Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-28
SANDMAN STORY.
BY Mrs. =. A. Walker.
Copyright. 1915. by Mcclure Non paper
Syndicate New York CITY
ElICSuE ANn RfI 1NH1IlI FROG.

Young Billy Bull Frog had bcau-
tiful new lily pad boat which he sailed
in all around the pond. lie stcercd it
with n reed, and pilly Bull WAS the
envy Of all the other frogs in the pond.
Mrs. Frog lived i'll the same pond
with Billy Frog, and she had family
of many froggics who all bothered her
almost out Of her senses Wishing for
boat
you cannot have one, said Mrs.
Frog. What in the world does u frog
want Of a boat, should like To know,
when YOU can dive and swim
But we wnnt to sail about on top
of the pond, like Billy Bull, said the
froggies "Oh. mother, please LET us
have a lily pad boat
No answered Mrs Frog Once
for all, YOU cannot have a boat DO
YOU want to be gobblcd up by Madam
Duck or some of her family You will
sec that some dnv pily Bull will come
to grIcl II hc docs not give MP his silly
notion of sailing about IN n boat
80 the froEgies said no more, for they
knew thaf once their mother said no
there WINS no use IN teasing but one
of her children did not give MP thinking
about tho lily pad boat. and that one
was Gussc Frog her oldest son
bnC day Mrs Frog had to go away
from the pond where she lived, and
she told the frogRlcs they were not 20
leave thcir nice mud bed. where Hhe
put them and tucked them al IN nice
600 10 slccp% she told them. and
tonight will lc lack when the moon
Is SHINING and take Nou out
NJ the mtlc (rngg,cs closed their
eve. aud went tu sleep psi as Their
mothcr told rhem - do al hrt tuEsic
I rng llc iuscd hls ewes uutll ho WIS
ar hi- broth r weir uud asleep aud
TIA, h, yumr i up out h went
~tral ht Il il' 20 4
Ihcr va- Rlll, lhlI -ading al II
and t.e4lr cnilod 90 hlm tive me a
saul ptll, hc said = want 80 learn
tn steer hoat am pong - havc ono,
tou
uulh Run Vas ,c,1 glad 80 hcar hle
hat vii ho lull, u, SAID steering
hl- l,.at oVcr "a the Iank and taking
1.u-atc ou board W. can have = racc
" h..u ,ou have hoat and All tho frogs
wall come down e. i, pond and watch
us w Will tc the envy ~ all the othot
nue-
Il drj uut takc tuasie trng long 10
learn tar hc Was yciN smart fellow.
ANA -,nn as b. learned - eai hc
tnat hc tan lacl ho,uc and was ~ bcd
vt,u tbs mu.hc, came hack
bat night when ~ was out nn hc
pond vth ms mother Guesrc frog "as
iooklug about fot = He his pad and
thc nest dan vhru hi7 mothcr thoughf
10 Was IL hci and asleep hc went out
and got il
lor /, Lone tame ,1I~4,o rop .tolc
nut ever, shane, he found aud sailed
hi= uh rad hoat. with Nii1 Rull and
then one te, when h,s mother Wa
a"ng avs, ,hcv dcoricd 10 have
jnat race
o,,,se,c told IN ~ hrothcrs anil R,ilv
told ever, other frog arund and wbrn
thcv vcrc road, 80 start the hank ~
hc pond Vas thlck with trog@ httlc
and Ing
Madam puck had taken he, ehndrcn
o,u for saul that very daN - he race
hut She was tar ~ the roni and the
frogs lid not soc thcm soon how
over Madam D,,k >ailcd toward vhclc
tho race was gong on hut tho frogs
were So interested Watching Bllh Rlli
apd Gl,ss,c they dd not so,e them
Rllv Ruin was we'll ahead IN the race
and the first thing he know around tho
bend IN tho pond came Madam Duck
and snap one ot her duckhngs went
and RiIl, Bull iclt sharp pam IN his
leg
Gusslc lroe lumpcd from his boat
and II was we'll he did, for Madam Duck
made q grab at him. hut she Was watch
ing to sec II her duckhng caught Billy
and Guss,c escaped
80 did Pillv Rull for his leg was tough
and the duckllne did not get a good
hold. and down to tho bottom of the
pond won't Billy and GussIc and swami
As fast as they could for they knew
that Madam Duck would he after them
# thcN were not sprv
All Of Gussics brothers ran home.
for they were sure Madam Duck caught
Gussic and when Mrs Frog came home
there all the frogeics stood crying. the
tears making little pools rs they fell,
So sorry did they feel about poor Gus
siCs fate
But just as thcy finished telling the
sad tale in came Gusslc and his mother
was So glad to have him back she for
got to punish HIM
But she did tell them all that good
froggiCs slept IN then nice soft mud
beds until Il was dark and then went
out to SWIM when there were no ducks
about and that they never would have
a fine voice like their father If they went
out IN the sun. for the sun was very
had for tho voice of n frog
All the froggies listened and they
promised never. never TO go out again
in the sun. for they all wanted to have
II would he much finer to hdccome
good singer than to be sailor