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THE GUARDIAN , CHARLOTTETOVVN

The Tiny F olkl I

. ad been to town miQ!l0I.I;:1aBlJ..I:le!iiis Mother had hit iiimiiwo goldfish. He had yerV pleased about it. and llkvd to sit and watch

It real iitury of real children ' tn, vgry young children)

rI.I IIOUS hcen x"llV lie

call them,

msiiihat shall we M,mmy?" he asked. '

-What do you think we shnuid ,, In" thein?" his Mother asked. sat still and wntclied the little qnldtish as they swam about (yr holil. One was quite little. ma had a silvery body. with one I v black spot. on his back. The 6 mic was much bigger. with s'IIn;uz sides lust the color of Ihe IL; golden morning sun, Its tail was vrry ion: and filmy. Mother !;,:l put A little china house in mg i)'ill0lIl of the big bowl, and

(gm I-.v..I fish swam round I-Iii I4 iiui ll vol look. Mommy. quick?" I 0 "Just. , Sei- I-,n-Iv the little one darts thro-.i:h

1'-e door of the house. and the big (qr Qfl.”.S alto" him. Look at them mm up in the top! There goes iiv l:tIle fellow after the lily: r-no 0:1! nh' see the drops of Ivatcrtlint l'l3F.'if'(i out of the bowl. Ttvit in Yellow splaslied it with hi; I know! I liave :iii idea. Lrii.'sA

l ( ll ':i:IiI "SIii.Islier." Could umy .K1'IIiIIv-""

xi : Page laiizlieri "That woulrl hr I cmrl name for him, I think

o wnilld be easy to rEII1Pn'll1PT.

:iro'inrl. . Iiilllld the bowl. L-.iiir'.i

i' it iI”l as they ODPllEtl and clos- ' "lCll' mouths When they cni:ic' 'iIi- side of the bowl. the wee. jiokmi very big. but when he d (lIili'll froin the ion, La--rii

in.

will see that the little silver fltli

Liurie could imi he looked so ble yet still stayed

. still tiny I .I.e:'sf Ind whv llll. Izmes iind Iniall

Thnh liiirlo laughed out loI:rl I know what to n:i:ne the silwi-y nne. Moninir. I'm L10- lo ii.Inie lilm "One Spot." filDillIl' laughed at the name "It iz:'.I:IilI- is a different. name. and I it-Ilnk It will be just the thin: tiw tliwt little fish. Now come here. Sn" her and One Spot, till I r the uRlPl' your howl."

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l;lAlll(' Ii -tched as mother rare- fili Iiiiircrl nut the dirty writer. uiir filled the bowl with fresh

-'n. cater til i I feed tli.-m”" Lfillflc asks -I is zlv You show Inc iil'..It. in I llczv lllfll. is the package nfi

f,.lI ltlod Shrike the box just oiica. - I, and put only a little foari .lP II-atei." Mother said as she 1I.K:ltl him the box.

l..illllf' did exactly wh.It he was 1 HI Thrii he ivatvlicd again as the .'I ii riiiie Im in trike the bits iii"! I-Ivr on the writer. or slnwly sinks

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Thornton

By

W. Bumess

in some of his habits is very much like Blacky, discovered his his cousin acting a bit odd. Anway, it seemed so to Sammy.

"I wonder what Cousin Blacky is looking for?" said Sammy to himself. "He certainly is looking for something or somebody and he doesn't want to be seen. 1-Ie's sneaking around. That is what he is doing. sneaking.”

The first chance he got. he ask-

l ed Blacky if he was looking for I somebody. Blacky confessed that he

BLACKY DOES A LITTLE si-1'-'.mme pm of the Green Forest..w”' ”"1 W” Sammy V”''” "9 W"

ING To spy iiiny not or lllily be nice, Depending on who hiiys the price.

Blacky the Crow was spyiing. It isn't considered nice to spy on others, but sonietnnes It is very necessary to do this. Blacky the Crow felt it was necessary now. There were tlinigs he needed to know and the only way he mum make sure of finding these thingsl out was by spying. .

