tn. Guurdlgn raga 9 Monday, Aug. 29, 1953 STRANGE IUT TRUI

By Thornton W. Burgess '

: ruiamrs nan NEWS "'"..'.'-5.. may in - "1 be 1004- Badm. you profit as you should. so I sold Mother Nature.

.W. mu say that Mr. Black- ake mil live around here for a- f3,,...---- med Snowfooi. the little

. icame they disappeared."

”Did he swallow them?" Snowfoot. in a faint voice.

Little Friend L'illlldl1'l that. He didn't know. He had his , Black- snake himself knew whether he did or did not swallow them.

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it ui iimisv file V;3'?K5g::::a ta ”Do you think he'll come back Lilli" ”'"ff.d: (2 enogded "Yes it to that hole under the big tree?” Lilli" lf.'""Hved her; for qdneffinkle Mouse asked anxiously.

out 11" "0 "I douit it." said Little Friend.

alilllllv. .-iml l was glad when he 19;, 1 ilulii'i have an easy minu-tc while he nor around.

--1 .liuuidn't think that anyonei who M,i.i fly would be afraid of mm" mm Tinkle Mouseu

-oi uuxiitt afraid for myself," re- pm-(1 Luile Friend. "It was the

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"If thrt is what is worryiniz you just forget it. I have an idea he just happened around hard this morning."

Little Friend How across the Smilinrz Pool. A moment later the two little mice heard his lovely song. ”I wish we had wings. and ,, could fly." said Snowfoot. Of course i! r that was a foolish wish. and he ,4 knew it. He Iooked at Tinkle. and t 3 he knew .that she was as worried

f ' as he was "That was bad news ' that bird brought us." said he

"You mean about that fellow living in our house?" asked Tinkle.

Snowfoot nodded. "Of course." said he. "He might come back "

"And he might not." said Tinkle. "if we leave there we don't know where to go. and we midlii hi- worse off."

Snowfont admitted that this wax Ltrue. They were in a strange place. a place they knew nothing about ,And it might readily he iiinrr dangerous to leave tlizin to stay

”We'll just have to "cop wiitch all the time for that follow," said Snowfoor

0', hi to. l "I don't see how we can what :::r:',d-vlftzenh mrmng that M,.ihe's in the grass. We never can

brought us." said he.

Bl(ilhsllIll(P likes better for dinner see hlri there until he is very less monster after 9,l'Illl(lnl!l barley

lh i it-ntli-r young birds unless it d"59-" Said Tigkle. Turning, "lie H mm”. wung mlcey 1-here wulran back into i e home under t e . twinkle in his little bright eyea.if00t! 0' the his hickory im- ll was s twinkle of mischief. ;T?' i

”We are grown up," boasted innwinoi ”I guess he wouldnlt botlier us "

"Thai shows how little you know Mr lilat-ksnake. He would swallow. you whole. both of you, for one meal.” declared Little Friend.

The two little Mire shivered at; the lllnlllllil. ''I am glad that hei isn't iivnig here now." squeakedt Tinkle "When he did live here. where till! be live”''

”In a hole undei iiie i-mils of that big tree." replied Little Friend. noddinlz toward the big liirknrv tree. "Before he lived than a couple of your cousins, Meadow

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Many of my older readers may recall those days when soap was made for family use by the pion- eer families of this Island. Indeed homemade soap was used by some folk up until recent years, and this scribe can remember having lseen it made by his grandmother. ' She would save every bit of fat in her old-fashioned soap-box. and when enough grease had been col- lected she'd set aside a day for turning this into hard and soft soap. Grandma always made her soap . when the moon was in first quarter, lfor. as ,she used to say, "It would surely shrivel to nothing if made when the moon was beginning to wane." i Many of our forefathers firmly -believed that the moon had a great influence over crops. They Elielieved. for instance. that no crop would achieve its maximum yield yiinless the seed was sown in the dark of the moon.

But to get back to the business of soap-making. I don't suppose many of the younge group ever saw an ash-leach. Let me tell you about it. An ash-leach was nothing imore than a piece of hollowed log lset on end and nailed to a board about two feet above the ground. At the base of the leach was placed a layer f straw: then a thin coat- init of lime was spread over the istraw and this in turn was covered with hardwood ashes. Several times each day the lea:-h was Elven a generous sprinkling of water. or. until the alk..ll in the ashes was thoroiiizlily dissolved it rrock or

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and then allowing it to boil a bit longer.

day to complete.

This -he called "Soft so-v." Ker hand. She lay in wait in the street hard soap was made by adding my 9.. man, , magazing

a little salt and resin to the tutu involved in . ubei sun um, he,-

Soapqnakinz wu a hot. hard. tllk that took NI! best part of I seemed like

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husband. and beat him when he came out. "I am not sorry for what I did Io him." she said. "rt the only ladyliks way to express by feelings."

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method of play was much safer. Forth daalav.

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vian, placed at the bottom of the gadget, raiiizht the lye as it ran down ho groove. '

And now we come to the second step in this fascinating rirncess, the lioiliiiiz of the brew

I still can iiicture the Great iron riot. iisuallv railed a "snap kettle," sittinr: aslridr stnlit note and puffing and snnrtiiiu like some rest-

llll(l strike the flame. and the heat had reached the heart of the igreas-. When the mass began to biibhle furiously it ieminded me of a itch's brew. and in fancy I could see little in-ups dancing in the flame

When sii'i-i-it-nt linilln: had taken place. grandma would place the scan in shallow vessels to harden.

PARIS IAP elilrench parachu- tist Odette Rousseau made an ll,- mtl-metrr '2ti.fl5tl - fool free fall jump Wodnesdziy and vlnimori ai um-lrl's i'Pi'ltTfl lllle lfiiiiss0;iii's jump was measured by officials of the French Aero Club who said it exceeded the world's women's rev-t ord of 7.246 metres previously held by a Russian.

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Bad tried to put his nine-card 3&0. to advantage, but his shutout uideavor was doomed because of Bout.h'e tremendous strength. as

' a matter or tact, south was con- urootive when he jumped to six diamonds-there eaaily might have been a laydown grand slam. lowover, South relt that even if he used Blaokwood to locate aces Ind lungs. he could not be as- aured ol the absolute solidity of his own diamond unit, so he con-

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. jack and ruffed a. second spade.

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West, void of hi: partner-'a suit I and naturally disinclined to lead from his major-suit. holdings, I opened a trump. South, winning In his own hand. saw of course that 11 triciu would be readily available if either the spade or the heart finesse came through ' but, with nothing to go on in that respect, he decided that estab- lishment of a long spade was the aalar venuan. So he led omcuy Iotnqaadeandruledaspade. then returned to the diamond

West's revealed length in the spade suit was a disappointment but by no means a barrier to suc- cess. South drew the rest of West's trumps, discarding heart! from diii-nmy, then led ii club to the queen and ruti'ui.i still another spade with his own last trump.

Now, with three hearts and one club left in his own hand, souiii went to dummy'a club ace, re- turned the spade queen and dia- carded the henrt seven on the trick, lettmg West take his king. The fact. that West. could have nothing left in his hand but heart: assured South of success. no matter where the heart lung lay, since the lead was of oourse coming up to South”: major ten- ace. '

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