info of a tvcchoslovak deiv-ii ttcriiian who llcr hunt to r7flt'llIl.t-llll'.1kl fllalTI.'lE0 at her
and her frirmr-r
n-siml it into trying to leave - ialon illegally.
P'Pt'Fs the story of Mrs. S
ll Years i ""' Mimi him
hzrliral currents inside ii thun- . "UNI! are often strong enough 9 rt.
goon-osnrapr
By Ttiornton W. Btu-gen l
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l . i. t. or little. gru .-O
that way.
not in the Smiling Pool an old tomato can was floating. In it were tun frightened little people. They: were having the greatest advent- ure of their short lives. They were little Vfuodmice who had started house- keeping in that old can when they had found it beside Laughing Brook river in the Green Forest. A small flood had set it afloat. and had 4 irought it down into the Smiling Pool. Now they were out in the icry middle of the Smiling Pool. blown there by the Merry Little
Rnowfont and Tinkle. two
Breezes.
Mice didn't know this. All they knew was that they were prison- on in their own home with water
all around them. They were drift-J for the Merry Littlel Breezes were blowing lightly: so' tightly. that they hardly rippled; The two little Micr-
tug slowly,
the water. ki-pt taking turns peeping out. it was during Snowtoot's turn that
Snapper the Turtle suddenly pokedl
his head out of water close to the tlnatlng can. fierce. hungry look in the small sharp eyes that the little Mouse trembled all over as he dodged hark out of sight. Snappcris eyes are very small. but they are very keen. He saw that little Mouse. Now he swairi over nearer to the old i-mi. Ilc didnii know just iiliat to iiirike of it He swam all around it He cicn i'cuturi-d to try to take hold of it. but it slipped away. froni him. He pushed it nlioiit try- H12 in get hold of it. He wanted in take it down under water. i inside the two little Mire shiver- ed zinrt shook with fright. and citing toi.-ciliei: After awhile. Snapper gain up in disgust, noon to sulk in the mud at the holtom of the pool. The two little Hire got over their fright. it was, Tinkicis ttirn to peep out. Just as she did so there was a great splash lfl the writer close to the old cons it made the can rock. Tinkle dodg-l ed liar-k out of sight as Snoivfoot had when he saw Snapper. ”Whal was that-" asked Snow-; fool, in his squeaky little voi(-e.i "l don't know." sqiicakcd his triclit:-nod little ninte. ”lt must iv been something dreadful." Right after that big splash in
the water they had heard a strange
rattling iioiind. They didn't know what had made it, You see they
had been made by aghird. it was
the Kingfisher. From his ---d-..s..d.......
Marries Man
Who Aided Her
li”Vl"7N 'Ri-liters i-lllrs
m Pll.Vl- '
Wiwra. 32. British-horn former
airman. tn-. ii married .laroniir Fhiidy. Sn-i helped her in
return to England from
ll
children attended the
ti London registry of-y
lit llm omlwr.
Her lhrop
lllstl. Mr!-' Sixpcral husband were ar-I Czecho-
' first disclosed to British isperrs . in a Czechoslovak prison
hltdy was himself sentenced to mprisonment. Mrs. Sis-
" his men". get to Germany
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smsuino cunni.-:N'rs v
an airplane spa
UNIIAPPY VOYAGER: iaveniurals largely what you make ,.
as you take it. ld Mother Nature.)
fthat fish. going completely under
That 5E3'"18 0' Old Mother NM" water and making a great splash.
are is VeH'”185EelYt "W W'"" gfiie had caught the little fish, and V .ma a ven iire. or on re
:Illl'??Xfl)l'U:E at all to one person can
19 a very great adventure to an-
nher person. lt very often happens
were 9 trying to help. but the two little
There was such I.
Friday, Aug. 19. I955
Strango But True
nyr.I.uuuunii
, in the lining of the old garment.
perch on a dead limb of the biz lhtckory tree on the bank of the smiling Pool his sharp eyes had seen a small fish near the surface close to that floating can. He had flown out and dived head-first for
siting Ben Crowe. 64. for a breach of promise and asking a half in- terest in his farm. She has been his housekeep ed to marry her in l937. she says.
