The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-11-08
LITTLE STORIES FOR
BEDTIME
How Billy Mink's Plan Worked
Out.


10y THORNTON w. euHoEss.)
you follow me-" said Billy Mink &c
Boby Coon as the voice Of Bowser the
Hound drew nearer and nearer 10 the
Laughing. Brook, where. they were sit
ting on the edge OF q little pool
Il Will" said Bobby Coon meekly,
though he was all OF shake. for you
sec he didn't yet quite understand Billy
Nink'e plan for fooling Bowser the
Hound. Bowsers great voice as y
and nearer. made Bobby Coon nervous.
II gave him unpleasant. creepy feelings
81 the way from the tip OF his nose TO
the longest hair on the end OF his tail.
but he followed Billy Mink along the
bank OF the Laughing Brook and asked
After little Bnly Mink waded into
4 the Laughing Brook and began 10 go back
n the very direction they had Just come
from. Bobby Coons creepy feelings
grew still more creepy. Il seemed TO
him as II Billy Mink was leading him
straight into danger instead OF out OF Il.
Still BODY Coon didn't say word, but
wnded along after Billy Mink. for he
knew that BILLY Mink Is very, very
smart and knows all kinds OF tricks TO
fooi those who try to catch him. Right
through the little pool In which Bobby
Coon had been fishing In the shadow
Of an old stump they waded. and on
down the Laughing Brook until presently
they came to the Smiling Pool On the
edge OF this Billy Mink paused and
listened. Then he grinned. for Bowser's
voice was growing more and more
excited as he followed Bobby Coon's
track through the Green Forest down
toward the place where Bobby had been
fishing.
HE thinks he's got you this time for
enrA." whispered Billy Mink.
Bobby Coon shivered more than ever.
ss'What--what did you go up the Laugh
ing Brook for and then come right back
past the very place we started from2'
he asked. "If we'd kept right on going
in one direction we might be twice as
FAR away ms we are now"
Mink. Don't you see that Bowser the
Hour. Is going TO follow your tracks
up the Laughing Brook, but that he
can not follow them down again be-
cause you waded in water all the wayf
OF course. he and Farmer Browns Boy
viii think that you have gone on UP the
Laughing Brook and will hunt up there
Tor you. Now. come on and follow me-
Billy Mink started out into the Smii-
in9 Pool as he. said this and began 10
swim toward Jerry Muskrats house.
Bobby Coon followed.
wait, Billy Minkl" he painted.
Billy, who can swim several times as
fast as Bobby Coon. good naturedly
"Where are we goingf" painted Bobby
rTo Jerry Muskrat's house. OF course"
replied Billy Mink.
ssBuf / can't get inside because the
door Is under water" walled Bobby
Coon.
Nobody expects you to-" replied Billy
Mink. "We'll just climb up on the dark
side where the moon doesn't shine, and
sit on Jerry's roof till Bowser the Hound
and Farmer Browns Boy get tired OF
hunting and go home. Farmer Browns
Boy never will think TO look for q coon
on a nuslSrat's- house"
n was too late to turn back now,
anyway. so. shaking harder than ever,
Bobby Coon followed Billy Mink and
climbed up on the roof OF Jerry Musk
rats house where the shadow was
blnckest. There, side by SIDE the two
little rascals sat and watched everything
happen just as Billy Mink had said II
,%<4ouId. Bowser the Hound came roaring
down TO the little pool where Bobby Coon
had been fishing and then rushed on up
the Laughing Brook. Behind him came
gun. When Bowser reached the place
where Bobby Coon and Billy MIX had
entered the Laughing Brook he stopped
barking. They could hear him rushing
around trying to find Bobhy's track
again. and they knew by the sound that
he Was looking farther UP the Laughing
Brook
A little later Farmer Browns BOY
with Boweser at his heels, stood on the
~ Jerry Muskrat's house. ''ft's Or no
use. Bowser. old boy, we'il have to give
II up tonight" said Farmer Browns
Boy. Billy Mink nudeed Bobby Coon.
Next story; chatterer the Red Squirrel
Excited.