Saturday. Feb. 18.1956

The Guardian. Page 7

Strange But True I: I. ll. MacArthur ,'l'ha late Johan G'.li. Baner oi Ironwood. Michigan. a newspaper- man and authority on Norse his- tory. behaved that a band of vik- ings visited Michigan in the lath.

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CONTRTACTR BRIDGE

By Josephine Culbertson

century. he based his belief on a rustic inscription which he found in Sweden and translated.

Boner claimed the inscription told of the Do In of Vldar. I

ll DIDN'T COUNT TRUMPS

East could scarcely wage the! At that, however, South escap- besi defense in the following deal ed full punishment. considering that he obviously West opened the heart king and neglected to count the played

1; living over here." thought Peter 5 he sat on the bank of Laughing Brook. "I wonder where everybody is, By the looks of things I don't

Just then he saw something ly- hn; on the bank just a little way mu him. At first he didn't think

u was the tail of a small fish. There was nothing more of the than Just the tall.

I: Thornton W. Burnt

It was the tail of a small fish.

Presently he forgot all about Billy Mink and the tail of the fish on the bank.

There wasn't the least doubt in Peter's mind that Billy Mink had caught a fish. eaten it there on the bank and left the tail. No. sir,

' there wasn't a doubt in Peter's

mind. Yet. Peter was altogether wrong. And it was because he had failed to take notice of little things. He had more than once. from a safe distance. watched Billy Mink

young Norse c attain and ii men. It wu written by a historian named Arnyaat. who accompanied the party. Traveling to Vinland

As a youth Bauer left Sweden and settled in America. In an art- icle he told that one day in 1891. while he was editor of a Swedish newspaper in Ashland. Wis., an Indian visited him at his office. The Indian said his name was Arnyaat. the same as that of the historian with Vidar. and spoke a corrupt form of Swedish. He said the Swedish words were "magic" and had been passed down to him by his ancestors. other Indiana. Baner said. later verified this claim. They told of a legend about men dressed in "ice" (Armor) and winged helmets who came from a

trumps. Wcsl dealer

worsi typo.

"sacrifice" was

young children

Both sides vulnerable.

West's leap to six hearts was optimistic. but it was considerably more logical than South's bid of six spades. Even if South had not been vulnerable. that bid would have been a "flag-flyer" of the Six hearts have been made. and so South's unnecessary. as well as very expensive.

in a parked car piled with clothing and food. "How come?" asked the Passaic. N. J. patrolman. ”Gli0slS" was the ans- wer. The falhcr. Manislaw Deraic- auk. was located at work. where

couldn't

continued with the ace. Declarer ruffed and led a club. West won and led a third heart. declarer again rufilng. At this point South ahould have led the club king in

queen. thereby preventing declar- er from making another low trump. But East discarded a heart, and this let declarcr bring home the spade jack.

The Penalty Has siiiisiaiiiial as it was-I400 points hut East made the enemy an nutnglii gin of 300 points.

the family were back in the house. In Anatolian Turkey. British ar- chaeologists have unearthed a 8,-

000 years-old palace comparable to the mighty palace of Mines in Crete and apparently the home of

(America) from Iceland in a galley, . 10 3 I . V THE SIGN ON THE BANK Vldar and his band reached the . 5 L3 an effort to cash it or to force FRET NOT. saourrm, HII-I-Hf); ... 1, poggo-7 1-...; OQANGES m not anoush to metal! mi "Bil Mouth-" which 3"" "id exnsesa "gt"? 'I' ;'”3"l”'”'"”' b".'v'"t' '”Lf,,f'z.""'”'” g?2euEu'(IlA-lrgsvgkges ("Ji " " N My GOA.” new no new on mm w-- an to .:--w- o .' 3”" c.'."l:.' " r I No? may be. rence River. T ey proc own alias . Q7 "med H 1 I1 an ummy g -0111 Mother Nature. this river to Georgian Bay. Since Q AK-Q N . J9 d 1 wt 1 inc spade deuce. Now Ir) - they could not have carried their so W E . 7 ufsdiriitrmrlelfigtrlda dutamozg wlthutlhe Over "I we Green For". Pd" '.l';eyth.bov. N'i-”'lRtll.'!l'):llR'aB:rLlel: .10 S Tql club. Atrtlin Wcstrdzisgclrrdedltodlif rabbit was wondering about. He at ("nay 3396!": Mybark Anerll .A mnnd. dummy mm-(1 with the as looltlnl l'0l' hli! bl! C0"5l"- long md' dmgcun joufncy may .A”53 snuric ten and a diamond was re- mmper me "mt ms wndemi reached an "enormous lake" and Us ""l''”' 5'” mm” brought mm-W" to . "big Island” where copper was .. Now N-'Cl',Vllilllg slloulri have been l''''””'" ”"”k' R W'''” "M" obtained Bauer believed the lake .s.KJos7ta '””""''Y "W" '0 l'3ari- West had ins n0W- 1" m0" P139" ll W" W" L"; supermr and the copper shovin one club. five diamonds and ursilng under the lee Only WM" me me Roy-lo when Indians op. The bidding: four hearts. hence must have start- tian too swiftly to freeze OVGP led lmmv mm” After a wag Non). Eng south cd wtili three spades. Since de- has there any open water. gaucemlprluy acme” -the Indlanslp I. P." 1. 2g clarer had ruffed three times, he Peter was feeling a bit lonesome. A - ucordnm to the ,nm.,p"0m Vldul e 9 Pass Pass 6 Q was 0llVi0llSly down to two trumps. far he hadn't heard or seen 4- -lb uLm- mum”, ,0 Sweden. Dble. Pass Pass Pass That being 50. East now should mybody. "It is Just as if nobody av rm . 7r -'- have ruffed in with the spade

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Scratchy Throat? admit they were intoxicated when thief committal the crime. ' quor aus n a it : i0 Gurgl. wnh cent of all alcoholici geiyelop mi,-mi:

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