Show i r ft d TOP l C TIP i o cc jj Li GO GOo THE NEW HOME By Thornton W Burgess The Th best place In the world were we're I f told Is 1 s home however new new or old Mrs Mrs Grouse I For several days day Mrs Grouse 1 spent much ot of her ber time with Mr Grouse and never did show how oft off to better advantage JIe He did his very best to make mak Mrs Grouse proud of ot him Sometimes he was so 0 occupied In his bis own that ho he was not aware that Mrs Mr Grouse had slipped away Always she returned after aUer a little while so didn't thin think much about it But Dut as the th days das went by she sh slipped away more more- and more of often len and several times was WIlS quite put out aut ehen ho he discovered that sh she wasn't watching him lm strut Any time you say so my dear well we'll co go 0 to look for that place for forthe forthe the new nest said That will be fine fin replied Mrs Grouse and turned her head that he might not see the twinkle In her eyes ees You see Mrs Grouse had quietly been looking about those thos periods when she slipped away And she sir not only had decided where hero this new nest was to be but actually had finish finish- finished finished ed the nest and there were some eggs In It Then Thea one day awoke to the tact fact act that he h was alone once more lIe H hunted all about but buthe buthe buthe he could not find Mrs Grouse It quite upset him But Dut It H wasn't long Soon he h was drumming again Then occasionally Mrs Grouse Joined him for tor a ery little while What about that new nw home we were goIng to to have demand demanded ed Wo We have It H replied Mrs I Grouse demurely We have Hand It and HandI I there are ten eggs ggs In It Where Is ItT It demanded Thun derer looking very m much ch surprised sur sur- surprised I want to see It But Mrs Ms Grouse shook her h r head I Its a secret ecret said laid she the You shouldn't have hav secrets fromme from fromme fromme me declared speaking very Importantly Just then a distant sound caught his attention and he h turned to look In the direction from which It had come Ills His head was turn turned ed tor for only an Instant but In that Instant Mrs Grouse Grous had disappear disappear- disappeared ed Quietly the she had slipped away taking care not to rustle as aa much muchas muchas muchas as ono one dry leaf leat and which way she had gone gon hadn't the least Idea It made him quite angry tor for a minute But he h was shouldn't from fromme fromme fromme You have hav- crets e me declared speak speak speak-ing ing very Importantly soon over It for tor th the tle most mot Im Im- Im Important im thing In life lit to him was drumming just thea thol Now cw Mrs Mr Grouse had not gone far Car In fact she he was wa almost with within in Sn sight tight from that drumming log lor nest was built a against an an- otter an-otter otter old log and when Mrs Grouse was sitting on those thos eggs she was so much the color of ot the dead brown leaves leave all aU about her that even himself could have looked right at her without seeing see In her It was a well chosen place Mrs Mr Grouse Grous suspected that no one on would think to look there for It It because It H was as so near drumming log At the same time there ther was a great ad- ad advantage ad advantage vantage In It ft because now It If an enemy should appear would be likely to be within easy calling distance So once more Mrs Grouse Grous was happy and find no longer lorger mourned tor for the old home that had been broken up by nine neck Ring neck the th Pheasant ht 1926 by by T W Bur Dur- Dur Durgess Bur ge gess The Th next story Chatterer Is Given a J Lesson Lson |