| Show s I OO S rs nOU lI 0 By n W V Burgess s In dodging danger er pray watch out Lest other daller daer cr be about the tho foot the had started to IonIc fur tor cr another home and ho Iso was waa to be most unea uneasy Ye Yes Yea sir ho Ie as was so o Find Find- FindIng Finding ing a ne new timo l hadn't been as easy as lie h he thought it would be This was because of or the snow The Tho snow covered hiding places At the same lime the tho snow made mado feel most uneas uneasy lie Me knew that It was l very easier caster fOj for his enc ene ene- ene enemies mba mies to see aee thc the white while snow than brown leaves lea So ashe as ho from front one tree tre to 10 another or from flom one little heap heal of or snow to another little heap o of snow sno he felt Iet as if Ills his heart was in his mouth much of o othe the time It II was moonlight just the tho kind kindor or of a night that thai liked to tobe tobe tobo be out Also it was the kind ofa of ofa n a night that borne of those people feared most liked to be out He Ife felt reasonably safe sate from Shadow tho he W asel 7 asel and he doubt doubt- doubted doubted doubted ed very cry much it tr Reddy neddy Fox would be over in this thi particular part parl or ortho the tho Green Foiest But Dut he nev never r knew when the Great Horned Owl Ot 01 or Whitey the Snowy Owl from the Far North might appear Thero hero w was s no counting counting on i tl those s-e- s follows oll S N- N No sir air there w was wano 8 no counting on those fellows Neither of or th then than n might appear foa for fora or ora a week Then one or both might appear the tho same came night without any warning So as hunted for a rew homo he ho kept constant watch for moving sha- sha He lie lie uJ a feeling In Isis bones that ho he was goin going to have an adventure lIe He didn't want It it lie He wasn't looking for tor trouble But Dut ButIn BuIn In his isis bones hi ho h had a feeling that trouble was looking for him Just ahead o of was a abig abig big big tree king Lo Lo up saw that there was a hole In that hee quite hi above the ground It It was a big hole I I wonder Ir if t anybody lives In that tree thought I f I wonder it Just theA out of the corner or of one eye lie 10 io caught sight of ot a shadow v lie He siv didn't i walt wait t to s see sec It wc It It wire wee the made mad i by a moving branch It wa was enough nough for hl n that It was as a shadow that moved He lIe darted straight for fOl tic the foot of that big bigtree bIgtree tree and dodged d dOj d around It It Ahe As Ashe Ashe he dodged there was a sudden snap snail close to La It Ohl Oh cried and an dodged to the tise oth- oth other or er side of the tree Ho Ito isa had heard that snap adap snap nore b on It was the tho thoI I ng ot or tit bill ot an owl Then ii began a game o or of hide bide and see seek I around that tree White the Snowy Owl was doing his best beat to catch Sudden Sudden- Suddenly Suddenly Suddenly ly remembered the tho hole bole he had seen high up In the tree tre He would be cafe from front Whitey It if ho 10 could g t in that hole So logan Igan to 10 climb and anho ho he kept up the gam game gamu of or dodge around the of or the tree as he climbed He lIe was quite out ot or breath when he reached rached that hole It was Wa big big- bigger bigger ger than he ho had hl thought It wa was H Hr Ic wasn't sure that Whitey might not come In tn after him But Dut he had no time to think about this thi so he hu dodged In and down It was dark dan dar and warm down there illy ho he fou found nd IL a a bed bedo beio o 0 lias-es lias and nd then something tickled his noe It made mallo him 1 snoe It was wn wa a hair Yea Yes sIr that hair hall had haJ tickled White foots foot's nos What hat did that mean Vcr Ver Very very vcr carefully explored explore a little farther He lie made roade n L dis- dis discovery discovery covery that set his isis heart to thumping again aln There was some someone ono one curled l up asleep a leep In those I av That some somo someone V one was waa so abig big that It mudo feel leel very Cry small mall It was wa Bobby loby r j V 7 p hi lie Ill hao a 1 feelIng In his Ills bones that lie he 8 was goIng to lo hae nil an ml- ml M cd t Coon Yes sir Ir ir the mouse was in Bobby Dobby Coons Coon's Oh dear Oh dear cried to What shall shallI I do now no noI I dont don't dare go and andI andI I dont don't dare daro clay tay Bobby Coon just 03 as soon eat ert a plump as would Whitey the Snow Snowy Owl Oh Ob lear dear Oh d dear ar Copyright 1927 by ly T W flu n gess The next story sl Bobby Cobby Coon As akens V |
