Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-08

n IT r.. AND MRS. QUILL were nav
M ing their small nephew To
wv spend the night and were
1 i taking their responsibility
rather seriously. The evening
| was proving terribly long and Mr.. GUM
was looking longingly at the evening
| paper and hoping for the time when
the boy would be In bed and ne couio
| read In peace. =.
Billie however. was enjoying himself
as he tumbied around the floor With
Babe, the Quilts airedale terrier
Mr. Quill stood the racket until he
felt hts reason going and then he said,
by way Of a check, Billie. how Is school
these days7"
"Oh, fine"
do you like your teacher"
oh I don't know" said Billie. "Ehe
Is an old maid. guess. The other day
told her she wasn't working a problem
right and she told me IT was possible
| she knew more than ! did about 1t. for
| she was teaching school before was
born"
Maybe they win pension her of one
Of these days" laughed Uncle VIII
| Hope So" said Billie, and then he
| smiled AS at some memory and said:
| / wrote a composition today. We
/ 4
wrote about Babe here. DO you want
70 read ""
"You read II 10 U.s." said Mrs. Quill,
well pleased. She welcomed anything
which would take up q little time and
felt his bedtime would soon be reached
80 Billie began:
THE name Of IL IL In a Strawberry
, Tree
DOGS Is one III the most intelligent
| animals there IT,, NY friends, would
. not be among you today IL 1t had not
been for my Uncle wits Babe dog.
was spending ii few days with my uncle
and aunt and my aunt said Babe and
! could take walk. so We went ilA
IA dark and dismal wood. / knew II
Was full Of terrible Wild animals. but
cid NOT feel afraid. for knew that
Babe and me could put 10 rout any Wild
beast III The forest
We had not been there long. how
ever, when We met the iafgesl elephant
] about ever saw. IT. wa ~ big that
could see the brave Bate hhiyer and
! would have been scared myself II
hadn't had my Uncle Wits shotgun
aiong. And H. Waa loaded, tool Y0
auuiGnt catch nis waking along With
"a gun that WAS not loaded | can tel
| oHii gun ~ his own. for that matter
H. il only his silly family that think
otherwise. But about Lhs elephant
! The wind being III The wrong dlrec
! tim, tie elephant hadn't seen us yet
~ ! Djok careful aim and fired siE shot
at him before he knew what HaA lisp
| psgling / can shoot as straight at any
Thing. bto, m you may he sure that I'll
six shuts hit him night III the nip
What nstJiilkied me was that his hid
var ~ tough the bullets merely mad
ID ftW dents afid attracted Ills attention
} But II made him mad clear through
spd Ee started iHwaTd as, growing ter
t. My In tact tis made awful nGiheh
r almost worse THAN any elepiiant ave-
. GaW. ! didn't have time ~ reload ~
, gun. ~ ! Vac ttfced IN dodge IN All
| oUt ~ shrubs aud things, snd finally
: / nouid eee that my WHY'D was not g1in
1 ~ labt aud then ! epied tall sitaW
= bfiiy tree, ! shot hp ita big u'nlk III
1 lightning and ! sDun tai ~ tie Ia
branch. WIRE ! felt pstieciis safe
"jtIt elias for mel Tie oieDta,i
SqHenisd Ia Triumph aud ssikinR ID
. | elf.a.g lee Ia lie powerful III. h
3 | Eli,sjk u like II ktfaH la Tie wind
! feI4 Iust uAs p AuI"~~inls BILLS l9oke