Show 1 r N fn rR COON AND MR FOX Part FOX Part II ag fn n did Mr 11 Fox bring I nd each time it went I i 1 mhers until Mr Coon 1 ed 00 nd his hunger satis- satis i I I m eynard ard I cannot stay I said ald Mr Coon but important engagement I t seep Tep p on the other side Bide sides I Ii 1 t i hit Mt tit you are such a apu i in n pu iu u do not need me I jep ep it up and your o be filled s ho o busy SY he hardly said I hen h he ha J A p nib nib- I went vent to the basket I Lb fish lish he th thought he heh hel heh l h cover Bever and ana take tale a look oh ohe h e t r. r stuck up straight ne popped out of his hise Ply e st w stones Instead of ofin in t had caught Now I lJ think of ot that he ex- ex I scratching his head the tobe taken in like Uke this I i 1 coon family Why he heto to steal my reputation slyest of animals t get even with this lid somehow get these tO td ilm nim and pay payoff off my kindness In teaching me meol Ehe the ol one fish he lIe had stones onel and trudged off g ery y hard all aU the time turned the fishing pole Ir Ir Bear and told the thele le sald ho did not have L could not give him himL Mr Bear said fishing was ver very 1 uncertain sport and Mr Ir Fox said it was when you were a beginner he he 1 was sure of that All day Mr Fox box sat thinking on his his' back beck steps while he smoked his pipe and when the sun went down over the ps Mr j Coon might have seen seena a smile on Mr Foxs Fox's face It if he had looked for Mr Fox had thought a thought That night he ran over to another farm and was fortunate enough to find the catch on the door unfastened so the tho next morning when he built the fire he was whistling In the Jol- Jol Hest manner After breakfast lie put on a kettle of ot fat and then he mixed in a wooden wood wood- en bowl some cruller dough and all the time he whistled When the fat was smoking in the kettle on the stove sto Mr Fox went vent to his cupboard and took out a dozen stones and these he covered with dough and then dropped them into the hot fat and all tho the time he whis whis- When the dough was nice and brown Mr Ir Fox took the little crullers out and placed them on a brown paper to cool and he was still whistling Mr Fox took his cap from the peg behind the door and put it on then he carefully placed to little pancakes on a plate and put a napkin over them theta and walked walled down the path through the woods whistling very loudly Through the woods he lie went until he reached the swamp and then he stopped whistling and looked around him He could see Mr Coons Coon's house but I no one was there he felt sure for all the windows were closed I Mr Fox walked around to the back backof backof backof of the house and finding the pantry window window- open he smiled and on the I sill he placed the plate of pancakes He did not whistle buthe Jumped with a light bound behind some bushes not far off oft and lay down lown but not to sleep Oh no Mr Fox had both of ot his bright eyes wide open and both ears were keenly alert to catch any any sound To be continued tomorrow Copyright 1918 by the McClure Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper Syndicate New ew York Cit City |