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THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, JANUARY 3. 1921. THETAtE OF PITER by Arthur Scott bailey CHAPTER II. Sawing Wood. It was tvally no wonder that Mrs. Rabbit did not like i'etfr Mink. When you hear what happened the very first time she saw him you will understand why Mrs. Rabbit always called him "the rest." One day Mrs. Rabbit Jieard a knock on her door. And when she went to see who was there, she found a ragged young fellow, with his hat tipped far over on one side. Instead ot a collar, lie wore a hand kerchief about his neck. But , it would have taken at least a dozen handkerchiefs, tied one above an other, to cover the stranger's neck for it was by far the longest neck .Mrs. Rabbit had ever seen. "What do you want?" Mrs. Rab bit asked. "Something to eat!" said the Mranger. You notice that he didn't say "Please!" That was a word that Peter Mink had never used. Probably he didn't even know what it meant. Now, Mrs. Rabbit saw that the stranger was very thin. She did not know that no matter how much he ate, he would never be what you might call fat. That slimness was something1 that ran in Peter Mink's family. The Minks were always slender people. 1 Being a kind-hearted soul, Mrs. Rabbit went back to her kitchen. i vsuvr-. mil And Jinung Rabbit followed , him. Ar.d soon she brought Peter a plate ful of thtj best food she had. "You're not ill. are you?" she asked Peter. "Xo!" he answered, as he took the dish. "Then," said Mrs. Rabbit, "I shall expect you to do some work, to pav for this food." I "All right 1" said Peter. But he wished that he had said he was ill. For he simply hated work. And he made it a rule never to do a stroke of work if he could avoid it. Well, he sat down on Mrs. Rab bit's doorstep and ate what she had given him. And while he was eating, Jimmy Rabbit came out and watched him. Even Jimmy Rabbit could see , that he had very bad manners. He held something to eat in each hand. And he didn't seem to care from which hand he ate, so long as he kept his motitt stuffed so full that he could hardly talk. "What's your name?" Peter Mink asked Jimmy. And when Jimmy told him, h,e said: "No wonder you're fat, with such good things to eat as your mother makes." When Mrs, Rabbit heard that she was pleased. And for a time she thought that perhaps the stranger was not so bad as he looked. When he had almost finished his lunch, Mrs. Rabbjt went back into her house once more. And pretty soon she came out with a saw in her hand. She gave the saw to Peter Mink and said: "Now you may saw some wood,' to pay me tor the food. You'll find the wood-pile behind the house. And you may saw all of it," she added. Peter Mink took the saw and started for the wood-pile. And Jim my Rabbit followed him. Peter sawed just one stick of wood; and then he said to Jimmy: "Go in and ask your mother if she can't find an old pair of shoes for ine. So Jimmy ran into the house to find hjs mother. And kind-hearted Mrs. Rabbit began at once to hunt for a pair of shoes to give the stranger. She had noticed that his toes were sticking out. Pretty soon she found some shoes ' which she thought would fit the stranger. And when she stepped to her door again, there he was waiting for her. . "Whatl Is the wood all sawed so soon?" asked Mrs. Rabbit. "If it is, you're a spry worker, young man!" "The saw" said Peter Mink "the saw is no good at all. It broke before I finished sawing half the wood-pile." And that was true, too, in a way; because he had only sawed one stick. "Well, if you've finished half of it you haven't done badly," Mrs. Rab . bit told him. And she gave Pejer Mink the shoes. "They're noX very new," he grumbled. "But they're better than none." They certainly were much better than the shoes he had been wearing. inrn reier aiinK went sioucmngJ on. ne aiu not even thank Mrs. Rab bit for her kindness. He did not even take away ' his old shoes, but left them on the