THE J3KE: OMAHA. WEUNKSDAY. ALUUST 31, .U21.
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THE'TA'CE OF.
GRUNTY
PIG
" W ARTHUR SCOTT. CAILEY
CHAPTER XXII.
Jupcr Jsjr Objects.
While Jasper Jay. in the leech
tree, wailed or. Orunty Pig, on the
ground, to speak- up and make hi
excuses for taking beechnuts, a bur
dropped from a twig and UndeJ
right in front of Grunty's nose, lie
fell upon it greedily. And tearing it
open, he devoured the nuis with
relish.
lor a few moments his action
struck Jasper Jay dumb. That blue
coated rascal turned to frisky
Squirrel who clung to a limb
nearby.
"Well, did you ever?" Jasper
gasped. And then, having found his
voice, Jasper began to use it on
Urn my rig.
Now, Jasper Jay was a wild fel
low. He often used words that
J J
Grunty Pijf, however, never even
hlinkad.
made the gentler folk in Pleasant
Valley shudder. And he called
Grouty Pig a number of names that
would have made many a person
angry.
Grunty Pig, however, never even
blinked. And after a while Jasper
Jay used up all his special words,
which he generally employed at such
times, He gave Frisky Squirrel a
helpless look. .
"Myl My! Isn't this chap thick
skinned?" he exclaimed.
"Certainly, I ami" cried Grunty
Pig. "That's why I like to wallow
in mud." "
"Hal" Jasper Jay sniffed. "And he
spoke again to Frisky Squirrel.
"This chap is thick-headed, too. I
see that I'm going to have trouble
making him understand what I
say."
Frisky Squirrel merely grinned at
his companion. :
"Look here, young Porker 1" Jas
per called to Grunty Pig. "Doesn't
farmer Green feed you?"
The name "Porker" made Grunty
Piflf look up.
' Vl'm Mrs. Pig's son." , he said.
"Don't call me 'Porker'."
"Well Pisr. then!" Jasper Jay
squalled. "DocsnV Farmer Green
feed you?" ;'
. "Yesl". .',-'
"Well, then don't come here and
take our nuts I Didn't your mother
ever teach you that things that grow
on trees such things as nuts be
long to the people that live- in the
trees?" ' .; ;
"Does Johnnie Green live in this
tree?" Grunty Pig inquired.
"He spends half his time here
or a quarter, anyhow," Jasper Jay
grumbled. "And you may be sure
he gets his share of these beechnuts.
Goodness knows . he, leaves few
enough for me and my friend here.
"Now," Jasper wenf on, "I want
you to promise not to cat any more
of our nuts." "'..;' .
. Grunty Pig shook his head.
"I can't promise that, exactly," he
said. "But I'll promise not to eat
any that I t don't find on , the
ground." ' . " '''."''
"Huh!". Jasper Jay scoffed. "That
means that you won't cat any nuts
that you can't reach. That's no
promise at at!. It's nothing but a
threat. It's the-same as saying that
you're goinqpto eat every nut that
drops off this tree." ; i. ' ,
Grunty . Pig . made, no reply. He
would have Wandered on, but. for a
fresh breeze lhat had begun to -whip
the branches of the beech tree.6 He
decided to wait there. More burs
might fall. And Grunty wanted to
be on hand to meet them when they
dropped. , . .
"Go homel" Jasper Jay, shrieked
at hinj. "Go back to your pigpen
where you belong. .We don't want
you here." 'And he said many more
things that were still ruder.
But Grunty Pig never showed the
least sign of anger. He didn't even
Tet Jasper Jay know that he had
heard. Wlnen the' wind died down
he waddled ofif down the road.
And Frisky Squirrel . followed him
through the' iree tops. When they
had traveled out of Japser Jay's
sight and hearinng,. Frisky asked
Grunty Pig a question.
"I should like to know," he said,
v "how you managed to keep still
when Jasper was abusing you. I
know that I should . have lost my
temper. . Can " it be that you didn't
hear what he stid?"
"Oh. I heard him clearly enough,"
said Grunty. . "But there was nb
' sense in my getting angry with him.
If he had been-standing on the
ground, near me, he would never
have dared talk to me as he did.
Jasper Jay called me names because
he was safe in the tree. If he hadn't
had that tree to help him he'd never
ha.ve dared say what he did.
