"fKpf -; n i N U EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1921 ai mwwfrT&r7$ DREAMLAND ADVENTURES JUDGE OWL'S SECRETS Hy ItAOtlY Kin Itlril nml the HiimU. JUDGU OWI. looked uarlh nrounil anil linnlptl Knftlv :ih lip bpirail llli evening itorv I don t want to wake up Klnc Hlrd," ho explained to T'eKv and Dlllj "You know ICtnj; lllrd lias a temper as hot 11.1 th.it of a red-headed boy. Pcrhajn It It for tho rame ronton the oranttc-red crest he wears as a prnum. t lni.it mi lclin that red hair and red ffathers heat tho brain and mnlic hot tempers If 1 disturbed Klnc Hlrd with my hoatln; he nilRht pome dashlnR here to glie me a thrnxhlnc ' Now Judge Owl was o large and King" lllrd to small It made Hilly chuckle to think of Judge Owl being afraid of gettli-g a thrashing "You needn't laugh' ili-iliirrd Judge Owl lndlgnanlh "ti'ng Hlrd li n ter ror when he gotx lighting mud I've seen him thrash even hawks and ou know, hawks nre harder fighters than oul "But one time King Hlrd mine near getting whipped h the haw Us nnd he would have been whipped If It limit) t been for the inaglo crown given him In tho 'Wild Kltmei Knlrv "It happened ni nesting rnnn King Bird Is brae all the time, but In the nesting ciismi he Is hiucr than ever "Woo to the i row that mines along tb-n in stilish the eccs laid b hs mate and woo to the hawk that seeks to make a meal off h's babies' "Ono day while King Hlrd was catch ing dinner for himsell and his inmlh a cruel hawk came sailing oieihead llt Iteen eyes saw King lllrd's bable tn their nest ')h ho' die-up There il a tasty lunch for me,' siid the hawk to himself, and he .ante swooping down "The hawk was so eager to lunch on. the baby birds be didn't -r-c King Hlrd But King Hlrd saw tbe hawk The' hawk's swoop was as swift as a streak. King lllrd v rush to meet hlni was like I a flash Streak and Hash enme together just nboe the i estful of bb bird Hlff' I bang' and Mr Hmk found himself In! the hottest tight of his life "Mr. Hawks strong, merciless ilaws were outstrcuhed to grasp the bab birds, but Mr Hawk was nil o hard bv King Hlrd he was nt tumbling over and crier And before Mr Hawk could recover his balance King Hlrd was nlashlng hltn In the back and banging him In the ear. j 'Mr Hawk was a bold lighter but he, found he rouldn t tight this little furv of i a King Hlrd He was being cut to j pieces so Mr Hawk did the wisest thing he could do, and he Hew aa as fast as i ha could go I "King Hlrd thought that was tho end of Mr Hawk but V was footed The sight of the bain birds had made Mr Hawk ery hungr, and he also was anxious to get een with King Bird So Mr Hawk got another hawk Just as cruel ns himself anil the two of then) swooped down on King Ulrd's nct "Now King Hlnl felt that ne could manage one hawk, but ho knew he I couldn't whip two ) "Then King Hlrd thought of tho prom ise made by the 'tt lid Flower Fairv when she gae him his c rown that the irown , would feed him when hungrj and pro tect him in danger So he pievv braver1 than ever and rushed forth to meet the I hawks I "King Bird remembered the crown had fed him through a trick perhaps it would protect him the same wav And nt that moment ho thought of a line trick. ' "He slashed Into the hawk be had whlDDed before, tearing at the old wounds and making the hawk squeal. Then ho irled out 'Come. tn brave comrades' Help me. thrash these hawks'" Saying that King Hlrd whisked out of sight behind some It-liven, onl to dash Into view again, but this time wtth his oranje-red crown standing up straight on his head The hawks saw the crown and they thought be was anothir King Dtrd coming t the rescue King Bird darted at the second hawk getting above It, and -lahlng so hard .it Its ! m $WmmmP U'zkitT -mmMmak w JaSmmik i il fib -wmammmm m mwmmmi ' H I,. -p i IMF ; i my 4 li -H ! y nWm Z B' MISS N. I.OI.OSCO Her rnpigt'iiiriit o Dr. Armando lias herii annoiinrril li.v her parents. .Miss LoIidmo Is jirumliidit in the Italian colon). She lives at HOI! Kltzuatrr slrt-ct luad and link that the hawk f-quealcd as loudlv as the othei had done. King I Hlrd whisked out of sight, tomlng back with bis i.row n hidden The hawks thought hltn a third King Hltd mixing. In the fray once more King Hlrd' darted out of sight, mining back wltui the orunge-red crown Mashing lllu al dinger sign. The hawks thought this I was a fourth King Hlrd and when King Hlrd slashed and pecked them the 'lapped aw ax nt. fast as they could 'W'r could whip om King Hint, or two or tluee but not four' the screeched to eai.li other And the ticw swift and" far nevtr to come back again "So that Is how King Hint s magic crown protected him And tomorrow tilglit ill tell ou about King uiru tno gr en rag and the boy who wanted to go to tin circus ' from tho side llnca under the applo tree, turning quite away from tho face In the kitchen window and partly away from the Jet curls and enger dark eyes of Tom Itliek, Jr. Hlacklo Hoy aimed. Then It hap pined , Ulnckle Hoy began to yell, then ho veiled hardr. He flung his pistol Into the grapevines, then himself on tho ground, rfrtd kicked, He screamed 1 And lllack1t Hoy was gathered Into plump, whlio arms, and mother's voice and hor vellow Huffy hair and the green grass were nil around him. while father stood on one foot and growled, like thunder high up and away. The lips thnt were saying soothing things to Blackle Boy, as the hands senrched for tho hurt, shut hard "If vou hadn t Insisted on tho pistol, Tom 1 Nobody knows what It's made him do If once In a. while you'd admit that a mother knows what's best for her son, on the 1'ourth of July and other days not pistols picnics, and not toriwdocs drums. It wouldn't hurt you and It wouldn't hurt our son " "Shut up and do something for the youngster, can't you?' said Hlacklo Hoy's father. Just like that "A pea pistol hurting him !" "It killed me, Jes' like muvver said piffles klllded folks," sohbed Hlacklo Uo Where did It hurt mother's boy? crooned the soft voice, even white the blue eves glared Into the stormy depths of Tom Black Sr 's. "I won' not tell ou." bawled Blacklo Hoy sitting on his fat hands "You go 'way' Sturdy legs kicked Into inothi r s square chin. "I'm klllded " Then he drew a long breath. That's the stuff Be a man," advised father "He a man, Hlacklo son The bo subsided sobfull Yes u man"" breathed mother, pat ting every Inch of the round little bod A nice example ou set our son on a hollda and on our fourth wedding an niversary, that ought to be holy to you taking him awav and teaching him to use firearms The year he came you M,.re kind, and ou'vp had aiiolls since and I was free to do as I liked" ' This Is the year of the dependence of Mrs HIack and of the Independence of the V S A the 144th," mocked Tom Hindi erior Heck of an Idea being married on tho Fourth of July nn v ax "Or any time," said Ulacklo's mother crisply. "And now you'vo lost any pride ubout talking llko this before him. I want my freedom, I tell you, and Im going to have It, and I'm going to take Hlacklo Boy with me now! He's Just scared of the naughty pistol, Mother knows." Father turned on his beet and grum bled himself Into the house, "It a pea-plstol makes her think tho boy's being abused and her rights aro being trampled on." spoke father like a ten-year-old, "let her go off and settle It with herself." . ., . And all tho tlmo father knew that lately he had hcon getting Irrltablo tind bossy and unreasonable, and that the purchase of tho pea-plstol wbb only tho climax-symbol of his bosslncss after all, ' Making a fourth annlvcrary enko btat Ilia nnma la nhoT' Mnnlinrd father. "What's got Into son having a tan- i irum lu.o mis. i u imw iu wiv,., Father poked his finger Into tho frost- P, .,1-1. !.. I-... f it Lllll 111. n nn- 1UK uiso, iiieii iiti'iicu li, mm iiv n...