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By Thornton W. Burgess

EEDDY GETS A RIDE idldli't have to learn somethinS every day?" he asked. un ted, th 1 . r so. i Rt.-ddy's grin was broader than ll ottzlipeisln for ltiifiuialles lover. He almostchuckled.”I've never their partners. Invarlably. however. ...madrlv Fox. stopped learning.” said he. ”The . there is a core of logic in such .m n ' lax who doesn't learn somethlngl extemporaneoua bids-as there was There ig so much in learn" every day as long as he lives, never' Redd! Jumped "II the buck of-i" smm” "nuwal 5lx'club bid m hed Young T00-Sl'll'lll I ' lll'f.'S. long. Just remenzber that. Al- 0110 0' "I0 hill?” 5559- the m"c'wm5 hmda t teddy Fox grinned at his young txitys there is something new to - "”' mom?-m g ' i, "You are doing very well," learn. You have been learning how going to school every day. Yes, go,,m3m,,f' 7; d ho, "but it ls ll'LlP there is to get awayl Iron?! dogs that are air, he was lgoinghto school, and it 30”, wk, yuingnbi. ch to learn. so much mm. no chasing you. 've s own you severa as a so 00 wit no vacations. It ever learns it all." tricks. but remember this, a. newlwas the School of Life. Boys and TAQ86

.'he young Fox looknd at Roddy. trick in time becomes old. The;girls have to go to school, oil 'Qg7y aw old were you uiinii you trick that will work today may ll0l.;COLllSE. But it is very diffe;-engl OJWS uork tomorrow. You may lh1nklYi'0n'o the school that all little follti T 32 - ;-X0lll'S9ll very smart with a new have to go to. They are in school 7'1”, N .K1o1, ;lriclt. but in time the dog you havetevery hour they are awake. l 'gg ' E xmso Ltooled with that new trick will: Reddy had told the young ioxl J32 W ysuiz lilivc ioulid out what the trick is. how to break his trail by running-' .976 S and it won't work." in the midst of II flock of sheep, or T . KJm95g Now the young fox really wasgiusr. aheltd at them. Those many; '3 1. sm.-irt. Never had a young ioxgfeet would destroy the iox scent.i .AQ5 llearned faster than had he. He was The young Fox wondered how it; s AKQ

- ; . would feel to be running in among l '50 malty Ieet and trying to keep: Tl” blddl"K5

i (ram being stepped uni l South West North East - - 1 A low inorllillgs later he wasi IQ Put! 30 Pl- i lover near the field in which the 4NT PHI 5. Pill i flock of sheep were puturod. He 6; (ll Pa: 00 (Y) Pan i SALES and SERVICE heard 9. dog baying on the trail 7Q 905 Pill P55

of some one he was chasing, and iknew it prabhbly was 5 km He Went opened the queen of hearts

Repairs To A" rakes liound a good hiding place from!”a"d. somh W'"d hi5 93”"- t iwmm he could watch. The deewclaitnlng the grandsslam contract.

ivoice of that.dog grew louder and! i ilouder. This meant that he was. Rewinding and Repair, ;coming nearer and nearer. Then .:gx” lthe young Fox saw that it was' :xx xx on oK'e(ln95da,y Dec, 9 Reddy FOX who was running ahead At 3 P. '3". ELECTRICAL :1: ;tl;xaLr. Iclogh grief ltaas hheacliggl Tlmx

There will be a special APPLIANCE 3:85 wergr "' l9 W "9 l e eetmg at the La Li Ha” "Now I'll have A chance to see It any M thought mu M1,. um. ; water Strew m (ahmui Repairs 1 g , sale grand slam oould hate been . tow he works that trick of run- . - . . . gtt f 11 1' k d'.4 ; l Wh I X H m L th reached in other ways, but lets - 9y0Wn 0 3, IW , ”l' Wm! M . 1” 5"iPp' W3”; 9 consider. Suppose South had con- s interested in f01'llllI1lI.il Palm” Electric ;i”;'1”i;d'””',i”d,ii-'"””' ”i"”fj-. linued the Blackwood to ask mi lion. Special Sl)P;llx'I?l's Will i E -V "m5 ””"”"g some 15' kinds, via live notrump. North's

lance ahead of that dog, and in? i resent. . . . p such a way that he kept blush bc- but this would Simply mow one

.g ltween so that the dog couldn't see umpecmed king. From south!

plum” 333-8544. response would be five diamonds,

.him. When he reached the edge of mm of view, if that were the o The Neighbors

the field where the sheep were all bidding. Norm-. holdmg might we”

By Gggrge cfqpk i standing with their heads up, look-

i ing in the direction of that dog and ready to run it should come too near, Raddy stopped to listen for a moment. He waited until the dog was so near that the sheep lwrre startiiig in l'llll TllPll Reddy jran nftor them and. because he jcould run lastvr than they could. he caught up with them almost as soon as they got started. Then he ldid something that madethe young

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In this case, obviously enough. the grand slam would be unsafe, requiring the diamond linesse.

South realized that it he bid iive notrump, it was quite likely that North would be able to show only one king. and that announcement would leave south in the dark. so he chose instead to bid six clubs because he was sure that North would read this unusual bid as the

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vfilx Who N” lfl;”c””f3 2”?” w W” call for it specific king North might lselghqlef rtgtmgeeggglneedhfo ll: 52:5 hold. (Remember North had hi- it g ;d .um' ed 0 th Mk Elrealiy shown his races.) 1! North l'"g' ” y 3 . p " 6 C ” lhad no king he would naturally go ""9 M L)" blggwt weep” He w”lback to six spades it he had the bemg "ken IO" 'l ndet lhezirt king, he would bid six hearts, "- 'and South would then be satisfied HERMITAGE SCHOOL. iwith six spades; but it, as was WA” actually the rose, North could show pom for Hermitage school: the ilttlng diamond king, South Grade Ixgmmtme Mwvndah. could visualize 13 cold tricks. Grade VUI-Noreen Curran. , ' I " Grade VII-Mary Doran: Albert "' "Tug NORTH SCHOOL WHAT D you xv?tfil;i;l.?;.-r4g?' l-Iayes. Henry Hayes (absent for tests.) Grade VeMichat-l Wood: Eliza- beth Cui'r.m; Leo Hayes. Grade III-Doreen Murphy. Grade II-Gerald Curran: Sha- ron Murphy; Preston Hsyeo: Ma.- rie I-layes. Grade I (At uElallie Murphy. Grade I iBi-Blair Murphy. Highest average in senior grades -Lorraine Macvarish, 369?. Highest average in junior grades

Fnllmriiir. is the November re-

The following is the honour roll ior St. Peter's Nortii School Prim- ary Department for the month ol Novemiber:

Grade V-1. Kathleen Gillls: 2. Daniel Grillls and Richard Flynn; 3. Ronald MacDonald.

Grade IV-1. Helen Anti Mac- Ctillum; 2. Lillian Powell; 3. Aud- rey Lewis.

Grade Intel. Daniel Lewis; 2. Margaret MacDonald; 3. Veronica

, Glllll. "Elam M””””' 9”” Grade net. Adolphus Gillls; 2 y . . 'r'm”'T"-G"- Kenneth Larkin; 3. Carol Mac- '(When I've hall :1 scrap with my wire, it just leaves me Cali'rldll'S 19 motor vehicle plums Donald. i mad at all women!" in 1952 employed a record total of Grade I-No exams. - -- . -A-,a . . . ...-. -....i. 31.102 persons. Teacher: Bemadetta Gillie. l K - O oe Palooka By Ham Fisher Pogo BY W”;l Y

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