jj SL E E P Y-TIME T ALES JIMMY RABBIT ONCE MORE SCOTT BAILER CHAPTER XLIT. Mr. Crow’* Trick Gets Him Into Trouble. Mr. Crow had just asked Mr. Rab bit what sire slippers he wore. The old black scamp was not going to throw the slippers down to Sir. Rabbit out of the tree without having some fun with him first. Old Mr. Crow was a famous tease. , “X wear six and twelves,” Mr. Rab bit replied. Mr. Crow looked inside the slippers. The first one he examined was a No. 12; the second, a No. 6. “These don't belong to you,” he croaked “What!” cried Mr. Rabbit. “How's that?” "They're twelves and sixes,” said Mr. Crow. “And you said. ‘Sixes and twelves.' ” Then Mr. Crow thrust his feet inside the sl'ppers. “They fit me > ■ 1'_ ■ ■ ■ ■ 11 ^vjti *a *Mg goodnes*!’ Mr Crow grunted •It’s no os*.* perfectly, he exclaimed, in great glee, 'except that one s a bit too tight and the other's a bit too loose.” Then he bent his head over and looked at his feet. ’’There’s something wrong about these slippers,” he muttered. "They both turn off to the right." “There’s nothing wrong with them,” Mr. Rabbit blustered. "That's the way I like mv slippers. Each one is a •left.’ ” "Then they can't be right," retorted Mr. Crow. ' They're wrong, just as T said." And he burst forth with a peal of jarring laughter. Mr. Rabbit held his paws to his ears until it died away. "Don't tease my husband!" Mrs. Rabbit chided the black rascal in the tree. "Excuse me. fna'am!” Mr. Crow re plied. "I wouldn’t tease Mr. Rabbit— not for worlds." And giving a sudden ‘ kick, he sent the No. 12 slipper flying down. It struck Mr. Rabbit on the nose. And he howled with pain and surprise. Then Mr. Crow kicked with his other foot. But the No. tt slipper stuck tight. He kicked again and again and even pried at the slipper with his bill. "It won't come off!’’ the old gen tleman cried in alarm. "Help! Help!" ''You'll have to come down here on the ground," Mrs. Rabbit called to him. "We can't help you up there. We can't climb a tree, nor fly." Old Mr. Crow floundered hurriedly down out of the slippery elm tree and joined the Rabbit family on the ground below. His voice shook. He trembled. There was a wild look in his eyes. "It would be terrible,’’ he said with a groan, "If I had to wear this logged old slipper the rest of my days. Everybody would poke fun at mo wherever I wont." "Pardon me.” Mr. Rabbit retorted somewhat coldly. "I don't care to have you speak of my slipper in that slight ing way. It's a good slipper. I’ve had it since I was a child." "I’ll pardon you," Mr. C'row told him. "And I’ll thank you, too, if you will take hold of this slipper and pull on jt as hard as you can." Sir. Rabbit seized the slipper and pulled, while Mr. Crow held fast to a stout twig. But the slipper still stuck tight. Then Mrs. Rabbit clutched her hus band’s coat-tails and tugged too. "My goodness!" Mr. Crow grunted. “It’s no use." "Bet me help!” cried little Jimmy Rabbit. And he caught up'his mother's apron strings. Bracing his feet in the snow, he surged backward with all his might. All at once the Rabbit family tum bled over one another In a heap. They were covered with snow as they scrambled to their feet. But Mr. Rab bit didn't mind a little accident like that. He waved the No. 6 slipper about his head and began to dance a jig. ’’Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!" he shouted. "Oh, ah! Oh, all! Oh. ah!” Mr. Crow wheezed, as he nursed his foot—the oua which was at last freed from the No. 6 slipper. And then, without a word to the Rabbit, family, he rose into the air and flapped away. "He never thanked me. as he agreed.” Mr. Rabbit grumbled as he watched Mr. Crow disappear among the treetops. "Never mind!" said Mrs. - Rabbit. "If there Is any thanking to he done, you had better thank Jimmy. If it hadn't been for him you wouldn't have got your slipper bjiok. It seems to me he has been the most helpful one of the family.” (Copyright, 1»23.) My Marriage Problems Adele Garrison’s New riiase of "Revelations of a Wife.” Tli* Promise Madge Made Mrs. Durkee. ‘'Hush.'" I made the syllable imrera tive, and little Mrs. Durkee, with a frightened glance at the commuters near us, some of whom were looking at us curiously, obeyed me with a pitiful gulp. "Come over here.” I guided her to a comparatively isolated bench in the Donf Inland waiting-room, and sat down beside her. "Now I want you to pull yourself together, and listen to me," I said in a low but firm voice. "In the first i place, there isn't ono chance iu a mil- , lion that our taxi driver.will go back 1 and 'sell us out' as you say, to the people In that gray limousine. And if ne did, think or the time it will take .him to find them. Remember our eyes i were on him all the time he was elud- I jng the other driver. He had no chance | to communicate witli him in any oth- ; er way. Hut even if he should, we will both be mil* s away from her, before , they could possibly get here. I think i you have a train out within 10 min utes." "There's one at 4:10," she said fee bly. and 1 looked with concern at her pallid lips, which she could not keep irom quivering. "And it lacks only two minutes of four now," I said triumphantly. "Hut are yoif sure you’re able to go home alone?" You YVon't Take tare—" The indomitable spirit of the little woman—summoned by her dread of giving trouble—triumphed over her tears. The color came back to her lace, and she gave the light laugli