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JS L E E PY-TIME TALES JIMMY RABBIT ONCE MORE ^MRjyURtSCOTT BA I LEY, CHAPTER XXII. Mr. Rabbit and HI* New Inibrella. It was the day after Christman. Mr. Rahblt couldn't help wishing It would rain. Mrs. Rabbit had given him a new umbrella; and he was eager to use it. Every few minutes, all day long, he roused himself from sleep and went out of doors to look at the weather. “I’m terribly disappointed,” he told hi* wife that evening. “I was hoping I could carry my umbrella tonight. I'm sure, though, that there won't be any rain. If It turns much colder we may not have rain before spring." “Now, don't worry!” said Mrp. Rab bit. "We're sure to have a January thaw. There'll be rain next month." Well, Mr. Rabbit set out on his usual nightly excursion, leaving his umbrella In a corner at home. For once he was quite wrong about the weather. He hadn’t been gone an hour when It began to rain very bard. And about that time young Jim my Rabbit had a bright Idea. lie wanted to try that new umbrella of his father's. And here was his chance! He would take it, when his mother’s back was turned, and go out Into the storm. If he met his fath er It would tie a simple matter to hand him the umbrella, just as if he had lieen looking for him. "Father cer tainly can't be displeased.” Jimmy thought. In a little while he had slipped out Into the night. He found it great fun, listening to the patter of the rain up on the umbrella- He had never car ried an umbrella before. *T hope I won’t meet fnther too soon.” Jimmy said to himself. For a long lime he wandered through the woods and fields. A good many of the forest-folk hinted they would like to borrow the umbrella. But Jimmy Rabbit told them all that he was sorry he couldn't lend it to them. It was his father’s umbrella, he explained. He mustn't let anybody else take It. Somehow It seemed, nbout midnight, that tha umbrella was becoming very heavy. But he could think of no rea son why that could be so. There was no doubt, as the hours passed, that the umbrella was becoming a great burden. He even began to wish he hadn't taken It. The weather had turned colder, so that as the rain struck any object it froze almost in stantly. The trees crackled under their coating of Ice. A hard crust formed upon the snow. The walking became very slippery. And carrying what seemed to be a great weight over his head, Jimmy Rabbit found it Tiard work to keep his footing. At last he turned toward home. Tt took him a long time to cross the meadow and the back pasture. But he struggled on. And Just as the first ' hint of gray show cl In the cast he i tame to his own door. > Then there was trouble. He found | that he couldn't fold the umbrella, to i take it inside the house. He set it i i 'No!* said Mr Rabbit. "I'd have Kept it down. down and looked at it. It was cover ed thick with ice. "Oh, dear"’ he said with a groan. "What shall I do?”' He could think of no answer to that question. And while he was pon dering, his father came slipping and sliding into view. “Oh, dear!” said Jimmy Rabbit again. “What will father do now?” Mr. Rnbbitt was glad to get home. "Whnt a night this has been!” he exclaimed. "I was sorry I didn't take my umbrella with me when I left home.” Ami then ha saw something that made him give a startled cry. "My new umbrella!” he roared. “How did it get here? How did all that ice get on it?” "I—I took your umbrella out with me.” Jimmy stammered. "I thought it w'ould be nice to hava it when I met you, so you could use it." "Nice!” Mr. Rabbit exclaimed. "Nice! Why, I wouldn’t have had this happen for anything. I don’t see how I’m going to get my new umbrel la into the house before spring. It is growing colder every minute. That ice won't melt until goodness knows when.” "It ought to melt when the Janu ary thaw comes,” Jimmy remarked. “Besides, wouldn't the umbrella have been covered with Ice just the same if you had taken it out yourself?” "No!” said Mr. Rabbit. "I'd have kept it down.” “Then you wouldn't have been able to open it before spring — or the January thaw,” Jimmy told him. Mr. Rabbit said no more. What could he have said? (Copyright, 192o.) My Marriage Problems Adelo Garrison’s New Phase of ‘‘Revelations of a Wife." The Sustention Dicky Forcefully Made to Madge About Claire. The one certain thing about my 1 life with Dicky is that as to his reac tion to any Riven set of circumstances I am always highly uncertain. I had no idea when I had finished my defiant retort to his stricture whether he would bo furiously angry or laugh heartily But I expected one of the two. I was genuinely sur prised, however, to have him give me a searching