| Show CROCKEY JOY adventures ny berrr ri I 1 A Crockey loy joy mardi gras gra RUTH had climbed into tile the big easy chair which stood beside her lathers radio set after she had adjusted tho the earple earp lecea ces to suit ault her fancy she he leaned back in tho soft cush cushions lons and listened for some time she ehe could hear bear nothing then all at once she aha thought some one was faintly calling her name over and over louder and louder it grew it was a sweet clear voice and to ruth it had a little joyous tinkle which was hauntingly familiar I 1 do you want to go to a croc Crockey joy party said the voice fit at last very clear clearly Y th than on kuth buth knew that it was the kindly um uld Crockey joy find and she ille wondered why site she had not been able to tell ills ilia voice sooner she wanted very much to go to the party so she listened and then did just what tho the Crockey joy told tier her first bho she walked out of the window anti and over tile the edge of the flat roof which run ran till all the way across the back part of tier lier heine once there she eat ant down and waited sure enough tile Crockey joy cattle came to meet tier her under his arm lie carried two pairs of roller skates and what looked like two umbrellas without handles tut put on the skates he said to ruth i and fasten the cord of one of these parachutes around your waist then well hurry on down to the party ruth put ol 01 on the skates and took hold of the Crockey joys hand and away they skated As they went they grew smaller and it was only a few seconds C 41 until cluth could not even see over the top of the eave trough when they came to tho the gutter pipe which when it rained drained the water from on off tha root roof and into vill the cistern they paused to malke make sure that tile the para chutes were tied on tight then into the drain pipe they skated they shot along as though they were on it a big roller coaster around bends across open spots taster faster and faster they rolled Fl finally nally with a rattle of skates against tile edge of the iron drain pipe they hurtled out from the mouth of it into the el cistern stern defir parachutes opened down they floated at first aluth thought that they were ere sinking onto an island of color colored leaves am aa she blie got nearer to the surface of the water she saw that it was full of tiny bouts boats in all of these boats boata were Crockey joys young unit and old and all dressed in the fanciest fanales t and oddest of costumes it Is mardi gras week jn crockey joy lund land said eald the kindly old roan man to her be careful as you come down and one of the boatmen will push ills gondola right under you so that you wont even get your feet wet ruth buth sank gently down right into a boat as aa the old Crockey joy had said the boatman at once pushed tits his craft along in and out among the other vessels ruth enjoyed tier her voyage very much there was a great deal to see tv twinkling ink ling lights wre dancing mandolins were strumming the air was full of the odor of roses and of strange perfumes ta ta turn tum tatum ta tum turn the mandolin music grew louder and louder ruth huth straightened up in tier her sent scat she opened tier her eyes ees and found herself back in her fa fathers thees big chair the mu music a le kept on though because the orchestra at thebie the big hotel sending station had st started arteLl to broadcast tho the evenings program when ruths father came homo home he found tier her still 1111 curled up in the big chair though it was long past her bedtime she demurred just a little as her father picked her up in ills his arms anus and laughingly carried her off to bed |
