The Oregon daily journal., June 21, 1921, Page 13, Image 13

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. OREGON
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BRINGING UP FATHER
By George McManus
(BegUttrad TJ. B. Patent Office)
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MA PAER. stepping out on the front
porch, threw her hands up In con
sternation at the sight which greeted
her astonished eyes. .
or-ths land sake," she challenged
hrx cavorting helpmate, "what can be
Cne matter with you now?" ;
T. Paer, his sleeves rolled up above
his skinny elbows and his eyes ablaze,
glared, at her and . swung a circling axe
above his silent head. Ma looked on
withr'puzzled concern for a moment and
suddenly gave Way to uncontrollable
mirth. '
, "Of all the sights," she gurgled while
T. Paer made wild but impotent: ges
tures demanding silence, "what're you
giving an exhibition of, an Indian
fighter or just a plain nutr
"There, dern yuh." T. Paer shrilled
suddenly as he- plunged his weapon re
peatedly -into the : Bhuddering earth,
"take that conaam yuh, nd that, 'nd
that. nd that." -
"Have you gone plumb craay?" Ma
demanded, "what do you mean by chop
ping up the lawn like that?"
"There," TV Paer grunted, kicking a
mangled and battered morsel towards
her spitefully,, "I got him, dog gone him.""
"Got what?" Ma asked, squinting
through her glasses. "Any body 'd think
you was hunting elephants from the
maneuvers you've "been going through."
"Look at It," T. Paer directed, indi
cating the lawn with & sweep of his
axe. "Them blamed things're ,makln me
.dippy."
They wouldn't have to work very
hard at that job I guess." Ma smiled.
'What's" it all about anyway r
. "Moles,". T. Paer exploded. 'They've
made the: front yard look like it was
sick with the measles."
i "Is that all?" Ma said with evident
relief, "I thought they was rats or some
thing dangerous."
"Is that all?" T. Paer repeated with
heartfelt exasperation, "Tou try to catch
fern 'nd you'll change your tune mighty
Quick."
"Poor little thing," Ma sighed as she
gased pityingly at the quivering bit of
fur at her feet, "I shouldn't think you'd
have the heart to do a thing like that."
; "What're you goin' to do if you ain't V
T. Paer demanded defensively, 'net 'em
dig all the bottom of the lot up onto the
top 'nd spoil everything r j t
"Tou don't have to be so cruel 'nd
chop 'em all to pieces," Ma objected.
"Tou could at least be humane if you
got to kill 'em." s ;
"The more you chop 'em "the quicker
you will kill 'em," ' T. Paer argued.
"Ton don't think I like to hurt 'em do
you?" ' j - - i -
"Tou went at 1 It like you did," I Ma
chlded, "nd" the poor little things're
blind 'nd can't what they're doing at
that- ,." , ,
"They wouldn't care if they could, T.
Paer Insisted, "they're like a lot of people
1 know." - 1. ,-
"Whoever heard of people being like
moles?" Ma said.. "They ain't got any
thing In common at all."
"It's a pity they aint." T. Paer re
torted, "I bet I could name a dozen
people we . know that're nothln but
human' moles." I 4
."Tou ain't' verjr flattering of your
friends," Ma said sarcastically, "I'm
very sure they alnt any of my friends
like that." .
"I didn't say they was friends." T.
Paer corrected, "'but people we know
about that're . always rootin around
under foot with their eyes shut, not
knowin where they're goin' 'nd spollin
the landscape for everybody else."
"Well," Ma admitted grudgingly, "some
people are like that"
"As long as moles stay under ground
they don't hurt nothln' or bother no
body," T. Paer philosophized, "but when
ever they come up into the daylight they
make a ugly spot", s i i ?
"They do, that's a fact," Ma agreed,
"nd It's too bad.",
"'Nd as long as hnman moles keep
underneath they're harmless," T, Paer
continued, "but as soon as they come up
where people can see what they're doln'
somebody gets the worst of It"
"It seems to me," Ma mused, "if we'd
spend as much time 'nd energy knock
ing the human moles on the head as we
do the other kind "we'd be doing more
good." ;
"Maybe." T. Paer replied, "but If we
did the . graveyard s'd soon look like
they'd been summer fallowed." j
"Tou're a pessimist," Ma retorted, "I
don't believe they's that many of 'era."
