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     contract Brldg 
     
    
   
   
    
     By Josephine F t s 
     
      o&oo 
     
    
   
   
    
     y CONCERNING THE 
     
     SLACKWOOD CONVENTION 
     
     ,. 
     
     Theoretically. the player who 
     
     In-itiatel the Blackwood conven- 
     
     tion lh any hand become: capt- 
     
     sin pro tem and. alter hearing 
     
     his partner's response, has the 
     
     sole privilege of determining the 
     
     contract. There are occasions, 
     
     however. when the responder 
     
     himself can and should take the 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     final voice in the proceedings. 
     
     Here is I typical case: 
     
    
   
   
    
     South dealer. 
     
     'Both sides vulnerable. 
     
     Q A..1 5 
     
    

    
     U Q J 8 4 
     
    

    
     O A. 7 63 2 
     
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     An expert North-South pair bid 
     
     as follows: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Smith Hrtt Nnrfh East 
     
    

    
     1 Q Pass .". Q Pass ' 
     
     l4 N T Pass 5 9 Pass 
     
     8Q(.',' Pass 70(3) 33.55 
     
     Pass Pass 
     
    
   
   
    
     Any fairly competent pair would 
     
     reach six hearts on the North- 
     
     South cards. but few PB'II'5 WWW 
     
     arrive at the graid slam unless 
     
     one or the partners simply "look 
     
     a gamlble." It is obvious that even 
     
     better cards might have been held 
     
     by one partner or the other with- 
     
     out there being R sound Play (07 
     
     thirteen tricks - the crucial point. 
     
     aside from the excellent heart tit 
     
     and the location of all the aces. 
     
     was North's singleton club. it is 
     
     in such distributional factors that 
     
     most slam conventions fall down. 
     
     - but North-South overcome this 
     
     defect with pure logic. 
     
    

    
     The "logic” was in South's 
     
     shrewd selection or the six-club 
     
     bid and (even more importantly) 
     
     in North's imagination and sound 
     
     interpretation of that call. South 
     
     reasoned that his own failure 
     
    
   
   
    
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     iDeer folk. Mr. and Mrs. Lightfoot 
     
     land the well grown twins. Snow 
     
     iwas deep in the Green Forest, so 
     
     ldoep that they had to stay in the 
     
     jplsce where they had trampled 
     
    
   
   
    
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     to bid five notrurmp. after askinz 
     
     for aces. would alert North to the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     By Thornton 
     
    
   
   
    
     NOT SO BAD 
     
    
   
   
    
     However bad things seem to by 
     
     They could be worse you must 
     
     agree. 
     
    

    
     -Old Mother Nature. 
     
    
   
   
    
     These were hard times for the 
     
    
   
   
    
     paths in all directions so that 
     
     they could get about to get their 
     
     food. Such a place is called a 
     
     Deer-yard. The two young Deer 
     
     did not like having to stay in 
     
     that yard. You see. they .nre 
     
     quite like boys and girls. it had 
     
     not been so bad at first. In fact 
     
     they had felt quite contented. 
     
     But after a while it grew tiresome 
     
     to wander about in the same old 
     
     paths. You see, before the snow 
     
     came. they had all the Green 
     
     Forest to roam about in. At first 
     
     there had been plenty of tender 
     
     twigs with next year's leaf-buds 
     
     on them within easy reach. But 
     
     as the days and weeks slipped by. 
     
     they had to reach higher and 
     
     higher to get enough. Of course 
     
     mother and rather, being blgg:-r.. 
     
     could get their food withoutl 
     
     reaching for it long after the tWDi 
     
     young Deer were stret-hing their 
     
     necks for every mouthful. 
     
    

    
     "I hate this place," said one. 
     
     "Yes, sir, I hate this place. I hate 
     
     fact that South was not nearlvl 
     
     so interested in kings as in thci 
     
     club situation. and since he obv-l 
     
     io-usly would not be asking fort 
     
     first-round club conrtol - North 
     
     having already responded in that 
     
     field - the club query could onlyi 
     
     concern subsequent. clutb con- 
     
     trols. i 
     
    

    
     North, sure that he had read, 
     
     South's intentions correctly, and- 
     
     blessed with a singleton, club,i 
     
     boldly acted on his own under-i 
     
     standing. 
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
    
   
   
    
     "I-a '. 
     
