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«Dear Anme IHirst: I have not ]cnown six montlis' happinie-sa 'Since I married nine yearsag. Myhsan dranik leaviiy and. consiîstently, and he lias gone ont wt othecr womr.en when- ever lie liked . ., Last f ali weý enally separated -- and 1 am) fncie rmiserable v e r yday, 1 -won't admit te m,-yseif that I ,van,(t him back, but, my ife is mmean1-inglIess that 1 neariy die. 1 have a yeung son 1 arn very proud (cf, but 1Inalo,ýt go crazný w"ith loneiness. "I neyer lad any real pl1ea - sure. I married te escapie f r o f parents wlio were awy quar- ,, .Iing. _My hiusband neyer too-k ,ne zaywliere after the frst twoc -ýnînUhs cf our marriage. Thereý asneyer a more, disiilusioned "Ihave tried ' te live a god rfelbt 1 arncertainly stymniedi 1_W. Whatever amn I ta do? JýýLAINE'" à IVE FOR TODAY * ifl o hdallowe2d rme * p-int a.il your ltter, it woutd t7 have slown maniy an -ir!happy, ý if e how Iuclky she is lby cern- * ,pariîson w.'fitl te har-rowingÏ *yeaýrs yen have hdwith yGuýr *husband. Frankly, 1. don't sýEe * low you coiuld have stayed any * longer; certaiJniy yon couid not-. *continue to exýpose your liLttie Sboy te lis f tie's inhuni *treatment. When. your ,-spirit *flters, remremnber those ter- *rible sensancdbe ,tliankful! h e is sa-Fe wffh youni newý. *My lest prescription - *Live ona day at a time. As * ening- cornes o n, say, " h 1 ~got 't-roug,11today al rIigh, * me." Fuii every, waking heur witli streniuousacitesy r * ittie son, your home, yol'r *churdli antd your friands. And *pray for strength to rise above *these m-(oods Ithat attaýck yoý-u; 4tley weaken, your self-control -man can miake yen phy-sically *ilL. You hiave toc much on your * mm-id now te take fita i * aven.'t yen? I ,vwish 1 could honastly en- V Ourage yOn t t belleve your, "husband will change, but suc- h e amiracle Seeis unikely. Hg * k- as h. iS, Ever since you *marriecl lie ia nistreated y)ui *and betrayed you, and his *family history does flot blid *out any hope that lhe w 11,I l ev'er be a man you could rel.y *on. '~Live in and for this fine boy-, *ý yoihaveê, and console yoDurseli *with the assuorapce tliat as le *grows up lie w'11 recompense *yenu with increasinig apprecia,-. + ion and af! ection. "' You have imy dleEp symn- * àtliy. "IMUST I KISS?"1 "Dear Anne Hirst: I an15, a, n d m yv problemn is slynecss. Other girls rny age(priuay My lest frien d) are going eut on dates- and laiving good times. T arn okay wlien Pinwith a io' of kids, but just tîhe idea of a sing-le date (or even a double) scares me to dleath, "I don't mind the date toc mucli, it is just the t-hougît of kissin 't he boy that bothers me. Even, if I like 'hlmi, Fi'mstil frigh;Itenied. "i wanit !to-overcome this. How can I? C."1 * Don't try teý. You have sonie- * thing precions to off er your *dates, and that is good, C.ean * riendliaiess. if you knew 'Liowi *nice2 boys appreciate it! * Wlere did you get the idea '~thla kissing is ailtliere is teo *a date? Girl1s wlio kiss any *bov promliscuously (especiaily, *on' the first date) are legion.i jt i s girl s 1lik e-youL, wlio hrin *fromn physicaýl côntact, thnt keep the boys beiieving that *girls are ral people,wrt *cutivatrng as god riends and *notrery an otiet for tiei'r * asion, Tliey can get kiisses *anywhe-re -but not freim.you, *because yOu are DIFFERENT. *So ottlen boys write me that *they try out a new girDe- *cause shie .iv,es them the idea *thbat she expecta tlim to. "1V *isn't that we're crazy in love,' *Anne irst, but tley th'ffin 17 *we're a fiat tire if we don't." *Stay as you are. You catij ~estabis C if fMent pataesý'n *for dates. Youi treat a boy like- *a real person, se lie relaxes *,viti- youý and thinks youar * wlThis is the foundation *on whîdh solid fiendships aire *builît.When rial those other " irls g-row blase and borin, you wvili stili be a7s freshi as a a dasy, readyv for r fir-2t * omanýe, *Live uip to your iniclinationý, *and let thefeae ove *wil. * LOOKING FOR THE BIR.DI?