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,By Thornton THE DREADFUL GUN

For those we love and deeply cue. ' Uncertainty is ha.rd to bear. -Reddy Fox.

This was a bad mtrning for g I Fteddy Fox and Mre. Roddy. They I 1 were in trouble. They were in great trouble. They had something they wouldnlt have done had not hunger driven them to it, They had raided a flock of I-lens in the door- yard of a distant fann. It was a thing they had not wanted to do. I and wouldn't have done. if they I could have found anything else to I eat. They had long known all I about that farm, Just as they knew

I about all the farms in some dis- I tance around. They had hiown I that there never had been I Don I there. That was why Ihey Md chosen this farm. Perhaps you can

: guess how unipleasantly surprised 1 they were to find that there now I wasa.Dogthere,tihe kindofDog ; trained to hunt Foxes, Raddy had I been forced to damp the Ben he - had caught. and then run for his

life.

Being rather weak from lack of

3 food, Roddy soon tired. That Dog

. surely would have caught him had

3 It not been for Mrs. Raddy. She : had interfered by getting between

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the Dog and Roddy. The Doc had seen her, and now he was follow- ing her than while Reddry got his breath and rested.

All the time Reddy was listen- ing, those black ears oi! his cooked to get every sound. He could tell just how the phase was going. He knew when Mrs. Roddy tried some clever trick to fool the Dog and try l0 break the trail. Then for a few minutes there would be silence, Reddy would listen hopefully. Per- haps this time Mrs. Roddy had succeeded. Then all too soon, he would hear the voice of that Dog again, and know that once more he was on the trail of Mrs. Reddy.

Mrs. Reddy led that Dog so far away that Roddy could hardly hear tlhe barlLinQ of the Dog. Then it began to grow louder. This meant that Mrs. Reddy was circling back.

"When Swility gets lnok here, I must relieve her," t)houa,'Iht Reddy as he got to his feet. "She must. be getting tired. and that Dog isn't geizting tired at all. That's because he has plenty to eat. I wonder where that hunter with the dread- ful gun is. I hope swiity is looking out for him." Swifty was Mrs. Reddy. She was Miss Swiftxfoot when first he met her.

Roddy: guess that Mrs. Reddy

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"when Swifity gets back here I must relieve her," thought Reddy L! he got to his feet.

must be getting tired was I. good

guess, she was getting tired. Likel Reddy, she had had little to eat for many days, and so she did not have the strength for 9. long run. Now she was beginning to pant a little. and her legs were very. very tired. Wou-id Roddy be waiting to interfere, and get that Dog Io chasing him? she was sure he would. Never had they failed each other in this game of change off. They had become very clever in doing it. Seldom had they failed to fool a. Dog,

Mrs. Raddy knew just. about where Reddy would be likely "is be waiCmg. She headed for that place.

Then, just in time. she saw the farmer with the dreadful gun. He knew a lot about Foxes and their ways. He had guemed that this Fox would circle back. or course. he didn't know that there were two Foxes. He could tell by the sound of line Dog's voice that he was not very far behind the Fox. so he was watching sharply for a glimpse of a red coat. and present- ly he got it. Mrs. Raddy had come in sight, but not quite where she had been expected.

Bang! Bang! went the dreadful gun, Mrs. Reddy had seen the farmer just as he lifted his gun. and had dodged behind I. tree just as he fired.

or course, Roddy heard that dreadful gun. He know Just what it meant. He knew that it wouldn't have been sired at anyone but Mrs. Roddy, Reddyls heart seemed to jump right up in his throat. Had Mrs. Reddy been killed? Even if she hadn't been killed she might be dreaxlthilly hurt. If that Dog stop- ped barklng, it would mean that the worst had happened. Reddy's blsok ears were cocked anxiously. The Dog did stop barking. Raddy held his breath as he waited, and listened. He heard the farmer cal- ling to his Dog. Did that mean that the hunt was over? Did that mean that he would never see Mrs, Roddy again? Redd-y trembled all over as he stood without mov- ing, holding his breabh and listen-

ing. . Suddenly the stillness was brok- en by I yelp of eagerness. and

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The term "free double" is very much of a misnomer. because there is nothing "free" about giving the opponents the dhance to redouble! East may have learned this lesson in the following hand - at least he (and his innocent partner) had to play the iusonl

Northdealer. Neither side vulnerable. QKIB Q4 QAQ11 4.105431 41-tea: - QAQIO4 ox N onus: QIOSISS W E QKJII 4.QJs S Q5 Q9 QAQJHJ93 gel q.AKH Thebidding: North nut South West Pass Pass 49 Pass Pass Dbl. Redbl. Pun Flu Pnu

As a rule it is not wise to open preemaptively with as strong a hand as South's. but: in view of North's pass. it was unlikely that a slam could be made, so Sou'Ih's choice was not open to criticism, As I matter of fact it turned out very well! When East doubled, South took the position that a player who could not open the bidding could scarcely produce four tricks against a. heart contract. 30 South re- doubled. There was certainly no reason why West. rather than North, should turn up with what- ever "balance of strength 'there miirht bc.

Once he had made the double. there was nothing East could do but stand fast and play against the redouble.

Wes-t opened the club queen. South won and pa-omp'i.ly laid down the ace of hearts! Naaiurolly, he did not expect to drop the blank king, but that was a. by-product of his correct play. He realized that it would be absurd to use up dummy's only entry. the diam d see. for the dubious advantage of a heart finesse. and he was quite prepared to give East the heart king. When this necmitf did not arise. South drew all or llastfs trumps. diloarding three diamonds and 3. space from dummy, then cashed the club king and gave West his club jack. West shifted to spades, but that gave the de- fenders only their second trick, and they were through.

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then "the roar of that Hound's big voice. Reddy bounded forward. Mrs, Reddy was still running, and

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