Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-10
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
LAND OF SURPRISES
by DADDY
CHAPTER v
TIL. wild Cont

s,pppIsEs had come thick and rast
lo 10 Peggy since she had crossed the
lp,vsr Of the Brave with the Little WE
IA woggle, Boggle and Wee into n ,ne
Siscs where surprising things nappSm. ,.
~ sTsr ,snd ' turtle: then she had coasted
ms un.r ," the rocky slope |; then she had gone
oos,,ns cow IN the cliff into hickory tree
mt'bS .Snt baS bounced her along Into other
,nsss uSs from which she had failen m
Snsbss which had tumbled her into what
ssemed like q soft, white Bea'-sAi'
fu hut the supposed rug gave great
,u, "a she landed on it--a grunt
s.sW che had knocked the wind out OF IL.
man the rug leaped UP, carrying Peggy
Nth II, and she found that while II was
a goat-skin, It was a live goat.skln, wi1h
Sadlv scared wild goat inside OF ".
HrS he was wilder than his usual wild
n.Ss M,,S w when Peggy pumped into his soft
sides as he lay in the shade comfort
ably snoozing. ,
he bounded like a runaway automoplle;
And away bounded Peggy. for she had
nrst sust time to grasp the goats horns be-
FORE he was in full flight. Had she tried
IA get off then she would surely nave
S,sS hurt, for his speed was terrihc.
TN the hillside raced the goat IN great
leaps Ho carried Peggy back among
the crsgs almost as ots fast +. as sbose oae was was
right up the steep face OF the cliit.
Rscklessly he bounded from rock TO
rork where scarcely any other animal
could have found footing.
Peggy chung tightly to his horns, she
expected any minute 10 nave MN SIP
ssot ssa 20 GOING tI1's she didn't dare let 20.
Il was a mad ride--and not at all the
kind Of a ride Peggy would have taken
had she had her own way. II gave
her thrills, but they were thrills or
fear and not thrills of fun, such as
she got in riding wooden goat on
merry y-go-round.
AT last the goat reached the top Of
the cliff, and Peggy gave gasp OF re-
lief. One danger was past, and, per-
haps tho goat would stop before they
But the goat didn't stop. He leaped
away among the crags, not hating even
before them. This cleft seemed too
broad for the goat to leap, and 1t was
hundreds Of feet deep. Falling into
II would be as bad as falling or the
To Peggy's surprised horror, she saw
that the wild goat was 80 wild that ne
was going to try to jump the cleft. It
was big jump, even II no had no load.
and with Peggy on his back he had no
chance at all to make 1t.
Peggy gave a scream, let 60 his horns,
and threw herself from his back. Just
as the goat maze his leap. She felt
herself In the air, the goat sped away
from beneat her, she was tumbling into
the cleft
But as Peggy fell, she heard a shout
shout In Billy's voice. Something few
over her head and caught her under her
srns She suddenly stopped falling and
hung In the air, She had been saved,
but how?
She heard chuckle and looked up.
There was the Little Wizard peering
down at her over the edge Of the cleft.
Ana there beside him were Woggle,
Boggle and Wee, their eyes sparkling
thrnugh their false faces. On the other
sds Of tho cleft the goat was scrambling
70 safety, The Little Wizard was re-
peating one Of his rhymes
Hair from your head
III turn TO thread,
Then thread to rope,
Twill do I hope"
Then Peggy knew she had been res
eued The rope had been thrown over
her head like lasso, and caught her
Just In time. But who had thrown the
sopeI Was II Billy, whose voice she
had heard, or was It the Little Wizard
%ho now with the help of WoggIe and
The cleft? wy -
, In the next chapter will be told how
feSsy gets a pleasant surprise.