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(By Thornton W. lurgess)

COUSIN TilREE-TOE!

Full -use of that wherewith you're blast.

X: meeting Me's decisive test. —Old Mother Nature.

At the toot or e deed_ spruce tree over in the Green Forest set Peter Rabbit with the ﬂlnnlﬂi- look on his face. He was watching a new acquaintance at work on that tree, loosening the bark and prying it of! in pieces. It was Ladder-back, s0 namcd because the middle o1 his back for it! whole length was barred like e . ladder. The bars were black gnd Hwy,” y, 1t you don»; undeutmaqr- Whlle- asked Cousin Three<toes That he was a member of the Woodpecker iamlly Peter had known at once by his general or pearancc, the way he used liil bid!- tail for a brace when at Mark. and Then the cousins became too the imonner in which he moved’ busy W t-ﬂlk. work and talk seldom about on the trunk of that tree. g0 tOgether. A 300d WOPXGI‘ hill l

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Idl with three." said Lsddl"

What caused the funny look on quiet tonglm The two yellow. 3.. m-ord Peters face wiis his discovery that Capped hEMlS flaw batik Ind torth W" "~--~— - - - Ladder-hack had but three toes “they loosen still more the . . HORACE WERE on each loot. lie had no rcgulnr already loose bark. and piled it Lﬁgigyéshtlfgcgy“ ‘I THOSE MEN ‘ y ¢ E SALESMENP

hindltoes. nil other birds o! oftln pieces. When one found e mUGm/g QLESMEN” MA W; OM Peters grquaintance had four toes 7W4‘? made by a bw" he “mud SELLING / IN?

on ear-ii foot, nearly nil of than hammer away with his stout with three in from, Ilild one be~ bill until he had made that hole

., _.~ . M n’ lI-_-' r .. . I 1 l , . hind. Iaddcrback seamed to turn big enough to get. that borer. Un- mpoi ant cianges ln the C. P. R.s Lrsltic department see C. E gms Outer w“ bu“; n, m“ the der the bark were beetles called

gtnhigiftllleziillbg.iii/itbassgirneoptligglbgsité-o; gcriiél€illilarlllliglﬁgitloltfzfr;aftﬁr y place of TPQUiBF hind toes. bﬂrk beetles. and to the lwo become Svstmn frcigh, {rams manazé" at Monweal and G F Be k'l "I wonricr why Old Mother Na- Workers these were as tasty es the mgham (bwom rigsm) takin" Over ‘he t _, _' - “c ' ture gave you only three toes On borers. when that tree was . . " ~ ‘ ~" p05 of Lug)“ tmmc manager a toot while she gave all the rest; stripped of bark there would be or .- - , Zléegzlélsllllli‘, to. Western Canada and United States Pocltlc Coast o! your gammy you,» toes}! 551d few it any beetles or borers left to ' ‘ ygtel; be the cause o; damage to live "She didn't Cousin Threetoog trees later.

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i€ . v has no more toes than I have. as So Peter became acquainted with you might know by his name." re~ COusin Lgdderback. the northern KEEP iN THE 5W|NG plied mdder_hnck_ Three-toad Woodpecker, and Cousin AT i "Who is cousin Throetoes? I Three-toes. the Arctic Three-toad i never heard oi him." said Peter ‘Vflildliteﬁkef, Whﬂ never was in the _, _ _ - , ~ ‘."'l‘han it is time you should meet Arctic in his life. Fvs-Ni-"fyi |:' ' B Gccr e McMmm l him. and thcrc he comes now." The neXt Story! "Mrs. Timmy B h‘ ‘J ' Al .... . ._______, __ ___‘______,_,________‘__,___ ____y__ ,_ ' replied Ladclerback, Bcccmes Uneasy." » . . ' ~ 1 - < Hardly had he spoken when an-l —— The CRY‘ Modem and Mr" , other visitor arrived on the dead

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spruce, "Hi, cousin Lnddcrruack! ‘ Are you having: good eating over ‘

here?" cried the newcomer. ' CAFETERIA SERVICE ~rn. Cousin Tlirceloes! n is Cmitﬂwt Bndge not too hurl. I've found il good as D! JNQPNYII 5111517139!

