The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-02

looked at IL he turned white under the
chin.
Reed Il to me, Carrier Pigeon" he
said, 1--WE just come out OF the water
and my goggles are 80 damp that / can
hardly see anything"
SO Carrier Pigeon swelled out his chest
and stood on one Lex and held the paper
Ia his right elaW AS he read.
Il can leap further and higher and bet
ter than anything which wears a sPeckled
SKIN and goggles. II Kerchug Is not a
coward DE viii come away from the wa
ter and hop right out here IN the wood
and jump with me
tslenedl Jumping Jehosophat"
Are hts legs a. long as mine2' asked
Kerchug. looking very hard at Carrier
Pigeon.
"He had them curlod under him when
I saw him sitting on the woods answer
al Carrier Pigeon. and really l cannot
say"
Nerchug. the leap frog. heard all the
birds twitteriug and whispering up in the
trees. He Thought they were all laughing
OF him. 80 he eulped and swallowed ard
shen said that he was very cad indeed
10 see Carrier Pigeon and that II was
very fine morning.
You might say to your friend, he
added. that ] must have time TO think
this over. aud you can come back IN an
hour"
Very we'll" answered Carrier Pigeon ,
"IIl 10 back and tell him.
When Carrier Pigeon had gone, Ker-
chug put everything which he had in a
red bandaua handkerchief and tied II up
and nut the bundle on the end Of stick
which no had over his shoulder. Then he
started for the bullrushes which grew
along side o. the pool. He had not gone
very for before ne met Sly Fox.
Good morning. kerchus. how te tne
jumping ths morning.? asked Sly Fox
Not very good answered kerchug,
''bessbdes. have found that Il Is not
very healthy place 60 live around here
The pool Is 20 very damp. and you know
that I cannot stand malaria. so ! have
decided 60 move"
ii seems TO me-" said sly Fox. that
YOU had better wait until YOU have m
ishe,i this affair with Jumping Ieli.se-
phat. ] am surprised that you should
be afraid 10 jump wiih such an awkward
looking creature as he Is.
But ana afraid that ne can so further
than / can" replied kerchurg.
"Dont worry about that. answered
Sly Fox, you just leave that 20 me. You
tell him that YOU viii meet him to-mor-
row morning p"
so Kerchurg the leap-frog. hid his bun
die Ia the hullrushes and marched back
20 the stone ia front OF the pool anu
eroaked for Carrier Pigeon 10 come back.
Tell Jumping Jehosophnt. whoever he
g. said he, that III meet him to-mot =
faa morning at o'clock under the Oh
oak tree. ard I viii show him something
about jumping"
Al the birds In the woods went the
next morning 20 the old oak tree. The
d. sfts4a ,aFa na 81 full of birds
taat some or them sagged way down
Ir'ier the tree tho ground was all nara
and smooth. Jumping Jehosophat was
there waiting. He was certainly queer
animal. he has great big body ana
little hlt Of a head. His hind legs were
long and strong and his front legs were
40 bigger than q rabbits. As he stopd
up he was almost as tall as a man; MS
fur was gray and he had funny little
etes which twinkiod ns he talked. on
Us breast were at least dozen medals
Tor jumping lie folded his arms anu
hopped about on his hind legs.
Birds IN the tree" he said. in me YOU
see the great Jumping Jehosophat. the
bounding kangaroo. Because jump 10
high ! got away from the circus. NOW
then. where - this miserable little speck-
led green thing that thinks it can jump
Nobody spoke for a long time. aud then
Shy Fox came out from behind the bushes
carrying bu.lrush Tor a cane.
Birds In the tree" said Sly Fox. the
great and only Kerchug. the only creature
who il not afraid 20 leap b0in ia tne water
and on the dry land. has Just finished MS
test and IL now on his way to show how
truly great leap frog can jump.
There he Isl screamed all the orns
up in the tree And. sure enough. there
came Kerchug. oil dressed up IN green
lights. with spangles all over them.
Sly Fox. who had gone into the bushes TO
bring him out. came up behind him. car
rying a great big stone.
with this enormous stone. said sly
Fox. "Kerchug has just ieaped le times
20 as % get ready Tor some real iumpins'
lie viii now wait until this poor ara a"k-
ward creature here has chance 10 do the
same. 90 that you win all say that ne has
been fair
% that "a easy." said Jumping Jehos-
ophat.
So the bouudlng kangaroo took the cis