Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-16
CHAPTER VI
pepRy Iearns Secrets

Peggy Learns Secrets
JUDGE OWL was startled nearly out
OF his feathers when Whoo-Whoo,
the giant owl, called him to judgment.
He, like Peggy, thought Whoo-Whoo
was going to judge only the rascally
crows.
Judge Owl fiuttered forward and
Whoo-:whoo turned his searchlight eyes
upon him.
Judge Owl. Head watchman OF
Blirdland, why did, you sleep 50 late and
let the crows get into BirdlandY de-
manded Whoo-Whoo.
"B-b-b-bC cause I was s-s-s-sleepy J"
suffered Judge owl.
"Whoo! What would you do II I
Locked you up in your own hollow tree
jail?' demanded Whoo-w -whoo
I'D l-l-l-like i, sir I'd g-g-g-go to
"Whoo! WhooI Because you are
soossf sooed vi SyS 20" with nnOAsr sr NOV
many crows will fit in your hollow tree
jail?"
Three dozen and three and that
doesn't count me-, promptly answered
three shall I lock up?"
"Caw-Caw. and the three dozen and
two 9th RS who are the worst rascals
among the crowd" replied Whoo-Whoo.
Judge Owl scratched his head in a
puzzled way.
And how shall know which three
dozen and two besides Caw-Caw Crow
are the worst rascals?" he asked.
IF the others promise never to bother
| the Birds of Birdland again, my ghost
| owls will let them fly away. Only the
worst three dozen and three will stay
| hooted Whoo-WhOo
Whoo, the giant owl" but don't give my
| four secrets away"
| Peggy couldn't understand that order
about not giving secrets away. She
didn't know any secrets But she ran
| having a lot of trouble dragging Cav.
! Cav Crow to jail. In fact. Judge owl
couldn't bulge the crow. But Peggy.
us soon as she grabbed Caw-Caw by the
! leg to pull him toward the Jail found
out what was the matter. Caw-Caw was
held tight by a fish line---a line strong.
| but 60 fine ii could not be seen in the
| moonlight.
Peggy started to cry out to tell of her
discovery when she remembered what
Whoo-Whoo had said: Don't tell my
Our secrets" This was one of the
secrets. She unfaStcned the loop around
push the crow into the hole at the bot
tom of the hollow tree jail.
As she came back she happened to
bump her head against on of the owl
ghosts, which was bobb!ng about among
the trees Then Peggy learned a second
eerret--the owl ghost was just toy
! balloon. painted and dressed up in
f, athcrs so it looked like an owls head
"Whoo. Whoo-oo." scrceched an owl
voice at her feet. Peggy jumped so hard
she fen sprawling to the ground. There
she learned a third secret The hoottns
of the mysterious owls wasn't mad" by
owls at all It was made by wide.
mOuthed bottles stuck into the ground
in such way that the raging wind
mad a noise IN tn m like the howl OF
gala the chimney hllZZarlN
night.
Now Peggy suspected the fourth
secret, but she kept silent until the last
of thc.tkree dozen and three crows had
been pushed into the hollow tree jail
and the door had been closed with sticks
Then she faced Whoo- Whoo as h stood
alon" in the council chamber his search,
light eyes shining Peggy bowed low,
Nov. Whoo-whOo, greatest of al
watcnmen. may tell the fourth s:cret?'
"Whoo, Whoo That you may,
hooted the giant owl.
"You are Billy Belgium. And that was
a very clever way you came to the res
cue of Judgr owl and Brdland will
your toy balloon owl ghosts, your bot
lie boots your fishl'ne snares and youl
electric. eyes" gigged Peggy. But
don't understand how you made thos
awful fire siren hootR.'
Billy laughed aa he took off his ow
head and showed her under, his wing .
siren Just like those on fire engines
WIN he turned the handle It made &
fierce Screech.
That's louder than YOU can hoot
Judge owl" laughed Billy. But Judg'
owl had tainted The joke, on top o
all the excitement, had becn too mucl
for him.
The judges faint didn't last long
however. and soon he was ready for an
other adventure, and what that adven
ture was will he told this coming week.