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find enough for both of us once ' kﬁfﬁ ' '- ' - . . _ -- . ~ ~ i Dancing 9 O..lock Legionuires Crchesfro gdgicltlbozinikihr- llﬂlk oil. replied A Negleswl H“ I g). ,“; i ., “an swkéw/ig, The ll(".\' 3i'l‘i\'lli was lzirgrir than succcssru] defemp again“ the i ‘

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a *"""°“' ""‘“°‘ “° “M” m‘ l" t l ' i ' on his brick. Oiliciwx-isc the two 1v a: W211i lfncai) 9:. gt Ljorgﬁtngar‘ ' ioiisins war-o drcsscd mixi-ii alike. ii Should b‘, pp e as

Pclci‘ stttrcd most lmpolilcly. He ‘jg ivns trying tn sci» lire sii-aiigcﬂs‘ 4 w) ierl. Whrn he ciirl w» lilllyl m, _ , _, i u) counted the toes. 'I'lici~e were hnl‘ r1011" Q9“?!- i if] ‘ three on ciirli foot_ Thosv irri. “Orupsm-“h "ulm3rabllt f§ were just 11kt.‘ those of Lrqlder ‘ § AQ ’ Q hock. v A K 7 INSURANCE‘ common. .wm g to! your iamliy who haven't four 5A6 i 9’; " g K o a 2 . .1 a a ' y) was m‘ finch fool? nskcii FGlFI‘. ‘Q84 N Q1068 t snnvrce i c ~ w r i?) ¢ Wnuclpcckci-s in this vcuntiy." #3109 S ‘K52 § /) isuid Laddrrhnck, nodding his 73 Q yoiiowm pyrtd lnhn. 4 1o 7 e4 ‘ “And so fur as l know we are tho Q J932 only three toeii birds in this coun- O93 try." nddrri his his: cousin, ‘Q59

Pctei- shook his head with s The binding; puzzled uir. “I rlon‘t understand J it." Sllid he. if“ ‘gm "What is it you don't uiider-' s. p". 3N7 P." ‘ stand?" asked Cousin Threetces. p", p.” " I" "Why Old Mother Nature simuld think you don't need gs many West opened the club lack. tors as other birds have.“ replied dummy played low and East put Pei"- ' up the king. A club return then re-

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"And I don't understand why moved dummy'| blank sce. A n" n she thinks other birds need four Deciurer “ " the " " TlprY AND CAP STUBBS 7-’ “ we! when we get alOlig exactly ss ace, then led -the diamond queen. i ..';_-QUN1-1-A Us

‘East took this trick with the kin: and now gave highly belated thought to »the club situation. West's lend o! the lock had clearly marked declares with the queen,

LAUGHlN' AT HER HAT--

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MO E CANDY -OR ICE CREAM, SOL? SHELL MAKE

ONE PEAPI. IN THIS ST I ’ '. I J . - r c . n or una e y. owevor, s i Emu” W” W» . 22;?‘ :;:.i.:":li.:.ii ‘;§’$i£;“l§.°"; . ‘u’ i trick! He tried to save the situation

‘ by leading a low heart, but South j put in the nine and West had to J sacrifice his queen. The diamond suit was then clesred by giving East another trick, and daclsrer had more tricks than he needed. East should have done his think- tl/ ing about the club suit at the very .. ...-=..-.._. a» first trick! Consideration of

dummy made it obvious that West “Lug THE 1'0"“ ' ,3. . .. .

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could not have sn entry. end thus ____...____._ .,_-._>_~- -~ -. . . .. . it was up to East, who was favored rﬁwuoLv-Rwtoxvs v Fan GNN, A GUY 5YMPATH y with two stoppers in the suit lrom BEEN "Ncowicmus ,0 M.“ ma,‘ THATG Locks‘)

which the enemy would almost cer- tainly have to get the bulk of his tricks, to create an entry for West. The wsy to do that wll to duck the first club nnd let South win

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In SELECTING union $321!“; tfil.>"ltfif"iil‘i."éili MR3 Gllrmq 5N5 [ot in tor the rim. time in dis- “Elmllltlltliﬁt 2i2"dﬁi§ti.“il“?tt'ﬁh“n?iniil‘tﬁil _' ace,‘ end inter he returned the

, club king to knock out dummy‘: f blank bee, end liter he would lead .' his lest club to let Welt run the i suit.

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