Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-28
CHAPTER V.
The Rear Goes Fishing

rOLD NOSE. the bear, was aston
- ished when Jack and Janet vanished
from his sight. He didn't know the
FAIRY King and Prince Filter Flash
had dropped magic fairy caps on the
cbildren's heads and turned them into
tlyine creatures as tiny as humming
birds' The bear only knew that just
ms he was going to take hungry bite
Of Jacks foot, that foot suddenly WASH Z
there. s1
and Janet had in some way tumoleo
ont of the tree. lie looked up TO see
IL ,hrv had arisen into the air. He
looked into other trees to see If they
had taken Perky Squirrels advice ana
leaped from branch to branch. But ne
scarcely glanced at the fairies or at
lack and Janet gayly dancing III the
breeze. He thought they were just or
"Wou.ugh, This in strange.
srunted the bear. He saw it wasn't
any use staying in the tree any longer;
so he began to climb .down. lie sllu
from branch to branch slowly and pain.
fully, for he was still stif from MS
long nap in the icy cave. -.
"Wau- ugh! I'm hungry grun,ea
tho hear. II guess I'll go fishing.
n see how the bear would 60 fishing.
They thought he might use their, poles
and lines which lay on the ground near
! the creek. -,
But the bear didn't fish with pole
and line. He squatted on the bank
close to a quiet pool and gazcd down
into the water. Suddenly he made
snatch with his long claws. jerking from
the pool startled trout. In couple
of gulps the trout was gone.
That snatch by the bears paw ap-
parently scared away the other llsn' lot
the bear sat long without getting
chance to catch second trout Anu
all the time he grew hungrier.
But now Jack and Janet were alarmed
10 see another fisherman coming through
the woods. They were alarmed because
the other fisherman was b0y-a
freckled faced. bare footed lad. who
whistled merrily as he trudged along
The bear might want to eat him.
And that is just what the bear did
want to do. Gold Nose looked up when
he heard the whistle Of the freckled :
faced lad. lie shifted the air hnngriiy
This lad would nicely fill the place OF
the children who had escaped nm
The bear crouched down pehlhd th'
bushes and waited.
The freckled faced lad stopped or
the other side of the bushes and baitet
his hook. He had no idea big
hungry bear was close at hand watching
every movement he made.
The freckled- faced lad threw his hool
into the creek. There was a swirl o
water as Il greedy fish grabbed th'
bait. The freck!cd faced lad jcrked th
line out Of the water and the fish flew
into the air. The jerk carried IN
fish over the bushes and right into tn
face Of the bear. SNAP, The bear.
Jaws snatched at the fish, tearing l
from the hook.
ished when the hook came back owe
the bushes without the fish. tic wa
as much puzzled over the. vanishing o
the fish as the bear had been over tn
vanishing Of Jack and Janet.
The lad baited his hook again, an
once more threw it into the creek. An
other greedy fish grabbed 1t. Agai
the boy threw up his pole. The fis
came Topping out of the water an
hew over the bushes. Once more tn
, Jaws OF tho hungry bear tore the fis
; from the hook. The empty hook fie
back to the wondering ireckled'face
o "Jminety =" cried the lad. Son
- one is stealing my fish. I'll give thel
: Il thrashing for that.
v lie started around the bushes. Col
, Nose, the bear, grinning from ear
i ear. arose on his hind legs 10 meet II
= boy.
= Gold Nose thinks he is going
have a meal, but again he is fOOlet
in q very queer way. Instead OF catCf
= ing the boy he himself Is caught. ,
will he told i'm the next Chapter.)