Show Th n Sandman s Story I I I FOR T TONIGHT NIGHT MR FOX AND I COBBLER RABBIT One day Mr Fox took took his shoes to Cobbler Rabbit to ha have ve them tapped and as he watched him pegging away awaya a thought came to Mr Fox I Mr l Cobbler he said why dont don't you make shoes for the barnyard fowl I am sure you could make malco a lot more that way than tapping j shoes I I r T never thought t of It T r believe I 1 I II i will said Mr fr Rabbit I So one morning Mrs White Hen was surprised to see a new sign o on n i I Cobbler Rabbits Rabbit's shop It read Shoes and slippers for barnyard fowl and off oft ran Mrs I White Hen to t tell ll all her friends t j Now you want to make them all j think they tey have very small feet teet said i Mr Fox especially the duck family f so fit tit them to tight shoes They will willI I be better pleased oven en if It the shoes shoe s I i I do pinch them a little I In a short time Cobbler Rabbits Rabbit's s shop was so full that his customers customer s I had to wait walt outside and In desperation despera despera- tion he called on Mr Fox to help himAt him himAt At the sight of ot Mr Fox all th the e j i customers fled but Mr Fox called t tc tt 0 i them to have no fear he had decided decide d i I to go Into business with Cobbler Rab flab if I bit and would attend strictly to hl his s work I So back they all came for tor all o ol 01 f them wanted pair a a pair of slippers sUppers o 01 r j I shoes and Mr Fox proved to be s a a much b better salesman than Cobble ar r I IL L I I Rabbit t He Ile made Madam Duck who ha had d wide feet and waddled terribly thin k L I all an she needed was a pair of Ugh tight fitting fitting shoes to keep her feet fro m IT Ii I- I spreading Why Madam Duck you i have a perfect foot he said You I should have put on shoes long ago ago I I- I But it was the younger members of the barnyard family that Mr l Fox I flattered the most He Ite made Miss Young Hen buy lauy a pair of high tight I shoes that cramped her toes so she I could could not run He lIe told Letty Duck 11 l her feet would be spoiled sold like like- old I Mr Drakes Drake's if It she did not at once put on a snug fitting shoe In fact tact by noontime Mr Fox had all of ot the fowl fitted with shoes that pinched and then off oft he ran to the woods to tell his friends for he knew he C could not carry a away more than r I one or two a at the most I But he had not reckoned on old Mr l Rooster and Mr l Drake They had I not bought bought any shoes and when a aI I little later they took tok a walk about to tor to f r i see pee what wha t their families were doing they found them by hy the stone wall walland L I and under bushes and all feeling very miserable In their new shoes I It did not take tale Mr Rooster and I Mr 11 Drake l long n to find out all about I it ft and they soon told their families t that tat if It they lid did not wil wish h to make a t I dinner for tor Mr l Fox and his friends they better take off oft their new shoes' shoes and run for home for of ot course that was what he was up un to When Mr l Fox returned later with his friends he found only the shoes thrown in n all directions and Cobbler Rabbit was taking down his new Bien What il is the te matter asked Mr Fox You had a n. good business Dont Don't you ou want to get rich Mr l Rooster and Mr Ir Drake told me If It I 1 did not tal take down that sl sign n they would tell Mr fr Dog to chase me verY every time I 1 came ame to the garden said I Cobbler Rabbit Oh well If It he said that I 1 guess ues I T better be off too said Mr Fox making a n. quick quck turn and running over the hill hilt with all his friends friend after him for he know knew w that Mr Rooster would soon SOl send Mr Dog after him If It ho hp Now why didn't I r take one of ot tho those e sills sills' ducks when T had such a good chance said Mr Fox Copyright ht 1919 by the McClure l Newspaper News News- Newspaper paper Syndicate New Nework York ork City |