Show bedtime story for children gy by THORNTON W BURGESS THE THREE rE WATCHERS WATCHERS VVE ilan raddy paddy the Beaver slapped the water with a ith his bis broad tall making a noise lite lile a pistol shot lightfoot the deer understood that this was meant as a warning of danger g er ile he was on on his feet instantly with eyes marsiand finses seeking the cause e of bf gaddys paddys warning wa ruing after a moment or two lightfoot stole softly up to the top of bf a little ridge some distance ba bad k from paddys gaddys pond but front the top of which lie he could see tile the whole aiole of the pond there he hid among some close growing young hemlock trees it ion long before he saw a hunter with a terrible gun come down to the shore of the pond now the hunter had heard paddy slap the water with his broad tall of course there would have been something very wrong with his ears had he failed to hear it il confound that boater beaver muttered the hunter crossly if K aln V 71 paddy watched the hunter there was a deer anywhere around this pond he probably Is on his way ay now ill have bare a look around and see if there are any 1 signs I ns 1 so the hunter kept on to the edge of paddys gaddys pond and then began to walk around it studying the ground as lie walked presently he found the footprints of lightfoot in the mud where lightfoot had gone down to the pond to drink 1 I alou thought ailt as much muttered the hunter those tracks were made 6 last night that leer deer probably was lying down somewhere near here and I 1 ml might lit have got a shot but for t that bat pesky beaver ill just look the land over and then I 1 think ill wait here a while if that deer too badly seared scared he may come back bach so tile the hunter went all around the pond looking into all likely hitting hiding places lie he found where lightfoot had bad been laing and he know knew that in all probability lightfoot had been there when paddy gaie gae the danger sulial sigi uil its no use for roe me to try to follow him thought tile the hunter it Is too dry for me to track him ue he may not be so bailas seared scared after all ill just find a good place and and balul wait so the hunter found an old to log behind some small hemlock trees rind and there sat down lie ile could see sec all around paddys gaddys pond ile he sat perfectly still tie le was a clever hunter and he knew that so long iong as he did not move he be was not ill likely ely to lie be noticed by any sharp ees that might come that way what he know was that lightfoot had been watching him all the time and was even then standing libere be could see him and another thing he know was that paddy the beaver had come out of his house and swim swimming min under water had reached a hiding place on the opposite shore from which lie he too had seen the hunter sit down 0 on n the to log so the hunter watched for LI lightfoot and lightfoot and paddy watched the hunter Q T W burgesan service |