The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-10-23

Alas Alas When cousins light
How dreadful us 70 seel
cannot think 90 nything
That any worse can be-
And yet some people love 90 see
light sammy jay is one OF these.
sammy Is never napier. than when
De-" ls quarreling himself or watch
INK others quarrel suppose II Is
because ne loves excitement and
there ~ no greater excitement than
a quarrel which may lead 10 a hEht.
~ was because he hoped 60 Sc
Just these things that Sammy md
whore he could wHtCh the storehouae
~ Happy lack Squirrel from which
rhsttcfrr Tho Ned S1uirrel was steal
ing For quite awhile nothing hap
prued Happy Jack brought sweet.
hTn Wn. little beefhnuta and hid them
AWAY I'm the hOIlQw limb which was
hiss stOrthousc AS soon as he went
take away hs many as he could stun
iu both check sammy wondered
how long IL would be before Happy
JH * mi ssed those nuts.
Finally 10 was plain that Happy
Jack had discovered that sonnet hins
was wrong Tie spent long time
In his storehouse and sammy could
hear him talking 90 himself When
az last ne poked his head out Happy
Jack looked worried. He had dis
covered that instead cf growing
larger that store OF nuts was very
mystcriously growing smaller He
A. For few minutes he sat jerk
ing hts tail nervously. Then as IL
d." gave IL up a. a bad Job he started
back toward the beech trees after
more II those sweet brown, little
nuts
The instant Happy Jack was CIT OF
sight t'hattercr who all the time
had been hidden where he could
watch Happy Jack. appeared and
hurried 10 steal more OF those sweet
little nuts Sow % happened that
Happy Jack Was still turning over
and over IN his mind the mystery ~
those vanishing stores of his. and
half way back to the beech trees he
decided ~ have Huothcr look az his
st0rchousc. SEQ back he came and
tesricd the tree boo tho hollow limb
Cntttr-or ritme out with his cheeks
stuH rd fIIf ~ Tho nuts Harry Jack
had so patiently ga'hcred
stood IN a Hash tie mystery Of the
dI.rDrrar. r..u t H.. rplios Almost
choking with anger he started UP the
tree and almost reached Chatterer
before the latter saw him. Away
dartcd Chattrrcr and after him zap
py Jack. From tree 10 tree they
jumped. u WAS very eNclfinR ava
sammy LAY followed IN high glee.
t1attrreI was altogether too smart
20 go hack 90 his own storehouss.
and presently finding that be could
777T 7TTI TUTUp W. best WIN ms
checks stunned ND fNIl. n 10 dropped
tho beech nuts and turned 20 fight.
Dear me. dear me such bad sight
az these two cousins did make as
,thcy quarrcled snd fought IN the
tree top that beautiful october day.
II was shameful Altho Happy Jack
was much tho larger ~ the two.
Chattercr was the quicker IN his
movements and So the fight was not
at 0li unequal of course Happy
Jack was In the right and when he
called Chatterer thief as he did
over md ovDr ocain. DO wns stating
the truth Put those sharp. angry
voices werc not al all pleasant 70
hear.
~ they chased Zach other and
fought until 5hey were 80 tired that
they simuy Sad 90 stop still scold-
lng and calling names. Happy Jack
went fo hia sroreh0use 20 see Just
how much DO h7d lost Chsttcrer
shouted "A few ugly things after him
and then started for tho old nest 81
B'arky fhe Crow IN which he Rad
hidden his stolen goodies. He went
thefe ~ gl0at over them just az ~
No. had como hy them honestly iu-
stead of dishonesty, for he Is quite