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By Joeenhlne Culbertson

Regular Monthly Meeting of the benevolent Irish Soc- gnaw” ANMYS“ my, Fndey even-no. In August. I947, tn a PM. Bunk of

Commerce Hull. Signed:-

The winning play made by the‘ eclarer in today's deal was based n shrewd analysis of the bidding

frocks” that Sarah's "little drees- and ‘he up“ Pad‘ 5. HOGAN, maker.’ who made theAwo or three - -~\ socd tmcks that Sarah allowed her- Secretury. seli each year, had altered until ___,____,______ they were very smart and up-to- .»-»*‘*""" \___ d319, There was no particular reason. ‘Ann tried to tell heraci: ea she Pinned Lyn’a invariable gardening to the shoulder o! her jade-green = sheer wool truck and prepared to go downstairs, that she should b; excited today. there would be the usunl old ladies, s few 0,5 genus. men very spnrce and archaic in their "courtly manners." There mill-hi be a few Young people who dropped in to see Ann and Lyn through the ordeal; and there would V “Zfiil; ‘£73.22 ‘i: m we» surely no reason wlhy now she '0'“ ye“ P should be the least bit excited. And Q ' "' P“ o! course she wasn't. she assured {hum a. i‘ mu“ . herselt sternly as she went do-un- . -- _ n”

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Andrew guests. old Ml. Harfelson. erect at West decided to Opgﬂ m; 3mg seventy spare. efezantly groomed, sequence in clubs and. of oourse, ‘and his two gentle old maid twin selected the queen. Declarer won. sisters as neat and trim as he; and laid dew-r. his four top trumps. and rmli‘ the good Lord knew how they then ce-slzed the cluo king. manage-cl it. on the tiny pittance When Blast showed out m ms ‘left them alter the destruction oi’ second club lead, discarding a ‘the Hal-raiser! estate when ‘he Mid- diamond. declare: was in possession City Bank crashed. at a time when 0i’ scme very valuable iriﬁormgtlon -bal'lks all over the country were regarding East’; gfginal jlstl-jbut, ‘crashiny like autumn leeves—ex- ion. He had held {our spades and lcept more loudly, one club. West scarcely would have i The other guests began to “drop c/vercalled the opening spade btld in." Ann did not miss the tact that on less than a Iiveward heart suit,

{la iew of them - like the Hatrel- and therefore East was marked with

sons. for instance - eyed the plates only one heart

'0! little cakes and thin bread and Then there ovas the matter of the v {butter sandwiches. the tiny hot opening lead. It was scarcely pos- f ibiscuits rich!" buttered and spread sible that 11 west 135d held m,

with Martin's home-made plum A-K-J. or even the A-K of hisnvnn

inm- heart eult. he would have failed to

; It was almOs five when Andrew lead that sun. bGCtIUEG he would

heme vcry stilt and vcry much the have recognized the chalice to give _ correct butler_"he'5 been going to his partner a third-round ruff. ‘i ‘the movies again." Ann told her- Hence it was extremely probable ' sell vvim a secret grin - stocd in that East did have the heart ace or " the doorway and announced ﬁrm» heart K1118 blank-almost certainly

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; "Miss ltiarvPn. and Mlstuh Dris~ Acting on this impeccable enaly. racers in Detroit, and they've even suggested a rite 3O miles north of coll." , sis, declarer blslndly led slow he“; Detrozt. Above is the artist's sketch hi‘ the $5,000,000. eight-square-mlie CHAPTE“ w Xresgaflamoi/ob? bllfmgg w?!’ milk‘?!

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‘to the ‘Pntefand he keeps oom- pany with deer-table bits lake that! l‘vIhO the heck is she. anyway?" murmured Lyn. in happy admira- tinn.

Ann said curtiy, "The girl who wants my Job."

"Ohn!" Lyme eyebriws went up "Then ii I help her get it. and you get fired. ym. might be desperate enough to marry m’! 1 we I shall thnve to cultivate the lady!"

"Do—and I‘ll drop arsenic weed- klller out n4 Andrew's toolhouse into your next cup ot tea!" Ann told him through her teeth.

Lynx eyebrows went up a little and he laughed,

"It couldn't be that you're jeal- ous, pet?"

But she was spared the necessity of an answer. ‘tor by now. Sarah was bringing ‘Tracy and itssa over to the ‘ea table and demanding refreshments ior them.

Lissa and Ann greeted each other politely, l: without warmth. Lyn was presented and promptly brought Lissa e cup o1 fragrant tea. which she eyed with no de-, light.

"Tea?" she murmured incredu- lously. "Bu: 1 thought-J’

Lyn grinned. "I know-Amt not in this house! when Sarah invites you to tea, it's tea-not cocktails!"

“Just an old southern UUStOﬂH" said Lissa. and regarded Lvn with friendly. not Io any admiring‘, in- terest,

"We have s areat many or them." said Ltvn Cheeftfully. "Bﬂme are absolutely fascinating - shall l tell you about some or. them?"

"Oh. Doctor-spray do!" laughed Lissa. and Lyn promptly steered her away from the tea table and Ann watched them go. without realizing that her expression had betrayPd her.

"Don't feel ndlv. Clayton." said ﬁlmy, very i; "Shﬂll return him, practically unharmed."

Ann looked up at him sharply nnd hated thcrcdll because her face gfrnv warm with color. but her eyes (lashed.

"There's no reason why she mould return Lyn Hester to ma unthnrmed or othertvise. 130's a per-

fectly tree agent!" she 52M! curtly. "will you have iGB-ﬂ)!‘ does the idea appali yol. too? I'm sorry but: I'm niraid there's no liquor-unless;

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As may have been noticed. East could have gotten out ui the way by discarding his heart king on ms second round of clubs.

——-_-_-__. POETIC TOWN

SOUTHEY. Sask, a (OP) -'i‘his village in the northern part of so} katdhewans QuZAppeIIe vsliey claims to be the most poetic town in Canada. it it named otter Rob- ert Southey, rnmous English poet and its main streets am called Keats and Browning.

“SMOKING TEN Town

REGINA — (OP) - "Smoking Tent" is the latest addition to e long list or unusual names in Saskatchewan Deriving its name from an _o‘.d Indian legend. the town is in the northermpart oi the province on the Prince Albert- Bwen River i-ne.

GHOST TI-IlEF?

GUHJ-‘H. Ont. — (OP) -- Clerks in a midtown store" are mystified. Early one recent morning they placed a new radio on display in the (rent window. Came closing time - the radio was gone. It. hadn't been sold. But when and how it was stolen pulzles clerks who never left the store during the day,

you'd care lol- blackberry cordial?" ’It was a week o1- two later that. Ann came Into the office a little late and e trlendly copy boy. pessq lng her in the aisle muttered under; his breath, "Step on it Miss Clay-l ton-the boss has been yelling his" head oil ior vou." I

Tracy looked up at that momenti and his voice was sharp.

"Hi Clayton you're late!“ I

l-iis, eyes were cold and llﬂitlQlld-l ly as she said hurriedly. “I'm sorry ~~ I missed. the buss."

"Wasn't Grandmother's electric available?" he naked and before he could be answered, he rushed on. "Would Julie Barton talk to you?"

Puzzled, Ann asked. "About what. tor instance?"

(To Be Continued)

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