Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-18
SANDMAN STORY.
By Ahbio Philips Walker
Protected hy George Matthew Aaafn'
y>,p,T,rNg, ror,N RED BREAST
Part


poh,n bad started too early from the
Snuth that wear. HIS bttle wite toid mhl
81 nut r. would not listen. ! suppose
ynu vart all the 4 ice locations To ne
faken yheo we arrive, he snd TO her;
81 tbey arrived o. c morning, ,and
.Lo,,sb the s,,n w.s shiuigg the AR was
LII -, 4 naor little Mis-. Rcdbicast sat
shil,,.,ifo ~ 4 limb Il tree huddleI
ersinsf The tu, k. whilc her lord and
master Il on tho end 81 a brarch sir glng
,.Wht did l tell you?' said Robin.
Eve ere rot a bit too early. and now
lei us fad 4 home.
II was senc time however, before
the warm sp1i' days came but they
lid AID with them tie blossoms and
The leaves. sid tbcl the fruit began TO
erow-c cherries and applcs and berries
and all the thii Is that the robins like to
eat.
Robin was impatient He wanted q
nice cherry PIE. aud whe1 his htte wlte
told him tie cherries were gtecn and hard
he leG.r Ia scosd
My mother used u make the best
cherry PIE | ever etc sald he ana
know she used 10 Use them when they were
hard. because / used to store them Tor
her
store them exclaimed Mrs. Robin
with widc-opea eyes. Nv hoever heard
sto.lsc cherries for : PIE? My mother
ever ,nd What did she do with the
stoneS-makc u soup! u qmred Alrs.
Rcbiu in rather sarcastic tone OF voice.
Yes, she made a soup. Low | come
to think about it. ard that cherTystone g
soup was the best | eve ate replied pert
N.r Robin, thinking that was clever
dea
well. viii you make cherry pie to-
daya he asked
"Hut. ROBIN. the cherries are not fit
. Use yet. pleaded Mrs. Robin. fut-
.cnrg shout at the very thought Of
All night, III make ore myself
uld RohIr, bristlrg lis feathers. Il
cau make 4 PIE rs well as anyone.
..An right, m kc one. said Mrs.
Redhreast. ard III she flew
Who she returned late that after
noon cvc vthi. Z wsS covered with -four
even Robin bill nd alf IS and strong
smell or Someth hil lu Ell was in the alr,
Il made tb7t Ilc ll right. he said
noddirE lis head tow2rd the pantry
but ! did rot Say | could bake ore. !,
guess II IS lttle cvc. done. but the inside
is I'll right. an certain.
rs black as johnnie BlackbiTd's coat, but
Mrs Redhreast did ot make airy remark
She looked around tie kitchen and asked,
" here is tie rherry-storc soup, Robin?
! docl.re am quite hungry for some" I"
Robin rubbed his bill and stood on
Ole foot IL i ,hcg Il. tile other We'll
do lot sccn ~ remember about that,
soup after aji. Isgucss | was mistaken. It
was applecorr soup she used 10 make IL
stead Of cherry sto.e, lie said.
Il am glad there Is orc thing ! can
mske that vour mother did rot keow
about, for II vou orce lad tastcd cherry
store soup y,u would ever forget IT, :
repIled Airs Eth1east
f'Now, you fly out md sit on q limb
nd siug willie ard ! VII call you when
l have the soup ready. Where are the
stopes?''
Robin brought a basinful Of stones,
eyeing his wife II the time. but she look
ed 80 wise aid knowing that tie did rot
ask any questios or verture 70 give ad-
vice. In fact, he had dore aIl the cooking
he wished 10 DO and gladly few out 10 sit
or the limb ard sjrg
(Tomorrow | will tell you shout the
cherrv-store soup ard how clever little
Mrs RedbIesst fooled her husband)