Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

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0IHTHEN will YOU start work."
w Farmer Dalton asked the Giant
OF the Woods. when do the boys
want TO enlist"
Tomorrow" chorused Ben and Bill.
"A lot of our chums are going then"
Tomorrow will hit me just right.
The fishing is mighty good today"
But it didn't hit Peggy right. You
hadn't ought TO waste another hour"
she declared.
Father Dalton and his sons looked
around in bewilderment Then they
looked at the Giant. OF course they
couldn't see Peggy. who was hidden
from them by the Camouflage Per
fumc.
Are you a ventriloquist?" asked
The Giant laughed. NO" he
answered, that's the spirit of 1915
do what you have to do right now.
I'll start work this very minute. No
more lazy loafng for me until war
is done"
"I'm glad Of that" remarked Farmer
Dalton, looking anXiousy at the sky.
"Tt feels n bit like rain and I'd like
to get the hay in. The crop means
enough dollars to pay our back debts
and I'll feel a lot easier when it's
safely in the barn"
so will We" declared Ben. "rhen
we'll not have any home worries when
fighting for Uncle Sam"
So they went to work. The hay, all
cut and dried, lay in the meadows
waiting to he loaded on wagons and
carried to the barn.
Peggy was astonished at the amount
OF work the Giant could do. He
seemed immensely strong and pitching
hay was like play to him. He pitched
more than Ben and Bill together.
Farmer Dalton looked on apprOvingly.
He's doing the work of three men,"
he declared.
Peggy herself was having a splendid
time. The smell of the new hay was won
derfully sweet. She climbed up on the
small haycocks and rolled down them
and even had a wonderful ride on
load of hay. She had pattcd the
Giants hand apprOvinGly as he fin
ished pitching the hay upon the rick.
and he had responded by tossing her
away upon top as the horses started
for the barn. That was "A ride filled
with thrills for she seemed a terrible
distance from the earth and the load
tossed and pitched as the wagon jolted
over the rough field. Peggy felt even
more quiversRf excitement than when
she went flying in her airplane.
The Birds kept close watch on
Peggy. Bill and Ben, who didn't know
of her presence, were much puzzled by
this.
Funny how those Birds act" said
Bill.
Must be that big storm is com.
ing replied Ben. "1'Ve heard OF
Beasts and Birds acting queer when
hurricane Is near"
Farmer Dalton, happy as he was
at seeing the hay flowing into the NOV
in his barn, was worried The sky
didn't look right to him. 1t didn't
look right to Peggy, either. She began
to feel that something was about to
happen.
After a while dark cloud appeared
away off on the western horizon. All
the men saw it and their work became
race. They knew now that a storm
was coming and they would have to
rush to save the hay. Faster and
faster the Giant speeded up. Ben and
Bill couldn't keep up with him, and
their father came to their aid Even
with three men working against him
the Giant did more than the others
together.
The Giant wasn't used to labor. He
had been taking things easy for
years, hunting, trapping and fishing.
Pitching hay on a hot day caused
the perspiration to drip from him
But he stuck to the job. As the storm
approached he worked harder and
harder. Peggy was sorry for him, and
yet she was glad, for he was showing
that he was real hero-a hay hero.
Finally the last load was on the