Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-29
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By THORNTON W. BURGESS
Copyright, 1917. by T. W. BurEesAJ
YowIer Discovers a Queer
Tree.

FOWLER the Bob-Cat was so angry
and at the same time SO disappointed
that 1t seemed, almost as he would
have q At right there in the tree. One
little minute ago he had been sure
that at last he was to have turkey
dinner. and now he could see the
last of the Gobbler family sailing
over the tree tops. Wasn't that
enough to make any one disappointed?
And that disappointment was all
caused by one person. Sammy Jay.
Wasn't that enough to make any one
angry?
You see. 1t was Sammy who bad
discovered FOWLER crouched on a
branch just above the path along
which the Gobblers were coming.
Sammy had understood instantly what
FOWLER was planning to do, and Sammy
had promptly opened his mouth and
shrieked a warning. Sammy always
does at a time like that. 1t is one of
the good things about Sammy Jay.
which. in a measure, makes up for the
bad things.
Yowler's temper is anything but
good. AS the last Gobbler disappeared
over the tree tops Yowler glared up at
Sammy and screeched at him. 1t was
horrid screech. screech which made
everybody within hearing SILVER. 1t
actually made Sammy Jay SILVER. In
fact. 1t frightened Sammy so that he
could. and he did just that thing.
Once more Yowler screeched and again
Sammy shivered
.'My!" he exclaimed. MY goodness.
what a horrid temper! wouldn't have
temper like that for anything"
Growing and splitting in his rage and
disappointment. Yowier dropped down
from the tree and started home to try
to think OF some other way in which
he might catch one of those Gobblers
for he was determined that one OF them
he would have somehow. But though
he thought and thought, 1t was all in
vain.
Of rock just in front of the little cave
where he had made his home. He
watched the Black Shadows come
creeping through the Green Forest as
jolly, round, red Mr.. Sun went to bed
behind the Purple Hills 1t grew Sc
all one, but FOWLER didn't mind. You
know his eyes are made for seeing In
the dark. By and by the silvery moon.
beams began to creep here and there
presently looking up he saw Mistress
Noon herself creeping higher and high
| er in the sky.
| Then Yowler stretched two or three
times and decided that 1t was time to
do little night hunting. Perhaps he
might surprise Jumper the Hare. Any
way he ought to find some Wood Mice
abroad, for they love moonlight nights
Soft-footed. keeping as much as posi-.
Bile in the places where the Black Shad.
ows were. he began to prowl through
| the Green Forest.
| Yowler had no particular plan. He
didn't set out for any particular place
He simply was prowling. He paid nc
attention to direction. So 1t was chance
just chance. that led him to a part OF
the Green Forest he never had visited
at night before. He had been there
during the day. but not at night. Sc
softly that not a leaf rustled under hii
padded feet he stole along, stopping
every few steps to listen and to lool
this way and that way. Presently a,
he glanced up he saw a tall tree be-
tween him and Mistress Moon. HI
| stopped abruptly and stared hard Tha
was queer looking tree. tho QuAeres
looking tree he ever had seen. On sew
eral Of the branches were great black
masses. They stood out sharply In tn.
! moonlight. FOWLER biinked and etaret
again. Then, very carefully, he begar
to crawl toward that tree. He mean
to and out for, himself what those
| black masses were.