Show l B i c c ories I f fC fU i J Co c 4 A I Fort FOR OP llIE F S BOY By Thornton In almost every ery case you'll youl find That fear tear Is largely largey in the mind Old Old Mother Nature Farmer Brown and Farmer Browns Brown's Boy Doy were lato late in iii gettinG back buck from the village When they did get ret back ot of course courso they had to put the horse borse up so that when they entered the tho house sup sup- supper sup supper per was ready and waiting for tor them Farmer Parmer Browns Brown's Boy no- no no noticed a a twinkle in his hi mothers mother's dye yO as she moved mo about but lie he coul could 1 see nothing to cause It and finally concluded that ho lie must have hae been mistaken She In- In In Inquired about their trip to the th il 11 lage hage and 11 us as sho she talked every once lIt In a a while she Mh would smile I I wonder what II Mother other Is la think think- thinkIng thinkIng thinking ing about said ald Farmer Browns Brown's Boy to Something must have happened today while I wo we were gone tone I suppose suppo e If It we wait long enough shell she'll tellIS tell us IS But Mother Brown Drown didn't tell and finally the matter was for for- forgotten forgotten for gotten It was after aCter supper was over and Farmer armer Browns Brown's Boy had pushed his chair back that lie be glanced toward the tho th kitchen stove lie He saw something white under under- underneath underneath underneath neath the th stove His Ills first thought was vas that it was a bit of of paper he lie sa saw that it was fur and that there was also some black fur tur with it queer thought Farmer Browns Brown's Bo Boy I 1 wonder If Moth Moth- Mother Mother er has hall been taking In a stray rat cat Ye We haven't ha any cat with any white on It It It must be that Mother has hs taken In a stray cat He lie got cot up and walked over to- to toward to toward ward the stove Then he h stooped down and was as just about to reach rench W- W itt Hr VU of all lie he under when Mother Brown Drown spoke I wouldn't pat him Son said she A queer expression swept oVer Form Farmer Browns Brown's Boys Boy's faco face as le 10 looked up Why not not Mother he asked Im not afraid of oC boo booIng be b Ing scratched Just Ju t the tho same mine aine I wouldn't do 10 doit doit It If It I were you replied Mother Brown nn and 1 her hem eyes twinkled 1 even en more than before Just then there was a movement under the stove an and 1 a moment lat hat later hater lat later er a a black head bead was poked out and nuo two to bright eyes looked up at Farmer Browns Brown's Boy Well Wail ell of all things thines he h exclaimed and he certaInly was a surprised lookIng boy You see ce that head was not the head of u II cat No Indeed It was not at all the head of a cat it Il was wax smaller and quite quit different In shape and It was wa the last Jut Juth h head l 1 in the tho world that Farmer to Browns Brown's Boy ever expected to see poled poked out from under the tho kitchen stove Well well Jimmy Skunk What are you doing Join In here he h de- de demanded de demanded Jimmy blinked up at him as much as to say Making my- my myself my self comfortable What ot of It Then his head disappeared as he ha onze more mor lurle furled 1 up under the stove Then Mother Brown Bron told how she hc Invited Jimmy Into the kitchen tor lor lila hia supper and how ho he had ac- ac ac accepted the Invitation and having eaten his fill lie he ha had 1 walked Into the llio kitchen and aud In- In In Inspected spaded 1 everything e there After his tour of or Inspection lie he h had curled up under the th stove where Pussy had so often curled up and there ther ho lie had remained apparently snaking making himself entire entire- entirely entirely entirely ly at home Ot of course Farmer Browns Brown's Boy was delighted I didn't think you ever vcr would do It Mother Mothr saId lie he heIt It Jt is hard haril 1 to 10 believe even I didn't think you OU ever would get over that foolish fear of ot Jimmy Skunk I won won- wonder wonder der If it the rest ot of his family will be as friendly as Jimmy Wouldn't it ho be b fun tun to have the family coming to seo see us every night Mother Brown looked doubtful i 1 dont don't know said she what I 1 should do with eight Ight ot of them un underfoot Ono One of ot them thena might get stepped 1 on and then then- then She She didn't finish Farmer Drowns Browns Boy Doy chuckled You dont don't have to say It It said lIe he Just the tho same I think It would be a lot of oC fun to have ha havethe havethe the family visit Is It ItIS us IS We e wouldn't have e to let them in unless we wanted to that noise out in the tho back shed interrupted Farmer Drown Copyright 1927 by T W Bur ess The next story Tho The Family Entrance 00 oo 00 |