The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-04
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME.
ev THORNTON W.. BURGESS.

10 you KNOW WHAT d lnIli 10!
II is an unexpected feeling that
makes you Jingle ali over There
are different sinds Of thrills. some
very nice, and some not nice at all.
There are thrills Of Joy and glad.
ness. There are thrills OF fear.
There are thrills of excitement.
When you hear the clang of the
fire engine as 1t PUSHES down the
street don't you Just shiver all over
with excitement? Those delicious
little shivers are thrills.
When Bob White heard the bang!
bang! of the hunters terrible gun
that morning when one Of his chill
dren was shot, he felt sudden
thrill, but 1t was thrill OF fear.
All the other Bob Whites felt the
same kind Of q thrill. Peter Rab-
bit knows all about such thrills. SO
does Danny Meadow Mouse. They
have had them when they have had
narrow escapes from Reddy Fox and
Hooty the Owl and Old Man Coyote
and Redtail the Hawk. Such thrills
are very unpleasant and TO one
wants them. But thrills OF Joy and
gladness are among the most beau
tiful things in life.
Bob white and Mrs. Bob had
given up all hope OF ever seeing
again their baby who had been shot
by the hunter. They always spoke
of him as a baby. although he was
quite as big as his mother. 1t Is a
way that mothers and fathers have.
For a whole day Bob had called and
called without ever getting a reply.
So they felt sure that he had been
killed, and because thay didn't want
their sadness to make the others
sad they tried to be as cheerful as
of old. Every morning Bob White
whistled from a fence-post on the
edge of Farmer Browns wheat field.
II was clear, sweet and far reach
ing, was that whistle. carrying a
message of cheer to all the world.
bob White: Bob White! Bob
Bob White!" he called. and all the
green meadows and green forest re-
joiccd to hear him.
It was ten days after that dread
full day when the hunter found Bob
Whites family and shot one. Bob
White was whistling his early morn
ing greeting to the great world as
usual. Suddenly he nearly lost his
balance and he quite lost his breath
so that he broke whistle right
short OF in the middle. His keen
ears had caught a sound that sent q
thrill all over him, thrill OF great
10y and gladness. It was SO unex-
pected that he couldn't believe 1t
at first. He thought he must have
been mistaken. So he listened with
his head cooked on one side, and as
he listened he shook all over with
excitement.
Mrs. Bob had noticed how he had
cut that whistle short and she came
hnrrying over to find out what 1t
meant.
what is it," she asked anxious
ly. "TIave you discovered some new
danger?"
"Be still. and listen with all your
might" commanded Bob. Then he
drew a long breath and whisued
with all his might, "Bob-Bob
White!"
Almost like an echo there came
from far away, faint but clear. an
answer, Bob White! Bob White!
Mrs. Rob was so excited she few
right up beside Bob. Its our lost
darling!" she cried. I'D know his
voice anywhere. He's alive! Hes
alive"
And then Rob whistled as he new
er had whistled before. for his heart
thrilled with Joy, such Joy as he
could find no other way OF express
ing. Every one within hearing no
ticed it. Peter Rabbit, over In the
dear Old Briar Patch, pricked up
his ears.
my DEAR" said he to little Mrs
Peter, "Bob White must have heard
some glad news. I'm going right
over to find out what 1t is. I never
have heard him whistle like thai
before"