Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-16
THE BUGS OF BUGLY.
BY JOSHUA +. CROMWELL.

BY JOSHUA +. CRoWEiI..
Up Five Parts Part I'LL
Billy Bug and Benny Bug were he"
hoys Their mother was a widow Dug anu
poor. so they helped her by selling 'ne
Buggy Bi-Weeky Bicycle. Each copy vi
this paper was printed on an aspen zeal
which quivered and shook
Thor. WAS an old bug who wanted 'Biggle
And at the price he did Maggie ana higsN,,
But after his tongue would waggie ana "iss'e
VI. would take his Buggy Bi-weekly Bicycle
And pay for It,
Rennie Bug and Billy Bug were not the
only Buggy newsboys. Binty Bug was one
s,d Runtie too: and so was also little Boo.
rrbev ALL had trouble with the aspen leaf
rapers, hut Billy's pile was so much larger
that when they auivered and shivered and
shook they made him culver and shiVer
and shake.
The aspens would shake and Billy would quake
The aspeus would culver and Billy Wouiu shi'er'
lie shook in his walk,
And for his talk
All he could utter
Was In a stutter -,
II d-d-on't see." said Billy why they
don't p-p-p-rint these pa-pa-per-per -pers on
Tna-ma-ma-p,e-ple leaves, so they won't
shake-ake so-sO-so." But Mr.. Bolster Bug
the printer would only use aspen leaves pc
cause they were cheapest. and Billy contn-
ued To shake and quake and qulNer ana
shiver until he thought of a plan
Its the wind In the leaves that makes
them shake" he said TO himself ITS the
same kind of wind that roars in the chrm-
ney I'll put the papers in the fireplace, ana
perhaps the little winds will go out of them
to play with the little winds In the chlm-
ney"
He tried 1t the very next day and no
sooner did he place the quivertng pile In
the empty fireplace than all the winds went
right up the chimney and played the game
me- NIT fEh
already there.
After that all the papers were 80 nice and
still it was real pleasure to carry them
about Billy never shook any more ana
never even suffered another slut Then he
showed Bonnie how to get the wind out Of
his papers He showed Binty Bug and Bun
tie too and also little Bob.
Billy was kind boy and willing to help
Others lie might have patented The Get
tingWind- Out-of-Papers Scheme. organ
lied company, and sold the stock. and the
wind a so. and become the wealthiest bug In
Buggy. But he wanted the other bugs to
have d chance to buggle. 80 he he ped them
all he could. and they were al happy TO-
gether.
All the big bugs thought Billy was the
right kind" and pdtted him on the back as
they ate the morning papers Mrs. Azubah
Bug patted him twice. perhaps because she
had large appetite for news and always
bought and ate two papers!
When Ri ly Bug went home and told his
mother how many loving pats he had re-
bed and said:
New. Billy, you must go to sleep.
And sleep the whole long night,
Aud all the good you've done. tn keep
Al" Rni Put When e. !" yo . wal" waEen With the light
For the :. HHG heap Of good viii grew,
And spread to left and right"
The moon was down, the sun was up.
1t was a warm summer morn. Little
breezes were having games among the
tree tops; the distant ocean was turning
in the bed of the sea. and giving forth
some sleepy roars.
Billy Bug and Bonnie Bug had been
selling Bicycles" Bonnie had just one
left and he stopped to eat-I mean read
1t.
Hurry up said Billy.
But Bonnie wouldn't hurry up. nor
down. nor any way.
He read and read.
His face red,
He scratched his head
And still he read.
At last he said: The circus is coming
Bug -ums and Beetleys. Four Paws and
Six Legs Seven Ring Circus,, Stupendous
and Tremendous GrasShopper Hippodrome
and Consolidated Coliseum Combined...
Eight Ethereal. Aerial Equestricn
Acts" Ten Tawny. Tumultuous Tum-
Dlers,.,, Also, Concentrated Conglomer-
alton OF W-o-n-d-er-s,r'
Il want to CO. said Billy Bug.
Il wish / could said Bennie.
They knew their mother was too poor to
give them any money. they decided to
work and earn all they could They went
TO Mrs. AZubah Bug, who was the grand
est lady bug in Bugly, and had plenty of
real bug money.
Betsey Bug opened the door and es-
cOrted them Ger the polished floor. Mrs
AZubah Bug received them graciously.
She said.
I VIII give to you each the price OF a ticket,
II. AZ cr"Iuet. you will not miss a wicket
They gleefully began the game. They
used no mallets. and for balls each little
bug rolled himself up into a bail-bug.
They rolled and rolled here and there
Thr" many a wicket TO hit the stake.
They played the game with greatest care.
Bs; alas. they made little mistake.
Mrs. Azubah was sorry they failed at
CroqUet that she agreed TO pay them the
same To saw some wood.
They had NO except their teeth
No VIVA their jaws they sawed that wood
They saved and jawed. and jswed and "a wed,
With feet in air.
do declare.
Twas to a circus to them do IL;
Iigl they worked aud knew It,
Al last the wood
Was sawed: twas good
They got their pay.
Aud went away
II seemed a long time 10 wait till Cir
'BuggIe means to earn a bug living.
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