     Some folks call him the Snowshoe 
     
     Rabbit. 
     
    
   
   
    
     to have to reach for every mouth- 
     
     ful of food. I hate having to stay 
     
     in these paths. It is going to get 
     
     worse. What will we do when 
     
     we have eaten all the food we 
     
    
   
   
    
     can rear:-li'.”' 
     
     "I wonder if this stuff is going 
     
     to last for always'."' asked the 
     
    
   
   
    
     other. He meant the snow. This 
     
     was their first winter and they 
     
     know nothing as yet about the 
     
     melting or snow and the coming 
     
    
   
   
    
     of Sweet Mistress Spring. Per-' 
     
    
   
   
    
     haps mother had tried to tell 
     
     them about it. but if so it didn't 
     
     rcally mean anything to them. 
     
    

    
     "Mother says things are not as 
     
     bad as they might be. but I don't 
     
     see how they could be any worse 
     
     If there are any folks in the 
     
     Green Forest worse off than we 
     
     are. id like to know who they 
     
     are." said the first one. 
     
    

    
     "Look!" whispered the second 
     
     one. He was staring off beyond 
     
     the yard. oft where there were no 
     
     troddcn paths. Jumper the Hare 
     
     was moving along over the 
     
     snow as easily as it he were on 
     
     biire ground. He would take two 
     
     or three hops, then stop. alt up. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE GUARDIAN. L)HAKLU'l'l'E'i'UwN 
     
     KING or THE ROYAL MOUNTED 
     
    
   
   
    
     and look and listen. Then he 
     
     would do it all over again. 
     
    

    
     "How does he do it?" asked 
     
     one. He spoke as it -he felt a 
     
     little envious. Probably he did. 
     
     That deep snow wasn't bother- 
     
     ing Jumper in the least. 
     
    

    
     The other shook his head. "I 
     
     don't know how he does it," said 
     
     he. "I don't think it is fair. You 
     
     and I are prisoners. That is, we 
     
     can't go where we want to go 
     
     That fellow can go anywhere. 
     
     How In the world he can walk on 
     
     this soft stuff. I don't know." 
     
    

    
     It was no wonde that the 
     
     young Deer were puzzled. They 
     
     knew nothing about Jumpers 
     
     snowshoes. Of course they are not 
     
     reai shoes that he has. It is sim- 
     
     ply that his feet are so big. and 
     
     his hairy toes spread so, that he 
     
     doesntt sink into the snow and 
     
     so gets around just as you or I 
     
     would get around with snow- 
     
     shoes. Some folks call him Snow- 
     
     shoe Rabbit. 
     
    

    
     Now it happened that there 
     
     was a very light crust on the 
     
     snow that morning. a thin crust. 
     
     This made it easier still for Jum- 
     
     per to get about. They were still 
     
     watching him when suddenly 
     
     Roddy Fox sprang out from be- 
     
     hind a little snow-covered heap 
     
     of brush. Away went Jumper in 
     
     long leaps. Away went Reddy af- 
     
     Itcr him. But Reddy didn't go far. 
     
     iThat thin crust broke and he 
     
     iwas floundering in the mow. 
     
     jJumper sat up at a little distance, 
     
     llooking back and grinning. Raddy 
     
     lmanagecl to get back on the crust. 
     
     but only went a few steps before 
     
     it broke under him again. Jum- 
     
     per grinned more broadly than 
     
     ever. "Can't. catch mel Can't 
     
     catch me! Can't catch me!" cried 
     
     Jumper in the most pTOV0klnK 
     
     way. 
     
    

    
     Roddy tried to grin back at 
     
     .Jumrpei'. It was a feeble sort or 
     
     grin. Redidy was hungry. very 
     
     .'hungry. He was thin. which meant 
     
     ithat he hadn't had much to eat 
     
     lfor some time. The deep snow 
     
     iit very hard for him to get a- 
     
     v round. 
     
     I The two young Deer watched 
     
     iReddy floundering off, then look- 
     
     :ed at each other. "I guess we 
     
     are not so badly off after all." said 
     
     one as Reddy floundered out of 
     
     lsight. 
     
     of guess we're not." agreed the 
     
    
   
   
    
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     other. "We have enough to eat." 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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