Show BROWNS BROWN'S nor BOY is JUST JUSTIN JUSTIN IN TutU Ily THORNTON W BURGESS With danger dancer all li 11 the th world is I t rite rife Because It is I A n law of ot life lire Old Old Mother Nature Nature Farmer Browns Brown's Boy had been thinking of the th Deer In Intact Inset tact fact ever ver since tince he had bad known that Puma the th Panther P nth r was wa u in the th Orten Oree Forest orest foot LIghtfoot h he had worried about LIght LIght- foot and hi his hie family You see eee ee Farm Farm- Farmer arm er Or Brown Browns Boy knew that there thero ther Is 1 nothing that Puma Pum um tho the Panther so much likes for dinner as a II deer der meat mc tH lie knew that LI and Mrs Mra and the th nearly grows twins were living In a a yard In the Green n Forest lie II knew that they could not leave that yard yard because or of the th deep snow now and he ha h kne knew this meant that Puma Puma- Pum the Panther would lave have a a better chance to catch on one of them than If they could run freely I 1 must get e et t over to that deer yard ard and see ee e how LI Is I Iret get get- getting tin ting on Said Bald Farmer Fanner Browns Brown's Brown Boy I J think It would be b A ft good Ides replied Mr Mi- Drown Brown When YOU ro go take your run gun with you I think perhaps this afternoon I can car spare Pare par you for a little while That deer yard yar Isn't tnt so o very cry far tar from iron iron- here herf Is IU it No replied Farmer Browns Brown's Boy BOj It ll is I only a ft little distance front from here her That ii I one on reason I Iam ant am worried cause be-cause be us Puma the Panther haj s been around here her so eo much that I am almost sure eure ur he must mut hav have hav visited the th yard ot of o Light LIht foot toot the th Deer t r So late Ide that thae afternoon Farmer Browns Brown's Do Boy took hie hl gun run end and on hi his snowshoes he tramped over oveT to the yard of Lightfoot the Deer At first he h could not find nor any of Li Lightfoots Lightfoot's family H lie He found where they had been eating faUng but there was wu no no- oth- oth other oth other er cc sign of them Of course cours those paths went crisscroSS crl cron hi his way ay that way w v and every way war ay and aid SO ao ower were wre difficult to to follow Slowly Brown Boy tramped around stopping often to look and listen and rv hy and by he spied pled and Mrs and the twins The latter wore were you know nearly nel grown In fact they felt themselves to be Ie quit quite rown e-rown All tour four were crowded together In ina Ina II a little open apace apale spa spa-c wh wIt e the th snow had been trampled down In their rye yes wu wa tear fear Farmer armer Bron Browns Brown's BOY could see lee e It even at a dIs- dIs dIstance distance dis distance tance When he snapped napped a litle twig twig- accidentally they thy all they tood shaking with tear fear Farmer Brown Browns Brown's Boy knew at t once what that meant Re He kne knew that they had been fright nd ened by Puma the he Panther and hEl he red If It ruma Puma was waa wa near r at that I f r Browns Brown's Brown Boy Hoy stepped t out so o that could see ce him moment Farmer Fanner Browns Brown's Brown Del Boy stepped topped out so 0 that Ll LightfOot could see e him for tor h he knew that Light Light- Lightfoot foot toot wa-a wa wa U not afraid of o him Almost at once one came c m to wards him and the th others other crowd crowd- crowded crowded crowded ed after and as se they came they kept turning their heads to look back Nearer the they carne came cam und nearer Farmer Farmer- Browns Brown's Brown BO BO Wa their friend and they kneW It It Just a few feet from him they stopped Mopped and looked back again then they stood Blood there ther with Ith their great creat soft ort oft eye eyes wid wide with fear tear H lIe He could see e little shivers run all Il over them Those ThoM little silvers er were shivers or of rear fear Brown Browns oy swiftly In the th direction In tn which Lightfoot and his hla hi family were wr look look look- looking look Ing Ue lie II held beld his hili hi gun run ready There There Ther was a 0 thick mass maM of low 0 growing hemlocks over there a there a wonderful place tace for tor hiding With his hi eyes find on that Farmer Farmr Browns Brown's BoY moved forward H He bad had almost reached It when he II a glimpse of a catlike caUlke form fonn It wa-s wa only a glimpse lImpl but It was wa enough Like n It fleeting shadow It That was w Puma Pum hImself mut- mut muttered muttered mut muttered Farmer Brown Browns Boy under his his- breath I 1 guess cue I got rot her here just justIn justin lustIn In time lie He H wu was wa after arter those thos Deer and he h hat had h them cornered there Re He hal them where they couldn't get out without going Into deep snow enow now My Im I'm Klad glad I cam earns eune nver here wh when I t dl W t And then what hat do you think Farmer mer Roy flop did He Re He pointed that gun In the theair theair thair air and shot BancI Bangi roared the gun lIun Why did he do It lIe He H did it to scare care Puma lIe H knew that Puma would not come corn back right away after hen hearing ring that gun run Copyright 1926 l by T W Bur l Bur Bur- Burgess less Bur gee gess The next ert tory story Farmer Drowns Drown's Boy Doy Gets Get His HI Chance |