Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-21
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
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"rhe Winter Birds" 49,
~ DADDY -
CHArTEn v
.~-~ A Nhn Tramp


rs. csmp sf tho Tysmps
,x .nd Billy. with the half-frosen
pBeo and thrush tucked be.
paup,,iy's coat, went on IN the wln.ry
meath b,'Gw M Wr. and Mrs, Rollo Canary.
storm ,,,oxcd far and wtde, the stroms
TTnS TsS npss them ,s.N.s syty yuSsi StSr their S eyes
bll,ss bllnsea' they couldn't fnd the lost oansr-
csF.rn.y have perished No birds I'd tS,,ls GoSls
live In such tnt. co,o anugaIing up to
each otner oNnew. .nothinss TO leave our n'co
SUD s,, s,i, room garden. ,.~h .nov
Ti' s"' sss y.Iy r;ssS IsS sSs stHGsss ss.s se
we're genrsi,rs on through the snow.
sept s,rastihy s.rt sthey saw smoke rising among
"a, ,rses "s ahead OF them. ON. there -
snTel" c,'sS cS;,i.a pssgyi tsrCSsa anG through.
they ihs raj pIace from which the smoke
near rsing, t%n Billy held Peggy back.
This isfe enIssss,d. Il ssS ro"Gs Maybe % Is ,Ss
TO sDr,n me; Of Ts tramps. Let's creep up quietly
ans anSo 'aSe tSey " crept UP quietly and took .
~ and az soon az they had done 20
they we're sada as.S ,sey IN. nsS camp Ds" Of sSs%ps
For For 4 Are s was built In front cf-s issn,se
Inc ~ s,ch az boy scouts make IN the
,SstSHF' ,@SsoSs, s%G s%G" IN n ne issn.'o were thr''
buriy, ragged ,,,i, men: .rod ., than from
Isssy srs ,Tse si sna q ssfsfi tSsir surpfis. saw
sen'n,u ,aa q ~ the men each held a bird In
fns' Sls hand. and The birds were Mr. and Mrs
Rolio Canary. ,,,,.r.ro,
perry, "Iet us creep away SO the
raXp,t ~" Whispered Billy. for he hao
heard what one tramp was saying to
ths othfE MINK these birds would taste good
toSisS ST!Sats Z" a good idea" said a seoond
utSp w, it would be a shame to eat s such y, I
pIssV psn wss as younger than the others and
SIS Ts0 not look so rough. Let US keep
alS tsarn M here in our camp. and hsye them
T YS Sp y!sh ~ ,,s. sSsis 70 s"s,ns s.vo Something
.,r me up H shs is sTGs siSi si%s nic.iy
and perhaps. I'll not toast you and eat
YOU" The tramp held up Roiio CanaTy,
but when Rollo Canary u,ed 10 slns ns
c.ySht @vh cold and couldn't sing any bet
tsr tSan a bullfrog. And Mrs. Canary
was lust as bad. She Just coughed and
wheesed until the tramp who held her
":w "s:wweii. III Il you can't sing. you can
sxsie!" he cried, grabbing Up q sharp
stick on which to toast her over the
W. That seemed about to be the finish Of
Rolio Canary and his pretty little wife,
hui lust then the tramp who held Mrs.
Canary got q surprise. That surprise
was q snowfall right in the eye. II
k,d come straight from Biliy's hand
"ouch" yelled the tramp. and he let
70 Mrs Canary 70 put his hand over
his oye.
looked in surprise at the other chap.
when, Wham another hard SNOWFALL
sailed through the air and hit him on
the end Of his red nose.
Wow" yelled the tramp. and he let
Rollo 90, In his panied amusement.
The canaries had caught a glimpse OF
Peggy and Billy, and they dashed right
10 them Peggy thrust the two birds
beneath her coat, and then she and Billy
started to run as fast as they coul
away from the camp of the tramps.
10 you think the tramps viii follow
them? -.
And do you think the tramps will
catch them?
or do you think the tramps will have
4 trick played on them and get fooled
II YOU were telling the story what
would YOU have happen In the next
chapter!