Show s I I I TUG T lH f lEy ny Ey V Run fluis first an and 1 the then thea for tP For then you'll 11 0 neer ne'er be tempting fate Danny Meadow f adow Alou tou Danny Mcadow Mouse who you ou had lad been b bout to tu Ow lii 1 I i what hu he rat Lal al nl ni i mall liri but which yoi oi 01 ani 11 1 ra 1 an ar lane had jn t 11 hi r ng nga nga a very comfortable summer Tm n ta ho te missed Nanny 1 Ain Mendo IIII Lu bu there was wa i 11 nuci lU lo to I 30 that t lr lie really didn't ins in's miss her heras heras as much as she missed 1 him lIe spOut pent most of hi hia bli time tnie along alon the I edge of o tho tIm salt marsh J ii Lit It more mol comfortable lie ho felt snob more at home Tir rhe open beach w w 1101 no iaco co for a timid and though he did venture out heN a 11 flight once In a a while It was no ort of often ten n 1 But it w was very different on tho marsh J Ho lie 10 had hail cut nice ilin- ilin ways inn i ways through the grass crais In All 11 directions lions and In theo hc o felt fairly well hidden hi he went quite a II distance Sometimes he went away over to the big biff creek that wound through the tho marsh manti It was while ho was over thero there ot at up toun-up up Pun one morning that ho he re- re received re received ne of the worst frights he had ha had for Cor a II Great while The water was low ow In irs the creek and that made a bank where Danny was Ho lIo had a little path I that he had cut ut through the grass s I tight right out to th the edge elge o of that bank for or he liked to sit there and look lookup lookup up and down the tho creek and see hat was going on there lie had en heels been there ther many times time ThI ThIs morning ho he had almost reached i the edge of oC o the bank bani when there came caine a noise that made mad his hIA hl heart jump sight up In his mouth Anyway that I la Is how It felt to 10 him Yes sir It felt Just as I if 1 hi her hc rc jumped right up In his mouth lie Ito stopped slopped short and held his breath breath- Again Af Ito heard It He I-fe turned and ran back along alone his little path ns as fast ns na his hili short little legs less could take him ACl After r going a lillo litie way e ic stopped to look hook behind him no one there Nowhere could he be see sec nn an enem enemy But he could hear that noise again and e evry I time be h It his heart jumped So Danny ran a a little further and once more mole ho ho stopped stepped By Cy this time Ume he ha heard th that t noise He Ho was getting gelling used u to it He jo sat down and listened and tried to rem remember n- n ber bel when ho he had heard a a noise like that It had a familiar sound fOund Yes sir lr It had hotl a n familiar sound I Ive i vo heard hen Id I'd something like that before said ald Da Danny ny to himself I J I s a 1 Jio 11 turned I l I ran back ulan along h his i ali as ns fast rost ns as his Ills short lIttle legs Ices e s could certainly have o Now where did 1 hear it and when did I hear It and what made It Danny scratched the ti tip of h Ids s sno no nose Tat didn't help holp hll aO ohr he scratched s hs lila right car ear Then be s his hIo lort ear hether or not nOV not this had todo with It I can not uy says but when hen lie scratched hl Ills his let left ear car he be remembered remembered lie He H r men that once Farmer Parmer Browns Brown's BOy was wa over In the th Green Oreen lug In sonic somo lItak He tie te had bad a great wooden hammer called a 0 mau maul which he would bring brine down on top 0 of the tho stake with all his might It made a 0 noise that was almost ex- ex exactly ex exactly like Ilk the th ho noise D 11 iii- iii to now V There must There must mut be some one down some there In iii the bed of o the river Inc drivInG InG in slakes thought Dann Danny Ill go 0 back and peep pcp over the tho cd the bank and ad see sec wh who the tir lie stale stake I driver er Is Now Danny Tim run straight bek b k to to the thc the e o of or th bank Goodne Goodness no po o Ills cry o cry ery wasn't quite equal to to thit that lie He Horan ran a low few steps stepa s Then Theft ho he hind had Rained gained a a- a little It lc sis al ago 0 he ho he ran l n ii few W steps stops little by little he lie pot got ba k the the ot of odge-of the barl burk And ail ad th t 0 the stale stake r t on on on st stakes Continued es UY y lust bat hat J noise oise ioie Con on- on CopyrIght Copyright a l 6 T 1 W iT SJ ator Th The Tho nex next stor Daily l Ills His Eyes yes |