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well

that the farmer can't
who enjoys

quite the man

work my, that bus is taking

a while!"

in

a

Years it is, but I ain't rush, are you??? replied the farmer who always siccifer though he had all the time

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in the world.

"About this council?" said the farmer "When are we having a sitting?"

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"On "tuesday week," replied schoolmaater rather faroudly. I'm going to complain about this terrible transport said the farmer, anguile

system,

raising

his voice. all right, old chap, no need.

to fly off the handle,

remarked

assuringly, bus now:

the schoolmaster re"ah here comes the

They boarded it together,

and it was

it was soon out

of sight.

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3rd. November. 1959.

OUR

OLD FRIEND

FRIEND HELPED

BACK TO LIFE.

By. Our own local reporter.
Devondale. November 3rd

Eaveryone in

Mrs.

Pike,

oldest

out

village knows

one

of its

as she is inhabitants. We also know

how just lately, she has been getting a little out of hand. A4

course, there is a

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cause for this, ninty years old and rather feeble, and I might add, her eyesight is very bad, and

her children

all her

are

scattered about in the cities, and rarely have time

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her. But I am very happy to

she is at last

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mind

you,

could

have got to

with

know, and win the confidence of dear old Mrs. Pike, who has disputed so many times her friends. (as you might call them.)

Well, now,

I shall tell

you. It all started when Mrs. Pike was having one of the rare viaito from one of her daughters, Susan, and her husband Michael. Gusan had decided to take her daughter Carol, who is eighteen months a picnic in the country, which she required a rowing Now Susan

old,

for

boat.

on

at rowing, but she

was not

very good

was also

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very 5 independent, and would not allow her husband, Hisart to help het. They

reached

eventually quarter of

a

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picnic which susan had prepared. After they had eaten, and

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childish scream coming from the
river. Oh no, she

edge of

fear.

the

thought, her heart pounding She was

even to

move, she had become speechless.

No

with

too

frightened even

had she heard her baby

sooner

piercing scream, than

the
daughter

on

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was being warmly carressed

an

elderly

the edge of the river by
namely, Mrs. Forsyth. The
little dazed but

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total stranger, had reached her daroghters. When at last the found s her tongue and recovered" contentão, she rushed towards her baby and When they had introduced one another, they all went along to Mrs. Pike.

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into the household for tea, to call again. After

asked

visits she became very friendly Pike, and

now

ohe visits

her regularly and cleans her house. But, from from that day to this, nomone the whole of the village, I not even Suaan.) knows how one rescued

in

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good use of words

not linked closely enough with the problem of Uns. Rike.

but the story is

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