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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

FEBRUARY 24. 1953

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’By Thornton AN UNPLEASANT DISCOVERY

“'h€.'II right is claimed by rule of ml8‘ﬂ . - 1 will avoid a fight. Dﬂremn —Bladty the Crow.

Way down .111 the Innd-of-al- mys-sununer. Gentle Mistress spring was putting on her green skirt. and preparing for a some- what slow and easy journey north. am, up in the North. whore Qld M... Winter was not yet ready in ‘cave, Rough North Wind and Jack Frost were still around most of the time. 'I"nere was still plenty of 5m7',',', especially in the Green For- 9‘-at The ponds and the lakes were Still covered with ice. Even Laugh- mg Brook was covered with ice in plum and so was the Bit: River. 11 didn't. seem possible that Mm;-ess Spring could adtually be on her Wily-

Blaclzy the Crow had somehow ll‘..llifIK€'l Lo stay around in spite H.’ 221 the hardships, How he got moiigh to eat only he and Mrs. niacky knew. Mrs. Bincky was st.1_vir.g, too Some folks don't like Blackv the Crow. some folks have ,, good worrls for him a't. all. Such l‘r~:1rs n.~~.= eii.-‘her blind. or have no app:-eciatioii cf courage and smart- ,.p5_«;. In spring and summer many sv.-est-voiced -feathered songsters r_ri'.(' pleasure to listening ears, but not awn the sweetest song of the

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iovelleat songstcr is better to heat than the harsh voice 01! Black)! the crow on a. bitter winter day- It is the voice of courage. end it is an inspiration such as few)Iolces can give.

Blacky and Mrs. Biaoky were looking forward to early nesting. “We'll nut early and get family cares out of the way," said Mrs. Blacky. “Just as soon as Mistress Spring arrives. or perhaps a little before. we'll fix up our old nest. and I'll start laying eggs."

“’I‘ha»t‘s a good idea." said Blacky. “That was an extra good neat we had last year. It shouldn't be too much work to fix it up. ‘mat will be a lot better (than building a new nest. We really‘don‘t need a new one.“

M.rs. Elacky agreed, ‘There is no sense in doing a lot of work that we don‘t have to do." said she. "I was looking al. our neat the other day, and it has come through the winter so tar wc-nderiully well. It :sn't going to be any work at all to fix it up." .

"'I‘l‘.a.t's good." said Blaoky. "1 don't mind a little work. but I don!‘ like to do any more than I have to. I think ‘that nest is one of the best we've ever made."

Mrs, Biacky nodded. “There's no doubt about that." said she. "1 took special pains with that neslt."

Blacky gave her a funny side- long look. "I wonder if she thinks

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_.__:___:_______.._. that she did all the work of build- ing that nest." thought he. He didn't say thb aloud. Instead he said that he especially liked the location. "We've never had a nest in a better place." said he. “No one ever bothered 'us there. We might hunt all through the Green Forest and not find a place as good."

“Let's go and look it over right now," said Mrs. Biacky. “We'll know just what we will have ‘to do to make it ready for use this spring. -

“ at's a good idea. my dear. Come on!" cried Blacky, and spread his black wings.

They {low high enougih to be above the treestops. but their tongues were still as they flew. 'Ilhey did no cawing as they some- times do when they don't care who hears or sees them. They hen ed towards a secluded place in t e Green Forest. a place that some folks would call lonesome. It was in a tall fir ‘tree that they had built their nest high up the year before. It. was so high and so hidden among the dark green branches that it could hardly be seen from tlhe ground. One might have walked under that tree A dozen times and never suspected there was a nest overhead.

They were almost to that fir tree in the loneso-me part of the Green Forest when Blacky suddenly ohe-cited his flight. and lighted in the log) of a tall tree. Mrs. Blacky. who had been flying a short dis- tance behind, joined him. "What are you stopping here for?" she asked in a low voice.

"Look on the top of that tell dead ‘tree near the tree our nest is in." whispered Blacky.

ms. Blaoky looked. A startled expression came inlo her eyes. “Hooty the Owl!" she exclaimed

under her breath. It was a most unpleasant discovery. ._______..__.,_ Most of Greenland. Denmark's only colony, is a high plateau at 9.000 or 10,000 feet altitude.

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West's opening lead was the queen of hearts. and south ended up with 12 tricks, on his contract [or only uhree-odd!

“Who was wrong. North or south?" my corrwpondent asks.

.Weli. it was North. exclusively, who was responsible for the very inadequate contract; and it was North's first bid his one- notrump response to one club — which accounted in large measure ior his overall dcreliction. Pre- sumably, North bid the me no- trump to show a weakisuh hand, but this is not ‘the proper procedure when the opening bid has been one club. In expert bidding. the weakest bid is the cheapest bid, and one notrump over one club is not cheap because it by-passes three lower calls, namely, one dia- mond. one heart and one made. Thus, experts reserve the notrump response to a club for hands of average or slightly better than average honor strength i.e., hands containing an ace. 9. king. a queen and at jack, . or -A little better. With weaker holdings, they either pass, or answer the club bid with a. diamond even though they may have only 3. three-and diamond suit.

In this case. obviously, North had a natural diamond A (or he could even have bid one hea.rl.), and South. hearing a. dia- mond response. could have jumped all ifhe way to guns. at least. in that suit. It is true that North. even after his initial error. could have ventured to raise South‘: three-diamond rebid. but things would have gone much more smoothly it‘ North had started mi’ on the right course.

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