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THE TALE OF
GRUNTY
PIG
BY ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
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THE CHECK WILL FOLLOW LATER
Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith.
'oiyr!irht 19UI Chicago Tribune Company
CIIAPTFR XIII.
Home at Last.
"What's this?" Farmer Grci u ex
claimed, when he went to unlock the
jiiggcry in the morning and found
Grunty Pig lying up against the
door. "Did you get locked out last
night? Was it you that old Spot
was barking at?"
Grunty I'ig didn't dare answer.
When Farmer Green dropped ldm in
to the pen he said nothing to any
body not even "Good Morning!"
A little later Farmer Green found
something more outside the piggery.
In the loose dirt he discovered bear
tracks!
"Aha!" he cried to his sou John
nie. "Look here! We had a visitor
hst night. It was no wonder old
Spot woke us all up. A bear called
on us! And he'd certainly have had
the pig if Spot hadn't scared him
off."
Naturally the news soon spread
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"That's a good Grunty," said Mrs. Pig.
all over the farmyard. And when
Mrs. Pig heard it she began to
tremble.
"To think." she quavered, "that
my littlest child spent the night out
of doors, with a bear prowling about
the neighborhood! And 1 slept
through it all!
"Tell me all about it Grunty!'' she
commanded that young gentleman.
It is not surprising that (.'.runty
Pig was puzzled. Hadn't bis mother
told him, during the night, not to
mention the word "bear" again?
And now she was urging him to talk
about that very animal. It was
most perplexing. And he dared not
open his mouth for fear of ytting
himself into trouble.
"Squeak tip!" s-aid his mother
sharply which was the same ; say
ing, "Speak up!"
So he told bis story. 'And when
he had finished Mrs. Pig fairly
covered him with caresses.
"'It seeing to me " she sniffed,
(or she was quite upset, "it seems to
me That I remember your saying
something about a bear last night.
But I wasu'ej wide awake at the
time. And I thought you were fib
bing again.
"Perhaps." she added, "this will
teach you a few things tint you
l ceded to learn Always mind
vour mother!" said Mrs. Pig.' "And
always tell the truth!
Her children all repeated tin; worus
after her. And Grunty Pig's voice
could have been heard plainly above
all the rest.
His mother looked at him tondly.
She had always claimed that she had
110 favorite among her children.
Everv one of them was just :is prec
ious "to her as another. But now
she couldn't help thinking what a
promising youngster Grunty was,
even if he was the runt of the fam-
' '"That's a good Grunty," said Mrs.
I'ig. "You won't forget this lesson,
will vou?"
"'o. Mother!" Grunty answered.
Now. that cry aftcmoo'.i Mrs.
Pig took it into her head to have
her children say the morning's les
son again So she called her young
sters together. And she asked
Grunty the first of all to recite wdiat
she had-aught him.
"I think it was something about a
bear," he stammered, "but I can't re
member exactly."
"Dear me!" said poor Mrs. Fig.
"I don't know what I'll do with this
lad."
Then she asked the other children,
one by one, what they had h-arned
that very nioniinfc.
There wasn't one of them that
hadn't forgotten everything.
"Dear me!" said unhappy Mrs.
Pig. "I don't know what I'll do
with all of them. But I'll treat them
all alike. I have no favorite. There
isn't one of them that's stupider
than another."
When Grunty Tig heard that he
felt quite proud. "It was some
thing, anyhow, to be as stupid as the
rest, even if he was smaller.
(Copyright, 1921. by the Metropolitan
Newspaper Service.)
Do You Know the Bible?
Romance in Origin
Of Superstitions
By H.
Carrying i
IRVING KING.
Spade Through the
House.
