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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1921.
THE GUMPS
PY-TIME TALES
TIDY ANDY
Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith.
Copyright, 1921. Chicago Tribune Company
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THE TALE OF
DICKI
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CHAPTER XIII.
The Feathers Fly.
"I'm glad to seey ou," Solomon
Owl told his cousin Simon Screcdier,
while Dickie Deer Mouse stood stock
still on the ground beneath the tree
where the two cousins were sitting.
"I'm glad to see you. And I hope
you're enjoying; good health."
"I'm well enough," Simon
Screecher grunted.
"Do you find plenty to eat now
adays ? bolonion asked him.
Simon Screecher admitted that he
Vas not starving.
"Ah!" Solomon exclaimed. "Then
you can have no objection to shais
ing a specially nice tidbit with your
own cousin."
Dickie Deer Mouse shivered. Bue
he did not dare move, with one of
Simon Screecher's great, glassy eyes
staring straight at him. And there
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.Turnintf swiftly, he flew straight
.athis cousin,
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was something else that did not help
to nut him at his ease: Solomon Owl
seemed to be watching him likewise!
, "Haven t you dined tonight? ii
mon Screecher inquired in a testy
tone. .
"Yes." Solomon admitted. "But I
. haven't had my dessert yet...,.
What are you looking at so closely,
Cousin Simon, down there on the
ground?"
An angry light came into Simon
Screecher's eyes.
"Can't I look where I please?" he
snapped.
And he changed his seat again, so
that he might get a better view of
Dickie and Solomon at the same
time. '
; Solomon Owl promptly moved to
another limb behind Simon, and
slightly higher.
And Dickie . Deer Mouse took
heart when Simon Screecher began
to make a. queer sound by opening
his beak and shutting it with a snap,
as if he would like to nip somebody.
Dickie knew that Simon Screecher
was in a terrible rage. And unless
his threatening actions scared Sol
omon Owl away, Dickie thought
there was likely to be a cousinly
fight. . -
He was pleased to notice that bol
omon Owl showed no sign of dismay.
There was really no reason why he
should. He was much bigger than
his peppery cousin. And he looked
at Simon in a calm and unruffled
fashion that ' seemed to make that
quarrelsome fellow angrier than ever.
"What's the matter?" Solomon
Owl asked Simon Screecher. "If
,you had any teeth . I'd. think they
were chattering. . . Are you having
a chill?"
Simon made no answer.
"Maybe you're afraid of some
thing." Solomon Owl suggested.
"Can it be that young Deer Mouse
down there on the ground? And
he laughed loudly at what he thought
was a joke. - ,
, -"That's my Deer Mouse 1" Simon
Screecher squalled, suddenly finding
his voice. "I saw. him first. .And he s
mv prize." .... T
"He looks to me like the one I
lost a few nights ago," Solomon Owl
announced solemnly. "In that case,
of course I saw hinv first. So you d
better flv home to your old apple
tree in the orchard."
"I'll do nothing of the sortt Si
mon Screecher declared; and his
voice rose to a shrill quaver.
: Turning swiftly, he flew straight
at his cousin. And then how the
feathers did fly 1
. Dickie Deer Mouse wanted to stay
right there, for he hated to miss any
of the fun. But he remembered that
he was a "tidbit;" so he scampered
away through the woods. And
though he never knew how the fight
ended, he was sure of one thing:
There was no prize for the winner.
' . (Cops-right, Grosset & Dunlap.)
WHY
Are Some Londoners Called "Cock
neys?", As used by writers of the Eliza
bethan period, the word "cockney"
meant a molly-coddle, an effeminate
person, a child that had been "cock
led" or coddled too much by its
mother. Then, because men who
lived in the city were supposed to
be less virile and strong than those
who lived in the country, the rural
population commenced to apply th?
term to the residents of London and
other cities, throughout England.
: Gradually this meaning was re
stricted and localized until it was
understood as being applicable only
to Londoners, or as one writer of
the period phrases it, "particularly
to connect the charcateristics in
which the born Londoner is sup
posed to be inferior to other English
men." The opposite term the one
applied by the townsman to the
farmer was "clown," meaning an
uncouth, ill-bred man.
Today, the nam of cockney is
applied generally to Londoners, but
more specifically to those of a certain-class
'Array and 'Arriet being
typical of the class which is sup
posed to drop its h's or to insert
them where they do not belong. But
anyone who has come in contact with
the cockney-as he is- today, will
testify to the fact that it is a iar cry
from him to the theoretically effemi
nate personage of the Elizabethan
period. - The London cockney may
not be well educated or extremely
refined in his speech but he is em
phatically not a molly-coddle. 1
The Way Madge and Dicky
"Worked" Together.
Lillian's scheme worked with
clocklike mechanism, when, after my
impatient mother-in-law had been
helped into the car by Dicky, we
started down the road ostensibly for
Sag Harbor. Just as we reached the
Dacey farm I stalled the engine with
a lack of co-ordination between
brake and clutch, which in my days
of learning to drive had been only
too easy of accomplishment Then,
bending forward so that my hands
were screened, I turned the switch
key enough so that ignition was impossible.
