Show i D l B o oy y 4 ar 1 FRi f l MR POSSUM VISITS MR BEAR r Part I. I F r Mr Ir Po Possum sum was vas a hun hungry r and n he rat at t g where here he could yet Jet a mea meal I Evi l i without hoot very cr rata nan when il it o o occurred to I him m t Ht tf re f. f lad had rout flot not pa paid aid 1 any visits to tn his lus lundi ri ill in in tilt tie woos woods in in sauce time hIDe Sir Mr De Lear Dear r twill v HI certainly lave have a pan tr tr full lull of just the thin 1 i f I like if only hers is hd is awake He lie is is such a round sleep cr IT and tapes taken tale such uch lon long mops s that I am afraid raid he ma ilia may not nol be un 1111 E L' So 80 rT P Possum tro trotted trolled of on to Mr Bears Bear's house and knocked at the lio door dOOT I Not ot ot a could lie lir hear Ibon though h he ts put his car close to the door loor time Sut c knocked then thell lie went to the win dos dov aut and stood on tiptoes and anil r e rl in in in IJ a. a HP lie could see C P e ju just iut t th the trip tin cn end of f Mr Ir Bea ir s 's t 6 nut noe sJ irking up from rom th the be boil LII l and when he be very on ory hard the UJO could hear the sounds S o or of loud breathing so 80 he knew lene Mr t T. T Be Bear r c r was sound round asleep an and it would be hard work to wake him t f Mr IT Possum stood some time thinking Then he be looked about to make sure I. I houe h oue Vl ue Vlis was is in ill sight ard walking n very M ri softly oft I ho he went eul to the back of Mr Bear Bears Bear E h hou house c to tr the windo and ald looked ll at it it il J R He could see ec Ie through the window rj pies line ies nn and amid cakes on the shelf and wl jars jar which lie hue was uro sure held sweet things I Mr Possum tried the window and it ope erl a little HUl then he pu it up and am made nalle a pla co large enough h to get jitt through h. h and in a minute he hp was as in inside idt r r l I J. J w I oJ ArrHE I ZO the pantry with tho the window windo closed If I b ho he hall hail left tho the win window o open 1 should tint not be able to tell you YO tins this story but bo be didn't and that was the thc way wn- wn he lie got ot into trou trouble Ic Ho Ilo listened ll to make male sure ure Mr Bear was still sleeping and from tho the sounds he heard beard be he knew ho was then theu Mr Lr Po sum tasted tho the cake it was waa rather ather dr drs because Mr lr Bear Hear was wras not nota a good h housekeeper and left it on the tho shelf belf f instead of putting it in in tho the cako cake box ox but Mr Ir Possum was not fussy so sobe he be ic ate all of it it Then he be took a bi big bijj piece of or pie pic it was mince and if there was one thing more noro than another that Mr Mi- Possum loved it was mince pie pic eo so o he ate ato all allf of f it Mr Possum was not very careful about dropping tho the crumbs Ju just t as little litlo lit lit- tle lo boys an and girls sometimes sometime for forget t and let Jet et tb the tho crumbs fall on tho the floor door Well WeB that was as the way Mr Ir Possum did id and just juat as be ho W was S trying to see what was on the top shelf ho he stepped on m a b bit t of minced meat and dropped thu tho tic pic pie and over bo hn went h hitting ho tho be hoilo pile rilo ilo of tins as bo ho fell Mr rr Bear came out nut of ot his bed with abound n a bound and listened All was still sun but butle he le felt sure ure it was the tho sound of or filling falling tins ins he ho had heard beard and he ho started for foris his is pantry growling as ns he ran He lie opened tho pantry door and aud then he be growled crowed louder Who Cho has been heen in m hero while hile I was WM asleep and n eaten all m mj my good things he e said eaid huntin hunting all nIl around for the thief t i Ho Tie looked behind tho the door he be looked back ack of th the tho flour barrel harrel and tho the molasses mo- mo lasses barrel for fOl Mr Bear DeaT was ery very fon fond ond of molasses and bou bought ht it IJ by tho but no sign could ho he find of the lie thief He got ot away awny growled Mr Bear Dear d but he closed the window after him bim T r was too slow in in getting up lip Ill I'll fix that window this time so no ono one will get in in So Mr Ir Bear Dear got a hammer and some nails and fastened the tho window windo so it could not be ra raised raided ed Then Mr rr Bear Dear closed tho door and wont back to bt bed rJ and was 15 soon asleep again Atlin breathing so 10 loud loudly I. I that Mr rr Possum from his hiding place heard him and looked out But whore where do you think he was hiding hid in ing all nIl thus this time You never will guess uess so fO I 1 will tell you ou He Ho was lading hiding in tIle the molasses barrel He was scared cared I can cnn tell you u. u when he felt folt tho cold old stick stick- stuff tuff but ho no JO knew it would be bo for or him bim if ho lie homade made an any cry cry and Mr Bear found him hint so o h he kept kert aWl anil until ho lao heard Mr tr Bear sleeping n soundly Roundly and then he crawled out And J f such sueh a a. stick sticky fellow as 35 Mr r Possum Possum Pos Pos- Pos Pos- sum lIum was Tomorrow Ill I'll to tell you ou how he got ot out of Ot Mr Ir B Bears Bear's house e and what hap hap- happened afterward Copyright ht HI 1914 1911 4 b by the McClure McClur News Newspaper pap paper r Syndicate New York City Tomorrows Tomorrow's ston stow Mr Mr Possum l Visits Mr fr Part Part Part II |