DUSTER BE.:l;v- OVERLOOKS SOMETHING

The pouring may not e'en exist and yet in being still persist. vOld Mnfher Nature. Buster Bear rzriiniod. Buster was working? Buster was digging around the roots of an old stump.

off. By and by he came back. He dug A little more. Digging can be fun. you know. Buster rather enjoyed digging that hole. just as boys and girls enjoy digging holes in the ground. Something caught his attention back inlthe woods, and curiosity led him over there. when he came back he (W)! a little more. That was quite like Buster Bear.

Now what had started Buster to digging in the iirst place was the faintest of faint odors. It was the Mouse oder. Buster has a very long nose. It is it nose that can be trusted. The moment that nose picked up that odor Buster knew that a Mouse had been a- round there not long ago, and might still be near or around that. old stump. That is why he had started digging. But by now he

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he had forgotten all about that Mouse smell. You see. he couldn't smell it any more. so he really was digging tor the fun 0! digg- ing than anything else. He knew it he dug long enough and deep enough. he would by and by be able to push that old stump over. and that would be Iun.

. Now all this time there was a Mouse down under that stump. It was Nimbleheeis. the Jumping Mouse. the little Mouse with the long tall. the long hiitd legs. and the short Qront ones. Of all the iolks in fur who sleeps all winter. or a part or the win- ter, little Nimtnleheels is the champion sleeper. That is to say, he sleeps longer than does any one else. He sleeps all winter so that he really doesn't know any- thing about winter. 0! course,

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HUNTING GLOIIOI-I5 PAL, AN ESCAPED PHISONER,

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He was trying to (1.: a hole under , g that old stump. But. ho wasn't try- I ' l ”Lt . .

ing too hard. Lmy iinrkors never I C S R D ' Ly -' - 2',,”,m,'22';,Lc',?',.'.t,'",

do try too hard He ii-niifd nix: i , LT '

his big claw-: into ilir gugniiiid and ACROSS DOWN 16.Fiowering Q I

pull out. a little sand. I"1Pn rest 1300591!-SP .1B9l0nKm8 "09 (R13 HH:

l hm Then he wnuid 5., mm ms 5.Garment tohlm 19. Detergent

pretending to ho fnoknnz all a- - ' - '5 9 0" i I9

round. but In rraiifv doiiir, no real Bush". bman d m.,,: Mam. 11-I-9?” 333?", 5MP (053) lml"

looking at an, Hp iii,” Jll3': gmppgiyp g ' , f,,L,, .. W. .V.- iprint.) (.Part on. 22. Perched

lazy. and thr:-e im 'ri:ipp;Pr (col. Hazy. aiways prnvidin: .V0u 03" 12. Scorch flower 24.ConsumO -

",3 man ma. oi hm”: happily I aiiord to be sn. Buster could. 13.DebateI 5.Eciio 27. Young sumt-Ji; igrmma

Hr aliVEl)'S ran. V 15. River 8.Baking maidens, BEIGE BEBE! "Stupid! Stupid! There isn't any (g0v,un,) chunber 29.Beh;v1or II-9' Q:e9vQovv.4.twva:2Mr:vO;-M-:6 Mouse thorc," crnaked Blnkcky the 1T.Giri's '!.Animai 32.Pieceoft as-t-rd-ya Anne: 1 - I C:'0ii's hi: FOUSI”. ("F03 '9? 9 nickname ,. 8.Biunder property f I contract Bfldge RJVGII. -rnii are ri::.:ina for 18. xindotcai. 14.Sauit Ste. 35.Akind” 4l.Acereu ; I .)lnoil1.iis:. and wliat could be more all Shae! M. Mnieuocu ohm. gum iv 3! Jnsevhlne Uulhcrl-sun jlsiiipid than that?" primary nune) ' 31.Afootv 42.Fo.-male - Iiti g H Vpw L Buster looked up at Croaker. I color nisulh-nu 1.", . sheep !?.....j....--.......-.- '”."I am nut va.V1ni! -1113' auemm" 23.'Undivided decree (0.Competent H.Clique "OLD AV" re,-nVn,rV-I-",yu Ito I hlark robiier xi ho wants that 25gMou.m. l ' 'n,V'(- ” . Mn-.iso himw'i.',” ho rctorted. 2&1.-0d,.,.d ml! I u I ((;rt')al-)((Pi' sa-rri tI1lrtluhillLl.;HC Wrlroaullli 28.;-rkndof Th .u. i... 5 .h,. in. nl llflik i.- icm xx:i. .a . . Pythiu

nnul:lrP Hlgli: tiled hiltxiiiwvst-Kilvt Of dawn ”nd.Pr (hm md :tvtln'?'X:; t (Class.

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vi 1,4: n..n.i r: (l".'i. i . Li .3 p doubt. -

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. . - d (it iins st... llivie. Tint. was 31 D . pie: W-'.i.IO.i .. ; Illul their ii dd. .L VI” mm” to I-nd H . ancers was A logic .n h.s dct.s.nii. 1;" - ” ll" . iii . H ' CYVWUH I C('l1ll38 ltn li.i1i5('.i l.10n iinuld 33.” h 1ilRVP-H0 clinncr. and he had been :”.o:,gu,mt watCn.llK for that Mouse a long Mums. smm, d,.ai,.,- !llC. Bzistoi; b-ogan digging again-. asiwlbbing W T: 11:: oral.:..E::1:0'..;'w;?;.g.i.::i J4 3 He ts?" 5' 38. Msrshalo tow i- -e r f:;.":: O W 2 ed later) risked the leap to three 39 . ' vl-Q55: . otrunip 'argely because he had '0”e"u 5 K R 7 , A Q10 9 5 ltgnly one heart! It this seems ”-E;"mP”n .. ......,......,......-. u..ii......i U A K J '3 N V 10 5 4, paradoxical, consider his reason- '3 ggighek 2 w 1, 0854 a 3.1 l'kelg.i .tartwith, - . cu i Q 0 6 x .y.lx' 7 5 14,123; ti':::(ilsiix:i':ldl a snug heart suit. :I"”", :)O'I'I'Y DIPPLE W I I ndeuon Q3 9 5 . iand since East had remained quiet. ' 9”” . . . - ---- r-- - - . - H d 3:5 2 there iias no indiraption that irte ".:xo1'; i...-l-Q-.-;3r. 3. LETSSEE N0N,-uM-, . AK Q J7 3 had the heart. honois to solidilir mnudks -.;ogDo'r1'yI'LL-.No, ..'A In 5 his partnei-s suit. In all pT0b;b5' lB.For fear HM--I'D BETTEFDOSOME -n.iA-r'5No 6000--HON . , men, rxrmli had some !lengt in um, sggious vuiuigiue A3otJTMV Asou-T TN:py?..MM-. The bidding; lzmrl keven l:lx;-.f?CEa5 gth: r CHRISTMAS SHOPPING! --VViL3gz-r ?--. south west xmii East .5-rglpgrl 1;"ma;','i3g mire twgsa the DAILY CRYPTOQUOTE-Hereshow to work it: t . , 1 . Pa” PE” (fhanrte'(Wh1('h lwas not nearly as A X 7 D It 3 A 5 X 3 -BNTL) Pa” pass Pu! small as nne might suppose) that '9 L 0 N G 1" 1'3 It 1: 0 W Mas; Dlayfrg F-niripng smith-,,iI'cst. would be "laikedgout of" one letter simply stands tor another. In this example A Qiiredl

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utter health: an Niwl-K" PW-”H'l iC””L?': -:'h G33" e:lp0”gp::(”i:z Each day the code letters are different.

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