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; a well-metalled The animals ~. id not hold with is and their own highways, thickly frequented as they were, - took an Independent ©, regardless of church, post &% or public-house. ~ "Oh, never mind!" said the Rat. "At this season of the year they're all safe indoors by this time, sitting round the fire; men, women, and children, dogs and cats and all. We shall slip ~ through all right, without any bother or unpleasantness, and we can have a look at them through thelr windows, A you like, and see what they're do- » : The rapid nightfall of mid-December had quite beset the little village as 'they approached it on soft feet over a first thin fall of powdery snow. Little was visible but squares of a dusky red on either side of the street, where the firelight or lamplight of each cottage overflowed through the easements into the dark world with- out. Most of the low latticed windows were innocent of blinds, and to the lookers-m. from outside, the inmates, gathered round the tea-table, absorbed in handiwork, or talking with laugh- ter and gesture, had each that happy grace which is the last thing the skill grace whieh goes with perféct uncon- sciousness cf observation. Moving at will from one theatre to another, the two spectators, so far from home them- selves, had something of wistfulness in their eyes as they watched a cat being stroked, a sleepy child picked up and huddled off to bed. But it was from one little window, blank transparency on ° e night, that with its blind drawn .wn, a mere the sense of home and the little cur tained world within walls--the larger + stressful world of outside nature shut out and forgotten--most pulsated. Close 'against the white blind hung a bird-cage, clearly silhouetted, every wire, perch, and appurtenance distinct and recognizable, even to yesterday's dull-edged lump of sugar, On the mid- dle perch the fluffy occupant, head tucked well into feathers, seemed. so near to them as to be easily stroked, had they tried ;even the delicate tips of his plumped-out plumage penciled plainly on the illuminated screen. As they looked, the sleepy little fellow stirred uneasily, woke, shook himself, and raised his head. They could see, the gape of his tiny beak as he yawn-| ed in a bored sort of "way, looked round, and then settled hig head into his back again, while the ruffled feath- ers gradually subsided into perfect; stillness. Then a gust of bitter wind took them in the back of the neck, a small sting of frozen sleet on the skin woke them as from a dream, and they knew their toes to be cold and their legs tired, and their own home dis tant a weary way. Once beyond the village, where the: cottages ceased abruptly, on either side of the road they could smell Tereens == Fibs : SEE i Canaan on Eel A Toner aa ehesensissavens i Fess kta lh 0 mrrent Loans Discounts Canada (less Je of interest) after making fs Ee bad and TEE 120.881 340.33. Non-Curren estimated provided fori. .... 3,187,434 419,348,043.64 Pram 'When hi bid three hearts, the to that, justifiable Sheeheart Me they a sure game in hearts and bid 0 trump, although there was ' game in no trump. The 100 too' og for his judgment result, he went down three ubled, a net loss of 50 a hand that would have cored on 'at hearts, His partner's and was as follows: Hi , J, 10, 9, 6, 4 Club Diamonds--10, 9, 7 es--5 AUCTION BIDDING: The dealer, with the following hand: Hearts--A, 7. Clubs--A, 9, 4, 2. Diamonds--aA, | G J, 8 Spades--A, K, 4. bid one no trump. Second hand passed and the dealer's partner bid two cized played the following hand very hearts, Fourth hand passed and the cleverly: Hearts--K, Q, 7, 6 Clubs--10, 4, Diamonds--K, 9, 3, Spades--A, 6, 4 Spad Don't allow 100 Aces to impair your Judgment. CONTRACT BIDDING: The dealer should bid two no trump, and his partner four hearts, As a contrast to his bad bidding, the player whose bid has just been criti- -- Hearts--S5, 4, 8 Clubs--A, Q, 7, 6 : t Hearts--8, 2 Diamonds--6, 4 HN B: Clubs--J, 8, Spades--S8, 7, 5, 2 : Paes Sa J, Je, 2 Spades--K, Q, 1 Hearts--A, a 10, 9 Clubs--K, 9, Bays [A Spades--J, 9, 3 dealer | it his partner | get. She 50 Ethers oe - $025,702,43.82 'NOTE: --The Royal Bank of Canada (France) Ia of France to conduet the business of the Bank Sn 4 ETRaRes 3h rE . 8. HOL' 3 . W. WILSON, NC President : ad HL AUDI TE TO hans fr Lo i Amets at 30th November, 183 with te ind ecpintagl The of Hoag Obes and with th gurtihed r SE and securities at Head Office at the close me a Es a Eber Se Ah G0 Z, the player in question, was play- ing the hand at three no trump. opened the five of clubs. Z won the trick with the king and led four rounds of hearts, winning the last heart in Y's hand. B discarded two diamonds on the last two rounds of hearts. 