Show nc n SOME BU DD D D 1 V L r H Bi Thornton M W li is the bise bT alloy s found where here should be bo pure joy jO- Old Mother Iother Nature flier T ery day Drummer the 00 Wood Woodpecker 1 pecker spent most of oC his time In Inthe Inthe the Old Orchard Once In a 0 TV is hIle nillie lie he fie flew fless 0 over oser er to the edge c e lre of or te Green Gren Forest but not often Ito He t like to KO go o that fir fr auay aay from home Ho lie wanted to be here he could get back quickly any time Imo lie he felt like lIe It tt and peep In and see seo Mrs Sir Drummer sittinG on tho the eggs He Ho hadn t told any anyone anyone anyone one about those eggs but esery one seemed to know about them You see they all guessed because Drummer looked so happ happy and because Lecause ho he was sas alone so much There were siere ere plen plenty of at others Ith similar r secrets In the tho Old Or- Or Orchard Or Orchard chard hard In fact Drummer knew several se eral homes were In go- go go ing going over oer 0 r the trees tres as carefully ashe as aslie lie hc did looking for food tood he couldn t help but ut find some Borne ot of these homes Whenever heue er he did h 11 Iii was vas ser yer er polite Ho He al alays ays left immedIately and after that hat kept any anay from thit particular tree One morn morning Ing when hi he flew 0 oser overto r to the HIP Old Orchard he heird a a lot lotof lotof or of excited gossip At first h dl didn n t I pay much attention to It ou it lou sen see Drummer li is one of those thos isho ho mind their 0 own osin n business nut But when he overheard o Jenny Wren ren C about Chatterer the Squirrel as 08 only Jenny can scold he began to listen What hat he henri henr J didn t make him fed comfortable JI I at all It seems seem th-it th Chatter Chatterer had bad been hen seen een oen early arly that mOl I In the Old Orchard Every one what hat that meant mant E Esery ry one Ine knew th t It meant mischief co o 0 far tar as Drummer could lea n Chatterer lea had done no harm lie had merely been heen een spying about a little But es e every cry one knew that basing Ing come conie once ho lie would be bo al ai mort sure to com come again md and that sooner or later BOrn tome some one on oud return to 10 find an i nest for or Chatterer Is very try fond of eggs ggs lost sir Drummer lost his appetite began Chat to worry Supposing Suppo Chat Chat- I should take It Into hi his head had to that maple tree trea In ramer Bro ns dooryard He H would be I sure suro uro to er the th new homo home there He Ic must munt fly over oser at once and warn Mrs Iro Mr Drummer to be beon beon bon on the watch atch for or that red robber As A soon oon as an ho he reached his liEs home Drummer poked Iii lila Ills head In time the doorway and began to talk excitedly oh I edly My Iy dear dar sail 11 he tse 1 rd such had bad news this morning It has quito quite upset mo me I 1 hn hao hurried right oer over here to tell OU E OUE eT body 0 over o er In tho Old 0 Or Oi chard Is so o excited over pr it What do you think We wo had better do about It When hen hen I know know- what It Is per per- per pr haps perhaps I can tell you ou replied Mrs Mr Drummer without appearing In la the th least IDt excited Drummer looked i little Jt It K i Chatterer Chatt the Red Hed SquIrrel ho be battened to 10 explain Ho no was wasteen seen over In the Old Orchard earlY this morning prowling prow around mind ot of course coune everyone every one knows s hat is hat hp was sas as for tor lie was nas ns there then I I If Ife e j I HC Wf 4 I hat s liSt lie he hal heard 1 11 didn't 10 him comfortable at sill nil I I laterI trying to find rind ne nests t so that later I lie he may steal the tho th eggs If It he Sets gets a chance Supposing my dear dar In getsIn be should take tal o it Into his head to come over oser here What would iso 0 wedo do Oh dear Jear I in go so worried 1923 1 23 by T W Bur Bur- gess The Tho next stor story Drummers Drummer rears Are Realized |