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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1920)
"X- - THEBEE OMAHA) SAtURDAY, .DECEMBER 18. 1920. ' - ' 19 mm SLEEPY-TIME TALES U4aMbaVf leftfliees'ejAafc THETALE OF FATTY GOON BY ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY Fatty Coon and the Monster. ' One night Fatty Coon was stroll ing along the road that wound through the valley. He was in no hurry, for he had just left Farmer Green's apple orchard, where he had bolted all the apples he could,os sibly rat. The night was dark and ' though it was hot very late, all the country people seemed to be in bed. There were no farmers driving along the road. Fatty had it all to him self Aud so he walked slowly home wards. It was then that'the terrible ionser almost caught him. vhis is how it all happened. There, was a br-br-br-r-r-r in the air. Fattv really should have heard it long be fore he did. But he had eaten so many apples that he had begun to feel sleepy; and his ears were not so sharp as they should have-been. And when at last Fatty heard that bt-r-r-r it was quite loud. He was startled. THE GUMPS- AN OASIS IN THE DESERT Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith. , WELL- twc LAYEVT retvrns - LAf6 nfcJORlTY CAN "iob CWMZTB ANT) HOtHlMG ? . He .was -star tied. . And he stopped right in the middle of the road to listen. Fatty had never heard such' a "sound before. . aub Birange anunai was on mm De tore ne lmey fifc Its. glaring eyes blinded him. And if it had not have escaped. It was the terrible iscxeech orthejmonster . which finally -'made Fatty jump. It was a frightful , cry -like six 'wildcats all wailing to gether. And Fatty, leapedto one side of the road just before the monster reached nim. , ! The great creature went past Fatty like the wind and tore on -up the hill. He seemed' to be running so fast that he could not stop. Fatty could hear him panting as he climbed the sharp rise of the road,. - Ratty " Coon hurried away. He wanted o get home before the mon ster could stop and come back to look for him. : ' When Fatty told his. mother about his narrow escape Mrs. Coon became Much excited.? 7 She felt sure that Fatty was not mistaken, for had she not heard , that' strange cjy' herself? There it was again I Woo-ooo-ooo-00-0 1 It began low, rose to, a shriek, and then died away again. - Mrs. toon and ratty climbed to the very top of their old popular and gazed down the valley. ..-. ?Look, . Mother 1" Fatty cried. "He's stopped at Farmer Green'sl You can see his eyes from here!" ; Mrs. Coon looked. Sure enough! It wa&just as Fatty laid. And that horrid -call- echoed across the valley ; once more.t .:' , ' ' " ' Farmer -Green stuck his head out of his chamber winctow, to see what ,the man in the automobile wanted. "Where's the nearest village, please?", the stranger asked. And after Farmer, Green had told him ; the man drove his car on again. . , From their tree top Fatty and nis toother watched the monster dash down the valley. They knew he had gone, because they could gfic the gleam of those awful eyes. "Do you suppose he ate up Farm er Green and his famly?" Fatty asked in a frightened Voice. "I hope so," she said. 'Then per haps there'll be no mqre traps in the woods," n. - "But who would plant the corn?" ; Fatty .asked. " - Mrs. Coon did not appear to hear his question. , " ' - (Copyright Gosset Sr. Dunlap.) y- , . A2Ti V A 1 i r : : - 7. Wfce AR? A tfiT OF UBE12AL." 6ws m Ywr$ vwoR-LP - I've: tfEAt of vrn swiNfe COU-Erot tO0SUNG AAARISSV BVTT ANO BiR TCARt OF A FfcVLow giving A coypvt or quarts ' ILL THeSE TNO AWAX AW VU. TAKE POWM tUVS", MINE AtC THAT STOOf BETWEEN ME HOLDING A HUSBAND , Adele Garrison's New Phase of Revelations of a Wife The Answer the Han Delivered.. Named Tim South Side l Cattle Men Near, Ralston 4 I Fattening Stock on Farms '" A large number' of sheep and cat tle are jn pastures: 'on the farms in the neighborhood of- Ralston and j cattlemen of that, vicinity are tak ing advantage of the good .weather to fatten their live-stock. At the Happy Hillside Vfarm Krebbs and Courney have 220 head 'of cattle hd'150 head of hogs in the feed lots. Joe- Tex 5s feeding 600 sheep on his placef and Homer "Winder has 400 cattle, and .200 hogs on his farm, ;; Over 4,000 sheep are being fed on the farm of Mike Thell and a large - flock of sheep is grazing on the ; farm of J. England. , : ( Farmer Is jArrested . Howard Loug,-v Saw county farmer, was arretted Thursday night ' by Deputy United States .Marshal . Young anf Dfetectives -Baughman ' and Gleason for alleged illegal pos- session and inanufactuie of liquor. South Side Brevities i We strolled through the woods surrounding Blue's Bridge, while Dicky enjoyed his after-dinner smoke. Then he escorted me to the veranda of the little rustic camp and found me a chair and a