| Show b j C J S S Till 1111 HUNTER TER WHO HIO COULD T snooT SHOOT nr ill Thornton Burgess Ironi cruel Juel deeds all folk tolk 1 would shrink It If tei teh but took the time to think Mr Mr r Grouse Its It s w-iA w is very cry ery early carly In the tho mornIng nh I a J mp I the Hare had settled in hi his favorite fa hiding place H He hid been roaming around mot most motor or of the night an and now lie ho Intended tim spend pend the day In this hiding p c pla The I he hunting season 11 on cm and amid Jumper knew w that he hc 15 I rest when ho he kept quiet Jumper had been there only II a aI I tic lic Ic while and hud hold just begun to 1070 when ben he hUlid a sound that lila hla eyes to fly Cly wide open Some Olno one was waa coining coming walking l vel vei and carefully Jumper pe d out from from under the branch of u a low growing hemlock tree and at once he lie saw the one thing he most roost dreaded to see a r with a a terrible run gun Jump Jump- Jumper's I ers er's ut seemed to Jump right up in hl his throat out DUt he v ie- ie le In Ii right where l hero he was lias T ear r and nearer hearer came the hunter He had arisen at dalIght da light that n orning so as to b be the first ono In the Green Forest Just a way say from Irom Jumper the hunter s set t down lown on an old log hog It was wasn near n ir a place which ho he had eiel el emel 11 was wes a 0 fa favorite place of Mr ac Mrs Irs Grouse IIII lie III was vias going to In lii the hope that thc they would appear ar This of ot course Jumper didn t know The hunter sat and sat and with hi his hia gun across his lila knees didn't take hi his eyes eves eeg froni Crom hit hie All the time Juniper Jumper was as try If try try- Ilg to puzzle out why that hunter fitting there Instead ot of tramp tramp- tramp tramp-ii II s Ii about Then In the distance lie he hear I 1 the a whirr hirr of ot stout a Ings and anda It a moment later Grou o came trio Irto sight i 11 1 ht t heading straight for COl a certain little open where hero the thes theada I s ada own s own warmly In the middle o ha h alight alighted cd Instantly lie he sin t had hod himself to lila his full height anti motionless H Ho He was as I a Ipie pie picture lure of watchfulness and cau cau- cau- cau caution tion His bright e eyes ees es searched lila hIs He was listening to toc toc c eaten e every esery ery little sound looked over oser at the hunt bunt huntI bunter hunter er cr The latter was as 1 slowly 10 very I raising his gun to his ilia I Jumpers Jumper's heart beart almost beating What I should hould he do He was as to warn lIr Ir Grouse by thumping In fact It I wac too late lale to warn want Sir Ir Grouse aol he knew It J Jumper u n ner er looked at I Lr Ir r Grouse Gouse II It was clear that lie h I there was waa no danger I lie spread his hia hike fan tan tal He raised his wonderful black around his neck Never er c had bad badI I rc e looked more handsome Once more Juniper Jumper looked d at the Ul ler Ills lis gun was I at Sir Mr Grouse Juniper closed his eyes tor for he didn't want ant to see ace the dreadful about to happen He waited fot COI the bang of ot that terrible gun There Thera l a was no Dang niang Presently o oUt t tot ot Jumper opened Jug ha ev eves a ar I 1 looked again That ter-j ter ter- ter j rib nbc gun was wag still pointed to arc Mr Grouse but even as Jumper 44 Jumper J peeped out ont front from under sunder o D Ii h of n a low grO growing hemlock J tIC t ci looked It was as 10 lowered end once onee Ir re placed across th the hooters hooter's kes Jumper t know kno what bat batto to nit e I of it The truth Ta was that couldn't t shoot It had como come OHr him suddenly that Mr lr G Grouse wonderful a II and beautiful bird ther there In the fullness ot oC life lIf and that It was a thousand s better to know w that he seas U wa living 11 its ing IlIg there In lit the Green fot fOI ret est thas tha's to have base him hm a uele mass maIS ot 01 and ud feathers teather 1 cant ant shoot him muttered th the to himself el I 1 can t do it II III itI ItI I dont don't need him hint for tor food and I cant can't Shoot C Copyright 1923 1323 by T Burgess V W Burgess Th- Th Tl next stori In the Midst of tha Ur moon eI Fo POt Foiest eat |
