Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
THE LITTLE WIZARD
BY DADDY
CHAPTER VI


pang on the Ear
,.r Iittle wizards trick, by which
so.med to make the tiny animal
nish. puzzled the circus men. IL
wee wade them give up their plan of
mant,,r,ng Wee, Woggle ana Boggle 70,
~ circ,is menagerie. They We're aITalo (,
Sor n moment the Little WiZaro hiish
maze pa,ev was as much mystified as the
.,,,s men. One moment Wee had Deen
.hora In front Of them, ana tne mex,
,non,ent he was gone. leaving penino
nnIv the false face and the rofnpers hc
had ad,,oSl1ne oesn hyenss, you certainly are
m,,Jzard said the circus animal
so,ro sSa1ner to the little old mar. You
ongbt TO be in a circus. we VIII tske
YOU along with US Isl, ana nlaps ps' the Su animals
sloa shs menagerie, and we will make
~ t1eht wire walker of this girl"
ufrb The Little Wizard grinned as he SHOOK
his head. ,aou ,ort
Moves each day and doesn't pay rent
~ ather live where wild winds blow,
rban he a freak in a circus side show"
The circus men didn't argue the mat
.or They Jumped at the Little WIZARD,
grabbing him by each aI arm a,s Ifey sey sWsn ne,n
nun MN ,ittIe iaI flourish Of his magic stick.
ohg pagov was dismayed. All seemed lost.
NAV fPeegy remembered that Billy was
IN the party, even though invisible. He
might sghillnt Relf fBiiiy!; iiy she cried. "save us
.,on, these circus men" The animal
heeper and his helper were alarmed az
tbis call They looked around fearfully
70 see il It would be answered. And IL
was answered at once. p,,..
nm here, Peggy cried siiiys voice.
III who's hos that?" cried the animal keeper,
,s,,np his rifle in one hand, while ne
cIung to the Little Wizard with the
other. 1--WE will shoot an yone who
'0ires' The Little Wizard laughed as he spoke
!" Shoot into the air. and what do you
shoot a't a ghost, away It will fit"
The circus men didn't know What to
are calling2" they demanded Of Peggy.
.1Ie in invisible" she answered.
"Ho. no. You can't scare us that
way" laughed the animal keeper. trying
not 70 appear nervous; soa.-.a .,,o,o,.,v
irSr "But G you will be scared when bang
YOU on the ear" he said.
The circus men looked toward tho
bushes. At that moment Peggy noticed
roSeHthe rob arm which the animal keeper
thought he was holding. The arm
ierked, and the animal keeper got a
hang on the ear that almost knocked
him over, and made him drop his rifle.
"There How do you like that?'
called Billys voice. The helper turned
toward the bushes. Again Peggy saw
the Little wizards arm move, and this
fine the helper got bang on the ear
a bang that made him howl and drop his
shotgun.
cried Billy's voice. 'Ill get your guns,
and then I'll--"
But the circus men didn't wait to
hear what Billy was going to do They
let 70 Of the Little Wizard, picked UP
their guns, and ran as though an army
OF ghosts were after them. The Little
Wizard grinned as he jumped upon Bog.
gle's back.
II might be a lizard
But I'm not-I'm a wizard" he sang
as they set off at rapid pnce for the
unknown land.
Poor little weev' cried Peggy. The
Little Wizard laughed and pointed be-
hind them. There was Wee, trotting
along as lively as you please wearing
his mask and rompers. He was Just as
he had been before.
"Hurrah." cried Billy's voice. "Soon
we will be In the land Of the unknown,"
But what happened to them in tho
land OF the unknown will have to be told
in this coming yeek'q atory