Show I 1 0 o SAMMY SALY n JAY JAT A BIT lIlT 0 01 or s Nm's By Thornton W Burgess Burc ur SI s He Ha H gains fain the th most who Is polite Not ho he h depending on his might Sammy Sammy Jay Y Sammy Jay l Is ai an l early riser He H tarts starts out on his hi morning rounds Jut Just as soon as ho Is sure uro ur that It Is light enough to put n ui end to the tn hunting of ot 1 the 0 Owl Ol I Long ago Samm Jay discovered ered that not only does doos the th early bird get ret the best t things to eat Cat with the th least leat 11 but ho he h also 10 has s a chance to learn rn a great deal that lazier laler people miss mis So Bo It happened hl h pp n d that Sammy ar- ar arrIved arrived ar arrived rived very ery ery early one on morning In Inthe inthe Inthe the dear Old Briar Patch Peter Poter saw him at once Goo Good morning Sammy Ja Ji said ald he ho What mis mis- mischief mischief chief brings brIng you 0 over oser er hero hera her so early carly Sammy at once one pretended to bo Indignant he h exclaim exclaim- exclaimed ed 00 Ml One would think that thai I dl dU did nothing but get ft In mis- mis mischief mis mischief chief And one wouldn't be b very hr Hong at tha that retorted Pot Peter or Sammy knew that P Peter ter terIS was IS as ani teasing Then too it was wa too early In the morning to He H de dc- dc W Good morning Sammy ho he he be h would do a little tea himself I I picked up a bit of news said he Instantly Peters Peter's long ears cars stood straight up and nd sat up What Is It he h asked I eagerly It Isn t mischief said Samm Samiu Jo Ja Peter Ieter tamped stamped imp Alt All Allright right saId aid he h I II il ta take taco o sour lour our word tOl fot It iL It hat I Is It Something ou oud d like lIbe to know Sam Sammy his blight C cs twinkling Of Ot Of course reto ted r l Otherwise I t ask Mk what ahat It ItIs itis Is I Is It real ne st That depends depend on lat von TOU call news new retorted Sammy What That Is new news anyway Peter News Is-Io- Is neil is-is-neil I Is well ell It is some some- someI something something thing th Ih S t has bas ha jut Just happened or I what very er 11 few tew people know about replied Peter Ihen 1 hen this thi If It news declared Sammy In a aery a very ery ery decided way Peter ieter stas as wa fall Iy dancing with impatience Please Pleas stop top teasing me Sammy Ja and tell teil meI mo sue I v i hat It I li ii ho he begged bened I win Will you take back bacic what you said about me m alwa always s being In mis- mis mischief mischief mis I L chief demanded I Of Of cour course cours replied Peter You I I now nowery very ery ery well bammy Jai Ja that I 1 sas as vi as only tooling fooling I All right replied Sammy Mi II and Mrs Quack the Duck are back from from tho the Sunny South I Iare Peter Poter jumped right straight Ill up leally he cre cried Are you sure I I or of It It seems ems to mo me m a little eally eaily for them Do you doubt my word ord 1 de- de demanded demanded de demanded Sammy Sommy pretending to bp cry ery angry I No Noi I Oh no cried Peter hur hur- hur- hur hurriedly How did you hear of I It I didn t hear har of ot It it I saw w them replied Sammy I I saw law them early carly this very vry morning cried Peter I must mut hur- hur hurry hur hurry ry over and pay them roy y respects I 1 suppose they are ar looking as fine fineas fineas as usual No Sammy shook hook his head said aid be he they they are ara ar not In tact they are ar not looking well nell at all Ne er Nes or hav haa has e I seen een them thom look as poorly as they do now I don knob kno what whal the tho th trouble l is t but ut ul the theydon don t look a bit hit good food to me BY 3 BYthe Byth the tho way If it you want ant to call calI on thorn I left lett them over In the th Big whore where the th Laughing Brook BigI I enters enter It Thank you ou Sammy Samm Jay cried Peter Ill III go ro at once one Copyright 1924 by T W tV Bur Bur- Bur ce gess Tho rho ne licit story torr Peter Paler eu tu Iho B |