Show L i St l C m 1 Daily ly Stories for the Kiddies I I f.- f. f.- f. I BV nY BLANCHE SILVER i Illustrated l by j- j Ur Graelle BETTY AND AD TIIE LITTLE BROIL BROWN J SI SISTER SIS TEn 1 Oh dear d der ear exclaimed Betty when S ier er r mamma call called d her to come In am an and hor her dress I wish I didn't hav ha t 1 to wear clothes J w P Is that so o piped a a. happy voice nd d hopped down In fron lot t f Betty 1 Wh Why hello Betty Detty ex et- lamed almed glad to zoo see her little friem gain Are you ou going to take tako m mt me somewhere today r ff Surely you may come corne replied Goi GoIm Go Go- i comeback Im going to visit t 1 lt my m Y t i brown sister and I thought maybe mayb ma b e you'd roud you'd like to go with me me med d 1 Then he blew a big whistle that hung Y t f tat st his hie side jj There was a whirr whirl of or wings through I he e air and n. n fly dragon lighted In front of Bett Betty Botty r tont f and Betty Betty- Betty hopped upon 4 tho the ho dragon flys back and a away way they lets ew- ew through the air Before Betty I uld tild 1 ld count up to ten thc they were stand- stand ng n E In the midst of a great big forest 1 l The The sun lOun was as so hot that Betty had to tc 1 tike off her 1 bonnet onnet and fan tan her herself I Monkeys Manker hopped ho from tree treo to tree tre ord or 01 d hung b by their tails taUs from a limb as at d Belty Betty dad ad often otten seen them do at the i zoo zoo and gayly colored birds flew tit through rough ough tho the air I A little brown figure ran through the tho bubu aUnt alter a parrot and Betty wondered wand wand- ered ared what it could be bee beey 1 fill y j little Deco m my little brownt brown ulster t laughed lau hEd But she hasn't any dress on t ox- ox claimed Bett Betty Perhaps her mamma know knoy she's sheR out of or the house or orare iare are her ller mamma and daddy dadd too poor to 1 buy her JUI any dresses dresser 1 t laughed again Why 12 doesn't know what clothes are replied This country countr is isCo t tao Co warm she doesn't want an any dresses 1 r pet petticoats t Just then little Deco heard ack laughing and she came running 1 tack o 0 1 greet him I Her Hr straight long lone black hair hun hung l' l own OVin on ea each h side of or her small brown brownl l face She wore ore no pretty dress dross like Betty's Bettys not even en stockings or shoes hoes n nothing but a strange e little litHe skirl ikirt tied around h her hr r waist She was wasis wasS is ss brown J ns 5 a berry b rr from the tip Up of her toes to 1 t the top of ot her head I tf Introduced the two girls Deo touched Bettys Betty's golden curls and I 4 admired d her pretty apron and dress t Would you OU like to have my aplon apron I asked Betty Bett slipping It off orr but but Deco shook snook her head and dat darted atsa awa through the hushes bushes She wouldn't know r what to do with Ith the apron said Anti And yet ret I she he shivers er often orten In the cold winds Where v hera does she live live her her house I 1 m meant ar Betty Bettl asked her companion Deco has no house houe replied back The Tho whole forest is her home Her bed Is js male made from vines tied to together together tor to- to gether in the branches of a tree and r the Ek sky Is her only coverlet cO 1 Detoe rn m mma rave g avo f oc v and t Belt Betty a drink rk of or cocoanut out of or ofa ori i a tup up made from a cocoanut c shell and ami city Betty enjoyed it very much De Deco o was IS b tessing into h her r swinging bed e and Ck and Betty Bett sailed a back b a to tty's aro n arfi a aP aln Sven Een if It I do clo hn have e to stop slop pla playing to ie AWOT Thc They Flew put on a clean dress T I wouldn't want to change places with Deco laughed D Betty a as she ba bane baoe e good good- bye 1 e Bett Betty ran into the house and 1 1 quickly changed her dress From that time on Bettys Betty's mamma never had hall to call her twice to clean up for Bett Betty was very ery prou proud of or her hel pretty re t dresses and wondered wondered wondered won won- dered what t Deco the little brown sister sister sis sis- ter would do o if It he he had a pretty dress to wear weal and to keep her warm in the cold winds |