Show 4 o By THORNTON W. W BURGESS AN INTE INTERRUPTED BATH i IT TT T IS queer It Is very ery queer Ft rt Itis Is s the queerest thing Ive I've ever e known muttered Paddy the Beaver er to himself What under onder the sun are they covering co themselves with murl mud for tor That is what beats me Mud Is s all aU right to build houses bouses and dams with but why anyone should want to plaster It all over them their themselves selves Is more than I can under under- stand My but each of them is n a sight 1 I Of Ot course you know who Paddy meant He lie meant Farmer mer Browns Brown's Boy half hidden on the farther side of ot the pond his face and neck cov coy covered covered ered erect with mud and Buster Bear Dear rolling in mud not very far ar from where Paddy was hiding biding with the Quack family In the rushes only his head bend put out of water It was more than Paddy could understand because be cause canse Paddy never ne had been stung by Busy Bee and so never had bad had hada hadI a chance to find Ond out that mud Is of use In more ways than plastering houses and dams Be He didn't know what Farmer Browns Brown's Boy and Buster Buster Buster Bus Bus- ter Bear knew that It would take the smart out of stings So he couldn't guess why they had covered themselves with mud and he be Just Itched to ask But Dut he didn't do anything of the kind He didn't even eyen let them know that he knew v they were there Be He had a feeling that more interesting things might happen and so he kept perfectly still right where he was I You see ee Paddy had more than a suspicion that Buster Bear Dear didn't know that Farmer Browns Brown's Boy Doy was anywhere about Something Is bound to happen when he finds It out chuckled Paddy You see he and Buster Duster Bear Dear are old acquaintances and he knows Just how Buster feels toward all mankind So he remained right where he was so as not to miss any any- thing After Buster Duster Bear Dear had rolled and rolled In the mud until he be was coy coy- covered ered erect with it It until he was the worst looking bear that ever eyer was seen he be stretched out on the edge of ot the pond The cool wet mud drew out the the- pain of the stings which Busy Bee Dee and her ber comrades had given gl him when he robbed their storehouse storehouse store- store house bouse of honey boney and In a little UWe while Buster Duster was fairly comfortable Je Be even eyen dozed off for a little nap All the while Farmer Browns Brown's Boy sat perfectly still In bis his hiding biding place on the other side of the pond Be He had bad seen Buster Duster Bear cover coyer himself with mud and he be knew why he did It It was the same reason that be had covered his bis own face and neck with mud Weve got a fellow feeling he chuckled but he took care It should be a silent Inside chuckle It was the first chance he be ever had had to watch Buster Bear Dear and he meant to make the most of It The modon mud mod on his face and neck was beginning to dry and felt uncomfortable but buthe buthe buthe he didn't dare move to wash It off or put on more Be He was afraid of frI frightening Buster Duster Bear The Jolly Little Sunbeams were very bright and warm In fact they were hot As Buster Bear Dear dozed they dried the mud on his coat By Bj and by he awoke and like Farmer Browns Brown's Boy he felt uncomfortable He De looked at his coat roat and a sheep sheepIsh Ish grin spread over oyer his mud covered face My but I 1 am a sight I he grum grumbled bled l If this mud dries much more Ill I'll never ne get It off until it wears vears off The thing for me to do doIs doIs dois Is to take a bath The water vater swill feel good gooel anyway So Buster Bear got to his bIs feet feel lazily and waded out opt Into the wa water ler ter First b he washed his face until he got off all the mud mud and the honey as well Then he waded out until the water became so deep that he was forced to swim Now Buster Bear likes an occasional swim s Be He enjo enjoys s 's It Just as much as any ony small boy He swam swan out almost to the ther r f. f rr 4 s. s t P Then He Waded Out Until the Water Water Wa Wa- ter Became So Deep That He Was Forced to Swim middle of Paddys Paddy's pond Just then thena a wandering little Breeze danced out from the other shore and tickled Busters Buster's nose By Dy this time all the honey had been washed away awny and Busters Buster's nose was ready to do Its duty Just out of ot habit he sniffed when that Merry Little Breeze tickled his nose A clous cIous look flashed Into his e eyes es He Be sniffed again and there was no doubt about It that Merry Little Breeze was bringing him the dreadful dread dreadful ful smell man I It was bringing Mm film lm the smell of Farmer Browns Brown's Boy Boyl I Like a flash Buster turned and started for the shore This was no place for him bIm He Se headed for the nearest place and this happened to tobe tobe tobe be the rushes In which Paddy the Beaver and the Quack family were hiding Paddy saw him coming and dived to get out of the way The Quack family couldn't get out of the way so easily They started to swim but there wasn't time for this 1932 1132 by T. T W. W BU gees GP a Rouge may not be deadly says Frivolous Flo but It t Is ie many a girls girl's finish f 1932 1132 Bell Syndicate J Service |