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Page 10. The Guardian Wed.. May 9- 1956

' IEDTIME STORIES

The Old Hermit

By Thornton W. Burgess

Who keeps an open heart ind mln Will rich and triiltful living iirid. -The Old Hermit. lit: lived aloneina cabin at the tool of the Great Iilountairi. They called him the Old ierinit. He wasn't uld except in. cars, and he wasn't truly a hermitglie did like company. always providing his l"' Kitnrs iii.-re like himself. fond otp md Mother Nature and her fut-red anti i'cathe.red children.

His snug t'al)lll uas hidtien 'dri'll0llil! the trees near a small brook. lhere his friends delighted to visit liim.. liliosv friends were iilriilli Will" i in fur coats sonic in ltliillltllit-lti coats. siinip in s('2ll)' t'tlt'liS and si.iiit- with no coats at rill.

Ftiriiicr Broiiii's lioy uas vt-ryp foiirl oi the Old llcriiiii Wheiicieri lie ilfllilfl ucl aiiuy, he would pay .3 ti-ll iilihtii little cabin in tilel itiintls tic had learned much froiiil ii... tltd ttermii, and there was always something interesting ini ,- ie tiieic i

it was a long time since Farniei'1 Biouii's boy had been over to see. the (lid Hermit. Now as he appro-l, arlltlfl the cabin there was a real:

htlll N spring in the air. The snow iulien llli' sililtl is .iti gone for

searching all about. He knew II”0m past experience that often when there seemed to be no one about. there were several not far away.

Evu as he looked, a little patch of snow seemed to come to life and suddenly Jumper the Hare was sitting up very straight. His coat was partly while. partly brown. 'i'he Old llermit's eyes twinkled, "there-'s my little turncoat." said he

Fzirnier Brown's boy chuckled. ”'i'liat's it good name for him." said he. "i wonder why Old Mu- thcr Nature turns his coat from white to lirmin anti back again every year and doesn't do ihail for Peter lizililiit. l siippose there iiiusl be it rt-ason."

”Of course there is a reason Tlicre is a i'ca.siiii for eierylhliig Old Mother Nature dues. The iron- hle is that most folks (l()il.l look; hard ciititiuli for the rt-aison to findl it nut. So tlivy guess at tliiiigs. antli it doesn't do to giit-ss. t)f i'Utli'S9i .lunipi'i' tltitisiiii l't'Eliil' belong as (it South as this lie really be-l lontzs farilii-i Miriti. Anti tip there the groiiiiil ix iiiit-rcti with sntiw for a larcti pull oi the year. Then he really not-its a iihile coal. Bill the

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Has not all gone. it lay in snizill,sliori Miillllltlf tncrr. a white coat

ilttltlltfs among the trees. tit-in-it was running fast. fir it was llt'lilLL fed by the melting snow. The iilti iicrmit greeted him warmly. for he was very fond of Farmer Rrmtii's titty This was because they had so much in common. The Old licriiitI'.s eyes lwinkled as he greet- ed Farmer Brown's boy. "Hello. l.atttiie." said he. "have you come m-t-r to see me or is it my trimitis you hau come over to sue)"

'There'a my little turncoat.” said he. "Both." replied Farmer Brown's

boy. ”But. I don't see any of your friends around. They must be

' 5 bashful and have rtin away when

; they heard me coming.”

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Tliclwoiiid iltl itisi too had my Jumperf

lie t-oiiitl nt-it-i act out of sight. So. (ilti iltitlier Miviirc gives him a brown co.-ii tiitiii with Peter Rabbit ii is ierv iiitit-reiit. He

doesn't iitii-ii siit-ii ii tliziiige. Whe- ther there is siitiii or no snow. he can keep out oi sight it he wants it," expliiint-ti the (lid llermit.

E.N.R. To Dieselize .

Montreal-Toronto Run M()NTltl7.-xi. it'.Pl a Canadian National R a i 1 way 5 aniioiineed Monday that it will diesclize the Montreal-Toroiito rttns oi the in- ternational Liinitcd and other name trains early next year. The change will come when the

loses 'A'ppealln Attempted Murder

VANCOUVER (CF) .. mum Frenette. 28. of Montreal. in; dragged kicking and shouting from British Columbia Court of Appgu Monday after his plea again” . 20-year attempted d gm. tence was rejected.

