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contract Bridge Qt By Josephine Culbertson N -5 .t

A KILLING DEFENSE VTAS POSSIBLE

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An tmorthodgrbi-it highly logic- al defensive play would have made quite a difference in the ioliuwimz

By Thornton

Ieal. TROIJBLI IN A TREE North dealer. . --- -- Both sides vulnerable. Weak or miirhty. bill or small. .AJ Trouble comes to one and all. ' A 4 --Old Mother Nature. A X 7 s'n' zit K J 9 5 3 g This is true. No one it free from K 10 7 3 . 9 5 4 trouble all the time. Soon or late 3 J 19 9 5 N 9 K R 3 trouble comes to every one. It may 5 xv E g Q 10 1 I not hn, are-at trouble. although the . 4 3 3 S .'.Q 10 T 2 troublcd one is likely to think it is. .5 i pnr ll may be trouble almost too QQ85 2 zrt-at to bear. And what seems Q Q 7 2 zreat, trouble. to one may not seem S 6 . y irfubla at all to others. Trouble is i l e a . no ' .F".;.”"c.:::; 1i.'.2:.”i:1:::t . . ias ;:"' pail troiible. Yes. sir. there. was trouble, qy pa” 35.1. pus Karid H19 troubled ones were Hootv ii”! Pa” ;hPh0W'l1RntfL 3:123. Hooty. You see, i it: up n a reg was their nest. wan nmmm m, hp”, MFR arid. in that nest were two helpless Dummy Nawd mm and En” babies. their babies, the loveliest without t:il'illL' tiio :ii.i”rr air: b."b.m5 m an the Great world ll1niJ8l'it, 1311' ilii rim it 1'” kill: rm” mmhe" thOl.1ght' All mmhers Hum kmckm M, mpums Mam think that of their babies no mat- ace. y in how homely they may be, Ami now Prickly Porky the Porcupine Tteclarcr rasiied the two ioii was climbing that tree.

tiiibs. and lhoiieh i1N"'Il'h0f'l ahoufl

my hwak hp (mm Hm Prickly Porky is known as the

S” ” NW1. Untouchable One This is because mam” "W "m" ' '” Mmm" lie carries 3 thousand little spears

W. Burgess

started to climb a tree then chang- ed his mind. Then at long last he

had made up his mind and the tree he had chosen was the one the big Owls claimed was their tree, the one in which was the big nest with the precious babies.

"You can't climb that tree!" cri- ed Mrs. Hooty. swooping down close to him but taking care not tot touch him. She snapped her bill angrily. It had an ugly, threaten- ing sound.

"Can't I? Just watch me.” grunt- ed Prickly Porky. 1-ie dug his claws into the bark and began to climb.l

Just then I-looty returned. He” stopped just long enough to givei the food he had brought to thr-f babies. then joined Mrs. Hooty in flying back and forth around; Prickly Porky all the time telling: him the dreadful things thevt would do to him it he didn't climb' down and go away.

Prickly Porky just raised the lit-; tle spears hidden in his coat untill

3 The Neighbors

' In it 2:232: .'l1T...i”fi3..;i'”;;i..:Z”i.?"..ifii"W in co-i. the ten and TPlll'Cl'l”(l his last. iienrt.iThp'V R". as shmpmomted M. Smith won v'"li tlir rim-con. rlis-igN:dlp5' and If You should ""1- t'ai't'llli" ttir fi'l!llFl"(l srrrii Ytnitli msh fzmnst Prickly Porky Ever rlummt. thrill lcrl : riliIllFVli'l to ill" M hzh W ya” WORM N, Ml” m nnd -v -. - V t is

(mm. dn MN. M .Pm dylmmv miiliini, hut unless you pulled them with tho dtnmriiirl Wn'riitiialli'.i((:'” 7” "MT they Vmuld WW3 in West got. his srirvlc k'.i”Z. but mc:ui- qpp" Mm deeper and hurt mowi Wm” south hm mmpd aid nioic. So everyone with any ”'(;:: chm? M dwmnv qWlm' alone. As a result of this. he is one liars: told East, that his m-sin:-re::n:(B1:l;:0sr:nEh;mg1? ":15; ixadzge . . , .i 4- ' - s ;:;:d :11?” '1;1T"h:n'l:f HE? cndeiit of all the Green Forest iolk. vnursr dmicrl yiossrsslon of tlicR.gim';),g.1'1':d Pbe"' 0” hunungl viiieon. It was riox-ililc tlvii Sniitlilr e.nd H0 y mky had first ap- liad only the riiiccii and onril F12”? . and M”? Haoty hid M heart but this was not likely andi ML mmpse of mm mistake” mm