"What's . the matter " Mother
Graham demanded tartly.
"Just stalled the engine, I fancy,
trying to avoid that rut," I returned
glibly, putting my foot on the self
starter, with a mental apology to its
mechanism for the unpardonable
motor sin I was committing. I tried
it several times and turned to Dicky.
"It won't start," I said with an
air of helplessness.
An Admiring Chorus.
"Tvidently not," he returned dry
ly. "Probably your battery has run
down. How about the water in it?
I'll bet you haven't had it looked at
in weeks 1"
- "You'd lose your bet," I said, re
joicing at the air of naturalness he
was giving the affair, cut l can t
start it. Do you suppose it you
cranked it "
Dicky glared malevolently at me
across . nis motners unconscious
head, but climbed down grumbling
and cranked the "car two or three
times, with, of course, no success.
Then he went through the farce of
insnectincr the oil. water and gas,
finally with great gravity deliver
ing the verdict I was looking for:
"Something must have gone
wrong with the engine. Well just
have to wait till the next car comes
alone and send a message to the
nearest garage to come out and see
what's the matter with it. We can
have them send out a taxi at the
same time. .
"And do I have to sit Were until an
those peopte get here?" my mother-in-law
demanded. "I'll be cramped
stiff." . , ,
My thoughts involuntarily new
back to a woman I once knew who
kept her baby carriage moving up
and down on her porcn oecausc h
was afraid to let her baby lie m a
draft if the carriage stood still.
irUv rnressins a smile at my
mntlipr-in-law's similar inconsist
ency, I eagerly waited to see how
Dicky would handle the situation.
"Yes, it does make a difference
when the car is standing still," he
remarked without the ghost of a
smile. "But why don't you get out
and walk around a bit? If I m not
mistaken, Madge, itsn't this the old
farm of which Mrs. Ticer was tell
ing us, the fine old place that was so
terribly run down?"
"The one with the wonderful
apple orchard and the lilac hedge?
I queried demurely. "Yes, it is, I
am quite sure. The lilacs are fine,
aren't they?" .
"Come With Me."
M mother-in-law cast a critical
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glance ai inc uuiauc
lovelineses against
branches. , .
"Good enough," she returned
curtly. "Help me down, Richard.
I'm going to look over this place.
Margaret, you come with me. Rich
ard, you come along as soon as your
garage man reaches here."
Dicky winked encouragingly at
me as he helped me from the car
after he had seen his mother safely
to the ground. I winked back
smilingly, then dutifully offered my
arm to Mother Graham. She took
it with less than her usual crustiness
and I noticed hopefully that there
was a distinct light of interest m her
eyes as she looked over the gnarled
old apple orchard.
"This is just like my father's apple
orchard at home," she said with a
little unconscious sigh. "The man
who planted this knew what he was
about. But how it has been neglected!
It's worth restoring, however. I
never in my life saw such a wealth
of blossoms. I wonder how much land
there is here."
"I think I heard Mrs. Ticer say
something about thirty acres," I
hazarded. "Have you noticed the
house? It's horribly run down but I
imagine it was fairly good, for that
day, of course."
I made my tone as deprecatory as
possible, knowing the surest way of
rousing her ardent interest in the old
place. She is a most intolerant
champion of the old times against
the new, and nothing makes her quite
so angry as a slur on the older times
from a member of the younger gen
eration. "You only show your ignorance,
Margaret," she rejoined coldly, "by
such a statement. Anything good
enough for that day is far too good
for the younger upstarts of this gen
eration. They can't appreciate it
I'm going to look it over. Who has
thekey?'p
T fancy it isn't locked. It's empty,
you know, and they rarely lock doors
down here.." I was sure of this point,
for Mrs. Ticer, at my behest, had
sett Jerry - scurrying across lota
More Truth Than Poetry
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE
WHY THE COMET SAILS
I've asked of wise astronomers what made the comets sail
Across the velvet skies at night, each followed by his tail,
But though they all had theories about the comet's flight
They none of them appeared to ba quite sure that they were right.
But when I askad a little boy, he gravely bobbed his head
And told me he'd explain it all, and this is what he said :
One night when all the children stars were shining in the sky, ,
Each doing just as he was told, an asteroid came by
A rough and ugly asteroid who hurried much too fast
And jostled all the little stars as he went rushing past
And one, a tiny baby star was tumbled from his place
And fell and' fell and fell, through million miles of space.
So then the naughty asteroid was stricken with remors
(He wasn't wicked in his heart; stars never are, of course)
And carrying a glowing mist, which shone as bright as day,
He went to hunt that baby star along the Milky Way.
But there, with such a swarm of stars his pathway was beset,
That though he's searched a million years, he hasn't found him yet.