doorstep for Mrs. Rabbit to pick tip. "I must say that young man has had no bringing up at all," she told ' Jimmy. "I hope this is the last we'll ee of him . . . Come!" she said. "Help me bring in some of the wood he sawed." Well, Mrs. Rabbit was surprised when she found that the stranger had sawed only one stick. When Mr. Rabbit came home he took just one look at his. broken saw. And he was more than sur prised. He was angry. "Why," he said, "I do believe that good-for-nothing rascal broke my saw on purpose, so he wouldn't have to work." (Copyright. Grosaet A Dunlap.) Bandit Asks Match, But Takes Watch and Chain "Give me a match," an uuidenti ' fied njan said to M. L. Manlcy, 204 South Twenty-fifth street, at Twenty-third and Davenport street. As Manley dug into his pocket to get a match, the stranger grabbed his watch and chain and fled. THE GUMPS- UrtCLP- I'VE GOT A CONFESSION fl WAfe IN THAn" CAR CAVIAR. tEAl n"00- XOl LEFT ME LVlMG UP OH tH. BEACH .WITH KEST OF THE AS CLEAN AS A NURSE'S CAP- More Truth By JAMES J. ALL SERENE When I cast off my earthly caresj ' I don't suppose that I shall grieve If those who claim to be my heirs Contest whatever will I leave. And yet, as down the hill I go, ' It brings me pleasant peace of mind And comforts me no end, to knowf That they'll do nothing of the kind. A crafty lawyer might, it's true, Interpret things I've done and said " As showing that I had a few Revolving discs inside my head. I've worn sport shirts; I've bet on Yale; Searched comic operas for the plot; Sent urgent letters through the mail Which strong, hard-headed .men do not. It might quite easily be shown , That I've been often indiscreet, i In fact that I've been sometimes known To buck the ponies, and the Street, To give back talk to traffic cops, To try to drink the sort of brew That's made at home from malt and hops- Things men of judgment do not do. Hut while the heirs I leave behind May urge, with quite a show of truth, That I have been of unsound mind Since I was but a callow youth. It does not worry me a lot For good and always, there will not Be any coin to fight about. -Jbe prepare -zrl i .sat But You Never Can Tell. - It looks now as if Greece would keep Constantine, at least over the week-end. They Never Quit. Soon everbody will be loafing Sunday but the burglars and gun men. Or Observed, Either. The trouble with blue laws is that they will never be read. Copyright, 1921, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc. DogMM Paragrafs By George Bingham Tobe Moseley came into church at Hog Ford last Sunday after the ser- raon had started and like to of bust ed it up while stomping the mud off his feet at the front door. , Sile Kildew says all coconuts must at least be cousins as most of them resemble each other in the face. . The depity constable was greatly puzzled and also nonplussed yester day in trying to find out what Fletcher Henstep had in all of his pockets, as Fletch would not let any body get close to him. However it was learned later that he had just found a hen's nest. , Parents Problems How Can ffirls nf liio-h rVinn1 -i best be led to ,take an interest in joining a class m the care of babies? An arnnaintanr with ,icitin ,. . ' .. ...... wo....., district nurse is apt to develop such an interest as tnis m a girl. It she BOPS with th nnrsA nn nr turir and watches her bathe a young baby, tne tning win ne accomplished. Woman Tells Police Her Rings Were Lost on Visit While visiting a neighbor at 2312 Xorth Twenty-first street Saturday, Mrs. Leonard Pcrkowitz, 2310 North Twenty-first street, lost a diamond ring and a band wedding ring valued at $100, according to her report to police. Mrs". Pcrkowitz said she called on her neighbor and took off her rings and placed them on the bed. She left the room and was gone five min utes, she declared, and when she re turned, the rings were gone. -rfc-- ns' s HAAV- U&W- HAW Xo) VOVTOO?