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TIIUNDEREB DOES Ell PART had a great fright. ear to the young Grouse around

The ones who but co-operate. Are surest masters of their fate. -OLD MOTHER NATURE.

Thunderer the Grouse is hand- some and knows it. He dearly loves to show off. especially for the benefit of Mrs. Grouse. Not even Tom Gobbler. the big Turkey at Farmer Brown's can strut het-

him. "You have just come safely through the greatest danger that we Grouse ever know. Foxes. Hawks, and Owls are bad enough, especially when they are very hungry. But these two-legged hunters with the fire-sticks that make a loud noise are most to he feared. i don't understand how

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ONLY ONE declarer in a dupli- ing to the play of the following

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they do it. but they kill- at a distance. Keep your eyes open and never let one not near you." "We've seen those two-legged folks before and they haven't hurt us." said uue of the young Grouse- "That was l)c(zziu.se it wasn't time." said 'l'liuudcr(-r.

He saw the plI.r:I.lcd look on the faces of the young Grouse . Before one of them should ask him what he meant. he explained. "It hap- pens only at this time of year," said be. "Why it happens. I don” know. But it does happen every year at this time. in the winter and the spring and all summer there is nothing to fear froml those tu-wleugerl folks i don't know will All I know is that they never hurt us then. But at this time of year never let one. of them get any nearer than you? can help. If they have dogs with them be especially careful." t The young Grouse listened

ter than can 'l1lundcrer. Mrs. Grouse dearly loves to watch him and he knows its

So it is that in the spring while Mrs. Grouse is sitting on the eggs. in their hidden nest. Thunderer still struts and drums. He has no part in hatching those eggs. He leaves that wholly for Mrs. Grouse. Later when the eggs have hatched and Mrs. Grouse leads her flock out into the Great World he is likely to be not far away and often joins the family, especial ly when they are fairly well grown. Then he does his part in watching out for danger and giving the a- larm in time when danger ap- proaches.

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Almost every South in the field ended up in a six-notrnmp con- rnrt.

Since clubs had been bid by Vtwh sum point of the suc- tion, no West opened that suit, vr of them preferring to make the neutral diamond lead. At ai-

every table the declarer. after testing the diamond suit to

all meant, but they wouldn't for- get what Thunderer had told them. From now on they would always be watvhing for hunters with rlrearl- fui gum.

wherever they saw them. They had had their first lesson of the dreadful hunting season. They would have many more before it ended.

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"You are lucky," said Thnnderer to the young Grouse around him.

"You are luclq," said Thund-

It happened that he was not in the thicket with Mrs. Grouse and the young Grouse when a hunt- or shot one of the latter and wound- ad him. However, he wasn't far away- When the hunter shot, all the Grouse took to their wings and scattered in different directions. While Mrs. Grouse was leading the hunter away. Thunderer grad- ually got the other young Grouse together and led them deeper into the Green Forest. It was the first experience with a dreadful gun at" "I9 Younl Grouse had had and they were a frightened lot of gglllingdgirds. They didn't under.

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cate game applied the proper ttm- the ace and king at hearts and

I than ran the rest of the diamonds, discarding one spade, one club. and one heart from dummy. Under this method of play, these dis- cards became vital. because these declarere could not afford to re- duce dummy to the blank A-Q of clubs-if they did and the finesse

last. they would be short a trick, wlureal by keeping three clubs in dummy south could lead the club jack and in that way assure him- self of two. club tricks. All these deciaru-s ended up by making ex- actly six-odd.

One South was a title more imaginative. Winning the diamond lead. he cashed the ace and king of hearts--saw the break of that suit. and immediately led the jack

of clubs. West covered-properly, of course - and dummy'a Ace won. south next cashed the queen and Jack of hearts. discarding two spades. and then ran the rest of

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and a spade from the table. East was safe up to this point. but when South finally led the eight of clubs to the queen. East was not safe. Forced to keep the high heart against dummy'a five- spot. East had to reduce to one spade, and South took the twelfth and thirteenth tricks with the ace and jack of spades. it is obviously true that this de- clarer was lucky to find the cards rinhl for a squeeze. but at least he played for that chance, where- as the others settled for 12 tricks.

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