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Yesterday's Cryptoquotea WE WERE TO DO MORE BUM- "zss AFTER DINNER: BUT. AFTER 011mm 1B AFTER DINNER—SWII'I'. ' nun-loam b: kins Imuru "Milieu!!!- soanr UNDERSTAND! ’ fIlw sympathy that SCCIU to reach I'he helpless has no need of speech. At the edge of a pool in Lgugh- :“'°°d- Flip the Terrier was doing ‘hllgrebest to tell his master that that am‘: it‘)?! 011s in or under [rushes t 1-: l1 f. He made short the b! - stopping at um edge, b i; acking off. He pranced mac and forth around it. All m; bme he was barking as if trying to ark his head off. He was as ex. cited s small Dog as ever barked Farmer Brown's boy pulled sway two or three sticks and found a be still gill!‘ g1 h°¢. angry eyes glaring at couldn't. Have you ever tried to m rom a black mask across g keep still when filled with exoth- lhlro face. He knew at once merit? Usually it can't be wh°5e eyes those were. Qf all the It couldn't be done now. only the Ra Farmer Brown's boy fished in s. ‘ “so it is Ctioons wear masks; pocket and brought out a piece of claimed F 3°". Bobby Coon! ex- stout string. Long ago ‘he learned ‘what in tag-mar v Brown s boy, how often a piece of stung may be ‘In there I awolld are you hiding useful when in the woods or fields. w "gm F]?! i‘ you vdidnt want. He tied it to Flips collar, then led in tr e l? W y didnt you climb the little Dog off a short distance e ins ead of crawling in and tied him £0; tree. Flip didn't . e still trembled 3°55)! Coon didn't . say, H; with excitement. but he felt that gmwled- It W“ all “sly Browl, a he was in disgrace. He wasn't but Sfliiige growl. it was a. threaten- he couldn't help feeling so. He felt m? g'°“1' a desperate growl. There :better when his master patted him was pain and fear and courage and ion the head and spoke gently. "Too bad, little Dog," said he his ["1 hate to do it, but Bobby Coon 1s er that v in trouble and you are too excited . growl became a snarl that I t? ha? around when I try to help lm. ou would onl ma e a ba ma! he Bot between his master's {matter worse." y k d He went back to that ile of The eyes of Farmer Brown's boy Idrlft stuff. Bobby p narrowetl. He looked about for a ; WW1 stout slick. With this he poked Farmer Brown's boy began talking it came with‘ to him in arloun gently voice, b" the ‘mokn reach Bobby Coon was a soothing voice, a. “m, mo“ Hvflsely. Flip bQ-IVOIOQ. Youre in trouble. Jum m excited than ever, . and I think I know what it -P 8 11D and down as h. Im going to help you. Unless I'm “Be am," co d mistaken you are trapped, I can't {er But F-‘Hp ‘roman ed his mas- ysce the trap yet. but 1m sure there - as too excited to -is one. Im going to get you gut of I Clm- 5° dolft be afraid of C _ Q ‘gljt-Ibio" lflww We ‘are gd friends, - . ren are a1. ontract 8715183; iways to be trusted." 3° kellt on talking in a low tone ‘ as he went abm" m4“ w ma" . that trap he was sure w a rarar. ouuss Bobby T“'.é3.}'§‘§u§‘.§”°.',.. slowly and carefully. Just once did he stop talking. He lcnew Bobby iCOllldlft understand a word he said, south dealer. but he 1109991 that Bobby would get Both sidesvulnerabie. .e friendliness in his voice and ‘KQ, understand what he was I l.KJ1o14 that he W55 Ilylflg t0 hCIP. “A5 - 4 Bobby did. He stopped Green Forest folk. big and mm, there?" hm 111 that srowl. When Flip "l"? b°1d by the presence of I mail-er, moved a step or two near- sent Flip backing in such a hurry ‘m and almost lib-Set him. away some of the drift stuff. When a; Josephine Culbertson if I A. bfld £11655 by declarer in to- days deal save the opponents the chance for some good dawns; selection from his holding, de- clarer jumped to the, conclusion Dummy played low ‘and. East out dummy's nce. , for himself. put in dummy's ten.‘ East won and shrewdly led another low diamond, quite willing to give‘ South this trick in order to leave South, realizing that his only chalice to win this trick was i0 could not get his ninth trick. Wests and after South had run his spades and two high clubs, he came to the end oi’ hts rope. it is true that South had some- thing of a guess in the heart suit. but an expert in his position would. almost certainly put up the king. instead of the ten. South originalw ly "missed" two aces, and without, any other reliable guide it is a good idea to assume that under suchi circumstances the aces are "split" -i. 9,, that eachdefender has one” instead of one defender having both. (There were other reasons also. more ubtle.) The diamond queen was \ ell marked with East almost sure of his contract. _ THE tiUARDiAN, CHARLOTTETOWN __ - ' KING or m: mom. MOUNTED With poked sway soma of or keep still. He just. understand it if motion. "Q62 mg. When that stick was ' pushed down close to him he didn't bite it as he had before. He didn't i, null away. He didn't struggle at 1 all. He kept his eyes fixed on the face of Farmer Brown's boy and AAJ 195 ' gradually the flerceness and dis- @536 trust faded from them and hope Q J9 took their place. Anyway it seemed ‘K1954 so to Farmer Brown's boy as he I Ti; n52 gas: N VQ86 axe?’ w E‘ 9'30 T“ 5 4a: The tidding: " , _ “wked- Pass Pass 1Q P oose. He could see now what he l‘ P“. 2‘ p _ had suspected. Bobby's right; fore- ' 1N1‘ Pass 3N1‘ Pass.’ paw was held fast in the crushing p“; Puo- ""91 Jaws of a siecl trap. Brown's boy. and Bobby Coon un_ West opened Lhc club nine, and “You poor thing." said Farmer although this was a natural enough 581110061 the filly in his voice. E so.“ w“ no,“ Bu; I He worked a couple of stick; that the lead was the top of nothq m» ~ ' l KEEP went up with the ace. then shifted u to the diamond four. Declarer pro- perly put in the diamond nine. and l West had to waste his king io force l South now led illc siladc eight to his jack and returned a heart toward dummy. West of course ducked, and declarer. unfortunately West ivitll a diamond for com-, ' N mimit-ation purposes. I wlth i o put up the jack, did so. but he Th; gqgy-Qgflqn Igxqfiy. hold tightly to his last diamond, for ordinary constipation and therefore South had only to ~ get a heart trick quickly to be} common». RIP KIRBY Iy Alex Raymond oooo Moamue, soziv’. SIR- “Pi i, 3" STEWARO. I'M A ' l ‘Mun or MR6. VAN ooou. GIVEN warm‘ l ‘lbouonr :10 zxsacise oaosas ow‘ No ONE l5 so 00M! “A502 FOR ER... H NiAR "m! 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