The Detroit times., 1916-11-24
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Danny Second Adventure.
copyright 1915. py 7. W BurEess)
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Perhaps you can imagine how
Danny Meadow Mouse felt when he
discovered tha roof OF Miner The
Mole's tunnel right under that pile
of brush old Man Coyote was scat
tering so fast 10 catch him An has
tears, all his Worries Jeff him just
The way water runs of the coat ot
Jerry MUskrtt Just one little min.
uto before hc mad been in despair
because " looked 20 Doe almost Ger
tain that this time there was no was
ior him 20 keep out OF old Man Coy
Ote's stomach. and now he actually
WAS chuckling as be began 10 dig
in the soft earth on the roof OF
Miners tunnel That rs the way
with Danny Meadow Mouse and
most Of the other little people of
the Green Meadows and the Green
Forest. the Laughing Brook and the
Smiling Pool as soon as danger
Is past they forget Il That is, they
don't think about A. They remem
bor the lesson II may have taught
them bur that is all
u is well thar n IS so. II they
kept thinking about their escapes
and the dangers they nave passed
thru they wouldn't have time 10
think Of anything else and there
wouldn't boz any happiness at all for
them SO they promptly put such
lhngs out OF their minds II was so
with Danny now.
'ff would 1--we another day
lll surelyn have 90 run away.
said he. and chuckled again as he
dug with might and main
n didn't take long 70 dig a hole
big enough 10 squeeze thru and
with a happy little sign Danny drop
ped down into that tunnel Now ne
had nothing 20 fear from Old Man
Coyote, so he sat down near the
title hole he had made and listened
BE- heard Old Man Coyote scatter
be- last Of the sticks Of that brush
pile and then he heard him run this
way and that way shifting and sniff
eng as be tried 10 find where Danny
had gone He knew Just how sur
pri-ed and puzzled and disappointed
Old Man Coyote was and he laughed
uti ho had 20 hold his sides When
Old Man Coyote finally gave up and
went away Danny poked his funny
itrc head out OF the hole ho had
made and watched him ont ot sight
Now. said Danny. AS Old Man
coyote disappeared, what shall | do
ncxr' want 20 go on, but this is
strange country 10 me and / might
1u, be lucky enough 10 find safe
hiding place If that old sinner should
'aEo IL into his head 10 come back
this way ! suppose | can stay right
hero until I'm sure that he isn't
oming back. but that will be a ter.
ibe waste Of time Ha. ha flo.
no. have it' TN travel under
.round for while. This tunnel OF
Miners seems 10 run IN the direction
! want 10 go, so III just use IL for a
subway for my travels" You know
ubway means wav under ground.
"t'll just follow this tunnel as far
ts 10 goes and then dig my way out
nlosa happen 20 find one of Min.
ers doorways at the end hope
liner isn't using this tunnel just
SOW IL would be very unpleasant
20 meet him. ne is such shorttem.
,cd fellow Hut / won't worry
bout that until have to. ! never
! 'ld believe in borrowing tro'oie.
Tho troubles ~ the present are qlite
enough Tor me
I cannot know tho future and SO n
let it be-
You see. Danny is something of a
rue phiros opher, which means that
he is one who believes in making
hc best of things as they are. and
not worrying about things which
| may never be So he ducked down
md began 10 trot along the tunnel
Il Miner the Mole He felt quite at
home there. Tor II wasn't the first
Ime he had made use OF one of
| Miners tunnels In fact, he had
I often used old tunnels which Miner
mo- longer used himself
But this wasn't an old tunnel; Il
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