Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-18
SANDMAN STORY.
BY Mrs. +. A. Wal kcr.
Copyright. 1915, by Mcclure Ncw.paDer
Syndicate. Now York City.
Mr.. COON TRRED.


well, "'said MIR. Fox one night as he
was talking To his friend Mr. Coon, 'I
| ever a fellow was in bad luck | am that
| fellow, for know where there is n tree full
OF young turkeys and not one can ! getp
That Is hard luck" sympathizcd Mr.
Coon, but how about the poultry house,
oh that is locked, and the windows are
high and the hens are old, anyway" re-
Piled Mr.. Fox, "but the tree full of fat
young things is what bothers me"
Mr. Fox suddenly frightened and
looked at MIR. Coon with smile
II wonder now" +" he said, why you and
i could not go into business together and
get those turkeys out of that trce?'
Il am not over and above fond of
turkeys" said Mr.. Coon, "and | hate
trees
''Oh. we'll, of course, when some one is
after you, SAID MIR. Fox, ut Is different,
but when the dog is safely chained and the
farmer asleep in bed 1t is just good fun
then; and YOU are such wonder ut
climbing trees, MIR Coon. | have never
seen anyone like you Besides that, there ls
a lot of sugar cane growing near, and we
could stop there If you decided to help
me out tonight
The sugar cane was more than MIR
Coon could refuse; 30 he told MIR Fox he
was with him for any sport he wished If he
was sure about the sugar cane
Just as surc as ! am about the tur-
KEYS SAID MIR Fox; come along
off they both ran, and pretty soon they
were under the trees where the Young, fat
turkeys were asleep
Nv here IS the sugar canc?' asked MIR
Coon
oh, we'll get that as We go back >
said MIR Fox, Let MS get these turkeys
down first Run up the tree, Mr. Coon. and
drive them out. I'll take care of the rest
But Mr. Fox was not rs careful that
night rs hc was usually, and he did not
look 10 see if Mr. Dog was chained to his
house
Mr.. Fox had taken care. though, to
get under an old cart as Mr. Coon had
started to climb and he saw with his
quick eyes Nr Dog running toward them,
and when hc gave his first bark MIR Fox
was well along the road for home
Poor MIR Coon There he WAS trced
with tho turkeys gobbllng and Mr. Dog
barking and then out came Mr. Man with
glln and ~ few minutes Mr. Coon was
tho most unhappy creature anywhere
around
lSut somehow luck seemed to bc with
MI Coon that night for the moon went
INTO cloud and II began to ram. then Il
began I" thunder II hghtencd, too. Of
course but that did not last as long as the
thunder, 50 whcn il was dark and NOISY
down came Air. Coon and jumped and
ran for his llfc
lid vas safe IN hls home in bed bv the
time the storm was over and it was not
nntll the next day hat he saw his friend
Nlr foN again
Mr.. Fox Was surprised To sec him, for
hc had been quite sure Il was all up with
Mr Coon when hc left hlm IN the tree. but
right of quick he sand Two bad the storm
spoiled our fun last night knew there was
no Use staying when il began to RAIN
oh, It did not spotl my fun at al,
sand Mr. Coon. rcal pleasantly Il think
IN fact, It gave me more pleasure than |
could have had without that thunder
storm Sorry you did not get 4 turkey
There seemed 10 be plenty tiying around
Mr. Fox, did not know Just what to say
80 he walked away, but hc sand to himself
as hr went along through tho woods
That il the first Time ever knew of a
uccd coon escaping | wonder how he did it,
But hc never kncu, and Mr. Coon
always kent him guessing whether the
Joke was on him Or on Mr. Coon