Show ll Kf rg dj c fv ff i J C I I I I RUBS flUES ILlS IHS US BS I I By ny W tv BURGESS S ho bo of or hl lit Ills own ensa 1 lilies likes the tho round Ills His seldom want san around Old Old l I Mother ther Nature For a II long time tim Danny Dinny Meadow Mouse sat at on the tho edge edgo of or the theban ban bank It listening to some somo one on d Inc leg Ins stakes At least leut t he lie thought that was being brine done It sound sound- sounded sounded ed so EO to him Now that he be h had h reached rached the edge of ot the tho bank be 10 couldn't quite quit make inake mak up his mind to peep over Bot Bat at nt last curl curl- curl curi curiosity just had to bo ho served ser lie He parted the grass and nd poked hi his head out where he ho could see tec the bed of ot the creek ere k lIe He expected to see a n man man- there Ing dris-Ing a stake lIe H didn't see any man mau mauHe He didn't didn't- see se any st stake ke being driven But It l he h didn't see any slake atako I being driven he h heard It being driven just the tho some same At first Danny saw no one ODe lie looked and looked and rubbed his eyes ees and rubbed his hl eyes and still saw saw no on one It was clear that that stake er was not just belo below him as BS he 10 had thought Now as aa lie l o listened the sound seemed to como come from tar far farther far farther ther tt-er up the creek Whack whack whack came the sound I If It they're not hot afraid frol I shouldn't I b be MI said It must be b that thai somebody was WIlS driving a stake slake up around the bend where Danny couldn't see him Now that ho he had made up his mind to I see ee the stake driver d river and couldn't Danny wanted to more tItan than ever You know hot how he heIs heIs heIs Is Curiosity was getting in Its work worl Danny certainly did want ant to see the driver of o those stakes D t Dannys Danny's legs less aro are s1 short rt as you know It w a long lone way up lo 10 to where lie h 0 thought that stake driver was at work around the ben bend 1 In the creek What to do Lanny sat don n do n to think It I x 1 suppose said Danny that I 1 could climb down and run along on the mud m beyond the th grass I dont don't like liko lik to do It because JC If danger should suddenly appear I should have o to scramble up the the tho bank But I remember now that the bank tart farther her up the th Creole Creek Is lower Of 0 course I could work voi-c voi my way say through the grass on top of ot tho the bank but that would be bo long longo 1110 hard work I haven any nice nic little path over to that particular place Danny looked all alt around care care- c carefully carefully re- re fully Cully In all directions including up in the tho sky It wa was isas still very early in the morning and the tho creek on that side sido was as still In 1 shadow There Ther wouldn't be b a eater cater timo time during the tha day Just then Peep the tho Laet Lt ast Sandpiper and his friends came canio skimming along just above oboe the water and alighted on a little mud flat just OPI opposite tho the turn In the bank They began becan running about pick pick- pick ins In my up their breakfast It was clear that there thero was not nothing bins up there for Cor them to fear tear It Jf they Bro are not afraid I 1 shouldn't be said aId Danny and scrambled down the bank Then keeping close dose under the overhang overhang- overhangIng inc lag Ing edge of ot the tho bank ho he started up along alone tho the creek creel Ho Ito tell felt sater than he lie had thought lie le would There Thero really didn't seem to be any danger dancer and ho lie tell fell very Cry bold and brave brae Whack whack whack That stake take driver e-driver mutt must bo be ln driving a alot alot alot lot ot of o stakes Yes sir anyone any one isho ho could keep it up like that must bl b a Jot lot of ot stakes Danny scampered just as BS fast tut as ashe ho he could ld make mak his short legs lees go In afew a few tew minutes he be would be beup beup beup up where ha I could look bolt around that bend The Then Thea ho would know what was ens going coine on there I Peep the tho Least and lila friends passed him and whirred around that bend Dan Dan- Danny Danny ny fly was getting letting out of or breath but he be ran taster faster than titan ever ver lie IIo reached a n point where he h could aroun around that bend l end In a little cove There running along at atthe atthe the edge edeo of ot the water were the Danny Dinny rubbed his yes eyes again The Th sound of ot that stake driving seemed scented to come from Crom around the th next bend Copyright 1926 by T 3 W Bur Eur- Burgess Bur tess gess The Th next story Danny Is ed |