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TJ1E BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. .APRIL 20. 1922.
HELY " TIAAJE TALE S
if THE TALE OF
NIMBLE DEER
Y.ARTHUR.SCOTT BAILEY I
Sr"1
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CHAPTER V.
Nimble's Mistake.
Ont morning Nimblc't mother said
to hun, "Tonight, jut the moon
rites, we'll start lor Farmer Greet.'
tardm lch.
lit knew hat that meant. It
Mtakfit t ( k I k a. i nfiin Lmaui
. aaaaa. VI a p'VMif MIIVII.
at Uit, wht carrots tasted like. Anil
he wit drlighrd.
"You've improved l,H hit mother
told hun. "You've grown a good
oral, lou start to run tnurh more
iuickly than you did a month ago:
and you're quite spredy now. I
mutt ay that you don t mind mc
any too well. Take care that tec
night you do exactly a you're or
ffl A V Ail
Nimhle promicd. "I'll be good."
he taid. "No matter how many car
rot you want me to eat, l it finish
every one."
"No matter if you haven't had a
chance to cat a ingle carrot, if 1
tell you to run you mutt obey in
htantly," hit mother warned hint.
"Two seconds' delay might be fatal,"
U L k A
if tfc
"l tec gou're on time? he taid.
she added solemnly.' "If we hear
twig snap you mustn't Mop to look
nor listen."
"Yesl" said Nimble. But 10 min
utes later he couldn't have repeated
a word that hit mother said except
that they were going to start for
the garden when the moon rose.
That much he told Jimmy Rabbit
when he met him in the woods a
little while afterward. And Jimmy
Rabbit agreed to get the news,
somehow, to Fatty Coon and Cuf
fy Bear. '
He was as good as his promise
even better. For Jimmy told every
body he met that day. He explained
about the excursion to the garden
patch and said that every one must
be ready to start just as the moon
peeped over the rim of the world,
for Nimble Deer's mother wouldn't
wait for anybody that wasn't on
hand.
Nimble found that day a long one.
He was 'so eager to get a carrot
i between his lips that he thought
'flight would never conn;. But dark
ness fell at last. And some hours
later his mother said to him. "Are
you ready?" ,. ;
He was. So together they passed
silently along the old runway which
led. as his mother knew, to the pas
ture fence. The woods were inky
black, for the moon had not yet
risen. But Nimble's mother remark
ed that she thought they would see
it when they reached the open hill
side. Just before they came to the fence
somebody spoke. Nimble's mother
jumped when somebody cried, "Good
evening 1" But she knew at once that
it was only Jimmy Rabbit.
"I see you're on time, he said. I
haven't been waiting long."
"Waiting?" Nimble's mother ex
claimed. "Waiting for what?"
"For youl" he answered. "I heard
' you were going down to the garden
patch tonight; and I'm to be one of
the party."
The good lady thought it. queer.
How did Jimmy Rabbit happen to
have heard of the excursion? She
couldn't imagine. But he was a harm
less little fellow. Really she didn't
mind having him go with her.
"Very well!" she told him. "But
remember:'You must be quiet!" And
she was ju.t about to walk up to
the fence when the cave a search
ing look all around, "iileta met"
she muttered. "I never aw to many
eyes in all my Me. Who art all
lhe people!" ...
It wa no wonder wie kea that
question. For, no roattesy where he
turned, pairs of ejes bumtd in the
darkness.
Strangrly enough, nobody answer
ed. Jimmy Kabhii d'dn'l say a
word. And as for Nimble, he didn t
rem to hrar nor understand any
thing hi mother aid. ,
" repeat." she spoke asm. "who
are thce people? Why have they
gathered here The wood aren't
alire, ate they?" And she lifted her
noe and smiled at the air. But khe
could find no trace of smoke.
Somehow Nimble began to feci in
at ease. He edged away from hi
mother and tried to hide behind
Jimmy Rabbit. And that wa a ri
diculous thing to do; brcaute Nimble
was ever so much the bigger of
the two.
Tresentty hit mother gave mm a
sharp look. And then he, too, raised
hi muzzle and tniffed.
"I don't smell any smoke," he
stammered.
"Do you know why there such
a crowd here?'', she aiked him
sternly.
"I think." he said, "they expert to
go to the garden patch with ns."
And hi mother wondered, then,
why she hadn't guessed the secret
instantly.
Copyrlht IHt)
Omaha Army Set
Entertained at
Dance
Wednesday evening. Fort Omaha
officers and their wives entertained
at a dancing party at the post for
Fort Crook officers and their wives
and a large number of Omahans.
