Show S PETER THE HERMIT Part HERMIT Part II After walking until his legs were wore tired Peter saw the sky above him hint and then he found himself on top of ofa ofa ofa a mountain so high that the trees and the rivers below looked like little specks I There is the castle of the giant said the dwarfs Ho He is not at home and our advice to you is to hide or try to escape while ther is time and a chance But I do not want to escape or hide said Peter I want to see your master I dearly love an adventure adventure ture You ou will get it if you stay said the dwarfs leading the way to a big castle of stone I Peter soon found himself in a room so large that he had to la turn around I and around to see all parts of It There was wag a bed so big ho could not see the top of it and a stove stove- large enough to roast an ox in Jt it oven A table was spread j for dinner and the top Pet Peter Fetor r could Just see seo by standing on tiptoes The plate was as large as a platter I and the knife and fork made Peter shudder A chair stood by the table i and into this Peter climbed and stood up in it to se the room Just then he heard beard a loud Bang and away ran the two dwarfs with their lanterns While they were gone Peter looked around for a place to hide in case he changed his mind about meeting meeting- the giant but the room he was In was tho the only room in the castle and there was only one door the one by which he had entered A fire was burning in the stove so the oven could not hide him and there was no door behind which he could hide The huge clock which stood on the floor in one corner was only place that Peter saw and into this he stepped so that he ho might have havea a look at the giant before the giant saw him He just closed the door when the giant enter entered the dwarfs running before him My dinner quick you 1 i si commanded the giant my boots you slaves Dont Don't yot YOl YOlI I always put yut on my sUppers as I com If in 1 3 III IIII I The dwarfs dwar s who had start I the stove turned so quickly tin thc turned over and over in their to serve their cross master under the bed they brought Uh th pers each dwarf carrying a athey E Ethey ethey they were so large Ith Bring me my wine slaves the gianA giant gian A big barrel stood by the wa Va from rom this the dwarfs drew th thi into a largo large tankard so both dwarfs had to push within with withal a strength to take It to heir m-as m mae mas Lif LIt it to my mouth slaves the giant jl II This was something the dwar dwai not had to do before but th the to lift it as their master comm But the tankard was too hea heathe heathe heathe the little men The gianta grew tired of waiting and and 0 I them to bring his dinner at thE th time throwing after each dwa I of his his- slippers which tle tie fellows and sent them toward the stove One Ohe of the slippers fell ng ng rig front of the door of the doe as Peter looked at it In the door he thought it would a good boat From the oven the dwarf I huge piece of meat meat- and from fromI kettle they brought potatoes I for six men jl Before they had served served the thel i 1 ithe the giant had drunk his win called for or more the little little H trembling as they brought It l I tankard to him for they fear would ask asle them to lift ift it agaj this time they might fare before j 11 When the dwarfs reached th Continued on page 5 SANDMAN STORY Continued from page 4 Peter opened the dor of the clock and stepped out Let me serve you he said I am strong enough to lift your tankard The giant was so surprised surprised sur that he lie dropped his knife and fork W Where ere did you come from tram 1 I he roared Who let you you in I 1 came in the way you did said Peter picking up the tankard and I placing it Jt to the lips of the giant Before the giant could speak Peter had dad pushed back his head with the thee I tankard and poured the wine into his mouth so fast he choked and while he lie was struggling to get his breath Peter pulled the cloth from the table and bound it over his head Up Jumped the enraged giant rung run run- about the room tugging and pulling pulling pulling pull pull- ing to free himself Peter took the big fork from the table and every time the giant tried to untie the cloth Peter jabbed him with the fork unil the giant In rage and fear tear ran out the doorStop doorStop door Stop him Stop html him He will get gt cried the dwarfs who hadnot had hadnot not said P. P word in tn all the strange happenings hap until now Stop him or he will escape a an alet get et free Then Then he will return and finish all of us How can we stop him asked Peter running after tile the giant with the fork He wit wil call his mother the witch who comes comell for him on a big bla black blackcloud cloud replied the dwarfs Tho giant was calling loudly Peter reached him bim but the cloth was bound so tight he could not maVi- maVi much noise poise and when Peter reached him and gave him him another poke with the fork the old giant Jumped and ran and over the tho side of ot the mountain moun tain taro he tumbled down and down Peter watched him as he rolled and suddenly he turned Into a black rock with a big pis white spot on It and hung on the side of the mountain Peter ran back to the castle and told the dwarfs their troubles were at an end for he intended to live livet t there ere and they should hould have their free free- dom All this time Peter had entirely forgotten forgotten forgotten for for- gotten the little goblin when all at once he saw one of the giants giant's sUppers slip sUp slippers slippers pers move and a tiny green cap poked out and two eyes appear ear Has he gone y asked the goblin Yes and he pe will never come back said Peter with a laugh You can cango cango cango go home now DOW if you like and I 1 will wUl give you any cf the giants giant's belongings you want for a present I I think I will stay with you if you will let me said the goblin I T may maybe maybe maybe be useful to you I 1 know all the secrets secrets se se- se crets of t the e garden and can make your vegetables vegetables' grow and if the giant has hasa a buried buTted t treasure I can find it for you you you-o So S on top of ot the mountain lived Peter and the two dwarfs and the goblin for Peter never left the moun tain tam The goblin found the giants giant's gold gO bu buried under the castle and on moonlight nights they throw it tnt into the valley and the people think thinly it itis itis itis is falling aUing stars star and the white snot gnot on the big black rock they ther call the silver sUver rock because it shines so whit in the moonlight Peter is known as tho the hermit of the tho th mountains and strange stories are told of ot the dwarfs and the goblin who live with him but they do no harm harmand harmand and they live happily so tho the valley vaHey folk never knew the truth about Pet or his strange companions Cc tA 1 l 1 the McClure McClur newspaper Syndicate Kv liar I |