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Show t : The San Jinan Story I FOR TONIGHT ! BILLY DUCK'S WITS Th farmer went to town on day ass i brr.r, h. loft tlx b.mrard ho .ealld all lira hena and rhlrkona, and all th. ducks and rrca and locked thm in . Ivullrjr (km.. M Mr. Ko could not eaTy anr of them off. Vh". It, th farmer Ihnuchl k had aft cf hl poultry safe from Mr. Fo. t-ul Hhlv I urk did not want lo ba Mi I up "O earl) In th. dv. an when Ina otn.' in a faat an Ih.lr leg woult carry 1 lhm lo aiiiwtr the call of In tnasl.r, i Bill Dink n behind a clump of Ihn'k I 1-ooK at thoee nilly things runnlnc. W- Billy luh. "The muirr Isn't o-Inr o-Inr lo frrd them at alL They have had ,har . bill Of foollah creature doa't know II. "I know wha t I h maatrr la (nine to do, he la -folii). to loch them all in, but he won t get ma, for I aut vninc to aty ttt (hi- fine dy: no dark, old poultry houae for Hilly lHirk." Hilly - uh waited until th maatar waa W--II out of .-ij.ht and then ha cante out from hia httllnc pla-e. "gim. k. -quack," ha went, rlffht by the poultry hmiwe. - r IP to ih window flew all the hena that rouM reach tha rail, "it U Hilly iMit-k!" thry ffa-id; "ha muat have hla-Jn hla-Jn from tha niHn(r.H - 1 Mil t j rand mot hr I nick look ad out tnrotiKh a ttiiy crark In tha aide of the !!ne.-i?.v-rj''-v, jM" k.i m3,'hTi wrft ITian thtTTiifiTrM7 . HTTr7The iTiuuirwl. "vttl I hid." aald Hilly Duck. "I wasn't folii to be ehut up In that old house ihia inr ilay." -nip niHtvr took novr with him, aatd tiraitdmoihor lurk, "and f old Mr, Koa t-alla you may wlah you had not hidden hid-den (mm t he m aval. nr. Vou had belter (M Miidcr lite barn and atay thre." "ittW who la afraid?" aald Hlllv IMu-k. IMirn.n u,, mm i,im !, couiie. WiIWi-Itnit WiIWi-Itnit around. ' My, what a bia; yard thta 1 In whan you are the only on In tt." he quacked. Hut Ma quack of delight endd In one of fright, for under ihe gate he w. the no of Mr. Fox, and tn another minufe Mr. Ko waa atandlug tn tha yard looking around. Me noon aaw Hilly Duck and Started toward him. Hilly flapped hie wtnga and ran behind a big bright milk pan atand-llig atand-llig bealria the fence. The ian aa so new and bright that when Mr. Kos came along he aaw hlm-aeir hlm-aeir In It and stopped a aond to admire himealf, for ha wts a very vain fellow. Hilly Duck's wits oame to his rescue right then. "Mr. Kox," he aald. "I ex-le't ex-le't you are going to eat me, and, of course. I cannot escape, but I don't mind taking your picture first. If you would like lo have it taken. "Hw can you take my picture? asked Mr. r'oft, H e hurry lo carry Billy off. for he felt perfectly euro he could not m him. 'iKUi't ou see yourself Ip this -pam- era?" asked Billy truck. "I thought this was a milk pan, aald Mr. Fox. 'It does look like one. said Billy, "but If you will wait a minute I will take your picture." "Well, be quick, about It." said Mr. Fox, corning eioeer. "(h! you have to atand farther away. Don't you see how dreadful you look when you get so close?" aald Billy. "Now aland perfectly at 111. Mr. Foa. and smile, and In a an Inula whan I count three. I will take your picture." Mr Fox's trie of a atnlle waa to open wldehls mouth and show hla big teeth, and when he did ao Billy Duck almost fell over backward with fright. "Oh. Mr. Fox," he gasjerf, "I want to take a picture of your face, not your mouth. Close It and look pleasant, you -need not smile." There, i rust is better now, stand still. One! Two! Three." "Wait a minute. Mr. Fox." aald Fitly as Mr. Fox started toward him. "Wouldn't you Ilka a piature of your beautiful, bushy, long tail, too? "Yes. t would: but I cannot wait all ds" said Mi FUsV. "Hurry up!" j "it won't take a minute," said Billy. "Just stand sMways and look over your 1 shoulder and hold up your tall; turn your r body a little further aound please; now, 1 verv aMII. One! Tero! Three!" Mr. Fox turned with a jerk, for the "three" sounded far away,' and It waa, , for under the barn went Billy Duck , -through such a amall a par a that Mr. Fox, try aa he would, could not gat at blm. He began to scratch and dig, but he-fore he-fore he got very far the master end Rover drove Into the yard, and Mr. Fox ran. tCopy right, 1111, by the MrOure News- |