The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 31, 1920, Page 11

< TUPSDAY, AUGUST 51, 1920, * Cle Page 143 WAS time for afternoon tea Several guests were in the liv ing room and the chiktren were listening to the grown-ups’ con. versation, when one of the ladies turned to them with, “And these are the little folks from Seattle who never get enough earlyday stories.” Peggy and David amiled up at “No, not ever,” they said, and waited with shining eyes for what she would say next. Peasy thought she might help a Dit, so she asked, “Were you an earlydays little girl here, the same as Mother dear and Grand. mother were in Seattle” “Yea,” the visitor told them. “My mother was the only white) woman on the isiand, my eldest brother was the first white child born here, and I've heard mother | tell how terribly frightened she often waa, “Father was a government em: | ploye, and the United States al-| ways provide well for the people who work for the government. “A big house—not a shack-—« real house had been built, so much | larger than any others the In dians had ever seen that it was always called the "Big House.’ “The windows of the lower floor were not very far from the ground and mother used to have some queer times on that account. her baby, when the room suddenly | grew dark as if a heavy cloud had drifted across the sun, A NARROW ESCAPE | so very careful—had lstened for “One morning she was bathing | hesitate. She was a dainty litte “Looking up she saw that not dows, were darkened with curious . in disgust. Re tight ag coffee cans and pretend- ing not to hear a word of what was ing! Oh, Mr. Tingalingt” they called; but their only answer ‘was a hollow ¢cho from the high roof of Torty Turtie’s cave. “What—what if they've eaten our fairyman?” cried Nancy suddenly. “Ob, Torty, do you ‘spose so?” “Did you ever try?" accused Nick. Torty looked guilty. “Maybe I 414, and maybe I didn't; but, anyhow, I didn’t eat this one.” “But,” insisted Nick, “he must be Peter Rabbit Tries to Do His Duty It's duty, duty, duty! Tell me now, I pray you, please, Just why it ts so seldom that it can be done with ease, But almost always seems inetead the hardest thing to do? I always find it just that way, and eo, 1 suees, do you 10 SAID Peter Rabbit as he sat in the oid brier patch and thought of the duty he had to perform. Peter knew that it was going to be the hardest thing that he had ever done in his life. He didn’t want to do it. He wouldn't have promised to do it if there had been any way out of it If it had been just for himself alone, Peter wouldn't have thought of doing it But it wasn't just for himself, but for all the little meadow and forest people. So Peter sat in the 14 brier patch and said over and over to himself: “I must! I must! I must!’ What wae it all about? Why, you wee, there had been a meeting of all the little meadow and forest people, excepting old Granny Fox and Reddy Fox to plan some way to stop Farm er Brown's Boy from hunting with his dreadful gun on the Green Meadows and in the Green Forest every day, and because it wae all the fault of Reddy Fox, who had stolen the pet chicken of Farmer Brown's Boy, it was decided that the only thing to do was to give up Reddy Fox, Then Farmer Brown's Boy would stop hunting and the Other little people would no longer be in danger from that dreadful gun, And because there was no. one @lse whom Bowser the Hound would chase so readily as Peter Rabbit, it Was decided that Peter must show only one window, but all the win-' “So it was you, was it?” exclaimed old Granddad Turtle 1|Granddad ‘Turtle in disgust. “I/ brown faces—men's faces, worm en's faces, even children's faces peering Into the room, and she waa alone, with her precious baby in her lap. “After a while they went awny. No word had been spoken, They came, they logked, they slipped back into the forest “Mother's hands were not quite steady as she put her baby down, and she resolved never—never— to leave him alone. “One day, however, not long after this, she had to go out into the yard for something while the baby slept “Looking this way and that to make sure no browf shadows lurked in the-underbrush, she hur. ried on her errand, and in a very Uttle while hurried back. “It was such a little while she had been gone, and she had been a footfall, and had heard no sound—but the was empty, No baby slept where she had placed him! “She didn’t shriek, but her heart stood stil, for when her eyes made startled search for her child, she saw a picture which fairly made her blood run cold. “There {n front of her own fire stood a great greasy Indian, hold- ing her baby in his arma. “Rne didn’t Know whether ehe ould be mamaloused (killed) of not If abe took the child, but she didn’t thing. Dut, pulling Nereelf up to her full heteht, whe smiled at the Indian and said tm a commanding tone, “The Give him to met bi & moment, handed the baby over to her, and stalked out.” (To Be Continued) some piace.” “Yea,” grinned Torty, “but I'm tol’ able certain he isn't in the tummy of any one here, for reasons aforesaid He'd wave his wand, and, presto}—« perfectiy good dinner gone! “I've got it.” he exclaimed. “I've an elegant idea Just watch™ And, opening his mouth, he cried loudly: “Oh, look at the lovely big biue-bot- te fly! Catch him, somebody" And, quick as ecat, all the turtles opened their doors andy stuck out their beads. And, quick as another / scat, poor Tingaling rolled out into plain view. “My,” be gaeped. “T thought I was done for! It was as tight as the fam-! ily Bible in thera, And I hadn't any | wand to wish myself out with.” “So it was you, was ft" exclaimed thought I waa getting @ pearl inside my shell when I felt you. That's! why I held you so tight. Ugh! And) he shut up with such a violent snap, | it sounded like somebody's tire blow-| SOME ON, PETER LET'S Go WHERE THERE ARE’Some FisH- THIls PLACE REAT PLEASURE To INFORM YOu WE HAVE NOMINATED YOUR ter was, and that probably would be an end of Reddy Fox and of the hunting on the Green Meadows and in the Green Forest, Peter Rabbit was thinking of al!! this a# he sat in the old brier patch waiting. He had no love for Reddy Fox, but, somehow, he couldn't bear to think of being ‘the one to give Reddy up, He looked across the Green Meadows and saw Parmer Brown's Roy with Bowser the Hound running abead of him. 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