. "To" tell the truth, I am a bit out
of patience - with that beech tree,"
Grunty confessed. "It played me a
mean trick. And I hope there'll be
a raging wind tonight that will rob
it : of tvtrf- bur . it has-I'd uproot
the beech,? he added, "if I didn't
like beech-nuts so much."
"WelL you are an odd one," said
Frisky Squirrel- .
' "If everybody was as odd as I am
there'd b fewer Jasper Jays in the
world," Gfunty Tig declared.
t Cerrlght. Metre pelltaa JCews-
aapar Service. I .
. ' For retaining anything made of a
textile Mr an automooiic longs mat
lock have-beeti patented, having sharp
teeth that penetrate tne laur.c -
TODAY'S ATTRACTIONS.
Strand Clara Kimball Young, ir
"Charge It."
Rialto "The Golden Siure."
Moon "The Invisible Power."
Sun Viola Dana in "Life's Darn
Funny."
Empress "The Concert,"
Muse Thomas Meighan in "The
City of Silent Men."
Grand Carmel Myers in "A
Daughter of the Law."
Richard Dix frankly admits lie is
looking for a wife. He is young,
and huiuhomc. as well as rapidly be
coming a great star.
Mr. and Mrs. Opter Dcllaven will
leave the west coast in a few days
for Atlantic City, for a vacation.
Herbert Prior is to enact the part
of a doctor in George D. Baker'
production, "Garments of Truth."
John Bowers delights in playing
the mandolin between scenes.
Norma Talmadge, who has been
vacationing at Bayside.'L. I., will re
turn to the studio soon to begiu
work on "Smilin" Through."
AT THE
THEATER'S
O0,'p NL"TS."
Hit Orphcum th
In ma and Wolfi
presented at
In week liy Will.
oirua. It hilariously
funny. Jlr. Williams dors a burlesque con
cert performance lhat la oh of tha moat
laughable pleoea of absurdity . that tha
vauil'vllla stage . haa to offer. Another
headline offering la tbat of th talented
liters. Tempest and Sunshine. Th act
l daintily presented. . The lyrical pane
or the, act aa well as 1110 coarmmg
dancea win hearty approbation. Hugh
Herbert, one of the moat amusing of
character actora, la appearing In hie one
act farce, "Mind Tour Own Business."
The plot of tha playlet I fantaailcally
grotesque, and la extremely well aoted.
Kour other select vaudeville acta round
out th popular show for th current
week.
Is winging music without appeal T Ask
your neighbor, then think for yourself
end then bet you would plead "Guilty."
Th soft strains of syncopated melodies
have that seething, liiske-you-forget-all-your-worrles
swing, and when' tha Gay
ety opens Saturday matinee, September 3.
with Irene and Clamage. "A Whirl of
aayetyi" Hazel Green, and her Seven
Beau Brummela, wUl render some sjnoco
pated medleys that will malt you want
to sing, .dance and whistle. Her aaxo
phone quartette la an unusual musical
novelty. The box office opens at 111 a. m.,
Thursday.
Th bill at.' the Empress which closes
Its engagement with tonight's perform-,
ances is a pleasing mixture of harmon
ious singing, mirthful chatter, and sharp
shooting. A trio of singing fun-makers
who render the latest in popular song
numbers are Akin Ambroso & Loom Is.
Tholr vocal efforts win for them host
of admirers. An act entirely away from
the ordinary is the sharp-shooting exlil
hitlnn riven bv tha Two Edwards. They
exhibit phenomenal skill and their pro
gram Is a daring display of sensational
shooting.
Where It Started
Time Tables. .
TIia fire, railroad time table . is
sued was a table, of the Stockton &
Darlington railway, issued in Ucto
bcr, 1825. It contains an. elaborate
statement of the times of arrival
qnrl rlpna rritr rf til 'Vfltlinanv's
iph "left Stockton at half
iet 7 in tVi morni'tiff and could
irrlv, of TVirlino-trm nhnilt QlZQ. The
coach would set ou lrom tne latter.
place on its return and reach- Stock
ton aboilt' 5." ' ; . '.. '?' '
(Copyright, lli'i; 'Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
riipTOFLAM.
crooB-cc-ir
Pf
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Anniversary Week Kt'
Two Year of
i Popularity
Southern
Kirmesiy
Tear
Thn"
"The
Invisible
Power"
Photoplay
Faaturo
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ea. -.as
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1 1 Now aad All ween
U vim a
rl lVJJi-a
N HAN A
1 "Life's Darn Funny'
LARRY SEMON
M In "The Bakery"
7
v..
