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F riday, July 27 1956

The Guardian, Page 11

IEDTIME STORIES

Frightened But Safe

By Thornton W. Burgess

what most you fear was ever yet Io cease to worry and to fret. Old Mother Nature.

Johnny Chuck and Polly Chuck were prisoners. They were up in the crotch where three great limbs of a big-tree bianched out. -pm. big tree stood all alone on the Green. Meadows, but now there were no Green Meadows to be seen. Everywhere they looked there was water. Yes, sir, there was water on all sides of them al- most as far as they could see. Heavy rains had made a great flood. and very many lime PEOPFE in fur had had to leave their homes or be drowned in them. Johnny and Polly Chuck had had to leave their home and swim for their lives. They were lucky to have reached that tree and been able to climb it.

"I guess some folks would be surprised if they could see us." said Johnny. A lot of folks think we Chucks cannot climb. but here we are safe up in this tree."

And I guess a lot think we can't swim. I thought so myself until I had to." said Polly Chuck.

For a little while the 1W0 W00d- ehucks said little. They were con- tent to sit quietly in the crotch of the tree while jolly, round. bright 1''". Sun dried them off.

But after awhile, when they were once more dry and had be- come used to being up in that tree. Polly began to worry again. "How long do you think we will have to stay here?” she asked.

"How should I know? Don't ask foolish questions!" retorted John- ny. He spoke rather crossly. The truth is he was beginning to do a little wondering and worrying himself. '

Do you suppose the water will ever go away?" asked Polly

"Do you suppose the water will ever go away?" asked Polly Chuck.

"0! course it will. but I hope it won't be too long in doing it. I'm

there isn't a thing to eat here," replied Johnny.

Polly Chuck sighed. ”I'm still afraid." she said. "What would happen if Redtail the Hawk or Booty e Great Horned Owl should come this way and find us up here in this tree? What could we do?” said Polly.

"I guess we would have to drop down in the water again and try to swim ashore," replied Johnny.

"And I guess I would rather be caught than do that." replied Polly Chuck. "Do you think the water will come any higher?”

"I don't think anything about it." retorted Johnny. "The less you think of what could be. the less you'l be afraid. Right now we are safe and that's some- thing to be thankful for.''

"But that doesn't keep me from being frightened." replied Polly. "I'm hungry and we have nothing to eat. If this water stays how are we going to get anything to eat? We can't go to sleep as we do when cold weather comes. I think it is dreadful. Yes. sir. I think it is dreadful. Unless I'm mistaken there is Redtail the Hawk circling high up the sky nowi"

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"Well, you are mistaken. That isn't Redtail. It is Plunger the Osprey. and they say he eats no- thing but fish. So. stop your wor- rying," Johnny spoke rather shar- ply.

Dog Trained To

Answer Telephone

MEDICINE HAT. Alta. (CPL. Bobby isn't a talking dog, but he does answe the telephone.

The six-ycar-old border collie. owned by Mr. and Mrs. Lorne McCaig of Medicine Hat, has been trained to remove the telephone receiver when the phone rings and there is no one in the house to answer it. -

Thevtele came to light when Mrs. Caroline Lundy phoned the McCaig residence recently.

"I heard the telephone being taken off the receiver." Mrs. Lundy said. "I heard this bark- ing. Every time I spoke the bark- ing was resumed. I thought some- thing must be the matter. I tele- phoned police and they investi- gated but found nothing wrong at the home.”

Mrs. Mccaig said the dog has been trained to remove the tele- phone receiver.

"We got Bobby in Saskatchewan Six years ago." Mrs. Mccaig said. "Whenever we go out, he knows he is to stay home and guard the house. He also knows that whenever the phone rings. he is to answer it."

model. Bobby steps up on a chair, puts his front paws on the table. knocks the phone off the stand and barks into the mouthpiece.

PETERBOROUGH. Ont. (CPL. A field party from the Royal On- tario Museum is busy probing the secrets of the Serpent Mounds at the provincial park. 12 miles east of here. but so far its finds have not been spectacular.

Excavating started in June in the hope that the work would re- veal something of the mounds' an- tiqulty.

The mounds were discovered in 1895 by David Boyle. first director of the then Ontario Provincial Mu- seum. lie prepared plans for in- vestigation. and in iilltl the first excavations were made by Dr. Henry Montgomery of Toronto who dug a trench about the mounds.

The party now digging under the supervision of Dick Adams hopes to prove the mounds were built by one of Canada's earliest races called the mound builders. These people could have originated in Central America or the Mayan country of Mexico. The nomadic people probably rr-ached Ontario by way of the Missisippi river and Ohio river valleys. building ceremonial mounds as they went. The 186-foot long serpent-shaped mnunri. which has been estimated to be 2.000 years old. has several egg-shapcd mounds at what up-

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You are the dealer, both sides vulnerable. and have opened with One Spade. Partner has respond- ed Two Diamonds. What do you now bid with each of the follow- ing tour hands?

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1. Two spades. Whenever the responding hand goes into the two level by naming a' new aim. the only signoff bid available to the opener is the simple repetition of his suit. A rebld of two notrulnp would identify a balanced hand including 16 or 17 points in high cards.

The two spade rebld represents a rebiddable suit and an opening bid of modest proportions. The two diamond bidder usually has 10 or more points. His . , is merely a one round force. There can be no game unless the responder presses the matter fur- ther. , . 2. Three hearts. Big doings are in the air. A slam appears like- 13': I game looks certain. Part- ners should be immediately alert- ed to the high potential. There is enough flexibility to play for a slam in spades. hearts or die- monds. unless partner has I real dos. The intention is to show the diamond support at the next opportunity. and in that way id- alllgy indirectly the shortage in

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The jump shift rebld by the opening bidder over the respond- er's affirmative bid is a direct slam try. Put into points. it is "Sun"? from 20 points up. but dis- tributional (actors and suit con- trol may be included in evaluat-

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3: Three notrump. Again we have the possibility of a slam, but this time the prospects are not nearly so good. The distri-

by a flag space are believed to have been used for ritual dances.

Mr. Adams said he started dig- ging-crews on a series of five-foot grids that led between the egg- shaped mounds and the head of the serpent. Grids are now being dug into the eerpent's head. The work is almost intersecting the trench dug by Dr. Montgomery.

Bone fragments as well as pot- tery shreds and late lroquoian trade heads have been turned up. but these lend nothing to the esti- mated antiquity of the mounds.

Mr. Adams said it would take weeks to uncover human bones and artifacts of importance which he is confident of finding.

Neither Dr. Montgomery nor Mr. Boyle left sufficiently detailed reports to help present - day srchaeologi 's. and that has ham- pered wnrk somewhat. All former work done by the two archaeolo- gists is being thoroughly checked.

While the party digs for clues. visitors have discovered the park a good picnic site.

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button is dead against us. and the best we can do at this stage is to tell partner we have lots of high cards. no short suits, and probably a hand that was too good to open with one notrump.

If this information is not enough to stir partner into bidding for a slam. then the answer is that there is no slam. We've sent our message. The rest is up to him.

4. Four diamonds. There is no question about whether this hand has to be played in a suit. The only problem is the degree of en- thusaism that should be conveyed to partner in the rebid.o

A three diamond bid would represent a hand in the neighbor- hood oi a minimum opening bid which has been'eievated in value because of the diamond fit. "Such a band would be one with the deuce of clubs. instead of the ace.

A five dlamo'nd bid would be about two points better t an the hand given. The four daniond bid is just about right. '

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