TUESDAY. .. ' . . calico dress You wait here. and I'll talk to her." He got down and cuelully unlastened the im- provised gate. which was a length 9 o of barbed wire looped intricately I between we stakes. The woman in tho yard advanced toward him lsuspioioualy, a broom in her hand. 3f lsho was a slatty, narrow-laced Helen Tolwlll Mill" lcrnoure. wrirkled. with I. cold -m- and menacing blue eye. CHAPTER 3311 "Howdy." the said. sullanly. .. . "is your nsme Maggie Wil- loltc hgwtllp utlio tank. :32 ,mT;?r. 03;, taxed down more. Are you hungry?" ..I.m"'u'homiMZcuEruE.1 omce" "A little" Adelaide admitted, . ' . ' u imahe 3 hm doc nude;Gary prevaricated gllbly, keeping "-W' m8 B" 3" . unlm G”), a bland smile. ”Mr. Ellis sent me my tor lunch" ' out here with a. Paper for you ld”” M 5 L on H” to sign-you and your son." nu” w”'d'h Vmauded mum The woman did not answer. In- gfda bzlimedeimd dndded M". stead she turned and raised a hm6”:'1'm m place. H" mm wulwhoop. so enipierclng that Gary ' th t bushes ntsperi u'Jl1"lWd- ”Pl”dl'i CM” h'-”"''' m ""owd the ,0 l From the door of the house a kiidagd an mush I;,l,um.,i,d Ade- vouth appeared, also ahoeless and. Goal ggzcvn fmow people "E, like Maggie. attired in new rai- m pxgcg me meuuu ment-a. Hllff pair of blue overalls nrumml. mo5m,,.. Guy M-my ;,I::l'!lbeVel';ilC(l';rIl;he size to: had not . . L . . ””””tvii.?f.if;”i.TJ2”.f.”."pi22. do an. em :::73u.l 51”, down p mu, we said. "I'm from your lawyer's of- fice...." '99:,” imfldtiifl. out with Purdv Klamlv "Pi W m"” l" I 9 1605.. ' his pockets. "Me and Ma--we nln't Theyifiade inquirv and were re. signin' nothlnt” he announced bel- carded with half-hostile smpiclon 1lz7renNi'- ”1'-W5 "-lid W ml V” M I lmh. man m mded dung. hand he told us not to talk to trees, "What you uant to seelh0b0dl' but hlmv" Edded MW?”- lhdaggie fur?" he demanded harsh-iVl'l.lE”;';C1&”5ln9mc:3::'5i0day'" Gary 3'..w,,-re Ham Lhp govermnemv persisted, using all his best wiles lied Gary cheerfullv. "We mi8hll"B”i me pimple 3'9” "9 sumg have Emit, mnnoy for her. wmch 7are trying to prove that you dild1n'l. ,3 her muse?-r ;sign the papers that Ell.s as. "G" down me mad "Joni , mmgso I came down to get I dupli- um mu can-I mm W In ,0; Ricalt-. of your signatures, on this thimnev made out of oil cans and ililfli You aren't signing away it-hev's la chinv tree in the frontimlil-hind-We mEF!'1Y WIN '0 0031' mrld-. ' ipare the writing.” , 1-hi.-V found the place at last. It "Elli! KNOW! I ”.l'"'l '”l”Lrn0' was lt'lW small. and marvelously Pi”'d3'- "elm"-U simlpped Maggie" carpemrred from scraps of lum- ”w9 mide 0” m”k '0 "h"'m pal” hr nanened Mn exgns pm.” loot, ers, and he knows it. Ellla didn't ed Itrom pain-tedk billboards, and 59'” 5' Wlmg leuerin W” "MP5 of Mn foomlg. that skun , Harvey Mason. He's a- ..And mews Mug”,-v Gm-V Mid, trying to beat us out of what's they slowed in the sand out-lrllhlvml 0u"l- Ami 3"f,?ll 8” WHY- tancgtself out of my yard. She made a manacing advance .with the broom, but Gary stood ..4::jo(--

as side is. leaning, two-wire "She has been to town, all right. She bought. herself ; new green n......d.:d....d.d.

BABY CHICKS

We are offering special prices on Baby Chicks for April, May and June.

This pride quotation is for R.O.P. bre-d chicks which is the highest bred standard commercial grade available.

There are three grades of chickens being offered to the public which are as follows:

(1) Canadian Approved-which has no official

breeding. .

(2) R.O.P. Sircd-which has official breeding on

the Sires side only.

(fl) R.0.P. Bred-which has R.O.P. breeding in

both parents.