Now looking through the window pane the comet I behold,
And see behind his shining head a scarf of yellow gold,
And now he's rushing1 to and fro to find the baby star ;
That lost his hold upon the sky, and tumbled down so far. ;
And as I watch him flash above the round and pallid moon,
I signal that I hope his search will prosper very soon.'
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KIDS ARE GETTING CALLOUS.
Curious that when Mr. Ruth emerged from the cell where he had
been confined for speeding there was no little child to cry out to him,
"Say it ain't true, Babe!"
IT WOULD HAVE HELPED IN SIMS CASE.
The New York Herald says Admiral Sims' achievements are carved
out of solid rock. But an admiral's deeds should really be written in
water. .
THE REST OF THE WORLD WILL ALSO PROSPER.
That thirty-three billions will not amount to much if it teaches Ger
many what an expensive luxury the Hohenzollern dynasty was.
(Copyrlfbt, 1921. by Tha Ben Syndicate Inc.)
of lavender
the green
earlier in the mornTne with com
mands to unlock all the doors of the
old place.
We 11 soon find out. Come with
me at once. Good enough for that
day! Humph!"
She stalked toward the house mut
tering . objurgations against the
crudity aad ignorance of the younger
generation, while I followed, my
heart beating high with hope that the
charm of the old place would obsess
her as it had Dicky and me.
Continued Tomorrow.
Do You Know the Bible?
(Cover tip 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 As Arranged by
J. WILSON ROY.
1. Who wrote these words, "Let
each esteem other better than them
selves?" 2. Where did Abraham see the ram
caught in the thicket?
,3. What does Jehovah-jireh mean?
4. How old was Abraham's wife,
Sarah, when she died?
v S. Where did Sarah die?
6. Where was Sarah buried?
Answers.
1. Paul. See Phillippians ii. 3. .
2. Jehovah-jireh. , '
3. The Lord will provide.
4. One hundred and twenty-seven
years.
5. In Kirjath-arba.
6. In the cave of- Machpelah.
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The chrysoprase is today's natal
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it had magic qualities, and could
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much it was deserved.
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Of Superstitions
Dog Hill Paragrafs
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Job's Tears.
In nearly all parts of the country
a necklace of Job's Tears is thought
to be a preventive, or a cure, for all
kinds of throat diseases, and is high
ly recommended for teething chil
dren. Job's Tears are the seeds of
the Croix Lachryma Jobi," an East
Indian plant closely allied to maize.
In India it is cultivated as an edible
grain and has become naturalized in
Spain and Portugal, where flour is
occasionally made from it. In this
country it is cultivated as a garden
curiosity. In Arizona and New
Mexico the grains of chrysolite found
with certain semi-precious stones
are locally called Job's Tears; but
the Job's tears of the superstition
are the seeds of the Croix Lachryma.
The seeds are of bluish white color
and are often used for bracelets,
necklaces, etc.
In a publication of the American
Folk-lore society it is stated that re
cently a Massachusetts apothecary
was shown a necklace of Job s Tears
by a woman who asserted that her
dauehter had iust been cured of
diphtheria by its use. A dark in
crustation uoon the "tears' was
pointed out as being "the substance
of the disease" which had been
transferred to the seeds. Here we
have a clear case of the survival of
that form of primitive magic known
as contagious magic, based on the
law of contact. There is just so
much of the "substance of the dis
ease" in the afflicted throat or the
inflamed gums of the child and a
part of it, at least, must go out into
the magic necklace by the law of
contact. Probably the whole of it,
for spiritism enters into the . cure,
the Job's Tears being grain and all
the ancients believing in the corn
god or spirit of the grain a bene
ficient diety. '
Copyright, 1921, by The McClure News
paper oynaicaio, t
By George Bingham
Much interest attaches to the
movements of Poke Eazley who was
Where It Started
Leaving the Last Piece of Cake.
It is considered bad luck, or doom
ing to a single life, to take the last
piece of cake or other food on the
plate. This superstition may be
traced as lar back as the isibie,
where the injunction to "leave some
for. manners is found in fc.cclesiastes
xxxi, l. it originated apparently
as an item of table etiquette, to
avoid the appearance of greediness.
seen going toward home today with
a new fire insurance policy and a can
of coal oil.
.
The depity constable, who is a
candidate for re-election, says he
wishes the ballots of the people
could be cast by a standing vote, as
on election day nearly everybody is
walking around anyhow,
On account of the bad condition
of the road leading to Rye Straw
there is some talk of either moving
the town or tixing the road.
Copyright, 1921, George Matthew Adams,
Parents' Problems
Can a mother be a playfellow of
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his respect?
A mother who is the olavfellow
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be able to command his respect
more successfully than under any
other circumstances, for the reason
that in their play together the
mother and boy will learn to un
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make it , plain to her boy that her
fundamental duty as mother is to
help him to do what is right, and
that his fundamental duty is to re
member that she is not only older
and wiser than he, but the- best
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