magazine. When he saw me settled comfortably with the royal courtesy, which is so vitegral a part of him he lifted his nat and walked away, evidently con templating his projected interview with Whistling Sam. . - A number of other women were already seated upon the little ver anda, but I purposely paid no atten tion to them, ostensibly burying vniy self in my magazine. I had chosen the serft for the vantage point it gave me viewing the grounds, and did not wish to be distracted even a mo ment from my self-imposed task of watching for the man namejl Tim. I did not exactly know how I was to manage to speak to him unob served by-Dicky.. The, eyes of the rest of the people didn t count, forit was a most natural thing for any one to ask questions of any of the boat men. But Dicky knew that I never spoke to a stranger if I could help it, and his suspicions would certain ly be aroused if )ie saw me convers ing with the canocman. whom Tim Pierce had" characterized as a "hellion." . From behind the coverof my mag azine 1 searched every part ot the cene before me, finall made out the figure of the man natned Tim, seat ed -on a log in the ods several yards, from the rustic camp, smoking a niDe. ' That he had been -watchimr my movements, was still watching me furtively, I was" keenly aware and resolved to stron as if casually in his direction as soon as Dicky had1 disappeared in Whistling Sams kitchen.. I did tjibt believe that the man would attempt to speak to me after his experience with Hugh Grantland. But I was obsessed with the idea that he hSd received some word from Grace, Draper concerning the nostnoniner reolv I had - sent-to Her plea for pardon, arid I was wildJ with curious interest to know its 1m- oort. . v The door of the kitchen swallowed Dicky, and after a few minutes' wait, that my departure might pot appear coincident with his to the possibly curious eyes of the other women on the veranda, I rose and began to make my apparently aimless way to ward the log upon which sat the man named Tim. I had almost reached his vicinity, and knew that beneath his apparent ly -stupid,"', meditative gaze at the ground in front of him, he was keen ly aware of my approach, when Dicky's voice, cheery and apparently suspicious, sounded behind me. "Oh. Madge!" he called. "Wait a bit." ." v. '.;".;. I firmly put down my rising panic, turned obediently and walked to ward him, shrewdly proffering no explanation of my stroll. "Whistling JSam is busy just now," he explained, as he. came up to me, "so I have a few jminutes, to spare. Don't you think you'd better let me dS the interrogating of that unpleas ant specimen upon the, end of the log?" : I- , So he knew, after all ! -1 kept my eyes down for fear he should see the 1, Coil n4 k. U kind, t prlcw that are rlttht and ha best of aervlce. Call South 0070, South Omaha Ice Co. Adv. WHO BROTHERS THE-CHRISTMAS STORE .What ahall I give for Christmas T This (1'iwtlon Is worrying many people today. w nen 111 aouDi as 10 wmt to eivw, tmiw tn tv.i. mi .hrutmn. Mtnre. Hundreds! of practical gifts for everyone are here. Our whole main floor .waa never more Interesting with trlvlnr suggestions. Only six days more, no do your shopping as soon as possible, don't wait until the ' last day. . -i' - TOYS!- TOYS1 TCMfS! The whole' basement of this greater Ptor one showing of toys amusing toys, useful toys. Instructive toys.; We have ' lust what the kiddles want. Visit this wonderful tojjand, a nice plae to shi nn easy place 4o shop. Because-ot lars showing we have.. WHO I1150THEBS, Twenty-fourth and-M. Adv!'"' ' t this store will. -.be open evenings untlTi Christmas, open tomorrow, Saturday eve ning ss usual. $ t- Kach week' Sundress deposited regu larly ttt or-1920- Economy Savings club. They have Just received the reward of their efforts. Our 1921 club Is now open tor membership. The Live Stock National bank, junction Twenty-fourth and . K trit.- Adv. Illliiols.cooJ.JI3; nowland, and Coal Co. l'hona So. 1U4. Adv. Jw hap, the, WHY Won a Thirjd Set of Teeth Grow? Copyright, 1930, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc. When wcremenlber the process which takes placVwhen a child loses its first teeth and the second set appears immediately after wards, it is quite natural to won der why teeth don't keep on breaking through the gums as often as we lose them. But na ture, for some reason, " has de creed that two sets is the, limiW When babies are born, they have hidden in their gumes all their first or.primary teeth 20 in number. A baby, however, ob tains its food by sucking, instead- of biting, so it is better taat its teeth'' should be out of the way at first, below the gums. Still deeper down, below the primary teeth, and aJso further back i. the-jaw ttiiit these, are lilt groups of cells or "tooth germ? which will eventually make tl; second set