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     By 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE APAIETMENT TREE 
     
    
   
   
    
     Most, turtunate and blessed is he 
     
     Who w.Lh all neighbors can agree. 
     
     -Old Mother Nature. 
     
    

    
     ...4. 
     
    

    
     Over In the Green Forest was 1 
     
     tall dead tree. It had been dead 
     
     a long time. so long that most of 
     
     the limbs had been bmken oil 
     
     and most of the bark had fallen 
     
     from the trunk. There were many 
     
     holes in that tree. Some had 
     
     been there so long that no one 
     
     could remember when they were 
     
     made. 0! rour,se they were the 
     
     work oi the Woodpecker iolk. One 
     
    
   
   
    
     at them and perhaps more had 
     
     been made by Downy Woodpeck- 
     
     er. ilis miisiii Hairy had made 
     
     others. These were a little big- 
     
     ger. but not much. You know 
     
     Ha;i-y IS .1 little bigger than his 
     
     COU5..'l. 
     
    

    
     That ii-cc hiid been used year 
     
     after y.nr by the Woodpecker 
     
     folk. It uas the kind of a tree 
     
    
   
   
    
     they iovczi to cut homes in. The 
     
     too hard, nor yet 
     
     too suit; the tree was dead but 
     
     not decayed. So year after year 
     
     new homes had been cut in it, 
     
     for the woodpeckers prefer an old 
     
     home to a new one. Thus that 
     
     tree had become what we might 
     
     call an apartment tree. 
     
    

    
     Tliese apartments had been used 
     
     by other folk from time to time. 
     
     Skimmer the Tree Swallow and 
     
     his pretty mate had lived there. 
     
     You know they have very small 
     
     bills, and cannot cut out homes 
     
     in a tree for themselves. Tommy 
     
     Tit the Chickadee and Mrs. Tom- 
     
    
   
   
    
     my had lived there. They liked 
     
     best the houses that Downy had 
     
     made. because these had the 
     
    
   
   
    
     smallest dooirways. Halfway up 
     
     the tree was a. big hole. Mr.-. 
     
     Yellowwing the Flicker, with the 
     
     help oi Yellowwing, had cut that 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
            
     
    
   
   
    
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     CLEAN SHIRT. Slllh ) 
     
     was u ACKET 
     
    
   
   
    
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     contract Bridge . 
     
    
   
   
    
     ; By Josephlno Clubertson 
     
     uoeoossooestsoocsooqvo 
     
    
   
   
    
     A MA'l'l'EIl OF CARD-PLACIFGI 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     The shutout bid made by west in 
     
     the following deal would have 
     
     been all an expert declarer need; 
     
     ed for correct card-plnciuu. 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     'II'i'liI'-WW5)", ' I; ,'i  Wutdealer. 
     
     ,.. J, .i, i'i t v u T:-.ither side vulnerable 
     
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     E The bidding: 
     
     f West Nona lhat south 
     
     ; peter pausfd at the root oi its 40 DbIe- Flu GA 
     
     iundccided which wn.V iv” 20- :”' 7h P”. P'" 
     
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     d'l 'tld '”d bi" 
     
     li)i?nei'il;.n'1ll1i:1 lllL'Xih;l'Cillfabpe()0i'(:' 111,; Wf-W Said later thin he y had . 
     
     'Screeclt Owl had taken posscss- almost. sacrificed with I! bid oft 
     
     ion of it. One year some aipart-ISFVCH diamonds. but he had 
     
     imcms had 1390', cmpiy 01 tea-I ielt there might. be A chance to 
     
    
   
   
    
     mend mums. That year Cha1-; beat the seven-ciu-b contract, and 
     
     terer the Red Sqtili'i'el had us8d:S0 he W85 1109- resigned 10 Hiking 
     
     two apartments as stroerooms for; it huge SN- 
     
     his winter supply of acorns midi When it came to choosing the 
     
     nuts. opening lead. West decided that 
     
    

    
     Peter Rabbit knew all aooutl I club lead was 110981055 End 50 
     
     that apartment tree, or thought he (not too wisely) elected to open 
     
     did. He omen passed it when helliis singleton spade. South had It 
     
     was visiting in the Green 1-'orcst.1D1'0ll.V E0051 Idea W31. H W35 3 
     
    

    
     H5 almost a1m.d)'s looked up. atlsinglcton, but he didn't know. 
     