"Maybe I am," :T. Paer persisted, "but
I'd hate to have' to be. hung for every
one tht'd get the axe." w ..-',
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A
f Old Man Coyote's Mistake
By Thornton w. Barges
In aarth blow or hatna above
- Toa brTet thins is mother Viva.
' ,;- Old Mothor Natwa.
TITRa LIGHTFOOT, the Deer, Tjnder
ItX stood perfectly what Buster Bear
was after. She knew that he was hunt
ing for those precious children . of hers,
the twin fawns of whom.Nshe was so
proud, j Perhaps you can guess what her
feelings were as she stood behind a
clump Of young trees and watched Bus
ter examine- every hiding place about
there and finally sit down only a short
distance from the twins and look straight
at them. .Tou remember, they were lying
-down, with' their heads stretched' out on
the ground, and they - were lying Just
where ' the . moonlight coming down
through the trees checkered the ground
with, spots of light and shadow. The
spots on their" coats looked just like
those, other spots. ;l ,. .'j
"If only they don't move.. If only they
don't move," Mrs. Llghtfoot kept saying
over and over. "If they so much as
twitch an ear he will see them."
But those twins, the prettiest twins in
all the Green Forest, had learned well
the first great and most Important les
son obedience. They had been charged
not to move, no matter how badly fright
ened they were, and they didn't move.
They wanted to. My. how they wanted
to! They wanted to jump to their feet
and run from this terrible black monster,
for that is what Buster Bear seemed to
them. They were so frightened that it
seemed to themtheir little hearts almost
.stopped beating. But they obeyed. And
then Buster Bear shuffled away, and
Mother Llghtfoot came.
How proud, she was of those pretty
twins 1 "Tou see now what comes 1 nf
minding," said she. as the twins rubbed
against her. "That is all that saved one
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What Old Man Coyote saw when be
reached Paddy's pond made him
grin and lick his lips. $
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or both of you.j Had you '.moved the
teeniest weeniest bit Buster Bear would
have seen: you and '
Mother ' Deer j stopped talking and
"frose." That is, she stood perfectly
still, with her big ears pointed forward
and her great, soft eyes fixed on a cer
tain place. The little fawns did exactly
as She dld They didn't know-why she
did It. buf because she did it they did it.
There they stood, in the moonlight, the
three of them, as motionless as if carved
from stone. (
Now, Old Man Coyote had been hunt
ing through the Oren Fortst, hoping
that his wonderful nose would find the
scent of Mrs. Deer and the 'fawns. ' At,
last he though, of th- pond of Paddy
the Beaver, just as Buster Bear had. He
remembered how fond Mrs. Deer was of
lily pads and started straight for that
pond. . - i . i
What Old Man Coyote saw when he
reached Paddy's i pond made him grin
and lick his lips. I It was Mrs. Deer and
the twins-standing at the very edge of
the water. They were in the moonlight,
and of course he 'could see them clearly.
Old Man Coyote lay flat on his stomach
fb watch while he tried to plan the best
way of getting one of those "fawns. He
would have been much better pleased to
have found them In among the trees.
He knew that out there in the open he
couldn't possibly get close without being
discovered by Mrs. Deer. They might
take to the water, though he felt sure
those fawns were too small to do much
swimming. j .
He could wait In hiding until they
came among the trees, as they were sure
to do. But it might be a long, long wait,
and he was hungry. He could steal to
the point nearest to them, where he
could be hidden, and then watch for a
chance to 'make -a sudden rush. . ;
"Tea," thought Old Man Coyote, "that
is what I will do.! Mrs. Deer is so timid
that she will run away at' the first
glimpse of me. Even if she shouldn't
she Is perfectly harmless. If Llghtfoot
himself were there it would be different
I think I am going to have the best din
ner v for -a year." Old Man Coyote
smacked his lips and got to his feet
"She'll run," -,he" muttered. "She'll
run. She wouldn't dare not to." And
right there Old Man Coyote made a mis-'
take, a thing he . doesn't often do. He
forgot that mother love is brave.
(Oopjris&t, 1821. by T. W. urgM).
The next Story: "Bravery of
Deer." -. . i
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(By United News)
New Tork, June 21. The principals in
the "Sweet Heart Shop," a musical com
edy playing at 5 the Olympic theatre,
walked out Monday night just before
the curtain was scheduled to go up when
they did not receive their salaries.
The theatre "was comfortably filled
and the orchestra was playing the eve
ning selection. The box office was still
selling tickets.
After a 15 minute wait the manage
ment explained that the principals had
gone on strike,
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