Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
SANDMAN STORY.
BY Mrs. F. A. Walker.
MIR. CROW AND MR.. FOX.
Copyright. 1915 by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate. New York City

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Mr.. Crow had found it hard to get
food, the winter had not only been long,
but it had been very cold and the ground
had been covered with snow nearly all
the time and that was the reason Mr..
Crow was so hungry.
He had been looking all day and
| when night came on MIR. Crow flew
into the woods because it was little
more comfortable there than where he
had slept the night before
Everybody seems to have a nice
home md plenty of food, said Mr..
| Crow sadly. IL am the lony creature
J believe, this night who has not had
/ good supper; it is not fair.
! Mr.. Crow forgot how all summer
he picked up the farmers corn and
seed as fast as he planted, and that
the farmers family did not have the
| food from their garden that summer
they should have had,
There is a light in MIR. Squirrels
| house." said Mr.. Crow. Il wonder if
| could find n window open; / might
get bite to eat from his pantry
The window was fastened, however,
and Mr.. Crow turned sorrowfully away.
'I'll try Jack Rabbits window, he
usually has things like to eat"
| But Jack Rabbit was a cautious fell
! low and he had put stick in the upper
| part of the window from corn to corner
| and the window could not be raised
There is Mr.. Bears house, thought
| Mr.. Crow. 81 forgot all about that,
and he will be asleep, too. ! expect
everything in his pantry will be canned
! food, and | would scorn it in the summer
| time, but in the winter time IT IL different.
| ] could eat the can just now.
| The door of Mr. Bears house was
| locked and barred from the inside MIR
| Bear had lived in the woods too long
not to take care of the locks when he
| retired for the winter.
| After satisfying himself that the door
could not he opened, Mr. Crow went
| to the window at the back of the house.
| He tuggcd and he worked every way
! on the sash, but il could not be raised
1t is no use; this is hard, cold world
! Ia try to live in, said MIR Crow. Here
am | nearly starved and have tried
everything | can think Of to get food
and not place can | get IT
OF course it did not occur to MIR.
Crow to be honest and knock At the
door Of any Of the houses whore he went;
he never gave anything away and did
not suppose anyone else did.
just as he was tucking himself back
Of a rock where some dried leaves had
gathered he heard someone running
through the woods.
Mr. Crow watched and pretty soon
along came Mr. Fox with a fat hen
and duck Now just hook at that
said MIR Crow 'IIc has more than he
needs and ! have nothing
Mir Crow waited tew minutes.
then he crept out from his hiding place
and went along the path that led 70 Mr.
Fox house
Just MS soon as the light IN Mr. Fox's
window went ont Mr. Grow went to the
back Of the house and 10 his great JOY
the pantry window was wide open
For once in his life Mr. Grow forgot
10 nc wise He was too hungry Ia wait
as he should have done, for Mr. Fox
10 be sound asleep He just hoppcd
INTO the pantry without even seeing
little piece of string Mr. Fox had put
across tho window
Bang" vent the window. for the
string was tied to n stick that held the
window open and when MIR Crow Int
the string il pulled tho stick and down
came the window and Mr. Grow wa
locked in
lie did moi have time TO think before
the door opened and Mr. Fox appeared
holding n candle over his head
Hal hal hot hor' he said; so II Is
YOU. my friend Crow; and did YOU think
! was siIlv enough 10 leave my pantry
window open without preparing for an
unwcccmc visitor
oh. dear. was 50 hungry croaked
Mr. Grow Il have not had bite fer
three days and everybody locked their
pantry window but you Mr. Fox. 7
What i that you are hungry YOU
say said Mir Fox We'll why Cldn'
an honest creature Not one OF the
wood folk would have turned YOU away
Il never thought of that SAID MIR
Grow family j didn't suppose any
body would give away food =
"Oh vou didn't said Mr. Fox
Vel You arc right they would not
often. but when fellow Is as hungry
a1 YOU are they will help him Come
out here now and cat Your supper
Nr Crow WAS 50 surprised he almost
forgot to thank Mr. Fox when he finished
eating. ard he told him he never would
forget his kindness
''You can sleep in the kitchen tonight, "
said Mir Fox i could not turn YOU
out night as cold as this "
In the morning, when Mr. Fox awokc
he looked out Oi iuS room expecting 10
see MIR Crow, but to his surprise he had
gone lie did not stop 10 dress. but ran
TO the pantry in his night clothes and
just as he expected, the hen was gone.
SERVES me right, F" he said ~ on cannot
make q thief honest in one night and |
might have known it
Mr. Crow did not come around that
part Of the woods again and he had
a very hard time Of it, for Mir Fox told
everybody in the ncighborhood about
Mr. Crow and how ungrateful he bad
been, and it spread through the woods
Not a pantry window was left unlocked
and ali doors were double-locked and
when spring came Mr. Crow looked
more like the skeleton OF 4 crow than
real one
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