By .Thornion W. Burgess

NOT WORTH 11' for his lovely golden eyes see very -:- la-"ell in the dusk. He just hadn't Itch for himselt must Judge and been looking and he had made one 583' hop too many. He had hopped

How much or little ile u-ill par mm, mm that. big hole. -Old Mother Nature. Peter Rabbit had seen him do it. Old Mr. Toad had iallen in 3 hi: Peter was sorry tnr him, in they hole Farmer Brown's boy had du.:i were old friends. but he had warn- in the ruden. It was Mr. Toads. en Old Mr. Toad oi the danger or own !ault.1-Xe had hcen too much hurrying too last. so there was 0! ii. hurrY- H0 "W 17"" in N63! no one to blame ior what. had hap- Is hurry he hadn't looked to see pened hut hlmsell. Perhaps he Juat Where he was lznlns Mir"? ihiy riidiri. reel quitetso sorry for his old next hop in the dusk woiiln take friend as otherwise he might. have. him. There was no excuse tor ihai.i But (or (me imng old Mr, Tom; -T--i-Q -------'-- i Niuld not 'haVe been quite so sor- ---wmmmwmm yihnles before and always he had Iniananed in get out. Usually it 'had taken is long time to do it iting in the Smiling Pool to take INS Dart in the .iO)'OlIS spring lchorus there. He had been a little think of him? Always she had met him there each spring. Year alter year he had sung his sweet little

That was what was Worrying him MEETING. FRIDAY. MAY 2' late in waking from his xi-inter love song to her there. Already he

r.nu-. Already he was late in get-

slcep. What would Old Mrs. Toarl

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said Peter rrom opposite side oi the hole.

ter. Would she wait for him there?

Peter suddenly sat up very straight at the edge or the hole. Old Mr. Toad could see him in the moon light. He. turned and look down at Old Mrx'road. "I'm sorry. but 1 was mistaken." said he.

"In what way were you mis- taken?" asked old Mr. Toad anx- iously.

”I told you that I thought, Jim- my Skunk would not. come this way. but. he is coming right now." said Peter. "In tact. he will be here in a minute." He moved around to the opposite side or the big hole in the ground. It wasn't that ne was really afraid of Jimmy Ski-ink. He wasn't. He could always run away from Jimmy with the greatest at ease ior Jimmy seldom hurries. when he does run he is How com- pared with Peter. So it wasn't tear that sent Peter around the bit

has late and now he would be la-

hole. He was Just. being cnretul.

;head with the white line down i the front or his race and his round lwhite cap appeared over the edge inf the hole as he looked down at

Old Mr. Toad in the moonlight at iihe bottom of the hole,

"so." said Jimmy soiily.

1 Old Mr. Toad said nothing. He didn't. like the any Jimmy had said that "so." It might mean nothing and it might mean much, mostly unpleasant or worse, much worse.

"So this is where you are." said Jimmy. "I have ivondereci. I've been keepinil an eye open inr YOU ever since Mistress Spring arrived"

"He fell in there." said Pete). from the opposite side oi the hole.

”I didn't. either I hopped." cor- rected Old Mr. Toad.

"He can't. get. out." said Peter.

Jimmy skunk grinned. "I'm glad oi that." said he.

i "Why?" asked Peter

I "Because now Itii know Where in. find him if and when I want him." explained Jimmy.

"Then you don't want him now?"

1 of that."

Again Jimmy grinned. "No. I do not want him now. Im not that hungry just. now." a

Peter looked puzzled. "Meaning

what?" he asked. "Meaning that it I should lump

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South bid tour riuhs instead oi using the Blackwood tour-notrump bid because it: was really the club suit and Northls help in that air- ection which interested South.

West had no very attractive lead: he selected a low spade becaus: that seemed least rislty. Dumniy's ace won and the heart jack was led. South captured East's queen and then, did a little stage-setting. He cashed his second spade trick and the ace and kins: or diamonds. then led R second trump. throwing West on lead.

It West had been the type oi player who is extremely impressed by A declarrrls maneuvers he pro- bably would have shifted to a club. That was precisely what South wanted. inasmuch as this would relieve him irom the club guess. West. however. took time out to do some counting. The fact that South, after cashing has top spades and diamonds. had not ruled a card of either or those suits. was good and suiiicient. prooi that south had no such cards to ririf. else he certainly would have completed the stripping process he- tore throwing West on lead. By actual count. then. south had only two spades and two diamonds. Since he had held only live hearts, he must have tour ciuh. and ii ruii-and-discard would do him no good whatsoever.

On that excellent reasoning Weai led back a diamond and though South could discard from one hand while riimng in the other, he

asked Peter. and added. "I'm glad 'still had to guess the position or the. club queen. As it happened, he ituessed wrong, and the slam was lost.

down there I mizht. not be able in .zet out. and no Toad dinner is worth taking such it. chance tor unleu and until I am a lot hun- gr-ier than I now am," explained Jimmy.

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