1-1,. Gulrdianlfage 9 Wed., Aug. 31 1955

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By Thornton

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and some thing are to be for- gueii. The little people of the am... l-'i;.'cst and the Gzuen Mead W. mg ago learned to remembe llih "il'E()ll3lll '"lH"!.S. 8"”. ' ” tr iiiiivnportani. i4iu'i'llll and Tinkle Mouse we. mine in a snug home under the mo: l the big hickory tree near 0,. cmiiiiig Pool. They had Chang- W mil" minds for the last time. Haum; touiid out that once Mr. Blacksniiko had lived there they. had been undecided about what they should do. One minute they

"ex hmuto Hie" itecideii they! iioultl stay Finally they did stay.i and promptly forrzot a" iboiv their: fear. But they didnll forget that M. tiiarksiiaki ' ker dine on Mice. and therefore was at. enemi to he i'HlPl'"' Thei "hint imow ihn there was lnlIl'(' liiiii one kiiii vial-re Jiisi na W" was more than one kind of iluiieo so (IS, tli:- iwr the; cnvereii Bandy thi Watersnakr on- the ham. tlSl a littIv- it-or from the: big hickory tree they didn't notice mi no wasn't l'.'28rlI1C A black roai To their frightened PVPS hr wat "' Blzicksnal

mix-iiig discovered him they dl(lll'l dare go back into their homei under the roots of the big tree . Th(Ih' iiere afraid that if they iliril go back in there he might conic in and tho 3 would he ti wa.V for them to get nut. So they d them-i SQll'PS in the grass wherc thov could watch him yet keep them-l seli-ec unseen Presently Little Friend the Song Sparrow began to slill; on the other side of tho: Smiling Pool. Then he flew over to their side. They saw him com- ing They saw that he was headed Itriiight for a small bush very near to where the big snake lay. They wanted to i""”l1 him. but tllieyi roitlrlii I

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Little Friend lighted in the bush. They saw him look down at the Snake. Bandy lifted his head slight- ly and ran his tongue out several tinw littln Frir-M paid no atten- it

what is the iiiriiicr widi that' bird?" whispe ed Tinkle. "Why doesnlt he fly away?"

"He must be orasy." whiapu-Qd Snowfoot. "if he doesn't see that Snake he mint he too careless to it-

prising thing. He flew down on the

Kround very near Bandy, and the

l big Snake merely turned hi; head aiiillooked at him.

'7l'"”l I know 110': crazy!"

iilllsiit-i'cd snowfoot. Ofooui-so he meant Little Frigna,

Annual! oicaiiailfslictic

Tliouaanaholinaaanl-iioas oldoll-u.rI'aMnoo,-ob&a used in a fanhntioa-aultou Canada's nort.h.'IVvolivaahavs alreadybeenloot.

An isyewitneu account, in september Reader's Digelt, brings you details of this great: adventure . . . building a "radar curtain" in the Arctic to Drotoct you! '5 ptiembu Read- !” Ditzest tells you, too, how radar works. why it 3 mad. Get V0” 0093! today: 41 artiolu of lull"! interest eondansed to uivo vour time.

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declderl they would leave and the -

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the taniily turned their attention

to clearing a bit of land for the growing of potatoes. wheat, etc. What with crude implements and tools this was hard work. but they stood shoulder to shoulder. a gal- lant little band of pioneers deter- . mined to wrest from the primeval forests new homes for themselves

and their children.

Husband and wife often stood side

by side discussing which trees should be spared and which should be felled. No doubt they often re- gretted the dethroning of some mighty monarch of therforest. s kingly maple or ii gnarled old vete- ran of the pine or hemlock family. But it was a case of homes or forests and in the end the forests gave way before the axes of the stalwart pioneers. At eventlde the children would gather round the dethroned trees and count how

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The two little mice neld their breath as they'watched Little Friend and the big Snake. What in the world could Little Friend be thinking of. Hadn't he told them that Snakes swallowed birds as ivell as mice? But there he was iithln easy reach of this big make. and paying no attention to 'im whatever.

