Show J ST d t p 2 19 Ill lU Bit J I 1 1 I E ll D Ul Thornton M lIu- lIu All All through lire lift lis true I seen that ta st deeds ire re el seldom lom seen een 01 Old Old 1 Mother Molher The kind hind of try bra Is Isn n It U n still In the laco Lace of dan dam dan dancer ger cr ind n l it draw near nearer and nearer Sirs Mrs Grouse with Ith her tI taUe babe cather l her herat eat Ral In the Green Forest ss He ld 10 I 1 O ox coming through tile dusk 1 cr since Ince she sho ha had l first c sight of him she he hc had been tr Irh lr to decide whether s hether she hc should l fly or sit alt stIll J lo b 0 fly has hl e o been licen much asic TIll Than n SilO she ha ha c e had bad nothing to sear car for tor herse I But nut Mother Grouse was sas as not of o self elf All he hei thought was ras foi tOl the ta l lel el ele ci e precious little under r In-r who knew noth- noth nothIng in log Ing of the approaching An And l so she continued oJ to sit right where she he wis vi s Nearer came camo He noddy Fo Foa and nearer and lIo lIo sly and craft cratti he lie 1001 loolu-il loolu I hat a a gleam was In his eyes She could see It m e e en In the dusk If H Ht lUddy l ly kept on tho the way say heI he I aas as headed he would come com t to her br sha he wasa t atral afraid l that he hc s ice ace o her for or she sho knew w that so loo as she he didn t moie mose he ouid l not be b likely to recognize her hr That waa sas because her b hi own l so eo perfectly with lIh the tho bro n lea es ea cs on the thc ground around her She 0 asi t afraid of noddy Heddy s a ses ea c es I 1 ut the she was sea afraid of o Roddy's Reddy's 1 45 I J then Ihen hl Ills his hal p ca ear cars caught tile i tio in-tio tle of a leaf a little ahead nud oud to on one Ie n nose se You know kno neddy has i 01 I In ond tul rose rOSl So Mrs Grouse drew all her rE flat fiat lOst against her as as she could Perhaps this would shut In the scent c nt ot of o her hr body An- An Ana Ansa An WB sa a Has I it H as was worth orth orth tring Roddy stopped to 10 c examine an old stump tump Then he be trotted trolled oft to on one side to look ii to 10 a clump of fern tern After Arter th thit t he ho went nent o cr to a little lowros low row ros ro r rg hemlock tr tree e and poked I hi his b buck nose nObe under that Then lonce once I role 01 oie e he ho landed straight for forMIS forMis MIS Grouse Groin Oh Oh dear Oh Ott den deir Oh dear Mrs Grouse kept sn saing a Ing to herself herselt An And l it II wan as all h do to keep from b a it ringing Into the air on those stout wines sIngs of oC hers Nearer all and l came Now Nov he h usa Tia only n a Im tea feet 0 asa awal a lie Ho II stopped nd began gan to use that black nose noe of his t to test the air for le odors w I he be m-ll m her Vt l h he o I He imo on again Nohe Now No oa he ha h was with 11 n anSy an t Sy jump of her Iler She Sho knea that It was sas too late to take taketo taketo to hel hei he stout sings Ings She knew how quick noddy Fox rox Is 1 and that If 1 ho shou 11 discover Cr her sh she t thi hi no h-no e to 10 get In the air lr before betor he ho 1 be upon her Sho hr r breath She didn t e ino so much much- s s a single feather She Sho kept her C ees cs fI filed fiul ed on Heddy And alt all th tho th time timo under her t La teh eh else e er r s babies sere wera ere already ase 1 and knew nothing of their i took another step forward l and hrs s 's Grouse was sas just re dy to gh also e 11 i p all hope hope- Then abruptly I he h toured till tm rod red to c a little clump of ferns off at one sl side le Ho lie found I there and turned back ck I J ihen hen his sharp ears caught the taint faint u I ustle of a n loaf leaf a little lUlo ahead I and 1 to one on Id side In an Instant he hc here bert I l and Mrs Grouse c a of or n II tiny form torm that t I the th Instant she saw tl it turned up tip hi hil no e It was Veeny the Shrew who ho had I 1 under an old log os Ho lie baa 11 hasa a mow mo unpleasant scent ann and th t hitIs Is wy y had turned up his nose For what shat hat seemed to Mr Mn the longest moment that eur euras ier as aas Redd hesitated d whether to 10 turn turnback turnback back ck or go on Thin he ho went on The l st little lillie mother and her Iler were ere safe tife once more COp rl Cop lIt 1923 1 23 bv by b bT TV T V W Burgess Bur- Bur gess The Thc ne next neat t story Fast GroIn Grossing Grow Gro In tabita |