fjfvi!r. ffifim n tr' .J3 "., i f. ff;'Tf in v I i. EVENING PUBLIC LEDGElrPHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MABOH 31, 1020 27 M .j 4 ' ) -J. r SOWING SEEDS IN DANNY By NELLIE L. Author of "The Next 'of Kin? . .. nii Jin Puhffo l.t&atr Co CotvrunM v' - " . THIS STAKTS THIS 8TOKY , t(r. J. Burton Francis, A woman iii ktnk ideals and mora than the SSL? "" of, th milt ,of JZi notices that her washwoman, ifrt TTM". ' Ptrtormtng he- labors til a shogish manner, inquires about ttektaUk and about her numerous Children, subjects her to soma uplifting Talk on motherhood, suggests books for i,r husband to cad, and interests hit self in the welfare of the iamily. Ml rAIlY tat on tic back step until Mrs. T)uckf r should find time to empty her pitcher. Mary was strictly an ouUlder. Mary's father jras a Reformer. He ran the opposition P8Pr t0 dcar JIr Evnn8' urv was never well dfessed, partly i'accnunted for by tho fact that the I !.. .1 it. . XtAOAnlitit knltiA Angela nau yisiicu iu juouutj "iu 1B0 0ften. Therefore, for these reasons. Mary sat on the back step, n rank out- The war, who knew nothing of these fhlnci. began to "goo" ps soon as he ' saw bcr. Mary reached .out her arms. Th czar stumbled into them nnd Mary ifell to kissing his bnld head. Sho fcltJ more at homo with a baby tn uer armi. It was at this unfortuuate moment ,lhat Mr. Duckcn nnd Mr. Evans came arouna to iue tear m ,um,. .. Evans was beginning to thluk rather more favorably of Mr. Ducker, ns the prospective Conservative member. He might do all right there are plenty worse he has no brains but that docs not matter. What need has a man of brains when he goes Into polities? Brainy men make the trouble. Tho Orlts marl that mistake once, elected n brainy , man.' and they have had no peace since. Mr. uucKcr nau nuruiuy uruwu iue 'conversation to a general discussion of children. He knew mat Air. brans s weak point was his little son Algernon. "That's a clever little chap of yours. Evans." he had remarked carelessly as ' they camo up the street. (Mr. Ducker had never seon tne czar cioseiy.i .uy wife was just saying the other day that he has a wonderful forehead for a lit tle fellow." "He has," the other man said smiting, not at all displeased. "It runs clear down to his neck!" , "He, 'can hardly help being clever If there's anything Jn heredity." Mr. 'Ducker wenl on with Infinite tact, feel ing his rainbow dreams of responding to toasts at Elk banquets drawing near er and nearer. Then the era genius of the House of Ducker awoke from his slumber, sat up and took notlcej The house that the friend in Wlnnlnec had selected for them fell into irreparablo ruins! Poor Alaudle automobile vanished at a touchi-The rosy dreams of Clnclnnatus, and of'c,arrylng the grand old Conserva tive banner In the face of the foe, turned to clay and ashes! They turned the corner, and came upon Mary McSorley, who sat on the -back step with tho czar in her arms. Mary's-head -was hidden as she kissed the czar'a .fat neck, and in the general babel of voices', within nnd without, she did sot bear them coming. "Ptnonklnir ntinnf hnreAl,,, " -M. "Ducker bald suavely, speaking la a low Tojce, and looKing nt whom he supposed io-db wo latest iucBoriey. "it loous as If there must be something in it over there" Isrft that' McSorley over again ? Low forehead, pug nose, bulldog tend encies." Mr. Duc.ker was something of a 'phrenologist, and went blithely ou to his own destruction. "Now the girl is rather pleasant look ing, and some of tho others are not bad at all. But this one is surely a regular little Mickey. I believe a per son would be safe Imsajing that he yould not grow up a Presbyterian." Mr. Evans- was the worshipful Grand Master of the I.ovnl Oranec Lodge, and wre "P In tho Illnck. aud this remaik Sir. Ducker 'thought he would appreci- m"J rm.?r,('-J ,?ltt n.ever be h'ad wlil'e this little fellow llvrs," Mr. Ducker Mushed merrily, rubbing his hands. The czar looked up nnd saw Iih father. Perhaps ho understood what had been said and saw the hurt in his father r face and longed to heal him of 1' P'r,lnPs tho time, had come when he