- THE M.V. NEB'S Wt Than Poetry MONTAGUii Is a Murderer Called an Assassin? During the latter part of the 11th century there, was founded in Asia a secret society known as the "Fed avis" or "Devoted Ones," the mem bers of the sect being pledged to implicit and blind obedience ,to the orders of their superiors; no matter What these orders mighl be. Has sen ben Sabbah, the Persian who founded the dread order, was ex tremely explicit in the rules which he laid down f6r the government of the organization. The members of the lower order were kept in ignor ance of the teachings and aims of the body to which they belonged, and it was impressed upon them that unfailing obedience was their only gateway to success in this life and eternal happiness in the next. In order to give them a foretaste of the joys in store for them, pro vided they followed instructions to the letter, Hassan ben Sabbah di rected that thejr be given a specified ration of hashish or hemp a nar cotic which produced effects similar to those resulting from the use of opium and it was from this prac tice that the members of the society cime to be known as hashashin or altered the term to "assassin" and applied it to anyone guilty of mur der, this crime being a favorite among the Fedavis. (Copyright, 1920. by the Wheeler Synflt , cate. Inc.) Serve fruit with LORNA DOONE Biscuit and learn what real short bread is. They have a wonderful flavor, with just-enough richness. , NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY j I , WHY- AND THOU, TOO, ANDREW! WU.V WHEN' I'M GAMBLING LOOK THE SAMt Tt ME- NET NOTHtrtS 60tS THROU6H THC WATER. HOLDING A Adele Garrison's Revelations The Way Major Grantland Won Madge's Gratitude. I looked up at Major Grantland positively breathless with joyous ex citement. "Do you think I ever can learn those controls?" I asked. "I was hopeless that day with Dicky, you know." ,"How could you " he began hot ly," then he stopped abruptly and changed his sentence entirely. "You have learned to drive a two-control car since, have you not?" he asked perfunctorily. "At least they trust me out alone with it," I answered dryly, "al though I really don't know as they're justified in doing so." He threw back his head and laughed. There was a note of re lief in the laughter, and I guessed that it was because he thoueht I ! had not understood his quick change of sentences. But I knew that the I sentence he had begun and choked off was a protest against Dicky's impatience in teaching me. , Madge Draws Comparisons. "That will make it easier for you in one way, even if the change in controls does confuse you," he, said. "But your being able to guide the car will mean everything to you." His tone was so confident that it infected my spirit. I resolved grim ly that I would let no tremors stand in the way of my absorbing every thing he might teach me. I acknowl edged to myself, a bit guiltily, that I felt far less nervousness with Ma jor Grantland than I had with Dicky. I accounted for it by the fact that when my husband had at tempted to teach me, he had but recently learned to drive the car himself, while the army officer was an unusually skillful driver of many years' experience. Major Grantland sent the car along at a god rate until we had come to the open country, and a practically deserted road. Then he slopped the car. "Suppose you ask me questions about the things that puzzle you," he said. "I know you have been a teacher, therefore you ought to be able to instruct yourself, with me as reference, far better than if I at tempted to teach you." How different this from Dicky's arrogant attitude when he was try ing to teach me! I couldn't help the reflection even though I tried conscientiously to banish it. All my hopes of learning to drive -went up. "I've spent hours over the chart of the controls," I said. "Are these the same as in Dicky's car?" ''Absolutely," he returned. "Then, would you mind going through with them very slowly, nam ing every step you take and then stopping the car? A Slight Accident. "Of course," he returned, and he went gravely through the controls while I watched him closely. Will you do it twice more? 