which la ono of her most charming little, ways. "Just save your fears for yourself," site said. "1 am not worrying over anything happening to me, it's what may come to you that's turning my hair w hite, even with my new guaran teed touching up.” Khe laughed again ns joyously as If site were not still shaking inwardly with terror. "Vou know- very well that it isn't little in significant me who is causing those devils any trouble. They’ll never Isith er their heads ab#ut whether 1 go home or anywhere else. It's you they are watching, und you won't take a single bit of care of yourself." Madge Is Uneasy. "Ves, I will," Ipromised with con viction in my voice. "The minute you are on that train I'll promts* to go straight to the apartment, and—no body possibly (an have any idea where we are—we didn't know ourselves we were going there six hours before we went there. And I shan't stir from it again alone. Will tlmt satisfy you.’ "It would if I didn't know you so well." she said whimsically. "There'll something turn up you'll think it's your duty to do, end then your prom ises can go hang ” . "Don't you slander me like that,” 1 l-ctorted. "Khali I get your ticket?” ■'I have it right here." Khe indicated AnVKKTIfcKMIC.NT. KEEP LOOKING YOUNG It's Easy—If You Know Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets. The secret of keeping young is to feel young—to do this you must watch your fiver and bowels—there's no need of hnv ing a sallow complexion- -dark rings under your eyes -—pimples—a bilious look in your face—dull eyes with no sparkle. Your dor tor Will tell you ninety per rent of all elcknesa comes from Inactive bowels and liver. Dr. Edwards, a well-known physician In Ohio . perfected a vegetable compound nixed with olive oil to act on the liver and howcle. which ha gave to his patients for years. Dr. Edward*' Olive Tablets, the substl tut* for calomel. are gentle in their action yat always effective. They bring about that natural buoyancy which all should •ajor by tonioc up the liver end clearing the system of impurities. Dr. Edwards' Olric Tablets are known Ity their olive color, lie and 10c. her pretty purse. “And why (lo you wait for that train to go? You only make me nervous.” "I won’t wait so see it actually moving," I said. "I’ll just go with you down the steps. I've got a family tick et with me, so I can get past the tick et-man, and when you're safely In the car I’ll come back. I think wed better get in the line now. 1 can see the crowd forming. "It Isn’t necessary for you to go with me," she protested, but I sensed a’ new and strange fragility in my little friend, something not to be dis gufscd hy her laugh, and silenced .her peremptorily. "You ought to know by this time what a wilful woman I am.” I said smiling, but resolute, "so don’t waste time objecting. The earlier I get you into the train the earlier I can start for the apartment." "You know that’s the only way to manage me," she said shrewdly, but she rose obediently, anil slipping a supporting hand under her elbow I walked with her through the ticket gate, and a minute or two later saw her safely ensconced In the train. ■■you’ll ifet me know how things are," she said, clinging to me. "Of course,” I promised. "And I do wish you'd come to see me, Madge," she quavered. "You don’t know how I've missed you since you moved away. I—I—get terribly lonesome for you, and 1 Just can't abide those upstarts of neighbors who lought your house. The woman's per fectly Impossible, but then—honestly —I suppose I'm not as nice to her as I might be. I'm getting awfully crabbed lately. Madge, I—I—guess 1 must bo getting old." “You’re almost senile." I laughed tenderly, as I* stooped to kiss her goodbye. "But I wouldn't give up quite yet if 1 were you. And J'm nail ing to see you very soon, and I will be careful. Goodbye." Hut as 1 walked out of the train my heart was fur less concerned with fears for my own safety than with the vague uneasiness which was mine for my little friend. Problems That Perplex II? Iteatrlre Falrai. Tlie Ciirl of .Sense. Dear Miss Fairfax: I would like to know If I, or the boys that l meet, are right. 1 am IS. I love dancing, but refuse to do the so ealled "cake eater” or "Annie",dancing. I refuse to kiss every boy I meet. I will not go out any place without telling my mother. I like to talk of everyday topics or of books, etc. My young men say I am old fashioned. LILLIAN. You are a suite and sensible girl. Oo right on setting a high value on your love for and confidence In your mother, on your own Ideals, and on the dignity and self respect which Can never lessen a girl's Importance In the eyes of real men. Chicago Woman Believed Kidnaped in French Capital Paris, Keh. II,—A general alarm has been sent throughout Kurope for Mrs. Harry Fleming of Chicago, nee Florence itewald of Harvey, III., who Is reported to have been kidnaped. Her fiance, Kormel Komorntckl, n wealthy Chicago exisirter, and u for mer Polish nobleman, claims she has been carried off by Hlgnor Hollgnhil, a tourist guide for a transatlantic steamship company. Hhe met Hlgnor Hollgnlnl while crossing on the lie tengaria. Hho disappeared In Parle on February 6, the day of her arrival. Mra. Fleming came to Paris to get a divorce, wiring Mr. Kotnornlckl, her fiance, to meet her In Cherbourg. Valentino IMaim Early Hetiirn to Movie Screen Detroit, Feb. 11. 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