should forever break the goo-goo bonds that had lain upon his speech. He wriggled off Mary's knee, and toddling Uncertain!? nrm ), n ,tt. . mighty mental conflict in his pudgy 'ill0 fa?e' hcId out hl" dirripled nrms With a clad rrv nf "DnHflTwIlnwo-t" That evening while Mrs. Ducker nnd Aiaudle were busy fanning Mr. Ducker and putting wet towels on his head, Mr. Eans sat down to write. Somo more of thnt tiresome election ijtutf, John," his pretty little wife wild n disappointment, as sho proudlj recked the emancipated czar to sleep. les, dear, it is ejection stuff, but it Is not a bit tiresome," ho answered smiling, as he kissed her tenderly. Sev ral times during tho evening, and into DREAMLAND DOCTOR PEGGY My DADDY (Reddy Wood-Peeler tells Peony thai the birds haxe been made ill by Dr. Blue Bird and Dr. Blue Jay. She starts for Birdland riding Hopnxiy- iO0. a rlhfkli. nntt rni tl.Uh hIIIu I who is riding Johnny Bull.) CHAPTER III The Bird Hospital TOHNNY BULL wrinkled up his nose Jat Blue Bird and Blue Jny when thy ald thev werotioctors. Woof I Funny kind of doctors you r," be growled. "f M..,. I - iuiui iuu iihtb smallpox, rata- V i? w.no?P'nK cough and stomach twi 01Cre at,n? t0 much," chirped r ,uo u,r.a looKing nt Johnny null 3ut llko a wise, important doctor. .Haven't had n bite to eat since yesmday at dinner, ami now I've lost SlLiS"""1'." erowled Johnny Bull, Stlu11 h"n5fy at IIoppity-Hop the 'liSiii Dd nopplty.Hon promptly got from i hu',yi had climbed down jJuI thl?1' you navo scarlet fever, tooth S,,.?,ua TCfrejcorlc. You'ro uot catjng Bull; Bl' Jay, frowning nt Johnny That sounds cood. You're a very TrowuS01?1";. x, by eating you!" SniiHPy BuU, and bfyinade a '. bi- tii. t wu D.ut' '"e Jay. uut I ' ?rh. 1 ?' rh, darted to ni.i.ii m-u ,n ine 0UBU woero nc .. 11. .--' . -'...-. begin slffini011"."' DuI1- Ten ho rSiel. j5 th l',r' "Scorns to me J,."No falrf No fni-u' c.m.,i n- Wr,i V.15at tl' other doctor 1" ' advlf-'I.M e,akat al" Thafi ray qyicel" ch rneil Dr. m.,nii i.nnni. 'jvjl nr . n hi McCLUNG "Three Times and Out," etc. the night, sho heard him laugh his happy boyish smile. James Duckcr did not get tbo nom- luauon. CHAPTER X The Butclicr-Rldo PATSCY WATSON waited on the corner of the street. It was In the eaily morning and Pntsey'a face bore marks of a recent and mighty conflict with soap nnd water. I'atscy looked apprehensively every now and then at his home ; his mother might emerge any miuuto and insist on his wearing a coat; his mother could bo very tiresomo that way sometimes. ' It seemed long this morning to wait for the butcher, but the only woy to be sure of a rido was to bo ou the snot. Sometimes there were delays in gcttlug away from homo. Getting ou 'a; coat was one: finding a hat was the worst of all. Since Uugecy got tho noil In his foot and could not go out the hat question was easier. The hat was still hard to find, but not impossible. Wilford Ducker camo along. 'U'il ford bad lust had a dose., of elet'trtn nil artfully concealed in a cup of tea, aud he felt desperate. His mother had often torn him not to play with any oE the Watson boys, they were so rough and unlady-like in their manner. Perhaps that was why Wllford came over ot once to Patsey. Patscy did not enre for Wilford Duckcr even If ho did live iu a big house with screen doors on it. Mind jou, he did not wear braces yet, only a waist with white buttons on it and him seven 1 Patsey's man ner was cold. "You goln' fcr butcher ride?" Wil ford asked. "Yep." Patscy answered Mltli cry little warmth. "Say, Pnt. Icmtnc go," Wilford coax cd. "Nope," Patsey replied, indiffer ently. 