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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1921)
I nf fsiLltPY-IIME TALES VL the tale of ci i a pf Eft xin. ; An Unwelcome Guest. As lie ncared his home in the cherry tret, Kuvty Wren aw a far some sight. MidS Kitty Cat was crouched right on top of .the tin syrup can which Johnnie Green had mailed to the tree. Jnside that can was the Wren .family nest. And. in hide the nest were tome brand new youngster, only two days out of their iltcUs. ' . i Jt wy no wonder that when Rusty 'What are you doin$ on mg roof f he shrillad. Wren came back; from the orchard and saw-such a sight lie began to ..shriek.;. . ' . ' f'AVhat are you doing on my roof?" he shrilled.. - . . .Miss Kitty Cat looked up calmly mid watched him as he hopped about in the top of the tree above her head. -"I've come to make another call 'oii your wife," she explained. ." Then a muffled voice chirped, "She's been here a long time and I can't get her to go away." The moment he heard that, Rusty Wren felt better. It was his wife's voice and it meant that she was safe. To be sure, Rusty knew thut she was a prisoner in her Own house; ) for it was plain that she dared nfH leave it so-long as Miss Kitty Cat stayed on' the, jrpaf,-, ready to grab Mrs. Wren the ivjoment she stepped out of her doorway. '.'-. V -.; .,- "You're wife is very shy," Mtss .Kitty remarked to Rusty Wren with a sly smile. "I've been' hoping to get more acquainted with her. That's why I climbed tip and sat on your roof. When people are shy and don't invite me inside their house, I believe in making myself at home outside, while I wait for them to appear," SFrom her doorway Mrs. ' Wren, called to her husband,, "Don't let her deceive you with her pretty talk ! Remember what I told you! She's ticaly-mouthcd. ... If you had, cen her trying to reach her paw through the door you'd linow how " 'dangerous she is." ;i; "There!" said Miss Kitty Cat with i sigh. "Pfoplc never seem to un derstand 'my ways. I was only try ing to shake hands!" , "With her claws!" cried the mut-fU-d voice of Rusty Wren's wite, . 'Ugh!" She's a wicked creature if ver there Was one" " ' "Go, a way 1" Rusty Wren scoldel. f'Get off my roof! Get out of my cherry tree!" By this .time feathered neighbors of the Wren family were arriving from all' directions. They didn't hes itate to. call Miss Kitty Cat names. And some of them even darted quite ndir her,, as if they( meant to peck her eyes out. . , " " -'Miss Kitty began to have a wor ried look. "Goodness! Where do they ; all live?" she asked herself. "I had no idea, there', were so many birds iround her?. There's better hunting than I supposed." Try as ihey -' woule? ' the "birds couldn't budge Miss Kitty Cat from the top of-Rusty's house. He, Was frantic, poor fellow! . I "I don't know what to do," he wailed. - "My wife will starve hi there and the children, too." I Just then little Mr. Chippy came hurrying tip to him. . . ,-. ' "Don't worry!" Mr. Chirpy cr'ed. He s. coming! lies on the way now; and he can get you out of your trouble if anybody can." ; Miss Kitty Cat pricked up her ears. She' couldn't " 'help , hearing what Mr. Chippy said. V ,i "I shall stay right 'where I am," rshe declared. - "Nobody can make me move." She had scarcely finished speaking when a most unexpected sound startled her. , . .. . It was "Meaow!" (Copyright, 1931. by Metropolitan News . i paper Service.) a Common Sense 1 Appreciate .What You Have. By J. J. MUNDY. If it is" financially impossible for "you to own a certain " article, why make yourself " miserable " worrying ibont it? . 'There is no one thing, 'nor any half dozen things which can fill every requirement of happiness. . .Forget about the things you can riot have and enjoy the things which it is possible for you to possess. .There is too much in life aside from the material things ' to make folk joyful, so why waste time wish ing 4or things beyond your reach? "Envying the millionaire his . lux uries docs not hurt the rich man, but it does Tob you of a lot of hap piness which you deserve. . .. . .The man passing in a beautiful car might be willing to give the price of a doien such cars if he could walk as sprightly as you' do. . , The man of big interests takes big chances and loses much sleep. You have a happy home, undis turbed rest, confidence and affection from yonr loved ones in the home. . You have possessions which no amount of money alone could buy. ' Xnorfciate irour orivileKCS. iCooirtiht. Internetlonel Feetui. J Service. Inr.t An inventor has patrntH a vesi!- irnt nlatf lO tC chuUtrd tO 3 shoe to lengthen its sole, on the theory that it will aid a wearer, ju rim. - IS Jack and Jill "Sweetheart, I adore you o much that I" want you to l able to tec the loveliflit in my eye without the use of tpectaclri acro the dining room table at our go'den wed. linn anniversary!" " , "That' a verv pretty speech, Jack, dear," niiled Jill, looking up ronx her cosy seat near the hi Door lamp, "Hut what' the point of it,s" "You won't be able to if you keep on (training your eye tewing on black cloth that way for an entire evening. What 'on earth arc you making?" ' i'Tm just darning, dear!" , "Darningt what?", s' "Darning' ymir -.ocks, o that they will last "a. while. longed That' not a sin i it? It used to be regarded 3S a domestic virtue to darn one' husband' Micks." Jack laughed and lighted his pipe anew, "It still is. honey, but it's decidedly old-fashioned. You're a wonderful little soul to go to all that trouble. Hut I'd rather look into jour eyes and talk than have' you waste an evening like this." Jill put down her hands and looked up with an indignant Hash in her' prcttv eyes. "What should I do? Throw them away after one wearing?" . ' ' "Well, I didn't .Muean.that.. But, why not let me buy cheaper socks after this, and not bother." Jack had found a new theme and he -advanced his . theory. "Do you know that they arc sell- Saulday WW :M Imported .Dolls -'3 j L.' g Values 3.00 to 6.50 VS-'RJ Gur Sale Prices for These Wonderful oils if i -f ; .,'tetaaL t t TaL.