Show r n I I JOHNNY CHUCK TITLES STARTLES By Br Thornton W tV Burgess To startle some folks makes them cross To know just why Im I'm at atI I a loss os Johnny Johnny Chuck Chatterer tho the TIed fled Squirrel was paying one of oC his frequent to the Old Orchard He Ho was of oC course courso his usual saucy aucy self I suspect It would be Impossible for tor Chatterer not to be impudent Anyway I never have seen him when he wasn't Impudent lie He Is no nl of oC persona persons He lie Is saucy MUCY aucy to everybody little and big On this thia particular morning he had discovered Johnny Chuck sitting on his doorstep Chatter Chatterer er 11 had at once begun berun to tease Johnny by scolding him hum and making fun of oC him Ho Ile had bad come down on the ground round quite near Johnny and danced about In n front of oC him You cant can't catch me Johnny Chuck can cant can't climb a tree You cant can't catch me meThis This I Is what Chatterer kept cry cry cry- crying cry Ine Ing over o and over ovel all the time making little short runs run toward Johnn Johnny and back again lie He was trying to tease Johnny Into losing his t temper At first Johnny paid no attention to him hInt whatever Ho He Hoeven Hoeven even turned his back on Chat Chat- Chatterer Chatterer Chatterer and went down Inside his house Then Chatterer grew bold and ran up on Johnnys Johnny's doorstep and poked his head In Johnnys Johnny's doorway Cant catch me Cant Can't catch me Johnny Chuck cant can't catch me he h shout shout- shouted shouted shouted ed down that long Ion hallway He lie heard Johnny Chuck growl angrily down below and this of oC course courso set et Chatterers Chatterer's tongue go- go In ing going co taster faster than ever It really was more than J Johnny Johnny Chuck could stand Im I'm sure uro no ono one I could blame blain him for fol loving lovinc hi his temper Such a chattering of oC oCi i teeth Such growls growl as came cameI I from Crom down below Then up came JOhnny Chuck surprisingly fast for fol such a II big biff fellow You should have seen Chatterer run Cant catch me Johnny Chuck cant can't climb a tree he shouted over his shoulder and scampered up In Ina Ina Ina a young apple tree As soon Boon as ho Ito reached the first branch he turned to look down and grin erin provokingly at Johnny Chuck It was right then that Chatterer got cot tho the surprise aUT of oC his life lICe Yes Ye sir sll lie ho did so to I If g got t the surprise of or his lire life Ho lie 11 had d expected to look Jook down into a pair of oC angry eye eyes glaring up at him for he had bad expected to see se Johnny Chuck stop top jut just under the th tree Instead of oC that he looked down just In time to see eo Johnny Chuck start up that tre tree Yes Ye sir that that's what he saw Now the trunk of oC that tree tro was straight and It nev nev never er cr had occurred to Chatterer that Johnny Chuck could possibly climb cUmb It t But Johnny did climb It It He rushed straight over to the foot of oC that tree and up ho came toward where Chatterer was sit sit- sitting sit sitting I ting Chatterer was so startled as a he ha saw Johnny coming comInS up that for tor a n moment ho lost his voice You should have havo seen him turn and andrace andrace andrac race up III to the top of oC that tree He didn't waste wast any time about It ItHe lie Ho went up to tho the top ton because there was wa no other tree near enough for Cor him t Im to jump across and the tho top was the only place for fol him to go eo Ho lIe was a n scared Squirrel He lie forgot all about shoot b bo- bo boIng bo o Ing saucy aucy and impudent impudent- You see Johnny Chuck came camo right richt up to the first branches and Chatterer didn't know lenow how much further he mIght t come As It H was was Johnny Chuck stopped when ho he reached those first branches and there thero he sit lookIng up at Chatterer and nn grinding his hl teeth and making the most unpleasant sounds founds sounds that sent shivers chasing chasin each rach oUt oUt- oUter oth other er or up lip nn and nd down Chatterers Chatterer's backbone back back- backbone back backbone bone and way out to the tho tip ot of othis his tall tail So I cant can't climb R a a tree eh growled Johnny Ill show how you ou Ill I'll show you whether I can climb or 01 not It I ever g get t hold of you ou you'll wish you'd kept that saucy tongue ton of yours your still fUll Chatterer Cha was keeping it still then lie He was keeping It very vel still sUlI Ito He continued to keep It still till all aU M i f fU 1 lp C J tie U A you 1011 cant can't catch me mc Johnny Chuck cant can't climb a IJ tree the time that Johnny Chuck sat eat there Somehow ho didn't feel Ceel a abit abit abit bit saucy Muey any more All the Iho tin had been startled out of oC him and oh how he ha did hope that Johnny Chuck wouldn't take It In Into to his head to climb any higher Copyright 1926 by T W Bur Ilar- cess Bur Jess gess The next story Johnny Chuck Gets Gets- 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