I By Thornton THE LONG RAIN The very. Ithing that makes one lad ' t

Parchance may make another sad.

wet feet all the time. For once since . -0ldMthrNt. . - - . MRa;ArtdLit..MisE1i-ll th id illinldth ' - ." - o e sure Peter didnt mind myins -1 What was 11? 31111919 8"0"Ih- when Pdwley; Elitlacialwelfarle. M: ii hlsrrrghlgrphllhteiihuhfnurlz: 38l;'Y'iAlIH:A9l'EIGET lMwAxX?lIs1iT.ddci'?4Fgrtn.v' MY "Amla'A13l4c5.'c

The days were growing a little

W yx ' I I" t" a mo that th warmer. Gentle Sister Southwind yyd p ,yM I ,3 P05 D e land could tee, Mm Ruben Hurry. Mm MA, 1-plague” .41.: had come up. and brought with y N I p p Iyr gufxgltzg 3"3:'e3':irw1l:; Clifford Roper. Miss Elizabeth "'TT'”"""""""'TT'l

her a lot of rain clouds. "It is go- ing to rain." said Peter Rabbit lo Airs. Peter. over in the dear Old Briar patch.

"What of it?” asked Mrs. Peter, without interest. .

"I'm lad. Arsen't you glad?" replied eter.

"Why should I be glad. I really don't care if it rains. or doesn't rain. What is there to be glad about?" replied Mrs. Peter.

"It will take away the snow; and I for one will be glad to see he last of that." declared Peter. "I hope it will rain. and rain. and rain." .

Of course. Peter's hope. or wish. had nothing to do with it. but it did rain, and rain. and rain. It wasn't a hard rain. and it was a warm rain. It just kept on. and rm. and on. with it was the warm breath of Gentle Sister Southwind.

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i t rid it took away the snow. harder. and that would be w ." 0-Swill! (Joan-ac B go 91!! While they were glad there "If it rained harder it prdlldhly Pluilih -U-Qillcko 3, Josephine Culbertson were others who were very, very would stop sooner," grumbled Itlalandoc . zftity repb worried. Jerry Muskrat. and Mrs. Paddy. Greece . Ian GOOD MAGNOSIS Jeff! Wel'em,W0H:je:- ghiemice PWIII There was no laughter in Laugh- "- lglalni Knowledge of what an up 10110 HOW I11 in K 00. ing rook now. It was a roar. uuguhm. ponent would do under certain 3119 "'9 W;”"kW” f0:lnd3n:l”'Y1" 110i IIIEMIIE Already the Water -mu” Io.) tmunpa. circumstances guided South to S Iiiszinspoo:-cow”-mg Mmde in the pong! had rim '0 "M rsspeoiud own"! the winning line of play in the mm I! r to H? H h It was beginning to creep over pop,” 1,u,,.g. hnowmg hand I! Wle W83 "P C 001' 0 the floor of the snug bedroom u.Au,M diam” the bedroom inside their house. in the Beaver house. And still ,5 3..."... mg. - 3 If it got much higher. they would it rained. and rained. and the ,.',u...,. g,w.c;..a 19 : .; Iouth dealer. 115" it 310" 0V0l' U "I91! 0'-1181' water rose, and rose. There really 9. sagacioua '5 O North-southvisardla. home in 9-he bill-k of Lllllhllll was something to worry about dial l0.Plantwul0 II I p Q J ” Brook. They didnt want to movlen- now. - 11. Late is. my :2. Spar (Braz.) LL 9 ' 1?: gztlalullii lr.nu&l; gnluelgistsyoli . . 20.1; benefactor 18. Take on 33. River (G4-.r.) l0.Chokingbit 3 S I th ir d doe in th G een -i - .., Q-1109 ., Foi?est.. P23; thep Beavger rand Canadlan Flier 5, g I I. Q," N via." Mrs. Paddy had much the same .5 :Q” W E . rgimg as Jerry and Mru:.Je:ury.I1l Red Jail O 3. Ten” i S .:::' W0:l'yy. theymhadrt rrTiintl- Q . Axnoa n W" . am: 33' Shot down and captured by the Q 5. I! K” ry .:::' ':'m"m'bu'”nm;:td on In Red Chinese In 1952, Sqdn- gggg on. e snow ms faster u. 11, n. 5 ma ' . um.” Wu "mam der Andy MacKasnie. of e i0"W0!TY lboill " R.C.A.F., spent two years of 3”” W ' '”"'T E" l W” " WW” "OF "”'"'E- . . MR.GlIMES,NEX1' cook. smp - 34 P181 3Q Pll said Paddy so many times that torment In the hands of llll ;KgEf5Qggfpgwg9u5Ex1'QNEiON 4 NT PI-58 5 6 PI! Mrs. Paddy lost patience. . ' r WONDER II THIS BN1 Pass 64. Pan. "Fur gown," ..k.' donvg my captors. In the Standard this ' - - . . . "m '"l”!" ”'”"'d M” P'd' week, he continues his exclusive

Wes. opened the heart queen. The ace was D1I.VBd- Ind SN"-h then ruffed a heart as the first step toward stripping the hand. Next. he led a trump to the lack and ruffed dummy's last heart. Now he went back to dummy with a trump and carefully se- lected the diamond jack as his next lead.

when East failed to cover (for he best at all reasons) south went right up wld: the diamond ace. cashed the diamond king. and exited with the diamond ten. As he confidently expected. it was West who took the trick with the diamond queen-and now West was find. A club re- turn would give south three a-iciss hi'the suit. and any other return would give him a ruff- and-discard.

