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' contract Bridge

Q: Josephine Clubertaon 0:m00&G3&i& N0 CHANCE FOR RECOVERY

The daclarer made a bad guess in the following hand e. and then the defenders moved in.

south dealer. I Both sides vulnerable. I

QJ!0F CK7 l QAK10962 )A0 TK8 Q843 "194 N :A6'52 :33” W E OQM 32 s l-14 : 4x752 VJIOBZ OJ4 QAJIO T)Iebidding:t loath West horth East :ass Pan 1;, pa” g-,NT Pass SNT Pas; .ass Pass

West made his normal lead. the fourth-best club. South won with the jack and led the diamonvl Hack. lincssmg. Es.-2. wozi and, not wanting to PT(D?TllllPll' in spades or hearts, rrturiicd has partners stub suit. - ,

Dummy": club king non this trick and the five drinmnd tricks were run off Bnih ricrcndcrs dis-l ('.'l.TdEd peri(:C'.iy in these tricks. East let go Mn llPIli"5 and one spade: West shed his clubs. Smnhi himself had rlilfwxlly dismrdinzj on the diamonds. bat gave up two Shadow and two hr.

Now with fixer ( l is rmnu1n.n': in all hands, riunilms were the .1-l0-9 of spades and the K-7 of

hearts; Eastls were the Q-8--i of spades and the A-n 0' ilfflria; riec--g lnrer had the K-7 of spades and the J-l0 of lirnris: vshlic West had his original A-6 of spades and the Q-9-4 of hearts. Dcclarer led the spade jnrk from dummy. and

when East played low. made the K.7, decm-er 105:, tha 1351. two

had guas of piittillgz up the king in the hope that the ace lay onf his right. It was a fatal decisionl. West captured the king and prnnipt-g

ly returned a smdc; East took hisispicuousiy bad about his play. and queen and put duminv in by lead- the defenders deserved credit for

lng his last spade. Now. since ni

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By Thornton

TOMMY. TIT GETS A BREAKFAST

'1nere's nothing like a note of cheer

To scatter gloom, and banish fear-.;insects. These are on the bark and -Tommy Til. the Chickadee.it.runks of trees. When an ice storm

Little Tommy Tit the Chickadee practices what he preaches. He is just a little feathered dispenser ol

' good cheer. No matter how gloomy

the day. Tommy Tit has 9. cheery note that just cannot be resisted. 'iDee. clee, dee. see me!" cries Tommy Tit, as he hangs up-aide- doxm'to the tip of a twig, You look

wYnu just have to. And when you see . hmm snapping his um: black eyes, Dee. dee, dee! I know where I can

at you and calling again, "Dee, dec,

dee. see me, see me!” you feel betteini

no matter how gloomy you had been before. He has the same effect as a ray of sunlight breaking through a dark cloud.

Tommy Tit never looks on the dark side of life. No matter how bad things may be, he is always sure that they are going to be bet-

ter, and says so. He is I very small

person with a great big mission in life which is to carry cheer wherever he goes.

There had been a bad storm, the worst kind of ii storm: an ice stor: '. Everything was coated with he Branches of trees were broken oil by the weight of the ice on them. Every twig: of every tree and bush locked as if it were in a glass case.

How in the world Tommy Tit could hold on to one of those slippery twigs with those small feet of his. it was difficult to under- stand. Sometimes he did slip off. but when he did he seemed to think it was a joke, and his merry "Dec.

rTeii?CiTmiTc3'"b?1FdTv7ay from-the tricks. and his contract. Although declarer could have col-

lected nine tricks in several dif- ferent ways. there was nothing can-

cxploitlng their opportunity.

iiU"f)6iTI5H7rnE'nEiY1&'osED REINDEER

W. Burgess

dee. dee." rang out. Everybody who heard it felt better. In winter time. a large part or Tommy Tlt's food consists of the tiny eggs of tiny

comes this food is completely shut away from Tommy Tit. This means hard times. Does he worry? Perhaps. but he doesnt let anybody know.

This storm had been one of the worst. that Tommy Tit could remember. when it was over, and he started out to look for some- thing to eat, he couldn't. find it thing. ”Dee, dee. dee!" he cried.

get something."

Stralghtwziy he flew over to Farmer Brown's house. He was sure that there would be something for him on the feeding shell at 1 kitchen window. Every winter Farmer Brown's Boy kept. that isheir supplied with seeds and other good things for his feathered friends.

"Dee. dee, dee. dee, dee!" cried Tommy Tit as he lighted on that shelf. It was a cheery note. good to hear on this cold morning, Then Tammy Tit made a discovery. It iwzisnt a pleasant discovery. It iwns just the opposite. There wash": .a single seed that he could pick up.

some of those seeds he could see through the ice that covered them. lbui his little bill wasnt stout licnougli for him to peel; nway.the .ice and get the seeds. Even the big piece of suet was covered so that he couldn't get the tiniest bit. . Could anything have been more 'discoui'aging? Wouldn't you have been discouraged had you been in this place? He had to have food. and he had to have it soon. All through the storm he had had almost nothing to eat. A bird must. have plenty of food. and have it often to make warmth in the body. and to furnish strength and energy to keep wings going.

"Doe. dee, dee. deel" cried lTommy Tit as he lighted on thlt shelf. ,

again. Where was Farmer Brown's Boy? Why hadn't he put out more seeds? Had he forgotten? What Tommy Tit didn't know was that he was a little early for 'breakfnst. He was up before Farmer Brown's Boy.

Once more Tommy Tit hopped all over that ice-covered shelf. Then he peeked in the wndow. Farmer Brown's Boy was up now busy in the kitchen. so was Mother Brown. "Dee. dee, dcc, deei" called Tommy Tit. But they were so busy they didn't hear him. '

Tommy's little black eyes snap- ped. They have a way of snapping in the saucie.-st; manner. What; do you think he did then? He tapped on the window. Perhaps he did it purposely. Perhaps he saw some- thing inside he thought he could get. Anyway. it brought results. Farmer Brown's Boy stopped what he was doing; so did Mother Brown. Both looked at the little Bird outside. "Bless his heart!" cried Mother Brown. and both reached for some sunflower seeds at the same instant that as a result a lot or them were splliedf

"Dee, dec, clee!" cried Tommy Til. happily. as the window was opened. And he hopped right inside on the window sill.

ST. NICKJS SPIRIT

It is thought that St. Nicholas died about 345 A.D.. and for 30 days following his festival day his genial spirit roamed the earth, fill- ing the hearts of mankind with love and generosity. He gave the gifts without thought of return e

Tommy Tii: hopped from one end of the shelf to the other, and back

the true spirit of St. Nicholas and Christmas.

By Robert L. May

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