Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-25
"DREAMLAND ADVENTURES"
CHAPTER w
The Giants Castle

Former chapters told hoiO
Psooy rode to Birdldnd on her
tOv dirpldue, thanks to the gift
n the Wishing Rose aud hOlC
here she Cds crOtCnCd Princess
ot the Birds. Chapter Three
nded tCith the Birds being
EARNED by cries Of diStrcsSJ
THE commotion was so great that at
! FIRST Peggy could not make out what
twas all about. The birds were flying
h panic from the spot whence the
bricks were coming. As they scattered,
plggy could see a handsome Oriole
llnshlng about frantically in a bush.
1e bird seemed held fast by something
hon which It was trying desperately
b free itself.
She's caught in a trap! She's lost :"
vailed the other birds, not making a
aCement toward helping the Oriole.
Ny babies! What will become of
/ ny babies?" screamed the poor Oriole.
"hJ uOh SOu SCI HSl lOOSC' SiiSN
FssU.
We can't" shrieked the BIRDS. "Tht
oant Of the Woods has got her! HI
VII lock her up and kill her !"
Indeed he will not !" declared Peggy,
hdnant at the way the birds were
landoning the Oriole TO its fate. She
"a to the unfortunate bird and began
ngging at the knots that held it.
The Princess will save her, save her :"
nanted the birds, their chorus turning
Funptly from despair to rejoicing.
But Peggy herself wasn't so con-
itent Had she been her usual size
h could have united the cord easily
wy now she was as tiny as doll and
Ne cord appeared to her as heavy as
Mlps cable. Peggy puzzled over 1t
minute. Then she saw the solution
the problem. The Oriole was caught
slip moose, which pulled tighter
nh every movement of the frantic
ohd By stopping the pull on the
nose, the cord could be loosened.
Stop jerking" she ordered, and the
vnole, after another desperate struggle
ifee itself. quieted down. Peggy then
.egan working on the moose. She had
~ Woodpecker take hold of the cord
. one side Of the moose and Mr.. Blue
N take hold on the other side, and
Noa with their help she worked the
bose loose.
With glad cry Mrs. Oriole leaped
egn In the air and made straight for
" babies The other birds sent up q
Nyiul chorus:
Hall Princess Peggy" they sang
w Princess is more powerful thar
ae Giant OF the Woods"
Vh, that was nothing-just plair
onmon sense" answered Peggy Mod
Nothing to you who are so powerful
newlse, but everything to u.s." rumblec
Nage Owl You can rescue our lovec
Nss from the Giants dungeons"
Nill you, o Princess Peggy? VIII
IVY besought all the birds.
feggy's heart sank a bit. She was
Aly AFRAID OF the Giant of the Woods
y. had no desire to encounter him
pA ahe remembered that a princess mus
praye In facing danger for her sub
~ She must do her duty as Prin
VI
Where is the Giants CASTER" sh,
-seo' her voice trembling a bit.
Wen show you Come" cried th'
eea eagerly taking fiight-all excep
,.age Owl. who had gone fast asleep
ssy. on her airplane, easily kept pac
'n The swiftest OF the fiiers.
after they had flown a mile or more
. y approached a clearing beside
4uho river. Here the birds, giving eau
~ signals, dropped down among tn
~. where they hid themselves amonI
enehes, advancing covertly from tire
uee. Peggy felt her courage oozinI
oird after bird fell back in eviden
~ Of what was ahead. At the edg
. lqe Clearing they peeped out into tn
|a from behind a screen of vines
4 t-y looked about fearfully for tn
Where is it?" she whispered to MI
'oodpecker.
tack 'S' ''N'' "
Ishstty saw a great, rough, woode
NJ monstrous in size to her nov
. s',,.s5 s5es, but nothing like the gian
nv pictured In her story books.
. II. y a very fierce giant, indeed. I
~ such an ugly, unkempt home.
n.sesniy a message OF alarm ra
'ag The birds.
w Giant He's coming !" the
'A shivery thrills ran up an
,ffy's back She hoped the ali
.''o ay fast II the Giant cam
~. q LAl ea.ns opened. Q.