U To.ifht, 7 W 9 .'Clock
Thos. Meighan
A -,B-
i t lie vaiy oi !
3 Silent Men" ft
( 1
To save her from tha stigma of
a convict father and life of dis
honesty, she had given her baby to
a strange home. But mother lovt
cannot be denied. And now the
clasped her loved one to ber starved
breast and gave thanks to Cod. The
woman is Irene Rich who has the
leading feminine role in "The Invis
ible Power at the Moon theater
this week.
Does Magnifying Class Make
, Sunlight Hot 7
. The simplest explanation cl this
natural effect is to say that the nu
nifying glass increases the power of
the sun's rays, jut st it magnifies
tie apparent kie of objects
examined through it. Dut, at will le
easily noticed, neither of tlute ef
fects it attained unless the glass is
held in a certain position unless the
rcys of light passing through it are
properly "focuased."
In the cae of the sun's rayr, if we
hold the glass close to a thcet of
paper or at a considerable distance
lrom it, the light rays are increased
only a comparatively small amount
and little additional heat it appar
ent. By moving the glass backward
and forward, however, we can con
ccntrate or focus the entire light
upon one very small point which
toon becomes very hot and event
ually bursts into flame. Here the ef
fect is precisely the same as if we
were attempting to magnify the size
of an object, for the convex sides
of the lent bend the light rays in
v artl at a certain angle and, with
these rays, concentrate the heat rays
upon a- limited area so that the
amount of heat formerly spread over
a large surface is now acting upon
a small portion only. It is tiot the
light of the sun that produces the
fire, but the heat which accompanies
this light and is. apparent to the
tense of touch rather than to that
of tight. Both sets of rays, however,
are bent in the same direction and
in equal proportion, so that the one
appears to be the result of the other.
(Copyright, Hit, Wheeler Syndicate. Ine.t
PHOTOPLAYS,
r-HOTOPLAYS.
mSltS) THIS
oM eSl aV3i 1 1 "W '
Radiant
iara
sasa i
HERBERT RAWLINSON
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in a story every man woman atid child should see
"Charge It"
:r . .. .
A human interest story for everyone who has a charge
account. For a charge account is a wonderful thing if
you don't abuse it. . ..
SILVERMAN'S .
STRAND ORCHESTRA "
'Featuring
"HGuarnay" '. :
Geo. E. Haupt
'.. Strand Organist
' Featuring
"Coral Sea"
"THE
GOLDEN
: : SNARE"
-,r With .
Wtllice Etsry, Rstli Renick,
;'nr:UifW1.;-
AMUSEMENTS.
A.lilHE.H.T. a
ta .
llis. rrfsisstsiinHsisi fteUlsiBl
0?n$ Sat. Mat,, Sept, 3
1 f. slab sv alaeitfa SB)U. MM
A Whirl of Gayety"
GENERAL 1RICE CUT
II.2S teats-at jaljg Seats at 7s-
. ;sa Ssrts at Ha. ess, eta.
asisMa. - - - fir lea a
LflLlES TWwts Ety
p.. Mat late
Taara. A. M. Scat. 1
mm Of fife.
Eftry Miskcr if
Ost Ortktstri ua
tttje Crew, (s aa
Ex-Smkc K!ii."
Matins Daily, 2:18; Every Night, 8:15
WILLIAMS WOLFUS: TEMPEST a
SUNSHINE( HUGH HERBERT CO.;
Clara Barry; Larry Comer; Edward
Marshall; Winton Bros; Topics of the
Day; Aesop's Fables; Pathe News.
Matinee, 18c t SOc; soma 75c and $1;
Sat. and Sun. nights," ISc ta SI; Soma
$1.25 Saturday and Sunday.
LAST
TIMES
TODAY
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"Dlsaesstrs el Bls': TWO EDWARDS,
"The Hester's Dress,": Pheteslay Attractles,
"THE CONCERT". A fielSwya All Star
Predsetlea.
BASE BALL TODAY
. August 29, 30 and 31 ,
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Game Called at 3:30 P. M.
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