-Mvaybg this cot neyer heard abcl whoict curiosity did to another of his breed. Pete Caste-s, who works in a Cornera shop, took the ýccndïd pîcture of the in- quisitive' feline. Tt camre at last . . . our shara of snow and winitar sterms. Andi it was our f irst xprencec wlat snrowcean do te a resid1eialýJ district. And iltwas plenty. It was a Saturclay and apparentlyv the week-end shopping stil lad te be dore. COaa by cricar backed eut cf driveways on to, the road., and in most cases a' -v tefun -,'i&a~ 1eýxa- ed acros Ate road boln truhtraffîr,. Our next-coer neigîbour was amcng themn. it teck hlmn about f orty mniuctes te dig hiniseif eut -. and tIen le, drove the car back int0 tM garage and left it ther. Th% dloctor was tefirsit te erlou[! 1 bis driveway - rnaturally leý ladi to miak-e sure et gtting out. Aftcr le got tîrougli twe neigh- heurcars get stuk and he uns eut helping te dig tl ut. Anrd what did wn do? Vie stayad put. 1 took stock or cupboards ami "fi"and decidied we coldr-lasýt culIi for tiwo or three aysif w lad te - Partn:ýr is't alla te doc emuch ignHwvr as sooCn as le stoirm lahndde downi a bitPanrwsuy wih l L-e shoîvel -digig u the dveyjus! in -casa.le laýd jusst finisled. wvhen Bob amne along. 'An heur enlier l woibave benoffered l buinces end ci a slovel. 0r course anil I 'kni-ew ,about the"0,1- srm was wlai d1ceuid se trulli Ile wnos ne thinig . noiiced -yen could alrnos tetai ailong.2 the road! For instaince wlv!en Asca1r gl', stuck B.,en te hie aWstance but schen C. ~sin aj ipedicament le, wA#slai t fro ig ,himiseif eut! D. mannage2(d te get otiïtlliul too mu--Lcl trouble but as seon asli wansgneMs D. was eut shev- elling te driveway for lis re- turn. Ti)e snowAplou!gh ic ane through )alr.ut nine oD'clock se by' Sundayý, rnarniing there was a good snu-claerd road, shev- alled drivays and, 1 don' deu5t, a tlicf aching mils T didai't noýtice maýn y peopi e reople lrningOut te luc Sunday morning. 1 wvas veryglad te be hrome bafore te ,slorrnl camne - and I fcold( quite acasilly net have been. 1 wanl te Peterboreugblaslît Wý,edinasdaiy morýning, and return- ed Friday ngijust as the we alher as slarting teici ainge I aimost stayed unlil Saturday as I feund pienty te do leiping Kiemli straighten out my sister's ffarHa is gîving up !!le bums ling rnost cf lis furni turiie and going into reoms for tile presen .L For a ilmusician 111,t is quite a problemn. Se muchi sheet nsic and he hldte harve it wl,-ere hIe couid get i il. I stayed alone at ltie houme îlee first nigî1t and got very ilittli7 sltep. Tlie turnace waSn 0 lOisy i thought surely it would blow u.>p. Timas wlenit was quiet trains wouid rattie îà7con a track net more tItan a2 udr~ fet fion,îlte lack door. Every trne it lappenad, the bouser, hokqitentiehy And yeî, that bouse la~s ust been pur- clajsed by a nuwly wedcope <M sX tr li rt enfted). Do n't Peopla pay anly attention to Moa- tobn? By day 1 did net nqtice ha nose - w.vs fer toc busy. I1 turned dowvn invitations teo eat ont se 1 could keenp workinLg. And i len one gýood uitile SOL broughl mie ever a lot dinner Tliursay olgt. Oler friendsz leped by takinig things away - eateal and sema for runiagýpe and! otlersý given away. Aýnd tei t tey drov-eame wte îL- station te catch the , lnoon ay- Mnr WiMthottAcir help 1 couldn't lhave mnade ýil. Knni everywlae. i shaaways ratai a very high regard for the Peter- bruhf olk. Buit f 1 mustni't for- get our ovn farnily aitlier. Art came te gaet me WVednesday7 menig uite e M- .Ha ad anl a.wful drive. A mixturie of rain and snow. Iltotek ïan leur and a hlaf eacl wvay teinsake the twety-inue rn.Eut now it ïis il bahind us as 1 deni't thi'k il winead .teinake another trip. But now, la ligîter veiti, I have aniother matter tcO r-eport. Ditto isz back with us again, as of eight days ago. Remrberý wliat I said ...wars te bc- an omien -- if she camie back the Liberals wen,)ild win the next e-lectiont. If she didn't . , . thc answer is obvionis. Weil, the i.ssue is still in doubt. Dittoü didn't COMVE back; she was BROUGHT back! S,) now what? I lad asked, thse schoo dhilîd-rn near lice te wvatcl for lier -- and they uia ralestin e EngIilih, French, and Germnan scholars have been d{gging lui the Middle East, in 'Mesopo- tamia, Palestinie and Egypt. ln Palestine, places and towns th,-. are frequently mentionied in the Bible are being, broughit bacýk