Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-31
SANDMAN STORY
By Mrs. y. A. Walker.
Copyright. 1918. by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate. New Work CITY
RUN. AWAY ROBIN YOUNG.


Mrs Robin Redbreast was getting
| breakfast when her husband came IN with
n rush and said MY dear, vou must
| hustle and get away from here; there was
n frost last night
| what Is TINT, and what is hiistlof"
asked Robin Young, who was born that
very summer and knew nothing about
| the Southland for y winter home
! Il wish YOU would be more careful
about the words YOU use before Robin
| Young, said Mrs Robin. "Tfe means
that mother must hurry she explained
To her son, 'hecause the first sign Of cold
weather has come We must ro South
We will start to-day
Robin Young did not ask any moro
questions lie finished hia muah and milk,
and then hc flew to limb near the pretty
little house IN the hig tree and began to
twittcr softly
Robin Young was thinking. lie had
been living 80 long that he quite forgot
he waE only n very voung bird after all
u am not going to the Southland they
tell inc about, he said II like this land,
and how do ! know there will he a. many
crumbs and worms there aa ! can find
here, and all hy myself. too
No. indeed. I shall stay here, for |
have Just found the uiceai place 10 got
WORMS aud yard where there are plenty
OF crumbs, ! can take care of myself "
Right then and there Robin Young de-
cided to run away and he did IIe stretched
his little wings looked in through the door
md saw That la mother was busy getting
ready FOR tho Journey and then he few
out Of The tree
Straight 10 the yard where the crumbs
were nlways found he went and then he
looked for a nice loafy tree for a home
nearby
When It was time for Mrs Robin and
her other children and Mr. Robin 10
start Robin Young WIS nowhere 70 be
found They called and called aud they
flew from tree tn tree. but atilI no Robin
We had better give him ~ and start
along, said Mr. Robin lie NAV have
met pulss and there - no use ~ rizklng
the lives Of the whole family, come. We
must he of
But Mra Robin shook her head and
wiped the tears from her eyes No.
shall stay md hunt for hm. she said
Just as any mother would have done
=" You 20 along with tho other children
and ! will follow. I must find him
So uif flow Mr. Robin with the other
four blrdlca 1 am sure we can reach
the big tree nv the woods to-day whore
We always stop on our lournev Sonth
said he, and there ! will wait for you
II you do not find him by night time you
will have 10 give hin up for good
You need not wait Tor me anywhere.
said hs wife Go straight to the South
land and I will find Won therr. for shall
not leavc until ! find Robin Young
Poor little Mother Bird she looked and
looked and called and called until her
little throat was tlrod and night carnc on
still ne Robin Young
That night the wind came tip and bew
most of the leaves from tho trees and tic
ncXt morning when Mrs Robin nwnkc
she shlvcred with the cold
Fut her mofher-love did not falfer
She started right out 10 look for her lost
child Poor little fellow. " shr said II
vii nestle him under INV warm wings
just Tho minute | find him
Over the hare irees Rhr few stopping /
every once N awhile 20 nlight on limb |
and call and then MI NJ once aR she /
listened for an answer she heard a very I
FAINT Peep peep and she knew she had |
found Robin Young She called again and |
this time she located tho place from where /
the answering Peep. peep came
Huddlrd against trec where a limb |
forked was ROBIN Young looking verY sad +
and unhappy his feathers all Hlfsled with !
the wind and cold
straight 10 her child aew Mrs ROBIN /
and nestled him under her wing She dId
not scold or ask wherr be had been
When Robin Young was quite com
Portable his mother sand e ONE my dcar,
We must fiy after your father and brothers
They left yesterday for the warm South
land and We must hurry before another
cold night comes
ROBIN Young followed his mother
without word When they ahghted on
a limb 70 rest Robin Young said Mother
why did vou stay behind when father
and my brothers flew Yesterday
Because | could not leave YOU behind,
sald hls mother WIS sure Won were
safe somewhere, but ] know you did not
know about the cold IN the Norulland
and | could not leave Won 10 freze
Robin Young shivered, and he thought
of the cold the night before %. dear, |
am such a bad fellow, he said, beginning
to cry Il ran away. mother, because /
did not want to 90 to the Southland, and
# it had not been for YOU | should have
died
There, there said his mother, as she
put wing lovingly around him. Nothing
is too mud h trouble for mother II Is
the worry that hurts
'Ill be good and never, never worry |
YOU again, SAID Robin Young Is they
started again on their journey, and they
were both so happy they few SO fast that T
they caught the rest Of the family before 1
thcv reached tho Southland and srch a /