of teeth. , There a' 32 sets of these cells and thorn none of them loolf like teeth, tin ' possess the power of forming t! different kinds of teeth that w as adults, find useful; Because o the presence of these "toot; germs," it i extremely importani to- keep even the primary teetl scrupulously clean. If they arc neglected, the decay will quickly spread to the germs underneath, and when the second teeth make their appearance, they will either be irregular, or s5B"nttle that the outside will crumble away. ' We have, however, only one set of these "teeth germs" which is the reason that no third tooth will grow to replace a second tooth, there being no germ lying beneath it. ' v; 3 consternation In them, and forced my voice to matfer-of-fact calmness. "That is as'you please," I said, a -trifle formally. "I merely wished to ask him if he had heard anything from "from Miss -Draper since he brought me that letter from her." "Well, that won't take very long," he said, incisively, drawing' me nearer the log from which the man named Tim had now risen precipi tate with a furtive glance to the right and left, as if he more than halfcontemplated a swift departure from that vicinity. " w "Don't be in a hurry, friend," Dicky called, a trifle mockingly, "we're harmless. -The little ( lady just wishes to ask you a question, that's all." t I knew that he had employed my name only as "a ruse to keep the fal low from flight, so kept , my lips resolutely closed as we confronted the frankly frightened Tim. "Now. mv dear." Dicky's tone was brisk, vvery. attorney-like in its into nations, "if you'll just tell me what "Only what I have already, told vouM replied. N X He turned to the man named Tim. "Have vou had any communica tion . with Miss Draper since she commissioned you to deliver a , let tcr to Mrs. Graham?" . ' "Onlv when I delivered- your lady's answer," the- man replied. "What did she say" ,- "Only that she would wait tiny time for an answer. ; j J Dickv reflected a minute. , "That- is all.'V he said ' finally. "Thank you alid keep a quiet tongue in your head. -The last words were uttered for cibly, almost fiercely. Without wait ing, for a reply from the other, he tucked my hand under his arm ana walked me away from the vicinity at a brisk pace stopping Only when he was out of hearing of the man named Tim. - .. ' - . 'Please let me attend to any muz zling of animals like that," he said incisively, j , s ; - Rut even as I meekly assented my thoughts were far from him or his pleasure or displeasure. All through the rest of the day, and for many a day thereafter, I carried the mental image oi Grace Draper waiting. ' -Continued Monday.) - - : i Aa71Jl nam WAMV.- JUST rVt voua ACK UP . A.A.trT VX ASP xovrx T?0W"T LOOK SO a,ct YftO'Tcfc NOT HlClHG Common Sense By J. J. MUNDY. - Improve Your Education. , You realize that your educational equipment is deficient in one of sev eral ways and, you have thought that sometime you would get down to real study, ... .' - v But year Vter year you drift along and year after year you go on for getting the little you learned in early days and adding nothing worth while to your stock in trade of knowledge. If married, your Jife partner may or may not be ablero helo you. Single and away from home, pei haps you are sensitive about letting anyone know how little education you have. For this reason you do notljo to night school. But it is comparatively easy through an advertisement to get a private tutor evenings for a small sum. . . -It is probable that such a person would not ' come in cohtact with your friends, and there would be no opportunity for anyone to find out how much you need instruction in simple subjects. ' Two nights a week - till spring studying at horne-venings and your winter wouid be worth great ad vancement to you. 1 Copyright, 120, by International Feature oervice, inc. Let us hammer home this argument first: This is by far the "Greatest Value Giving" Store i In Omaha! ( T" I'M THE GUY - - - I'm the guywlio sleeps till , the last minute every morning. a -1 don't see why I shouldn't. want all the sleeo I can get, and I'm going.to do my best to get it, I never get half enough, anyway. I can't help it if upset every body in mv rush to" net on time. Every Qne ought to get out of my way. ; Can't they see I'm in a hurrv? -. It's too bajj if , my wife does get hoarse calling mc ; mat s ner ipoK out.. ' , Perhaos if she began earlier J might be able to eat my breakfast m leisure. It makes me sore that I can't Ind mv .thmKs when my tune ts so limited. But that's not because I'm in a terrible rush. Som one puts them away without Telling isfc where thev-are. ' -i None of that advice about getting ud, a few minutes earlier. 