Defeated in his bid for re-eiect- ioii as Town Clerk after his,joh 63 years. Fred Luce of old Orchard Beach. Me.. is wonderin if his political career has come to an end. He is 91.
”Every family should keep a seven-day supply of food on hand." Wwgg isays a civil defense official. For lthe family with one or more teen-
agers. this-,would he impractic- table. if not impossible. g . About the time we learn to
with it had flown hack to the big hickory tree, giving his rattling call all the way.' The two Mice had iiolhing to fear from Rattles. but this they didnt know. Often it. ,is things that folks don't know that frighten them most.
Play Safe
on the highway this week-end
Keep alert while you drive-chow gum!
it is gone.
The curse of King Tut claimed its final victim recently. a London idoctor. Since the tomb was open- led in 1932 all members of the ex-i ploring party have died or dis-.' appeared mysteriously. i
The most astounding thing about? human behavior is that even thel Imost sensible people do a lot of foolish things.
Troopers and fishermen in the
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Three years ago Saute Cow menti, a farmer in Forli, Italy, bought an old American army overcoat. I relic of World War II. The other day his wife decided to turn it inside out because it was , badly worn. She found Slwt) sewn
After 17 years of marching after thescows instead of walking down the aisle, 40-year-old D o r o tb y Pentland. of Vancouver. B.C. says if she is tired of waiting for a farm- er to pop the question. She is
since he promis-
holding'
make the must of life. most oft
A
bayou country in Louisiana hear- the ward of God from a floating pulpit called the Gospel boat and
SAHARA GETS HOTTEB TUNIS. Tunisia
together wuh his wife young sons. .
All around the gospel boat lie miles and miles of snake and al-, ligator swamps and fever. illllagc of 1.400 inl
Did you know that the body of. the original Santa Claus. St. Nich-
and l Friday
lln Tunis. water
The reference is to the fre n c h ............'.. -
bish on any market.
CONTRACT salvo?
By' losepliine Culbertson
, , PDETIC JUSTICE , AT TIMES the goddess of luck H simply capricious. putting all aorta of obstacles in the path of 0 player who has done nothing Wrong. But At other times she , acts with a sort of poetic justice l o-and that was the clue Insofar i In South. below, wn concerned.
South dealer. Both sides vulneroble.
i
in and laid down the club king
trumps and two clubs
chance, at. any rate, that the op-
ponents would have found their J 91 correct contract, in diamonds. As 7 Q Q A o 5 4 3 1 it was. South had no one but him- gel self to blame that his side didn't 1 J 109 I land at a diamond slam. Since he :4 K 10 N . 3 Y,” void of hearts. he was right 8 5 3 W E Q 6 4 1 in refusing to accept North I .109 S 7 two-heart double, but surely the . J 1 5 3 4 R Q 1.09 Jump to four spades was not the Q A K Q6 5 logical solution North's heart Q .1. double. indeed. was In explicit 49 KQJI warning about spades. and so it .gAa2 was all the more likely that he . , had length in a minor suit Thus 7'” '”dd'"5- south should have bid Hired HUI W61 Nomi El” hearts on the second round, one- o 2 V Dble PW bidding wean suit. North, or Q Pass Pun Pan
course, would have responded with four diamonds. and though it was not too safe (as for as South oould tell) to bid a grand slam at diumonds- ':;..t'. would
We; opened the heart long, but only to one it ruffed. south then laid down the ace and king or spades-and when not turned
Our Boarding House Major lHoople
1'. var: AGAINST THE BURKST Ti-IE Busr OF
E6AD,80Y5! I'M IN A QUANDAIZY as CANT MAKE up MY MIND on A 50LNENlE F02 MAi2'ri-iA!-- How ABOUT A ausr as omrs 2- 02 A LEATHER Pitiow WlTl-t socrnxtegeas event on . an 02 ver 2:. -SWAN6 weize AGAIN A DANTY TURNNG Do
THE 6AS- ' Ll5HT.' M
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Out Our Way
1 SET THAT V "T' nowAoEi2 NEVER HA9 seen woeiz 1'H' HOOD oe A CAR BUT HA9 SEEN ALi.'n-iE ART EXHIBITS N THE WORLD AN' TH' PYRAM H75 AN' ALL THAT s-ruse:
By J R Williams
My WIFE THINKS I'M STUPID! I mOK A BUNCH 10 TH' 5HOP To 5How 'EM 'l'Hl COMPLICATED WORK WE DO. BUT THEY HAD ALLTFE GEAR COVERS. H0005 AND CASNGS ON" AND WHATSHE DID SEE SHE 'THtLIl6 A BABOON CQJLD
up with Me trumps. south an- have been cold-at lent North- noiinced' to tho world that "no south could have collected 1390 poo nod ever been cursed with points for going game with 3 can Make!" south stopped sinoll slam. instead of paying at 3 tnlnipu and started on the ioo points at four spades. ACIIOM 2. Female 21. Prong
