' By Thornton W. Burgess

YOUNG JERRY srars AT What shall I do?" uoitu-1 What he did do was just the ..L pwght thing to do. When he reached ,1; the courage (Mg "-,-.5- gt”, ithe old house of rushes out in the May be needed just to live. ysmllllig Pool he dived, entered Low Mother Na;u;e.ithrough the tinder water hall, and

born, Young Jerry Muskrat lay on ,, his bed of shredded rushes. He had 1 been lying there alone for three - days and nights. His father and mother were no lniiqcr using the old house. They had built a lien one near the head of the Smiling Pool; and they also lmtl dug a ,: safety house in the liighlxst bank i Sn Young .lei':v had taken their old one for h.inseli.

P Young Jerry has pi'u!i.ibly the most unhitppv yuiinx Kliiskzuil uny- xvhere around. lie i ii had Illlllt)5t I , nothing to call ilir t.i.o;:e three days ,'

and nights Btit ii ii.isii't ll'.lll;,'0l' p. trom lllti". It . 7 - . and lint , i r '-D1 . .,... he had ' .'G- J ', ' I”u”" Y”” He licked tlut stump of a leg see, that nchii iii: KHIS only part "Um til.” M nmh

of a leg; il ll:l(l no tool. The niissng loot had been letl llt'lll itist

, in thc lxicklili j.ii.xs nt ll 511001 trap. licked that stump M a leg from Unable to i.Lt'l llls lei: iree. Young lime to tiir,-3. That was all he rolild Jerry had had the ('t)lllili.'F to tlvist'do. Mother Nature uolild liars to

as all lVIUSl(l'IltS do. Once he ueiittsucceediiig.

, walking on only three legs: and him a visit. Perhaps by chance, or

GET witnnoor ) , CREAM-OIL . viii mwass - if

climbed out on his comfortable bed. In the old house out in the smil- of old shredded rushes. From that; ing Pool in which he had been bed he had hardly m0Vt3(l SmCe- H9

and turn. and pull lllltl bile, lllllllytlO the rest, and Mother Nzlillrcy he had gotten tree. lciiviii:.: the foot was doing it. She could help himi and part of the it": hold fast in only it he kept quiet. Somchnu, those nicked trap inns. she made him know this. Shel He had SllI)llP('”l .nto the water helped by taking away his hp-i

and started .'or ll0lllf! at just break petite. Having no appetite, ho had,

; ni day. The miter had iniide him nothing for which to leave the: '5 ieel better. He could sxviin. bocnlise housc. Meanlvhile Old Mother Niki he didn't llCl'll that irfssiiig foot lure was doing her best to heal: for SWlhlllllllL'4 He did his suiin- that stump of a leiz. And because: mint: with his uelmed hind feet. Yoliiig Jerry did his part she was; r b H O OH H f U iliiiichvon meeting advised husinessi fast-lore. ut it-re it uusiitt so easy. lice c Jerry, is a ier. paidy

he was glad to not hack into tliepmliaps 1'Jlll'pOSPlf.', he left hehindi uati-r. All the time he, kept sayiiig him the tender root of E younzri to himself. "What shall I do?,water plant. Young Jerry nibblcdl

112; IN roses. TUBES TAKE UP , LESS SPACE. THEY wowr BREAK. THEYRE mzrecr FOR YOUR LOCKER, DESK ok .5UlTCA5E. iDEAL FOR MEN m SERVICE. as SURE TO ear WILDROOTCREAM-OtL IN TUBES.-IT'S THE Qty HAIR TONIC

m roses CONTAINING uwotm.

this. It was enough to satisfy the little appetite he had.

When at last he did venture out late in the third night after readhing home, he merely sat on the root ob his house and pitied himself. How was he ever going to get along with only three legs? How could he dig a hole? How could he dig up roots at the bottom of the Smiling Pool for food? How could be dig clams out of the mud? In short, how was he going to be able to live? Living was hard enough for a. Muskrat with four good legs. Yet down in his heart he was sure he could and would. That was courage.

CENTRAL LOT 16 SCHOOL

Report for September and Oc- tober from Central Lot l6 school is as follows:

Grade 5-1. Gail Ma cLean: 2. Phyllis Coughlin; 3. Grace Lyle.

Grade 4-1. Alan McFadden; 2. Joan Campbell: 3. Vans Pve.

Grade 3-1. Doris Best and Mari-

lyn MacLean (equal); 2. Joyce Mc-I

Fadden; 3. Donald McFadden. Grade 2-1., Donna MacLaurin; 2. Marcia MaJldEl'S0ll; 3. Bai'bai'a

Maud-erson and Glcria Winchestci y

lequali.

Grade I-1.-Anna Monkley: 2. Blair Cmipbell and Lilly Mac- l.:E,D(l tequali; 3. Sharon Pye.

ll: asst average: Dlfllllzl Mac- Laur. . SSH.

Perfect atteiidaiice inr Septein-

lber iiiid October: Pliyliis Ct)UL',ll-

lin. Grace Lyle, Gail, Glcriit and Marilyii MaeLczni, Jogce MIICLCOKL

,Jcan and Blair Cainpbell, Doris

Best. Alan, Donald and Joyce Mc- Fiidden, Lezgh and Glorice Win- ilit-iter, Clare. Vans, Carl al:'l on Pye, Anna Monklei. billa. and Marcia. Miinderson. Tcacl'iei'AOlga J. Simpson.

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THE GUARDIAN.

By Josephine Culbertson

5 . contract Bridge

now ivounirvou PLAY rrr

South deserved sympathy for ion- ing out in the following hand be- cause both of the chances he tried for went wrong. But he could have saved himself by a "cute" and tar- sceing play.

East dealer, North-South vulnerabld QA853

, OA43 i OQJ8 4.752 QJ62 N gqmo QQJ107 D9652 062 W E Ma .l.AJ9B S 4.Qio4:i gxn OX8 QAK1097l 4-!” 'The bidding:

East south Wat North Pass 1 Q Pass 1 Q. Pasa 3 0 Pass 4 Pass 5 Q (tlnal hid)

It is true, U1 cousse, that North- south Could have but three no- lilllnp iind "sailed hoine." but the actual llllt' of bidding was by no

iineuiis illogical

West opened the heart queen. South won in his mrn hand, drew

;trumps in tho leads, then led a

low spade 1':-oiii. dllllllny in the hope oi pnssini; the trick to West, Thcn,

iii spades broke 3-3, South could ldlscnrd a clubt on dummy's long ispade and thus avoid any un-

Books of postage Stan”); weret))lCaSilnlll(lSS in the club suit. The

first issued in the United States April 16. 1900.

CHECKER-ITPER.

LONDON, (CPiLL,D. Gaininons, :issist.int postmnstar-gem-i'al, at 51

heads to go outside periodiciilly rind call themsnlvesi hy telephone The vxeciitlve, he said. "might be

essential part of his organization."

surprised at the inefficiency of thisy

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position of spades, however, made

it impossible to pass the trick to

West, and dcclnrer ilnally had to fall back on a. lead up to his club king. The off-side position of the ace defeated the contract. Due to

the low spots in theHNorth-South

spade suit, aside from the two tops, South should have realized that he might have trouble in keeping East off lead. A Iar sound- or plan was available. South should have conceited the first trick to

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