THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1930 Jerry Isn't Proud By Thornton W. Burgess v Sometimes 'tis hard to cling to pride, E'en though you want to and have tried. ~Jerry Muskrat, Jerry Muskrat didn't know just when his new family arrived in the inug home in the bank of the Smil- ing Pool, You sce, Mrs, Muskrat had fot allowed Jerry to come into the house for several days. At first Jer- ry had thought this was due to cross- ness on her part, Being rather good- natured himself, he hadn't minded and had promptly left every time Mrs, Muskrat had sent him away. Then one day as he crept up the dong hall to sce if Mrs. Muskrat was at home, he heard certain sounds that eaused him to stop and hold his breath and listen, Then very, very softly he left by the way he had come, He had a queer feeling, did Jerry, When at last he reached the Big Rock at the Smiling Pool and climbed out of water, he looked back towards . the entrance to his home with such a. funny look on his face, "I do believe," said he, "that there are babies in there. 1 do believe | have a family" After that Jerry' hung around his home more than usual, He was wait- ing for Mrs. Muskrat to come out, At last she did, Of course, she had 10 come out to eat, "My dear," shil Jerry, "why didn't you tell me? How many are there?" Mrs. Muskrat paid no attention to the first question, To the second she merely answered "Plenty" So Jerry was no wiser than before, Mrs. Muskrat did not stay out long and while she was out she appeared to have something on her mind, Jerry hung around until she had once more gone into the house, "She might have told me how many there are," said he in a grieved tone of voice, as he swam over to- wards the Laughing Brook, "I'm their father and 1 guess I've a right to know. She said that there are plenty, but that doesn't mean anything, That might mean three, or it might mean four' or five" The more Jerry thought -it over, the more he wanted to know how many children he had, He began watching his house or the entrance to it, for a chance to slip in while Mrs. Muskrat was out, At last he got the chance, Mrs, Muskrat swam over and disappeared among the bull- rushes around the Laughing Brook where it enters the Smiling Pool. Jerry, who had been hiding nearby, took his chance, The instant she was out of sight he swam to the entrance to his home and a second later he was scrambling up the long hall to the snug bedroom at the end. Now, | don't know just what Jerry expetted to find, No, sir, I don't know just what he expected to find, but I am quite certain he didn't find what he expected to, Perhaps he ex- ected to find some cute little babies in fur coats, If he did, he was badly disappointed, Of course, it was dark in there and he couldn't see, but he could feel, and what he felt was a gauirming mass of tiny creatures without any fur coats at all. They were just naked and helpless and squirming. How many there were Jerry couldn't tell, but there were more than he had any idea there would be, AAs For Your Drug Needs 'THOMPSON'S "40 Simcoe St. 8. -- We Deliver gl A i Machinery Repairing NOTHING 200 SMALL ~ Adanac Machine Shop 161 King St, W, Phone 1214 Jerry only. remained a minute, There was only one way out of there and he didn't want to be caught in there by Mrs. Muskrat, So he got JH Cann! "My dear," said Jerry, "why didn't you tell me?" out of there in a hurry, He went over to his favorite place on the Big Rock to think things over. Somchow Jer- ry didn't fecl.at all proud, That mass of squirming, helpless, coatless little babies didn't seem like anything to be proud of. It didn't seem as if they could ever be worth looking at, ' (Copyright, 1930, T. \V, Burgess) The next story: "Jerry Gets His Pride Back." OH, MY, NO! Bosrding-House Proprietress: "My, Smith, I heard you say on the phone that you were rather in a hole. 1 hope you were not re. terring to my establishment." TABLES Whitby, Oshawa, Bowmanville BUS LINE WEEK DAY SCHEDULE (Effective on au oid uy 1930.) Iv) (Day ing oot Arrive