1. Cook , red door
5. Fish 3 Unit of 34. Re.
9. CIDCK work cep.
(E 4. Buddhl tack 10. Silent 5. Booth for 12. An organ OI G Held flower. bi-eattitnp cove 23. Ex. 13. signify 7 Perfonm pin. 1!. Annex 8 one who aive I5. Relatives rim. mm,” .... 13- Pig Pen 9 Applauds 27. wing. Yesterday”: Answer 17. Pennsyto An kero 37 A ca-y of vanla Appointed 28. Live hacchansls fabbf.) meeting coals 39. Renown 18. Dispatched 13. To obey 20. ltnaduts 11, The Vauow 30- Ealt by l5 Sharp lerated bugle south (night! 18. Muffler 30, of the back 4Q Part of g 31- Cut W. Diving 31. Injection locomotive duck 34. Flowers 14. Music note 25. Stripe 27. Malt 7 bevaragd Z9. Crushes - by beotinp 3!. Type measure 33. A dowdy woman is. Exclamno
tion of
surprise 38. Mr.
Lincoln's
nlcknsmo 38. Sphoro 39. Back 40. Correct
or alter OI. Throw 48. Flock 11. Tibetan priests 46. Bodies of water
16. Adam's son
DOWN
l.1'oitIiiIo
t simply stands for Another. In this ex sod for -2 Us. X for the two 0's. etc. Single goo trophies. the length and formation of the words In mi hint lulu do! the code letters are different.
A Cryptocron Quotouoo IIALBI IV NA NIIIDJKNA Nil
tAPI - That named by the Rev. Maurice Rivard scorching Sahara wind. ilie Sirocco 1W0 fired up temperatures in Tunisia rare even for North Africa.' .A peak of I22 degrees was reg-1 istered at Ghardiniaou. a railway: iabitants in the: north near the Algerian frontier.
OH, MV.' t-JOW AWFUL”
CAN YOU RECALL WHERE
VOU WERE WHEN tbti LAGT HA
consumption olaa (San Nicolai was stolen bylreached a near-record volume as 9' Itnllnn fishermen from Asia Europeans and Tunisians alike Minor in 1087 and is still in Bari.-tried I0 light 0" a humid 113 de- ltaly. ;Brees.
'0uo of our most common ex-.T'T ' "TT prossions is "Drug on the Mar-'word ”drogue" which means rub-
et . The drug in this expression lbish. it is easy to understand how means something nobody wants.
lit would be difficult to sell rub-
DOW ACT WE 3?. SHE was ewanseo ll-4E END OF THE 19 A Bmzggggw HOLLYWOOD ":5 g women in OK: Or
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diamonds. but East quickly ruffed
After that. South was helpless- he could not avoid the loss of two
it goes without. saying that. East. acted wisely in not doubling four spades. because if he. had . doubled there would have been I '
Muggs and Skeeter
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Up Father 1
DAILY GRYPTOQUOTEF-Herels how to work it: A x Y in. as A x R is LONGFELLOW
III-Ill. OJ I THE BNWHGX NTMIJ IPAAII-IGIIJOTII.
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Grandma.
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' 1 SEEN IN-('N' AKOUT WAT---l
Mickey Mouse Iv Walt Disoev
l.'il Abner
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