By Thornton W. Burgess

but Mrs. Shadow knows. and she

A GOOD PAPA

At times the worst contains the best When meeting an important teal. -Old Mother Nature.

A bad name, sticks. It taticks just 'lie way a burr sticks. Shadow t.he Weasel has a bad name. Yes. sir. he has it bad name and it sticks. You hear it wherever he appears. He is called a heartless killer of fiirred and ienthered folk his own size and smaller, and even of some who are bigger. He is supposed to be wholly hc:ti-ties. but this isn't so. There can be no l0Vg in one who is wholly heartless and Shad- ow is not without love. He has al- foctioit for Mrs. Shadow and he is I good pupa. This Ls more than can he said rnr some other papas who liaveirt bad names at all.

Under it pile of stones at the -daze of the Green Forest. Shadow and Mrs. Sliaduw had a. snug home. it was down in the ground and it represented a lot of work, hard work. Digging alwais is hard work. Shadow and Mrs. Shadow didn't do that hard uork themselves. 'l'hcy have not what you might call dig- ging claws. D;-gfziiig requires rather stout claws and it duils sharp riaws. Shadow needs sharp claws rather titan stout ones. What is more, he doesn't believe in doing unnecessary work atid he seldom has found it l'iECESSal')' to dig a home.

"Lot sortie one else do the dig- ging." says Shadow and does just this. He is an opportunist. one quick to see opportunity when it offers and to make the best of it.

This was a former Chipmunk home. .1 very good one. It. was Mrs. Shadow who discovered it quite by chance she entered it and looked it all over. She liked it. Whether or not the one who had been liv- ing there was at home no one

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never has said. Anyway she told Shadow that from now on that wss to be their home. That was all right with Shadow. He left the making of some small changes to her and went hunting for Mouse fur and some feathers to make a soft count rtable lied.

Presently that snug bedroom be- came a snug iiiii'S8l'). snuggled to- gether on that soft. comfortable bed of fur and feathers were six blind, helpless but very much alive

Shadow who dis-i

It was Mrs. covered It quite by chance.

Shadow. The next day he strolled past again. Shadow was there. it was the same on the day following. Reddy grinned. It w:is'a. sly grin, He turned his head so Shadow

babies. Shadow was a proud papa

when Mrs. Shadow told hint of them. She was jealous of her treasures. was Mrs. Shadow. It is

doubtful it she allowed Shadow toy

even peep at them first. But it was enough for him to know they were there. He would have plenty of time to see them later. Mean- while he hunted harder than ever to make sure Mrs. Shadow and the babies should not go iiiliigl'y.

When he wasn't liunting he took siin baths on that pile or stones where he could watch the well hid- den doorway. yet was far enough. from it not to lend any one in think there might he one near. It was quite a while before any one did. If any one saw him on that pile of stones they thought notlt- ing of it for every one knows that Shadow loves a pile of stones to play around on. Alwais there are plenty of hole; between the stonesi into which to dodge for safety it need be. Now that. there were ha- bies down under that piln. Shadow spent more time than ever on those stones keeping watch.

It was Roddy Fox that first no- ticed this. Happening along that way he saw Shadow stretched out on the pile of stones taking A sun bath. It was useless to try to catch him there and Recldy knew it. So he went on about. his busi-

C0illdn'l see that grin. All the Ttime he appeared not to see Shad- iovr, not to know that he was any- ;where about. ”My dear." said Raddy to Mrs. lReddy when they met in the Old Pasture. "I know where the Weasel is living."

"Do you mean that you know how to get into his home?" asked Mrs. Reddy. i

"No-0." admitted Redcly. "! don't know where the doorway is. but I think.,we can find it. But. I know that the home is under H pile

"What do you suspect?" asked Mrs. Roddy. pricking up her ears.

"Guess." replied Reddy and grin- ned. Mrs. Reddy guessed. Have you guessed what Reddy Fnx sus- pecterl?

LONDON. (CPt-Former crew members of the famed Cutty Sark, one of the last clipper ships. are being sought by organizers of an exhibition to include relics of the sailing craft.

CHESHAM, England, (CPl - A Christnias present of a weeks rent is being considered for tenants of this Buckinghamshlre village coun- cll's houses-but only for residents

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contract Bridge

By Jolenhlne Culhertann .

A LUCKY amp

The declarer had more than his fair share of luck in the following hand:

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Underiiabiy, North's hand became very strong when South responded to the club opening with one heart, but the leap from two no- trump all the way to six hearts was nevertheless a stretch. North

or stones. And I suspect something." showed it powerful holding when .

he (properly) bid two spades over one heart: consequently, a leap to tire hearts on the next round would have done full justice to the situation For all North could know. South might have been queen-high in hearts. with diam- ond "compensation."

West, who had what he hoped was a trump trick, naturally open- ed the diamond ace. Dummy ruff- ed and led the heart jack. Declarer captured East's king and. hoping for a 2-2 trump break, continued the suit. West; put up the queen and led another diamond. East having signailedihigh at the first trick. ,

South had no choice but to rut! this second diamond lead in dum- my, and now it became necessary

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