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S i.'...J. By Thornton

THE UNWELCOME TENANT I Alas, that we so seldom see i

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A iicigiibnrliood where all agree, . -Old Mother Nature.l

l in all apartment houses there is always more or less moving in, and moving out. Tenants come: and tenants go. It was just so; in the apartment tree in the tirrcn Forest where Timmy the: Filing Squirrel and his ti-ichdsi were living. There were several iDJl'lTi1Eni.S in that tree, for it. Was 3 bill tree. a tail dcad treen It was l)ili'C of bark and most of. he limbs were gone. It had stood; lhCl8 (or R number at years. and tlirnugh those years the Wood- ncrltcr tnlk had cut. out. mnny .i;nl'tinrli:.s Now, this wlnti-r iiririy all ot thvin hnd ixcli tak-. cu iw l"'.y.ng Squirrels. Hnwevt'l'. there. were two apart- ments that up to the beginnhg of cold WC.'tU1Cl' had not beozn nccupieci. They were the largest a;li'lrL:nClll.x in the tree. They hady hN'n lnado by Ycl1ouui:ig the lr'l:i'kcr, who is next to the larg- ost oi the woodpeckcr lamiiy in the North. One 0! these was high

stubbonigCOI.DS

successfully!

Why experiment 7 The value of Father John's Medicine as I nutritive tonic has been provrd in more than 85 yours at suc-reizsfiil use. It huilds inner resi.Itan4'e to hclp the body throw nil cold intnrtions. Get, is buttlo today.

contract Bridge

3 by Josephine Clubertaon r nos&oscsoscss-as-ossa-op

T00 BRAVE

3XTf!-V H . A player needs nerve in bridge,

' -T just as in poker. but there is

a. great ditlerence between this

W. Burgess quality and downright . rashness.

up. The other was only a few feet

..b '1 above the grou d. The doorways much mo rave

The fact that North had. as it

were bigger than the Squirrels happened made 3 light murmg ”k9d' 50 they had!” mken WES" hand opening did not mitigate "'5m"t South's error 0! staying in the

doubled contract It was all right for south to experiment with one notrump in view or the enemy's

not all right for South to stand the double. Surely, more was to be lost. than gained by this bit. of ”bravcry!" it South made the contract. he would score 130 points, where as it he did not make it. the penalty might turn As will be

out to be serious. seen. it was even a little worse than that!

was a wiincler he didn't lose his balance and tail. in a way. 1. was 8. frightful discovery. You see. he kncw that Killy would 11'-it nothing more than A small Squir- rel for dinner. and here he was llVittg iii the midst oi a lat of s.puirrel tolk: a close neighbor. nciunlly in the same apartment

It was Killy the Sparrow liawlcf smallest oi the Hawk tzimily. "ii-ii-d:lAdtTiVii;ihT?dll'that R. tcnant. moved into the upper ol these two apa.rtmr.-ms. It was Kiily the Sparrow Hawk, small- est of the Hawk iaimily. Killy had decided not to go south this win- . t g ter. In the summer, he otten used M thgm, ranged '31 bclcilwnebeid U39 that. apartment tree as I. sort 012"” me) u. 5: Ky” .3 doc way watch tower. pcrvhlng on the t.op';,”d,p".':1eda'n" an ahglcnt guild: to watch tor small feathered tolk, Ina":-Ml mereyl gm” unwelcome or Mice. It is on those, with .ln- mfam The question was what sect: of centain kinds, that Killy houldt may do, Should they In lives. At that time lie had seen fok for home; mmewhm else and inspected those two largest 821d 1”” mu 0'” tree m the ap”Lmem'5' little Hawk? None of them want-

"This upper one is just the

, d to do this. P13” 1” which m 5Pe"d my m3m,5- C "He only comes out in the day- and to stay and be comtortabie time. 50 M1 we have m do 3, to in stormy weather it I decide to

may Var instead (80, E to U make sure that none of us stay; ”' ” ”' "3 t 1 te i th or in , ant Sunny South for the winter." he out 00 3 n e m m 3

had said to himsevf none of us go out. to early at

night. In that way we will be so when he had made up his perfectly sate.” said Timmy.

mind to stay. he moved into that The others nodded their heads uppcr apartment in the biz a'p8rl- as it they had thought of this ment tree. Like other members or themselves. They agreed that this his family, the Hawk family. he

was the thing to do. and they doesn't like to be out alter dork. would do it. They did do it. Every He hunts by day and sleeps by night. So it was that when he moved in. none of the other ten- ants saw him. You see. Timmy thel Flying Squirrel and the others at his kind, seldom ever come out. in the daytime. for they are lovers of the night. Killy had been liv- in: there some time betorc any one knew about it. He went to bed before the others came out, Then it happened that one nlkht Timmy happened to be near thl doorway to Killy's apart,- ment. For no paviicular reason the Squirrel rolk were more or Timmy polud his head ln uiiicliess worried. but arm B. wlii.i- doorway. Killy was in there, still they ceased to give Kllly so much awake but very sloevpy. Timmy as Ii thought. That is the way it backed away in such a hurry it is all through life.

