hope he knows what he is taking about." thought the young Rabbit, as he ehivea-ed and shook. Sammy had warned him to stay right where he was. had told him that Raeddy wouldn't try to get in aftgr him because of the brambles and briars. You see Raddy was so much bigger that he couldn't pouibly get through under those briera and brambles as Ragged-Ear could without getting hurt. Raddy didn't come back for e. contract Bridge By Josephine Clubertsou saoosseoocaossoeoosoeoexb UNLUGKY IN HIS OPPONENT Every south except one in a large duplicate game made 12 tricks on the following hand. The exception - By Thornton W. Burgess Ilrgns mac. Hf aida; ooget back was unfortunate in the player who , T909 30113 e a aha nedtsitthlsiht! aaoosn-nan sirs near as he remembereu the dreadful young mbm M om W mam W” ” II "F threats Redcly Fox had made I. Even so he stayed right where 'I'here'a A time to work Ind I time short time before. he knew Reddy to pity. -now for what he really was. an And n time to rest in every dn.V- imicmy to be distrusted and watch- -Old M05110? N3W”'- 'od out for. Right now this new ihomp of his he was. He didn't venture to so much as even put his nose outside. It was a very good thing for him that he didn't. Raddy hadn't come south dealer. Both sides vulnerablai Match-point duplicate. --- didn't seem a wonder- back to that safe home of the vxjz Old Mother Nature states a truth fui home after all. He wanted to young Rabbit, but all the time he .KQJ-8, that children or the Green Forest,gct out and away, but he didn't had been hidden where he could - - g7 . and the Green Meadow. and aiiiknow where to go. He was wise watch it, Had Ragged-Ear hopped g5 .J932 the other places in the (ireaticiiotigh to know that to leave the out of there, it would have been .8643 N '75 World where they are at home, isarcty of those briars and brambles his last hop. .9 75 xv E .83 learned long ago. Thcy umk, tiwyiuiider which he was sitting, not It was late that afternoon that I'.QJ109 S &A65g2 rest and play. some ii'Ol'k mcyre,lmowing,1ust where to find another Ragged-Ear heard the voice of 3 than others, some ms; more u13n,pinCe equally safe, would be very, Sammy Jay again. It was taint .AK1o7 gnu-. some may more man it-ery foolish. Actually. that is what because he was way over on the 'AQ103 others. But all know that theseiRCdfi.V Fox was hoping he would other side or t.l1e Old Pasture. QAIOA .hree things, work, rest. and play, do. and Why he had made threats R3335-E3? 1i5tm9d- Sammy W35 .l.KB Ire needed for h. pm inmg. In his new home in the Didi ”asture. Ragged-Ear, young son of ; Fe-ter Rabbit, sliirernd and shook Irhat he would come in and drive Ragged-Ear out of that bramble- txiiiglc. "I hope Sammy Jay is right. I COMMUNITY CENTRE iv. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18th Dancing 9:30 to 12 p.m. Admission 50c Don Messor and His Islanders Clover Club NEW - ATTRACTIVE Tables for 100 pCouples calling his usual warning call of "Thief! Thief! Thief!" It is what he often calls Reddy Fox, and Mrs. Reddy, and any other Fox he may see. . Ragged-Ear pricked up his long Ragged-Ear to himself, "if Sammy Jay is trying to tell me that Roddy Fox is way over there. and so it is safe for me to go out and get a bite to eat." i p I ears and listened. A thought popp- , , ;,j 0 A N O E ed into his funny little head, as 50"” Cw” NM" 19”" - ' , sometimes funny little thougihts 31:1, g 3 unexpectedly did. I wonder. said 6 . P"! P”. P." Fox! Ragged-ear chuckled, "I do that handsome Sammy Jay is as good a neighbor as he is handsome. He warned me when that Reddy Fox was pretending to be my iriend. Now I do believe he is trying to let me know that that Fox is not over here, and so I need not be afraid to go out." The young Rabbit was learning fast, and one of the most import- ant things he was learning was that the more he knew about his neigh- bors the easier it was going to be for him to know what to do and what not to do. Just now he continied on page 14 some North-South pairs did not actually bid the spade slam, but they ended up with 12 tricks. Among the slam-bidders, this sequence was the most popular: Every West opened the club queen. and every East won with the ace. It was not important what was returned (except a trump, of method of trump-drawing. At every table except one. South lair. down the trump ace, then led the seven to the queen. With West showing out the finesse against the jack was established, and it was all over. Only one East player went in for a little self-protection, When South laid down the trumr ace, this East unhesitatingly followed suit with the nine -- and now South had something to think about. If the nine was singleton. as it might well be. South would have to finesse against West for the missing jack. Certainly. it seemed reasonable for South to lay down the trump king to invest- lgatg further m but when he did that, it was all over again, though in I diiferent way. since now East was sure -to defeat the contract. Obviously. this liaise card had 05' fl 55 Th” .--.e-.,- .- Tl-IE. GUARDIAN. CHARDOTTETOWN ' Ev ' Mswssefi 0 , TH' WAY WE DID...AN'OWE M A APOLOGV... Once more came Sammy's voice. course!) - the rate of the contract 5 Onsm-ed b th p . p and now to the young Rabbit it was now in declarer's hands, with P y e L Y C seemed to be saying, " Fox! Fox! everything depending on his U5COME'OVEK W! FIGYEREI7 MEBIE WE'D FERGIT TH' WE CHIRDING - I FELT UKE A MILLION nothing to lose ;nd everything to gain. and thus was an imaginative , and shrewd maneuver. As a matter . of fact. there are few enough opportunities for the use of intelli- gent false cards, and since this same situation recurs time and SATURDAY NIGHT 9:30 - 12:00 For common ordinary son throat For Reservations Call 1222 Between 4-8 P.M. Sat. Reservations Held Until 10:45 Dancing Will Continue Every Saturday Night The moment spade five on South's honors, the . entire trump situation was clear again, it will repay readers to consider East's thought-process. West played the to East, and anything he could do to cloud the picture for declarer . was well worth doing. By Walt Kelly A ..- ,.,. L , RIP KIRBY 1 By Alex Raymond I I PETER, A GIRLM-IO . cuans AT CARDS WlLL SURELY CHEAT AT 514 S E: MOTHER, IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG SHE WAS FORCED INTO IT... SIR HARRY IS BACK OF THIS... I FE. 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