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Insist upon Pape's! i DANCING CAFE MEALS SERVED DAY AND NIGHT LARGEST AND BEST SPRING DANCE FLOOR IN THE CITY SLATER'S SOUTHERN JAZZ BAND Jack Conner, Mgr. beatty;s Co-Operative Cafeterias Py Dividends to Hies Who Do tfco Work urn t "UKE'EM all szet all look alike stkah6er Relative- wend or to LET ME tell. ro 50METHIMG, ne?hew- VMEN'VOU 6ET A LITTLE VOUGH Ttf AT SOU PON'T KNOW WHAT TO Po vatH Co out ANP boy Yourself otE 6000 eonc?- fcEAL ESTATE BONPS: OvV 30Ot TIVlPEtiP-rAVlNG WCrCS mi w 'oprnght: HUSBAND New Phase of of a Wife asked, after a question or two about ;he amount of pressure to put upon the clutch and the accelerator. "Then may I try it?" He did as I requested, then stopped the car, alighted and came around to the other side, while I slid into the driver's seat. "Just one caution," he said. "If you hear a grating noise when you try to change your gears, stop. Don't try to force them through. Just be gin all over again." All right, I said tensely, and, with every bit of concentration in me, I went at the gears, and to my own great surprise I found that they meshed without trouble. As the big car went into third and I felt the engine resporid to the slight press ure of my foot upon the accelerator, I felt like a bird which had just been released from a cage and I drew in my breath sharply. Thats very good. Major Grant- land commented. "Now drive along for a while, just as if you were at the wheel of your own small car, only remembering that this wheel is bigger. Keep on this road. It's a long one and unusually good." For two miles or more we sped along, my exhilaration growing with every throb of the motor. Finally, Maior Grantland said quietly: Do you see . that immense pine about 500 feet in front of you?" , "Yes." "Try to brine your care to a stop so that the engine shall be exactly . opposite it. Now, this was something that 1 AMUSEMENTS. Starting To Night at 8 Premier Presentation in this City of this Famous and Wonder ful Production Owing to enormous size of produc tion and length of performance, patrons are requested to be aeated by 8 o'clock at no one will be seated during first act. R DAY COMSTOCK tad MORBIS CEST Tuc PRESENT s- Worlds d Most Beautiful ipRODUCTlOU f4BG Orient , NOW IH ITS SCNS- C0MPwy i 300 . 5th YEAR mm KTHIS , MMSTYS ThCffTRE. . LONDON . WTffion ONE Yf.HR the CENTIMhejftt.N.) SPECIAL NOTE In presenting "Chu Chin Chow" in this city tonight, Mr. Morris Gest de sires to emphasize the fact that "Chu Chin Chow" will be given here EX ACTLY as done in London and New York. DOWN TO THE VERY LAST SPANGLE. THREE YEARS AGO In New York, when "Chu Chin Chow" was first presented in America, before the most brilliant audience ever gath ered together in America, many people paid FIFTY DOLLARS for a single seat. HEATRE W The Bohemians. Inc., Announce A REVUSICAL COMEDY OF NEW YORK'S LATIN QU ARTIER Original Greenwich Village Theater Company j James Watts, Ted Lewis, "Jazz King" Al Herman, Sylvia Jason, Verna Gordon, Hickey Bros., and the 20 FAMOUS ARTISTS" MODELS NIGHTS, $1 to $3. WED. MAT, 50c to $2. SAT. MAT., $1 to $2.50 PHOTOPLAYS. EUGENE O'lBDlDEN in clokxt Lyivcli'a 'Broadway and Home EXTRA SPECIAL! EXTRA SPECIAL! JUDGE COOLEY (Himself) Famous Omaha criminal lawyer will be a member of the cast of the special moving picture production which will actually be made on the Muse stage tonight. First Showing they BUY IT HAP MX HM "3 HALF WALNUTS AND A PEA T"R.ltT TO 6UESS WHICH ONE He HAt TVE PEA 0NtER AH WHEN v HE GOT THROUGH "SINNING ME HE At Young man, next TIME.XOU ?OME EUX WHOLE ONES- 193). By The Tneune Company, Chicago, had practiced with my own car and, when I stopped, Major Grantland's voice was distinctly approving. "Splendid" he said. "Now, we'll begin all over again, but this time only drive