The superstition that it brings bad
luck to carry a spade through the
house is one frequently met with in
the rural districts. William Wells
Xewcll attributes this to association
a spade is used to dig graves. Hut
it is safe to say that a farmer asso
ciates a spade with his garden and
not w ith a graveyard. Moreover we
find in some localities the supersti
tion that it is unlucky to carry a
hoe or. an axe through the house
existing along with the spade super
stition and " there is no graveyard
suggestion attaching to a hoc or an
axe. The origin of all three of the
superstitions must be looked for in
the ideas held by the ancients with
regard to iron. This is shown by
the fact that the Michigan farmer
considers it b.-d luck, perhaps an
omen of death in the family, to carry
an axe or any other iron implement
through tin- house. How the an
cients regarded iron has already been
stated in this series in connection
with the "Touch Iron" superstition
SuOice it to say here that iron was
abhorred by evil spirits and they
were likely to do mischief to any
thing into the composition of which
iron entered if they could and to
revenge themselves upon people who
handled hot) or kept it about. Only
the most powerful amulets over their
doors kept the evil spirits from
harming the blacksmith of Pompeii
and not long ago an Indian prince
objected to iron being used in the
construction of houses in his domains
lest the evil spirits spread the chol
era abroad in revenge. Evil spirits
abhor iron and yet they are much
afraid of it. Working with an iron
implement out of doors, with the
tree gods, the grain god and all the
other beneficent forces of nature
about does not much matter. But
when you take an iron implement
from its natural sphere and carry it
through the house the evil spirits
are quite likely to follow raging after
it and wreck their malevolence upon
the people of the household.
(Copyright, 1921. UeClure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
(Cover up th answers, read the ques
tion nfl (. If you can answer them.
Then took at the answers lo see If you
r rlrht.)
Follow These Questions and Anj'
wers As Arranged by
J. WILSON ROY.
1. What was the name of Elisha's
servant?
2. How old was Isaac when he
Hied?
3. What blind prophet recognized
a kmes wite in disguise;
, 4. At what place did Dayid cut
off Saul's shirt?
5. What prophet divided Jordan
1 v smitinar the waters with the
mantle of another prophet?
6. What city did Hicl build?
Answers.
1. GcbazL
2. 180 years. Sec Genesis xxxv.
28.
3. See I Kings xiv. 4-6.
4. The wilderness of En-gedi. Sec
Samuel xxiv. 4.
S. Sec 2 KinHS ii. U-14
f. Tericho See 1 Kings xvi. 34.
(Copyright. 1921. Wheeler Sniilcate. Inc.)
Road construction cost in France
during pre-war years, $13,685 a juilc,
Vint has since then increased 250 to
ZW per cent.
Jewel, Flower, Color
Symbols for Today
By MILDRED MARSHALL.
Jade is today's talismanic gem,
and brings its wearer riches and
success. The Chinese believed th..t
it protected its wearer from danger
and disease and assured him of a
long life.
Today s natal slone is the chrys-
oprasc; it was thought by the an
cients to have the good qualities of
the emerald, tade and opal com
bined. To it they attributed magic
qualities, claiming that it could even
avert merited punishment.
Black is today's hue; worn by a
girl or young woman, it is significant
ot coquetry. '
Today's flower is the camelia,
symbolic of youth and beauty.
(Copyright, 1921, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
WHY
Why Do Wrinkles Appear?
Underneath the skin, and support
ing it at all points except where
there are dimples, is a very fine net
work ot muscles which hold the
skin in place and prevent it from
sagging or pulling away from the
layer of tissue immediately under
neath. As time passes, these muscles,
like the others in our bodies, be
come old and at last partially worn
out and at last they are incapable of
performing their proper function. It
is ; then- that wrinkles appear, for
these are nothing more than a fine
continuous line of dimples, due to
the shortening or weakening of the
muscles just under the skin usually
those which have been subjected to
the' greatest strain.
' It is for this reason that, in com
paratively young men, we often note
wrinkles around the eyes or lines
about the corners of the mouth,
signs 'that these muscles have been
overworked and have, at last, suc
cumbed to the continuous exertion.
If the matter is attended to in time
it is often possible to eradicate these
wrinkles by massaging or moving
the skin regularly and thus strength
ening the muscles, just as those in
any other part of the body would
be. strengthened by exercise, or
freedom from worry-vhich causes
an involuntary contraction of the
brows will oftentimes attain the
same end. ' But in older people the
muscles are entirely played oJt and
the fine hair-line wrinkles mak? their
appearance, first around the positions
of the face which are most generally
used the ecs and the mouth and
then, finally, in the sagging checks
and lined forehead of advancing age.
(Copyright, I'll. Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
Home Coming, at Brownvillc
Pawnee City, Neb.. Aug. 19.
