Show P Burgess I BEDTIME BEDTIMEs IE STORIES s rol IEs By Br THORNTON W. W BURGESS PETER FAITS A BIT When angry It 11 is best to watt walt Theres There's s nothing lost at any rate Peter Peler Rabbit Peter Rabbit could hardly contain himself There In a tangle bramble-tangle right before him was little Mrs Peter Petern and n a a. handsome hands me young joung ung rabbit about out i own seen touch noses As he watched he could se see that little Mrs Peter was look look- looking lookIng ing lug at a t this stranger with a a. great grea t deal of pride Peter knew that tint his worst fears were now realized real d. d He knew that little HUe Mrs Peter had gone off ort with this stranger Anyway he thought he knew this Jealous rage filled him He ground his teeth It was a wonder that they did not hear him grinding his teeth He was as Just about to rush Into that tangle bramble when hen the stranger thumped which Is the rabbit way of bf signalling He thumped with his long stout hind feet Peter waited He didn't t rush In right then th n. n Who could that fellow be signalling to Why was he sig sig- signalling signalling He had little HUe Mrs Peter there so what could be the Idea of signalling to any anyone one else Peter decided to wait alt a bit INow Now Peter had been so upset by what he had discovered ered that he hadn't heard a distant signal so he heThe heThe rc 1 1 r 1 hl l 4 3 r l 1 fr 11 f The handsome stranger In there hurried to meet her didn't didn t know that the stranger was simply replying to a distant signal But now as Peter sat there watch watch- watchIng lug Ing he presently heard a thump some little distance away Instantly the stranger thumped in reply In Ina a moment or two Peter heard that signal from another rabbit once more This time is was nearer another rabbit was coming This Is queer muttered Peter under his breath I I wonder how many rabbits there are In this Old Pasture anway I wonder onder what hat it all means That fellow Isn Isn't t thump- thump thumpIng thumpIng Ing lug as If U he were vere angry I know an angry thump when I hear It That fellow seems teems to be looking and lis listening lis- lis listening as If he were expecting some some- somebody somebody body So does Mrs Peter Once more the strange rabbit In Inthe Inthe Inthe the tangle bramble bramble tangle thumped This time there was no answering thump but a moment or two later Peter caught a glimpse of ot some one moving movIng moving ing a short distance away That some one was as coming along from the same direction from which Peter himself had come Peter squatted down very try close to the ground and watched Could It Jt be Yes Yes It was It was the modest young rabbit he had at first mistaken for Mrs Pe Pe- Peler ter ler There could be no doubt about it She went past him without giving the least heed She didn't t tsee see him She was making straight for that tangle bramble bramble tangle where Mrs Peter and the stranger were She didn't hesitate at all She was wu movIng moving ing eagerly Straight Into that Hat tangle bramble along one of the little paths which had been cut Into It H she hurried The handsome young joung stranger In n there hurried to meet her Yes sir he hurried to meet her Just as soon as they the were near enough they touched noses That looking good I stranger had an on air of possession He acted for all the world as if he thought that this newcomer belonged to him If Peter had only realized It this stranger acted exactly as Peter did with Mrs Peter Peter glanced over at little Mrs Peter It was as queer but she had hada a pleased look on her face It was exactly as If this meeting m between those two strangers suited her per per- Peter couldn't couldn t understand it No sir he couldn couldn't t understand It H Certainly Mrs Peter didn't t show any Jealousy And now that this other young rabbit had arrived arched the stranger paid on attention at all to Mrs Peter He didn't appear to know that she was there It was vas all allery very ery perplexing and upsetting Peter turned his attention to the two young joung rabbits He had to ad ad- admit admIt admit mit that they were ere a looking fine pair When he once more looked for Mrs MIS Peter she the had disappeared Copyright 1927 by T W W. Burgess Burgus The next story Peter Is 13 Wholly Heedless I |