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Show I L C tPY - TIME TAHfll DrTHE TALE OF SNOWBALL Ik LAMB ARTHUR MOTT BAILEYj ! r a W I M M I N to rULl. After tha affair at Ilia swing It waa aa much aa n Wek lefor Johnnie irani aaw anything of hta neighbor It I It wu almost a, week before Hnowball flt Jk trotting anybody Kvn when I other sheep huiUd lilm, Hnowbull e-laed away from thn, and on' h would he run Into I hem head flral. , Horn how ha couldn't forget that fright-I f'il jolt he hitd fifivH vthen he knocked Johnnie (lreen uui of tha awing At lull, howpver, lis tried a gntt butt on day HKultitti lha no ft aid of on of It in ma tee A i mI rinding only pleasure. nd no pain. In the trick, ha late me one mora on the moi rtiv butters In l urmtr r.n'a whoi flock. .Now. Juhnnifi ir'i-n hud nollrrfl that for m frw tlH)M h ho hull ii uiiuaunlly wll bnavil And hnowtmll a i nllnaa j lifl not pliii him. f or Johnnie had j hopd IIimI imnt 1 1 mi Hobal would butt 4 hi' lit kKiihot t,y. it. Hi Jonnnif irt- n bruit to whittle a I hierrv tuna a Utile lati r wlien he rhanreil i to Pe iSiiowlmll i-hHiHing ha hired nun j tK hr rronaed l hi- i.iMtuie Nut Iouk ufler limi Johnnla (Ireeri went MWinumnir. H to'ind other Imi a at the j ftWlmmliiK hole, wti!i-li fhey hjid maile t itumnilnar Hmad tirmk, where It rut I' Tin llt nii of lh meadow Ainoni th-( CMiminera whm the Im) Hfd. Il waa the1 firni iline Johniutj hud aeen him alnr I hat well remen't"'iet day whrn 8rio-i ImH hnd bulled Johnnie. When .lohnnle spied Ited In the water i he thought for a moment or two that he ould find Hed's clothe on the bank unit lie I. not In them. That wae a favorite i.ek of Jti-fl tving hard knot In olher l'4' , lot hen. Kometlmta h even wet Ihti Knot, lo make them harder to unt.f Hut Johnnie tireen derided that he wouldn't knot lteo'4 clothea. H-aides. J lied foeined lo be keep I fin a watchful ! o-l them. j Johniiif llid out of his own clothes! iiiipklv and mooii he hud dived off flat i Mk k and joined the boy a In th swimming bote. H'l had called "Hullo"' pleasantly enough Anil then Johnnie waa sure he said aome;hlng In an undertone to the' other a Anyhow thev all STknned. And' on boy cried, "1 didn't expect to ee you down nere. tnought you d la swinging. VAuuldn t ou rather awing than awim."' John ril (in en gave a au-kiy smile. I "Why didn't you bring jour I" mo with ou"" another Inquired. "lHean'l h follow fol-low -u any more:" i Hul Jotinoi ilrnn had ducked down' vhrre he rouldn I hear and was wlmmmg1 under water. When he cam up everybody every-body yelled a: him. Thai ia, everybody , Hled except Ked. It looked t ery in- I nocent. if b didn't koow what the Jok waa Well. Johnnie tireen had a good swim, anyhow. And the tmya soon mopped teaa-. in him. 'Ihey bail several awliuming I aceH. with a good deal of aplahing mixed in. And there wua ao much fun that no-j Iwwly jiol lead hen Ited crawied out Upon the ttaiik and slipped away behind the' ilriMiping willow that ovrbuug the stream ' I Th boy a anw him plainly enoush a Utile Ut-ile while afterward. r'ully dreased. he stood on the bunk and Jeered at them And thev knew what that meant. It ; meant that he had lied plenty of knots In ver body'a clothea. Ad the tKiya cx'-spl Johnnl Oreen yelled at him. "Well fix you when w catch you!" thy cHd A fur Johnnie, he said never a word. In lal. he didn't even look angry, on ih contrary. h smiled. Kor b saw something that his frli mis had overlook d Home distance behind Hed, Johnnl m the w Mlowa part. And a whit fac peered out. It wua Himw ball's. ('op) rtaht, H'--. by Metropolitan Newapaper Newa-paper rim vice. New York.) |