The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 22, 1920, Page 13

area ™ Boxr SYsea “EF 900 nn oe _ PUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1920. ar. * ¢ OLY IQ and Qoatlle * / + & Page 83 HELP AT QCQQUT if the mother fell in the, river, she must have been all weeeet!” wailed Nery “How could they go on till she got some dry clothes “She just wrung the water out of her skirts,” Grandmother con. tinued, “and on they went, stag. gering with weakness, hurrying with fear, on and on till they had Walked two miles, Then the lit tle mother gave out “I can go no farther,’ she sald, land she looked ready to die, Not far ahead the rs had found a Prairie, and had built a fire and had found a few potatoes to bake. But the mother couldn't even &et to this place. “George left the children with her and hurried back to get his father. “Together they carried the Mother to the camp and went back for the children.” “What gets me,” David broke im again, “is why didn’t George et tired, too? How did he keep on being able to carry them all and everything? What did he get to eat? “I don’t know, Davie-man, I've often wondered about that myself. But he lived to tell the story him self and his sympathy seemed to be all for his mother. “Se you see when you asked how they made the first road across you were asking for a sad, hard story. “But they were over the worst of it now. They were across the mountains, and on the prairie, the | your LAST horses and oxen had grass to eat, and at last the men who had been sent to find food came back. “Think how you watch for | Daddy when he promised to bring home a certain kind of candy when he comes home from a trip! I've heart you say, ‘I can hardly wait till he gets here. 1 hope he won't forget those chocolates.’ “But if you were starving, if mother was all but dead from weariness and lack of food; if you had a darling baby sister, who clung to you and cried with hunger; if you had a little roly: poly rascal of a brother, who was getting thinner and thinner every day and a seven yearold sister who was a regular little woman, but who sometimes cried because she wanted something to cat-—if all this was true-—think how you would feel if you saw these men coming back from their trip after food; ©, yea, they had it. “Big pleces of bacon, sacks of flour, potatoes, and the Hudson Bay company had even sent beef and vegetabies, | “It had been a bitter, hart read to make and if it had been 10 miles more 1 doubt if their } strength would have lasted.” Peggy said: “I hope all those pioneer children grew up to be well and happy and had lots of people to keep care of them. I wish I knew them so I could do something nice for them.” And Grandmother, kissing her, said, “You are pretty nice to me, | Peggy-Lamb, and you know I was [a pionver child.” (*) Rereee ADVENTURES OF THE yy Oive RF says he won't : explained Tingaling. | "While Tingaling, the fairy tand-| Jord, and Nancy and Nick, the twins | Gm their little Green Shoes) and the Magical Mushroom too, were on their way home from Wally Wood a ck's house, an idea occurred to the fairy and he stopped suddenly. “Jumping crickets!’ he exclaimed, \“if this isn't rent day! It's the thirty-second of the month and I al- collect my rents on that day. Til have to get busy right away, and [pif you kiddies wish to go along, WFou're welcome. You might possibly Fun across your lost monkey if he's “visiting here, you know.” Nick and his sister were delighted for many reasons. Never before had they had an opportunity to go inside the animals’ houses, and just the @utside even of the houses in the Land-of-Dear-Knows-Where, looked extremely interesting. Having their Magical ‘Shoes they could go any- where they wished, even into Tiny Gnat’s house which was about as big! TWINS ‘ober. pay any more rent because the roof as the eye of a needia, and not a darning one either. Tingaling fished around in his pocket and hauled out a rumply pa- per. “I received a sassy letter from Chirk Chipmunk yesterday.” he said, putting on his specs and looking it over. “Chirk says he won't pay any | more rent because the roof leaks, | and the stairn need fixing, and the walls are damp, and the door-bell won't ring, and the bathroom's out | of order, and the pantry window's | broken, and the wallpaper’s coming | off, and the doors are sprung, and the water pipe is busted (he said | busted). | “Outside of that I suppose it's all | lng his bells emphatically. go right around and fix him. doesn't pay me, I'll tie bells al! over! him, and he'll hate that so, he'll pay me 10 rents!’ (Copyright, 1920, N. E. A.) The Gentleman in Red POSSUM had been badly! ABY frightened. There was no doubt abotit that. When Mr, and Mrs, Fly-| catcher had found him trying to teal their eggs, they certainly had punished him well. Yes, indeed! They had pulled his hair, and torn his ao! ,and pinched him, and pecked im, until he was only too glad to ide away in a tiny ttle hollow in| the black birch tree. How long he had lain there snivel 4ing and moaning, he didn't know, It geemed to him that he had been there years and years. Of course, it Teally was only a very short while, but it seemed a long time to Baby Possum, as he lay there, not daring te put even the tip of hia little nose @utside. Py and by he heard some| ove calling. | “Baby Possum! Baby Possum™ ealled a pleasant voice. Baby Possum stopped crying and Ustened. “Baby Possum! Baby Posum! It| fa wafe for you to come out now,” @aid the same pleasant voice. Baby Possum cautiously poked his | p Uttle nose out of the hollow! which he was hiding. Mr. and| Mrs. Flycatcher were not in sight. | Then Baby Possum poked his whole | head out so that he could look down. | There, under the tree, sat a gentle-| man in a very fine red coat and ‘wearing a white waistcoat. He was| looking up at Baby Possum and| smiling. It must be be who had| called. | “Who are you™ asked Baby Por-| gum, very impolitely. “] am your uncle, and I have come | to take you back to your home in the big hollow tree,” said the fine | looking gentleman in red, and smiled | until he showed all his long white th, Baby Possum «hivered » “Ah do’ want to go home. Besides, | | Ah don’t like your long, sharp teeth,” | 4 Baby Possum | The gentleman in red closed hia) Mouth with 4 snap. Baby Pousum! gamenped at the sound, ‘ | came | | | | | | “Ah don’t like yo. to go home,” said he. “Listen™ said the fine gentleman lin red, in his softest, pleasantest volce. “On ‘my wny over here I found what do you think?” Raby Possum shook his head, do’ know,” said he. “Some of the nicest, freshest egrs you have ever seen. My, but they did 3¢ he Ah don’t want “an | “Baby Possum! Baby Pos- sum!” called a pleasant voice. look good! replied the fine gentle- man in red, smacking his lips. At the word eggs Baby Possum be interested right away. He came wholly now out of his snug, safe little hollow “Are- they where Ah could! em?” he sald eagerly, ney certainly are,” replied the fine gentleman in red. “You come right down, and I'll take you over there, You can eat all you want| and then take some home. My! but| I would like one of those eggs myself right now, I am afraid that unless you hurry some one else will get re |'Then Baby P. DOINGS OF THE DU DAN-NEE! on DAN-NEE | Come { WOME TO Your SUPPER. LS, Ge y AID CBS THE | TELL You A FELLOw « SEATTLE STAR Helen Has Her Troubles— What's IN THESE HARD TIMES ONE CAN SAVE MANY A NickLe | MUST SANE To MaKe ENDS JUST NOSIN’ AROUND- WHY | SAVED CENTS ON THis MEAT MEET ~ (LU BET ANNIE “LL BE TICKLED WHEN | SHow HER WHAT | SAVED amma Yes, tow You Go ovr AMO Fuid YouR FATHER. AKO BOTH OF Nou HURRY pack Here IF You KANT Somat To Tia ear! Hi DAOOY CALLING |. PAT mep the Use? —— 4 Then It Was Easy! “WELL, A MAN DRODOED A NICKEL DOW! A COAcK YH Thats cheap Statue fl throw ia tha them.” Baby Poswum’s eyes sparkled. He| started down the tree in a hurry. As he did so he happened—just hap-| pened—to look over to the foot of a big pine tree, What he saw made him stop quddenly, It was a funny | little fellow with long ears, and he| was shaking his head so hard that | hin long ears went flappety-flap. um looked down at | the rine gent nin red who was | looking up and smiling till he showed | all his long, white teeth. Those teeth made Baby Possum shiver again. “Ah done lost mah appetite fo’ eens,” gaid Baby Possum, as he} scrambled back to the safe, snug little hollow in the black birch tree. | Next story: Baby Possum Changes His Mind, Await Blanks for Victory Medals Altho distribution of Victory med. als and other official insignia for vet- erans of the world war was begun | in Washington city on Monday, Se attle vets will be compelled to wait a few days before making applica tion, due to a d in the arrival of | the necessary blanks. . | All applications must be made | thru the local recruiting office, i Coast Wednesday LOS ANGELES, Cal. June 22 retary of the Navy Dani reach the Coast Wednesday ni 6:30, passing thru Los Angeles at that hour en route to San Diego, a| land, telegram from Washington informed Mayor Snyder today. The secretary will return here Fri day to discuss plans for naval estab- Ushments with city officials. 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