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Wednesday, ion. 10. 1955 no ouuuiu Iago 1

By Thornton W. Burgess

-roo MUCH BECOMES T00 LITTLE Thf pendulunr with measured sway .

swmgs equal distance either way. -Old Mother Nature. A flood is too much water at one time. There was too much

Contract Bridge 3; Josephine Culberl-son T00 SUSPICIOUS

it is wise to take a skeptical lllllllde about certain matters at the bridge table; otherwise, tricky nppl)l1eI1l.S may "steal you blind." But it is possible. also. to be um suspicious. ll 5001-31 WEI in this case:

South dealer. North-south vulnerable A 105 A K641 Q 12 QQOI Q 0 Q 8 7 2 9 Jan - N g Q103 g .1 8 4 8 W Q A x Q g10973 S 1085 AK Q K Q J 94 3 Q 8 Q 9 q.AJ85l The bidding: g smith West North East 1 g Pass 2 9 3 . 4 ; Pass 4 . Pu. P555 50 00 (ll Pass Pass Pass Three spades by South would

hate been a better call than four clubs on the second round. and might have kept the partnership out of the slam. True, the con- ll':tt't was fine. as the cards lay. but it was not a particularly stitillfl venture on the North- South resources alone. A club laser. in addition to the diamond. was all too likely.

l-Ivan after hearing the club hid North wasn't too sure about shim chances. but when West tiwl to sacrifice at five diamonds- rxuith decided that South must by very short in diamonds and so North now want all out.

Two rounds of diamonds were played. and South ruffed. He drew trumps, ending in dummy. and then led a low club. Capturing l-::ist's king. he then laid down the club Jack-”to find out wheth- or East was tooling." as South said later. Obviously. East was not. but that didn't do South it hit of good-the contract was out of reach.

As noted originally. South was lot) suspicious. Actually. he should have played differently from the start. establishing dummy's heart suit by ruliing so that he could

lzilte advantage of a favorable l'llll) ptlslllon if it existed; but. ow-ii as the play went. South could have squeezed West by rasliing two top hearts and run- lniz ii third round. then laying llllll'n the last trump. West would have to give up his club stopper or his heart stopper.

Priest N Operates

Trucking Business Father Doherty of New Bruns- wick is the most talked about Canadian in Santiago, Chile- Illtl probably the only priest in the world who operates a thriving trucking business. He does it solely to earn the money to keep his parish operating and to buy much-needed medi- cal supplies and school hooks for his parishioners. Read the Itnry of the amazing Father Dolir-rty in This Standard this W8Pl(. Get The Standard-on sale now, complete with Maga- rine. l2-page novel and 20 pngcr Oi coinigs. Only ten centsi

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water in the pond of Paddy the Beaver. You see it was warm weather for the time of year, and the snow on the Great Mountain and the hills below the Great Mountain bad melted faster than brooks and rivers could carry it away. Laughing Brook'had be- come almost a river. The water had rushed down with such force that it had swept away the home of a pair of young Beavers, and they had come down to Join Pad- dy and Mrs. Paddy. Now there was a hole in the dam at Pad- dy's pond. and all four Beavers were working as only Beavers can to mend the hole in the dam. and so save the pond.

Back on the Great Mountain. Rough Brother Northwind had be- gun to blow. 1-lis breath was cold. It stopped the melting oi the snow. but there still was so much to run off that for a long time the water kept rising in Pad- dy's pond. It nearly covered his house. There was much too much water. Then the water began to go down very slowly. The four Beavers were working their hard- est. None 01 them stopped to rest. They knew that unless they could get that break in the dam mended soon. too much water would be lost through the break. The water got lower and lower. At first, it was hardly to be not- iced. That was because they were working where the current was rushing strongest. Even when the water had lowered considerably it was still roaring through that break. and still making it very hard for the workers to put sticks in place so that they would stay there. .

The time came when the wat- er had gone down so that Paddy's pond was no bigger than it had been before the flood started. The living room in the big house was no longer filled with water. The

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root of the house stood high above but the water was still going down. where there had been too much water there now

water now.

promised to be too little.

The hole was almost tilled now. but still the water was running out faster than it was coming into the pond. The tour Beavers knew that keen eyes were watching. and knew just what was happen- ing. II the water got too low. one or perhaps more of them might be caught by Old Man Coyote, or Yowier the Bobcat. or Buster Bear. You see while there was water enough for them to swim and dive. those Beavers were safe. None of those himgry hunt- ers would ever try to catch one of them in the water. That is. not in water deep enough for swimming and diving. But if the water was only deep enough for wading, it would be a very dif- ferent matter.

The four Beavers thought they had worked as hard as they could. but they found they hadn't. The lower the water got the harder they worked. It just didn't seem possible that where there had been too much there could in such a short time be too little. But so it was.

At long last the water stopped getting lower. Paddy noticed this first. but said nothing until he was sure of it. The hole in the dam was almost filled. Just a little more work. and it would be filled. Old Man Coyote. watching but keeping out of sight. saw that the pond had stopped getting lower. He knew what that meant. The-water was so low now that

he could walk out to the back of

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BABY CHICKS

Our R. O. P. sired Baby Chicks are now better than

ever. They'll lay and pay so much over ordinary Chicks it's like getting them for nothing. We have advanced our egg prices and prospects are exceedingly bright for egg! and poultry this season. Hatchery settings in Canada are

now with your Co-op Chick Hatchery, Charlottetown. for

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WINSLOE NORTH W.M.8.

The Winsloe North W. M. S. met at the home of Mrs. A. D. Shaw. February 25 with Mrs. Hardy as leader. The program for the World Day of Prayer was followed. Others assisting were Mrs. Maclnnis, Mrs. Bruce Younker. Mrs. A. D. Shaw. Mrs. James Cudmore and Mrs. Walter Roberts. Hymns sung were: Praise the Lord. Ye Heavens Adore Him, Just As I Am. and Need Thee Every Hour. Come Let Us Sing, and The Day Thou Gayest: Mrs. Hardy gave an ad- dress suitable to the Day.

Minutes of last meeting were read and adopted. Eight mem- bers answered roll call. Leaders

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Paddy's house and do little more than wet his feet. Perhaps he could yet get that Beaver din- ner.

HDAILY CROSEWORD

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.ui April meeting will be lilrs. Mnclnviis and Mrs. A. D. Shaw: word for roll call. Hope; place 0! meeting was undecided.

Letters were read from Mrs. Cutclifte and concerning Associate Helpers. There were nine cards, nine calls and five boxes during the month. Collection amounted to 35.00. Meeting closed by re- peating Mizpah Benediction.

TO SAVE HIGHLANDS

NEW YORK iCPl-A group of Scottish business men announced plans Wednesday to raise 310.000.- 0i)0 from Americans of Scottish descent to help revive the economy of the Highlands of Scotland. Lord Malcolm Douglas - Hamilton said the Highland Fund 0! North Am- erica hopes to reduce a genera- tidns-old trend of "get out and get on" that has reduced the High- lands to less than one per cent of the United Kingdom's popula-

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