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who can measure it he tries The power of a pair of eyes?
W. Burgess
seen them. He stood still. He didn't move so much as a hair or his coat. without knowing he was da- ing it. he held his breath. His eyes
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0 ntract Bridge
By Josephine Culherbon
A iwsrrisa or PLAY, NOT nmnmo
Major-suit game contracts based on only seven trumps (divided 4-: between declarer and dummy) are trownecl on by most players. in- cluding experts. but the net re- mains that such contracts are often the best available. There is an "if" to be considered in these cases. however, and that is that the
'Tl-It pGUARDlAN. CHARLOTTETOWN
Tilly The Teller
JECEMBER 25. 1953
By dob Giistafson
-Old Mother Nature. never left the spot where he had
seen those other eyes. Would they Too-Smut. the young fox who appear again? He hoped so. had had the odd feeling that he A moment later those eyes were was being watched. knew now that back there. This time the young it was not for nothing that heliox had a good look at them. They had had that testing. He had dis- were sott eyes. They were the soft- covered a pair of eyes peeping at est eyes he had ever seen. Anyway. him from beneath the snow-cover- that is the way they seemed to ed boughs of a small tree. The him. They were the eyes oi an- instant he saw them they disap- other tax. He knew this, and he peared, but he knew that he hadvkneiv they must be the eyes of
Charlottetown Hotel
rleclarer must be able to play the cards well. south in the following
1.1. Wu; 1,, um," ",0" banks. deal did not qualify in that respect.
December 28th
NEW YEARS EVE CELEBRATl0N-
Supper Dance 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Buffet Supper served at 11 pm.
Jack Doyle & His Orchestra-37.00 per couple.
To avoid disappointment please make reserva- tions early.
Tickets should be picked up by Dec. 29th. 1953.
New Years Eve Celebration CHARLOTTETOWN HOTEL
Buffet Supper and Dance.
Supper Served from 11:00 p.m. until 1:00 am.
Dancing from 9:30 p.m. until 2:00 am.
Tickets KLOO per couple.
To avoid disappointment please. make
reservations early. Phone 1170
Tickets should be picked up hy December 28th.
Dotty Dripple
. ' rth dealer. . . the stranger with uhom he ha RP bean trying to catch up for 50 km: Ixorth-South vulnerable. Now was his chance, but strangely QK52 lenough he was suddenly fearful. VK5 He was afraid that if he moved; .AKol the very thing would happen that TAQ73 once he had intended should hap-I 3 N .J..s pen. He was afraid that the; V Q1108 r '.7l' stranger would once more runi .Qw9 ll E ..Js away Then he migiit never see her 75 S 1.x)” again. Qse
Curiously enough, he no longer - .A..” wanted to drive the stranger away. '3A2.8 He no longer felt anger. The eyes .9.5i ivanished. Would they re-appear? T , Isomehow he didn't dare go for- The btddln " wvard to look under that snow-l Nam 13.1; jg.g' my lcovered tree. He wanted to, but; 1. pg" 1. Bug he was afraid he would find the; 3. pug 4. my 'owner of those soft eyes gone. Hei pug pug ' i
waited and lN3lll”f.l. There they wercl
iagain, those soft eyes. It seemed Norm” mum” "ll" m lpldel to him that they were the soitesti,WBS Very bad, It-TBDKCU BIXOUSTI. 11 eyes he had ever seen. In them he had made the more logical bid was something very like admira-poi two clubs or two notrump the tion. Too-Smart liited a foot asipartnershlp probably would ave ii to advance. The eyes dis:ippear- rcaclierl three notrump. which ed. Too-Smart hold his place. would not have been as good I Would those eyes come back? Yes, cniitrart. there they were. soiirr than ever. West opened the heart queen. Where there had been anger in the The king was put up; then declarer ylieart of the young fox. and the de- leashed the heart ace and ruffed sim in drive the straiiger away, his last heart with the spade eight. ynnw there was a great fear that He next cashed the spade king and the sti'an:cr would go away. led the deuce to the ace. When Once more those eyes vanished he laid down the spiicle queen. he This Time Too-Smart took a few lcarncrl how the suit had broken. steps towards the hiding place ofl South had taken six tricks. With the owner of those eyes. Then liciiiio diamond tricks in slzhl. South waited. The eyes didn't appear decided that. his best chance for again as soon as they had befoielilie tenth trick was the club finesse. Too-Smiirt continued to wait The iso he took that finesse - and that longer he waited the more it seem- i was his finish. East captured
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New Years Dance Clover Club
RESERVATIONS CLOSED
Tickets must be picked up Monday or Tuesday eve- ning between 7 and S at Clover Club. All reserva- tions will be cancelled unless tickets picked up.
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