The Oregon daily journal., May 07, 1904, Page 16, Image 16

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL! PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 7, ., 190 iV ;
BESSY: BUSYBODY
fife--' ..vas:;H:.'H:'' :; A-'y'VwV"'. l ''
, . . ' : - . .: .... . ' .. - - -
. a nirt TOT) PVTft SP fW w ihu r:. ALL OP A SLT5DEN I met an Ugly Monster, and I knew It wat 3 BEFORE HE COULD recover from hit surprise I told him
la- !!I iSJiTf l",0 V ST, ' Ih,,T W,A en Omright ol. He growled, and raited hYdub. wring he would eat me few Joe Miller jokes, and he bghed until the rocki rattled. Then I asked
egtf mki atiduflf out of hie mouth? M Well, yoo can thank your fof dnner" j k WM ,, up with Bie. But I put on a bold him to please (how me the way home. But he eaid, "Come with me, little
ran fur that I taw one. and Iope it will be my bit You tee, I ran away jace anl said nicslbingt W himand told ijmlw gUdJitomeeca nd I will let you ride home on my pet donkey."
trmn school ami went Vay op in the mountstna. Real Live Ogre.
HE BROUGHT out a funny Cola donkey tnd told M ID gt I
aboard. "But u you value your life, never tay Slinky-dink' to him. VV&n
you get home, turn him Ioom and he will come back to ma ood by."
- And of -I went- : : ' ;. ' : ' . . rrv
jSr ' V 7
1 WELL, SIR. I JET haXft any more Aan sot trailed when that
"RlnkfKfink" kept a buxxin through my head, and 1 was burning with curi.
flthr to know what k could mean. At toon at I sot round the firat rock 1
Jomped of and taid to the donkey :"RInkyidIhkr ""'
6 THAT WAS THE gooi! word,- all right, all right I -Rinky
dinkT' wat the magic tign that made the gold and jewels pour out of that
wonderful donkey's ears like water out of fire hose. I snatched the saddle
blanket and gathered the treasure all up in it, and put tome in my pockets.
Just as I had it all ready to start for home, a Bold Bad Brigand poked hit
nose over the rocks and taid : "Hands up I"
7 WELL, IF THAT Robber wasn't the tlkkett In the holiness f He
Jet' dumb down from the rock, and dumb up on the donkey, with the
treasure bag behind him and aidt.GiddaprXhat wat all there wat 10 (fcl
Pretty'toon I heard footsteps.
8 THEN THE OWNER of the footsteps came into view, and, O,
horrors I Ir ti the Ogre himself. " Aha I" he hissed hoarsely. "So you had
to tay .'RinkyHluilC did you2 -Too shall pay or it I -Just at toon at (can
get you home III eat you up lM ,
-' - ,--'-?- :' i t niipjirnM "
. .v ! JU'Dnrinn
: f "TOTffl
.'.,,,. o -THEN HE CRABBED me and took me back to his art. There
: hf tlammed me into a dungeon in the rocks and locked the door. He
grumbled at he walked away, "Guest I'll fry you for dinner to-night P My,
but t wat dark in that hole I fc . a '
to AS SOON AS I ww able to lr tip and take notice I discovered
a tiny tpeck of light 'way back in the cave. 1 trumbled over' the ttoneHn
my. haste to get to the spot, and there, ture enough, I found little Jiole
leading to the open air eoine fox's doowav, f suppose, j,
lilPi1i!
' l WELL 1 NEARLT scratched my finirer nails off diffaina m
WtT OUt. but at last 1 Wat fr mM mAr, . I mtilH hrir ihr (brr rnmmn
back to "cook me for dinner, ao 1 ran for dear life down to the seashore. o.
Wird a fishinff boat that wn in cart!na out. I urat-M a onA nterr mnA aC
jewel I had put in my pocket, and called to the fishermen if take me aboard.
i4 .j:w-a
1 VCJ
, I1 St' "1.
ji'f. '!,";'! ''"''ij v'' .vi '5 ' ' 'iV!'."''' ,' ',.);' '?' ''''''''
:i'ijliijl!SiSii!!i;i!lji
t f RAN OUT in the water and lumped in the boat, and . L.I
I .. . . , . J .1.. L- ' 1 . " m . T . ' . 1
sailea just at tnr jre appcarcu uvcr mc iwh in nur pursuir. Mfbbe that!
Ogre wasn't wild with rage! He ran out into the water, and almost eot to I
US Del ore ne came 10 ui( uuic, n ik vicar unucr. so we wercl
saved, and toon we could tee tne ugrr swimming oagc to shore.