Bandy moved. i-le glided along

Pioneer Da 5 In P. E. l.

IT MAY BE ........ Willi LWEI

Not till sundown did the men 'n"IIllW0"-'lIli'hII relax. Then they wiped their brows R ""7 5' V?"

and Vleww with satisfaction the WI ll!" 3 "hi '7 '9 W! W-'3 1. 5" now tidy clearing. They were as ?,. proud of the new cleared land as you l-,No0tI- if it iiiiii been their own. 3 M - ,,:'.,

supper was eaten an-iid social Th” 1;” WV" ""1

aurroundlngs. The spirit of brother- .,i'”f;”.,., ;?.'f"g.P.2,",,, ly love was everywhere in evidence and the battle with the mighty trees was fought over and over

again.

DAILY

ACIIOSS 1. Yield by treaty I. Ru: below the wind 9. The white of an egg to.

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.ght past Little Friend. and didn't .'fer to touch tiim. What could it mean? The two little mice wished they knew. They were having hard Whit" the mlghly "906 13! thick work to believe that they were see-vUl30II the ground, the new lam-ier ing what they thought they siiwfcalled 8 ”lotztzing bee"- For many You know. it sometimes is ditti- miles around Came the settlers cult to behave one-5 own eyes. with their wives and children,

once the new home was bum driving up in oxeteams or on foot The womenfoik busied themselves preparing the meals while the imen unharnessed the oxen and i led them to the clearing prepared

many had fallen victims to their father's axe that day.

( fencing ) Welcome

a horse

1. One at

the bears (Astron.) Delineato Burrowing animals Affirmative vote

Single unit improve by husbandry

To ward oi! I.

spots in the desert Handles iRom. Antiq.) Snoop Capital (Can) Greeting Perfume with incense

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Enjoy chewing Wrigiey'

smile -while it helps to keep your mouth fresh and clean!

WIHGLEVS a

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lie" the job that lay ahead.

What a busy scene unfolded as man and beast went to work! Sites were selected where piles were to he gathered and burned. The tu-

llllili :inii the shouting filled the;

Ni IQ ll:'l vi . iIlL'f!(l on the lazr iiwii 5.()lllCl'lil(.'s two or more ii-aniu had to bc liitclietl to the end ill a it ii'iicul:ii'ly liczivy log. On top oi the logs children sat and watched

lin open-eyed wonder as their lfzithcrds worked and sweated and "c .

s Spearmint every day!

CONTRACT BRIDGE

By Josephine Culbertson

OFFENSE VI. DEFENSE

MOST "Iocial" players seem to have the Idea that a penalty dou- blaottlleoliemitathelaatiw sort-aaid double to be made only IRA! full exploration of one's own oionaive potentialities. This is a silly fallacy, of course. A penalty double should often be the play- er's hat considers , tor the excellent reason that be may never have another ihiance to like In detsnvtva stand.

Here in an interesting case from a match-point tournament.

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' It went, but note that Went really

the result. was a. one or two-trick penalty. Even the dcolaror who made three hcarta. however, for a total score of 140 points. was not as well of! as-he would have been it be had doubled the op- posing two spades.

In a situation ol this sort the respective vulnerability h of course the paramount inns. and with the vulnerability oondilltlia what they were, East should have doubled two spades instead of try- ing for the game, hlmlelf. In al likelihood But reuonied that Iii

was a sound conclusion as It I

had that good support. for heart: and yet. the highest potential for llaat-West wg 3 go

podtton.

11:0 salient features ot In lb atlon were that East had (a) I tar better general hand than Wad could have , t d, (b) aubotao tlal strength in spades; (c) a ato- gloton diamond which might be valuable on defense; and (d) that a one-trick penalty, giving lul-

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Iinlndpiaybyliedeclaecra roaooatoholthatliepenalw could have mlnlled Ilia HlfOb- agnlnet two spades would he & IOII1 contracts. but in most cases least 500 points.

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