Show p pt t l lf f 4 s e r D MEADOW DOW MOUSE IS WELL VELD Dy By THORNTON II W BURGESS Of what hat ft hat you have pray make the best And And And trust to fortune for tor the rest Danny Danny Meadow Mouse rouse Danny l Meadow ow Mouse had been luck lucky Ho lie didn't know Il 11 at the time but It take him long to find It out When he be had darted out from under Farmer Drowns Browns back porch it was Just luck that he happened to be headed toward the henyard henard It was luck or good tor for for- fortune tune tor-tune tune or whatever you please to call It that Bowser Dowser happened to get et be- be between be between tween teen Danny and Black Pussy But Just how fortunate he was he hadn't realized until he had had a chance to look around In tn that henhouse This he did as soon as aa he had re- re re recovered covered from his great fright There were nesting boxes In there each with hay In It II That meant that if ho he could find just the right place he could build a comfortable nest and make himself quite at nt home At first not know know- knowIng knowing knowing ing what else to do he hid In one of those nesting boxes He chose choso the one highest up and In the tho dark dark- darkest darkest est cat corner There he crept In un- un under under un under der the hay and waited to zee see what would happen Now It was afternoon when Dan Dan- Danny Danny Danny ny the henhouse It was a n little while after he had hidden in that nesting box that the tho hens came tame In One by one they flew up on the roost Farmer Browns Brown's Boy Doy came and closed the little slide that would keep anyone else from getting into that hen hen- henhouse house hen house through the opening which the hens used In the daytime In Ina II short time it became dark For Forn Fora Fora n a while there was considerable moving about among the hens hone ns as they made themselves comfortable and talked inlow In low voices When It was quite dark all was as still Danny explored that henhouse from end to end He lie made up his mind ItIn that he was going to like It In there Ie e found some stray Biray grains of corn which the hens had missed It was warm and there was everything to make it comfortable The only thing he was alone lie He missed Nanny He wondered what had bad become became of her He W was lS quite sure that Black Dlack Pussy fussy hadn't caught her because ho lie knew that Black Pussy had chased him I do hope she Bhe is as ns well off oft as I asI am said Danny to himself Yes sir ir I hope she site is as well fixed ns as X I asI om nm If I X can get enough enough to cat eat and and I X rather think I this can can will 1 be just as ns good a place to spend the winter as Farmer Drowns Browns barn I wonder which one of those places will bo be best beat for tor my bed I Iwonder Iwonder Iwonder wonder what they are for tor anyway Ot Of course Danny meant those nest nest- Ing nestIng neat boxes Ho Hs decided to stay tay for tor tora fora tora a Inthe while In that one highest up In the darkest corner In the end he stayed there altogether You Tou see he 1111 soon discovered what wh t those nest neat ing boxes were tor for But no hen used that ono he had chosen So when Farmer Browns Brown's Brown Boy Doy came around each day dlly to look for eggs he never look looked d In that particular boX Ho lie knew the tho hens helU were not using It tt The first morning rooming that Farmer Crowns Browns Boy came camo there therB was a great commotion among the hens hen and Danny Darny ny was wa frightened You see Dee Farmer Browns Brown Boy noy had brought breakfast for tor tho m h-m and It was this that excited them Danny peeked out with his bright eyes eye r j P I Danny Peeked out with h hta bright and lie he didn't miss a thing tiling and ho didn't miss a thing Just Justas Justas ns as se scon on as as Farmer Browns Brown's Boy had bad cone one Danny climbed down and watching his chance darted out and got enough corn for breakfast The hens didn't pay any attention to him So fro Danny got some food to take back to his nest He lIe soon round found that Farmer Browns Brown's Boy brought a II variety of g good od things Sometimes the food tood was as spread In Inthe inthe Inthe the henyard henard Then Danny would watch until he was as sore no one was about then he would dart out of that little doorway get what he wanted and dart back again Ohl Oh dear sighed Danny more than once If lt f only Nanny Meadow Mouse were here to share things with me I would be perfectly hap hap- happy happy hap happy py py- I hope she Is as well fixed as asam asI am nm Copyright 1926 by T W Bur Bur- Burgess gess The next story bat hat to Nanny Meadow Mouse t l t nn |