Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-16
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
Judge Oprs Secrets
ny DADDY
SECRET Ill
r,. Girl and the Pearl

SECRET III
rh. Girl and the Pearl
u,,Hrs is q story about 'oooy 'ul',
L rood little girl. a mermaid and
=, hoo,ed Judge owl, telling his
p' s,eepv.hour tale 20 Pegsy ana
Billy ., ,,oa +, a boat
,,,, ,ras moored in the harpor LOT 'ne
."" ,,,Or Her namo was Anna ana she
N" ",..a NTH M,.,s girl named Lena
p"' ,I,.od In another boat moored close
"xov It grew very cold and the hsr-
..c,,,s covered with ice and snow
,rsis was bad for COLBY Gull. FOR ne
CouId not fish, nor pick up the scraps
90 which he fed when the water was
.,o, Neither could he 20 out TO sea 10
.,, TODD as n gale WAS blowing there,
.,d cobbv. after hts adventure when he
oorried away by the hurricane, was
,.reful TO keep in port while gales were
.ogi,e So the only thing COLBY Gull
.a,,d do was TO f'y back and forth
.,ross the harbor squawking dismally to
,.ll how hungry he was
Anna. the good little girl stopped IN
,,r pIav when she heard Gobby GulTs
hungry souawks. oh. that poor gull
wifi starye TO death! !" she cried to Lena
orbat will serve the foolisn gull right
r.rlIed Lena. who was not 10 Kind
,oar,ed as Anna. II he had been wise
10 ,,oIld have gone south when winter
came. and there he would nave touhd
,Isntv Of food and no ice.
~ am going to give him some OF my
dinner declared Anna. ,.
=" "'That is silly of you, for you haven't
enough TO eat now, and YOU VIII go
hungry II YOU feel tna' tooi,Sn on ,,an o,'p, Moor
and scarcely ever had oil she wanted 10
CO., This. however, didn't make Anna
selfish and when she saw how very nun.
rr, COLBY Gull was as he squawked
harI, and forth over the cold snow and
"a' .,o " N.oarrhinR "' for food, she went to the
,nnhnarI and took the bread she had
beau saving for her dinner. She cut thi Il
In two Hall she put away for herself,
and half she broke up and threw out
ir,n the snow.
aud down he swOopcd In hurry. He
was so very hungry that lie gobbled up
every scrap.
The cold snap lasted long that win
Ter and food that a gull could find grew
Anna shared her meals with Colby
Gull, and IT, was her kindness alone
that kept him alive All the tinc Lena
kept scolding Anna. You should not
give to that gull she argued. You are
getting thinner and thinner every day
But am getting happier and hap.
per laughed Anna, and ! woGld he
very s,rrowful If tnat roor gull died OF
S'Prvaton.'
"At last spring came, some Of tho ice
melted. and then COLBY Gull found
"Bu, as COLBY Gull grew fat on tho
food IN III" harbOr. poor little Anna |
grew thinner. She grew thinner because |
her father had grown poorer during the |
long winter. and lie couldn't get his boat |
out 70 earn more money until all the ice |
was gone
"Gobby Gun was sorry when he saw
how thin and pale Anna was becoming |
and lie made un his mind 10 do some. |
thing So one day he called out Of the
harbor
'Thcr" goes the ungrateful bird for
which you went hungry and got so |
thin, icercd Lena a. Anna. but Anna |
only smiled and felt sad because Colby |
Gun mad gone away without saying !
"Gohbr Gull flew far until he came
to some oyster beds. There he dropped
n the water and sat floating on the
waves. lie began 10 sing little song
" S"e"' mermaid sweet mermaid with
tr"SEes red,
Awaken from sleep in the oyster bed.
h''ns me, oh, bring me, a big precious
pearl
want to reward kind little girl
No" G"hby Gull had been nice to
N" mermaid. carrying notes for her to
I"' m"rnl0n Sweetheart so as soon AS
me mermaid heard his song she came
i"Tl my ~ from the oyster bed She |
H." III her hand Il big oyster and this
ssn' CAV" {" t;obhy Gun. He took it in
TnS mouth, ard though il was heavy,
,,P never stopped to rest until he came |
=. .N,hH nome ~ the boat In at the
ioI, ho'' h" flew, and he dropped tho |
oyster on the table before Anna
ON NV gull has brought me an
IN""l =" eat. cried Anna in eratitudr
nL lena only an"ered What is one
""nSnn'I - person Rs hungry as YOU |
~ Nhna nuCiiN opened the shell of |
,'.h, NN. 'I hen she gave q cry of de-
pEo,,,. ct cry lhat made Colby Gull wheel
"',s,ar "", u. 'Irrles Of joy. There in the
~"r,l hundreds Of dollars, 'N' vac
, Nh. oh. thank yo,I. Eull" cried Anna
! ! traW nneW d he glad because ] fed you
'''"Is3 ,9I The cold, long winter " '''
Nmd Gotby Gull was hanpy ana
ps pt,,,," n,', vas happr. and Anna's father vas
pat' r,. ,.I ,I me pearl would buy plenty ,o
m. n'a'lf ana many month to come
ON. one Whn wasn't haDpy wns
irdd' ana why should she hsve has,
Toi, ,'unrn"W night TN tell Won nbo",;
roo,,. ,tIII ard the thaukr,I AK
ua,, "HnEG owl. t'anping awav to Eoon
'"' over BIrdIand ~ "eeP