THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY. APRIL 4. 1921.
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ISLt t P Y I i,m k. m i- . . h a
"ONWARD OAH A"
'THE TALE OF
TOMMY FOX
ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
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CHAPTER XIII.
Johnnie Green and His New Pet
Tommy Fox was in a terrible fix.
lie was caught fast by the foot in a
trap; and if that isn't being in a fix.
I should like to know what is.
AH night long he whimpered and
cried. All night long he tugged and
pulled, trying to get free. Hut the
more he tugged the more the trap
hurt his foot. And the harder lie
cried.
Mrs. Fox couldn't help Tommy at
all. She stayed with him throughout
the night, and tried .to comfort him.
And she only left when morning
came and she smclled men coming
Hz could hear her often, at night,
calling to Mm from the fields
across the fields. Then, with one
sorrowful look at Tommy, she crept
sadly away.
Jn a few minutes more Farmer
Green and his boy Johnnie reached
Mrs. Fox's door. And they were
both greatly pleased when they saw
that the trap had done its work so
well.
"It's a young cub," Farmer Green
said, as soon as he spied Tommy
1 'May I have him, Father?" John
nie asked quickly. "I'd like him for
3 Tommy Fox vai terribly fright
ened when he heard that. You see,
he didn't know what a "pet" was.
HOLDING A
Adele Garrison's
Revelations
The Plan Lillian Suggested to Dicky.
If I might venture to suggest,"
I illian said with suspicious meekness
in answer to Dicky's demand as to
where ve were going to live. n
"You may speak, Patient Gnsejda,
Dicky replied with an impish grin at
h"rm going to." she retorted a little
grimly, "and if you have any usurer s
blood in you my remarks will doubt
less grieve you deeply. You made
a pretty good thing on the sale ot
the house, didn't you?"
"You've said something, Dicky re
.,i;,i Knminr "I feel hke a
profiteer, but it's the first time m a
tong and misspent life that I ever
succeeded in getting the better end
of a deal in a business transaction.
And when t contemplate the party
ot the second part, that unspeakable
woman who was. snooping around ,
here the. other day. I'm ready to
gloat over every dollar of it. 1
know- she's a skinflint, and that she
sheds a tear on every cent as it is
transferred. Are those tears sweet
to rnuli? Almost as sweet as the.
dollars."
What Is This?"
"I hope vou're not too attached to
the dollars,'" Lillian went on demure
ly, "for I'd like to separate you from
about a thousand of them, for which
you will get no return except a little
increased comfort and sense of , se
curity." Dicky whistled. "What is this, a
rag?" he demanded.
'Nothing of the sort," Lillian re
plied. "1 never-was more serious
in my life."
"Stop the car, Madge!' he com
manded whimsically, but there was
a note in his voice which told me
that he reallv meant this unexpected
request. "I've got to look into this.
A thousand iron men! Police! Am
I permitted to inquire what you in
tend to do with it?" '
I drew the car to the side of the
road, turned off the engine, and,
turning around watched Lillians face
with interest. I had no more idea
than had Dicky Of the scheme which
was evidently concocting . in her
brain. ,. ,
"There really isn't the slightest
reason why I sliould inform you of
the money's destination," Lillian
drawled. "You've been clever enough
to extort it from a poor, helpless,
brow-beaten woman that ought to
content you. But, 'secin' as it's you.'
I'll elucidate, hut I warn you it'll
take some time."
She settled herself more comfort
ably in her seat, evidently gave the
points of her disclosure a quick
mental review, and then began to
speak in the slow drawl which she
affects sometimes:
"Let's proced from-the known to
the unknown," she began. In the
first place, we've satsifieil ourselves
fhat there's no house to rent, and
none that we wish to buy within
commuting distance of New York,
x Even if we older people wished to
live in New York this summer an
unthinkable proposition for Marion
and Junior we couldn't find an
apartment. Things are worse, there
than in the suburbs. And by dint
of difrgent inquiry I have found that
every furniture warehouse is filled to
the brim. Also the moving men
within a radius of forty miles won't
promise a thing till after May IS."
Arranging to Work.
"Whew!" Dicky's face showed
- ,i,rm -,nt i-liao-rin "And we're due
to get out of here long before that!
If it were anybody but that dame in
the offing but it would be useless to
expect anything from her. , We've
simply got to get out. I'll grant
von the thousand. Lil. I'll give it
to you as a commission, ii you'll get
us out of this mess."
"I never rob a cradle," she retorted
impudently. "All I ask is that you
rx'riin f mm an v remarks about fool
J&X1-
it
5omen, tyinecesjary. expense and,
He thought that probably it was
something like a stew, for he had
been told that people ate things like
that; and he could see himself, in
his mind's eye, being cut up and
tossed into a pot.
"A fet, eh?" said Farmer Green.
"Well, I suppose so. He's hardly
worth skinning. Yon may have him,
I guc'ss. But look out that he does,
not bite you."
