Show i I Bedtime Story for Children I By THORNTON W. W BURGESS THE DAN DANGER iER SIGNAL ERE RE was a great deal of un- un Siness in the big barn where ebber Rats lived Would Billy return or had he hoa just made oice nce visit and gone somewhere The gray old leader of the ff felt lt sure that Billy would re- re re- re reHe He was too anxious to eat cat you know when a rats rat's appe- appe ails ils he hoa must be very much disH dis- dis H indeed the younger rats thought the theold theold theold f old leader needlessly fright- fright and they went about their Y y J 7 r r r r s 's J J r 1 U ll Probably Sleep All Day sight the Gray Old Leader I less Bess of stealing food and gnaw- gnaw soles roles wherever there seemed nice of finding a new food sup- sup st as if nothing had happened iyer ver er each hole which led into earn S rn was continually watched carp eyes Those rats did not I d d' to be taken by surprise a aid aid id fd time I ts is prefer the hours of darkness hate the light of day Per- Per that is because their deeds deeds of darkness So wh when n came most of the rats red red re re- d to their beds to sleep Only r neath the barn where it was did any of them continue to about s seeking eking what mischief might night get into tithe wise gray old leader saw that a watch was kept on each just th the same as during the 5 He didn't think B Billy Mink c d dL come in the day time but butas butas butras as ras wise enough to know that Mink is forever doing the un- un ted eted He suspected that Billy d dE take great pains not to let f farmer who owned that barn he was anywhere about 11 II probably sleep all day ht the gray old l leader ader but butas buta a as a's as s soon as it begins to get dark l be e back here I just feel it ity ity ity y bones t tj it wasn't dark when there enly sounded the danger signal E o one ne of the watchers watch In fact is broad daylight the very mid- mid af jf if the day You s see daylight darkness are all one to Billy J. J 1 He sleeps whenever he feels y regardless of wh whether ther it be betor tor day At all other times he hery hery hery ry wide wid awake indeed It hap- hap dv dl that Billy had wakened just about noon that day and as is usual with him after a nap he was hun hun- gry If he had been a rat instead of ofa a mink he might have remained under under under un un- un- un der the woodpile until darkness cam came But Billy is very sure of his ability to take care of himself He first made sure that no one was about Then he slipped out from under that pile of wood and a minute later he was under the barn Then it was that the dang danger r signal was sounded by the rat who was watching the hole through which Billy entered It was at once passed on from rat to rat until every everyone one in the barn knew that their enemy had returned 0 f T. T W. W Durs Burgess Service |