The Detroit times., 1917-12-06
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME
81 JUyhN ifN " ht itPhNS,
BOwser Turns Tail.
Copyright. 1877. By r. vs.. BurEess1

old Mother Nature Is very good tn
her children and when they Rot bur.
she heals their wounds quickly. With
/ IN a few days after hts Tight with
Iowier the Bob-cat whom he was sn
badly clRwed and bitten. BOwHer WAS
feeling quite himself again So, when
ono morning Farmer Browns Boy
came out of the house with guu
iu his hands and whistled to him
Brwsor haTked joyfuly and Jumped
about his master az m he were quite
crazy, You sea 10 was long. long
time-since 10 hnh seen a gun in tho
hands OF Farmer Browns Boy. Tho
sight Cf 10 recalled 10 Bowser rle
old days when Dee ard his master had
80 often hunted over thc Green Mca
duws and thru tho Green Forest You
know there IS ucfhlrg Bowser so
loves os good hunt. He never had
been able 60 understand why Tarurrr
! Br' WINS Noy had put his gun away
and given up hunting.
NOW, thot Bowser. I'VE shall
have another glorious hunt for Reddy
Fox. n / can once nnd his trail rIi
drive him around 20 where my mas
ter can shoot him." and he started
Z 60 race ahead 20 hunt for Neddy'a
trail \ sharp whistle stopped him.
lie looked back. wagEing hts tail.
~ on come I'm here at my heels
! sir commanded Farmer Brown e
Boy. and BSwser oheycd as he had
been taught Co DO. He didn't under
EfAnO ~. hut ne UUnWNd.
Thru the Old Orchard toward th.
/ Green Forest they went. Bowsor sniff
( nng and snufnug IN the grass eagerly.
| Near the edge OF the old Orchard he
! caught n whin OF scent which told
! him that Reddy Fox had been along
| there some time during the night
I before. Instantly Eowqor stopped
and with eager little whines began Co.
I ruin this way and that way with hIa
nose TO the ground trying 20 find out
/ which way Reddy had gone. sharp
command from Farmer Browns Boy
| bade him come on
Bowser was sorely puzzled Hr
I know that Farmer Browns Boy had
/ known that he had found trace OF
| Rtddy Fox, yet here they were go
/ ing straight into the Green Forest
| IL was clear that Farmer Browns
I Boy was not going 90 hunt Reddv
tnk. kowser was disappc intcd. but
l the eight or the terrible gun on the
/ boulder Of Farmer Browns BOY re-
I NeNed niu little. They must be-
going 90 hunt scmt ono or that gun
! would have been left at home 20 he
would try 20 De patient uutu he
| should md out who that some one
I was.
Deeper and deeper into the Green
/ Forest his master led the way. Pres
I cutlv Rowser began 90 grow uneasy
/ Tho farther they went tho more uu-
I easy be grew. You see they were
] 80 NNiitk AfFHA ~ anu Nf.NItI the place
I where fow DAYS before Howscr had
/ been 90 scratched and bitten hy Vow.
/ Ter tho Hoh-tat ffe had no desire
I 90 meet Nowler again dreadfu
! thot popped into his head. could 90
I be that 90 was fuwler himself Farmer
/ Brown Boy meant GO huutF
/ lrcseutlN Farmer Brown Boy nr-
dfred B0Wser ahead '.El fud him
EUwHeri Sic him." ho commanded
/ fn the f1y ~ being ordered t1 hunt
\ Bowser bounded ahead IIe didn't
/ know whose trail he was 20 look for
Z but he was 90 hunt for some one
Perhaps no would hnd the tfaU ~
rif GRANNY EoL az ia -l1aLlI - -Iass4-s..-.-
I tFe Hare. lie hogan to RON fhfs way
. 1ud that way shifting eagerly among
1 Tho leaves ftr had quite forgotten
D N0wier The Hoh-Cat
1 So they went ou for some little
4 distance. BowFcr eagerly hunting for
ne trail ~ sune one auy one who
] would leave scent he could follow
1 wigh HE W wonderful nose. And then
1 suddenly he came on a trail. a freeh