2 was now in a position where he could make two odd, but figured that it he could force B to make another discard, he might pos- #ibly make three odd by making three diamonds or two spades, At trick six, forcing A to win the trick, who there- A upon led two more rounds of clubs, B was mow forced to make another discard. He "could have discarded either a spade or diamond, If the former, Z would discard a diamond and make two spade tricks. If the latter, 2 would discard a spade and make three diamond tricks. It is a perfect example of the "squeeze" play. Study the play of this hand careful- ly, for it was cleverly thought out. It is very umusual to win a game by ed actor shall capture--the natural{' a EE £5 J y uoNson. © a aay cn Montreal, Canada, 28th December, 1931, of Price, Waterhouse & Co. PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT Balance of Frofit and Lous Account, Mth November, Dividends Now 176 115. 17% and Si % per annum RE BERHRE Balance of Profit and Loss carried forward Premises, , Lt teessnseves BS. : Montreal, 28th December. 1931. Latest Radio Device Guides Unmanned Fleet in Air or Water London. -- A radio invention, by In an interview he said which it would be possible to control is absolutely new, a fleet of airplanes or ships, is sald' length, high or low, to have been perfected .by a young eight distinct signals. radio engineer. The inventor also de-| 'Two men in one airplane could fly clares that by his device radio sighals a dozen or so craft, carrying hundreds cannot be jammed--that even if an- of tons of frélght or mail. With the | other radio station is operating on the new robot pilot, which the air ministry same wave length, it will not affect still has on its secret list, these ma- the controlling instrument. x | chines could be landed with perfect These revolutionary claims in re- safety and without a human hand mote radio control are made by Chales touching the controls. Keeling, of Buckhurst Hill, Essex, a| "Freight vessels could be controlled London suburb. The system is so ex- either from the shore, or, if in a group, tengive that anything from a type- from one master ship. They would re- writer to an airplane can be controlled quire no crew, every operation of the by a person miles away, Keeling dé- boat would be mechanical and would : "My method On one wave I can transmit therefore, he led Y's ten of clubs, leading your opponent's suit. Young Paris Barristers Pay Taxes by Digging What New York Paris--Some young barristers in . Is Wearing Montpellier have found a humorous way of protesting against the heavy, BY ANNEBELLE W WORTHINGTON taxes that are levied on members of the so-called liberal professions, As French © Senators and Deputies are nearly all members of the bar, there are probably many future Parlia- mentarians among these young men. Considering the "vicinal" tax too high, they availed themselves of the right which they had, to pay it in kind. This is why they were seen | one morning happily breaking stones and ing out roadside ditches under the supervision of a road men- der, The result of this small inci- dent was to attract the attention of the powers that be to the lot of | those intellectual workers who, in France, are poorly paid. This gives food for thought, for if all French- men suddenly availed themselves of their right to pay certain of their taxes in this way, the authorities would certainly be rather perplexed. The example of the barristers in Montpilller has already been follow- ed by the tradespeople of a Small town in the Pasde-Calals Depart- ment, who pald taxes which they considered excessive by three days of work on the roads. -~ First Use of Shorthand Traced to Early Romans Rome.--Shorthand symbols are of ancient Roman origin, a recent arche- Illustrated Di nisked with Eve rp» Pattern through the darkness the friendly fields again; and they braced them- selves for the last long stretch, the New York.--The influence and im- portance of modern advertising was stressed by J. P. Muller, president of secuting where fake ads try to sell poorly made products," he added. gp clared. be controlled by radio." ing tandar advertising men, consolidated in clubs } Better Li 5 d Jase federations, vigorously protect the Attributed To Advertising INE standard of advertised goods by pro- 1 study has revealed. Romans were widely using a uniforn. system of shorthand writing 200 years before Christ, Such are the declarations in a recent investigation by Gino Massano, who has brought to light the full alphabet . i naking Lesson Fur- 2 CHOICE QUALITIES -- Red Label & Orange Pekos Owl Laffs Wiee or otherwise, it's an excellent idea not to want the things you can't The largest bone in the human frame is the wish-bone, Fish bite, but nobody seems to want them muzzled. Beware of a woman who always agrees with you; she doesn't. We may fool others occasionally, but we all get fooled in time, We all like our friends to be perfectly frank about other peo- ple. Things people give you may cost you more than they are worth. It's an easy thing for a married man to un- derstand why, as a bachelor, he didn't understand women. 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