Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-10
nREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
"rHE GREAT FIRE
BY DADDY
CHAPTER ~
pa,,ty Sans Tale


,rE.HAw, I'll tell you ny s,ors ,,t.,s
"H ~ the big FIRE and me I ,%p Raihy
children ana aowr, and facing the hoI.
sam situns Gro Great Horned Owl was
low tree Ralky Sam brayed very
. prlso.n9be he wanted to give tne p,,a.e
loud iyr GOOD soaring. That Mas as,es pso Owl
on, 1CS,v's = plan to drive Great fio''eo wv
out Of brd,Sthe bIrGs gathered around grinning
The pnrIina p,Ii for they knew the trick
astH,t,, sam was up TO. /, rr., a,
BshN BshNoe upon time when j was an
army mule Il Tss tss west" began Balky
the plains )" NJ the fort was dull, SO
Sam. niivht night broke my halter
one nyVay M away from little vacation.
snu, ran n,ioped away across the plains,
klck'ns nens ~ and stopping now and then
haW cb nm the sweet prairie grass: 1
to iuod iunudh far without seeing sign OF a
gallgpeu oreon At last, however, no.
single pyIybt ahead. I crept UP to- see
,SSd nSst the light vas and what 90 you
sRPSesss sRRPSss,s !" !" asked Peggy, Billy and the
blrass ro-" mumbled Great Horned Owl
- Me prison cell in the hollow tree.
trVI VDItieebaw! Yes, sir, II was a hre
robbers csmpiirs deearen to mule nsiNy WHISPER sp
own low,chi Sas still loud enough for Great
wwnrnad Owl TO hear And there were
horne itp.a robbers in the camp. dark. whis-
,iared .n,eSd ferce.looking chaps. And they
sad two pool. little prisonersLa boy and
,.,,b ropes 10 a stake. The robbers were
STdIng them for ransom, and had writ.
nU,'t ,su 10 their father saying. that IL he
sSn't a I give the robbers $1,000 they would
burn the children up
"oh oooh !" shivered Great Horned
oT.Th "The little boy and little girl cried
.na cried They thought they never
aoH mo,,,d see their father and mother again.
About this time I noticed that the
wind was blowing hard and that thero
iooSeS at the moon and saw that 1t had
,yrned red. This made me nervous. but
i AID not seem to bother the robbers,
who went sound asleep.
"I had made up my mind j would
r.scue those children. Before I could
reddish black cloud came sweeping up
from the west. I knew IN an instant that
Il was-a prairie fire."
"oh! Ooohg' groaned Great Horned
Owl, trying valnly to squeeze out OF tho
door TO the hollow tree.
II knew would have to gallop my
fastest to get away from that fire."
vent on Balky Sam. but knew, too. II
left those children there they would be
burned up. So / rushed into the camp, |
tore apart the ropes that bound them,
stood while they climbed on my back,
and away we went to race with the |
dre As we went gave warning hee- |
haw to the robbers, because I didn't |
want them burned up. They rushed to |
their horses and galloped after us.
my, that was a race. with the wind |
sweeping the fire at our heels. and we
lVNer 20 nh ia
grew hotter and hotter. Burning grass |
Blew about us. ! felt my hair getting |
scorched. II I had been Great Horned |
burned off" .E|..
"oh, Ooohr" groaned Great Horned
"Then suddenly we dashed up to
dugout. II was the home of the chill
dren The boy and girl jumped from
my back and ran into the dug-out, which
was a hut beneath the ground. would
bers coming. I knew that unless the
robbers fought tho fire. the smoke and
flames would burn or smother the chill
tren The robbers. jumped from their
horses but when they ran toward the
dug.out kicked them away. Again and
agaIn they tried to get In, but each
time I kicked them back.
The fire was sweeping upon them
and they saw they would have to fight Il
10 save themselves They hitched their
horses to plows, and they plowed broad
they had done this I let them into the
iug-out and went in myself. Tho fire
,ame up to the burrows OF bare earth,
md there II stopped. 80 80
:. "Just at this time un rushed sol.
ilers from my fort. who had come TO
1unt the robbers They caught the roh.
,ers and took them TO prison, while the
hlldren gave me all the oats could
Reddy Wood.Peclier grew much ex-
,ited at this story and now he chirped
oudly. Il know a fire story, too
,ou" wi IL 10
What do YOU think Reddy woodpeck-
n story will be about?
, DO YOU think 1t will help Billy in his
iirdand? S"' out VI