Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-25
PETEY DINK
BUDDY'S AND BRIGHTEYES'
FOURTH OF JULY. +,

! FOURTH OF JULY. e.
One day, when Buddy and Bright
&e0ss Pigg were playing out In front OF
S4heir pen, Buddy suddenly exclaimed:
why, Just think OF it, Day after
E1smorrow IL Fourth Of July Brighteyes
#Won't w have lots of fun?"
what will we do?" asked his sister.
.sOh. shoot of flrecrackers and tor
and makes lots of noise, and at
Nnight well send up Roman candles and
akyrockets; and obi it will be better
&than circus"
"Oh, you boys!" exclaimed Bright
eyes. you always want to make q
racket and have excitement. It's hor-
4 rid, ] think" ~
"Oh, s'pose you'll play with your
kdolIs or something like that" said Bud
llNdy, Laughing 1t his sister, who was
very serious. =,
.Yes. that's what I'm going to do
fsreplied Brighteyes. ''I'm going to play
with Sister Sallie and Alice and Lulu
and Jennie Chipmunk,
h md we're going for picnic IN the
Look out that a big fox or a bad
ENdog doesn't get you" said Buddy. Well
I'm going on to ind Sammie and Billie
Nlnd johnnie and Jimmie and Peetie
and Jackie Bow Wow, and Bully and
NBawly Frog and we'll have a fine time
Son the Fourth"
4 Where are you going to get your
N1rocrackers and things?" asked Bright
M1yoa
.You'll see," answered Buddy, as he
an on .
Well, Fourth of July came at last,
lust @ Il always does, and early in the
morning Buddy Pigg awoke.
Where are you going?" called his
NnapA.
I'M Out to shoot of frecrackers," an
'g36wsred Buddy.
1 ~De careful you don't get burned"
Meautionsd his mother. "Oh, dear! |
NllOnt like the Fourth of July. If you
lao got burned, Buddy, run right in and
Not papa attend to YOU
Il cant get burned with the kind Of
&1recrackers and torpedoes I'm going
Ntc USE answered the little boy guinea
Npis, and he laughed as he ran out.
Well, pretty soon, along came al his
ariends, Billie and Johnnie and Sammie
and al the rest. They were so excited
That Bawly, the frog, didn't think to
Ming a. ong or recite any poetry.
what shall we do f1rst?" asked Bud
Lets play war;" suggested Sam
ME. We'll divide up into two armies
lind have q battle. It will be great"
Hk%s SO they divided into two sides and
sDuddy was the general on one side,
and Billie Bushytail on the other. Then
Ahe fight began-not real, you under
oaad but make believe.
MI First the loud cannons shot off; ana
what do you suppose the cannons
We're? Why big stones, that the SPUR
Mels and rabbits and the other animal
boys held and clapped together as loud
ID anything You know stones can
make a terrible racket when they are
hit together real hard. Well 1t sound.
ia like regular cannon and the birds
Nn the wood got awfully scared
Now fire your guns!" cried General
Buddy Pigg and his soldiers took
Eaticks, and snapped them in two pieces
and broke them, until they sounded
like real guns, or lot Of f1recrackers
4oing OF.
Oh. II was fine and the best of it was
Nobody could get hurt, or burned,
fSither.
.Now shoot them with your torpe-
Moes.' cried General Billie Bushytail,
and all at once his side began firing off
Morpedoes at great rate; until you
would have thought the woods were on
IRE. And, you would never guess what
The torpedoes were, so I'll tell you.
They were big, rose petals, blown UP
with air until they were like little