1 know4 all "that as well as you do. V I like to sleep and I'm going to sleep just as long as I an. j If you don't like it, dont make a song ot it. l m not losing any sleeo over it, and don't you. Copyright, 1820, Ttompson Feature Servlije. Parents Problems , At what age isit safe to allow a child to strike a match? This depends entirely upon the child. ' A very 'careful and steady headed child might be . allowed to use matches several years earlier than a careless or nervous child. In any event, it is best to defer the privilege until there is some real ne cessity for granting itVchildren sel dom need to light matches before the age of 12, at least. Within Your Limit Wouldn't you to know what to fivo the) friend or the relative that would make a hit and not set you' back too much? Of course you would, but it brings you no more pleasure than it does Flynnt to help you do it. We just got back from the market' and we aure found tome desirable bargain in Christmas novelties' and things useful very u i ta Kl fftv Ctirifttmaa iff Most of this buy will be in and erf sale before this ad ruches the people. The quantities are small, the coeds de sirable. Be on time if you would get the choice. , We are making some awful cuts in prices en Men's, Ladies' and Children's Ready to Wear AppareL JOlin FLYflfl & cc Saontta SI a ius JN-J.- k a fk Time os Kleire! Your thought' naturally turn to gifts. A visit to this store wiA MMelJlla S- . l m - m m mm, '&. . . . ' . m W"ies. iney win hold their jreattHn wonder when thev see al the things that Santa has in store for them In our Big Toyland. SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAYS . & fb&K, TOYS' a ; t j i a.- ocv fznaJM ' r. wr v v u wzm in fii i i: . - DON'T FAIL TO VISIT. OUR TOYLAND VELOCIPEDES Nickel plated pedals and handle ' bars; . 16-inch - front wheels; genuine- leather ' seats; , truss frame; heavy nickel plated hub caps; prettily enameled in red and black; "jf AA special in this sale, each.N. P iUU TEDDY BEARS 1- wDl buy any Teddy Bear in this '" , store, small or large. They come in all sizes from 10-inch, 12, 16,. 18 and 20 -inches, if you, buy another at the regu lar low price. This offer it the best any store has ever made, especially before Christmas. . . DOLLS 12-inch unbreakable Sleeping Doll with bisque head, easily sold at $2 QO - special for Saturday, at I70C 14-inch-dressed unbreakable Dpll, made by K. K. Manufacturing Co., regularly sold at $2.00, special, QQ while they last, at THOUSANDS OF OTHER TOYS, TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION h Our China (Department Hand-painted Berry Sets, consisting of $4.50 .oo4arge dish and six me dium sized ones for, a set 32-plece Set of Dinnerware, assorted patterns, ,$12.50 value, tJJT1 CA on sale at !. . . V .XV- 100-piece Set of Dinnerware, made by Edwin M. Knowles; $65.00, value; oa sale, special ' CQC at . . . 430 p 42-piece set of Fine Chinaware, $25.00 , C::....:. $i6.oo 26-piece st silverware, including chest, $25.00 value . x. Ain Cf PXaJ.OU for SWEET IDAH6 FANCY PRUNES, large sie very spe cial, 8 pounds ; ; 1 aa: fnr. .7". 9LUU'M " is.r- kVsf 25-lb. box for . . $3.)0 Sale On Boys' SOTS i 1 We offer any Boys' Suit in the house, regdrdless -of price or size, small or large, at lc if you buy another N ni.l.kn..U.U.. - - T 1- 11..' !!... 1 1 at wic i eg mat iuw puce, xvememoer tms oner lygOQa lor Saturday only. No telephone orders, no C. 0. D.s and no J exchanges andbnly.2 suits to a customer This is an un usual offer. In fact no store, in the world has ever made an attempt to sell Boys' up-to-date Suits made of the best materials, latest styles and in all sizes, remember, lc a suit. :. ;--:- . . ' W. Giva Green Trading Stamps I Also , Merchants' Coupons. , u LOP DEPARTMENT STORE 24th and O Street , South Omaha We Giva , . . ;- Green Trading ' Stamps Also' Merchants' I Coupons. . hi Nebraska us at Capital. 7 Washington, D. C -Dec. 17. (Special Tc1egram.)-Otto It. Zack, an . attorney at West Point, Judg James C. Quigley of Valentine and George Johnson,- state engineer oi Nebraska, are in the national capital, the latter to .attend the -meeting of state highway engineers. 7 Christmas at V- All Dolls ty2 Price for Saturday Onlv Walking' dolls and sleepingi aolls in various sizes all neat- ly dressed -make your selec-i tions early. ' . ; Doll Beds . Mah6gany Poster Doll Bed, ,with mattress. Priced $2.25 . 'and up. ' . , Kiddie Kars Av gift for the youngster that . will 1 please him im mensely and at the same time build up his "muscles and improve his health. (Priced at 95c. 7 Hobby Horses Strong, durable, tlierefore lasting. Priced at ; $3.50 and Mi These splendid Doll . Car nages ' will - appeal; to the little girls from $5.80 up. Table Sets for ,$2.75. Table and two wire chairs. Bockinsr Horses-No Christ mas complqtc for- the boys without one several , sizes from $3.15 up. ' 1 Come early while the selec tion is good.S . ; Bring the Children! - i " iinn-ii i
