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"rt: easier, asigs-been said. To see behind than see ahead. -Old Mother Nature.

Dlaolry the crow and the flock of which he was the hand were known as the black gang. While Blaoky was the leader. he didn't always lead. He wasn't leading now. He and Mrs. Blacky actuslly were hanging back. The rest of the gang were working themselves up to such a pitch of excitement that presently they would dare each other to stack an Owl they had d;-zcovered in a pine tree in the midst of a olvump of other pine trees. Such a racket as they were making! Some of them were sit- ting in other trees catwing at the tops of their voicm. Others were flying around and above that clump. They. too. were cawing at the tops of their voices. Mean- while, that big Owi sat without moving.

"Come on!" said Mrs. Blacky. ”Lc't's join in the run.”

"Wait. my dear! Whit!" mid Blacky.

"Why should we wait?" asked Mrs. Blacky,

”My dear." said Blaoky. "there's something wrong about that Owl."

Mrs. Blacky stared over at the Owl. FL looked to her as it it

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might be Hooty, who with Mrs. Hooty. had taken possession of the nest that Blncky and Mrs. Blacky had built the year beitore. and had pt-anned to use this year. "I don't see anything wrong about him," said she.

"I've never seen Hooty nor any other Owl sit for so long with- out turning his head as that fel- low has. He hasn't turned it once. You know as well as I do that when the gang is around an Owl the Owl keeps turning his head so as to watch behind as well as in front. That fellow hasn't looked behind him once. He hasn't moved his eyes once, and "there's some- thing else-" Blacky paused.

"What else?" asked Mrs. Blocky.

"That felllow hasn't snapped his bill once. No. sir. that follow hasn't snapped his bill once. I've been watching. I never have yet seen an Owl that didn't man his bill when lhe gang is around him." said Blrcky.

Just then one of the boldest of the tram: darted down so close to that Owl that he almost brush- ed agzxinstt him. The Owl didn't move. He didn't snap his bill, He just didnt pay any attention to that Grow.

”See that!" exolaimed Biacky to Mrs. BtIHOk)'. "I 'tei.l you some- thing's wrong with that Owl."

Several of the Crows became bolder now. They circled. 'l"lie.V flew back and forth nearer to that clump of trees. Another of the gang, to show how brave he was.

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flew in from behind, and pulled in feather from the Owi's head. Even then the big bird did not turn his head. nnboldened by the daring of this Crow. several dash- ed in together.

Then it happened. "Bang! Bang!. Bang! Bang!" roared t-wo gunsl and four or those OIOWS fell to the! ground. with wild screams, all the: other Crows were in the air. fly-i ing as hard as they could ily tni B8i:.BWB)'- Twice. the guns roared again. and another Crow fell. Now. the voices were still. Not one of. those Crows had any breath to' waste. They needed all they had; 1'0? flying. How those black wings did beat the air! !

None of the gang looked be- hind. lt they had, they would have seen two hunters step out from their hiding place to pick up the crows that had been shot. Mean- while. that Owl still sat overhead in the pine tree. He didn't move. He didn't try to fly away. He didn't turn his head. He didn't snap his bill. It wasnt a live Owl at all. just a sbuifited one that the hunters had fastened up in that tree, It is what is called a decoy.

After the decoy had been fasten- ed up in the tree. the hunters had hidden down below: and then one of them had imitated the call of a. crow. It had been good enough to fool all those Ororws but Biacky.

"I told you. my deer, that there was something wrong with that call-l. and that Owl," mid Blaclry 'to Mrs. Blaciky as they flew back to the new nest they were build- ing. "Fun, wasn't it!" said one hunter to the other, as they looked at five dead Grows. niho had never f d them in the least. and for which they had no use now.-

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A bridge player handicaps him- ssl! enormously if he uses common lmidge terms without being fully aware of their meaning. one hears on all sides glib references to "limit bids" or ”gnme shutouts,” Ur "sign-0115," along with other phrases. and there is the soundest reason that the 't-rue meaning and application of such terms are l.w.i.-Jted or often reversed. Consider. for example. the nil-to-common ”Dhllosophy" of the player who was North in this hand:

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It is true that a four-heart contract might have met defeat against less favorable breaks, but the fact remains that North was something less than enterprising when he passed to two hearts Dis- cuming the result with South. North said, "How could I bid again. With Qniy about two tricks, when You signed or! with two hearts?"

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Everyone knows that the opener must not Jump his re-bid unless he holds a powerful hand, with either E 1008. strong suit of his own, or good support for partner's suit, or anobher suit of his own in a very good hand. South's holding did not conform to any of these re. quiremente. so he could do nothing but bid two hearts over one spade. To treat this as an intended sign- off. however. is 'to claim that a hand is either very big or very bad, when the obvious fact is that there are millions of in- between holdings. Thus, the non- jump rebrld of a suit cannot be treated as a sign-oft. and in this particular case North had far too good a hand to accept a two-heart contract.

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