Show ou h I g I Goon GOOD LECK D THORNTON TOX W V BURGESS Some Sonic people arc ale forever stuck Because they're always out of luck the You see Bel does believe In luck Inck Ho lie knows that no matter how carefully he lie may plan a 0 thing or how much care ho he may nifty tal take lb 1 dOinG n a thing g chance which Is ii IsI I only another word wort for fOl luck lucI may mayu u upset set everything II It may numy male make things come about entirely differ dIffer- different cat ent from what hat he lie had expected expected Now r considered tha that It was bad luck which hd led him to the house of Bobby Dobby Coon He hadn't started out to go to Bobby Dobby house honse Ho lie hadn't even known where Bobby BoLby Coon lived lie had come over there looking for tor a anew anew anew new borne home for himself and lie JIO had Iad run UI II up into Bobbys Bobby's house to ge get getaway getaway away from from Whitey hitI the llie Snowy Owl al- al almost al almost Then he ho had hal been Leon frightened most moat to death when he discovered that Bobby Con was there Now ow that of Bobby Dobby Coons Coon's might not have had any 1 place lace laco In which a Li Do Mouse ouge could hide But Dut It did have Up near tho the top With Witha wasa a small opening into a bollo hollow branch an nn openinG which with a I little work made mado big enough to pass pasa through White White- toot Coot oot considered that th t this was waa good goodluck luck In there hore he lie was safe Bate lIe Re was cafe aCe afe from front Whitey and Bobby DobbY Coon Inside So that was wall good luck But Dut stayed there thero on only 1 long enough for Bobby Dobby Coon to go goto goto goto to Bleep alep again Just Juat as all soon Roon oon as aa he was sure RUe that Bobby Dobby was wag asleep ho he hurried to get out of DObby's Bobbys house By l time Urno Whitey the tho Snowy Owl hat had gone away so nothing happened to H climbed cd down that tree treo and hurried aWn away as all fast tast f st as he could to search for a new now home hOIl There were two things to 1 be he 0 considered in the tho search for tor that new home O One e ewaa wait waa flate nety th tIme second lecont was food The fhe test house in the world would ho i io o of ot no use use-If lu ho must run grent risk every time lime ho lie wanted something to cat ent So It was that pa passed sed two t or three places which looked all as If It they would make malc good homes lOmu You see ce when ho he caIne came to look 1001 lookaround lookaround around near them lie ho found noth noth- nothIng noth- noth nothing ing big to eat eal lIe H was such nuch a II el w he lie cannot travel tar far in search carch of food tood He was beginning to get dis ch- dill dill- discouraged and a Q little bit Lit fright fright- frightened frightened ened Yes sir ho he wasso was so He lie just jUlit had to have bao a place where ho could curl up and sleep Bleep without worry worry- Ing log Ing for tor fear tear anyone would woud find him And he lie le just ha hail to have havo a n sup ply of food Near the old olt home ho he had deserted he lie had away a lot of ot seeds He lie thought of these longingly ere seeds enough there to last him arly nearly all winter lie He was almost tempted to go so back Then Ihen lie he thought of Shadow the Weasel and ho was tempted no longer At tt t last cam camp came to an old stump that was pretty well coy coy- covered cov covered ered tired with snow Ho He was going going- to pass It when lie e noticed that on one side aide a tt de the snow anew had not against the tho old stump Ito took a 0 look at It Ha lie found lie JIO could run right down the tho aide Eldo of the tho old stump without having to dIg through the tho snow Ho He tried It and then ho discovered there was a bob holo in that old stump down bet between en tho the roots lIe Ho knew know right away that that hadn't been used for Cor IJ ft long time Ho poked Jill his head hend in Iii Then If hI went wholly holly In There wall vas wa a Q little pas passage age that led lod up into that stump Itself and ond In that stump was YU w a 0 nice dry room and In that room was waa a II nice dry soft sott old bed beel luck cried fried for tor ho ha wa was very ery tired hat luck luek Im I'm sate saC and warm and dry and Aud comfortable In here I wont wonC look any further Whet about m me said hIs hia stomach V had done Ills his hi best beet to stomach But Dut that l forget t that wouldn't let him forget forset It Im going to look around In- In inside in side first I BO IrO out to look for COI food said ld I to him him- B elf lf and started to explore the whole whelo Inside of o that clump Ily Dy and by lie he came canio to a little pas pal pas pas- passage passage sage Base which ed cd up uv to a higher part ot of the iho stump He lIe climbed up this little passage Then ho hu gave gae a little S of sheer delight That little opened Into another room and ant In that room were a lot hot of pine pino seeds ever er so nany of or them It bad bud been some 5 storehoUse dIdn't care W whose hose hose It ha had been for tor ho hoku ku Yo w that now ll It v-aa v as not used lInt Iud lucli h he rl cod d again lher h 1111 1 that PY 1101 in id l I lit Os soon Cs H Ie he Wll ur Mire that thaI hobby wat asle 11 lie he hurrIed to get out of oC Dobby's Bobbys honc hiou hurrying down to the soft bed be- be below below low lie he curled up for Cor L a long sleep Copyright 1927 1 T W tV Burgess lie next story has lIas hasa II a Visitor |