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In the deal below. East's blind horror of giving up a ruft-and- discard led him into a really fatal alternative.

E South dealer; . "-ither side vulnerable.

Q1-(Q94 YOWLEI HATE! WET FIST

:,8(732-,3 By prejudice are most folk ruled d.-,6 Unless to conquer it well schooled. g5, .3 5 -Old Mother Nature. V3;(Q WNE Yowler the Bobcat la a hunter. He must hunt. find. and catch all 18Q56” S 'B!fOcgJ his food. Of course this means that he has to roam about a great deal. :'1t0J31o76 He must do ahlot oflwalking. I-ie A1095 does most of his hunting at night. B A9 Sometimes he covers long distances "-' before he finds a. meal. In hard The bidding: times he may travel all night and South West North East not get a mouthful to eat. When 1g 2. 2. 3h he has to go very far and hunt gA Pm pa” Pal! all night. he does not always re.

turn home to sleep. He crawls und- er a pile at brush, or into a hollow l-'.ast's thrccrrlub bid was highly log, sometimes even into a big hol- niudzrinus. and it might have gpur. low tree, or into a cave if he hap- "rd VVost into a five-level sacrificeilpens to be near one. and there hat, should have been quite un- sleeps through the day. '1”-"9S51l')'. l In one thing Yowler is a true Wes: opened the heart king and 'cat. his dislike of water. He doesn't zashed the queen as well. but when like wet feet. That is, he doesn't East did not high-low. West knew like to wade in water. sometimes that declsirer would ruff a third he will go a hug way to get a- irai-i. so wrsi, shifted to the deuce round a small pool that he might M riiihs. Sdulh moi; Eur. gm, easily have waded across. iirrw tire nvilstaniling trumps, ruf-l On this night. Yowler had bad ml fllli"'il'l'l'.'3 last heart. and thenvluck. He had hunted and hunted ::';ipli- rxiicri with the club. lwithout catching even a mouse. He ram Sr.v.itii's point of view the was feeling tired, and very much inlv lcgitimatia hope my 10 m.;k.lout of sorts. At last he came to ar in rlroppimz the queen-jack ogllsaughing Brook. He stopped on the vi iimoi-.ds. blank. in one hand or-lbank. He wanted to go on. but right. Th" mile. -a or getting help, 1-mithere Laughing Brook was too wide iT!"l'1'.? (hitter for the first break for him to Jump across, and he 'l'”lilld not be upset by clearing away didn't want to wet his feet. He hearts and clubs. and if help we; could have waded across, and he in come from the enemy this strip. knew it. As a. matter of fact. had hm": prncrss was vital, lit been too deep for him to wade m.-t. in ii.th the clubs. felt that he could have crossed it by swim- hr was l2X'?t'l He was sure thatlming. He can swim. If he should be South as well as dummy was now:f0i'ced to swim he could do it very air or clubs, and another 1935 ogwell. He has been known to swim that suit. would give South there! his own accord, but there must 'l"eaded "'illf in one hand. discardlhave been A very mans and un- iii the ntlinr" Sn East - exactlyfusual reason for him to do that. as Sciitli lvipcd - rammed - tow He Just doesn't like water. rl'aii:oi:d. Smith put in the ten. ”Pmb3blY I will h3VE belief siimthei-rd VVcst's queen with the hunting on the other side," he king. tlieii rinessed successfully llhoulhli 1003111: Across. "I certain- l1'.'i'lclHSlhE:lSl'S jack. ily couldn't have any worse hunta s clild have been absurdl sing," oncv for Erist to count that southytl He reached out and touched the 9: veil .-as dummv. had four dia..Water with one foot. Then he shook I'l"ll'lS. and tlicrefore that anotherlll-s "I hll-0 T-ht W35”-" Bald he- cub rliearl. )3dlll(11f'fllT1R s ruff andf 1155?? . "W1 '1 him reciselv no ':r-vrv-1 1w lfas the glamour; Ieldtthatlthe Culbertson Point-Count Method. 5... s;....;d have nomad H mlsimply send a stamped. self-sd- rrmts dressed envelope to the J. C. Wins- g I iton Co., 1010 Arch St.. Philadelphia, :El' YOUR. FREE DIGEST nf.Pa.

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. I. W. Burgess ''I hate Laughing Brook. It is al- ways getting in my way." He quite forgot how often he had'found a fish. A turtle. or a frog. along Laughing Brook. Just then he hated

At last he came to Laughing Brook.

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the day. he would have to get it very soon. He had a strong feel- ing that he could get that dinner on the other side of Laughing Brook.

He looked up the brook to see if there was any place where he could cross without wetting his feet. He couldn't see one. He look- ed down Laughing Brook. There was no dry crossing in sight.

"I'll Just go up the brook, and look for an old log or tree-trunk on which I can cross." thought Yowler.

He started up along the bank. He came to a place where Laugh- ing Brook was narrower. could he Jump it? He was tempted to try. Then he decided not to. He didn't want to get wet. so. he walked and he walked. growing more tired and more hungry. And all i a time he could have been on the other side. just by wading.

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