The Detroit times., 1917-06-19

l'opyrlBht 1910.
Hardly had Jimmy skunk entered
the hole under Farmer Browns hen
house. following close on The heels
81 inc Billy Possum. than along
came Dowsof The Hound smiling and
shifting In "a way that made unc'
Billy nervous when Bowser reach
ed that hole of course he smelled
the tracks OF Inc Billy and Jimmy
and right away hc became excited
lie began 20 dig Goodness. how he
aid make the dirt MS An Tho time
Dee whined With cagcrncs8
Unc' Billy wasted no time On
squeezing thru hole in Tho noor
way over in one corner a hole that
Farmer Browns Boy intended 90
nail a board over long before. bm
never had. Cnc Bills knew that
RoWser couldn't got thru tbc even
II he did manage 90 dir his way I'M
der the henhouse once thru that
and fairly I'm the henhouse me Billy
drew a long breath Ito felt safe
FOR the time beius anyway and he
didn't propose no worry over the
future.
Jimmy skunk hurried after inc
Billy n wasn't Tear that caused
Jimmy 10 hurry SO, indeed H.
wasn't fear he had been startled
hy the unexpeciedncss of Howser's
appearance Do was fhl. 'hdt had
caused him 10 struggle to be drst
thru that hole under ihc henhou1e.
But once thru be- had felt a bit
ashamed that De bad been so und'e
nlhed He wasn't afraid of Bo@ser
lie was sorely tempted 90 turn
around and send Bowser about his
business as he knew hc very Well
could. But ne thought better 81 IT,
Hesides Inc Bily Was already
thru that hole In iho aoor and Jim
my didn't for minute forget what
had brought him There iie had
come for eggs and so bad Lne' BIi
". ], would never DO % iet lnc
Silly be- alone zap there ior lone
so Jimmy skunk did that he very
seldom does hurried Yes air he
hurried after Tine Billy Possum he
meant 20 make sure of his share OF
the eggs ne Was sure were up thore
There was rqw ~ nesting boxes
along one side Close 10 tho floor
Above these was another row. and
above these third row Jimmy
doesn't climb. hut Jnc Billy b. a
famous climber
'TTl take these lower nests and
Jimmy. and lifted his ail In a "ay
that made Uuc Hlly nervous
"An right REPLIED lnc bHl'
promptly "All right nrcr skunk
It's just as yo' say
with this Tine BHlv cramhled up
10 the noxt row Of nests. Jimmy
grinned ann started 90 look u The
lower nests 80 took bis time about
m. for th4t is Jmmy's way There
was nothing fhe FIRST ono and
nothing in the second ono and moth
ing in The third one This WAS dis
appointing 90 say the least and
Jimmy began ~ move a li'tle faster
Meanwhile Unc' Billy had hurried
from one nest 20 another IN the
second row with no better success.
Bv the time Jimmy was half Way
along his row 1'nc Billy bad begun
on The upper row and the onl} cgss
ne had found We're hard china nest
eggs puf there by FARMER Brown a
Boy 10 tempt rho hens 20 isy m
those particular nosts l}tsappoini.
ment was making Uuc1 Bills lose bic
temper Each time no poeped IN
nest and saw one Of those china
eggs he hoped 10 was a real egg and
each time when he found d WASH Z
no grew anarirr
AZ last h. 500 losf his temper chat
when he found another 81 those eggs
no angrily pulled 81 oar of The nest
Now IL happened that Jimmy skunk
was Just underneath Down fell that
hard china erg squarcly on Jimmy
Skunks head For just q minute
Jimmy saw stars At least he
thought he did Then be saw the
cse and knew chat inc Billy had
Knocked ~ down and that 10 was
.h's that had ilt hm Jimmy was
sore at hear becaus he had found
no eggs. and no0 he bad q bump
on The head ihat was also sore
Jimmy skunk lost bis ie'rper.
thing be rarely does.