a few rods before stop ping and beginning again. If jrou don't mind my saying so, you guide a car unusually well. You need no practice in that." "I think I could listen without any objection to a great deal of that kind of comment," I said demurely. But I was properly punished for my frivolity a few seconds later, when in going from first to second the ball of the shift-rod seemedsuddenly to be endowed with malevolent life, struck the palm of my hand so forci bly that I cried out in pain. Where It Started Horseshoeing. . The practice of shoeing horses with iron is comparatively modern. The ancient Greeks used socks of leather for their horses, but the first record of metal shoes is on a bas relief at Avignon, portraying horses with shoes. A fragment of a metal horseshoe was found in the tomb of Childerio, a Frankish king, daring AMUSEMENTS. Brilliant Musical Burlesque Twice Daily waeek Mat. Today Final Performance Friday Nite JACOBS Sl JERMON (lae.) Otftr Their Uttit SurpriM FLASHLIGHTS OF 1029 BRAND NEW THIS SEASON ' A Modern Album el Btautllul Groups is Funny Pom In Tan Slttlnn and Fourtwe' Exploiloni. With That Vsrutlle Pair. -sK. McAllister & SHANNON A Fast-Movlna Whirlwind of ioy and Happiness. DANCY. PRANCV BEAUTY CHORUS Evgs. A Sun. Mat, 25-S0-75c-tl-1.2S Mats, 15c-25o-50o Ladies' Dime Mat. Every Week Day Baby Carriage Garage in the Lobby EMPRESS TWO SHOWS IN ONE SILVER FOUNTAIN, Posing Act; WORTH WAYTEN FOUR, Singing and Comedy; BAXLEY A PORTER, "The Call of a Song;" AERIAL PATTS, Aerial Act. Photoplay Attraction "The Face at the Window" Christie Comedy. Fox News. VAJWWJUW s,si. ss.saisa.il mi Matinee Daily, 2:15. Every Night, 8:15 "VARIETIES OF 1920;" GLENN. 4 JENKINS; Nate Leipzig; Alfred Latell; Sabbott 4 Brooks; Weadick 4 LaDue; Willie Hale 4 Bros.; Topica of the Day Kinograms. Matinees, 15c to SOc; Some 75c and $1.00; Sat. and Sunday Nights. 16c to $1.25. ALL NEXT WEEK STARTING MONDAY, JAN. 10th SEATS NOW SELLING PHOTOPLAYS. in Omaha Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith. OopyHiilit, iflo." Chicago Tribune Company ANt? PAYFfll? T- LESSON A. Fn i nu UT WALHUTS SIDNEY. 481, A. D. ' Tlic Arabs also used iron shoes about this time. Copyright, 1921, By the Wheeler Syiullrate. Inc. PHOTOPLAYS. Now Playing BERT LYTELL IN The PRICE of Redemption The Serious Funmalcer, ' BUSTER K EATON In His Latest "The Scarecrow" OtieGfeatPliotoplay Mil be shown at the Sun Theatre -AT- NO ADVANCE IN PRICES. iri'llhrilO 3 A drama of wives who never know, husbands who never tell, and women who never forget. Based on Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's story, "The Profligate." Showing "High an; Dry Mermaid Comedy RIALTO SYMPHONY PLAYERS Offering the overture. .."Mile Modiste" HARRY BRADER, Conductor J. K. JOHNSON, Organist $25.00 FREE! to an? man. woman or child in Omatia who Mttl in the flrt correct answer to the puzzle below, Wbat tlo the taltlalt below at and for? R.N.W. M. P. rjflN'T m41' "nr snlrr unlit falui 1 day. Jsnuttj 8th. Aiti1r tetter to Moon Thpsiir. Tlie l'J5 will w swarded tmm the stage of tlie Mcmi. Th fsmou production. "OCT Of THK SKOIVS." will he mown for s wrak mart ins 8mirta, Januart flih. and It will re veal the correct answer in the nuxtle. After von have seen the picture von will know poaitlrri? whether er not rou mstlrd the correct answer. The asms of the win oer will he annotutoed at erert show dur ns he week 1 s . S tT Tim X. Be3T wmmm I'HOTOVLATS. Every Woman in Omana Invited to Attend Our Starts at 3 p. m. today and continues all afternoon and evening.. ' THOOSfirJDS OF tMUIME food m MSF.E30LD PRODUCTS Will Be Given Away ABSOLUTELY FC3 Presented with the co-operation of Morris & Co. Gordon-Rainalter Co. Nut Butter Co. Peterson-Pegau Co. Purity Sausage Co. Union Match Co. Ritter Brokerage Co. Come Early A Splendid Program, Too TOM MIX Prairie $ 70MC71WfAM Enid Bennett in "SILK HOSIERY" and HAROLD LLOYD In His Latest and Best Comedy "Number Please" mm Orail
