Evening star., 1916-11-27
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BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright. 1915, by T. W. BUTgessD
Danny Gets a Needless Fright.

Life, sou know. IS just one thing
Mouse much of the time it is just one
escape after another. 1t is one thrill
on top of another thrill even when at
home; but since he had started out to
see the Great World it seemed to him
that there wasn't even quiet minute
between thrills. 1t was just one never
ending thrill. You know what Il thrill
is. OF course. 1t is that funny ting
ling feeling that runs all over YOU.
sometimes hot and sometimes cold. and
I sometimes both mixed together You
have it when you are excited some
times it is caused by great pleasure,
but mostly that feeling is caused by
fear. Then it is usually cold. When it
is caused by anger. as it sometimes is,
1t is hot.
Ever since he had first discoN cred
Old Man Coyote shifting at the pile OF
brush under which he had stopped to
rest Danny Meadow Mouse had had
one thrill after another, and they were
all the cold kind, the shivery kind.
That is. they We're thrills of fear. First.
they We're because he was afraid Old
Man Coyote would catch him. When
he escaped from Old Man Coyot" by
digging down into the tunnel Of Miner
the Mole he had more Of the same Kind
I of thrill because he was afraid that
Miner the Mole would catch him. And
when at the end OF the tunnel ne
nopped out on the ground again Just in
time TO get away from Miner there
stood old Man coyote two jumps away.
Fortunately his back was toward ban
ny. and Danny managed to slip away
without being seen.
| But as he ran and ran with all his
| might Danny was about as scared Il
] meadow mouse as ever wished lie was
! as big as Buster Bear You see, every
I thing was new and strange to Danny
/ because he was out in the Great World
| and had left behind him all those places
with which he was familiar. So he
! didn't know where there We're any hid
| ing places. He simply had to trust to
! his short legs and luck 10 find one. So
| | don't wonder that Dannys nerves
We're shaky, do you?
| They We're very Sf4aIy. They were
SO shaky that he shook all over. You see,
| he hadn't had time 10 get over ON.
/ fright before he got another. SO now
as he ran, not knowing where ne WAS
| going, he was 50 scared that his own
| shadow frightened him when he hap
! pened to look behind him as he ran
! across "A little open place in the moon
| light. What dangers might he in front
1 of him he didn't know, but he did know
| that somewhere behind him was old
! Man Coyote, and he looked behind nm
! so much that he didn't watch where he
! was going. and the result Was that he
ran right straight into some one with
big fur coat He was too frightened
! to see who it was. n thought il must
| be Reddy Fox or Granny FoN
( With a faint. little squeak Danny
gave up and dropped right where n
| was He was too frightened to move
( or even look. Huh" said a voice. Hn'
! it didn't sound $" very terrible. If II
isn't Danny Meadow Mouse, WHY dot
/ you look where YOU are going" bon
| you know that it isn't polite TO buml
| into folks this way? What are You do
| ing so far from home. anyWaE"
| Danny gave a little gasp and SlowI!
| opened his eyes. There sat Bohb,
| Coon, grinning down at him. He didn'
| look al all as if he wanted to harm
| poor little meadow mouse. There hat
| been times when Danny had had reason
| to keep out of Bobby Coou's way-times
when Bobby had hsd hard work to ge