The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 26, 1920, Page 13

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WAS im the afternoon of the second day of their visit that the story of a deer hunt with a peculiar ending was told, to the children, and it was pe the | Bition tn those days, Every man Oldest Pioneer who told it, knew how to shoot, and when we He sat deep down in the big| "4 we rarely mined our gama. chair, his fingers fitted together tip to tip, and he was laughing softly all to himself. Peexy touched him Nightly en his sleeve, and with her little face close up to his ear, she asked: " “Did you be remembering "bout something funny?” “Bh? Yes, chit, yes, I often Femember funny things, now. I @on't hear very well, you know, and my mind takes me hack to those old days when we first came ‘to this country. “We had plenty of Plenty of ‘em, but we bad a lot of good times, too! “Many's the time I've gone out .. tm the back yard and shot four wild geese in onehaif hour. “And killing a bear was sport, Dut it was too common to be a great event. As for deer—one fall my brother and I killed a hun- “But we needed them We didn’t have a butcher shop around the corner, remember. We had to get cur meat or we didn’t have “One Gay my brother was out the woods alone—he hadn't ex- any hunting, but we it without « gun— WEDLOCKED was walking thru \ ANN The island moved some more and a head appeared above water. | Mingaling was thinking fast He| think I shal order sfx at ence to put we wondering how much of his con-| Upon my mantel shelf! Beautiful, brown, butter-bowts” on Torty Turtle had beard, for) 71,,"isiand came up a Iittle higher the had been telling Nancy and Nick | a¢ that, ag though it wished to hear onbdeautiful Torty waa, not) more. ng that it was Mr. Turtle him- | Tingaling went om: “And speak: self they were aitting on, instead of | ing of bologna sausage, how I do love @n island as they had supposed, it he cried “In there anything )anything handsomer than @ butter- ) Bowl? How 1 do adore butter-bow! turned upside down, especially! ower (Copyright, 1970, N. BR AJ Ke f 4 BY THOKNTON W. BURGESS Billy Mink Calls a Meeting ITTLE JOE OTTER and Billy Billy Mink promised Mink sat on the Big Rock in|be sure. You see it was ‘the Smiling Pool in the moonlight |of Reddy Fox that all For once no thought of mischief was 4n their little brown heads. Usually Littie Joe Otter is so ful of high spirits that he is cutting up all kinds ©f antics in the water, but now he wap very sober and quiet. “Did you see him yesterdayT™ Qsked Billy Mink. “Yes,” replied Little Joe Otter, “I to swim over to call on Jerry starte Muskrat, and who should I see right) there on the bank but Farmer | own's Boy with his dreadful gun [¥t made the cold shivers run all over me. Lucky for me I saw him first, it didn’t take me long to get un- water. He didn't see me at all, 9 I swam under water all the way lover to Jerry Muskrat’s house to warn him not to come out. It is get- ting to be @ dreadful state of affairs. If we couldn't go fishing at night I dcn't know how we ever would get enough to eat, What are we going to do about i?” Billy Mink scratched his head thoughtfully. “I don’t know,” he nid. “Something has got to be done. ‘There isn't any fun any more in the Smiling Pool or on the Green Mead- ows or in the Green Forest. Let's Ma meeting of ail the litte mead and forest people.” “The very thing!” cried Little Joe Otter. “Then we can all talk it . Bo it was arranged that Billy Mink ghould watch for Old Mother West Wind to come down from her home ind the Purple Hills very early the next morning and as s00n as she hhad emptied her big bag of all her 7D children, the Merry Little Breezen, fhe should ask them to hunt up all the little people of the Green Mead ows and the Green Forest and invite to meet at the big hickory tree the bank of the Smiling Pool just 7 sunset the next night. “Be sure that they don’t make @ Mistake and invite Granny Fox or Reddy Fox,” warned Little Joe Otter. i trouble | had come about. Farmer Brown's Boy would never, never have spent all his spare time with his dreadful | «un hunting on the Green Meadows. | The next was a busy day for the! Merry Little Breezes, one of the busl- est days they had ever spent. You| see it was hard work to find all the! Uttle meadow and forest people, for