Frenette and four other: were convicted in the beating last June of Thomas Kinna.

As Mr. Justice Sidney smith rejected his appeals. Pi-gnu; asked if he could speak.

When the judge llld could not. the prisoner stepped oi-Wu-d and called:

"This is not a court. It's a trait. garoo court. This is a inuneup from beginning to end."

He was still struggling an RCMP dragged him from the room.

Calls Tourism Economic Spice

WINDSOR, Ont. (CPlaTourism was likened Monday to a handy economic spice---"your capital . . . can be peppered all over the coun. try and act as a condiment to enhance the value of many cor. ners of our land which would have perhaps no great value other- wise .

President Gr-orges Leveille of Canadian Toiirist Association pru- Vldcd the recipe in an address marking National Tourist Week.

The Quebec City man. speaking to a joint meeting of a service club and the Essex County Tourist

most intangible commodity . . our most easily exploited wealth "It is a vital iiititistry to Can- ada and it is the business of every alive." said Mr. Leveille.

Sees Successful Ntld. Candy Factory

ST. JOHNS, Nfld. iCPiaPre- mier Sinallwood said Monday his

CNR takes delivery of new locu- motives included in orders for diesels and freight cars totalling more than 3tl4.000.f)tlfl in value. SAILOITS MEASURE

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means i20 fathnms. nr 720 feet.

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While he was speaking. Farmer Brown's boy's keen eyes were

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He told the legislature that the izovernment had undertaken to loan a total of 3630.000 to the company before the end of the present fiscal year. He said the A. Alder Com- pany. an English chocolate firm. had changed its name to A. Alder of Canada Limited on moving to Newfoundland.

Mr. Smaliwood explained details of the Adler loan as he concluded his speech on the second reading of a hill to ratify Sl0.672.5t)0 in loans and guarantees made by the government to stimulate develop- ment in the province.

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-aQ't'.ii.".i:.i.;. ltnockod out uie ace 3: diamonda. you; at-in vulngnbig. and wound up making tour no- . 3 mitlneplmlnk South would have : lo 9 3 been defeated it But had played ;AQm9 3 the queen imtead or the ace of - spades on the opening lead. it C 39 3 5 3 N O A Q 7 would have taken 1 great deal of V -7 5 3 W E 9 Q 10 7 5 courage and imagination by the 9 5 3 O A 7 6 2 declarer to have refused to win .1l3 S i75 the queen of spades. He would .K43 have every reason to tear that A, . the ace was in West's hand. and :K QJ4 that a continuation of spades by K 5 East would wreck the hand.

"' J rr E ' ' ' TM W-"xi queeiinivas i”.2.mZi'”;lE3'?f;. 533 rw 3;? gggh 3:: reasons. 1! West had the king.

the queen would hold the trick as effectively as the ace. but it South had the king and could be persuaded to take it, a line of communication with West would be open to cash all his spade tricks later. East is in a position to know that his partner cannot have an entry aside from spades. He is looking at 12 high card point: in his own hand and 9 in dummy. Even if he credits de- clarer with just I minimum no- trtimp bid of 16 points, West will have only 3 points, one of which is bound to be the jack if it is not the king. The best defense. there. fore. is for East to try to sell de- clarer the idea that West has the ace of spades. and hope to ll"iilJCQ

Opening lead-hve of spades.

The nine to three notrump by the responder over partner's

.. ' . one notromp represents 0 hand suitable tor notrump play- eontaining 10 to 14 p ointi. N0l'lh'l three notrump bid was 010 proper response. even though he had only nine high card points. Additional weight must. be given 3-0 3-phi good live card suit. he has. on well u the sprinkling of inter. mediate cards.

East won the opening spade with the ace, and continued wit.h the queen of spades. south per- mitted the queen to hold the trick In order to disrupt the opponents communications. but was forced to Win the third round of spades. South to win the queen. 1: south AIM! naming the club suit South does. he is defeated.

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