The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 2, 1920, Page 11

ar Gull * * Story ook” ny Page 171 A BATTLE OF FIENDS winter came the earth. | on as furiousty as ever, Now the quakes grew worse, and /| fiend with the sharpest wit and glishes of lava poured trom every | fhe strongest tail was Lejaub, fiery mountain and spread over| “He was a wise old fiend, and the earth another coating of hard, shiny stone—-so that nothing could §row—no Erase or trees or flow. ers or fruit, and no living thing gould stay upon the earth but the fends, “Now theese fiends had giant ‘power to harm each other. “And, of course, if they had power to harm they must have & weapon-<a weapon to AEH! Honds to get together every your pene Bde otic for defense, after the lava cooled and have a “They looked something Mke | grand frolic, a grand feast, and a the dragons in your fairy-tales, | grand fight, and for two years Le. Dut no animal ever had such | jaub stayed away from the feast, Power, for they had the minds of | but on the third he came. men, the strength of giants and| “Princes of Evil,’ he sald, ‘the the hearts of devils. earthquakes are ceasing, the “And the weapon they storms grow leas, Nature ts set. ‘was the long, long scaly tail Uing Into peacefulness; let us give “Ages passed, and the fires of | up war and live in a milder fend | the Cascades had nearly finished | ishness and growing love.’ | their task of spreading the crust} “Then such a howl went ap 4 from the fiends as tore the alr. slipped by and no| “ ‘Death! death! death to him? quake shook the/| they bowled. ‘He would lull us to and only smouldering | sleep that he may kill and eat us! He in @ traitor? And they all went after him at once. Lajaub's heart was heavy and he wasn’t sure what he could do aguinst so many, 80 he ran, “It 1 can onty divide them,’ he thought, ‘or find some narrow passage were I can fight them one by one, I may win out.’ On he ran and on across the lava crust toward great inland sea. He than ne, the ran faster ell the rest, (To e he noticed how Nature was quict- ing down, and he began to think out what it meant, After a while he anid to himself. “We shall have a good place to live-in, and there will be no more war, but if the firemountaing are not master, then who will be master™ ‘A-haf he thought, ‘I'l show them who will be master!’ “Now it was a custom of the used when soft white snow mountain tops, and Tolling sea only lapped quietly walls, No rain of red- Be Continued) to Nancy and just then Nick came in But nobody had anything te sug: All at once Harry Hedgehog rolled up the aisle, and unfolding bimeelf. laid a note on Scribble Scratch's |desk, then he rolled back to his seat | again. The schoolmaster picked ft up gingerly, expecting more trouble, but |searcely had he read one line when he smiled happily. This was it: “Dear Mr. Schoolmaster: Please . | don't tench Harry any more writing. | He knows too much now. Besides, his quills are too thick, and he gets ured carrying them eround, and he mustn't work. “MRS, HEDGEHOG.” “1 declare™ mid the Fairyman. You know how Scribble Scratch | fixed things up, don’t you? Petey | Porcupine’s quills aré growing in | nicely now, while little Harry Hedge hog has lost half of his. Only Harry’s are so small that the pupils of Meadow Grove school cag no longer make capital letters, (Copyright, 1938, N. BK. A.) pad f(a DUCES : LOM BY THORNTON W. BURGESS Unc’ Billy Possum Gets a Surprise INC@ BILLY POSSUM was trot-| Unc’ Billy. Bobby Coon kept right | ting along the Crooked Little down the hill. He was just Out on the daily round of “and he was grinning as only Hy Possum can grin. is Billy Possum and mab ‘a Roliow tree! ht 1 wander forth—tt’s all game to me. my stomach with en ess, or it t head. Uno’ Billy watched him, and there wag @ puzsied look on Unc’ Billy's face. “Must be that Bobby Ah wi ‘name is Billy Possum and mah name is Bmart; - y, yo’ must make Billy was singing this to him. as he trotted Slong the Crooked He Path, and all the time he was ing of the great joke that he his old friend Mocker, from way in South, were playing on the lit- opie of the Green Meadows and | Green Forest. Until Bobby Coon it out, no one had known that » who can make his voice ‘exictly like the voices of Iittie people, bad hidden him- Une’ Billy Sat Down and Scratched His Head. — Coon has something powerful tm- Pan called out mean things in| atte ume Une’ people’s voices until no one| f speak to any one else except-| Pretty soon he met Jimmy skunk, Mine’ Billy Possum, about whom |Who has always been one of Unc’ ww sald only the kindest things. stig best friends. Jimmy was it Ise to talk | 0oking under every stick and stone) «gel Prary hrd \tor beetles for his breakfast. body was dreadfully glad to| Unc’ Billy when he made his| “Good morning, Neighbor Skunk?” Ad of calls, and almost always he | #4i4 Uno’ Billy. to find something especially| Jimmy Skunk, whe never hurries, to eat waiting for him, kept right on pulling over sticks morning he was on hie way | nd stones, just as if he didn’t see i first on Johnny Chuck. Half-|or hear Unc’ Billy at all. In fact, y down the hil) he met Bobby! when he pulled over one stone he im. Unc’ Billy stopped and held | dropped it right on Unc’ Billy's tail Foe hand as he said, “Good morn-| and didn’t seém to hear Unc’ Billy's ‘Bobby Coon. How do yo’ all do| “Ouch! as he pulled his tat! trom) fine morning?” under the stone. Jimmy went right, Coon walked right\past as |0n about his business, Mf be didn't seo Unc’ Billy atiall. ci Une’ Billy sat down and seratched ‘even look at him. his head His face had Jost the ia the matter with yo’ this! cheerful grin with which be had Bobby Coon?” shouted started out that morning, Pretty =r DOINGS OF THE DUFFS DIFFERENTLY AN’ SURPRISE PETER. TT GONNA Go BACK « COO ALOYSIUS PR TG LWwiSH WE COULD IN A MORE EXPENSIVE APARTMENT LIKE THE JONESES! THEY PAY ~B 2500. OTTO AUTO on without #0 much as turning his) soon he started on, but every few minutes he would stop and scratch his head thoughtfully. He didn't know what to make of Bobby Coon and Jimmy Skunk. He waa #0 sur. prised that he hadn't known whether to be angry or not. “Ah must find out what Johnny Chuck knows about it,” thought Unc" Billy, as he trotted’ on, Next Story; Une’ Billy Possum Sees Many Backs Seeks Literature for Lumber Camps Working on the theory that if the men in the lumber camps are supplied with wholesome reading material, they will not listen to the haranguo of radical agitators, Capt. John Anderson is preming his oam- paign for magazines, papers and books. Last week, Capt. Anderson reporta, he sent 45 boxes of reading matter to camps in the woods. To Launch Move for Ireland Aid That a concerted movement will be launched shortly to enlist the full sympathios of the American people for the cause of Irish independence was the declaration of Edward J. Coen, who returned to Seattle recent- ly from a confrence with Eamon De Valera and other Irish leaders in New York city. Boy Killed in Fall’ From Scaffolding Arthur Shel, 10, son of John Shel, 915 N. 77th st. was dead today as the result of a fall from the scat- folding of a motion picture theatre under construction near his home The blue boxes on the street cor- ners are used for collecting this - Uterature. bows fRUSS TORTURE Ptah simian beans ht ure ° tree triet to Drove te superiority. A. co. 4104 Thisé Ave, Beoattley In some parts of Siberia movt food is sold in a frozen state, milk being sold in long sticks and meat chopped With axe Roosevelt Park . Playfield Sought Recommendation that a large play- field be established at the east end of Roosevelt park was made tyreltizens of the community who appmared be- fore the board of park commission- ers Friday afternoon. The delegation urged thetconstruc- tion of boulevards and trails thru the park and the building of suttable en- trances, WHAT LOOK P (T LOOKS LIKE YOURE GONNA UNE IN A MORE EXPENSIVE APARTMENT Col. Robins Will Speak Here Monday Col. Raymond Robins, former mem- ber of the American Red Cross com- mission in Russia, will speak twice Monday—at a republican rally at the New Auditorium, Fifth ave, and | University. st., at 8 p, m., and at noon at the King County Women’s Repub- lican club gathering at Meves’ cafe teria. ‘Tho first lifeboat ever made was built in 1802 and ts still to be seen in Yorkshire, England, In order to tn! teed All work tmorning and ‘ge teeth with Open Sundaye, OHIO CUT. or EEIVEMSITE 5% |, $8 Bridgework §2 Amalgam’ REAL PAINLESS DENTISTS ‘oduce our new and strongest Plate kaoyn, avers’ pelemraey, 828°h, 3 ne ay bite corn off Nehtest mouth; 15 years. ee oe ie cobs Whalebono set of teeth. .......2.... CROWNS -..-eeeee PAINLESS EXTRACTION (for i dene day. *Riramination and edvice trea i Piste and Bridge Work, We Stand the you. ‘ ® to 12 for Working People “RATE DENTISTS Qppesite HraserFatercon Of 4 NOTHIN’ AT ALL WAY, PooR, Simp ~ NOTHIN SATIN THE RENT IS Now. #2500. FoR THIS APARTMENT! 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