Arrive =3m 333 EE SONDRA LOORN SBERCCSE35BESSES - 3:3 S88 PS Dade Smt S82 &: $33p233533332 FTEPSTPOToREEed Po Semomannison oI TTo ETDs #3233: Smo zs 3 EH] oPppmenniS om 233 =5 Ra Ea N~LORND 33333 583353883033 1111111 ee ~OONDy 4 ot ESRER2=S8RVSES gsvvpopo pons . a: 3 1,00 p.m, 1 Time 'marks Whitby Hospital 23 F e393 PpT Os L2333 = L 2 g H J = 11,0 om Arrive wa Bowmanville am, am, 1X p.m, 3.50 p.m, : o.m, om, 9.50 pm. Hy pm, 11, 12.00 p.m. me mi busses to Whitby Hospital, Special Busses For AN Occaslons Reasonable Roce in Carelul Drivers + A, GAR , Proprietor i" 0 ville Phone 417 or Me . Room, action we can repair mako it tell the correct (Standard Time) West C, FP. R, TIME TABLE Effective April 27, 547 am, Daily 6.28 am, Daily 8.25 am, Daily (Except Sunday). 318 pon, Daily 9:50 am, Daily ' 3.05 pm, Daily A bm, Duly (Except Sunday) 12.05 wm. Daily ------ CANADIAN NATIONAL = RAILWAYS Change nl vs, dune mh, FE. ND Leave wa Daily, Except Sunday Daily v Daily, Except Sunday Daily a nape an Tes 22ay seETT F3835:2= Et TF lo ly : Baty Except Sunday' oA 1 11.46 p.m, Daily 12,00 am, Dailx - ESTBOUND Arrive awa 4.26 am, Daily' 5.28 am, Daily 5,40 a.m. Daily 6.20 a.m, Daily 9.08 a.m, Daily, Except Sunday 210 p.m, Daily, Except Sunday 4,00 p.m, Daily . 6.49 p.m, Daily . £18 pom, Daily 7.55 pm. Daily Except Sunday SA SA es Lo ih gobsts | DUKE OF MONTROSE CONSIDERS SALE ~ OFVAST ESTATES | Proposes That Government Buy Lands in Lieu of Death Duties i London, Eng., July 2,--Fead of one of the most anklent families of Scotland, and owneég of some of the most fruitful areas within her borders, the Duke of Montrose, like other large landowners, hoy to face the problem of the death duties upon his estate when he Is called hence, ! Among his possessions are the fale islands of Loch Lomond, Ben Lomond and Inversnaid---isles which have been cwned by the duke's family for more than five centuries and which are perment- ¢0 with the atmosphere of ro- mance, In view of ne death duties, however, the duke is arranging for the sale of these and other properties, He is willing to sell to the farmers upon his land but the farmers are unable to buy, In order to preserve such a country side for the country at large the duke has proposed to the govern- ment that, Instead of taking the death duties, the government should accept the land itself, The government possesses the power to accept land on this un- derstanding but the exchequer bhe- Yieves, apparo.!'y, that there are too many difficulties, financial and administrative, In the way -of adopting such a course, Probably tho glvernment, like other par. ties, prefers hard cash, at any rate it professes its inability to accept the ducal proposal, Opzonents of the government point out how often socialists, when In opposition, have express. ed thelr belief in the public own. ership of land, Here 1" Is asserted, is" an excellent opportunity to put their principles into practice and to prove hy definite experi. ment that the nationalization of land Is desirable, The present and sixth Duke of Montrose owns 115,000 acres. He is 62 years of age. An ancestor vas created Karl of Montross In 1505. The dukedom was erealed in 1707, SCHNEIDERS NOW US. CITIZENS Mountain of Immigration Red Tape Finally Surmounted Washington, D.C., July 2.---Mra Elizabeth Schneider Is in bed but she and the IMtle Schneiders who were born. in Saskatchewan have emergéd from the bundle of im- migration red rape and may now live at peace on thelr farm in Col- lingwood, Maryland, Mrs, Schneider wos by fhe trip the family made to Niagara Falls, Ontavio, to gel visgs to enter the United States exhausted The odd part of the story is that Mrs, Behnelder was born in Mary land, She married Joseph Schneid er who in the fivet place was 4 German citizen but through long residence in Canada had hecome a Canadian citizen, She married him while he was a German living In the United States, Three children were horn here, If a child Is born on United States roll he cannot be kept out of this country, The family moved