"Winter Iiill soon be over and we will begin to think ill nesting,"

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said Blncky to lacky. Mrs. Blacky agreed. "I have been thinking about that," said she. "I've even looked over our uld nest to see if we caii fix it um and irake it do for lllls')'Cal', It don't think we Cllll. AiI)il'fl)'. I

don't think Ive want to. We should have a new iicst this year"

Blucky nodded lll "Ri;:hL you lll'P, iny i he. 'Th(: qiii-stioii is. ulIe.c we build that new nest'."' I

"live been thinking about that, too.” declared Mrs. Blzicky. "Whrrea . ever w build that nest, We first; urint make sure whom we will most likely have for nciglibrirs. I would prefer no neighbors iit iill.l Do you liappen to know ullltlttly Hooty the Owl and Mrs. Iloiityi are living now? I mean,' do you know what part of the. Green For- est Ilieylre living in?” i

"No," rvpliril Bl:iIrki'. find out. Wlicrever they we should be as far from as possible.

So Blacky. in such spare time as he had. l)('5.'.nll .sm'iiiIz. He he:-"Iii looking for Honty and Mrs. Iluuty. but he did it slyly. He didn't ihlllly them to know that he was :In.V- where about. He moved about .sil.. cntly. That harsh voice of his which he is so 'ond of using wnsy still. Sonicliow or other. those blgl

9011)! nt . siiid l shiiiild

thut Illl miiy be, them

owls niziiiiiizrtl In keep out at Blnckyks sight. Ilc ciiiililirt llllrl what; they were Iniistiiiiz (luring the day. l

All his hunting was done durinzl the brightest part of the day. for

the know when the sun was shin-

mg bright Hiioty and Mi's. Huoty in-re prciiy sure to be roost- ing. They might even be asleep Anyway, they would be roostmil 1” me:- in; to the bottom. I "Now Laurie had something eisr to look 4'IllPl'. and each ri.'iy hr I4-:.i'rIcil snmethiiii: III-ii That all meant. he was Izi-nwimz up.

yix-here the Black Shadows lingeredi

all day long. He knew that those. Dill owls did most of their hunting! at night. Only on dull. cloudy dark. il.Iys do they hunt in the day-I time, and then only when they are very hungry. .

Siimiiw Jay, wlih is it sort of

siniill cousin of Blackyis, and who

trying to find out in what part of the Green Forest I-looty and Mrs. I-footy were living. Sammy was Interested. til would like to know riwself said he. "If I find out anything, I'll let you know."

The Red Book rif I-Icrgest is a iniiIiI.iscI".Iit or WI-lsli li'ei'atI.'re, iiiitteii in tllf'”l-llll century.

l Napoleon and Uncle Elby

Tilly The Toiler

AGE NINE By Bob Gusfafson.

Roy 1.

SOMEBODV HIT ME WITH A SNOWBALLAND IVE GOT

AMA! THERE5 6U1LT wizirreu

ALL ova? yous: FACE!

LET ME FEEL VOUR

IT CCUL

HMM M' WARM A6 TOA5T-

NIFTY LITTLE GADGET6 - -

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DN'T

Why ASPIRIN is Important to Your Well-Being When You Get a Bill!!!

Here are the reasons

millions lulu Aspirin the moment

they fool is cold coming onl

0 When you have a cold, chances are

have a fever, ton-for atfever usually :ii'c0inp:inies a cold. And it's importniit

In your well-being that you reduce fever as quickly as possible.

Aspirin will do this. Its ability to riiiiimi fever has long been one of the IIl(.'(lic;il

world's niost valuable weapons in the

ilL'lIlnSl illness. And it reduces fevc-rqiiirlrly.

lii Iililition. .ASpll”lll also brings won'der- fully fa-st relief from the muscular riches and pains and the headachy feeling that

almost always go with I cold.

