By Thornton

RI-EDDY GETS HIS FACE SLAPPED

Surprise has often caused retreat That ended in complete defeat. -Farmer Bi'OWil'S Boy. Roddy Fox and Mrs. Grouse were matching wits. They were in an ild road through the Green Forest. iirs. Gr e had 3 hr: iiiinlly, tcn i'3C'.Glt" i' 'ics. '"'”” "P" "'5' '"”t iays old. So, although they could ill.) iiu;i.i. and p.':K tp 100d. they knew nCllli.'lg of the (Linger: of lh-1' great world For safety they were wiiollv dependent on mother. There l' vs JItS'. one tiriig, and one only, that they could do to help lnOlllE!' protect. them. That one thing was

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road on the opposite side wnere the babies were. Behind some bushes she began to flop about again .1- lniong the dead dry leaves. she hoped this would bring Roddy 1" (here to try to catch her. 1 inerely grinned as he

Reddv , Raddy merely grinned iu he listened. In fact Reddy really i "5”"9d- ChiICk16d- gait slapping him with her stout

"She OULIM i0 kn0W bl" 111-5 1”"? uliigs. She slapped him first on one she can't fool me with an old trick '51de of me face, mm on me nme,-V like that." thought he. as M 1lC3d- lAiid she slipped linrd. It really ion siraiizht tor the'piacc wlicre thelhm-L Redd). (Ned his best 10 Km” ,cliick.s had scrambled out of the; her ill his teeth, but he was so con- road. ifuscd and half blinded that he

He paid no .-ittentioii whatever to (-Quid,” 599 what to dop He did get MFR C'”'U59v Th-"ii VV35 ii 1ni5lakO'!lI. nioiiilifiil of fentheis. but that Redd) -l5 EH13”, bl” 111” 5'"t”'l95Hiins till Then. Mrs. Grouse wis folks do llllike ,in..stake was not keeping an eye Oi1'1h(- mad. pMrs. Grouse. The result. was he got Ready tried to get rid of the

to Obey, Obedience is the most. im-tan unpleasant surprise. He got lllsrfauthprg in his mouuk Then he Dortant thing NW N119 10”” CW” face Slapped, and it Was Slaltpcd looked over at Mrs. Grouse. nild hefat four spades, when in any real

learn. Mrs. Grouse knew "'""'

13?-id b.V MP5. Grouse. l wrtsii't grinning: any more. He didn't

"l NOW ih0UE!h Rfddf 15 Sinai? MI'5- i feel like griiiiiliisz. He siiiirled. Yes,

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mislrtkes. R8dd.V'-5' back in the brush on the side of

coract Bridge

31 Josephine Culbertson

A FANTASTIC HAND

It Ll not the usual practice of this writer to publish double-dum- my problems-hands to be played as though the declarer could actual- ly see all 52 cardse but the hand below is to umarkable that it de- sei-v:s repeated publication

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-......e-4 Quite frankly. this is A trick hand. Of course, it could have been :denlt. but the "trick" part is to Ipresent the final contract to South

'r.:aine it would be inconceivable for the opponents to retire from the

knew that she had told those ba- Cirniise was proving liersclf to be as mu he smuigd. Then he turned loiilllflloil U135 E3l'1.Vr

bier. to hide. Tlis . instantly. Tliey had 5

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l.Killal't, and perhaps a little snmrterjm rook far (1,959 (.1,;Ck5p The in.

She had tried the old trick of ivrc-jst:iiit ho tiirned Mix Groiis." has

ml the road. over the edge. into the tending to be hurt. She had tiucd mi mm again. 5m. 15 .1 mm m.(.,.. brush. and had hidden there. Red- it because that was the trick lllillland she hm mm 5,, hmi mat sh, dv had watched them disappear. was supposed to be tried at a time ;.1m(,5;, km,ci;ed mm 0” his feet.

He knew exactly where in look for them. Aiivwiiy, he thought he did. Mother Gmuse knew this, She tried R11 old trick. She pretended to be hurt: to be almost helpless. She flopped about in the middle of the road. She left the road. dragg'Ing one vxniz as if bully hurt. She pretend- ed she couldn't lift it. She left the

l.ke that. She l1ZidlIilTCIlII)' cxpeci- 3910”, he mum snap M her she ed it to succeed. It had been tried was nu-Hy '

too many times on Roddy.-' TIICI Reddy 'm,5 hgvillif 8 most tin- lmlani 8118 Saw U131 R9dd'5' W65 30- pleasant time. He had never had mg to pay no attention to her. she an gxpefiengc (lune like this. HP did something lllitt Caliliht Redd)! had never even suspected that Mrs. C0ml31”91.V bl" 5W'l”'l59- 1" 1”” Only Grouse would diire attack him. and

She flew right in his face. and be- that gum-k. l Meanwhile there wasn't :1 sign of

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yihe ten babies. They were obeying iinothtv as a mother alwais should the olieyed. She hind wzirncd them tin hide. and keep hidden iiiiiil she gave them the sigiial to come out of hidiiiiz. They cou?dn't see what

leave Montreal on August Iv. tS going on. but they could hear.

13th, arriving Chaiiottetown Monday 17th. Loading Vmd "W Wondered What mother

Wits doing. They were Jr as full lot curiosity as any otli children would liave been in their place. But mother had said not to move. -ind not 9. single one did. They were scatteiv.-Q Each was hidden tinder R brown lenf. and lying flat on the ground. Their coals were

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, W... -llie brown of the le.ives on the grottiid. I suspect that h-id you been ithelr looking for them. mu might have stcnticd on nne witlinui soc- int: i? Woulil Roddy Fox do any

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surprised him. but it confused him. he did"-1 know Just how in menu

! lust enough brownish to blend with. .heart from dummv and a diamond

4 Howeveig at least 99.9'x'r of the jworldls declarcrs would find the four-spade contract quite high enough on this hand. without him! pushed to a higher level. West opens the club qiieenenot that the open- ing load mattarl - and when South sees the dummy. he iuriu two losing heart: and two losing diamond: in each hand. How can he possibly salvage one or those losers? Can you. dear reader, In any way in make 10 tricks at spades

lagatnst perfect defense? Don't read

further unless you glI'8 Up.

In case you need it. hero's the solution: To make four special. you must first increase your original

are ready to

. four losers in five losers! Then you

must salvage two of these five 10:- ers. as follows:

Play the club king rm West's queen, and win the trick with your own ace. Draw three rounds of trumps. Cash both red aces. than lead a club. throwing West in. He can only return a club. Discard a heart from dummy and a diamond from the South hand, went must lead another club. Again, discard I

from your own hand. Now Wu: has three tricks. but he's UIFOUIII On his next lei-id, diiniiny discards a diamond while South ruffsp and a straight cross-ruff of hurt: and diiiinoiids by declarer produces the rest. of the tricks,

A word of warning: If you "spriiig" this hand on 3 bridge ac- quaintance, don't put this wmn snot-cards in the North-Soul club suit! The low card: must b! the three and the deuce, otherwise West. could decline to win the club trick, and there would go South's

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TO THE BUTLEH! I HEARD HlM TEIJJNG A SALEGMAN MOTHER WOULDN'T I lNT3?EITED IN His PRODU 1'-3 ITHOUT EVEN CONSJLTING OTHE?!

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