to Saskatchewan and #ix- more children were born Cana- dians, Then the whole clan with- out bothering about visas moved to Maryland, For four years they have fought the necessity of re. turning to Canada to obtain prop- er papers but to the immigration authorities were firm, The Schneider episode Is a cur- rent event in the program of the immigration department to regu- Inrize the status of aliens }Jiving in the United States, ESPIANS . The students Of a South African university were giving a perfor- mance of Macheth, in which all the parts were taken by men, The play was timed to commencé at eight o'clock, By that time there was a4 hig audience, THE T After waiting a quarter of vd tour for the curtain to go up, the principal sent a messenger to find out what was wrong, The stage manager came in person to explain, "Very sorry, sir," he sald, "but the fact is that Lady Macbeth haz gearcely finished shaving." OUT OF SCHOOL Vieur's Wife--'"Ah; Mrs, Jackson I see you have been having a party," Mrs, Jackson (erimsoning) = "No no, ma'am, My . husband works at a brewery and those bot. tles you see are his home work,-- Answers, ELLA CINDERS--Read It and Weep ll | rig Que, les, Us Wan or Fey) e rears, oF in-law, Minar € EE he THIS 8 TRARIKLE | MY Re. WIFE LEFT THIS | NOTE matonE OUT WITH MY EEE WY BUA 18 TU POBED T™ AN MEET, ME HEE BUT SHE'S LATE LL G0 IN AID) WIRE. IY ANGLED TELLING TOMMY ALEXANDER POPE rd STUDYING THE CAREERS OF MANY FAMOUS MEN WE FIND THAT THE MAN HHO WINS 'H THE WORLD OFTEN |5 ONE WHO HAS ENTERED THE RACE UNDER A GREAT HANDICAP, TOMMY oy --, w wy BJ SICAL WEAKNESS OR CHRONIC LANESS SEEMS TO HAVE ACTED AS A DRIVING MO TIVE IN THE LIVES OF MANY FAMOUS MEN. ROOSEVELT AND ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON HAD ASTHMA WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG BOYS, RALPH WALDO J EMERSON WAS A SICKLY BOY. BYRON WITH HIS C UB FOOT, POPE WITH HIS DEFORMITIES AMD SCOTTS LAMENESS, THAT FOLLOWED AH EARLY FEVER DR. JONNSOY BLINDED IM ONE EYE, OR GIBBONS CHROMIC ILLNESS, DID NOT PRE VENT AY OF THEM FROM BECOMING FAMOUS. BD 100, King Foutures Sundieate, Tor, Great Britain righty resersed MASTERPIECE, BETTY, DADDY SAYS MANY Hun! FROM THE WAY OF THE OLD WRITERS | DADDY TALKS ABOUT HAD ILL HEALTH MODERM BOOKS WE YET THEY WROTE | OUGHT 70 SICKEN A COUPLE OF AUTHORS! BRINGING UP FATHER By Geo. McManus ns . J N uf og Lh |e WW iv, REMEMBER THE DE TOURS ARE COMIN G | FOR DINNER TONIGHT: SEE THAT You ARE ON YOU GOOD BEHAVIOR AND GO IN THE KITCHEN AND TELL THE COOK To | BE EXCEEDINGLY POLITE TO Fa OUR GUESTS "a IA 0 T © " / re - Sm LET HIM GET Wy po ©. WED MY HODSBANDO Will BE RIGHT DOWN: (w= AS IT MOST HES SUCH A BLSY . MAN): THEY JLUDT WON'T | 1 FROM BLSINESD: DO LU} re -------- OK OREADFUL. AWAY: 2] nga WELL THE COOK WOLLDN'T TAKE MY INSTRUCTIONS: nr ? ~ \ Ga 1 » + Lm fl 55 Lt ith A L IFBUT LOOK, IT 16 MAKING PACES, SAID DOLLY, "AND IT HAS A LANTERN AND 5 COMING THIS WAY: AND SHE BREAN TO CRY BOBBY AND COMRY SAID THEY WOULD PROTECT HER-A MST BEGAN TORISE: AND THEY SEEMED TO SRE A LITTLE GRAY MAN WITH A DAC ON HIS BACK - AND HME WAS THROWING SAND AROUND, BY GVERY CHILD I STAND, TILL. THEY ARE FAST ASLEEP AND WE WAS SINGING THIS SONG =" Wn ~~ oe FOR QRARLY DO IT LOVE THEM, Gi} AND GLADLY WATCH ABOVE ™EM, ©H/ With MY LITTLE BAG OF SAND, * - SLEERD LITTLE CHILDREN, SLEEP! - Ch nO, Loe ly De IS NA | py i cn did el LREADY, DOLLY, BOBBY AND COMBY MAD FALLEN ASLEEP AND THE FARES OF THE WOODS CAME AND FORMED A RING AROL THEM TO KERD THEM FROM HARM * TILLIE THE TOILER--The Long a re S-- ay a - nd Short of It VIA i ss Hk A Ta ------ HAVE You SEEN MR, WHIPPLE \S MORNING, 'TILLIE® HELLO - YES, THIS 18 MR, SIMPEINS + POLICE |, STATION - WHAT'S THE MATTER 7, Yes, Mp. WHIPPLE WOR KS WERE, ARRESTED mor BLOCKING 'TRAFFIC WELL, | TOLD HM NOT To WEAR SHORTS - [7 RIGHT, CAPTAIN B HERE, TILLIE - GO | DOWN To THE POLICE STATION AND PAY WH IPRLE'S FINE «\F WE WeReEN'T SO SHORT-HANDED HERE IN THE OFFICE, I'D LET HM ; |TAY IN Jail For A WEEK HEY, TiLLIE, WHERE ARE YOU OWE 2 ¢