Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-19

ADVENTURES
Judge OlrEs Secrets
BY DADDY
SECRET VI
The Gold Seeker

WHfnooo Who n"os% s1oTs IUsrs wnegf oT fHd tns IS
through the dusk to tell Peggy and Billy
their evening tale.
Away up north-that Is where gold
is found" answered Billy
And down, down deep under the
ground" replied Peggy.
Right you are" hooted Judge Owl.
Cold is found away UP north and gold
is found under the ground. but it is
about the away-up-north gold that ]
am going to tell you. u
"One summer Colby Gull got an idea
that he would like to travel farther
north than he had ever gone before. So
he set out from the gulls' nesting place
on the rocky island and flew on and on
toward the icy lands where the polar
bears live and Santa Claus has his work.
shop
"Gobby Gull fished along the way and
he visited with other gulls, and alto
gether he had rather a jolly time. FL
nally his travels took him to a lonely
beach in Alaska where gold seekers had
| their cabins. These gold seekers were
! hunting all the time for gold and some
| OF them found 1t and some of them did
not
And one who didn't find it was Smil-
| ing Sammy, a pleasant young chap who
used to throw out scraps for Colby
| Gull to eat And because the scraps were
! good. COLBY Gull visited much around
| the cabin, and the more he visited the
better he liked generous Smiling Sammy
and the sorrier he grew because Smiling
Sammy didn't find gold like the other
seekers.
There were strange animals up in
| the north country, but Colby Gull kept
a watchful eye out for them. One day,
however, Smiling Sammy threw out some
particularly sweet morselS--bts of fried
| baCOn-and Colby Gull swooped down
so quickly upon them. he never noticed a
furry animal crouched behind a shrub.
The furry animal leaped and caught
COLBY Gull by the foot. And that looked
like the end of poor Colby Gull
Just as the furry animal was drag
ging him down, however. there came the
bang Of a gun. Over fell the furry ami
NAL, shot through the head And up
ran Smiling Sammy with a smoking gun.
His true aim had saved Colby Gull.
, The furry creatures Jaws had torn
picked up tho hurt bird and carried
him into the cabin. There Smiling
Sammy nursed Colby Gull until Colby
was himself again.
up his mind he would help Smiling Sam
, my find gold. So COLBY Gun turned into
gold seeker. And one day he saw a
yellow glcam beside a stream. The
- I CREAM WIS ike lub BOlu iODDY Gull hAG
/ seen in the sacks Of other miners,
Back Colby Gull flew to tho cabin tc
. tell the good news, but when he got
Y there he couldn't make Smiling Sammy
t understand him. Smiling Sammy didnI
n atnow gull talk, and he never thought O
such thing ns following Colby a.
; COLBY tried to lead him toward tn,
u waiting gold.
= "Gobby was in despair, lie couldn'
n tell Smiling Sammy. and he couldn'
, Tnln n n, L..
q no pockets. Then COLBY Gull happened
= TO notice a sheet of sticky fypaper OF
; the table. That gave him an idea IL
seized the fiypaper in his beak and fey
away to the little stream. He droppe,
e the paper on the gold, with the stick,
t side down. When he picked up the pa
per it was sprinkled with yellow specks
Back he few to Smiling Sammy. Nov
Sammy had been astonished at the ac
tions of Gobby He thought COLBY ha
II with the fypapar, Sammy got his CUR
- lie didn't want any crazy bird doin
- crazy things around him.
~ Sammy raised his gun as COLBY cam
" rushing back, but Sammy didn't shoe
: He was too nder-hearted And whe
a Colby dropped that gold-speckled pape
= in front Of Sammy, that astonishe
n young man was mighty glad he hadn
shot.
Sammy couldn't believe his eyes. II
knew Ine paper was SOOu Tor CatChin
files, but had never heard of it CatChlr
- gold,
of "Gobby Gul hoppcd up and down an
pd tried TO lead Sammy away. And no
na Sammy understood. lie ran after Cobb
'r and when he came to the stream he sa
iE the gold.
~ MY, but Sammy was happy. I
ne smiled as he had never smiled befor
ne He quickly staked out the ground whel
lis the gold was and then it belonged
hc him. He was rich.
Smiling Sammy was glad he ha
been good to COLBY Gull. He was gls
he had saved COLBY Gull from the fur
o animal lie was glad he had nurs.
J. Colby back to health. And he was gla
Il, he had found the gold,
p. "And COLBY Gull, sailing back soutl
-, ward to rcjoin his flock, was glad
~ had gone travelling and glad he hf
he brought good luck to Smiling Sammy.
or And now, goodnight" said judi
nd Owl when ! come again I'll tell "
how King Bird got a hot supper"