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Elcontract Bridge

By Josephine Cluhertson

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gct in iiicsc ()l:l Clklhilitd visitors. Black Pussy saw him coming. He waited only long enough to make sure that his master was really coming over to that tree. Then he bounded away in a hurry. You see.

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pit-oOs&60&Gikm6os&o;o:. he had oitcii been scolded, and sscgpma F "dnn sometimes punished, for hunting DUTLERONLV "B00'"NG' A GRAND SLAM Birds, Iic never could understand YAEDSAHEAD, T"nd , that, because the desire to hunt was THE CA! A count 0! tricks in the following born in him. Hunting was exciting (ARRVING handdifaeveala six lciieartsi igve Spades. and was fun; it was a sort KW5 AND two mom 5 an a c u , but this ' of game he ilayed with those he LAWVEI 14-trick total was not quite high By Thornton w' Burgess huntcd. He ilricd to catch them, DEAN V h 1 ti (1 i l ' p ,- SLIDDENL (Bug 0:15 -?7c M" -- the bare branches. Farnier Browns 3"” the-V med "on m be ”"3m- gomgg-fgA

Farmer Brown's Boy got almost

THE NEW YEAR TREAT Boy looked up to try to see what

to that tree before he was seen by South dealer. T Black Pusy was glaring at so , , Neither side vuynerabye, He little needs or added zest intently. Hal!-way up the tree, and ' ogoicentothtelieitrw 0si:1g M10975 W” with ””?373dfo&T.”?q.353i' Z.”.3q”L.?Z”i53”1iE”t.3i3f 33.312 wins3- and rhirred my back to VQ43 ,p,py ' ..I i;”o,naer!.. exclaimed Farmer the Green Forest. Tommy smiled, GAK3 Farmer Brown's Boy was looking Brown's Boy. as 130 watched fjhem 39 uI,'" 1” 7' V pp 4.98 passz out 3 kmhm window toward the "what do you wonder?” asked siygllli." said he, Yes, sir. Ill (ix Rip Kirby By Alex Raymond .. , . c962 N 95 g,1;k0;”””d'th, ,:””", d”? MW” B"”'f'"- in She cm” W 10” That sniinded like H. threat: it . QJ108 I Q 9 7 65 may n ,, 9 30 o 9”” Tommys 5h0”lder- wasn't. It wasn't a threat at all. It U5-r; MINUTE, ROMEO.THE c1tch this time” said Fiaimer vi '7 K107 4 2 i . ' "I wonder if those are Grouse. was a. promise. It was a nice prom- OFFICER, THAT LADY DON'T LlKE...OHOl in q . . 54 t 2 Bmw”5 Boy' The 3m”"d M” CW9" re lied Tomm , inting at the two jsc. '1-ommv wen; bank to the barn. MAN is BOTHERING GRABBING PURSE 100.9-i Q d lth d o i c tn p y D0 i ll ” - IN rszousts 4 AK Q 9 cw 5””w' ” ”-:”"'5 9 Birds. "I believe they are. and ihev Presently, he came out with 3 sho- ME YOU R5 -. , . ., QAKJ1087 ;VhE(e'"eS5l M We mow B139” Pussy have come over from the Green my He went back to that an , O-'- 00 ed back mdeed'.He mum be Forest to set thief-breakfast 011 where the Grouse had been bud' HLAJGB segirrggmnxzwlgggngfiaozifnSgrig buds in our apple trees. It must be ding, He C193,-ed awgy the mow .1-habiddmg: watch Black Pussy um” the latter food is scarce over in the Green down to the ground from quite N

South West North nose 2 0. Pass 2 Q ?asa 3 Q Pass 6 9 Pass 7 V Pass Pass -Pass

Beyond question, many expect pairs would take two or three more rounds of bidding to ”iiivestigate" thoroughly, but one thing is sure: they could not improve on the re- corded contract (except perhaps by learned that West had started with they would lose the honors).

West opened the diamond queen. Dummy's king was played. and declnrer, without even thinking, dis- carded a low club. He then casiied

stopped at the root or a tree, and crouched there glaring up among

scarcely the sort of break to justify wailing or gnashlng of teeth .. in fact, it was a quite normal break - but, coupled with the situation in spades, the trump distribution was fatal. For now, when South tried to cash the ace and king oi spades, to unblock that suit (he could discard the spade queen on the diamond ace), West swooped down on the second spade lead with his nine oi trumps.

If South had given any real con- sideration to his first play. he might have seen how absurd it

Forest, or else they've grown tired or such food as they do have."

"Taking those buds from the apple trees won't do any real harm, will it?" asked Mother Brown.

"It will if they take too many." replied Tommy. "It all depends on how many buds the trees have, If there,are only in few fruit buds ihcy could do a lot of damage bo- lore the winter is over. If there are too many fruit "buds they could do a lot of good by thinning them out. You know how it is when there are too many apples on a tree . We

have to pick it lot of thcm wliilc, , p they are small, so that the oihersicoizld hear him, which of course

can grow big and be at their best

broad space.

"Now, what is that boy going to do?" said Mother Brown, as she watched from the kitchen window. She soon found out, In one hand was :1 pail of cracked com; in the other was ll pail of buckwheat. He took a handful of the cracked corn and sratteiied ii. on that clear- ccl spzicc. He did the same thing with the liiickwheat. He scattered several handfuls of each.

itThcre,” said he, looking over to the Green Forest, "is something worth comiin: back for." he said it just as if Mr, and Mrs. Grouse

they couldn't, And they wouldn't

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the ace and king of trumps. and viouid be to discard 3 club on a I think 1-” go mm. and See ju5(,lhz'iVe understand him, if they could 1e34'ned that W555 T31 Started Wm" high diamond The situation fairly what thev are doing.” WW9 hem” him. But when may Y5' three cards in the suit. This was screamed for it spade discard from "But you'll scm-e them ;,wnyi-- iiimcrl for inorn buds early next do-jnnn-non-1 the dosed hand; Then it would be 6,1”; Meme, B,-mm, liiioriiiiiz. they had such a bi-eakiast elmentary to cash the ace and king ”Tl1f'Y'l1 00""? Mick." l'0P1W1 "5 mm? had "Gt 11.” Sm” old or trumps, and. seciiiir the break, 'I'nlI'lll1,l'. ”They"ve had :1 izond tastc M311 VVIMFF had HFI'1l'9di

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spade ace. Now dummy's triiiup back for more. Perhaps not today, CROYD N pp p queen would provide entry; sozitii but early tomorrow morning." mung mCa)n' England (Cm A would discard his last blocking Mother Brown watched Tommy " d CM spade on dummy's remaining high walk over toward the tree whore picked up 3 cash box Containing af1 O 5 diamond - and rim the spade suit. Thunderer the Grouse, and Mrs. gm and wnikpd our Main said p d i Obviioiisly, there was far less Grouse were so occupied gt-ttiiig,mc m-mager M,-I Hugh Bmmsdon: 45 danger that West would i-iiff the their breakfast that they dldl1'i.l00kl”I.n1ci, mo thief as he ien the 533.3,..." p I first spade than that he could ruff around, Tommy moved very slowlv. main entrance and I said good-

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