The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-17
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By THORNTON W. BURGESS
Peter Visits His Runaway Son Nothing in all the Gre at World lives Like the love that una uestionably forgives.

Peter Rabbit was both happy and troubled when he learned from Blacl>y the Crow that that runaway little Rab- bit was in Farmer Browns hen yard. It made him happy to know that the little scamp was alive and we'll It i troubled him to know thta he was a prisoner You know there is nothing much more dreadful to the little people ! of the Green Meadows and the Green l Forest than to feel that they are pris- oners; that they cannot go where they please when they please. All their l lives they have had absolute freedom. and there is nothing in all the Great l World more precious than freedom. i Did he seem happy?" asked Peter of | Blaaky the Crow.
 l He was kicking up his hind legs in that foolish way that you Rabbits have of doing, so I guess he wasn't unhap- py."- replied Blacky. T was too far away to talk with him, so I hurried right over here to tell you about him. l Thank you, Blacky Thank you" 1 replied Peter "In a way you have taken a load off my mind. I don't mind ltelling you that knew he had been caught by Farmer Browns boy. l had hoped for the best, because know 1 that Farmer Browns boy is a true friend of we little people of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows. Still,
 
 with that little scamp of mine l could not help being worried It was good of you to come over here to tell me about 1t. I won't forget it. Blacky. I won't forget ii. If ever I have a chance to do something for you, you may count on me to do it.
 Blacky's eyes twinkled. It struck him as truly funny that Peter should eyer think that he could possibly do Ianything for the sharpest-eyed. keen est witted rascal in all the Green For est But he was quite grave when he told Peter that 1t was no more than one friend should do for another, and lie was glad if he had relieved Peters mind little. Then he bade Peter good-by and flew away to the Green Forest.
 Peter could hardly wait for the Black Shadows to creep out from the Purple Hills that evening. You see he was SO very, very anxious to go up to Farmer Browns hen yard But he knew that it wouldn't be best for him to do so until the Black Shadows had crept across the Green Meadows to Farmer Browns hen yard
 At last Peter felt that it was safe to start and away he went; lipperty7 l.pperty lip. as fast as his long legs could take himS Up past Johnny Chuck's house without stopping ran
  stone wall. Around back of Farmer Browns barn he ran and then very softly crept over to the hen yard. He crept softly and carefully because he lwanted to make sure that Browser the
 Hound was no where about.
 When he reached the hen yard he
 went straight to the corner in which
 Blacky the Crow had told him he would find box. There, sure enough, was the box Peter stood on his hind legs and peeped through the wire netting of the hen yard. All was still in : there. No one was to be seen. Lightly
 Peter thumped with his stout hind feet
 Then he thumped a little louder. : At that second thump he thought he heard a faint reply from inside that ibox Again Peter dumped, this time louder than before. At once funny little head with long ears was thrust I out of the doorway in that box: once l again Peter dumped. this time llghtiy | It meant ''all is well.'
 Out came his runaway son ana
 hopped hurriedly over to the wire net c ting where Peter was sitting. wide l board ran around the bottom Of th' $ every prospect for a most successful year.
 S In the big carrier pigeon derby which r will be run or rather flown on Septembel s o5 under auspices of the United states Signal Corps Trojans will take keer I interest, because pair of the pigeons
 will be released here. Five thousand l in pairs will be released in twenty-five
 hundred towns and will make the flight back to St Louis. MT. s. A. Williams
 prominent druggist will have charge oi
 the release of the birds here
 The circuit court of Pike county vii
 convene on the third Monday in october
 for a petit jury and grand jury term | Several important cases will be tried
 before Judge A. B. Foster who will pre-
 side.
 The board of commerce and Rotary
 Club held a joint meeting Tuesday night | at the board of commerce dining room
 where an excellent luncheon was served 1 by the members of the city park com
 mission. The feature of the meeting was
 a very interesting address by Adolpr Boldt, secretary of the southern division
 of the Board of Commerce of the United
 States.
 Presiding Elder McNeal of the ITO,
 district, officers of the Sunday schoo
 organization of this district Clarenc. Dannely. Alabama conference Sunday
 school worker, and Miss Covington,
 field worker, were in conference in Troy
 Wednesday The meetings were held al I the Methodist church and plans were made for betterins Sunday school condf. tions in this district and putting more enthusiasm into the work
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