New Britain herald., 1927-10-28

When Peter Rabbit finally parted from his cousin. Jumper the Hare. he was more certain than ever that he had been quite right in jumping to conclusions. He was more certain than ever that Mrs. Peter had gone off with handsome young stranger. You see. Jumper had told him about this handsome yo"ng rabbit and Peter had been ashamed 10 ask Jumper f Mrs Peter had been with this stranger. So when the oppor- tunity offered, Peter resumed hls hunt all alone. He hunted every where that he could think of before going over to the pond Of Paddy the Beaver.
 It was daylight by the time that Peter got over 10 the pond of Paddy the Beaver. Y was deep in the Green Forest. IL looked just as peaceful as it always looked. Well out towards the middle was paddy's wonderful house. At one end was Paddy's won derful dam across the Laughing Brook. It was this dam which made the pond. The dam had been there so long that now grass was growing on 1t and there were even som" little trees starting up on it. You see. mud and sod had filled in between the sticks with which the dam was built, giving things q ChanCeto grow.
 But Peter wasn't thinking of the wonder of that house or that dam He looked eagerly for Paddy. He wanted to ask questions Of Paddy. But Paddy the Beaver and Mrs Paddy had been very busy that night and they had now retired to their comfortable bed in the house to sleep. So Peter sat around in vain. It began to look as if he should have 70 spend the day there if he hoped to sec Paddy the Beaver.
 Peter himself was tired, so after bit he sat down comfortably under q low-growing henlock and wont 10 sleep. When he awoko some time lat CT he felt much refreshed. Tn fact he felt. so much refreshed that he decided to go exploring little. So ho started around the edge Of h" pond Of Paddy the Beaver. After Wbll" he came to 2 muddy place. Right away he saw a footprint hat inter csted him. | gavo hm a Httl. roid shiv"r. ! ou s"c. lt wa~ th, footprint Of YoNler the Bobcat IL had been made only the night before.
 "Gm glad I wasn't h"ro Vh.u 'h# fellow was aronui." fhorghr r.' r
 II" booked along T HjtI" fnrtnrt and th.r. h" saN soUu worr Coot- prints. .N first N. hon. Nt they u .r. rhr footprints of u.~ cousin. Jumper inc fTarr. Then. uult. suddenly. If cIme 'o Peter that fhrer footprints wore sm0.l"I than 'Hos" made by Jumper th" Ilrr-. They wrr, Iusr aboyH l.In sig. or his owu foot prints They must hr 'hr Eootrrute Of that >trare. rabbit b" had been looking for. Peter lyir thr har ris, on the hack of his neck; he crittrd his teeth, he btramn very. very angry juet :t tho sight of tho-. foot prints. For quite som, lJm, h. vouId do nothing but sit there and star, at them.
 At last he horped oyer HItlc nearer to them and 'n-u as he elanc- ed along the shore he received an other shock. And ii vas a shock, The fact that he had hall expected something Of the kind didn't make ,he shock any the less. There. in the mud. were some more footprints They were footprints of a rabbit, and they were smaller than the prints he had just been looking at. Do you wonder that Peter received 2 shook" He vas absolutely sure now that his conclusions were right.
 T kne" that they had come over