. Mrs. (S. Tami.

em to The Guardian. Thursday. Sept. 13.1955

Iy 11iorItoa W. Burgesll

Tl-IE SUDDIN STORM

There had been no reel rain.

showers for I long time. The ground was very, very dry. The grass was brown. Leaves hung limply on the trees. Only those little people who love the water.

. Mrs Jerrv dived into the and delighted to be in it. were "d i . y , y I at I" wmmrubh. Th. "ck of water and made their way to The thildien often took a ham

rain did not both" "em -' -" f.?”fi?S'i.'.?:T”..i”El.';l?.;”"iil..f'2. little way above the Smiling Pool.

Meanwhile, far up on the Great Mountain where Laughing Brook mm; has itri beginning. the rain fell as if the g"”” ”l”'''" ”"”"l5 Wemliiiudz this cuntratition often took ifire and was a constant siiiirce of

until. because of it. the water in their favorite places grew less and

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Jerry Muskrat and Mrs. .lerry and Grandfather Frog and others living in the Smiling Pool were. badly worried. The water was lmicr each day. There was almost none at all coming in front Laughs

it was wholly because of the weath-

They hid the face of jolly. bright Mr. Sun. lt gr w d t'ker hb:l"" " """ 5”" 5'" " darker. A few di-cops oil rain fell. " but only a few. There was wind.

l "W" Vm 0"" "'3' W 5'” a great wind. Jerry and Mrs. "'0" "9”" "'l""v Jerry went into their house 1'hey

didn't like being out in the wind "my "" "W "nun t" "u" :fvIet:l'."'l'olll;g,lAlli'llI:'el,0F:e;f the roof of theirjouse. You know that root was made of dead rushes for the most part. The wind was so great; that it tore that roof open. Jerrytlf the settler h

IIIANGI DU! '3

when you build a house of sticks.

hgve the proper slant. One E1001” and a couple of Imlll vv

were cut out with a --w. As the wall rose in height the men title: the spaces between the his W"

mud, moss and birch bark. When the whole dried the log cabin was mriy free from drauithtl Ind '0 quite comfortable for use. The roof was thatched with uvcrllillvlijg strips of bark and often held In place with green withes. Nails then cost about 25 cents Pet 11019" and were hard to come b.V CV9"

trying to empty all the water out of them at one time. The thirst earth t-tiuldii't lit.-giii to drink It iip: Tm. m.(i5 itcrc built uitli llll' ll l'iIIl tttiu-ii alltmmsa Two lung Dutch. whici, ,-(.;,.-i,. and formed siiialljed rm" across ml. hun(nn,; were

i I l i f l. in; Brook. At first they had thought fge ';l::,s';f;P;t' "'

V l woirv.

ad the price-

' if the lt:l1i('zilei:'l;?e used to hiiild the fire- place. These were laid on IOP 07 each other and held together with

made of hardwood l)lB5lE'l'9tl Willi

large flat stones

chimneys were

or. Then Little Joe Otter hadlimleamg am" New "M0 ”''”-V' woven across with bark and tWll1SW'

stopped 81 me Smiling Pool Onygpfzlrz in turn piitired iiilii i.aiiuliiiiL'

his any down to the Big River. He told them that it wasn't alto- gether because there had been poi rain that Laughing Brook hadt dried up lie told them that threel

the Green Forest. This had stopped

what is called a ciniitlbiiizsi.

WIIJELY USED

ll lows were

tlis more laccd sncksl That storm was BlIlluSii2?le:!()I:”?L hlay or straw. The mlj l sunictinios made of lliups or the buds of weeds. M051 .S(.m9;-5 were lacks of all trade-s. Miiskrat leads in total xaliir nliThey had to be. They made lll0Il' young Beavers had built a damiall furs offered at the yearly Ed-lown tables. chairsl clipboards. ell". across Laughing Brook way up intmontoii and Winnipeg fur aiictions.lcrutle furniture, to say the least, lhut it served their age quite Wfll.

the water from coming down. "What are we going to do about It?" asked Mrs. Jerry. L "What can we do about it?" re-i torted Jerry. l "Why don't you go up there endl tear down their darn? Chugai rum! If I were as big as you that's what I'd do." said Grand- Qather Frog. l

2 Jlorry and Mn. Jessy dived hie Ha water.

f. Jerry pretended lot to hear him. . knew Grandfather Frog would

your feelings when.you're ready to hit the ceiling!

It didn't take lung in build a new home in those da.VK. N" Weeks in! most. for with the help of kind neighbors the task went fcirwtird ;rapidly and thus another island lfamtly rejoiced to find themselves Icstablished in their new home.

Those of us who have occasion

to travel to and from the Garden i

of the Gulf to-day do so by plane or ferry. and we give little if any thought of the hardship encounter- ed by those who were obliged to ltravel the same route in canoes.

pa nothing of the kind. Jerry and Mrs. Jerry were big and strong, and good fighters. but they were pint. htg tinniigh, and strong enough. and good enough fighters to fight with those Beavers.

"If something doesn't happen I. goon wotll have to go down to the Big River to live and I don't want so do that " said Jerry.

"lilstari!" exclaimed Mrs. .lerry.

