Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-29
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
Judge Otrrs Busy Day
BY DADDY
CHAPTER VI

INU"H ft"' f1efa ~ JNh
A = MRS STRONG raisee her broom
"a TO drive Judge OWL Blue Jay Perky
| Sparrow and Junco Snowbird from her
eunroom out into the raging blizzard.
Judge Owl noticed something move down
beside n f1owerpot. Judge Owl made q
quick grab and when he Strengthened
mp. there was brown mouse In his
beRk. The mouse was there Just Sec
ond and then II vanished
Where had It gone? Why down Judge
Owls throat. of course. He was very
hungry after the exciting time he had
"Ee-ee.ee!' sauealed Mrs. Strong
when che saw the mouse in Judge Ow =
heak "Ee-ee-ee she squealed again
and louder than before, and this time
she made a flying leap to the top o
chair.
why did She squeal again and why
did she leap TO the top OF the chair? Be-
cause she had seen second mouse
darting toward her from among the
mouse come stealing out from under the
table
"Oh-ee-ee! Save me-" screamed
Mrs Strong. "Oh-ee-ee! Save me.
too" screeched Gretchen; the cook, leap
knocking her off.
"whoo" grunted Judge Owl His
beak flashed out q second time. and,
gulp! down went another mouse. The
beak flashed out third time, and. gulp-
ety-gulp down went the third mouse.
There Judge Owl has saved you"
said Peggy. Now you don't want to
drive him out into the storm. do you?'
NO" answered Mrs. Strong. II don't
know what l would have done II he had
not gobbled up thosc mice. Those pesky
creatures are becoming bolder all the
time. and they don't pay any attention
10 Tim, the cat. as he has become too
lazy to catch them"
Then why not give Judge Owl the,
ioh OF mouse catcher for your house,
asked Billy. who didn't want the wild
birds driven out into the storm. The
weather was SO cold he was afraid they
would perish. Judge Owl Is splen-
lid mouser in the woods. but the snow
Is too deep for him to work at It now"
That's a good idea 20 exclaimed Mr..
Strong. And when he has caught all
the mice in the house, he can go after
those in the barn. There are enough
there to keep him busy all through the
Judge Owl was delighted at this.
"Whoo! Whoo. I'm certainly n lucky
bird :" he hooted. First was rescued
from freezing to death in the blizzard
then was rescued rom being drowned
being shot and finally l was rescued
from being driven out into the cold
again. and now I'm going to have a Job
where can keep warm and enjoy my
Se!t hunting mice ana eating them.
Whoo Whoo Whoo"
And Peggy and Billy. thinking II all
over, agreed that Judge Owl was lucky
bird, and they agreed that Blue Jay,
Perky Sparrow and Junco Snowblrd
were lucky birds. TOO. for they were
sharing in Judge Owls good fortune
TN fix these birds nice warm place
in the barn where they can have their
nests" said the friendly young tramp
I'm sure they would not like to live in
cages in the house"
He was right, for Blue Jay, Perky
Sparrow and JunCo Snowbird were al
: ady getting tired OF the narrow space
IN the cages. They were ready and eager
to move out TO the barn. for even though
II wasn't so warm as the sunroom, Il
was plenty warm enough for them. as
they were used to being out in the open.
More about their adventures will be
told this coming week
What kind OF adventures do you sup
pose they are going to be?