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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1922)
SKN'hAV IJKK: OMAHA. NOVKMI5KK 1!, 11)22. U. fAT Off t All day long tlio ruin dripped from the brum lie of tho IiUhIic, dropping wilb loud apliiHhc on thn roof of I tin Teenle Weenie' hill, t WOK fl cold mill and Id': liltl" folk wit ahlverlng around their liny move, "Jimmlnle goldflMh!" nicd the I nun c, looking through fho anuill window In ih dining tint, win id a number of th llltln fieonJe were attending their dim-. "It' awful Iiiih wihii' today. Won't nm one fell u, ulitry or Homelhln'7" The Dune glanced hopefully toward h I.ady of Kuxhlon, for lliul Wile lady we uunlly Will aupplied with good fot'J', "JJlil 1 ever fell the glory of Mlgl !oo and Jllnjlo?" onUfitl Om IMy i Fimtilon, looking up from licr knltilriK. t "Not" Klioi1d hhvithI of Dip III Hit jioopld mi loiidly that th!y iwuli'ii:d ririnidnii, who vmm nniliiif l'liltid itio Hiovi'. "Well, I'll toll it to you," iiimwi r'jd tlw J-nily of Kanlilon, iriilKlii' nlnr oul K tiny bull of yirn itnd twlillnx liirm lf for t ti- Htory. "I!1kI Hon and Jtlnjlo wr two niulrri'ln. Tliy JIvM at tho d of a IiIk rorKt, and thoy wiro rri(t riirloun. In fwt, tlicy wre ton turlou, and tlmlr mvthcr nurto ofi; hud to lift tip thofr tnllK and kIvh tlii'in rf1 Miiml dlittfiblngn, for th llltln Mlov, louldn't k-cp tlilr nono out of iIiIiikh. "One day tiny wmu hklniiliiK n,lon(t tliroiutli tlxi forest, ifiiinlng eni'h oihfr up and down Ireoi and Imvlnit a Wont dnllKdlMI limn, whn Mini IU mptrfwd to ty a funny lltllo lioune at thn roots of a lil ln, JU; inUfd IllnJIft and tho two Utile chap Md Ix-hlnd h. bui.li wutchliiK thn plmie for Homo t'lin. "1 don't think anybody' at hotnfi,' whlitpcred UlnJIij, 'It' go and itsk In at tha window.' lliiiid In hand, tho two a'liilmda tlpliKd towardii a tiny window in th aldn of the tre, hut wlwn thi-y rwidmd th window thy could hardly we a thlnif, for It wnn quit dark limldc llowovrr, It wan llcht enouith to iwc that fha window lookod In on n lontf paHHiiKH which led down under th sroiiiid. " 'Kunny liMikln place, Itm't It?' anld UlnJIn, with a twitch of hl tail. " 'Lt'n hoc If thii door In ijen,' HUKK' Hted HlKle Uoo. "fartfiilly atproiw:hln the door.Aho two minlmd found It a opn a trifle. Then v,iih a hugw knockt r on th door and, aftr aonrio whlapcrlnic, U wa decided to try It. "Tliy lifted the heavy knocker, let it full wltly a ljd hanf, and thn wirainhled bp a tree noar hy, wher they waited to ho what would hapten, "When they hud waited a lonjr time, maybe five or tn mlnutea, they climbed down and piiHhed open thn door. CauttouMly the two aqulrreU made their way down a long ftl-ht of Hlalra and precnlly they carno to another door. - "Thin door wiia partly open and, uftcr wnltlntr ft few mlnut, thy puahed it open und peered In. Thero waa but lit t 1m Unlit lwld, hut aoon their yea becama UHed to the durk and they could me Home furnture In thn ioorn. No on aetned to be at homt", ho the HiiilirelH(eptiod down Hcvernt mIciih Iio the room. There wu a atord, a cuplionrd, a foldlnit bed, and a tabla In tho )ltic, On the table But Rome nulled diHhe, a tea pot, it Jnir and two dlrly dice. "Look! cried lilnjle, ilutchltiK Ulnle Hon by the front left piiV and pointing: at the floor. tih, look!" y "1!IkI Itoo hH.Ucd mid bin eyea nearly popped out of hi heud, for the floor waa littered with bonea. There weru aiiilrrel honed and mouae, molu and blrVI Uiiiea 'I'm trolnif home,' (Bicd HIk1 Hii, and h bolted for the door with Itlnjle about an elehth of an Inch liehlnd. Hoiioih, heapa of Iioitoih! the door, wiihh had hwuiik Hhut after they entered the room, waa lN'l:ed. "'till, dear!" wnll-d lllule Hon. twlntlnti Ian whUkera nervouitly and nwayliiB from Ida to dido on hi hind f t, 'What are wa aoln to do, to dof "'Well, we can't Ret out throuali Ihl Uonr, thnt'a a fact, growled lilnjle, who had leii hurriedly cxuinluiiitf the l'k .'We'll have to ijniiw throuah tin door.' TH6 LAPV Of FA5H10H TLU5 A 5T0RV. "At. (but ilmile lb" two hmuIiti'Ih' Iiihi'Ih nearly atopped beallnft, for liny l.card th front door aijucak "and iiimU;uly aflei waida they heard fontau-pa coihIhk d.;wn Ktulr. - "'Quick,' whincreif HIiOlc, 't'ndcr the bed.' InMtantly the wiulrrel doe under th bix folilliitf bed, and not a bit loo anon, for uluiOHt Immediately the