The Detroit times., 1915-11-18
~ THORNTON w. BURGESS.

*, (Copyright, 1915. by ,. a. i.ioyd.l
* Peter RABBIT couldn't sit still.
You know how full OF curiosity he
- and how dearly he loves a story.
He had listened quite breathlessly
hils Aonkar- Goose told how
l131utton the. Wolverine had found
nj the traps OF the trapper up there
a the Far North where Honkc kcT had
spent the summer and early fan.
What did the trapper do when he
found that. all his traps had been
'Dulled out In plain sight. and all the
hait taken" asked Peter eagerly.
% Honker chuckled.' II was deep
;fhroaty chuckie. "He lost his tenn
6or," said he. "Tve seen Buster
Bear lose his temper" Honker
.Yooked over at Buster, and Buster
1Snked foolish. "But Buster Is
Nothing TO what that man was when
1o lost his temper. He talked to
himself In a very loud voice. or
oUurSs, don't know what he said,
hut can guess. He went from one
hap to- another, and the farther he
rot the angrier he grew. But get
ting angry didn't 10 him any good.
~ never does any one any good. So
~ last he stopped getting angry.
Any way. he stopped showing his
SnxE. and went TO work to set the
s>rapo over again, and this time he
s1ook more care than ever 10 set
mem. Then he got big piece of
meat and around IL he hid q lot OF
ot0ut traps. / guess that was just
1Or Clutton. suppose he thought
that II Glutton found one there he
Xould think that that was all and
might step into one OF the others
5While he was eating the meat.
Il Just hung around where I
oonld watch. The very next day
{hIong came Glutton. My, but that
fellow Is smart! just had to
I laugh. The first thing he did was
70 hunt for q trap. When he found
4 ne pulled It out Then what do
yoa think he did?"
~Gcbbled up that meat and
stepped In one Of the other traps
<oud was caught" cried Peter ex
Icitedly.
Nothing OF the kind" replied
Z IIonker. "He didn't even look az
hat meat He went right on hunt
ing for traps until he had found
overy one. It was just as II he had
seen that hunter set those traps,
\ but he hadn't. When he had found
E the last one he just walked over to
s E1hat piece OF meat and ate every
scrap Of II. Then he went on pull
1ng out the traps which had been
t,net for other little people just as
4 before, and when he had eaten so
!. much that he couldn't eat another
nouthful he Just spoiled the rest Of
X The bait so that no one else would
@oot them"
when that trapper found that
Hutton had played that trick on
\ HIM again he didn't set his traps
koGAin right away. but spent a lot
- time with his terrible gun look
klng for Glutton. While he was OF
3 <Iooking for him Glutton came TO hts
4 nOupe and with his stout claws tore
70 hole In the roof and got inside
<01 course ] don't know what he did
/. RI there, but have an idea that
F1hen that trapper came back he
1ldn't find any food Mt to eat there.
&Anyway. the next day he took his
1nnoe and went away, and I did not
<ose him again until the day before
~ left, when he came back with a
HIpe more things. food. ] guess
I'm Just wondering II Glutton
Ekil1 get those things or IL he will
h ~ Clutton. or II Glutton has gone
0omewhcre else. Served the man
1sht for trying to trap the little
ocple who wear fur. don't like
Mutton. No one does. But 1 GER
Hinly was glad TO ace him smarter
ban that trapper."