once more into the liglit of day. They look exactiy a s the Bible describes themn and lie exactly where the Bible locales themn. On ancient ins-cription. and monuments ,seholars en- counter more and more cliarac- ters fr-omà Old and N-vw 'itesta- mients. Cneprr<rles e pict people whom we have luth- erto known- only by namne. Their features, their clothes, their ar- mor take shape before our eyes. As theyv have done to Nineveh tind Nimrod-old-time Calal- or-Ito Ashur an-d Thebes, which the prophets called No-Amon, the scholars have also awakened fronils ancient slunriber the notoriousý Babel of Biblical stoýry with its legendary twr In the Nueý Delta arcliaeologists have found the cities of Pithom and Raamnses, wliere the resentful H rwstoiled as slaves. They have laid bare strata that tell of the ýfiamnes and destrucion t hat accompanied the chiîdren of Israel on their eonquering mrarch into Cqiaaa nl Gibeah they found Saul's mounitain strong- hold, the walls of which once,- echoed to the strains of Da-vid's harp. At Mvegiddo they camne uipon the vast stablesý of Kingý Solomnon, who had "12,000 herse- men." Froeihe ýcworld of the New Tetmn eappeared the pala- tial edifices of King Herod. 111 'the lieart of Old JrslmthIc Pavemnent was dsoe where Jesus stood before Pilate, as is mentionied in St. Jolin's gospeji. Assyriologistus decipliered onth astronoiniical ta.ýbles of the Bab- ylonil.ns the exact dates on which the Star of Bethlehemn was observeçi. Thecse breathtaking discover- les, wliose significance it isim possible to grasp ail at onice, make it necessary for us to re- vise- our views about t-he Bible. Many events thnat prevîous1y passed for pious tales mlust niiw be judeçltù be histeicai. fn results cf investigation corre- rpond é, i deti with the Bibli- ceal narratives. They ,,not only confirni but also illumine the historicail tuations out cfwhh the Old Testamqent and thie gos- pels gr>ewý. At theý sam-e time tCie clang- ing fortunes of the ancient peoü- pie, of Israel are wvener inte livejyv colorful ta1pestry of daily if e in the age îla which they lived. They were- also caught uip in the political, cultural, and econonic disputes of the nations and empires that struggled for reaiiy went hutingir1. Atter three days a w ay two 'ittle b oys brougîit her hom0-re -eyes wildi, coat oul and dirty, bone-s al- mest ýst!ck-ing througli lier skin. Tley fouLnd lier in a guily oývr athe golf course. It was severai daysbe1oreI had her anything like normal.No she is as play- frul as ever. But I arn stii won- dering how many of lier fine hives went ovrboard. Even at that we are luicky. Our nearest neiglibo>ur found their little kit- ten. drowned luiithe basement- in the surap pump drain. We: are thinking of getting a piece of wýire netting toe over our sump plump. It looks as if 1V were just inviting trouble. Se tliat's another week gone by. T11-e snow lias caused trouble outlihere -- but at least it's good for the farmers. power ini Mesopotamnia and on the iNile, from which the inhab- itantsý of the tiny buffer state o! Palè.st;ine were neyer able comci pleteiy to detach thexnselves for over two thousand years. The opinion hias been, au-L Bible is nothing but the story o! mnan's salvation, a guarantee &! the validity of their faith fr Christians everywhere. At th*a same time it is a book abputl things that actuaily liappened.., Admittedly in this sense it ha, limitations, in that the Jws people wrote their history in the light of their relat[ioniship ïte vawh hieli mea5ntwriing it, from the point of view o! their own guilt and expiation. .Nevert1heless, the events tes sevsare historical facts and hiave been recorded with an ae- curacy that is nothing less thayn starti ng.Frm"The Bible am His3tory," by WernerKeIr translated by William Neil, 0ONE IN A MILLION Tourist: "Was that one of your. prominent citizens? I noticed you ,s e-,e very res.pectiful aY4 attentive to himi."ý Garage Man: "Yes, he's one D! our eoarly settiers." Touirist: "Early settler? Why, he's quite a youLng nman yet! Ga-urage- cMan: "Truecnub 1 mean he always pays his blb on the first of. the month." Juniors! 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