We are offering R. 0. P. bred chickens. from stock the parents of which have records up to 286 cggs in 305 days of testing.

Just think! Six in eight cxti'a cggs durillt-I fa” egg prices will pay for the entire cost of the pullet chick. -

' R. O. P. bred chicks should give you many extra caps in a year when compared with stock of lower grade.

The prices are as follows:

Purc Barred Rocks. New l-lampshircs and Cross Brod Brock x I-lamp (Grey Pullet) mixed---lac; Pul- let 30c; cockerels .08c.

Npvv Hamp x Barred Rock Cross (Black pulletl mixed--15c; Pullet 26c; Cockercl .08c.

For orders of less than 100, add one cent extra to above prices. .

We have a largc number of cot-kcrcls available in March at special prices.

ORDER NOW AND AVOID DXSAPPOINTMENT

Mat:ll0NALD'S CHICK IIATCHERY,

Covehcad Road, P. E. I.

JOHNS-MANVILLE

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his got this all I'ron(...."

Tl-IE GUARDIAN. ci-iAaLo'r'ra'i'owN

grounds "Look here. you'vo

"Git!" repeatnd Maggie. brand-

ishing her weapon threateningly. She followed him to the gate and

there.

suddenly, ahe seemed to

spring -two feet in air and. mount a. dive toward the car. she uttered an eerie screech. simultaneously.

old Hustiev.

who had wakened

and sat. blinkinc and Iontchint.

gove one glaring.

terrified look

and e yell of horror.

"Git her away from mel shill

kill me! she done tried it a couple of times already!"

I I l l

jsuperlntendent than was asked to i buttress the meeting. cnngratulated the Company on the quality of Crapaud butter. Ho

Improvement ' mach 3F:ir, in 1952 95.0lC3u of th:- niake uas lst grnrle, in 1953 97.80"?- uas lst grade, well above the aver- Prince Eriuard Island. Mr. Adams gave an

i I

"You know this woman. Huuhey?" Gary shouted throush the pandemonium of shriek: and

vitupemtions from Maggie.

"Gosh. yes-1 know her! Git her away. quick!" And old 1-lughey made a drive for the bottom of the rumble and tried to pull the seat down over him, just as Maggie

Williams sprang up on the car

with the broom.

Gary leaped into the seat. "Stop on it-before she massacres Hughey." he said. "And-I think we've got something."

They had gone a mile down the road. dust flyiiia. before old I-lughey ventured his head out of his hiding place.

"Stop here." Gary llld. "We'll find out what this is 111 about."

(Continued)

The Tiny Folk Continued-from page?

:.d.jd.dd:...d. of him he saw the two little fat brown sparrows that used to set on his barn roof. so that is where they went to spend the night .. asleep on the stairs to the moon. He tiptoed past them,

Just a few steps ahead of him he saw the most beautiful flowers. Tlwy were nndding their heads as the light brown passed over them. Golden yellow daffodils. tall blue bolls, and litllc pink daisies grew along the path. And right in the centre was a little girl with a watering can. She was wearing a pink dress with a full skirt, and hcr yellow curls hung down her

Annual lleeting of crapautl Creamery

The annual meeting of Orapsud

Creamery Co., was held in the Crapaurl Hall on February ld. A fair attendance was present.

The President 0DEnPd the meeting and gave Ii

year on the company's records. He

S'.Il('l the Cnmpmy had a mod year

from every view point, The make

of butter was the largest of any year on the cnmpans records. He van: glad to report that a govern-

ment grant of 37831.99 had been rrcrived to be applied against the Storage. 'I'l'l':' company was now in a comfort- 1 table positinn 3 his spirit of t-operation was pres- ent at all times among the di-

cnst nf the Cold financially and s

rcrtors and management. The secretary tzavp

nifn wore concerned. not lmve we seen

and we could not expect such fav- ourable cnnditlnns to continue Furthermore tho present

John H. M) era

hi: i rt-port s.-lying that the management could not claim all the credit for the success of the past year. The sea- sor was unique as far in dairy- often pasture fields so abund.--nt and lushious over solong 2. period as was the case last year

larze

onion MATIIIAL hock. Ya. euro enough, it was Mistress Mary - Quite contrary. Laurie know her by the picture in am. 31,. Q luhmu his Mother Goose book

Ixoin southern Inaland than from the north. A poutbio oxplsnatioa.

nuns-non IITIIOII nu-nv: Efm

"Hello, Mistress Mary," he said shyly. "How are your flowers to- day? rm on my way to the moon- Will you oomo with me?"

laurel; 1 win.” and Mm. "Ive been waiting for you all along." And she took him by the hand. Now they were getting nearer Loni-lo could see tho my very his whito house of the Moon. It look- ed Jul; like I fairy castle, A bit door was standing open. just WIR- lng for them to enter.

