AUGUST 29, 1952

THE GUARDIAN. Cl-IARLOTTETOWN

A HIGH PRICE FOR NOTHING

For every thing there is a price, and oitcn it is far from nice. -old Mother Nature.

Prowler the Blacksnake was taking a chance. He was entering the home of Rattles the Kingfisher. it was in 3 hole in a bank, a steep batik, beside the Shilling Pool The rntrance was close to the top oi the bank just below the grass roots. mat is how it happened that Prow- lvr could get in there. He had seen airs. Rattles leave. and had at once taken this chance to creep inside lnr the dinner he hoped to find there, a dinner of eggs or baby 4 Birds, he didn't care which.

Prowler knew he was taking a chance. but there are iew days in nilicli he does not take a chalice. It

not.

gr)

He tried to pull it away, and could

opie in fur a7fcl- eatifers." Dally

Batter English I; I. o. wuii-an .

1. What is wrong with this sen- tence? ”I lost my hat some place, and now I'm wearing someones else."

2. What is the correct pronunc- iation oi 'iinexplorable"?

3. Which one or these words is misspelled? ate, exume.

donym" mean?

5. What is I word beginning with exo that means "to drive on an evilv spirit"?

ANSWERS

1. say,

where, and now I311 wearing some- one else's." 2. Accent second syl- lable. not the third. 3. Exhume. 4. A fictitious name; a pen name. "His stories were published under the pseudonym oi Klackson James." 5. Exorcise. Iher. He struck that tail a hard blow g I with his sharp bill. It hurt. Prowler k W; did his best to draw his tail in. Mrs. Rattles held on. Rattles con- tinued to fly down and strike it with his bill.

Prowler forgot his dinner. He was in real trouble, and he knew it.

. . pe :5ml:xE.y::3y.MthexTlany 0! me mug life is just one chance alter an--He doubled DRCK On him-SE11. H0

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other with them.

The tunnel, or hall, leading to the nursery, was much longer than i erlioutside the doorway. You should Prowler had thought it would be. He had visited nests or this kind it beiore, but never one with such a long hail. it was more than twice his own length, and you Prowler was anything but He didn't like having to go in so

I for him to do this. His head appeal-

have heard the racket then. Such rattling as there was! Rattles struck at Prowlei"s head. Prowler struck. back at him. He managed to get his tail iree irom Mrs. Rat- ties, and she, in turn. struck at him with her stout bill. Prowler tried to get up and out on the

kl10W Sii0l't.

Exude, exult. exuber- y

4. What does the word ”pseu- i

"I lost my hat some-l

,was lucky in that there was room,

ilvcontract Bridge

, By Josephine Culbertson

RETURNING EVIL FOR GOOD

North should have received I vote of thanks trom his partner ior his slam bid in the iollowlng hand, but actually, South "Ilubbed" the good contract

south dealer: Both sides vulncrabie.' Q? 6 5 21 0107 OQ5 .y.A 10 8 4 3 ' ..... Q J I Q 8 6 5 ' '1 N I J 9 I QK.1.1D W E H32 9 3 6 4 S 4Q 2 . T g A 10 3. JAK2 QA . .q.K J 9 7 8 I The bidding. South west North sin? 14. 3 9 Pass 3 Q 4 Q "Pass 64. Pass Pass Pass

North could not afford to enter the bidding over West's three dia- monds, even with his strong club support, because his hand as a uhole was weak; but when South announced, by cue-bidding dia- monds, that he had a powerhouse, the complexion oi North”s hand changed radically. Now his trump support took on extra value and importance, and since North might have had to bid live clubs with

Aiimiurt at Northrop s Lyman Est. 1554 tar. It wouldn't be easy to get out quickly. Suddenly. he k'hew what that dinner would be if he could get it. It wouldnt be eggs: it would I be baby Birds. Right then and there he Iorgot everything but the din- ner he was sure he was going to get. He began to glide forward a little taster.

He was inside now, all but a few inches or his tail, and that would be inside in just a second or two more. It was then that Mrs. Rattles happened to return. She saw that tail disappearing in the doorway of her home. With a sharp rattling call, she ilew down and grabbed the end of Prowler's tail. He tried to pull it away, and could not. Such a commotion there was

THROAT ”

For common ordinary sore throat

Both Rattles and Mrs. Rattles dived

bank again. Both those angry Birds hit him, and a moment in- ter, Prowler fell down into the wa- ter with a splash.

It was lucky for Prowler that hei could swim. All Shakes can swim.

nothing but length in that suit, and even without ll. picture-card in his hand, his actual club holding war- ranted the Jump to the slam.

