Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-14
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
Judge Oprs Secrets
By DADDY
SECRET I
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,redY couldn't go to sleep a. a, n.,si
~. had gone to bed at the usun, s.,a
s"s s,.,,,er could Billy. who was WIS
time r, door. Perhaps they were
ting NO. zoo much Of the good times
.s" ,S.v were going to have mex. ,s.s,ro u q,
'0,y sy,,o," said Judge owl peeN,ns ~
nv from a tree outside her winoow.
Psssy y, bs peeked the other way AT
ls,,' Hoo hoo Hoo Aren't you ch''oreh
asleep YETI" - "p,sose tel, us
-,, IN nut US to sleep.
"Tbat I will do right gladly u 'en ~
., ono of my secret stories. n
you ,, V princess sea Gull" Judge owl
apou' aov, to tell his story wniie
settIeo and Billy listened eagerly. WAY
Re pssss Sou have seen how gu''s 'o''o"
shipl., I've seen them" broke, In Peggy,;
"Yes, ,t We on n voyage and the gulls
"VnCr VnNCvsd The boat all day, long. ana !
fono"eJi, al, night, too, for when l got UP
guess noorning they were fiying rlght
Where niNS they had been when sa'd so0'
night ,su YOU why they follow
IL WI, vent TO- on Judge Owl: 1T is be.
sSips, snIss they hey are looking for the lost
PranesSS ~ onS ago tho sulls didn't follow the
.,o,s In fact, they. were atraio ot
Sosts for sometimes the Sailors r shoS Ths "a.
mem men niaved about all day, sailing over
gu.'s appters and sometimes coming down
ne w in the waves, but they Kept
To- 70 ,v from ships. You know gulls noat
Az Az ducks and are as safe far out at
ssa s,%' as other birds are on the iano.
seq stryybenever VI they got hungry they rec
s.t ~ on scraps of food they found
on ~ ne no" water. And so they lived happy,
earg,riee rpripeess Sea Gull was the leader of
-. ~ the iolliest focks She and her
hand han OF gulls sailed far and wide. travel
ins inS foreign lands, jaunting over lakes as
wsi, & as Seas. They had no foes, they
wsn, where they pleased, and they found
nlenty 10 eat SO they were peaceful,
Syous and contented.
p"But one day the flock Of Princess Sea
Gul was caught in a raging storm--a
TnrrIcane. u The guls could not fly
asainst II: they we're swept far out over
tSs waters, swept for hours and hours
ana miles and miles. When the storm
was over the gllls were lost in the great
deep and so weary they could scarcely
Nv, To make matters worse. they could
a1d nothing to eat. The fish kept deep
down, and there we're no scraps floating
so the gulls grew bungrier and hun.
grier, and at the same time weaker and
weaker. Night came and they had to
sleep on the rolling waves.
A dream A mermaid seemed to come
10 her and whisper message: A ship
will pass this way in the morning." said
n. mermaid. IT has q kind and hand
sone young captain. He will give you
food and keep your flock from starving
nnd will guide the gulls to shore. But
TO reward him. YOU must change your
self into a beautiful maiden and become
his BRIDE
"'How shall change myself into a
beautiful maiden?' asked Princess Sea
Gull
lips' answered the mermaid, as she dove
beneath the waves,
1.-THE message OF the mermaid made
Princess Sea Gull sad, as she loved her
flock and wanted to stay a carefree sea
gull.
But in the morning when che heard
her fiocks cries for food. she made up
her mind to sacrifice herself for the
other gulls. So she flew to the ship that
came as the mermaid said. and when
she saw the handsome young captain
on the deck. she flew to him and kissed
MN on tne lips.
"The captain was astonished to have
gull kiss him. and he was more than
astOnIshed when the gull turned into a
Nautiful young maiden. He fell deeply
in love with her at very first sight. =
"'Bo my bride" he cried. Yes an.
swered Princess Sea Gull, who had fai.
len In love with the handsome captain
as quickly aa he had fallen in love with
her. But first, feed my sea gulls'
"This the kind and handsome young
captain was most glad to do. He had
the cook scatter food on the waves. and
the guls ate it and became strong
enough to follow the ship. And they fol-
lowed II to shore. feasting on the way,
FOR morning. noon and night the cap.
tain had tho cook cast food upon the
waters.
"Now the gulls didn't know what had
become Of their princess. and while she
married the young captain and was
happy ever after they kept up the
search for her. following ship after
ship, and picking up the scraps the
cooks throw overheard
And tomorrow I will tell you the
story Of the grateful gull" hooted Judge
Owl and he flew away for Peggy and
Billy had fallen fast asleep.