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Contract Bridge

By Josephine Cluberlmn

SKILLFUL EXECUTION

some throw-in plays are almost. elementary. while others

lollowing deal put the deciarer on his merit

West dealer. l . North-South vulnerable ; A J 8 4 V A Q 2 Q Q 9 5 up Q 9 3 4 7 4 5 , 9 K J 10 9 N v 3 4 s . 7 5 w E 9 K .1 8 1 Q A 10 4 2 Q 6 3 4. 10 7 h 4. K J 8 4 K Q :0 9 6 5 2 Q 6 . .j. 4. A 6 5 4 2 The bidding: West North East South It 0 Dble. Pass 4 Q Pass Pass 5 Q 5 Q 6 9 Pass Pass 6 5 Fun Pass Pas.-

li west. had elected to open a club. doclarer would have been beaten before he started, but west. actually laid down the ace of diamonds. and now South had a chance. He rutted. led a trump to dilmi1'l)"s eight and riiited another diamond. Next. although he did not require the heart iinesse tor a tr:cK. he never- theless took that lanesse because he intended to strip hearts as well as diamonds trom the North hand,

CLUB TAXI

PHONE 2631

require considerable toresignt and skill. The

- son of Danny and Nanny Meadow

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fins hc uiis living. it hadn't been

x dummy.

By Thornton THE COY ONE I

Fund and love! You'll (ind it true: Lite is grivcrneci by these two. I - e-old Mother Natiire; l Milt", the young Meadow Mouse! lwiin was Just starting out in tnei icircai. World lor himselt. was the

Moiise. He was living all alone. not had iixod up an aid Meadow Mouse il0llle lllfll llf) one RES using. and H1

in'.u:ii of a home to look at when he had toiind it. Perhaps you would lsay it wasnt much or a home to Slook at now. But you are not a

and i' he rilrln't tinesse. he wniild find hlinsoll out ol ti'iiinps when lthe crucial point arrived. when the heart queen held the trick His it oi course tigured to C10. ,7” ,A, -, V . V, W , in View of West's bid). cieciarei':Meadow Mouse. Anyway. it was cashed the heart ace. discai'diii'.' ayneat and clean. ior Mite was hotn- lclub. and ruiled away dummysiing it not lussy zibout his own lheart deuce. lie returned to ciummyjloolcs. and the looks oi the place he w:tl-i a trump and ruiied the lasitlived in. In this he was a true ldlaninnd - then. with the staKc;Meadow Mouse. finally set. he led a low club Iroml At iirst Mite thought or nothing his own hand. 'btlE getting Iood enough and iixiiu: The bidding had told South thutl up his house. He was eating his own lthc Club King lay over rather tiianiwelght. in food every day. and Iilldr lunder dnmmy's queen. West. withing so much food was enough to the diamond ace and high hearts, keep any Mouse busy, So. hunting almost. surely would have opened lior icod. catinz. sleeping. and tixihg lthe bidding with one heart if hciup his house kept the yoiinp: Mouse lhad aw) held theiclub King: and so busy that he didn't liarc time to llfnst. srnrccly wciiiid liave hid' tive think anything else. He wasn't 3diamonds with nothing nt value inilnnesome. For the timo being he was ispades, hearts nr clubs. what is called ”Slllll(ll6lll'- unto Thus. when West played the cum himself." This means. that he did seven on the load toward diimm.i'.l.not met any need (it the 50('lE'iy oi ldeciarer put in the iiizic-spot. East anybody else. W0ll lVli'l the Jack. but his club: Then one clay. return could be ducked in thelmending fl broken place in the root lclosed hand and taken by dunimyislol his house. he had it funny lesi- quceii. . llllg. Perhaps you iicive had just such It East. after winning with thola. iceiing.'I-le tell. a pair of eyes club jack. had returned a diamond. watching him. He stopped work. He rdeciarer would have rtiiied whilc:stlll had that feeling, Hcilooxed this idlscarding a losing club ironi why. and that way, but no one was

i”Who are soil?” he risked. and his lvoicc was H little sqiteaiilrir than usual

as he was husyi

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around just in time to see a short tall disappear around 5. corner where his private little path Joined another path. He hurried to that corner and peeked aroimd it. No one was in night. This wasn't surprising. because there was an- other corner just a little way trom this one. The little streets of Mouse- viiie cross and recmu. twist and turn. until it is a wonder how any Mouse can ever tuid the Way back home. Mite didn't know which way to go, so wisely didn't go at all; he just sat there peeping around the corner. in a moment he saw Just the tip of It nose poked out around the other corner. It was drawn back quickly. In a moment it happened again.

Mite felt a sudden desire to know what was peeping at him. He ran to the next corner. and looked. around it: no one,was in sight. A little path branched ott to the right; another one branched 0!! to the leit. which path should he take? He hesitated. And While he hesitated. the tip of that nose and one eye appeared around the comer at the leit.

Right then and there the yoirng Mouse tor-got everything else. he just had to Kim! the owner of that nose and eye. He raced for the next corner. There he met with the same disappointment. No one was in rght. But up ahead was a very sharp .turn in the path. This time he didn't run. He stole up to that turn land prepared to peep around it luliist. as he started to poke his nose around the turn, another nose was lpoireci ai-oimd from me other direction. The two noses almost touched. Some one had been going to peek around at him. Mite squeaked sharply. and dashed around the turn. He almost bumped into another young Mouse. For no reason at all that he could think ot. Mite forgot that he was cross at being teased so. Ht? suddenly Ielt bashful. "Who are you?" he asked, and his voice was a little squeakier than usual. -

"I'm Nettle Meadow Mouse." re- plied the other. and stir: looked

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in sight. He turned completely

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