Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 247, Hammond, Lake County, 7 April 1921 — Page 9

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Bobbie Shoota a Bear

Bobbie took hla new rifle into tho woods with him. His mother had told him that ha must not shoot birds- with It, but that If ho was careful he might shoot at targt-ts. So he trudged along through the woods whisumg a tune and hoping that the birds would not fly too near because he might be temptad to shoot them. Tha sua was warm and the air was soft, and soon Bobbie lay down under a tree to rest. The little birds cama and piped a cc-ng just over his bead; but he felt no desire to shoot them because they sang such a soothing little lullaby. His head dropped and his eyas almost closed, and within a few moments he was fist asleep. And now a strange thing bappened. Bobbie suddenly found himself trudging along tha woodland path and yet, aa he looked back, he could see himself still asleep under the tree. "There, must be two ol me" said Bobbia to himself. But such things often happen In dreams to it didn't worry him. A fat little bird flew over his head and alighted on a low bougi). Bobbie, forgetting what he had been told, took aim and fired. The poor little bird fell over backwards and Bobbie hurried forward to examine t-e corpse. He nearly fell over himself when he discovered that the bird, far from being dead, had fallen over backwards because he was laughing to hard he couldn't hold himself up! Before Bobbie had time to explain the mystery to himself, he heard a rustle in the grass, and saw a little rabbit sitting on its hind legs, starire at him. Bobble again aimed his rifle and fired, and the rabbit tumbled backwards. Bobbie hurried over to It and found that the rabbit. Hke th bird, had tumbled over because he was laughing so hard. Poor Bobbie didn't know whether he, too, should laugh or cry. At that moment both the bird and the rabbit stopped laughing and stared into the woods just back of the spot where Bobbie was standing. Turnlnc. Bobbie paw a big brown bear sitting up with if funny raws held out in front of him Bobbie aimed h'-9 rifle and fired, not once, but many times.

He was determined to kill the bar because he was afraid of It. But the bear, l'ke the bird and the rabbit, simply foil over on Its side and laughed as hard as he could. He held his fat sides with his paw?, and he shook all over with laughter. Tha more shots Bobbie fired the harder the bear laughed. Tha tears rolled down his hairy cheeks and E laughed until tha woods rang with the r.olse. Poor Bobbie sat down, half angry at ail these laughing auimais. Hundreds -of other liUle animals had come Into tho little clearing to And out what all Lae laughter was about. They sat la a circle and stared while the bear and the rabbit and the bird writhed and equirmed and shrieked and roared. Finally an old cow ambled up from a nearby field and stood chewing her cud and looking with scorn at the laughing crew. Bobbie fcimed his rifle and shot the placid cow; and in a moment she, too. rolled over and sSook with laughter. But she could not chew her cud and laugn at the same time; so the poor old cow began to choke. The ether animals stopped laughing and looked at the gasping cow, -wondering what they couli do for her. They slapped her broad back and they rolled hr from one side to the other, but still she choked and gasped and gagged and roiled her eyes. The big brown bear helped her to her feet and she stood there trembling and shaking and trying not to laugh. By and by she recovered her breath and hr cud and trotted back to her field, and as she went she gave a l-".id Moo" to Indicate her satisfaction. At the sound of that "Moo" Bobbie sat up and rubbed his eyes. Infront of him stood the cow, chewing her cud as quietly as though she had never choked with laughter. Bobbie picked up his rifle and starti for home. H? thought of the cow and how funny she had looked when she lay on the ground gasping and choking with laughter, and he bear, holding his stomach, anl the little bird laughing little, chirpy laughs, and the bunny laughing with no sound whatever, and at the thought of them all Bobble himself laughed ail the way home.

WANTS TO THY IT FOR FIFTY YEARS ri.S'TERNATlONAL NEWS 5ERi:E: CHICAGO, April 7. Nuf Iclatlon of : h eighteenth amendment by tho ' deuces and trays of officialdom" and oy "crooked doctors and dru?ldLs working In cahoots" was charged by Judaro K. SI. Land id In an adross here. Bureau heads who make a lot of rules that permit soft drink establishments to eell "real boozo" wore

.-cored by Judg-o Landls. It was In thi.ij i onoctlon that the Judge referred to i ;i-se officials. as tha "deuct-d and trays j .if officialdom." Judg-e Landls declared that ti'.e pro- J ;.:bit!on amtndaient must he Riven a j air trial to determine if It is bne- j 'Icia! or not. i "1 would say offhand." the Jud. '

declared, "that 50 years would be nscessary for a fair trial."

oounced today, that the present wa scale must be maintained and ot April IS as the date for a general hearing on applications for wage reductions tiled by 23 rallroadp.

Born With His Boots On. From an interview: "Frankly, I am a homebody." he confided. "I have never set foot outside my native shoes." Boston Transcript.

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made without alcohol or narcotics). It is safe and reliable to be given to even tiny children. I do not believe that ray daughter would be alive to-day had It not been for the Golden Medical Discovery which I gave to her, a lew drops at a time, when she was a young child, and so trail it seemed be could Ecarcely live from one day to another. I have three children that have taken 'Golden Medical Discovery' and they are all healthy and trocg young people. T.t can be relied upon." Mrs. Rosella Marq je!S, 1212 8. Cnrro'l St.

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