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DRIPPING SPRING What matters rfovw the winter's

(Iy Thornton W. Burgess)

If I

sting? ~ The maple trees are dripping‘ spring! 1 I —Tommy Tit..

“I ﬂeas.” laid Peter Rabbit to‘

Mrs. Peter, "the whole world ls, tired of winter. I know I am.‘ Rough Brother North Wind isl

rougher than ever, and Old Jack] Frostpinches as hard as when he‘ first arrived. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of snow. I'm sick o1 havingl

nothing to eat, but bark and twigs and perhaps e little dry grass.~I’m sick of cold nights. I'm sick of dark days when Mr. Sun doesn't have a chance to warm things up evcn a little."

"Dee, dee. dee! How you do II!" cried Tommy Tit the Chick- adee. who happened to be near enough to overhear Peter. "Here

. v v .3 . . w A new radical and near-miracle surgical technique for treating "in- turable" mental patients was revealed recently by doctors at the West- ern Vlnshington State hospital in Seattle, Wash. The new method, cal-

led trans-orbital lobotomy, has already been performed on 41 patients]

at the hospital. with "very worthwhile" changes in 80 per cent of the cases treated. Here. Drs. W. S. Keller (seated), hospital superintendent; James G. Shanklin (centrel, and Charles H. Jones, who have perform- ed the new operation, look over before and after pictures of paticnir. who have undergone the new surgical treatment.

Noooleon and Uncle Elby By Clifford MocBrid:

NAPG-ZN» THIS LOTAPPEALS ‘TO ME FUR A BUILDING SITE. JUST SIT‘ THERE AND l-DID THIS RBIL WHILE I PULL OUT TH’ TAPE AND MBQSURB ‘IH QEPTH.

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‘THERE OUGHTA s: A LAW!

il is drivoinz spring and you

Iﬁrlllillllﬂs- Shame on you, Peter l

Rabbit." 3 “What do you mean by dripping - spring?” cried Peter sharply. But Trlmmy Tit's small wings were already taking him out of the dear Old Briarvpatch across the snow-

rovered Green Meadows toward Farmer Brown's and the Old iOrvhard.

“Dripping spring. What sense does that make? Whoever heard 0! RDflHg (Iflpplﬂg? I guess Tommy Tit talks just to hear

That nirht-Peter went over to the Green Forest, and daylight found him ilnready‘ to _ ‘ go home ‘

Tommyjit. He Ilew u? to the t!!! of, a branch hig-h above Peter clung upside down and dfank a shining drop that was luit lbwli io fall. ~ _

"That is one way to get a drink. but where did that water come from?" said Peter.

"That wasn't water; it was sap. 5nd it came from the end of that twig that was bitten off by Happy Jack squirrel. He must have been over here yestordly."

Spangl Another drop had fallen close to Peter. Just then Farmer Brown's boy c e out. He went

himseiL, to the nearest tree. made a smell

Some folks do that ThB-y don‘tlhole in the trunk, drove a little care what they say as long as theyi spout into it and hung e pail be- can hear themselves talk. Tommy neath it. Then Farmer Bown ar~ Tit or no Ton-my Tit, it is stilirived with a sled drawn by l winter. and Yin tired of it Drip-‘Horse. The sled was loaded with DIM! Hiring! Did you ever hear pails and driven off rmonﬂ ﬂhyihlllg so silly?" grumbled Peter.‘ the trees‘; stop was made at each

"I wonder if it ls as silly as it'and a. pail, sometimes two pails

fully.

1101119. lie had chanced over that part of the Green

in Forest

whore the sugar maples grow and trees it means there were signs that some one» already at work d0wn in the roots. had been busy In and around the sending the sap up to every tiny little house among the trees where twig.

Farmer Brown made sugar each year. He was curious what was seine on there. sn he decided to stay snd spend the day there. ’

The night had been cold, but the next morning round, bright Mr. Sun smiled his boadcast from the time he began his dnlly climb up in the blue, blue sky, and ivarmed things up a lot, Farmer Browns boy arrived early. and ODPHPd the little house and was very hiisy inside pillting (hing; in order. Peter snt a little way from

thedoor wishing he could see in- 1, “many a “pushy course__ihat side will ‘wondering vrhet Fewer is, to sit back and let the deciarer Brmvnls h"? W“ elm“: and w“. "Wen up" suits for himself, iwhlie

going io (in Spring! Something wet hit Pith! on the end of his

him

"we M". He“!!! he looked vr- quainted with this philosophy. Q

Therefwasmt a cloud. "Must b

sounds." said Mrs. Peter thought-"hung on the trunk.

l Peter hopped over beneath the Thlt nislit Peter went over toinearesopail. Spang! a drop of

.lho Green Forest and daylight-sap had struck the bottcm inside.

‘found him unready to go home.l"i)ee, dee. dee! I told you spring

lie was too full of curiosity to go!is drippingl" cried Tommy Tit.

to know Smell."

wabbly o; phi

some snow up in the tree is being‘

melted by Mr. Sun." thought Peter

Spangi Another drop hit him right between the eyes. He blinked. stared and blinked again as an- other drop fell.

"Dee, dee. dee! Didn't 1 tell you yesterday that it is dripping spring?" cried a merry voice, and

‘Pcmriy Tit flew down on the anon! ‘Q

near Peter. "This tree is dripping water. melting snow I guess." said Peter "Meltinﬂ nothinB. It ls dripping spring just as I told you," retorted

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The next story: "Ilhe Telltale

Contract Bridge

By Ioeephlae Culbertson

"PASSIVE" DEFENSE

In defending against notrump contracts, unless you have a long suit to establish, the best course

you win the tricks that must be given to youlin the natural order

In today‘: deal, West was unsc-

Nortn dealer. Both sides VUIIIGIIDM. North-South 30 on scorn.

gases ‘ zines: l gainer Q1ﬂg one: ‘Q53 WNE QKOS‘! p.112 0A1"? axes 3 or

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South feared that four- clubs

score. resolved to try for two no- trump. ’ 1

West declded.to_ open his fourth- higheat club, despite the ‘bid o! that suit venhis left Dummy! seven-spot held; then declsrer led to the spade king and fineaaed on the next play-Jo dunmfn some jack. When that card held thl ‘my the club queen lwl, led.

last was hard-pressed for a discard on the second club.’ He could not afford to give up a apsde; it seemed very risky to shorten his diamond holdinl; Ind thefﬁhr°l East discarded his lowest heart.

Unfortunately, when ‘ West won the trick with the club king. he did not stop to consider that the

lowest expendable card. Reading it for a "coins-on" and quite 0V"- looking soutm heart bid. El"

shifted to ths heart three. That Continued on page l4

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