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FOR THE CHILDREN m THE ADVENTURES OF WEENTY. A V • '— <y% Ml JCV.[ Sailor Sam nearly lost his hat, for a puff of wind took it right off his head. A SUDDEN STORM. ! {QNE fine morning, when the “Jimmy Jenkins” was out on the twentieth day of its voyage, and Mr. Rabbit and Weenty and Leonard the Leprechaun and Sou’wester Sam were becoming highly excited at the prospect of landing on Apple Pie Island to investigate the mysterious message they had received from there, Mr. Rabbit called out to Leonard the Leprechaun as they strolled on deck. “I say. That’s a funny-looking cloud over there!” He pointed to the sky just above the horizon. “Goodness me, ves,” said Leonard. “‘What an odd colour. Purp-lish-black.” “With a funny red light behind it!” said Mr. Rabbit. Just then Sou’Wester Sam came up. “Rough weather in the offing!” said he. “How do you know?” said Weenty, who came with him. “Look at that cloud,” said he, pointing to the one that Mr. Rabbit and Leoanrd had been discussing. Whew-w-w-w-w! Wh-ow-ew-w! .Before anybody had time to say anything more, the cloud seemed to come rapidly nearer, and with it a terrible wind. Whew-ew-ew-cw-cw-w-w-w! The deck of the ship began to do i funny things. ]( tipped right up, 1 till it slanted horribly, and it seem- j ed as if one end of the ship must ■ dip itself right into the sea. Sailor Sam nearly lost his hat, to ra puff of wind took it right off j his head. | • 1 Weenty"s curls blew all higgledypiggeldy, and Mr. Rabbit's ears, carried by a sudden gust, suddenly pointed forwardsover his head, till it looked as if (hey were growing in the wrong direction! Leonard the Leprechaun had to balance himself on tip-toe and bend cleverly against the wind, or he would h ave been blown over. I

Catarrh or Stomach! Vomiting checked poisonous secretions eliminated by eating Yeastori Tablets E. C. A. Caw, Chemist.

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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 62, 10 October 1930, Page 2

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