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PAGE TEN V 3 L hi . . ; ocooeeoeooeoofg i AKing Of The Royal Mounted h . - . V . , By 23” any contract Bridge l 9!! 7745? .-

3 By Josephine Clubertson & .mNmQKm40fQ.He.& A BRILLIANT LEAD

The opening li;d selected by

West in the following hand was h nothiiig short of brilliant. y By rlwhornton W. Burgess Q Ab! ' . . , Li v 'IIl1lillllll l MORE OF THE SAME more hungry enemies looking for -,. c hh : :i'iem all the time, and if that isn't V” ' r Norm GOKYEY3 trouble, I don't konw what is, Peter '

1Never thriik that something bad. has had so many harmw escapes h, h K7 5 41 i 15 me WC'"" tn” am be "me this lifetime that he can't begin to g Aqm ”P"" R”bb"' remember all of them. He doesn't

even try. In this he is wise. It 15

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. A2 . He walked all around the bumble 4- Ki” h it has taken Peter Rabbit a long "f””flh :J”hlW(tlCl,l f0rntm:g1e3:e”d' mngie looking in. hAQy N h1g3 ltiine to find out that nothing is L101? 9 m 5 PW 5 3 i 9 7.1 9 642 ever so bad that it couldn't be Like most folks. Peter is inclined m'n"- Q 86 54 xv E Q Q) 109 worse. Peter has had many troubles. 10 think BUY '-YOUNG he may be in and wch thick hrum ma hnmhxes q.A 932 S .pQJ87 Trouble of one sort or another is is the worst trouble pcsslbiff H9 mm lime Dams cu; .11 through he everysdav life of most of the was thinking Just this now. error mem to dodge about uh ova mg; -Q955 i ' i . r ftl fl'tf - he . K73 folk. especially of the smaller ones. 3 1 " P" v 1 d didnt belong, there were not many 4.105 lYou see, most of them have one or but WHEN PERL JJ W gar; hiding places, places into . N W "Waxed '0 8" W0 ll 5”” which he could not be followed. The blddmgi - Lbramble-lmigle just in time, Justin Peter am his best to mink of the

Nnrih East South West ithc full picture. West also did a me Very 1”” "I ”""7- The i"5"3”'” nearest place where he could be, 1 Q Plus 2; Pass fkeeh Intel-hum-e job. and when he was in under the tangled brlars ham but somehow he W” mo 2.VT Pass 3 V Pass INN-Ln Carried we bidding to (cm. and brambles-, he felt sale. He had frigmehed to thlhk. He mm” 4 Q Pass 'Pass Pass hearts, west selected 3 mad that been chased into such places many simply have to N" his fastest hhd iwag calculated to confuse , and times by many different hungiy dodge his bash hhd hope thlh he Sniuirs holding was not good en-iconfoiuid the Enemy, He blandly humem Rug none had bee" Kb" m would find a place where he would nugli for ii ill'0rCl'El'-Lille 1.i'.ieo.i'. nhopened the queen of spades! mmw mm m" YO" 5”" he always be sale. his puiiiieils spade opening, and' it is quite true that South wuldfould SN 111 b9Ci?U59 hi? mid Cut pew. was huh ahhm to duhhom Hl))'Jlll'fllLi) he felt that it waslhave reached for dum.my's spadellmle Dams my mmsen But mesa and tlirust to luck and his own legs lmi good rm a one no-trump res-ikiiiz at the flist trick and "laugli-ipams W9” "wymg Pnmlgh mr mo” to take him out of hi; prgunr, poiis:-. so he voniproniised by giiuled in West's face" but South u'asE"h0 h”m9d mm-,1! Hwy mm m gwubie when he djgcgvgl-ed more .1: mi: Nnrili a shaded raise, This Lac-.not a mind-reader. How could hi-.'C1'3Wi 111 8”” him the brambles me mmeh He had thought that he tic lS often employed by good tell what was going on? Westiwomd W” W” Cm” mid wmch couldn't be possibly worse off than )i'ia)'crs, or, to be more specific. by might have started with Q-J-i0.me”' 1395? mid 1”” W9” back in wg5 with my, big Haw: Me. i

those among the good players who do not guarantee four-card sups port when they raise pa.rtner's suit. Triir-, in liiis case South did not liars even ”ndcqiiate" three-card support. but, among evils, there was much in he said for his choice of I'91")0flS8S.

When Norili bid two notrump on the second round and South then

and East with the douhktoh hce,JMost of them never tried to get in Why forcing his way mm that

if declarer covered West's oueeiiian" Pet”-

wlth the king he would lose threci So. when Peter dived headlong spade tricks and at least one club.'into this little brainble-ianlzle. he Certainly, it was unusual (to putlinstantly felt safe. He felt that he it mildly) for a player to lead theycould laugh at this big, fierce. queen from an A-Q combination;broad-winged hunter. He expected and South scarcely considered the to see Terror fly auay in disap- possibllity in this case. He ducked pointnwnt. as he had seen so many the first trick in duinniy with other Hawks do when they had

bramble-tangle. but now he found V b 4

that he was worse off. Just as he had ' who UKE To 651 s t;,'I5,l'.h'L'y 1!'.?f”gb,:5EL;iI,k55ii miide ready to dash out another SOME DOPE ON ' HAVE TO PICK rvoua PAPERS. hunater had suddenly appeared wlth- 7"; "Ex, Why. ' SANTOS. HE'S RIGHT NOW I out sound, and had lighted on the "45 TOP 597 50METWN'

snow just outside that little bram- ble- tangle. It was Whitey the Snowy Owl. another hungry visitor from ilie Far North, from further

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look the occasion to show his hardly a thought. That. of course.'driven him into a brarnble-taiigle. north than Tenor me Goshhwk hld 'liParis, the picture of the Southlwas all West needed. He laid down But Terror did nothing of the kind, mum He was dressed in 3 white hand was roiiioletcd e- but. unlor- the shade ace and the club are, He liwlited on the ground. He walk- coat, Wm, hme Shots of dark brown tuiiately, North was not the only then led the spade Jack. and Easvfsied all around the bramblc-tangle or black his legs were khhhered one at the table who' could see ruff was the setting trick. lllooking in. He wasn't just looking way down to his mu. why up r ' "--"m'"m c" W” "'r' MW--rmlat Peter: he was looking to find A where he had come gun, he need- IWW W K” 171- H9 W55 big mid ed those feathers to keep his feet strong, one of the biggest of the warm. Now he mhhped hh buck on You" iH”'k f3””1.'v'- H9 had Come dow” bill most unpleasantlv as he waltdbl

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only the fearless and stroiiiz among peter! what could he do? When hills pile up, gel 350 to 31000 last at Household

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voiiig to stop Terror He beizan to Vfnrcc his way in, Ycs. sir, that is just what he did.

Peter really was friszliteiied now. :1! Terror succeeded in getting way 3 in under those briars and brambles.

Peter would have to get out. and

75'” YHNN CAN"u that would mean that he would

have in reach another and safer

h place where this big. fierce Bird

with the great claws and the hook-

. ed bill could not force his way in.

9- 1. 59001445000" as he was now doimr, How Peter

159 5,... . did wish he were back in the dear

6.6.1. 5' ' ml" 1' Pm”. 2992 Old Briar-patch. There Terror

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