Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
THE BEARS LOOKING GLASS
BY DADDY

IN, last ,ccek,s story pas told how
p,gov and Billy rescued q hemesfck
ssygyj ssSr from circus cage, thinking he
wds Lonesome Bear. ,o Wnsn .ney
reyt'Ir ~ lonesome Bear, bat that be had a
f,nin brother 'oho might De their
friend. They set OF for Lonesome
Bcdr'S core.]
CHAPTER
Peggy Plans Joke
pEGGY and Billy, after rescuing the
bomesck bear from the circus cage,
Mad n Jolly ride through the woods OF,
the bears back Every a3in once Ell, IN while While
over stones in search Of srubs TO eat,
Snt me children didn't mind that In the
least They knew the bear was very
hungry after his long fast In the cirque,
thousht he would like FOR lunch.
Al the same time they were anxious
N got TO Lonesome Bears cave. They
wanted to see how surprised Lonesome
Bear would look when he caught sight
of the other bear.
40 much astonshed he will fall right
over" chuckled Billy.
"Do you. thlnk, Lonesome Bear is
really my brother?" asked the home
mIsht nix De want to light me and drive me
away. In that case I'd like to wait a
ssw days until I grow stronger. You
know, living In circus cage Is liable
to make a bear so weak ne can't put up
A good fight"
aoh, I'm sure Lonesome, Bear 10 your
brother" said Billy, quickly. You are
AZ much alike as two pears in a pod"
"Os as two crows on fence" added
@or as two spelling books in school"
went on Billy.
"or as ! myself and my image. in
Peggy got an idea that made her jump,
and she jumped 30 hard she tumbled
right Off the bears back Into the. soft
dandy joke she cried. Let's turn Mr.
Homesick Bear into n bear looking
glass and fool Lonesome Bear w
The bear when he heard that reared
Billy to slide off his back with a thump.
"I don't want to be turned into q look
ing glass;" growled the bear "Iye Just
been turned out OF a cage, and don't
want TO be turned d,! into anything except
Peggy explained to the bear that
looking glass wasn't anything like o
cage , - ,..,.a ,,.a .
pool and seen a bear looking back at
your" she asked.
yes" said the homesick bear. when
] and my brother were little cubs we
often tried TO eaten the pears IN inc pool.
or course. that was before I became
wise old bear and learned that the bears
IN the pool were really fairy bears that
we couldn't catch at all"
Peggy and Billy giggled at this.
Peggy held up her pocket mirror to the
bear and tried TO explain that the pic
ture he saw In II was not a fairy bear,
but just himself, shining back from the
glass.
Ugh! You can't fool me. That's a
fairy bear In the glass" grunted the
homee..ck bear. and Peggy couldn't ar
que It's idea out of his head.
We'll, whether 1t is your own image |
or a fairy bear doesn't make any dif-
ference to our joke she said finally. |
"What we will do Is thls-we will pre- |
tend to Lonesome Bear that we have |
brought him mirror as a present. We
will set you up in the dark opening of |
a cave, and then you must do every |
thing that he does. He will think you |
q fairy bear. and then you can pop out
all of a suddeO and surprise him
"EIo, no! Ugh! That's a dandy |
idea" laughed the homesick bear.
"Clmb on my back and we will waste
no time getting to the cave Of Lone
some Bear"
So they climbed on his back. but what
happened afterward will have to wait
until tomorrow for the telling.
Peggy held up her pocket mirror to the
bear