look, and then say in a careless, conversational tone, albeit with a hint of lee in its inflections: “Oh, of course, you are right! You always are. you know. And, public ity aside, wo can't tako the risk of having Claire annoyed by the pom pous popinjay. She's been through enough, poor girl, without having to face that blatant ass.” "I agree with you thoroughly.” I said promptly, a shade too promptly. I feared, for Dicky not to guess that his solicitude for Claire and ills ap parent disregard of mo who had been “through” as much as she, was like a stilletto thrust In the sharpness of its wound to my self-esteem. Was this another Indication Justi fying the fear which had come to me in Mrs. Barker's dining room, when I had fancied that my husband's glances at Miss Foster held unusual interest? Or—my thought flashed back to the conversation 1 had over heard between the two reporters, and then farther back still to an excla mation of Dicky's: "I wish I could make you raving jealous once!"—was it possible that he might be acting a role as I had done when I came to the Barker house? I had no chance for speculation up on the subject, however, for Dicky was speaking again, and I gave him my undivided attention. Dicky Is Amused. "The Recording Angel knows that I’d have liked nothing better than to have turned that Pettit person over my knee, and given him cause, to »at his meals off Ihe mantelpiece for (he next week or two." he said grim ly, "but as long ns tlie Barker dame was able to sidetrack him. and oil Harry has contrived to disable his motor car. I may ns well let well enough alone. 1 warn you, however, if he does push his cursed impertinent mug into our business again I'll smash it for him, publicity or r.o publicity.” "That will be so nice for Claire." I murmured silkily. "I’ll take care of Claire." he re torted. "And I'm not going to go out of my way to encounter the Pettit idiot. Incidentally, how did the Bar ker lady flag him?” "She locked him in the root cellar.” I replied demurely. Dicky stared at me incredulously. "No! Honest?" he exclaimed, and at my affirmative nod. struck one fist into the other, and gave a laugh which made Harry Underwood and Claire Foster, ss welt as the station loungers, look curiously at us. "That's worth the lyjther of the whole cursed performance!” he ejacu lated. while 1 registered • mental protest that Mr. Pettit’s d eomfiture was distinctly not worth ne annoy ance and humiliation to hich I had been subjected. "By Ji vel I'd have given a month’s Income to have seen him when ho found out where lie wan!” H» turned over the idea with pat ent tlective enjoyment for a few seconds before speaking again. "Well, that’s that!” he said crisply, at last. "Now, the next thing is— what’s to he done when we get to New York? If Clairo goes to her apartment for the next few days, it's dollars to doughnuts that solemn saw bones is going to hunt her up and stage a scene, and after that news paper story I'm not anxious to tackle the New York hotels, are you?" “What Is It?" “Why not take Claire home to Sag Harbor with us?” I queried. "No, thank you," ho retorted. "141 might he decent, although I fancy she'd think it her- duty to register grande dame disapproval of me and my works, but you know what mother would stage if Claire went out there. And there's no muzzling her! Besides, that’s playing right into Pettit’s woolen mitt. Nay, nay, little one, we'll give our dear Herbie a chance to reduce his Wood pressure before we go home. Can't you think of some thing?” His tone was the querulous one which always spells the end of his resources and an appeal to mine. I cudgeled my brain for an Idea. “Perhaps we could find one of those furnished housekeeping apartments up near Columbia,” I said. "I remem ber having seen one of them adver tised to be rented by the week—what Is It?” For Dicky had made a gesture of self-ridicule, and after diving into his pocket held up a key for my inspec tion. Problems That Perplex By BEATRICE FAIRFAX In I^ove, But Too I,ate. Dear Miss Fairfax: T am 21. As far as my material wants are con cerned. everything is all right. Two years ago my engagement was broken by mutual consent, as we had never really loved each other. But 1 found, after ho had gone, that I loved him. I have tried to forget him, but it's impossible. My parents urge me to settle down and I am made to feel 1 am a burden, although 1 have a pret ty good position. What shall I do? It’s awfully hard to keep smiling all the time, and if my parents only let me alone I woud, in some measure, forget all my pain ful memories. WORRIED. How do you know that the man you once thought you loved and then parted from