f; s. ~¢m;iQ§rq= >1“~=%“~ww‘m- \ 45a nme/r/amsr/ Come to the Maritimesflhe perfect Vlual onisnd. Discover the fascination of the sea, sun-bathed beaches, busy harbours and tiny coves. Turn inland and enjoy the charm III I011]!!! countryside, _pine-clsd hills, valley farms, forests, lakes and streams. Canada's great Maritime Provinces can be all things to all vacationists and Canadian National’ s railway lines make all parts accessible. Ready to serve you, too, are Canadian National hotels at Halifax, Charlottetown l] and Pictou, famous for their comfort and hospitality. Come to the Maritime: this year andlwhen you come, Come Canadian National. For information consult -- (Iy Thorns It's what we should but do not see, Most o! oiten makes a mystery. —Peter Babbit- ‘ (mriosity has one vlzrtrse-qaer- sistenoe. It isn't easily discour- aged. It doesn't give up. It was just so with Peter-Rabbit For a long time one ot his chief pleas- llres in visiting a certain part o! the Green Forest in the soft dusk ot evening had been watching Timmy and Mrs Timmy the P17. in: Squirrels iump and glide as can, sliding down on the air 1mm the tops of the tallest weeqsns doing it as ii it were the easiest thing in the ‘world to do. All through the winter they had been out, Jumping and gliding when nights were pleasant and not too cold. But no'w these lovelyfiplring nights Timmy ceemed to be 5!‘. ways alone. Vfhy? Had some. thlm; happened to Mrs. Timmy? Peter was sure that something had, but what? Now it something really had happened to Mrs. Timmy, ii’ she ha‘! been caught by some hungry hunter, it wasn't going tg d‘; peter the least blt ot good to 11nd out nun » ~ - » » _ - " " ~ l - ~ n K --nu Contract Birldgo By Josephine Culbertson Mflnknxnnnnnu u - - - - » K " nu A MATTER. OF OPENING LEAD xnnxnnb an-nun It is not otten that e. pair has the enemy as securely “hooioed" as East-West did in today's deal-but they slippedl North dealer.» --_ _Both ages vulnerable. » w ‘llll ONLY RAILWAY SIIVINO All. TIN PRYOVINCISI ALAMIDA, flask. —- (GP) -- A , who farmer's grain club has been ormsd hero. The mater aim is to , WP quality seed. to boost the members to discuss agricul- tural problems. BOTTLE ART The m oi melons elm bottles afliculhlral society's tall 1st:- was blown to the Romans as early 9° Home an opportunity 1o: as tho year ‘N. FORM GRAIN CLUB Pusuo untmts ilforlc: NOTICE is hereby given um the adjourned hear- eonee electric energy rates for summer cot- tagosaod cab as lied by the Maritime Electric Company Limited will resumed at the hour ot 10:80 in the forenoon o! s May, 1949. -.DATED at Charlottetown this ma day of apt-u, am. 194s. ~‘ L. n. MaoMlllan, Score PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION i ~"Wbile you figure up your Guoldion .,as. gyltxia esqes * _.,. goes: ~~». asio > swore eqaios N a, yxsoa W E ease: aaolo g ~ one 2 us eioaz. -4x_1(ss ;1'hebidding1,__ _ North meOsoeo. est" 1Q Pass 1Q»_-_ e. Pass Pass Pass ‘<- East admitted later that he had been tempted to overcall the open- ing heart bid with one made on his own account. He was very happy that he had not done so when South made his (rather du- bious) spade response and West doubled. North also said that, over the double, he had considered a rescue in diamonds, but had r0- alzralned himself * , among other reasons, he could not know that East was going to leave in the double. South's position was, to put it very mildly, precarious, but West's opening lead straightened out mat- ters very nicely (or South! Wut opened the heart queen! mommy's ace won, and South discarded a diamond on the heart king. He then mired a heart, finned to the diamond queen, mfled dum- my's last heart, went beck to the end-all this, while the dedenders were lmpotently Iollowing sultl So, South had seven tricks home for the fulfillment of his contract be- fore he gave u) the lead! Now observe what would have happened ii’ West had laid down the ace and ten oi trumps! East would overtake the ten and dra/w every one ot South's trumps, then lead a elub. Prom that point on, merely by playing with reasonable skill, tlhe defenders would flnd it very easy to hold the enemy to two heart tricks and one diamond, and would thus collect an 1100- point penalty! ' _ MENS S0(K LAST LONGER WHEN THEY'RE no one else in all the Green Forest .. ‘upand diamond ace and mtied a diam- ed W. IIIIIII) . ‘%fi: “Him who Peter what had happened or who bad cation: ..-e:'. 1r. bad nolitlng what- ever‘ to do‘ with him. But he had to know. At least he thought he did. That was curiosity; nothing but curiosity. So Peter kept iind- ing some excuse to visit that part of the Green Forest. always hop- ing that somehow he might ilnd out whet had become oi Mrs. Timmy/And he did. He iound out when be least expected it. He had spvent the night in the Green Forest. ‘hour Just as daylight was begin- ning. Evening dusk grows thicker and thicker until it ends in com- plete darkness. Morning dusk grows thinner and thinner until it ends in broad daylight. The Black Shadows were hurrying back to the Purple Hills to spend the day. Peter was Just getting ready to hurry hook to the dear old Brier- patch to spend the day. It was still very dusky but it wouldn't be by the time he got home. He was startled by a light thump just 'sbovehim on adeed stub oi a tree, he was Passing. He looked up Juatintimetoseeasmallilattail disappear in a hole. "Ihat must be where Timmy lives," though‘ Peter, for he knew that vanishing tail was a Flylns squlnelfi. It wasn't a Red Squir- rei's and it wasn't a Ohipmunk's so it must be a r111“: Squirrel’!- ;- Now that Mrs. ‘Ilmmy had disall- peared Timmy was the only one oi his kind in that. neighborhood. so o! course. that we! Timmy! tall- "rvs wondered tor a long time where he lives." tlwusht Peter. m4 wok three quick Jumps for ho was in a hurl’!- Thea he stowed abruptly to alt stare in the srowlns lisht. mmthetopotstzec in another direction some one was klldilll down toward him. almost More he could blink that some one glided past and a little above him and landed lightly on the trunk oi a nggr-by tree. Peter stared unbe- Hcvlngly. It was Timmy, or ii‘. it. wasn't it. was the lmaae o! him- "; hopQ you see me.’ said the petty little Squirrel in a some- what squeaky voice. “I wish Lknew it I do or I don't," retorted Peter. "I just saw you go in your house hock there. so haw can you be hers and have come from another direction?" "You didn't see me 3'0 in ml! house because I haven't been in it. since I came out some time ago. Besides. my home isn‘t around hm," declared Timmy. He chuck- led. Anyway it sounded so. ‘Then who did I see?" demand- Peter. ~ "Probably Mrs. ‘Itmmy. I believe die is living somewhere around here", repllede Timmy carelessly. "Mrs. Wmmyi” cried Peter, his long ears nylng strsieht un- “Then nothing has really hWPbened to her!’ l 0."! wouldn't say that," replied Timmy. "She doesn't get out much.” "Why not? Why doesn't she get out?" crled Peter. He was all ears. as the saying is. _ "Babies. At least I suppose that is the reason," replied Timmy. "Don't you know?" cried Peter. "I know that of late I have had only a glimpse o! her now and then, and that she doesn't want me around", replied Timmy.» J-Ic gfiprnpered up the tree. ‘ ‘me next "A Mother's skim." _ i DANQIE who. lallmn [very Mom, Wet, Sci’. 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