fl-IE GUARDIAN. CI-IARIITPTETOWN

i MARCII i. 1952

By

PETER FINDS OUT

Thornton W. Burgess

,hIdn't.. He warned Peter to keep 'away from that part oi the Green

T4" seek irir lznriiiirrlce of no usr It iiasrilitz time wiilimit oxciise. eriiid Mother Natural

The word had sprcatl all llirniizh the Green FOFFSI and .lInV bcyontl tn the Old Pristiire and inc dear Old RI'l0I”)l:IlPIl aiiri Mrs. Hoozv. the Owl tan

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nesting Wu. l' . -ir HRS l' Just. rt rumor" Prior '. waiitetl in know It diri:i' (' ( !'il Him in tho least It ii i of hxs bus- iiiess. Still in i-i'rri I knmx That was 1 '

So at l:i'.x' l Petri-

0&1 Br:c:'V r ftwcii Fur- rniisiii .liinipei' Pnirr

slipped out oi lhn rim patch and mm" in '

est. TI1"T(' hr fvri: .IllYT'i1'l9!' the liri-r B": lives m "lie (7rr'

was sure :1" r - : 1- uni: Itrup that H: . Homi- had 59' up . .l.iiiiprr didniv kiln'i. . iiinro, he didn't care -. I ' iiicy had or

Forest where Hooty and Mrs. Hooty were living.

Peter said nothing. but. when he had a. chance he slipped away and headed tor the lonesome part of the Green Forest where it was known Hooty and Mrs Hooty were living. "It won't. do any harm Inr

. me to just look amund" said Pet-

er to himself.

"Of course it wont." whispered Curiosity. "You really ought to know."

"I'll be very cnrefiil." continued Peter. still talking to hiinsell. "Yes sir. I'll be very careful. I'll keep out at sight and those Owls wont know Iim anywhere about. It isn't as it I was planning to do them any harm."

”0f course it isn't." whispered Curiosity. "It will be a good thing tu find out whether it is true or iiot. Then if it is true. you can vsarn others. Every one really ought tr. know."

So Peter hurried. lipperly. lip-

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Notice Clizinge In Date

Admission--750

Canadian Legion Clover Club Dance EVERY SATURDAY

Al Blanchard and the "Clover Club" Band

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"It won't do any harm for me to just. look around." ' Barty. l1ppert7y.."lip urnirhe dgv near the lonesome part of the Green Forest where it was known that Mr. and Mrs. I-Iooty lived. Then he stooped and sat up to look ;and listen. '1 must be very careful ifrom here on" thought Peter. ”I lknow just where that old neat they used last year is. and of course it it is true that they have begun lIl0llS6I(P6DlI1'I, it is in that old nest. 31 don't believe that they are so foolish as to br-win nesting before Lu-inter is over. We may have a lot. .of snow and ice yet." i Slowlv Peter honned a few stuns. 3 then sat up. He looked this wav. He ilcoked iin in the tons of all the : siii'rr;ii1iidii:: trees. hl-Iemwas) being care ii . nywav. e ousz 1t, e l W”: He took a few more hens and did the same thing. He wasn't hur- rviniz now The nearer he got to the -place where that old nest was. the slower he moved and the more 9t'ai'efirlly he looked this way and .that way. mostly up in the tree- itons. He was watching for those M: owls. The trouble was he could not see tar because though he has yoves for seeing at night he cannot see at A distance their Even those with better night.-seeiiitz eyes than l'Peter's cannot see at any distance. y At last. Peter saw verv near that tree in which that big: old nest was

located. Ho soiiatted under a lowf

lbourzh of hemlock tree. "I'll mn- rirzlit here until Mistress Moon Eclinibs A little higher." said Peter ito himself, ”when she sets higher ll will be able to see better."

. Nriw Mmtress Moon didn't risr- .liltllI latr that niirht. so Peter had -jnuite a wait. when at last moon- ilight began to shift down through ,the treetops. Peter went on even !more slowly than befom He knew 5that if he could see better. others

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1 contract Bridge I

THE BEST DEIINSI

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There was no need for lut- West to wage an active defense in the toliowing deal - they merely had to avoid helninl the decluer.

North denier Both sides vulnerable North-Sniith so on score. 9 A J 6 3 Q 2 9 R Q s 5 4. Q 10 8 7 A Q 10 4. A 5.7 5 3 QQ53 VVNE 9x931 Q J 7 2 Q A 10 9 6 .1. A 1-: s 5 S -in 3 A K 9 E 9 A J m s 4. t O 4 3 I l ' 4. J 0 4 2 -fhe. bidding: North East South West 1 9 Pass 1 9 Pass 1 Q Pass 1 N T Pass 2 4. Paul 2 N '1' Pass Pass Pass -

The North-South part-score (30) gave South something of B. prob- lem. but he concluded that eight tricks at notrunip would probably be easier than ten trickslat clubs.

West. with all four suits bid aszaiiist him. could not be too con- fident about the opening lead -. he chose the club live as the opening least apt to cost a trick. Dummy won the first trick with the club seven. and south then led a low spade to his king. He Iinessed to the shade jack. "then led the queen of clubs.

,.Enst was iiomewlint embarrassed

Continued on page 13 could see better too. and he didn't want to be seen by any body. So at long; last he reached a place from uhich he could see high up in a tall tree a black mass outlined against the sky. Even as he looked .-i hit: broad-winged Bird allghted beside the nest. for that is what it W85. For several minutes she per- ched there, looking this way and that way. Then she setled down on that nest as only a Bird sits that way. Then she settled down Peter had found out what he want-

cd to know.

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