Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
TODDIE PUPkiNS
BY DADDY
CHAPTER III
Lonesome Bears Battle


Lonesome Bears Battle
T oNESoME BEAR sat down to tell
~ Peggy and Billy the story of his
clash with the riddle-creature that
growled like a lion. whined like a baby
with thirst and ate enough almost to
burst.
Lonesome Bear sat down because he
was so lame he could hardly stand up.
with patch over his eye. his paw In
Q sling and his fur ragged and soiled,
ne looked as II he had been caught in
cyclone.
''whooi whoo How did the riddle
creature do that to youY' asked Judge
owl and even Blue Jay forgot his cwn
tattered and torn feathers In looking
upon lonesome Bears wounds.
We'll 1t was this way" began Lone
some some Bear. You know ! am a wise
old bear. and don't walt until snow
comes before looking for a cave in which
10 take my winter sleep. find one
early. then put my sign on 1t, and It is
Fros, a. ready ady, for me to turn when Jack
t happened this. year that I found
bushes on the bluff above the river"
Cree Greet know where that is,"
pr1Ke riS5,e IN Blue Jay. 1T is the cave of the
riddle-creature."
But 1t was my cave first" declared
lonesome Bear. Il put my sign on 1t.
warning all other creatures away. You
can imagine how yeXed was when
ven" "went there yesterday 70 visit It and
iound another animal living there.
- could tell as soon as I get near
some stranger was around" he went
"n; bones were scattered about"
,oo eng they We're buried In the ground.
"o; interrupted Blue Jay.
4. was so angry that L. never stopped
70 MINK that the animal might be big
Ger than ! was" continued Lonesome
srS SeSr' u rushed right into the cave;
anu ~, tn,nren' gracious! what sirprise
."Whoo! ,whoo! You saw the riddle
creature?' hooted Judge Owl.
nsrod saw nothing but darkness" whis-
pered Se lonesome Bear, but i heard
ssTnir9snningwths snimsn swths quick breathing Of an
ret out Of my cave before squeeze YOU
tSe ueatm crOd,. and throw your body out to
n. II thovEht that would scare the ami
hind iSpsc'aliy ieSS when ] reared up on my
i iSI as the roof guess I did scare
y ~yo LOT minute, as i heard a whine
tb,Oot ! said again, and then some
Beass rdr,shtful happened" Lonesome
pn"What was it?S asked asked pevxv md
BILLY, eagerly. esss anu
turnsdw Was as an animal tornado The whine
ster craa, nto terrible growl, and a mon
legs and it rushed on me. 1t bit my
tritSSShed trisS tN out with my forspaws and
saueeze 20 get 1t in my arms 80 / could
aene anv re, II to death I couldn't grab IL
whIrleddo dore than could grab air
-Kerba around and around, and then
awf1Is wf1IsgSered S,rt to my feet; it gave me ear an
me ont KICK ns "a and terrible bite, hurting
bluff into ' thu fme craS cave and down the rocky
animal - It must be a big and powerful
| rnn,n said Peggy loolting a. Trns
.Ie w. sear,s buriy but battered form.
teeth as as sbassn bS1s as an elephant and has
NVnesome Bear. ''e''e o. sroahed
Blue SGG Jav' IT'S as fierce as an eagle" added
i an an%irSSo eyes sparkIed. Maybe II ia
he said sid"l It mat escaped from a circus"
ereatureS%a reward. Who will 20 to the riddis.
Il VIII cave with me?'' -
on they staytsiSa ssia PeEsy. promptly, and
Ait thss for happened then win have to be
'O' 'omorrew's story, " ~
CONTINUED TOMORROW,