Johnnie Green was delighted. He
i,.torl tii father nut Tommv into
an old sack, and taking the trap, too,
they started toward tne larmnouse.
wi..n iir reachert Farmer Green's
.Villi. , - , r.
Tnhnni and his father fitted
, cff rntlar a limit Tommy's neck.
And they fastened one end of a chain
1 j .v. ..1... 1,. tuxl
to It; ana me umci mu
. , staVi which thev drove
into the ground in Farmer Green's
dooryard. Then Johnnie Green set
a big wooden box close beside the
stake. He tipped the box over on its
side, and tnrcw some straw niiu u.
And that was Tommy Fox's home.
v.. .nitrti thintc that it was a
much nicer home than he had before,
Vint Tnmmir rtirl not like it at all. All
the people on the farm came and
looked at him insiae tne nox; auu
inimnlf Crrpn never left him for
more than 10 minutes all the rest
of that day.
Tommy made tip ms mum mat ne
would make a house of his own. And
ti.it v.nr niorhi- fliicr a hole in
Farmer "Green's dooryard. where lie
could crawl our ot signt or everyone.
Tommy liked that much better. No
matter how hard Johnnie Green
nulled on the chain, he couldn't drag
Tommy out unless he wanted to
come. .
But after a few days Tommy be
gan to get used to being a pet. He
found that it was not such a terri
ble thing, after all. He did miss
tha fine runs he used to have; and
the hunts: and he missed his motn
er, too. He could hear her often at
night, calling to him from the fields.
And tlicn Tommy would answer, and
tug at his chain. But he couldn t get
away. And after a while he would
go to sleep and dream pleasant
dreams, about catching crickets in
the long grass.
(Copyright, Grassett and Dunlap.)
HUSBAND
New Phase of
of a Wife
any of the rest of the list which you
wie masculines trot out on any sort
of an excuse. For I warn you, you
won't approve. My plan is simply
to lease for you some comfortable
p&ce at the east end of the island
for two years, move the furniture out
there in that section the vans are
not so busy, and we can get them if
we act at once then sit tight tor
awhile. We'll then have plenty ot
time to keep our eyes open for some
thing we really want. I'll get some
little furnished place near you
i...i-a.f annrtmpnt lease is a long-
term one, and I can sublet or leave it
empty as I like. It isn't as if any of
.,c UiA tr nnnrh a time-clock or
commute to the city every day. We
can arrange to do a lot 01 our wur.
at home, Dicky-bird."
"That doesn't work oat so very
well," Dicky said doubtfully. n "Al
ways unexpected interruptions."
1 flushed painfully at the injustice
of the remark, for I always am most
rarpful tr nee that Dick is absolutely
undisturbed at his work. .
Lilian came to my rescue, saying
the thing which was in my liimd, but
which I never woud have uttered.
"You mean,' she drawled coolly,
"iiiof ..nnVff atwavs interruDtinz
yourself, flying off at a tangent when
you should DC drawing, xou may uc
able to deceive yourself,- Dicky-bird,
but don't hand any of the vanilla
icing to me. I've worked by your
side too long.
"But apart from that objection,
...Kr, An vnn think nf mv' scheme?
Oh, yes, the thousand dollars is for
moving out, deposit on house, and
So forth, the little trifles which make
moving such a pleasure."
Do You Know the Bible?
(Cover up the answers, read the ques
tions and see If you can answer them.
Then look at the answers to see it you
are right.)
Follow These Questions and An-
. swers Arranged by
J. WILLSON ROY.
1. Whatis the meaning of the
word "Hosannah?"
2. Why is . the Last or Lord's
Supper so called?
3. Why did Jesus, before insti
tuting the Lord's Supper, take the
cup and give thanks, saying, "Take
this, and divide it among your
selves?" 4. What is the meaning of "he
that dippeth his hand with me in
the dish," as applied by our Lord
to Judas Iscariot?
5. Why did our Saviour, in re
ply to the question of the high priest
whether He was the Son of God
(Matt. xxvi. 64), reply "Thou hast
said 'instead of "Yes" or "No?"
6. Who was Pontius Pilate?
Answers.
1. It is a form of acclamatory
blessing or wishing well, which sig
nifies "Save now," Succor now," "Be
propitious."
2. Because it was instituted by
Christ, as the last act of His minis
try, in company with His disciples,
and immediately before He went
out to be delivered into the hands
of His enemies.
3. Because it was the custom with
the master of the feast to take such
a cup. to bless it with ceremony,
then drink of it, and pass it to the
guests. ,
4. It, was the custom at that
time to eat with the hands only, and
without the assistance of forks,
which were not instituted till many
centuries afterwards.
5 Because the former was the
usual mode of delivering an an
swer in the affirmative.
6. He was the fifth Roman pro
curator or governor of Judea, suc
cessor to Emperor Tiberius in the
13th year of his reign. (A. D. 28).
(Copyright. 1J1. by Th Wheeler Syndi
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