Show 1 S EDT E ORIf i T- T PETER t R S Y OM-Y CE CEBy CE By Dy Thornton W tV Burgess One On chance Is I quite enough Ir if ou u Decide aright just what to do peter Peter Rabbit Peter Rabbit had formed the habit o of dropping around by the new home of ot Johnny and Polly Pol Chuck Chuckery very ery ry often otten Ho He liked lilted i to sip gossip a bit with Johnny Chuc Chuck Chuek Then too he ho liked the Old Or Or- Or Orchard chard There was 1 alwais alwa s thing of ot interest Intel cst going on 00 there thereSo So 80 whenever Peter was as near enough to easily do so 0 he tan Inn o 0 oter c er where here the Chucks were now Now no one can do a thing over ov ovand and o 0 men or er again for very long without having some one ono to 10 find It out Reddy Heddy rox fox makes It his business to find out the habits habit ot of othis it his neighbors Reddy says SlY that the most useful knowledge he po possesses li is I knowledge l of or the habits of ot othero othe It has hao tilled hi his 9 stomach more moro than once and he hel l knows no nos s that 11 it will Bill till flit his stomach ach many times again ln So the In- In instant tant stant Redd finds find that one of ot h his neighbors bor has done dono a certain thIn thing more than on co he keeps watch to seo ee it if this Is la the tho beginning of ofa ofa a habit abt I ISo So when nhen hen on two ta t a mornings In succession just juL after atler da light from a distance caught a 0 glimpse of Peter Peler going toward the corner ot of the Old Orchard where o Johnny and Polly Chuck hamade had made their new home homo ho began to do a little wondering I I must look Into this said Roddy Reddy to himself very craftily craWly I I r must mut look Into this T 1 Twice Ice I ha halo o seen Peter Rabbit over there thre 1 In Inthe inthe the tho same ame place I wonder onder It if he heI Is iv I making a habit of ot visiting Johnny Chuck If It he be Is la I warto want ant to 10 know kno It I may mRY be able ble to cor- cor corner corner cor ner that long clued eal ed rascal real at last thought seemed to be a pleasant one tor for Reddy smacked his Ills lips lip two or three times The following Ing morning was hiding where he could sc see ee that corner of the tho old stone stono wal all Just Jut after jolly ally round red M Mr Sun began his hi dally climb up In inthe the blue blue Bk sk sky Peter RabbIt Johnny Chuck Chuek Again the next morning It happened Hed grinned It was waa as a satisfied sort orl of ot grin In tact fact Reddy almost almot chuckled On tho following follo morning Reddy was up In III the Old Orchard before da daylight light Behind the trunk ot of an nn old apple tree treo he ho lal laid I fl aay 1 lIc Ile liked to Olp a bit lilt with lIh Johnny Chuck down By peeping around It h he could see e the entrance to Johnny Chucks Chuck's house houe hou o without much chance of ot being seen himself Just after the th Black Shadows a left Itt Johnny Chuck Chuek came camo out He tanned a and then after atler a look lookaround loo around wont went straight to a 0 patch i ot of o tender gra grassa grass graga and closer Or onlY a feet fet IL away ay from bl his doorstep and began to 10 cat eat hi his breakfast In n a IL few minutes h he c was joined 1 1 I by Polly Chuck Reddy watched them but he ho didn t try to catch them In the first tint place he know r that they would reach rench their house houe before h he could catch one ot of t them In the tho second place Johnny Chuck was as too big Heddy had a 0 great grat dent deal of ot re respect pct for tor Johnn Johon a s teeth and strength So he lie merely waited walled and hoped Just Jut as Johnny Chuck finished and sat up for tor a n look around d while he che chewed cheed ed the tho lost mouth mouth- mouthful ful tul of o sweet closer clor Peter Rabbit Rabbi Jumped lumped over the th wall wail at a low place He jumped over OUr not tar far ts from where Reddy Pox Fox lay be be- be b hod hind tho the apple tree and hurried hurrle 1 to join Johnny Chuck Reddy Red Redd lY didn t walt wait for tor Peter pter to look lookaround loo around He Ho sprang out from be- be behind hind that tree and was WILS after Peter before Pet Petel had a a chance even to say sy good morning to t Johnny Chuck Peter was In III a IL tight place Right along there the old stone stonewall wall was quite high and solid soll There Thera wre were no openings openIng bel between the tho stones atones big enough tor for Peter Poter to squeeze through Peter pter had ha one chance hanco and only one Ho He H know knew kneIt It He didn t hesitate a second As Aa face fa ta i as those thoo long Ion of o his could take lake him hir he ho started straight for tor that ono one on chance for tor safety Johnny Chuck Chuek Chuc and Polly Chuck were re starting tor for It also Can you geuss what It 1 was WILS COP Copyright Copi right 1926 1925 by T W S Bur Bur- Burgess Burgess gess The next tor story ston Quick Wits and Quick Leg Legs |