Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-15
ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY


At last Mrs. Rabbit happened t
meet Jasper Jay.
'Have you seen Jimmy?" she asked
"Yes!' he said. Right after break
fast 1 saw him hurrying along tn,
road by the river. The gypsies have I
camp there. And l wouldn't be bi
surprised if they had stolen him." HI
added very eheerfully.
When Mrs. Rabbit heard that SHE
was terribly upset
"Oh, dear! Oh, dear! she cried
whatever shall do?"
1.-THE usual thing" Jasper Jay told
her 'is to offer a reward"
"Is that SOP" said Mrs Rabbit
1--WE never done anything like that
Will YOU help me?"
"Why, certainly" said Jasper. And
he set to work and painted a big sign
which looked like this:
Lost, Strayed, or Stolen.
A boy in a eheckered suit, with a
short tail and long ears. He answers
to the name of Jimmy Rabbit. A re-
ward will be paid for his return, and
no questions asked.
Mrs. Rabbit,
Near the Big Pine Tree.
There" said Jasper Jay, proudly
THAT ought to fetch him, if any
thing WILL" And he and Mrs. Rabbit
took the sign down to the road and
hung it on fence-poSt.
why do you say No questions
asked'?" she inquired.
That's the way it's always DONE"
said Jasper
Now, it was almost as Jasper Jay
had thought. Jimmy Rabbit was at
the gypsies camp. But he hadn't
been stolen. He was skulking about,
as near the gypsies as he dared to 60
And he was so interested in what he
saw that he had entirely forgotten
to go home to dinner. But late in
the afternoon he began to have such
a queer feeling in his stomach that
he remembered then that he had had
to eat since breakfast. And
he started off up the road, towards
home.
You can imagine how surprised he
was when he stopped and read Jas
per jays sign. AS soon as he hadI
read it a second time he decided thatI
he had better hurry home little fas-
Ter. For he could see that his motherI
was worried.
So Jimmy jumped through the
fence and went hopping across the
meadow Soon he was home again:
md Mrs. Rabbit was hugging him and
asking him where he had been and
what he had been doing.
Jimmy was just going to tell her
But he happened to think that when
lis mother learned that he had been
1t the gypsies' camp all day she
night not be pleased. And then he
remembered that sign.
why don't you answer me?" Mrs
Rabbit asked. You'd better sneak I'M
It once. Where have you BEEN"
But the sign said No questions
'sked'!' Jimmy reminded her.
When she heard that, Mrs Rabbit
gasped
Np' OAitliIly WeHt on. And IT
aid "A reward will be paid for his
Mrs Rabbit gasped again. She saw
nat Jasper jay had get her into
fouble. 1t seemed to her that it would
'e very hard to have to pay a reward
o her own son. But Mrs. Rabbit was
person who always kept her word.
We'll, she said, what do Won
vant?"
4 think" Jimmy told her that
would like something to eat.n
Then the gypsies didn't give vou
our dinner" Mrs. Rabbit said.
NO, Mother!" Jimmy answered
etore he thought SO you see that
lrs Rabbit found out where he had
Gen. after all, even though she asked
% questions.
1t is very hard to keep anything
rom ones mother
The water power of France is esti-
lated at 10,O0O,0OO horsepower. as
with 100000 Horsepower
'r Norway and 100000 horsepower
lr Sweden.
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orsepower was used, but a further
'Vooo horsepower was developed dur
lg the war; and by the end of 1921
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