(Special.) Citizens of Brownville
held a big hotne-comiii'j day. Many
reunions took place and picnics were
numerous.
Dog Hill Paragrafs
By George Bingham
A bigger church bell has
placed on top of the Hog
been
Ford
church. The old one could be heard
for some distance but never did take
effect on some people.
The Mail Carrier for some time
lias been mystified with some mys
terious and unusual noises about his
buggy, and at first he believed i was
the matil screaking, but the noise
ceased today when he greased his
axles.
,ommon oense
By J. J. MUNDY.
Debt and Common Sense.
Arc you going deeper and deeper
in debt because you are endeavoring
to live as you did while your income
was a third, perhaps larger than at
present?
. Naturally you dislike to drop out
of the crowd in which you were able
to mingle when your income was
larger, and you still like to enjoy the
same luxuries which your "more
money period" made possible.
But you are convinced that you
cannot spend 3 much as you did
and meet your obligations, so is it
not time for you to call a halt?
Retrench "and keep within your
means and have peace in your heart,
rather than have to dodge the col
lector at home and outside.
Eventually you may have to drop
out in disgrace, for how would you
feel to have your possessions taken
from you one by one for debts
which you owe.
If you arc running behind and you
see no way to increase your income
honestly, is it not foolish for you
to bo on as you arc?
Yon cannot make two incomes
out of jour one better retrench.
Those with whom you associate
will have a great deal more respect
for you if you show that you have
common sense in the matter rather
than be forced by vour creditors to
give up what you have.
Copyright-. 19"1 International Feature
Service. Inc.
Frisby Hancock finds that he has
been doing most of his walking with
his right foot, as he has had to have
that sole half-soled and the other
one don't need it at all.
Copyright, 1931, Georgo Matthew Adams.
Where It Started
Soap.
According to Pliny, soap was dis
covered by the Gauls. Jeremiah also
mentions soap (Jer. ii, 22), "For
though thou wash thee with natron,
and take thee much sopc, yet thine
iniquity is marked before me." The
actual discovery of soap was prob
ably accidental.
Parents' Problems
Should girls and boys of high
school age be permitted to go to
matinees or entertainments without
a chaperon?
A chaperon is always desirable
under such conditions. Boys and
girls of the best kind are glad to
have the company of an older per
son to take charge of the party;
and an older person of the right
kind will in no way put a damper on
the pleasure of the occasion
Both the British government and
manufacturers are aiding China in
the establishment of aviation schools.
CLOTHING COMPANY
DOUGLAS
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At Prices
These $35
Blue Serge
and Fancy
Suits To Go hoppers are the
m a a m J .r "rtt to attend
SATURDAY ' Z,;S
this time.
Men, when you can buy fine tailored blue serge
as well as fancy worsted suits for as little money
as $19.50, then your best opportunity has arrived.
It is here Saturday at the Palace and nothing but
disappointment will come to the man in need of a
suit who fails to answer the call of this sensational
offer.
OMAHA MOTHERS! Here's
Sturdy School Clothes at
Remarkably Little Prices
At $6.98
Boys' 2 Pants
SCHOOL
SUITS
In sizes from 7 to
17 years, fancy mix
tures, extra trous
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At $9.98
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SCHOOL
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Sturdy suits built
to give the greatest
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service; extra trous
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Deputy's Fall Into
Cistern Checked as
'Bay Window' Wedges
Nichols Halter, deputy sheriff,
weighs 300 pounds.
Thursday afternoon deputies were
"tipped off" that Joseph Poet, a farm
er living two miles north of Florence,
bad a quantity of "moonshine" hid
den in his cistern. The deputies went
there. They ' found some liquor in
the house.
Nick went to the cistern for the
big cache. The wooden covering over
thc cistern gave way under Nick's
weight and the big deputy fell in up
to his waist. He was wedged so
tightly that his brother deputies had
to work hard to get him out.
Poet was arrested and charged with
illegal possession of liquor.
Band Concert to Be Given at
River view Park August 21
Another band concert ol the
summer series staged by the City
Concert club, will be given next Sun
day at 5 in Riverview park.
Following is the program:
March "Marc h of the Marines" .. Hrooke.
