Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-26


ago By charm given them bp the
Wild Geese, 90 with the bears TO
| Pleasant Valley. They are tolloioed
by Watdmpoo, the medicine man.
The bear cubs break the laos of the
valley and are punished By pild
cat, but Billy saves fhem.) :
Balky Sam Plays Football
D1LLY, after dragging the wild cat
- into the raging river. swan and
waded for shore as fast as he could.
Indeed, he had to go fast to save him
self from being carried over the water
fall.
The wild cat was so surprised and
scared at finding itself all wet that It
didn't start swimming as quickly as 1t
should have done. The swift current
caught it and il would have been swept
away had Billy not chung tightly to
the lasso and dragged II ashore.
| Err ugh! Let the old wild cat go!
I Let it drown :" walled the bear cubs,
Major and Minor. who were smarting
from the clawing the wild cat had given
them.
But Billy didn't let the wild cat
drown. Even though it had given the
bear cubs sound scratching. 1t had
treated them only as they deserved.
Valley by teasing it and kicking dirt
at it and they had been punished for
doing SO. So Billy pulled the wild cat
to the safety of the shore and then he
loosened the lasso. taking care, how
ever. not to get within reach ofthe cat $
claws. The water had cooled off the
hot temper of the cat and 1t quickly
crept away to dry itself.
Just then Balky Sam called to Billy
and Peggy from within the woods.
! "Hee haw! Come on. play foot .
ready for any kind Of Il game. and so
were the bear cubs, who had now quit
whimpcring over their scratched backs.
They ran through the bushes, and there
was Balky Sam standing in front of a
sort of baggy nest that hung from II
bush. "Hee -haw! See the fine foot
ball I've found" he said.
Billy laughed. ''Ha Ha! Ha !!
That's not a football. 1t is u wasp
nest.
Balky Sam grinned at this. THAT
doesn't make any difference. IL will be
fun to kick it, he brayed.
That is against the laws Of Pleasant
Valley" warned Peggy. Mind your
own business and do no harm to others
and you will be happy"
1T will make me happy to see how
far can kick it." grnned Balky Sam.
Kick it! Give the wasps n scare. "
chuckled the bear cubs. who already had
forgotten how they had been punished
for breaking the laws of Pleasant Val
ley when they had teased the wild cat.
"No! No!' warned Billy. but Balky
Sam was already hunched up for a
mighty kick Billy seized Peggy by the
hand and they ran for dear life.
Crash. Balky Sans heels smashed
into the wasp nest and up it sailed
among the trees.
"Hee haw! That was fun! I'll give
it another kick" braycd Balky Sam.
and he raced for the spot where the nest
would fall.
the bear cubs and they raced after him.
But Balky Sam didn't get a chance
to kick the nest again.
Buzz -zz -zz!' sounded an angry
hum, and suddenly the air was filled
with little black airplanes. They darted
this way and that looking for the foe
that had disturbed them. The air
planes were wasps and they were mad
clear through. Balky Sam and the
bear cubs. laughing and chuckling.
ruhed right in among them, but they
turned right around and they rushed
right back again. And now the animals
weren't laughing or chuckling. They
were bowling and squealing. for the
wasps were landing all over them and
sending fiery stings deep into their
hides.
Balky Sam kicked and kicked, but he
couldn't kick off the angry wasps. The
bear cubs rolled and tumblcd but they
couldn't get rid of the maddened sting.
ers.
Jump into the river and get under