the latter touched the fish. Snap! A pai of wicked steel jaws flew together and caught Little Joe Otter by &@ claw of one toe. If it hadn't been for Jerry's push he would have been caught by a foot. “Oh! oh! oh!" cried Little Joe Ot- : ter, z, “Next time I guess you'll remem- A pair of wicked! Wat Grandfather Frog. said ps flew together. about watching out when you find ie he der hoes 40 te things to eat where they never were Why, all before,” said Jerry, as he helped | Little Joe pull himself free from the pasate ond the Goons and the Ot | trap. But he left the claw behind | and had @ dreadfuly sore toe as a the Smiling Pool andthe) resuit, Then they buried the trap | deep down in the mud and started to look for another. All around the Smiling Poo! and slong the Laughing Brook their cousins, and uncles, and aunts, and friends were just as busy, and every once in iD | just an narrow an escape as Little Joe Otter, And ali the time the fur Hunter's Son was planning what he would do with all the money he would get for the skins of the little ‘animals he was sure he would catch in his trape, Next story: The Fur Hunter's Son Is Puzzled. net allqwed, | Hunter’s Son waited un- Farmer Brown and his town to do the market he set trap after trap. the reason everybody was i juskrat and a Otter, poisons + + CeO ae hunting traps togethef They swimming along close to the) FUNERAL SERVICES for Mrs. just where the Laughing | Eunice J Shrewsbury, 27, wife of I leaves the Smiling Pool when|H. Shrewsbury, 7418 Gatewood ave., wrinkled up his funny little|a victim of flu, will be held Wednes- nin MMA N\Ww\. 80 years of age tnd still active his profession. It can be bought page oy ie 1 yea] oo family many months. It myrt preparation. Quick as a wink, Naney and Nick | Seo rcke while some one would have | and stopped swimming. Sniff, day at 2 p. m. from Bonney Watson's. | | Don" PeLievE DANNY IS - PEELING Weil- He WASNT ACTED HmseLP | | | | } FROM TH GARAGE Here 2 Advice of Expert Advocating a larger use of milk| n children’s diet, Miss Lutie E./ Stearns, lecturing on behalf of the | National Federation of Women's| Clubs, waa scheduled to address a) meeting of the W. C, T. U, at the Firat Methodist church, 16th avé, N.| and &. John at., at 2 o'clock Wednes day afterneen. In the evening she | will talk to a meeting of parents and teachers at the Brighton school \Games of Chance | ° * Banned in Frisco) SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17.~—Fifty: | en are held today on gaming | as the result of raida by the t night on seven clubs in | various parts of the city j The raids followed a_conference be- | |tween District Attorifey Brady and! Chief of Police White, at which It was decided to stop at once all games af chancs, HELEN, THAT * CHILD NEEDS A Dose OF | CASTOR OIL: FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS ) WELL- Houle FROM Svvlool ALREADY -You BCT YOUR REPORT Cad JODY, DON'T You, | KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES | WELL, WELL, WHAT'S | TH NATTER NY LITTLE MAN? THE SEATTLE STAR—-TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1920. Grandma Is in Bad. | WAVE SOme IN THE House BUT | Donoy LiK® To Gwe IT TO Him- WO HATES IT so! We WAS Youle AND THAT's ALL | EVER Gave Hint THERE HE ALEORDING To Your, AARUS Vou DIDNT Do NERY WELL THIS MONTH © WHATS. TUB BEATIN THEY DID HUH! WELL THAT AINT FAIR! THEY TOOK My CAKE AWAY, THEY Dip! |) GETTER CLEM, THAN TO TAKE A CAR LIKE THAT OUTOF TW’ GARAGE $ ts FATHER HAD These LITTLE SPELLS WHEN (7s Ae Down Now! Don'y cry ANY MORE THATS A Goon Boy! —— ‘Tomorrow You WILL BE ALL WELL AGAIN AND FeeLin’ Peter’s Overtires for Peace. BUYING FLOWERS AV’ CAN-CANDY For. \ THERE WAS SOME THING? LEFT HERE FOR You, The Government Collected. 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