Overture "Martha" Flotow
Grand Fantasip "Mai itana" Wallace
Waltz "Jolly Fellows" Vollsfdt
Gavotti "First Heart Throbs". . Eilenbcrg
Remarks: Hester Brunson Copper, presi
dent of City Concert club, "What the
Club Means to OmnhR."
INTERMISSION'.
March "Slate 'Militia Review". . . Koppltz
Chorus "Tannhauser" VVajrner
Paraphrase "I.oreiey" Nesvadba
Characteristic "Cocoanut lHtue" irprmnn
Medley "Songs from the Old Folks". Lake
Star Spannled Banner
Booker Washington's Nephew of the Knights of Pyti.ias ana st.
WW c ! . a 4. 'John. A.. M. E. church. Mr. bim
Speak at Auditorium ha8 travelcd cxtensive,y ,
Col. Roscoe Conkhng .Simmons., ,. , ';, ;,.fth. Deace con-
nephew of the late Booker-T. Wash- I at VtcSailleS,. France,: in 1919.
His subject . will be "Under Which
ington and the greatest orator of his
race, will speak at the City , au
ditorium Monday at 8 under auspices
Flag?"
1'HOTOI'I.AVS.
Last Charter Member of
Frat to Attend Convention
George A. Ross, 87, 1921 Lothrop
street, is the only surviving member
of the body of men who originated
the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He
will attend the annual convention
which will open in Omaha, Au
gust 24.
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'Dope Smuggled Into
Omaha Via Missouri
" River, Officers Told
Federal tiaroetic officers have been
informed that "dorir" is being
smuggled across the Canadian bor-
tlpr ransrmrfprl liv imfmnnKi'.. mV
plane to the bead waters of the Mis
souri and floated down to Omaha and
Kansas City on barges manned by
armed men.
Although federal officers scout this
information, they say recent raids
revealed that large quantities of drugs
were finding their way into Omaha.
Thousands of dollars worthy of
cocaine and morphine has been seized
in recent raids on underworld dives.
Legion to Have Carnival
Callaway, Neb.. Aug. 19.-(Special.)
The American Legion here
has contracted with a carnival com
pany to give a week's performance.
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LAST DAY
CONSTANCE
BINNEY
in
'Such a Little Queen'
C3he XevT
LAbl TIMES TONIGHT
"THE HOME STRETCH"
TOMORROW ONLY
D.-N.-Y.-W.
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FINAL DAY
THOMAS MEIGH AN
"The Easy Road"
and
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
in
"A Dog's Life"
LAST TIMES
"The Fighter"
TOMORROW
"Cold Steel"
A.MISEMENTS.
OPENS SUN., AUG. 21
Seats on Sale Thuraday Aug. 13
BLOSSOM SEELEY l!0nar
With CO.: JOE
Bennie Fields & Ca.
A Wm. Haig; Mae Melville 4 Ceo. Rule;
Kara; Kitty Thomas; Aesop'e Fables;
Topics of the Day; Kinovrams. - Mati
nees 15c to 50c: some 75c and Sl.OO
Sat. and Sun. Nights 15c to $1.00,
some $1.25 St. and .Sun.
LAST
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DEVFAU DFLL 4 JOE. A Vrntrll...l.
Novelty: LAPINE EMERY. "Ut!l What
SOU ol Vaudeville": CHARLES SEABURV.
Comic CartoonUt: GARDNER'S MANIACS
In "A Physical Culture Surprise": Photoplay
Attraction. "BUCKING THE TIGER'. Feat
uring CONWAY TEARLE.
BASE BALL TODAY
OMAHA vc. JOPLIN
Game Called at 3:30 P. M.
Box Seat on Sale at Barkaloiv
Bros.
EATTY'S
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Patronage).
PANTS SALE
Extra Work Pants, $1.50
Best quality work
pants, . . . $2.95
High grade dress
pants, will match
anv coat vou have,
$7.50 value, $4.95
J. Helphand Glothing Co.
314 North 16th St.
Moivcns.
Value-Giving Store
Beautiful
Bed Room Suites
in Walnut, Mahogany
and Old Ivory
At BOWEN'S
From 30 to 60
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