Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-13
CHAPTER III
Tho Strange Uoots

tyTTE must hurry and find Billy ana
w learn his plan 10 fight the crows
hooted Judge Owl. when Peggy told enn,1 mn,
that she could see Caw-Caw Crows nocK
coming through the sky. 49,,
But though Peggy and Judge 0Si 0w,
searched far, and though Judge owl
booteJ u,ith al hJa ,,iy%, .,o.. '-", '-'t
find Billy. This puzzled Peggy. for
Judge Owls hootS were loud q "a =
be heard mile away. And she was
sure Billy was In Blrdland working III
some way to help Judge owl.
The moon had now arisen in the east.
IT was a bright. full moon. but the gaze
was driving blacl; clouds across the SKY
and every few minutes they would niue
the moon, shutting Oft its light. Pesgy
looked anNiously for the crows. but now
she could not see them. The crows had
reached the trees of Brdland and had
hidden in the foliage. They were walt
ng for a signal from Caw-Caw Crow
to surprise the sleeping birds.
Soon. Peggy heard a rustling az
around her She knew what 1t meant.
The crows were there.
Listen" she whispered TO Judge owl
who had alighted on her shoulder as she
stood In the shadow of heavy bushes.
awhile they could hear the chuckling of
the crows.
"Haw! Haw. Haw! Well give the
birds a scare and a tbrashing !" Uttered
the voice of Caw-Caw Grow. 'Haw
E,aw. Haw! Each crow find the nest
of sleeping bird and when cav four
times we'll pounce upon them"
Peggy thought fast. The only way to
stop the attack on the sleeping BIRDS was
to prevent Caw-Caw Crow from giving
him seemed TO be TO make more no So
than he did. Judge Owl could hoot
louder than Caw-Caw could cav.
Get. ready to hoot!" she whispered
in the judges ear. "Hoot just as fierce
ly as you can and maybe you can scare
the crows away" Judge Owl drew in
his breath and puffed up just as the
player of the big horn in a band does.
He wanted plenty of wind with which to
hoot.
Ready" snlckered the voice Of Cav
Cav Grow, and then he started the sig
Cav! C"
But at that instant Judge Owl let 60
his hoot.
"Whoo. Whoo Too Too !"
The cav of Caw-Caw Crow was cut
off short. 1t could not possibly be heard
above that hoot. Besides CaW-Caw
Grow didn't know that Judge Owl was
so near and he was startled. So were
the other crows. as could be told by their
excited fluttering among the leaves. Not
one of them wanted 70 feel Judge Owls
sharp beak.
But CaW-ChW troW GOT over his sur
prise in a hurry.
"Haw, Haw! Haw." he snickered.
Hear old Whoo-Whoo. the Watchman,
trying to scare us out of Blrdland. Haw
Haw! A few Of us will keep him busy
while hundreds OF other crows tear TO
pieces all the nests of Blrdland. The
more old Whoo-Whoo hoots, the better
II will be for us crows. for then we will
know where he Is and can keep out OF
his way. Haw. Haw Haw. 1t would
take a dozen Whoo-Whoo watchmen to
| stop our fun tonight"
"Whoo. Whoo Too. Too. hoote ed
Judge Owl. The crows answered with a
| litter
When I give the signal, every on,
here jump at old Whoo-Whoo. ordered
Caw-Caw Grow. Again he started thf
signal.
that far. when Judge Owls "Whoo
Whoo Too! Too" rang out. And nc
sooner was Judge Owls hoot out, than
| like an echo, came another hoot from IN,
west, the sound borne by the raginl
| wind.
"Whoo! Whoo! Wooo-oo-oo-oou -
And from the east came a hoot, and
| from the north, and from the south
| There were boots from all directions
| some far away, some close at hand.
| The crows were startled and aston
ished And so were Peggy and Judg,
Owl. They couldn't understand thos,
other boots.
More about these strange boots will
be told in tomorrow's chapter.