Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-02
SANDMAN STORY.
By Mrs. y. A. Walker.
Copyr,ght 1915. by Mcclure NevW neper
Syndicate New York CITY
SpOTTY PICS TRICK.

Spotty Pig was white nil but a black
snot over one eye and another black
spot on the side of his neck under one
ear and that rs the reason he WIS named
Spotty
Spottv did not like Ia work and II
there was the least excuse for not doing
work, Spotty WINS the fellow who could
find that excuse
One morning his mother told hin he
must weed the garden. and that was
sonnet hing that would take HIM all day
and Spottv wanted 90 go IN swimming.
40 he began to- make excuses
% mot her. | am not feeling well,
he SAID please let me weed ihe garden
some her dav
Put hls mother was firm, be must
work and with n poutine face SpottY
took his rake and went INTO the garden
He had not heen working long when
along came Tom Cat Hello, SpottY.
got to work Can't you come IN SWIM
ming today
No. | do not have to do tins, but |
like Il, said Spottv. not looking up from
his work 1T makes me hungry and then
| can eat lot more at dlnncrtnne nc
sides, there rs money IN 1t, too
How IL that Docs your mother pay
vou7" asked Tom Cat
mo. but can sell all tho weeds for
cents a basket 10 Mr. Fox he told me
he would take all could bring. So |
cnnnot stop to plav. YOU see. Tom,
| when con mule money hv keeping busy.
Spott, told wrong story. for he did
not oven know Mr. tox. hut he thought
hc might get Tom Cat 60 help hun Il he
| made the work tempting enough
Spottv kept on working and Tom at
was thinking, prettt -oon he SAID SpnttY
| take me IN af partner, will yau nm
sure you can get the money soonct II you
will let mr. help YOU IIoW much Will
,ou give me-
%. would give YOU half Of coursc,
| # Won really mean It, said Spattv, for
should like To- hnlsh his work and %
swimming
rom TAT thought that was very
generous Of Spotty and he did everything
Spottv told hlm Ia do, and very soon
IN weeds were out Of the garden
You get he whcclbarrnw hack 1T
thr barn. Spottv told Tom aud We
vii FIJI Il with the weeds then Won can
taxi i 10 Mr. Fox and sell them your
self az vnu will he strc ! Am treating
vou falr
Tom cat was glad 70 do this, for he
Thought II can tell SpottY Nj foS
would only give cents. and ! can make
cent on zach basket
Aq soon rs Tom was on of SIGHT with
the wheolharrou. Spotty ran on f. the
ri,cr to SWIM, laughing e think how
hc had fooled iam Cat and Tom was
laughing to thlnk how easy 4 had been
to fool ~poit,
Of coufsr. when Tom at reached
Mr. EoNs HOUSE Mr foS told him he
did not want fhc weede and he had
never heard oi ~pottY FR before
Tom at was very sugrY tut he dli
not want ~lptts PIe t" get the lest "i
HIM So hc drmpcd ont the weeds aud
hogan 10 lnrk hetrtpe as fast as h' could
lie had tn work all The rest ot the dav.
Int hc sold the herfiea t" Madam Bear
nn hls way home at,d hc ncNi ,Iay he
managed H. walk paat Spotis house
when hc was ~ the Sard
Hello, ~rottv' | am -"rr> hay" NJ
mono, for YOU. ho >aid, Int Nr tok
did not think YOUR weeds were good
SAID thcv Wcrr the votst h.. eyer IN"
but Il would hrng hm eorne me ones
he would give me 10 cent basket, 81
vent NJ to Nr Man garden and got
ten baskets iull Scc all thr money
got lor them. and Tom ratified the SILVER
and showed Il 70 poor SpottY who could
not say word
Tie had tr,cd e. play trek on Tom
Cat and now Il looked as II Tom had
PLAYED one on him But how h. did u
SpottN could not lind ont and hc mover
did. for rom Cat is slv fellow and h
never told