loor upeio d' and an old v.hih.1 ioipd hi head in and H't'liriied Himpbiotiitly around the room, lie Miiiffcd coiijilo'of tirnea and tli"n Hiieccij m loudly It anared the poor iulrrelt nuarly out of their whlHliecx, J(l;e itixrwua mt filKliii ncd he had to put. IiIh foot in IiIh mouth to ke p hit teeth f OM hlilt"rili(f. "It wii inlKlify lucky for the two duulrrela that the old weaaid hud a cob, for other wise he would certainly nuieilcd thorn and Hint would have been the end of them, "The wpmn' carried HomcthlriK over hi ahoulder and, croKHintr the room, h" dropped It on the table, fs'ext he look a candle from a ahWf and 1H It, and thu two hUIitc!m could eo the object which the weawl hud dropped on the table, Ii wu the leg of a bird. I'oor Klnjle and KIkIo Itoo hardly dared breathe for fear they would bo discovered, aa they watched tlio old weael tear off Kreat piece of the meat and cwullow them. When he had licked the hone clean, be threw them on the floor and, then, picking up the dice. h played with them for what eem'd to ninjle end IJIirle Boo hour and hour, but really It waa only 41 few minute. , "I'rcHently the weam.1' head began nod and, rlaiiiK to hi fuet, he kicked over th atiMil and Muffled toward the bed. Tho frltfhtened wtulrrel could hear their heart beat Inif like bun drum aa the wicked old weaaol came toward them, but he evidently waa too uleepy to hear them and o he tumbled lnt the bed, floon loud arorlnir told th iulrrel that tho weanel wa aalwp and, cautloiiNly, HlnJIn put out hi head from under Ihe bed and looked around. After a good look, lilnjle put hi mouth tHrnoat Into the ear of TMtfle lioo and whlpered ho low it wa all TJiifln Boo could do to hear him: i " The old wenael' got the key to the door on a ring, and the ring I hanging on hit arm,' w hliieied Itlnjle. 'Now, I've got a plan and you have got to help. We've got to get away or we're goner. Thl I a folding lied we're under and It fold right up Into a holt In the wall. My plan 1 thl: I'll reach out and grab the key ring from the weaael' arm and then we will pneh up on the bed with all our might. U will fold up and pin the old we.ael In until we can get the door unlocked and got out.' "Digit Doo wa m wared ho could not anawer, but he made a algn that he u tid-rat ood and the two o,ulrrel quietly made theiiielve ready to punt) up the bed. Ulnjio reached out, matched off tho key ring, and at the nme time both, wiulrrel gave a mighty pimh,' folding up the bed with a bang. "'Hold him! Hold hlmT ahouted Blnjle, daubing for the door. 'Hold him until I can get the door open!' "Ulglo Hoo pimhed on the bed until he nearly Ntritined hi back and he held the ucumI tisht In Hplte of hi frantic aquirmlng. "P.lnjle aoon unlocked the door and the two equlrrel lout little time In getting through the opening. ?hey elammed the door hut after them and fairly flew up tht tnlr. They could hear the wonael' ncream of rage and Jimt a they readied the out aide door they heard tho old fellow pounding at the door below. "Well, there t nothing more to the atory except that lhoo two squirrel were mighty particular whert they went after that," mild the ldy of Kaahlon, looking around at the open mouthed Teenle Weenie. "They were not noarly ho curiotm and they HtopiH-d their anuoping, much to the Joy of their mother." "What licoiime of the wcuw I?" awked the Dunce. "Ho probably broke up the furniture In hi rage and then quite likely gnuued hit way through tho door," anHWt rcd tli Ijidy of Vaahinn. The Teenlc v'woileH were muiii ImpreHacd with the dory, and they ant In Hilenia- for (uuie time while the rain drop ephudied loudly on the roof of their tiny hut. r.,i,,ruU Wit II; W.ll tm I'ui..1ibj -4: zzzz-z Letters From Happikmd Readers -zzl . ' 1 n il'rii " I I t hrtxtiim l4-kiiu. I on e a la 1 Ui Imy ihoutiht hi -iii.liii.it wu Iiki xiioiil and pit ut tiiio of I1I.1 f.ither' !. inn. Hnli i lu iu and found the big mbiiig and ld "My, My, who mr w 't llo K(iltlng i.iat I gtftlil," Ml b- pit huwiiii top and a ii, fc.d a iliiiauiaiy i" II dm Sin W hen Im.liilli tOie ) l'V ,iuimi-. i.iii if U.t and fMii III tlte iiiH-king. ' A li.tuii t ip ' Ilia livy, "I yur I It t tl.-l (r mi"' iu i.f iiiu a raiuu. m i Mm 1I.1114 ( rarving fwlt bull " 1 Hm fuul a ui' bta -M. "If i"i w m m ninfia kI HtM ri nit lf I will kv lu tin. 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