HOMEWARD BOUND [Illustration: MR. BUNNIE: "COME, MR. MOLEY, TRY THE ELEVATED ROAD, ONCE." MR. MOLEY: "NO, THANK YOU, I PREFER THE SUBWAY FOR SEVERAL REASONS. I CAN SEE SO MUCH BETTER FOR ONE THING."] [Illustration: THE FRETFUL PORCUPINE: "HUH! NOBODY EVER GIVES ME A BOOST!"] THEIR LITTLE JAR [Illustration: 1. TWO BEARS ON MISCHIEF BOUND] [Illustration: 2. A BIG JAR OF HONEY FOUND.] [Illustration: 3. BEFORE THEY MADE A BETTER PLAN] [Illustration: 4. BOTH TO EAT AT ONCE BEGAN.] [Illustration: 5. WHITEY BUMPED ON BRUIN'S CROWN;] [Illustration: 6. BRUIN THEN PUSHED WHITEY DOWN.] [Illustration: 7. THIS TO ROUGH AND TUMBLE LED,] [Illustration: 8. TILL THEY WERE HEELS OVER HEAD.] [Illustration: 9. BRUIN THOUGHT HE WAS IN CLOVER;] [Illustration: 10. WHITEY CAME AND TURNED HIM OVER.] [Illustration: 11. THEN DID WHITEY ROAR WITH LAUGHTER,] [Illustration: 12. NOT AWARE WHAT'S COMING AFTER--] [Illustration: 13. THE JAR IS BROKEN ON HIS HEAD;] [Illustration: 14. JAR AND HONEY BOTH ARE FLED!] [Illustration: 15. SAD AND SORRY, VERY SLOW,] [Illustration: SEE THE COMRADES HOMEWARD GO.] Little Eski and the Polar Bear An Arctic Story in Four Chapters [Illustration] #FUNNY VERSES AND PICTURES# _The_ Frog's Fiasco by D. K. Stevens There was once a Frog In a lonesome Bog With a voice that was well worth praising. He had one song and it used to go Way down in the added lines below Like this: [Symbol: music] which is quite amazing. So he said one day In a casual way "Although it is scarcely vital And I may be wrong, it appears to me That a frog with a voice like mine should be First class in a Song Recital." So he posted sheets In the village streets With the date and the price: one shilling; And he billed himself "_Signor_" because He thought he would get immense applause By the aid of a little _frilling_. Well, it came about That his friends turned out From the Crane to the Curious Cricket, With the Hare and the Hedgehog, Coon and Fox, And the Critical Owl in a private box, (On a Complimentary Ticket.) When the clock struck eight _Signor_ Frog in state Thus opened the exhibition: "For my first attempt on the concert-stump I shall render a song that is called '_Ger-rump_.' An original composition." Then the Critical Owl With a guttural growl, Or a noise which was something near it, Stood up and observed: "All summer long From dusk till day you have sung that song-- And why should we _pay_ to hear it?"