- yc.r-old. Down among the yellow daisies mother was saying to a reasonably nulct Blacklo Boy, "What made you scream like that? Tell me." "I won't not tell you. I was a man," said Blacklo Boy, thrusting his left hnnd Into his blouse "I won't not show ou my hand Hint's klllded. Is wo goln" to have n picnic today, muvver?" "Would you llko to go away with mother all the time?" whispered tho lltjle voice. "And mother could work tip tap typewriter nnd get lots of money THE DAILY NOVELETTE WKkSlaHu rsjd I fmt f!jB9H), JiW tvl I fl . !., mf d a m i n 1 1 1 1 1 mi i ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii i x w 1 1 1 1 tTtp! 'rjrjri i i w ---r. -...fT--i p r AKN Phlfadelpiiias flrvest BUTTER H.R.AIKEN W8 N.Delaware Av..Phila. stskyour dourer 'the way she used to nnd buy a drum ior uiacKio uoy, anu every nay wo d have a plcnlol" And all tho tlmo Blacklo Boy's mother was talking she was thinking how silly nnd Jealous nnd unreasonable she had been lately, Just becauso Blaokle Boy wasn't a baby any moro nnd liked his dad to play with him nnd because dad liked to play with htm and didn't llko Just her nny more, and sho wasn't free. All Jumbled thoughts like that t And now she was crossest on a wedding annlvorsary and tho year of her dependence, tho fourth, too! Just waiting for somebody to speak first and make up. "Would you llko to llvo with Just muwer?" asked Blacktn Boy's mother. "1 luv muvver nn' I luv rawer," said Blacklo Boy. "An' for two sens I show muvver an I show favver my ban' an' I was a man, muvver, nn' I didn't not cwy not much. Como an' fin' fawer," And what could a dependent nnd waiting little mother do but go? They found father washing the cook ing dishes with a sheepish expression on his face "Ook, fawer'" begged Blackle Boy, thrusting out his llttlo loft hand. And the fat pink knuckles were pinker nnd puffier than usual, whern Just an ordi nary baby humble tieo had sat down "I didn't not cry much nn' H's nil wight now I wan't two sens,' said Ulnrklo Boy "An' I unn' to fin' my plfflo an n plnnlc" "That's It, son," said father cheer fully, "Ho wnnts your plnnlc nnd he wants my piffle, mother, nnd I want your cake and smiles, and you want woll, wo nil want pinnies together, All dependent on the rest of us nnd wo llko It Frost thnt wedding cako nnd I'll make n tin pan drum nnd we'll start nil over ngaln. 1'vo been too cross to live." "Won't vou lilt thnt water-pall? It's awfully heavy. And then (hid his pis tol Of course you wouldn't let hltn have nnythlng that would hurt him," said mother promptly. "ttire, I'll (111 tho pall," said father. "Why didn't you ask mo before? I.lke to have you notice I'm round. Anil n drtiih Is better than a pistol nny day for a llttlo shaver, eh son 7" And tho hoy father and the girl mother laughed nnd gnvo each other a rousing smack, Just like kids, Next Complete Novelette "The Wine Virgin The Fourth of Dependence ! MYKTA Al.iri. l.lTTI.H ftilp. slither, crick ci.uk went Blackle Bo's pistol, and tlu pea-shot hit the stone wall underneath the blue and ellow target "Shiver shudder. quiver quake went Blaikie Boy's girl mother stand ing at the kitchen window with the heaviest water pall In lur hands se'f pitung with a vim. because father had forgotten to till it itood f"r ou son' im like th s ' Se" ' boon ed Blacklo Bov bov father SALESMAN'S SAMPLES , Dresses Waists Skirts Triers Much I.es Tlian lllwwlirre 2308-10 W. Lehiclt Ave. Safe Milk 8W it Invalids NO COOKING The "Food-Drink" for All Age. Quiet Lunch at Home, Offico and Fountain.. 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