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By Thornton W. Burgess
l HAPPILY AFRAID I Strange as it may seem 'tis oleari Happiness can blend with fear. 1 - Old Mother Naturew The happiest little Bird in alli the Green Forest. was on at low-l growing broad lrrgfu D0112” 0! NV evergreen tree. Tt was a very .V0llHK. (':rou.s(- who lrad been separated from mother and brothers and. sisters, and so was out in the Greaaty World all alone. She was the hap-1 piest. .1tt e Burl because she hadl yur-L made a wonderful discover)” Ya; 5.1:, she had Just made a vmuderiul discovery, She had d.s-. covered what her wings were for She had been down on the ground all her short lxie. You see. at first ht-1' wings were altogether too small for flying. But they had been grow- mg day by (lav without her ever g.ving a t.hou;zht to this. Then. only a little while azn. Junm)
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and Mrs. Elmer Brown on sun-
Yurk And Vicinity
Mr. and Mrs. William Vessey, Marshneld. were the guests at Mr.
dI.)', March 30th.
Miss Lois Muclcllan. City. was the guest of Miss Muriel McDon- ald on Sunday, March 29th.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cook, City. were in York on Sunday. March 29th. where they attended the funeral of the late Mr. Warren Vessey.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Dennis were guests oi Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Vessey on Sunday, March 29th. Mrs. Franlv Bovyer and son Charlie wereyin York on Sunday. March 29th, where they attended the funeral of the late Warren Veosey.
Mrs. Lorna McMillan. Covehead,
is spending a few days At her home in Douglas. Misses Gladys and Elizabeth
McDonald. students of P. W. C., were the guests of their parents over the weekend.
M-r. MalcolmWAlleu. York, was a
SaniniyVJa.y,k;s7l1e7ileiv'7a:u'a)'T Th Little Grouse was sorry bot have him go. At the same time
Skunk had stolen up behind lierlsm. u as rather gaaady She wondered
- -l i”21tt-ht' . . .. . Hllcli Elcellmllliglxflli :11: 1z;dlHGM?fn.ll sheiuould ever feel as much atigmvey N” I vmtor (0 me cm. wit iou i 9: a home in a tree as Sammy Jay did. on Monday. March goth.
right. up on this hough
.lShe uondred if she would ever
d-are fly any higher. She looked Uked Sam-"RV JM3 Wm hm bemlup at the next bough above her, mum: on that very boush whmliand mu lifted her wings. Then, Sh? f19'W 1111 ”W”- ins she loosened her grip with her
"It is wonderful!" veeved W9. IONS, she suddenly felt afraid again. little Chick. "I cl:tln't know any-land her lime toes squeezed down thinrz Couitl he so wonderlul as HEM on the Dough she squatted beinsz Wa.V'lID1Wi'"3" idown, and sat there for quite a
Sammy Jar vh kl0d- You ”"";wlule. Little by little she felt mort- Nmi bmlill W35 ”"l1-V F fell Iebtiiit home. She even took a very RWV9 lhf El0l”ld- 1' Vi" WW ”p short nap. She could do this be- i0 Th? MU” C'mlNV bl" ll M” cause her little toes clamped on
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way down to Sammy, "Come onf up higher." said Sammy. spread- ing his blue wings and flying up near the ion of the tree.
Little lxine Chick was quite satis- fied to stay right where she was. She didnt even tn to fly higher. In fact she wasirt yet used to being n:.'li' the ground. She had a funny feeling: every time she looked down. She was gripping that bough as tightly as her small toes could. She was afraid of falling. yet all
tight all the "time, and seemed to do it without any thought on her part. It is that way with all Birds in trees. Their toe: instantly clamp hold as if doing it by themselves.
After a while Little Lone Chick stood up; than she tried to walk along on that bough a little way. When she let. go with one mat to take It step she had a quick feeling that she was going to fall. She halt spread her wings to catch her balance, and gripped the bough
the time she was filled with hap- nlness. It was the kind of hap- piness that always follows doing something successfully that you hadnlt known you could do.
"If I see your mother, I'll tell where will are!" screamed
KINE Elllli
once more. Shortly she tried it again. She kept trying, and after H While she was able to take several steps without being in danzcr of falling. It was a grand and glorious feeling!
But when she looked down on tfhe mound and thought of fly- ing down srlie lost that glorious feeling. She was afraid. Yes, sir. she was afraid. She had tvcrund out how to use her wings to fly up, but how should she use them to fly down? She just couldnt tell her wings to take her down. Of course ndt. It must. be that she had to use them a little d-iiiet-en.tly to go down, and she just didn't know
ow , She was beginning to feel him-
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Bringing Up Father
visitor to Georgetown on Monday, March 30th.
Mr. Fenton Crockett. Pleasant
Mr. Benny Watts, Yonk, is spending a few days at Kenning- ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Kazan Howard.
Cornwall, were in York on Sun- day, where they attended the funeral at the late Mr. Warren Vrssey.
The sympathy oi the commun- ity is being expressed to the fam- ily of the late Warren Vessey of York.
A shower was held in York Hall on Monday. March 30th for Mr. and Mrs. Louis Howatt, Char- lottetown. Mrs, Howatt is the for-l mer Vivian Andrew, York. A large crowd attended and they received lovely gifts. All wish them I happy married life.
Mr. Abner Vessey spent Tues- day, March am in the City. -BO.
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It is a strange not that the
average dezlarer lute: to par! with
hi: last trump - and that little
prejudice is responsible for the loss of uncountable contracts.
East dealer. Both sides vulnerable.' Q15 O K Q J 8 O K J 10 T 4 Z . as
A 72 0 do ' 7 5 d Q A 10 3 I 9 9 6 3 Q A 9 3 5 Q Ix 9 8 75 S n A 10 3
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The bidding:
East South West Nomi 19 Pass(!)iN'r pu, Pass 4 Q P.-15, pu. Dblc. Pass Pass Pu;
West opened his top heart and East captured dummy's Jack, while declarer wisely follcvwed suit with the nine. The singleton club in dummy was menacing, so East shifted to the six of trumps.
Declarer put up the trump see. then laid down the king also - it was hovpelets to lead a club, since the enemy would certainly return another trump. Amer see- ing the spade queen fol-l, South continued with trumps until he had only one leiit. East found it uncomfortable to discard solely on all these rounds of trumps. but he solved the problem admirably by keeping three hearts. the dia- mond nce. and the ace and three of clubs - he carefully got rid of his dangerous clula ten. South now led a heart to dummy and rufxred a diamond. dropping East's ace, but when South next led a club, East could win with the ace and exit: safely with the three-slpot. Thus. South had to lose three clubs and the ace of hearts.
South did nclt go quite far nnough with his plan, He should have cashed his last trump. keep- ing the K-Q-ll or hearts and the K-J of diamonds in dummy, East would have tn hold three hearts and the diamond ace, and whether he kept ihe club ace or a low
nn the ground. but how should she
lgan to wish that she was already
she was very glad she was up in that tree and not down on the ground. There was some one com- ing that way, some one who looked very like that dreadful Gray Fox, only this one was dressed in red. Oi course, you know who it was - Roddy Fox. Little Lone Chick squatted down close to that bough and held on more tightly than I IVET.
dawn on the ground instead of uplcould do 11 when she was. Then all in a flashl 4:
club, South could win the neces-
jn that 1;", 511.. must get dmmlsru-y three tricks. if East still had
the club acc. he could be end-
get there? Should she just jump! played immediately by a club lead: off and spread her wings? Elhe be-Vii E-Bit kept a lcw club. Saul-ll
lcould lead thn cl "zu queen and West 'hirg to relieve his
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