The light was so bright it hurt Laurie's eyes. He blinked and tried in sao. Then he blinked again. and opened hlsveyu very wide. Where was the moon castle? where was tho white stairs? Ho rubbed his eyes, and looked around for Mist.- ress Mary - Quite contrary. But all ho could see was his own lit- tle room with its white curtains at. the window, and the Well-3' flowers on the Wa11P8PP1'- AM that :3, the gun! Then Laurie laughed to himself. "Here I've been dreaming all the time." ht ooid. "Now it 1; morning and I must get up But I do wish I had really round the stairs to the moon."

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SOFT CLIMATE

Lowest and highest temperatures in Jersey in the Channel islands are recorded an 23 and 82 de- grees.

surplus of bllttcr held bv the Gov- wv ' i .. I. .:w

vrnment. in Cold Storaize until such time as it. can be placed on the ndvsnlialm as your Company is lucky enough in have at present over five car

rrurkrt worked to our

lcnrls nf this butter in its storatzc

This will cam approximately s'2(lO0 extra cost. Tlw set-rrtary than rcad tho

in the year at very little

'ntt earning from I-ach depart-

ment-

Crnamcigv Oprratlons 32151.63

Fred Business . 1613.22

Locker Storage . 3295.21

Butter Storage . 1507.23 Showing 14 mt profit to surplus

:-ilr-r income taxes are for of 7535.43. Mr. Earl Adams. Assistant Dairy

said it showed an

arr, which is 9.'i.40',vFa for interesting and informative talk.

pnrtment of Agriculture apoka

rh lnerv. and larger

that much more could yet be ac- cnmplishnd, by better seedlings good fertilizing, and

should study today. other speakers who Wrrc W. F. A. Stewart, M.L.A. son, 00). Allen Windsor Bell.

the year, he was awarded the sum of I5.

Mr. Pater Tnnla. ville. and Mr. Max Thompson. Vic-

hrld at. Charlottetown in March.

The following are of the company:

President, E. C. Holm: vice- president, Eric Lowther; Directors, Park Francis, Mark Cameron, John Nicholson. Windsor Bell.

Auditors, B. J. Trowodalo and John Nicholson.

L. H. Rogersnn. manner.

3. C. Wood. Body-Treasurer.

The follawinq an the i0 laadlmz patrons in order of merit -Allison Lu.Vlcu1rla: John D. Mscbood, I-lortovllle: Max Thompson, Vic- toria: Maynard Foy. Tryon; Wind-

sor loll, south Melville; J. V. Moore, utestmoreland; Charles Pnoley. Tryon: Wm. Halllwell.

sunchelz Robert. Aiken. lnoo Val-

ley; William Myers, Hunk.

provided

Mr. Adams

Mr. Stewart Wright of the De-

llc said a zrcat change had taken place in the methods of farming over the past years, better ma- farms were evident. and production per acre was increasing. However. he felt

extra care, thus the cost of production could be kept to a minimum. that was the important thing that farmers took Dart.

Frank Myers, M.L.A.. Max Thomp- Mncbeod, and

Mr, Allison Lea. Vlctorlo. was the highest. cream producer for south Mel-

tnrla. were Appointed delental to the Dnlr,vmen'a Association tn be

the officers

i (or every lmllng lob

two-listed strength g & tight-listed economy

The Cnat and the Bull

A GNAT aliglited on one of the homo of a Bull. and remained sitting there for a conlldernble time. When it had noted sufficiently and was about to fly away. it slid to the Bull, "Do you mind if I go now?" The Bull merely raioed his eyes and remarked. without interest, "It's all one to me: l didn't notice when you came. and l ehan't know when you go away."

MORAL: A person of substance isn't oaolly bothorocl by trifloo. That's why so many aubotontlal citizona from coast to coast maintain savings accounts with The Canadian Bank of Commorco. Why not follow thoir example? Opon a savings account with our nearest branch today . . . add to it regularly . . . and as your balance growl, you, too, will

bo able to ignoro little worries and enjoy life more.

The Canadian Bank of Commerce .. .

oxssmn, nngiuui (cm -Lt.- he said. is that industrial eontrao mdlo has more than !0.llIl.lll hidh mu 5 . lsler says offer less opportunity tor develop ocreo under irrigation, Inoro dun 0113.000 oom g, .,,,mmIso. more officer materia is drawn in: leadership talent. any other country. Pakistan ' W . my

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