'- i i ' for Bobby Coon. who had twice

so East should hai-r- artovptcd othcry med 10 climb up m 3” mo” New

incasurcs! Hr should haw plnycrlifous babies Bamlv In um! M” -.

the heart oichl. at thn first trlt-kin f , . '

ixithoigt his-:lt.1tlnii' Snutii. not he-lsh? iarrdagss? rahoatlfikgeal;-:iV&?f "'-'-' -"ml"-'1 5'F'””"l ml” s””'"l-V: Porky had paid no attention to; 3 ?”5”5 '” '”” '3" '7” ”"”l M" He had shuttled from one tree etia '1'16':Yl and vi; "lam "W get another trying to decide which one in mu 5. en 9 gave as s ,0 ,nmb'm get A I first club trick. l3'.a.st. rrmid simply-ll ' d b 5 m" ” in the blank ace. arri RFPY1 his low: ' V 9 5

heart for romniiinlcatinn with se- partncr. l

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FAMED EXPLORI-Ill

Raould Amundsen. Norwegian. In 1903-06 was the must to navig- air the Nnrtliwnst. Passonc in :1

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-tr'"1P rii those little spears stick-V

"ff "mi" sciise at all leaves Prickly Porky-

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"Last year she sent. her boy he had the measles an

ElllEl6 ship irom Atlantic in Pa- CIHC.

POGO

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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN d KING or THE ROYAL MOUNTED

they stood above the hair or his coat. They pointed in all directions! He looked like a his live nincushion.

"Get. down from that tree or well knock you down." threaten- ed Hooiy angrily. and swooped as close in Prickly Porky as he dared.

”You'll bc sorigr it you try it." tzrunied Prickly Porky mildly as he siowly climbed a little higher.

"It is our tree. You know it is our tree. You have no business in it." cried Mrs. Hooty.

"Ycs, I hayc." zrunted Prickly Porky. .

"What hii.-:iiioss?" l-looty wanted to know

"The business of getting a good dinncr,” izruntod Prickly Porky. raising his head to look up.

What did he insaii? Did he could MP. moan those helpless

babies up in the nest? 1-looty and Mrs. llooty wore lraiitic.

l by George Clark AU 5.3))

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DO'I'I'Y DIPPLE

friend a not-woll card when d it worked wcmtlcrs."

73y Walt Kelly

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',, HE if COMMITTEE MEMBERS IS

To TELL VOU THE TRUTH. WEE JOE GEVEN DID

5033 IWOCENT. ALL Elsi-rt: uiwoov... sur m not so IN A N00 GOOD IIASON! rims: -.vou saw rr ALL... ti-is COULDN'T HAVE seen HJTHN5 on AN ACT'

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I'M WZZLIO ABOUT HlM,TOOI

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seven Ti-IREATENED TO I KILL voune Liiissitr... ii:

WAS A U! to HELP iii: .1 DAUGHTER. rvs car to emu our!

FDSE DEAD JEN 4&lI' - IPIEOTIHS CkElV'

g MARCH 20. 1952 By Za:-.2 Grey

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ms is MV any IROTHEKOINY... mt. LEEMV.

TELUN ' ME

YA. sav vex SURE A aid cauv! --

ABOUT

YEAH. 5HE SEZ VER AMBISNUSS BUT 'li(' BREAKS JIST DON'T SEEM TCOME...

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GET WASHED FOR DINNER, CHILDREN-.' WOU GO

VlEl.L.GEE'. MEBBE You ULD MARE soME CANDY, GRAN'MA',',THAT woi.ii.oN'1' COST

NGTHIN :2

UH...YEN-l...I AIN'T HAD A WINNER N

asses cosree, aovs. MOM

HAD some WAITIN:

you Ai.wAvs LET TAFFY STAY DIRTY LONGER THAN ME I!

Pop. You MAKE some, l-tut-i?'.'EVEN ii: IT ISN'T CHQISTMAS???”

-- tCUZ YOU MAKE

IT BETTEQ' N ANY BODY--Y

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TILLY THE TOILER

sssiha TILLIE AND w: some out Toesmisia

BPINGS BJCK MEMORES. . O 5N'T T

' vizs. ri.i. Maven ronao-r -ri-ta 'i"iME WE ;IVEELNT CANOEING

TIMES HAVEN'T s MUCi-i- I'M GTILL CITTINC COAKIDI

VOJNGLADV. W: VUJD GTUDYA LITTLE YOU

1 XEWA GIGN HANGN6 01 SAID, mum: oyr " Wm". or on!!!