"It's thunder!” cried Jerry.

"There is gain to be a storm."i

it was thun er. Already great masses of clouds ware rapidly limbing up in the blue, blue sky. for heliind them was a great wind.

OLD SYDNEY COAI.

A. ricitaiio e. co.

"are unloading ear of Old Sydney Screened Coal Today. ?

Brown's Biscuits

Our Boarding House Major Hoople

ovl PUDG! HEFFELFWJEEIZ WSED To DO IT :

a&tuaa.Isheuu.sua..

H mod 1; h um. fraught with real Rh: (:3 gllhf, ma ;.E,o?rmigm more than one person lost his life tween the Island the the mainland.

Pioneer Days In P. E. I.

ly P. I. MacArthur

The men whose task was'build- small sailing ships. or in winter means of a canoe. The date was in. bggnn by placing notched tags by ice-boat which had to be pulled February. 1775. The cmelu WI! on top of the other, fuming a part of the trip by the passengers made between Wood Islands and

rectangular enclosure as you do themselves.

danger.

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TIQCI sasdtdnaiteglovhtresossv tsgiaaateobeet. Warburtamhhtshlstarydie lslaad.telististhatt.iIe first winter stall service was elfacted by

Nova scotta. Thus Patterson is ea- Traveling the winter routes was titled to the credit of inaugurating and the tint winter mail service het-

CONTRACT BRIDGE

By Josephine Culbertson

ON! DA!) BID DEMANDS ANUHIIB

PA RADOXXCAL though it may seem, it is usually better to make two bed bids than to make only one end then retire. This is the '.ort of thing I mean:

East dealer.

Both sides vulnerable. East-West 70 on score.

51032 9542 go: KQJ QQJIOB7 5 Q 9 91:: N :.sK.t9 9130876 XV E QQJ52 K654 M3 s 4- QA8764 VQl(i8O QAK9 dA The httlding: East South West North I. ohie. ta zgtzt Dble. 2 Q Dbl:-. Pass Pass 2 NT Pass Pass Dble. Pass Pass Pass

Beyond doubt, it was East- Wt-st's part-score and the fact lhlt they. were about to "grab the rubber” that induced North to put in the truly desperate two. club bid. and it was doubtless his sense of guilt that made him keep This sort of bridge crime, howe.er. cannot be mttlgated by !ollow.up pusjnyi

quiet thereafter.

Bad as the club bid wee. it was even worse for North to leave his partner in a contract. two no- trump doubled, to which be him- selticould not contribute so much as one trick. Having dug the pit (or himself, North should have persisted to three clubs. disre- garding the fact that he had been doubled at the twovlevel. At least he would supply a few tricks to a three-club contract. It might be noted that, but as North's hand wee. three clubs could have been beaten only two tricks. south was "slaughtered" at two riotrump. West, impressed by his partner's club double. opened that suit. and of eouret East ducked. south took his blank ace, laid down the ace of spades and led a second round of spade!

to a dlaniorid-since East hat taken considerable action In tht bidding and had turned up witl e. singleton spade and notliin; much in clubs. he wu market with some diamond strength. The upshot was that Ioutr look exactly four tricks-hi: three aces and one king-an thus went down 1100 points. Ht might have saved a trick by more adrolt shsneuvcrtng, getting lost into an end-play that would have delivered an extra heart or elul trick. but even 800 points is to much for a worthwhile - -

DAILY CROSSWORD TA

ACROSS . Successes ( slang) Membership charges Gtrlll name Shore recess spoken Hunting expedition H. Receptacle for coffee Renters 16. Chinese HVET 17. Ostrich. like blrdl 18. Regard highly 20. Rip 24. Stir up 2 . The edge or rim :6. Small cut 27. Door joints 28. Fencing swords 30. Northeast ' (abbr.) 31. Ameriqut grape 34. One-spot card 35. Diminished 36. Dry 37. Headed bolt 38. Adhesive mixtures 39. Spreads grass to dry (0. Trees

DOWN 1. A U. 8. President 2. Pants 3. Sesame

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15. Objective ease of "thou" farchaiel

H. Held in esteem

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Yesterday's Cryptoquotot THOUGH BY AMBITION FAR Mill-ED. THOU ART A NOBLE KNIGHT-SCOTT.

West won and shrewdly ehiftei '

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fillesinq up Father

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By Wally Bishop

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are pleased ta aaaauaea Alt(il?.'iT CONTEST WINNERS

Mrs Sit-Ila Corey. Mritn, N. I. R. R. No. 1 lF.le-rtrio Xettlgi.

Mr. Delaney Albert. Botsvillc.

Magdalen islands, P. Q. 'Ele('ll'It' Kettlei.

M4 Lotrkh6tI't At'r.. Mnnrton. fx. B. twalltliirt Dolli.

Mrs. Alexander mite, Borden. P. E. i. 412 Pair Nylon Hoset.

Mrs. Avard Thompson. Bridgcwater. R. R. No. I, Ltinenhurg Co.. N. S. tlitectrlc Kettlet.

Miss Francine Vitzneault, .524 Ave. Dequen., Seven Islands. Saguenay Co.. P. Q. (Walking Dolli.

Mrs. Dorcas Beck, i

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