Uniortunalely, however, South gave up the hand without even a struggle! West opened a low heart. and alter moiirntulbr surveying the dummy, South said: "Well, 1 guess I cant eat these two low spades."

South guessed wrong. It was sim- plicity itself to salvage one oi the spari-e losers and thus iuliill the slam contract. Moreover, the high- ly informative bidding by East and West clearly pointed out the right line of play. This was to win the ,iirst trick, draw the necessary

at him. They hit him in spite of the iact that he was partly under water. Hearing the noise, other feathered folk in the neighborhood hurried to see what was going on. None or them had any love tor Prowler. He hadn't so much as a single lriend among them. They all knew that their eggs and babies would never be safe so long as he was in the neighborhood.

When at long last. Prowler reacti-

at the Smiling Pool! heard that call, and now he joined the W3?-CF and slide away tmtowzh TM

Ramgs hm ed the place where he could leave

the grass. he did so as last as he could. He was ioilowed by all the ,ieathered iolk. screaming at the 'top or their voices. He was thank-

O . . ital enough when in the little swamp 1 'at the head of the Smiling Pool he imanagecl to creep out at sight

Saturday, August 30th

STARTING TIME: 8.30

J OE PALOOKA i

HE KIN JUST

I'LL PLAY GIN RUMMV WITH

lbeneath some brush. He had taken a chance, and he had lost. But till": ldidn't mean that he would be at- lrald to take a chance again. Taking chances was a part of daily life. Meanwhile, Mrs. Rattles had hur- lrled in to her precious babies, An- xiously. she made sure that all were there. That dreadful Prowler hadnit succeeded in getting one oi them. "They are all here, but this thing

V on some i THROW vsu

VOU WON'T DO ANYTHING OF

FROM ME

Ii-ounci of trumps, and then to cash lthc diamond ace and the second heart trick. Now South might as well lay down the spade ace and verily West's void. Next, ruif the hea.rt deuce in dummy; then lead the diamond queen and discard a spade from the closed hand. West thrown in with this diamond trick, would have to return a red card, and deciarcr would of course ruii this in dummy while getting rid oi this last spad . i am...

wouldn't have happened if you hadn't insisted on making our home way up under the edge of the bank. II we had made it where I wanted to. that Snake never could have reaclied it,” declared Mrs. Rat-

HE MEANS WELL. NOW so ACROSS

ties. He said nothing.

By Ham Fisher

AND LET ME LOOK AT

weu., Nouem. LAZV AROUND - - see A say. A.

VA AN" DISCUSS Ti-ti STRAOEGY WE'RE GONNA

WE ALL OVER TILL THE

our. rm FOOUNG, KNOBBV .

THE MOST EEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE

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HOEACE, I ALWAYS ENJOY A MOVIE WHEN WE CAN WATCH IT FROM OUR CA

r .I' 'rif.i.v THE TOILER

PAGE SEVEN By Ruiord

I DIDN'T THINK THE PiCTiJRE WAS 50 HOT THOUGHT

..suT we couev TAKE 6:: OUR SHOES wmlour "rue FEAR 0: Losme THEM! '

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" LIZZIE Mai-Io:-5 DECVDED To

. ELOPE--AND HEIZ FATHER HELD THE LADDEQ-ELF rue c-moon waves: suaweo 251

IMAGINE MA: eernus ' 5 Two wesxs' ,,

THE ALLEY -' y

MR

AT THE END OF THE FIRST NINE HOLES

stwmus HASA 7-STROKE LEAD. TILLIE -4. NAME Tuis COURSE GOAT

HILL FOR Momma!

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By George iv.'cManus

'AND WHAT A GPEAT DAY IT WAS ' IN WHEN THE ASH-WAGOQ DIZNER WOULD LET YOU 5lT UP ltlTl-4 HlM AND BIDS DOWN 1'

GUEST5 USED TO SIT N THE

GLJTTEP AND WATCH THE

THE OLD DAV5 ALL HOTEL ' ON ELJNDAY iT TOOK ALL OF THE o'M:lNAi-AAM FAMILY To GET A SHKPT ON Ti-El? DAD-

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' By Edwina ,

I'LL LOOK FOR

CHINTZ. FIQST,

FOR Ti-l'gCHAu2.. . AN'--

DEAQ! MILLIE

. WELL, rr HAS A POSE PATTERN--BUT, OI-l

worxiir

PAY THAT Mud;-1)”

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THANK GOOD- t WE

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Tl-1'71 BUT I cwc0N'r FIND 4us(.-oiL,'sr , ,

LL I SENT MILLIE NCHEON SE-T, AN'

, 7 By Carl And-rrsox

PENNY

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dENNlFE2'5 NEW BOYFRIEND :54 PERFECT DRIP, AUNT -

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