tleo. Timmy hastened to spread the news among his neighbors. SCUM

each one sat in his doorway for a few minutes cautiously looking this way and that to make sure that their unwelcome neighbor was not about. Every morning when Kiliy went to look for his breakfast. he never caught. so much as a glimpse of one or his small turry neighbors. so it was

Napoleon and. Uncle Elby

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NAPOLEON 1o nous ms: DNI6t4T Aw

see MY nome Movies or TWEETEM5 CHING and! You Anew-r DOING

I! LINCOLWQ IiI'TltVAY' " OLD

HONOR HIM TDVAY FY BEING VEKFECTLY HONE-9T!

South in the following deal was.-

stopping at one spade, but it was:

East. incidentally. did some wisei

night. when it was time to go out..

; THE UUARDIAN

speculating. After passing a hand that he might have opened, he "used his ears" to excellent et- rcci. arid. convinced that the opponents were not really strong, he doubled the notrump because success figured to be more pro-

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that there was peace in the bigl apartment tree, even though onei

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ritabie than failure would no costlv East denier. . North-south vulmraulo. , 4 7 4 2 " VK Q I 2 Q K 5 T A 8 7 3 J 10 9 4 A o 5 3 4- ' J 4 N Q A 9 7 3 09872 w E 0-r3105 .j,K J 9 KSQ 8 ga . . 9 so a s I p. 9 3 l ; Q 10 5 4 2 . The bidding: East South West North Pus Pu: Pall 1 Q Dble. Pass 1 6 Pu” puii 1 N T has FIM Dble. Pass (5) PIN 7'”

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west decided to open the dia- mond deuce. East smothered dum- my's king and shifted to the spade jack. South covered; West won and led another low diamond, taken by East. with the ten. East. knocked out South's remaining spade honor.

South might have salvaged something by leading 8. heart, but. he decided to try for the club suit. When he led. to the ace and back, West or course was in con- trol. and the dieiilense had no trouble taking the rest or the tricks! Thus. the contract was defeated 1400 points!

SCENIC SPOT I

The village of Baliater in Scot- land is an historic scenic attrac- tion because of its proximity to Balmoral Castle.

OTTAWA, Feb. ll-(CP)-G. D. Mallory. Trade Department 01- liclal, viii tly Feb. 11 to India. Pakistan and Ceylon to study their industrial requirements un- der the Colombo Plan for econ- omic de-velopment of South and

Southeast Asia. He is director or the Trade Department's industrial development division.

all the other tenants. At first alll 'V

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ByV'Ciiftord.-alkicllriie C5r3n3uT45 IT-' WHY aoumwr HONEST Ape HAVE new

solar: yes-rsizruv?

l2HAKLU'l"l'ETUWN

I'KING OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED .

FEBRUARY 12. 1952

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By Ham Fisher

THE SULTAN ALLOWE US U HAVE All IASES

IN THE ATLAS MOUN- 'IAlN5...AND GAVE U5 TROOPS

son or IN i-us maven FIELDS "W" '-”''''"9'

THRONE ND INSTITUTED A REPUBLIC OF TARANIA.

OH,lT WAS EASY. THE UEST PART WAS THAT HE LISTENED TO MY STORY OF DEMOCRA Y. HE ABDICATED HIS

WONDERFUL ... JUST WONDERFUL .

I E WAS ELE CTEO PRESIDENT" . NT TARANINS

AND OIL. ABDUL SAID 5

THE REDS ARE SEE TI-(AT EL ' 5'tA6lNG ANOTHER

NOT, iXCELLENCY.

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By Rutorl

Edwin!

To coma our THE (M1197-

By Walt Kelly

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EYEBALLS ALREADY FEELS LIKE to-MINUI1 AI 77

AH GETTING THROUGH BUT: WHOIVIR IS

NOW mar TH ' DoLLv's HAID IS Nlc:Lv . BOILEE-AD-l'LL. SAW

ts DONE FOR.'.'- THE ANCIENT WEAPON or VOODOO IS

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TILLY THE

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THANK Gioo' Esst NOW

u wowr come HOME ewnv Nieur WITH war, MUDDY rer-.1'--2 WHERE YOU FlND ALL ww Mun, I CAN'T . s F tMA6lNE--1

NOW DON'T STAY LONG"

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