Show 0 1 p par ar F. F t MR POSSUM VISITS MR BEAR 31 J Part I. I J f Dir tr Possum t was as hungry and he sat thinking where he could get et a good meal dare when it without working ter cr very suddenly occurred to him hint th that t ho he had hadnot hadnot hadnot not aid pai 1 any auy au visits to his bis friends in tho woods in in some time f Mr Bear will certainly have havo a pan pantry pantry tr try full of just the things I like if only he she is awake He lie is such a sound sO sleeper sleep Bleep er r and takes such euch Jon long naps naps that I am afraid he may not be up So Mr Ir Possum trotted off to Mr r. r Bears Bear's house bOUM and knock knocked d at the door dot a n sound o could he hear though ho he put his ear clo close c to the tho door each time Be he e knocked thou then he went to the thc window window win dow and stood on tiptoes and Ipe peeped ini in i He could see Bee ee ju just t tho tip end of Mr lr Bears Bear's nose sticking slicking up ul p from the tho bell bed bedclothes belland clothes and when ho he listened very en hard fee o e could hear the tho sounds or or of loud Breathing so ho he knew Mr r. r Bear Dear was waR lound asleep an and it would woul be hard work to waken him l Mr r. r Possum stood some Fome time thinking Then he be looked about to make sure no noona noona OD ona was fa in sight ht and walking ter N he lie went to the back of Mr r. r Beards Bear s 's hou house e to the pantry pant window OW and looked at it tHe Hc He could see through h the window indo pies p s and cakes on tho the shelf and Jars which he lie was sure held sweet things t t Mr rr Possum tried the tho window indo and it opened a little then he be pushed it up find end made a place hH large C enough h to pet get and in a minute he be was inside e i t I li ll N 1 f f i ir r- r I r- r lioa the pantry with the window closed If It Ithe he had left the window windo open I should not bo be able to tell you this story but buthe buthe buthe he didn't and that was fas the way he got into trouble TIe Tic listened to make sure sure- Mr r. r Bear was still sleeping and from the thc sounds pounds bo ho heard he knew ho was then air Mr Possum tasted the tho cake cako it was rather ather dry because Mr Bear was not nota a good tood housekeeper and left it on tho the shelf instead of putting it et in the cake box oi but Mr Possum was not fussy BOhe so BO he ic ate all of it Then ho he took a n. bi big piece o of pie po it was mince and if it there was one thin thing more mora than another that Mr Possum loved oved it was mince pie so he ho ato ate all allf of f it Mr Possum was not very ery careful about bout dropping the crumbs Ju just t as litle little little lit lit- tle le boys boss an and ana girls sometimes sometime for forget et and let et the crumbs fall all on oil tho the floor Well that was the way vay Mr PO Possum did id and just as RS ho he was trying to sec see what was on tho the top shelf he stepped on n a bit of minced meat and dropped ho the pie pic and over o he went hitting the pile ile of tins as ho fell Mr Ir Bear came out of ot his bis bed with a abound hound bound and listened d All was still eWI but he ie felt sure ure it was the sound of falling tins ins ho had bad heard and ho started for foris his is pantry growling as be ho ran He Ho opened the pantry door and then ho growled louder Who Who has been in hero while I was waa asleep and eaten all my good things ho 10 said huntin hunting all around for the thief Ho Ito looked behind hind the door he be looked back jack of the th flour barrel and tho the mo mo- lasses lags's asses barrel for Mr Bear was very fond ond of molasses and bou bought ht it b by the ho hogshead but no sign could he find of the tho bo thief II He got ot away growled Mr Ir Bear but he closed the tho window windo after him I was vas too slow in getting up I Ill I'll fix that window this time so no one will get in in So Mr Ir Bear Benr got ot a hammer and some nails nn l and fastened the window so it could not be raised Then Mr Ir Bear closed the door and went back to bed and was soon asleep again breathing so 80 loudly that Mr Possum from rom his hiding place I heard him and looked out But whore where do you ou think he was hiding hid hiding ID ing all this time r You never will j guess uess so I will tell you Ho was h hiding ding in the molasses barrel If Ho Ise 0 was a scared I can tell vou you when be ho felt tho the cold sticky tuft stuff but ho knew it would bo be worse wore for him bim if ho homade homade made any cr cry and Mr r Bear Dear found him so o he e kept still until he heard Mr Bear sleeping soundly and then he be crawled out And such a sticky stick fellow as ns Mr Ir Possum Pos Pot sum was v.-ae Tomorrow Ill Til tell you ou how be got ot out of Mr Bears Bear's house houe and what happened hap afterward Copyright ht l 1014 1914 H. H b by the McClure Newspaper News Kes paper Syndicate New Nev York lark City Tomorrows Tomorrow's st ston ors Mr Ir Possum Visits Mr Dear Bear Part Part Part II |