because you felt you did not care is not going through simi mr reactions to you?, I have an idea that if you were to meet again, you would be able to lay your "ghost" one way or another. Possibly you are Just cherishing a dream. Perhaps you really care. In any event, the thing for you to do is to make some effort to free yourself from the thrall of a dream. Why not write and tell the man that you want to meet him? A Stolen Kiss. Dear Miss Fairfax: The other eve ning I attended a dinner and dance given at the office where I am em ployed. During the course of the dinner one of the brilliant young men in the office placed a piece of mistle toe directly over my head. Immediately another young gentle RD I in u A THUD R.*uter»B see jjggs and maggie in full Drawn for The Omaha Bee by McManu: DlX 1 IX VJ 1 IX VJ U i'"' r J~\ 1 nnrx-u. 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I SEE TOUR NEPHEW \ f M\QHT'LL meter \ \ ^ER Hc-f-INq f WIKI THE BEHNN LEONARD TOR j l tLV:.-.. / THE CHAMPIONSHIP J ) CHAMPIONSHIP* / \T6niqhy: rrC-A l * hiptich •/ y \SCHEPPER, J hear/ ©ow^h= X ' VHOORAV R>R ME^y. / < . i/ (r,'tZ^ f TcU- ME,<JOKlk=V j HOu) bto IV f INCOME OOT?/ 7 WHAT ARE Nou Y THE "DRAW-rr CAMeoft GpT(N<i \ EJEW! MENER WIKIS HAlf OT THE CHAMPS* EDDIE’S FRIENDS The Doctor OrtHinh' Enjoy* Life. I A MINUTE) that's mv Pot*. Didn't VA see My three aces? WflATCHA TRVIi''' ^ DO,- Kifc ME? f three aces! \ ' 1^ the ONE \ WHO BAT> THREE ) , ACES J -How 3>yA ' \ <SET THAT WAyl/ ./these; <suys\ f v/VEN"r cuTT'see \ ei>DiE, an' -we . I STACKS®'em / \JUST FOR. AKltV ) ( ’ J SHCW VOOR. \\ NEKT HIGHEST! j\ a caR1>! f'\ man jumped up and kissed me. I was startled at llrst. but laughed it ofT because all the other members of the force enjoyed it and, of course, I joined in. I like tlto young man very much, because he Is attractive and de cidedly popular with the girlk, and I have every reason to believe he likes me. Now a general discussion has come up. Should T outwardly have resented his actions? I myself do not think so. It is my belief that all the rest of the girls were jealous. What is your answer? M. W. To nave stressed this Incident would have been in very por taste. You would only have given the impression of reading into it more than was in tended—a public and frolicking ex hibition of holiday jollity. Such a lit tle incident is harmless of the spirit of It is kept free from taint, and I am sure the men concerned are not sit ting around discussing 11. .lust think of it as a bit of holiday stage play and forget It. Eunice: 1 wouldn't like to believe a man would pass me by unrecognized and be in love with me. Extreme bashfulness might be responsible for the slight. Aside from that, there would be small reason for your be lieving what friends sny. In Doubt: Why bother'.’ lie might leave you waiting at the church? There must be young men about who make engagements and keep them. Coal deposits are known to exist in at least five of the provinces on the western border of Argentina, an al most inaccessible region Parents’ Problems How can a boy of 9, who is a “bookworm" be led to take an Inter est in active games? Ho can be taught to takp an inter est in active games by being encour aged by his father to play them. Also he might become interested in them by reading books in which games fig ! lire prominently. Radio has caused the United States patent office to bo one of the busiest places in Washington. More than 1.000 patents, covering new’ designs of materials connected with radio, have been Issued, and between 2,000 and 3,000 patents are pending Uncle Sam Says Homemade Kireless Cookers and Their I'se. One of the chief advantages of the fireless cooker Is that it accomplishes a sieving in fuel, especially where gas, kerosene, or electric stoves are used. Where coal or wood is the fuel, the fire in the range is often kept most of the day, and the saving In fuel Is less. This bulletin explains the princi ples on which a fireless cooker works, and gives simple directions by means of which an efficient one can be made at home from easily obtained and in expensive materials. It also includes general cooking directions for appe tizing, inexpensive dishes of different types, Readers of The Omaha Bee may ob tain a copy of this booklet free as long ns the free edition lasts b> writing to the Division of Publica tions. Department of Agriculture Washington, D. C'., asking for "F B. 771." Italy is to have a new design o money, bearing the fasces, or a bun die of rods carried by the ancient Lie tor*. The emblem will represent an cient Rome and the now Italy, regeii erated by the fascist!. 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