'Aw, do, Pat: won't cher?" Mrs. Ducker hod been very particu lar about Wilford's enunciation. Once she dismissed a servant for dropping her final g's. Mrs. Ducker considered it more serious to drop a final g than a dinner plate. She often spoke of how particular she Mas. She said sho had insisted on correct enunciation from the first. So Wllford said again: Aw, do, Pat: won't cher?" Patsey looked carelessly down the street and began to sing: How much wood would a woodchucl chuck If a woodebuck could chuck wood? "What cher take fer butcher ride, Pat?" Wllford asked.' "What cher got?" Patsey had stopped siuging, hut still beat time with his foot to tbo imagi nary" music. Wllford produced a jacknlfe in very good repair. Patsey stopped beating'1 time, though only for an instant; It docs not do to bo too keen. "It's a good un," Wllford said with pride. , "It's a Rodger, miud ye two blades." , "Name yer price," Patsey conde scended, after a deliberate examination. "I.emme ride all week, ord'rln' and dcliv'rluV' "Not much I won't." Pntsey de clarcd stoutly. "You can rldo three davs for it." Wllford began to whimper, but just then the butcher cart whirled around thp corner. Wllford ran toward it. Patscy held the knife. The butcher stopped and let AVllford mount. It was all one to tho butcher. He knew he usually got a boy at this corner. Patsey ran after tho butcher cart. He had caught sight of some one whom Wllford had not ct noticed. It was Mrs. Ducker. Mrs. Ducker had been down the street ordering a crate of pears. Mrs. Ducker was just a? par ticular about pears as b!;o was about final (, so sue nau gone ucrscit to select them. Whon she saw Wllford. her son. rid- Ine with the butcher well, renllv, Bhe could not have told tho sensation It gnvo her. Wllford could not havo told, either, just how he felt when be saw his mother. Rut both Mrs. Ducker and her son had a distinct sensation when they met thnt morning. She called Wllford, and he came. No sooner had ho loft his seat than Patscy Wntson took his place. Wilford dared not ask for the return of the knifo ; his mother would know that he had had dialings with Patsey Watson, and his account at tho maternal bank was already overdrawn. ' Mrs. Ducker was more sorrowful than anerv. "Wllfnrrl!" she said with croat dignity, regarding tho downcast little . .. 1.1. uH..MMtnJ ...nix. "and Vnl, a Duckcr!" Sh imported tho fallen Ducker sadly homeward, but, oh, so glad that she had baved mm from the corroaing in fluenco of tho butcher boy. (CONTINUED TOMORROW) ADVENTURES sood brcukfasts," be barked, baring hU "Get out of tho hospital! Leave ray patients alone!" screamed Dr. lllnn.Tnv "Leave my patients alone!" echoed Dr. Blue 'Bird. Billy jumped in front or jonnny uuu and lie and I'eggy looked into tho glnde. There were dozens and dorens of birds all of them looking as sick ns sick could be. On one side of the glado were rows of very thin, weak appearing birds, all of them whimpering ana walling. On the other side were rows of very fat, over-stuffed birds all of them gasping and groaning. "These nre all my patients on this side." chirped Dr. Blue Bird, proudly, alighting nmong the thin birds. "Arou't they sick looking?" "Mine are sicker looking," boasted Dr. Blue Jay, fljiug down among the fat birds. "And they'll bo a lot sicker heforn I get through with them," be added with a chuckle. "Ob, oh, we are so hungry we are dying of starvation!" walled all tho thin birds in a chorus, while Dr. Blue Bird proudly beat time with his bill, like an orchestra director leading bis musicians. "Oh, oh, we're stuffed so full we're going to burst!" sroaned the fat birds. while Dr. Blue Jay grlnnlngly heat time witn nis ioot. Reddy Wood-Pecker flew down h sldo Peggy, "Now, you see, it's just as I told you," be whispered, "Unless you turn yourself Into a doctor, Princess Peggy, and cure em up we will not have any birds iett lu itirdland." Pckitv aerecd with him. She didn't know what she could do as a doctor, but she thought It would bo rather thrilling to try. Til bo 7our doctor," shecrled to tho whimpering, inoauiug birds. "And I'll bo lour uursc," added Ilillr. "Oh! Oh!" groaned all the birds, as THE GUMPS 0, Min! VqochV. ) vw - slr i 11 4f III , Ml VB&L W PETEYA Trifle Rattled,. Too ?ETc DEAR. "PLEASfe Hoio tlV OLD WAtVHUE L I TWf AHESfi OU- MT Tho Young Lady Across tho Way Wo asked the young lady across tho way whom her father considered the logical candidate and she said bo wasn't Interested in third parties and would vote tho regular ticket. SOMEBODY'S STENOGA 1AI? Mtt, HA.VWARD- , I REAh SOMEBODY'S -.l .TJ hi i. 1 1 -. 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