Colonel and Mrs. F. P. Amos of
Fort Omaha entertained at a din
ner at their quarters preceding the
dance. Their guests were Colonel
and Mrs. William Lister, Major and
Mrs. Ely. Mr. and Mrs.. O. E.
Englcr, Mr. and Mrs. William
Buerkle of Fort Crook, Miss Frances
Earhart and Majors R. C Cole,
William Hughes and Burt.
Captain and Mrs. Rowan C. Greer
gave a dinner party. Their guests
were Colonel and Mrs. Rucker and
Mr. and Mrs. William Coppack of
Council Bluffs.
Among the Omaha guests at the
dance were Captain and Mrs. A.
A Wedemeycr. Dr. and Mrs. Elmer
Porter, Miss Helen Porter, Maj. F.
W Greer, Dr. and Mrs. A. J.
Henske, Miss Anne Sullivan,
Charles Saunders, Arthur Saunders,
and '
Umn, and Meadaniei
B. M. BarnM
W. B. Brooks
AirrI Coafl
Frank Coad
.eater Drlahana -
J. K. Fallon
Joseph Flynn
John W. Gambia
J. IS. Slmpaon
Frederick Oer I na
il. O. Hnwaa
T.eatpf Klnaajr
Theodora Maanner
Caaper Offutt
Fred Powera
C. F. Brlnkman
1 D. Slmpaon
Jamea Sou by,
A Silly Song
By A CUCKOO BIRD 1
Bill Karbunckle's walking on
crutches and wearing a splint on his
nose and lcavin' a smell like a drug
store behind him wherever he goes.
Bill went to the township board
mectin' and 'cause it was hot in the
hall the fellers all peeled to their
shirt sleeves and hung up their coats
on the wall and then, when the
meeting was over Bill got the wrong
coat by mistake for the suit that
Peleg Brown wore that evening was
of the same color and make. The
next day Bill's wife found a letter in
the pocket. My dear it began
Bill's wife didn't read any farther,
but went on the trail of her man.
The battle took place in the corncrib
and when Bill gets able agin, the
neighbors will help him rebuild it in
time for his next crop of grain.
copyngnt,
My Marriage Problems
Adele Carrlsoo's New Phase of
"REVELATIONS OF A WIFE"
crHffct ittt)
! development. So. after thoe gov
crnment operatives get her this aft
ernooit and 1 see them, I'm at your
; serviie for any little diversion your
i heart desire. I think little figura
i live jail will do us good."
I
The Reason Katie Told Lillian and
Not Madge.
There was such emotional earnest
net in Lillian's tone as she poke
of Katie's "grit and saerihrc" that
I began to have a dim comprehension
of the reason for my little maid's
choke of a confidant.
"You mean" I questioned, liesi
tating.
"1 mean." Lillian answered, "that
Katie fully expect to have the most
awlul things imaginable happen to
her because she 'broke her swear,'
and that the reason she wouldn't con
ride in you, but chose me instead, is
bccau.e the abysmal brute who made
her take the oath extended his male
dictions to include the person whom
the should tell. And 1 really believe
the old melodrama plel i true in
Katie's case. Me would die before
she' would let barm come to you.
But I never saw such abject (car,
such certainty of evil to come, as
that poor girl diplayed Jut now."
I at down quickly in the nearest
chair, shaken, aghast at this revela
tion of suffering and sacrifice upon
the part of my devoted little maid.
"It gets you. too, doesn't it?" she
commented. "I don't mind telling
you that she pretty nearly bowled
me over, and you know I'm not very
strong on the teary-lash thing. But
there was something mighty admira
ble and pitiful in the way she came
through with the things I wanted to
know, and all the time patiently ex
pecting to have flames appear out of
the air and consume her. or to un
dergo some other equally pleasant
fate."
"But but." I stammered, "when
I talked to her before you took her
in hand she told me that it wasn't
either fear of the law or her religion
that made her afraid not to keep the
oath she was forced to take. 1 was
trying to impress upon her, you
know, that it wasn't binding."
There's a Link"
"Yes, I know," Lillian returned.
"But, while you made her see the
necessity for her breaking it, neither
you nor anyone else in the world
could convince her that she isn't
bound to a most devilish compact.
It's true that she doesn't fear the
law or her religion in connection
with it. It's a far more subtle, more
terror-inspiring thing with which
that man imbued her."