South would have had a I to 1

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This helped the ram men the snow.

Peter stayed at home in the dear Old Brier-patch. There was no fun in roaming about with

lie watched the snow disap-

pearing from the Green Mea- dows. g

..m?....:..)m.i.. home. He watched the snow dis- appearing. from the Green Mea- dows, and .he was very happy about it. A lot of other people were just as happy. They didn't care how long the rain lasted if

dy. "All the wishing in the world isn't going to stop the rain. It

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Twelve members mat at the home of Mrs. Willard Lank on February 4th tor a very enjoy- ablameettngoft.heW.R.W.I. pm you know um umpm" The president presided and meet-

ing opened with members repeat- were driving Pennsyhvanian rail- 1” In - Ode. Conupondence

roaders crazy about-a century

-s-,, happen we - um :.:'...':'”..'".2.m':.'.';. 1'. 1:: " 9" W I" '11” ME Arts and Crafts Guild supporting 5”” a" "W ""'”"5h mugethelrworkllachmernberis to p gua area w slippery t i

mm Jug?” .fiE:'imom "mu Btu: mo in an of the March of any ac on. s were ' ”"”'”"3:' '”'m:''' ''3'- Elgillgcufnntchutiuunlalsldnettl ch??? Broom weep crew re -

gllgyedmtfedkalepm 3.6a;-1:": cl”. :::'ve'n members paid for Institute

W "t" T The following conveners w f.."'" T:..'::i.J:":..r .1: ;.vw1n'sdC:.,.Aw':,iImre.,,Mn- 15353 TIITYC LED! 9. fl. J h

been "led on l””""m"'” "'9' England: Home Ec.. Mrs. Haigold

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a box of sand was placed in such curl" Hurry; vumng .

Powley and Mrs. Charles Hurry: Program committee. Mrs. George Crosby and Mrs. Irwin Millar.

The lunch committee tor the March meeting will be Mrs. liar- old Macllae. Mrs. James Mac- Innls. Mrs. Irwin Miller and Mrs. Ralph MacDonald with meeting to be held in the hall on March 3rd; roll call to he answered with an Irish joke.

The meeting adlourned and a dainty lunch was served by host- ess and committee in charge.

VALUABLE ITEMS STOCKHOLM (CPI - Stamps

worth millions of dollars will be

shown here in July at a Jubilee

exhibition when the Swedish post office marks the centenary of the

first Swedish stamp. Exhibits from

Burrus. specialist on Mauritius.

The sand box ended the hopper menace as far as the railroads 183 MlCAI'1lIl1I' demanded the were concerned -- and. thanks to Emperor come out of his shell. the insects. soon became stand. shake hands. and apologize for ard t on all ' :...-. his d before oh d of

H-We you ever wondered how his subject!- the notiona of the divine right of Let us hope that we have seen kings came to be foisted upon the last of these human gods so gullible men? that man's ascent towards per-

It came about in the following fection may go on and on, until mrnnerz the light of the perfect days shines

To strengthen their hold upon -11 over the world. their thrones the monarchs. not Charging that her husband. a satisfied with having soldier. to department of Sanitation em- enforce their will. schemed with Ployee. never took a bath in their high priests to have themselves twelve years of wedded life. a proclaimed gods. As a god the wife appeared before Roberee ruler demanded implicit obed. Francis Hoaley. of Mineola. N. lence from his subjects. or the Y., and asked for a divorce.

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story 4 told in his own words -of what actually happened to him in the Chinese jail that was his solitary home for many long. lonely months. Read it in The Standard - on sale now, complete with Magazine, 12- page novel and 20 pages of

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chance for success by taking both finesses-in diamonds and in clubs-but he evidently felt that his own line of play was superior. and who can say that he was wrong? He felt sure that East, if he had the diamond queen. would cover the Jack. because ha couldn't know that South had he diamond ten along with the A-K. and if West had the ten. East's failure to cover might be catas- trophic. Thus. when the diamond lack was not covered. South was willing to stake everything on the fact that he eould throw the lead to West.

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1855 OHARLOTTETOWN CENTENNIAL 1955

CENTENNIAL LEGISLATIVE DINNER CHARLOTTETOWN HOTEL TUESDAY. MARCH 1st. 1955 Reception 6:00 PM

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HOLY REDEEMER PARISH.

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ll. cum-:'s oumiss'i'

R.P. Arthur Kelly. C.Ss.R. R.P- Robert McKenna, C.Ss.R.

Evening Devotions 7:30 PM.

All Businessmen are cordially invited to attend and are asked to call 9121 for tickets no later than Mon- day noon.

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