- &.--. I iug amiy korkt m cheap now Out i one loe money by ending thvnt j to the laundry;" . ! Jill looked at him klntrply, ) "Jaik, you are pu.iinely tiuiplc at time; "No, I'm not! I taw a rule fr 10" cent ' a fair down town today. Now, they charge 5 cent a pair in the laundry, and Mtrcly to tpend an hour darnmg hole i worth more than 5 cent on eye and train on nerve or even economic value o( the lime." Jill merely git'.l'l "' continued placidly with her darning. "Vou could spend the same hour making headed hand bags, and they HI for a high as $1'H) apiece,' taid Jack. "And you might, if you tried, knit me a ilk necijie. ' I haven't had one you made me since those two I wore when we were engaged." ' "Well, 111 try it ionic night," said Jill. She provokiugly continued her deft needle stroke with a pair of Jack's lu st silk hose, and Jack buried himself indignantly in the book page of the magazine. - "' It was the next evening when Jack returned with t.o dozen pairs of sock tied up with coarse Mring and wrapped in heavy nianila paper. "There.' he said triumphantly, "I bought those for 10 cents a pair. Now, I'll . (.how you economy." "Two dollars and forty cents for this awful bunch of shoddy?" de manded Jill, disturbed. She studied the texture and smiled. slyly to her self. As Jack began dressing in the morning he found the new socks neatly piled in his dresser drawer. It had not been his 'intention-to begin g Baby Dolls of such character any little girl can, easily imagine 'she has a real baby. They are . sle eping dolls with bobbed hair, blond or brunette and most marvel : ous of all they have real eye lashes! Others with jointed kid and kidlyn bodies have lovely black curls. These, dqils.-are from 15 inches to 24 inches,. someare fully jessed, others are as pictured. : . . . . ... : . r ''v:- '.v . 'i Toyland Eighth Floor '. i ".''.'" "111K 'HfcJfc.: UMAIIA," SATL'llUAV. UhffcMBt.U IV. ' '15121.' upon them immediately, but no oth er were in sight. Jill wa downstair, finishing the breakfast preparation, when the heard his call of distress, " hat on earth have you done with those ock you were fixing last night, dear?" She Muttered up the step with her butterfly tep and beamed in upon him. Strewn about the, floor were exactly 48 socks! "What' the matter with the new one, honey?" a lie asked mildly. . "Well, they are a couple of size too. small," wat the dejected reply. "And 1 hnd that every one of them has two or three ititche loose. It's an outrage, that' what it is!" Jilt drew forth a neatly mended air of silken sock from her sewing basket, and 'Jack ' hastily donned them. "What shall I do with these, dear? Knit up the loose stitches?" "N'o, give them to charity!" snapped Jack. "Wait until I tee that fellow who sold me those tilings, anyway. . I wish we could all go barefooted. Darn socks, nnywavl" And Jill mentally promised that he would continue to do so! (Copyright, 191, Thompson Feature Service.) Parents', Problems How can a child best be taught kindness to animals? A child can best be taught kind ness to animals by having pets of his own, for whose care he is re sponsible. lt JMtru"fcw' A Sale of Dolls! In Its and I Dog Hill Paragrafs I I O-. f O I ! The Horse Doctor was summoned to the blacksmith shop this morning to revive Sile Kildew. Sile, it ap pears, gut into the barber chair which is run in connection with the black smith, shop, to get a haircut, and Dock Hocks, the .tonsorial artist, got to talking and wasn't noticing what he was doing, and put the apron around Sile's neck so tig lit it cut h;s breath off. , The mail carrier was behind time again 'this week. The rain caused his lines to draw tip and stop his horse. Bigness The lull yclti'w mule belonging to Yam Sinn i convalescent after liav ing been slightly indisposed for tlis past few day.. All KTIhKMKM'. THIS RAILROAD ENGINEER HAD -NARROW ESCAPE Cummins Couldn't Raise Hand to Head Without Suffering Agony. "Tanlac filled the bill for me and I'm just like a new man now," said I!. F. Cummins, 19J& It street, Lin coln, Neb.,' a popular railroad engi neer. . . "Kheumatism had me in its clutches a long time and finally I got to the place I couldn't raise my hand to .my head without consider able pain, and 1 could hardly stand the jolting of my .ingine. I certain ly had a close call. ."I had been taking Tanlac only a short time when I could notice a vast improvement. In fact, I don't feel like the same man that I was. and I ran hardly realize I was ever bothered with, rheumatism. Every body ought to know about Tanlac." 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