80 the moment you feel a cold coming on, Inltti two Aspirin tablets right awiiy . . . llffv” 110” 410 Gtffllliuig rI.:r. if your cold syinptonis persist, get medical 2l(lVil'ft.

And for soothing relief of sore throat

In it cold,.g.argle three times daily with three Aspirin tablets dissolved in one-

tliird of a glass of water.

For Quick, Gentle ' HEADACHE '

Eziuiaiiilcal llllllll of I00 79'?

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Handy hnfllt me of 24 W," f2aIIIisIII:liI: grins (

1 9 '? Rememder.

even for double the price of Aspirin you can't buy anything bench

due

Relief from NEURALGIA

Discomfort of

NEURITIS and RHEUMATISM

ASPIRIN

r. M. m. in Canada ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE BAYER CROSS

AEER 0

Rip Kirby

f MR. HASKIN

now; wuaee JENNY HA5 GONE. DESMONDI .

in see MEET HARRY...THfs is the "W005 imouv WALSH. JOIN us. KNOIIY.

HERE'S LIASl(lN'S NIGHT CLUB... BUT

By Alex Raymond

ouir KlCi(lN'! HASKIN owes) ME roiz A was cicwis, - ClGAiJl2ET'i'E5....

Tl-IEREGOESTH

EVIDENCE TO 1 CONVICT TH”-

ii SHOULD mm In A smo

UH...NlCE DAY... YOU AN' VER MOlION.' PHOOEY! GRANDOTTER I'LL GO I'MV OWN CABANA .'

Go AHEAD AN'HANi:i out?

BABV. sEt2GEAN'r.'.'- BUT-

EF YO'DON”Y' MIND, w-w:

;VV0N”I' WATCH. SOMEHON E

9'i'iLI.I.ovEs.TI-I'i.I'I. ' MuIzDERER- x o

QLEASE; LOOK HEaE.'.'-I GOT 5 3uT,you'nI Do If KID5 0' MV owrd. AN' U GOING Too

xi; SOMETIMES I FEELS I' AR!!- G-GENTLE LIKE GOIN' TOA i.

AS ILXTRIMI TO 0' POSSIBLE?! GET RIDCF tEM- y

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LEGALTO SET A MURDERER FREE.'.'- I'r'9 OUR DOOT T'LEAVE HIM IN TWARM;

VE5. MY HUSBAND SAID HE THO'I IT WOULD RA N...

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By Carl Anderson i

VON A PACKAGE AN' A HANDWROT LETTER.

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By Walt Kelly,

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Wuo Does IIIIJPOF sou Know or oIcK'rHo2Neuias ...lT am IN ciNciuNA'rI9 FELLA is sear

.wA?lv0VOPAlZE 5715' HEASIACCEPT HES! 7&(5xV5 05 G0! E57EEM.

W5 VJZVETC

yea Irutv WA FKAMEPY

OF emf; IYEPPLACE Awi

You HE Muaw

1HIN(s ?

WELL. I HOPE

ves--vou KNOW WHAT I MEAN-

--No CRUMBS on THE

son --NO BURNS on THE TABLE--NO corpse on THE auel

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By Edwin:

MY 4 AND I IT'S

DIDN'T I GET BREAKFAST ??

Nl(;HT

WELL:t:lO iioun-E71?

PAST TEN My-.wui:.N I THINK us! CAD-.YOUiQE OCLOCK! DtDN'T OFALL THAT wzwr LATE Forz. I GET UP?" WRONL-I AT TH jcuooci!

AT DINNEQ DAQTY we GAVEVILAST I

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By George McManui

PENNY

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Iy Many Hm-niqteli

s.Isu,Qwuo?..oH,sOI.i'i?E IDA's 1

cousin, s?ALPi-I. st-IE SPEAKS A LOT ABOUT YOU.

YES,X KNOW SHE'S AWAV VOtJ'PE IN TOWN FOPA FEW DAYS ? SUQE liLL SE GLAD

11.45 LIaI:M?s' AND O0 THAT l'LL BE ABLE TO QECOGNIZE

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