     .it to see it any one was looking 
     
     'out. This winter he had seen no One moonlight night Peter had 
     
     one looking out of any at those. watched Timmy the Flying 
     
     doorways. One morning when he Squirrel and a lot of his relatives 
     
     had overstayed in the Green For- and neighbors having a wonder- 
     
     est. and didn't dare go home rui time, gliding this way and 
     
     across the Green Meadows to they that way from -the top of the 
     
     dear Old Btxiai--jintcii in liroad;t.aliest, trees on one side of a big. 
     
     daylight, he had seen Kiliy thcfopening among them( to tree on 
     
     Sparrow Hawk si I ing on the jthe other side. They were frolick- 
     
     very top of that apartment lre('.'ing and having 3 wonderful time 
     
     It hadn't occurred to him that and it wns fun to watch them. 
     
     Killy might be living there. HcyOnce Hooty the Owl came that 
     
     had decided that the 
     
    
   
   
    
     old tree way, and all the merry little folk 
     
     disappeared. When he was out 
     
     at sight all were back again. But 
     
    
   
   
    
     was no longer used by anybody 
     
     except to perch on occasionally. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE- GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN y ' I 
     
     KING or THE ROYAL MOUNTED 
     
    
   
   
    
     what. to do about it. He hat: on 
     
     six of his seven trumps. dI.scI.rd- 
     
     ing two diamonds and A heart 
     
     Ii-om dummy. but then he could 
     
     see no hope other than the heart 
     
     finesse. East. joyiully smothered 
     
     the heart jack with the qucan, 
     
     and that was that. 
     
    

    
     It is only fair to admit that 
     
     South did not have an easy pm- 
     
     biem. but in the knowledge thlt 
     
     West. had ll great many diamonds 
     
     along with the two clubs he hld 
     
     shown. South should have !lgur- 
     
     ed that the major suits were 
     
     divided just about as they were. 
     
     That being so. success could be 
     
     gained as iollows: 
     
    
   
   
    
     South draws trumps. crashes the 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' diamond ace. and then ms the 
     
    
   
   
    
     rest or his trumps. keeping the 
     
     blank spade king and the A-J-6 
     
     of hearts in dummy. East is 
     
     squeezed. If he blanks his spade 
     
     queen. south leads to the king. 
     
     returns to-the heart king Ind 
     
     cashcs the Sipade seven; it Eut 
     
     keeps less than three hea1'ts,South 
     
     runs the heart suit. 
     
    
   
   
    
     all good things must come to an 
     
    
   
   
    
     end just as must all bad thtnsl 
     
     Enough is enough. So that play- 
     
     time ended as unexpectedly an 
     
     it had began. One moment the 
     
     air was full or merry llttll 
     
     Squirrels glidillg in all directions: 
     
     the next moment not a squirrel 
     
     was to be seen anywhere. 
     
    

    
     Pcter waited and waited, but 
     
     his waiting was in vain. You let. 
     
     for the time being, Timmy and his 
     
     iiiends had had enough of play. 
     
     ing. Finally Peter gave up. decid- 
     
     ing that those Squirrels were not 
     
     coming back. He went on his 
     
     way in the moonlight to look for 
     
     his cousin, Jumper the Hare. HI 
     
     wondered where all those Squir- 
     
     rels lived and it they had all gone 
     
     home, but he hadn't the least 
     
     idea where to look for them. 
     
    

    
     By and by he came to the sport- 
     
     ment tree. It stood out by itself 
     
     in the moonlight. Peter paused at 
     
     the foot of it undecided which way 
     
     to go. "Perhaps cousin Jumper 
     
     will hear me it I thud." thought 
     
     Peter, and did that. Almost at 
     
     once a little gray face appeared 
     
     in almost every one of the door- 
     
     wa.V5 in the old apartment tree. 
     
     Peter didn't see them. Presently 
     
     he went on his way. still wonder- 
     
     ing where Timmy and his mend: 
     
     lived. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     ANTICS. BUT I CANT STAND 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     By Edwina 
     
    
   
   
    
     C,Q:i' r HEARD FOOTSTEPS 
     
     OUTSIDE -rw wiuoow, 
     
    
   
   
    
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     who one PEACEFUL MOM NT 
     
     WHILEWIIE wear; AT JAN , 
     
     IF I'D KNOWN; 
     
    
   
   
    
     --AN' IF IT HADNT 
     
     THAT 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     - THAT'S WHAT 
     
    
   
   
    
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     I'D HAVE DONE 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     6AV- WILLSGJ 
     
     LET ME HAVE 
     
     TEN BUCKS .' 
     
     I NEED CAR- 
     
     FAPE I-346' 
     
    
   
   
    
     WELL-SOL! BEE-I'LL 
     
     OWE SOU FIVE-AW 
     
     sou'Lt. OWE ME 
     
     FIVE-50 WE'LL BE 
     
     EVEN-r F. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NOW HOW IN HICK 
     
    
   
   
    
     AM I GOING TO 
     
    
   
   
    
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