Show J in 1 0 I r t i J t. t f t t PUSS BLACK V Pus Puss Black knew quite w well ll that the robins obi S had a anest nest somewhere in the thc th branches of the apple tree in the yard v where there 4 she a and d she had tried T many any times to climb up and see where it tf vas as b but t so somehow just as she wad wa was I half way up the tree her little mistress would be sure to appear and spoil 1 it t alt all that r-that that is is Puss Black thought of I r in i tl that atway tway Puss Blacks Black's little mistress dearly Jo loved Joyed ed her her b but t she did not like Puss Puss' bad had habit of trying to catch the birds arid and every time she saw saw Puss Black t j watching the Uie tree or climbing she sh i would call to her and tell her good i- i pussies dip not do bad things One On morning Mrs Robin Redbreast knew she could no longer put off giring gir- gir ing ng her babies their first lesson in flying flying fly fly- ing tag her her- t little ones were stretching their their wings and standing on the edge of th the nest trying to fly as their mother and aid father did and Mrs Robin was w wa afraid they might try when she was away some some day and fall fali to the ground into the waiting claws of Puss Black We Ve will have to watch Puss Black she told her h husband and when she i goes Joes in the house for her dinner we I Will mill give the children their first lesbon les les- bon J son on There were five little robins in the nest and andone one by on one Mrs Robin saw them flutter their wings and land safely on on another limb of the apple tr tree e Now New W children she said I I want you to try to fly to the next tree for forI I J. wish to ta take e you rou all out of this yard l Jo o live i in a a a. tree tre where there are no pu pussies near until you are aro are strong strong- I q enough to fly abo about t and look out for yourselves One by one they flew Clew to the next t I tree and Mrs Robin and her husband i i had four of them safely out ut of the yard t h in the tree across the road but Just as asI J I the fifth little robin stretched his wings and started to fly Puss Black came ame out of the door and looked straight into the tree Puss knew it would take only onh a minute minute min min- ute to reach the limb of orthe the tree where the baby robin sat and she did not I fear at all the father and mother bird I though they circled around her very near the ground f I Puss tried her claws on the trunk of the tree and then she began to climb She had reached the branch where the little robin sat helpless and frightened when her little little mistress hearing the chatter of the mother and father Robins Robins Rob Rob- Robins ins came out of the house Puss Black she called come here But Puss was too close to haing hav ha has has' ing log what she coveted and would not mind J Her little mistress stood very still sun and looked at the baby robin when suddenly a big apple which which hung hung right over oyer Puss Blacks Black's head dropped and struck her such a blow that Puss al almost almost almost al- al most fell from the limb Puss Black did not stop to see what I had str struck ck her she s scrambled rambled to the ground and ran Tan as fast fat as as' she c cf I did ld under the steps Pull Blacks Black's little mistress did not notI punish her as Mrs Robin who had w watched all that had happened ex expected expected expected ex- ex I she would Instead Instead- d the little I mistress came cam to the tree and looked I up at the frightened little robin You poor little frightened iris birdie she said Now fly flyaway away to your mother The little robin stretched his engs and while his mother and father I chirped to him encouragingly he fluttered flut to safety in the tree across the road Puss Black came out frost fron un under lider li- li der the steps and her little iss ss s took her in her arms P Puss ss Black she she said Bald you know you were doing a wicked thing when you went after the baby robin lobin and your black wicked thoughts brought the apple on your head and it hurt you If you want to be happ and comfortable think good and do good and you will not bring suffering on yourself Puss Black purred and looked up at her little mistress as as if to f sly fy y I Iam Iam Iam am going to be a good puss after this With a little mistress about me who 1 thinks good bood all the time about me who who could bo be a bad pussie Copyright 1917 1817 by the McClure Net paper Nee paper Syndicate I New York City I every young man I 1 meet who has not enlisted That's what I 1 came about to see whether Molly would come down downto to the beach with me We girls should I I do our little share shale just as much muchas as the themen imen I men shouldn't we Mr Pollock Molly 1 certainly shant shan't go making a I. I fool of herself on the front replied I that gentleman emphatically and if I you wish to know what I think Miss Kidlington I think you are talking a apack apack aI pack of nonsense What good do you I suppose you are going g to do by setting I the mens men's back up-eh up I think its it's perfectly horrid of you I Said Bald Molly coming forward and stepping stepping stepping step- step ping apparently by accident in front fronts I of Brent as she did so My dear Molly replied Daphne I somewhat cattily those whom the cap fits may wear it What about Mrs Sanderson's son Has HaD he enlisted My dear Miss lIss Daphne said Mr 1 Pollock dont you make a l bloomer loomer I over young Sanderson Hes He's in the I admiralty Of course how stupid of me replied re replied replied re- re plied Daphne who was Tas perfectly well aware of the fact and was only leading up to what she had to say and what about you Mr 11 Brent But I suppose you have made all your our arrangements I Ito to join something already Its ts t's really no business of yours Daphne said Molly resentfully I Fact is is Brent rent has not decided yet what he shall join chimed in Mr 1 Pollock who if criticisms had to be made preferred to keep them in th the e family and make them himself Brent himself had made no answer but his good looking face usually seemed to lose some of its fatuous expression in an involuntary sharpening and hardening There was wasa a painful silence broken by a strong whirring of wings as two or three pigeons hoping for food swooped down from the pigeon cote in the yard and circled round tIle the heads of the little group roup on the I lawn awn I To 0 ba co continued t n ed t tomorrow |