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Show Arthur 3coit Bailey A QUARREL JT'IMiIIC KATYDID mid Leaper tin? " Locust quarreled so loudly over a message marked "for Mr. ;nis- ! hopper" Hint they soon drew u crowd tti-ijiiiiil them. "Tliat message for 'Mr. Grasshopper' Is ccriiilnly meant for me," Kiddle In-KlHlnl. In-KlHlnl. "Von know yourself how you have objected to being called by tins inline of 'Grasshopper.' Why, only last night you refuserl to slop when. ''re:ldie Firefly shouted it after you." "And you " cried I.eaper the Lo- I'eoplo noticed that the stranger looked uh if he had traveled a long distance. And lie had a mall-pouch slung over Ids back. Furthermore, he was enough like Kiddle and Leap-er Leap-er to be u cousin of either one of them. A person couldn't see his horns, on account of the hat that he wore. When this traveler asked about the dispute, everybody hastened to explain ex-plain the (piarrel to him. He listened carefully, and when he had heard the whole story he said: "This message do you know where It Is? Do you know who lias It now?" "No!" Leaper the Locust cried, wlille Kiddie Katydid echoed the word. "Aii! I thought notl" said the stranger, "I thought not, because I have It In this mail-bag. And now I must confess that I'm puzzled myself; for I don't know which one it's Intended In-tended for." And he pulled off his hat and began fanning himself with It. It was perfectly plain to everyone that he was sadly perplexed. Then Leaper the Locust gave a great shout. "You're a Short-horn I" he exclaimed. ex-claimed. "It can't be that you would have a message for a person with horns like his!" lie pointed a scornful scorn-ful finger at poor Kiddie Katydid. One glance at the stranger's head now that he had removed his hut told everybody that Leaper the Locust Lo-cust was not mistaken. The stranger's horns were short. There was no denying that fact. "I believe you must be the Sir. Grasshopper I'm looking for," said the stranger. Then he put his hand Inside his mail-pouch and pulled out a letter. Leaper the Locust made a sudden Jump for the massage. But he was so eager that he sprang too far. He sailed far over the stranger's head and landed some distance away. "Hullo! He doesn't want it I" said the stranger. "It must be for you !" And he shoved the message into Kiddie Kid-die Katydid's willing hands. Almost immediately Leaper the Locust Lo-cust jumped back again. But, of course, he was too late. ( by Grosset & Dunlap. ) "I Promise You That I Shall Make Trouble for You." cnst "you paid no attention when Chirpy Cricket went up to you Just as the moon rose this evening and said, 'Ilow-dy do, Mr. Grasshopper I' right In your ear. You have no right to open the message. And I promise you that I shall make trouble for you If you don't mind your own affairs." "Well, Well what's all this row about, anyhow?" asked a strange voice. It was a newcomer In Pleasant Plea-sant Valley who had just spoken. lie elbowed his way briskly through the throng until he reached the center of It, where Kiddie and Leaper the Locust faced each other angrily. |