JOHN KNOWS WHERE TO HIDE

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 130, 29 November 1930, Page 20

JOHN KNOWS WHERE TO HIDE

fITTT?HEBE to hide'—that was John's J"WJ. problem.; Ho had -told the ~'"-;,: others, when they played, hide-and-seek yesterday that it would take them all day to find him, yet ho whs the ..first one found, though he, hid in the linen 'press. v '-..'■■.. ■ . "But you won't find me to-morrow, {'

John had;sai3. ccHlfidently. .-. Now it .ifaswitfiiii-half an, hour of, hiding again, .and' iievfljan't, feel quite , so surc^ Vv-V'-' ':v-;~:--:'>>t--' Hiae-roid-se4kv:V.as.\a--.fay.o ; uiito.game of his (ijousms'jlswith, is-homAhe; was staying, agjj,"bfcooursisjithe'yrfrnew-all thp best p&es',sa-;Mlei:i;:Jolm\ Av-audorcd : into .•tKa'bigill&li; ' It;.'-\va's -^ srirrounded ; by suits'e't^lpiouiv.'.^....; sudden idea j cara&^t^tfim^itf'' tfo'-sujtsr were liol- \ loivjssnifcly.lie^dul^'oroop.lnside oiie oil; th^pi. ■'••.-■ ■■■.■■:•- v;-^* v^-'" v" •!•'■■■■■■•■■• •• fh;c;'firs^suittlfe-J6oßod k at had ••been j sc^ed:'tqgetliet,:.;i'iut .the-.back camo. on; - tlKj^e^&ndj'Stffta^rgihnicifeßt-1 inside. He, Avasn't .e-sact/y3:'touifortable,:...but that, didna:^atl:er;;-.'Theh;he;-'slipped out ofthe suit,*and,^taaiing^.w6t6,-■ of the right one/hveiYfr.an&cnoined.his cousins, ;• who at Oiic.o suggested*tha-usual g;unc. ;• "See ■ifiyoii can't ::fiha somewhere ■ really difficult," said: Charles, and John smiled. ..' ■. ' ';■'■.■ " ■ ; He waited-.until'they had all gone;|

to hide; then he ran into the hall and popped .inside the .armour. He heard cries and laughs as the others were found; then there wero voices and noises in tho hall. "Has anybody seen John'?" Charles was heard to ask. '. • "No,"'said his father. "Has he really found a good hiding-place at last?" Be careful with-that suit!. Hold it upright." John was lifted-high up in his hidingplace. He wondered what had happened; "-■;■■ '.'.', . '. ' ' ... . "Be careful, bow you : clean' .this suit," his uncle went on: "It is the only hollow one." .. "It isn't hollow now," said one of the workmen, who was moving it. "Something is moving inside." "Impossible! Put it down and we will see. It must be. the cat!" But it was John whom- they found when they opened the bade,, and ho was seized upon: by his: cousins with gleo. . '.. ... :. . ..'•: ~. ;> "Didn't.XJind, a good .hiding-place '(•list time?'?' he said;.■'■'': :.- :>- .■