Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
SANDMAN STORY.
BY Mrs. f. A. Walker.
Conyripnt. 1915 by Mcclure NcwUpAper
Syndicate. New York City.
HOW JANrMIE CROW WAS SCARED

| HOW JAMNIIE CROW WAS SCARED
Mr.. Fox and Jack Rabbit and Mr..
| Coon were all complaining one day about
| Jimmie Crow because he stole their
| corn.
sT would not mind giving him few
| ears" said Jack Rabbit, who WAS al
! ways generous and willing to share any of
| his garden stuff with the other wood
| folks. 'But he comes in and spoils
everything Even things he does not
want he will destroy, and ! think 1T is
time something was done about 1t.
$50 do t. said Mr.. Fox. 81 have
been irving to scare him away with an
old scarecrow brought from Mr.. Mans
| garden last year, but, mercy, jimmy
| Crow Just flies right on old Scarecrow 8
| shoulder and caws and caws. 1t Will
| take more than scarecrow TO get rid
of thieving Jimmie Crow"
| 81 would not care if he would not
steal all my cherries this year, sald
| Mr.. Coon. '1 have taken few things
| from Mr.. Man in my time, but ! never
remember stealing any cherries, and
should like to scare away old Mr.
| Crow from my tree"
HE isn't afraid of bell, because
put one in the tree, and, rs MIR. Fox
says, he is not bit afraid OF scare
crow. He has seen too many OF them
in his day"
'Tf we can get Mr.. Bear to help us"
said Mr.. Fox, "I have a scheme which
may nd us of Jimmie Crow, but 1T will
make Mr.. Bear do all the work in catch
| ing Mr.. Crow and he may not care to
| do it,
'Tell us what il is," said Mr.. Coon.
| perhaps we can do something for Mr..
| Bear to paw him for his work If he will
help us"
NV plan is this, said Mr. Fox,
| smiling as ne thought of IL. Have Mr..
Bear dress up like scarecrow and stand
in my field one day and in yours the
next and in Jack Rabbits the next
That is, if we need him three times,
but | feel quite sure that Mr.. Crow Will
not try q second scarecrow. think
one scare Will fix him"
So off they all went to Mr. Bears
house and told him their scheme, and
he said If they would get him fine
| young pig from Mr.. Mans farm he
would help them out.
The next day they brought the pig
and Mr.. Bear let them dress him up
| and out, and he went 10 Mr.. Fox's gar
den and stood in the middle Of II and
| waited
Pretty soon along came Nh. Crow.
He looked about and hopped along the
| wall to make sure no one was IN sight.
'tJust to prove how much ] care
about one OF these breezy old scare
| crows. fly over and take off his hat. "
Me- Bear had his hat pulled well down
feVer his ears and Mr.. Grow could not
move it. Mailed it on, did your
asked Mr. Crow, getting angry because
he could not pull the hat. We'll, |
- 4 y
| his face and Mr.. Fox VIII see when he
! comes home how much | care for his
| old scarecrow Now, I'll pick you. too,
| said Jimmie Crow, and right at Mr.
| Bears nose he flew, but before he had
time TO think. Mr. Bear lifted mis- big
paw and grabbed Jimmie Crow by the
neck and held him tight.
| "C-a-w," said Jimmie, almost checked
and his little eyes popped right out of
| his head.
Pick nv nose and eyes. Will your
| growled MIR Bear "I'll teach you to
| steal corn. Not afraid of a scarecruw,
| hey? Well. YOU viii find ont that the
wood folks have scarecrovs that are
Just what they are made fU-to scare
| crows
Then he gave JiInme Crow a shake
| which made all his feathers r1fFle- Then
he gave nun Dear mug winch made
Jimmie cav again and then ne pulled
| out two tail feathers and told him TO
| nv and keep flying for long time
| He really did not need TO tell JIM
mie to keep flying, though, for he WIS
very glad 10 fly and get away from there
| for he had for once met his match and
scarecrUws were no longer the tame,
harmless things he had thought them
to be for SO long.
Mr.. Coon and Mr Fox and Jack
Rabbit thanked Mr. Bear, and Mr..
Fox took the two feathers Mr.. Bear
had pulled from Jimrnie's tail and nailed
| them over his door.
Just reminder, If he shorlld hap
pen TINS way again said Mr. Fox
But ne did not return. jimmie Crow
went far away from there, where they
| did not have scarecrows that were alive.