Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-02
PINTO AND HIS UNCLE Part |.


once upon time there lived little
ho, named Pinto who was left All alouc
IN the world when ma father and mother
died
The only relative hc had Was an uusle.
and "a to tins unclc poor iittl" I'nto won't.
hoping the old man would give hlm z
home
When the uncl" sax rinto he began
to grluhl, about havup poor relations
and sad Pinto va2 not large enough u
earn III. salt Ict alone his bread
am 4 poor man and ! cannot afford Z"
support YOU. he pIumi,l'd
But uncle ,au work e1ld I'm
tn i can dlr IL tho rlrion sud Accp
tho wccds out aud | c.n hring ~ thr
wood and lot IT thnr les'dra i aon
viii only let mc stay ! "tll To-" ton how
hard ! can vork
When thc uucI. heard tins hn decided
to tax, Pinto. Mo h1d to work carly and
late and roi lttIc ior hie hard work. t"r
hl@ uu,,jc Was + m-cr and hvcd on cfreis
- bread IS little soup u leas' that
WAS all T1ufo ever saw On the tal'lc
rlnta grew thn and Hnharp, and
one night whrn ~ could not sl'rp 70
can-r ~ vas ~ hungry. tc heard = morse
under the floor u Tire room where u"
slept
t.ettntc out ,f lcd -o(tly, rnto looked
tbranpb tbc cracks IA The Aeor and 4av
an nid Woman seated IT tadr loaded
with food
Pinto farrat ihat hc Vas rocking aa
H. snllf,I tll, good mcll and thc funny
oId woman uhn wa~ ueilv witch. hoard
h,m and looked rsh VIII II the very
crack Who're I'D Was pceklug at hsr
a. yhc looked the oli witch reached
for hrr long. crooked stuck and htfore
Pinto COULD think she had touchrd the
board With If She Sam
.Dpon rocks, and TT hum ln
rcchlng i = vIekcd san
Thc vcrS next thing PINTO hHrN hc
Mas ttunhllng through thc iloor and f1i
landed ou the aout " thc cave /" the oid
Witch
.r,cbinr. wcrc yoao sid tie nld
witch shaking hrr ~uok Il hun hN
were you MT lu yeur hcd and asleep
IL bov@ ~h0ld ~ il tins hour
"pica~r Na> hungry answered I'm
~. III ,rat ,hatlcunr -. u" cnnld scarce
n sn.th ud Nuui ~tirIlH ~mrl"d -
good u-t i,lcd that Nas ail, I'D
not mean t t.kc anN
,pidut vau hayt <oaI supper as>ed
the vfcb
pinto talI hcr te baj crust Il bread
ana cum ii water aui then eame tow,
III IL, .1cr hi- tngb' of the old witch
and tuld hrr hoN nuugrN be was alI II"
Hi Ill Here work far ne @ d.
sand 'h, oid wItrfl a. bcrs,ii
Md then She jumped nr and hd the
floor aNth hcr crooked ~iteh
IN came i CHAR ana she tald Pinto
70 st ia y
-Nuu Shall have feast s.ad thc
witch tanpinp the tahIe many times
Ana each tlulr therc appeared something
hcttcr than thu last dish had held until
Pinto did noi Know where "a hcpH5
When hc had cater FL hc could ne
fclI ~lrcp ard tile nest thing !sc knew
lis tnclc was calling ian - - IA work
N the garden
pInta Sat up in bed and rlhhed hls
1T was nice dream hc said and
somehow ! d. unt feel Is hungry tins
morning as us'ai
Little Pinto thought "i the dream ;ii
dax. for he WAS sureI It must - dream
But the ncxt night he lay awake
thinking about the feast of TIA" night he
fore. when he beard i tap az The 'loor
Pinto punpcd out II his hcd and
looked tl.roaeh the cracks. and there
hc saw the oL witch looking Ip at h'm
~Gc tappcd the floor w,th her crooked
stick saying
open rocks Mud LEI mW ~
That hr mas lbs tcast begin
There ua~ thc lall, aglln filled With
4 rood supper. and just il before. Pinto
fell asleep aud the next mormna found
himself III bis bed
Bit Pinto was soon To tInd out i
va~ moi Il dream and tomorrow | will
tell YOU more about him.
CONTINUED Tomorrow
After All the German submarine knows
most about "SplTlo- vcrscnkt