Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-02

ADVENTURES
TIE LITTLE WIZARD
NJ DADDY
CHAPTER ~

Men from tho Cffous
vocgLB and Bo3Hls. the naskse
animals. carried PegM sna sns
,ie WIsard gsyiy TOWARD tne unxncw'
Nj where, II hsd been pfomssu ~
sing things would heppen, n9IIv "a, Va
True. she couldn't see Billy, be
ns bs had been made invisible ~
mower OF the Little wisard, but. stu
tnesv he was there. She could hea'
1hist,e and laugh And talk" PsYr,
ndered IN he was walking or riding
,hsns' as he was Invisible. he wsi
ltIng through the air.
How are you travelling B"yr "'
INV ,sg s'f I am travelling the sams ~ yoy
I" isushsd Bliiy's voicA but he didA'i
nc.tinS Then the Little wisard
"a toward ressy with another
me;
curicsity killed a cat,
mat. my dear, do you think OF that
KakIns questions may mako you wise,
I'M you'll miss the fun OF q surprise
IA eyes Of the Little Wizard twin
but Peggy felt he had thidcd her.
q vas tfuth IN what ns ss'd; al Loss e
's{Ssiss'Sh .CSas htass ss naS %sd. = up s"Sy e.
d II TrisNf there hot % asR TOO insny
ittis % wes bobbeA along m 'front.' Of
party. Sometimes he frotted. some-
a. he galloped, sometimes no seeHne1
bounce like q bali Hut. all the time he
1 1 watchfut eye out for danger, and
Of a sudden he .gsve q low srowl
stopped short HIS sharp eyes had
III. ana his ajsrt ears had heard
scrxie and Bo.sis stopped Just as
ID as little Wee. They. too, Growied,
Percy could feel Woggle bristiinE
eath the rorrpers that covered him.
hen q man stepped out of the bushes
Ffont Of them. Almost At the. same
nert the crashing Of branches behind
caused them TO look around. ana
. stood q second man. outing or
ne Ell, eject cf this on wossls and Bog
was surprising. They seemed
NICELY alarmed and would have boited
,men on through tho woods had the
le Wizard not stopped them with a
ming verse:
Bullets speed from ont Of gun, ....
aster far than you can run.
ace this danger with q grin,
II stand by through thick and thin"
no startled glance told Peggy why the
ie Wizard spoke Of bullets and n
The man IN the path ahead had o
tho man behind had q shotgun.
be they were ready to fire.
second glance told Peggy who tho
were-they were the animal keeper
his helper who had kept Pudgie,
esome Bears twin brother. shut up
he circus. 'r-E ..,r.
Hey. you. halt where YOU arer'
tied the animal keeper, pointing his
at them. The whole purity was al
y standing sttll--all except tiny
who was growing and, snarlins as
Eounced along in front OF them.
he men came close. and when they
9 good look at the strange beasts
d In rempers and wearing clowr,
Eovling hyenas, what kind Of boasts
these?" shouted the animal keepers
or.
Kicking kan xaroos, and who might
beT cried the animal keeper HIM
staring at the Little Wizard, The
le Wizard answered In a verse:
might be a. lizard.
r. a chickens gizzard,
ut I'm not--Tm q wizard.
GU are seeking bear. -.
ou are hunting his lair.
ut ] say. oh. beware! Bewarer
he circus men opened their eyes
wider at this. And 70 did Peggy,
lt strange power had told the Lifeie |
hrd the quest Of the keeper and his |
er? y. ....'-. 4
irunting giraffes. how did you know
?" gasped the keeper. The Littie |
hrd grInned. while his eyes twinkled |
lily.
might be O lizard. b.. -.
I'm not-Pm a wizard" he chanted |
chuckle.
morrow VIII be told how the circus