I only looked my wondering in
quiry, refraining from speech, for I
saw that Lillian meant to tell me all
that she could without breaking her
promise to Katie to keep me out of
the confidence.
"I think I've told you that many
of the women, and men, too, of Ka
tie's ilk' still believe in black magic,
supernatural spirits, the evil eye,
devils and all sorts of horrors which
more enlightened people do not even,
guess at. In Katie's case I think
her belief is particularly strong
she's the queerest combination of
acquired new-world mannerisms and
old-world superstitions I ever saw.
Of course, this man in the hospital
is some countryman of hers, but he
must have known her very well to
be able to play upon her fears and
frighten her the way he has done
And yet she will not admit to me
that she ever saw him before he
came to this section. There's a link
or two in the chain of her actions
that I haven't yet in my hands."
She paused, looking at me in care
fully-casual fashion. I knew that
she would not ask me outright
whether I had any knowledge or sus
picion of the identity ot the man
who had so frightened my little
maid, but the question lay between
us, nevertheless, and I answered it
as if she had uttered it.
"I have no real knowledge, either,"
I said, "though I have a theory. But
it is based upon a confidence which
Katie gave me years ago, and which
I do not feel justified in revealing
without her consent"
Marking Time.
"I thought as much," Lillian re
turned. "Well, it doesn't so much
matter just now, although I shall
need the knowledge later. But she
told me enough to enable me to get
a pretty straight line on the gifted
gentleman. It looks right now like
The Ice Cream Sandwich
( . JD- Omaha's newest confection and one
V that for pure deliciousneM far sur
V V - ' puse them alL A sandwich of two
fj I caramel sugar wafers and a center of
I I Kch, Smooth Satin Ice Cream.
i . -"S. yT T "What conld be sweeter?"
, Ice Cream Company Tj
lovely party with plenty of jau,
when things begin to move, as they
will when the real dusky gentleman
in the woodpile cautiously puts hi
head out and looks over the pros
pect." Mio put her lovely arms above Iter
head, stretching herself a might a
weary tigress. It was not the firt
time I had marked ju.t a suggestion
of the jungle feline in my friend
when she it engaged in solving a
problem for the government. Ordi
narily, the most frank, open-hearted
and generous of women, Lillian be
come transformed into something
powerful, cunning, relentless when
she is working for the downfall of
those who mean harm to the country
she worships.
And then, with the swift relaxa
tion, the letting down which always
bewilders me, she lowered her arms,
came over to me and clapped me on
the shoulder.
"Nothing to do till tomorrow."
she chanted. "In other words, we
can only mark time now and await
Common Sense
B J. J. MUNDY.
Are You Helping the Misguided
Brother?
In practically all secret bodies, it
i said, each member takes an ob
ligation in which he promises to
do what he can to change the course
of a fellow member whom he knows
to be doing wrong.
The dunces. Mr. Lodge Man,
that you know of certain thing
which your brothrr lodge member
is doing that he should not do.
A word from you might mean
reformation.
Often those who are engaged In
something which is in opposition to
the laws of society feel thst they
can cleverly cover their misdeeds
and none need know.
Such person would immediately
abandon such a coure if they be
lieved that someone knew of their
violation.
Sometimes you make an enemy of
the man you approach, but would it
not be better to do so than to have
him go ahead in his wrong doing
untd he brings ditiuce upon him-
self and hit family?
ii you were sincere tn you
took your lodge vows you should
feel it your duty to try to save your
fellow lodge member from downfall,
when you know he is treading lor
omaen pains.
Would you riot want Mm to save
you. if you were on the road to
ruin?
Man Offers Reward for
Return of Stolen Witrli
, E. M. Kennedy, 504 Somh Thirty,
sixth street, has ottered a reward
for the return of hi gold watrh.
with hit name, engraved inside the
hack case, which wa taken from
him by a lone highwayman at Chi
cago trect and the boulevard Satur
day night Kennedy says no ques
tions will be aked if trie watch is
returned. He values it as a keen
sake. The bandit also look ?1
cash.
Parent Problems
How can V giil of 10. who is not
a pretty child, and rather thy. be
helped not to he jealous of her holder
sister of II, who it pretty and not
shy?
It would be my plan, to avoid mak
ing comparisons between the two
children, at much at po.nble, Tearh
these two itrr to that racli put
can help the other develop her par
titular talent, anj help them both to
! n'tflit tl the intensely personal
thmiiiht that marks the crude and
uncultivated.
NiMSaaeM.
It is dry
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