Evening star., 1916-07-18

JUST AS IF WE HONEST PEOPLE
HAVEN'T ENOUGH WORRIES AS IT
IS GRUMBLED PETER AS HE
WATCHED THE STRANGER FLYING
TOWARD THE BIG RIVER.
for Redtail the Hawk and his cousin
Whitehall the Marshhawk. All winter
Danny Meadow Mouse and Peter Rab-
bit and Bob White and other little peo-
PIE who remained on the Green Mea-
dows were Obliged to watch out for
fierce old Roughleg. another of the
Hawk family. So when OF MIstah
. BuzZard first appeared he was mistaken
for a member of the Hawk family be-
cause he looked so much like one, and
1t was a long time before his neigh
bors learned that he wouldn't harm one
Of them for the world
The very same thing happened when
another big stranger appeared very
early in the spring He was big fell
low, just a wee bit bigger than Red
tail the Hawk. and wore handsome
largely white. Altogether. he was a
fine looking fellow But he was a mem
Der of the Hawk family There could
be no doubt about it this time. One
good look at his hooked bill and great
claws was enough to settle that ques-
tion in the minds of all who saw him.
So there was no welcome for him when
he first arrived at the Green Forest.
He wasn't wanted there.
Just as if we honest people haven't
enough worries it is" grumbled
Peter as he watched the stranger fly
ing toward the Big River. Il suppose
now wen have to keep our eyes open
for him a. well for Redtaii and old
Whitehall
Danny Meadow Mouse quite agreed
with Peter SO did all the birds. Red
dy Fox and Old Man Coyote felt much
the same way toward the stranger.
only from very different reason.
That fellow will make our hunting all
the harder" Crunbied Reddy to Gran
NJ as they watched the stranger. The
more there are to hunt. the harder the
hunting. Somebody ought to send him
back whore he came from
Granny WAS watching the stranger
sharply. and pretty soon she caught a
CLEAN of white as he turned in the air.
Granny gave A little sigh of satisfac-
tioa. Don't worry, said she to Peddy.
Il guess we can spare all that fellow
can taxi. from US" Then she changed
the subject and left Reddy to wonder
why she seemed so little concerned
a bout this newcomer. As for the stran-
ger. he paid no attention to any one.
If he noticed that he was given no
welcome he apparently didn't care. He
just simply went about his business
and didn't rneddle in the affairs of any
one else. After a while his neigh bors
noticed that his business seemed TO al
ways take him in the direction of the
Big River. He never visited the Old
oTCHaEu ne never nunttO IN lhe
Green Forest He never circled about
over the Green Meadow. as did White
tail the Marshhawk. In short, he never
bothered any one. There wasn't a sin
gle thing that could be brought against
him save that he was member of the
Hawk family But that was enough.
II he was member Of the Hawk fam
fly he was an enemy to be feared and
hated in the eyes Of Peter Rabbit and
Danny Meadow Mouse and all the other
little people who fear Redtail and
Whitehall II wasn't until Peter saw
a surprising thing happen at the Snil-
ing Pool that he learned the truth
about the stranger, which was that
there wasn't the least thing in the
world 20 fear from him. And unit
that time the stranger was a neigh boz
who wasn't wanted. Afterward-well.
afterward things were different.