many of them had hidden because of their fear of Farmer Brown's Boy, so| that even the Merry Little Breezes had to hunt and hunt to find them. Every one promised to be there it| “Ah reckon Ah can let them! know,” said OV Mistah Buz- zard. | they conlé be enre that Purmer) Brown's Boy had gone home, “Oh, dear, how ever shall we let them know?” cried one of the Merry Little Breezes. “Ah reckon Ah can let them know,” said Ol Mistah Buzzard, who happened to be listening, “From way up in the blue, blue sky Ah will watch, and when Ah see Farmer Brown's Boy go home Ah'll just sail down to the big hickory tree, Bvery- body can see me up in the eky, and when they see me salling down at sunset they’ll know that it is safe | “The very thing? cried the Merry Little Breezes, clapping their hands for joy. And so it was arranged. Naxt story: The Meeting st the Big Hickery Tres. —<—<—<—————— : Latin Americans Are Started Home Alvero Aris, Peruvian,and Ricardo Cardenas, Guatemalan, were started south Wednesday by immigration of- ficials on the first lap of their jour ney home. They are classed as unde sirable aliens, Both have recently completed terms for grand larceny, | other Aris at MeNell’s, and Cardenas at Monroe reformatory. S| es FREE DOCTOR | =F Bx-Government Physician AN accute and chronic dinennes treated by latest methods. We of- fer thia service to any patron of our stores. Also a free eye, ear, nose and throat clinic. Get your glasses here and be satinfed. THE OLD RELIABLE RIGHT DRUG CO. A111 First Ave. Near Spring St. 160 Wespiogte St, Near Second Look for Bree Deeter Hign 1 nove BUT Sometions mon HAPPEN To Wo4- I'M Coney wr KIDDING PoP. VA KNOW \WHAT?- TAA GONNA MARRY RUTH SEMPLE. WIEN T GRow UP-VESTR. SAT Steal $1,500 Worth of Furs and Silks! ‘Thieves entered an apartment be- longing to Mra. Stella C, Miller and Mra. Gladys Schooley in the Sheri- dan, Fifth ave. and Virginia st. Wednenday night, and stole furs and OTAURO. ‘lodians’ eilswr Ber pad scaler Asimalching va " women, ren, Keep \vertine- Stine’ nn Tee dred seer oT ead Ts cae | alover or etesnpe) fer preot bex ond guarantee, to b Mart Brinteia,lac, AB-O4, Matioa F,New York Coughs Crow Bettor | fasrgcteaton te relevednad throes te: | when you use: PISO'S. silk clothing valued at $1,500, the police were informed Thursday. En- Yoarn of ex- perience in fitting and making glass- es, and our low operating expense = en- || able us to make better glasses for Jess money, Reading or Distance Glasses, including examination, com- plete tor— $2.50 Broken Lenses duplicated on short notice at reduced prices. || Save the pieces, Schoonmaker Optical Co. |! 1328 First Ave. Main 6477 One Block South Public Market + trance was gained with @ pass key, ft ts believed. Alkali in Soap Bad for the Hair Soap should be used very care fully, if you want to keep your hair looking {ts best. Most soaps and pre pared shampoos contain too much Jalkall. This dries the scalp, makes | the hair brite, and ruins it. The best thing for steady use ts |Mulsified cocoanut oll shampoo (whieh {s pure and greaseless), and lis better than anything else you can | use, | One or two teaspoonfuls of muls!- | fled will cleanse the hair and scalp |thoroughly. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub it in, It makes an abundance of rich, creamy lather, which rinses out easily, removing Jevery particle of dust, dirt, dandruff jand excessive oil, The hair dries | quickly and evenly, and it leaves the scalp soft, and the hair fine and \silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and jeasy’ to manage. You can get Mulsified coocanut oil bshampoo at any pharmacy, it’s very |cheap, and a few ounces will supply | oytry member of the family for onths, Be sure your druggist gives you Mulsified, NARRIED TO onE|/ STEP IN HERE A MINUTE II WANT TO And you will find bow much more satisfaction a little of this Real Tobacco' gives you than you ever, got from a big chew.af the! ordinary kind, she good, o- ot. be acco taste lasts so lo: you don’t need a freeh chew nearly as often. So it costs you less, Any man who _ uses the Real Tobacco Chew will tell you that. f Put up in two styles’ W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobaces STAR WANT ADS BRING “Try It Out Yourself” says the Good Judge 1 RESULTS

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