Contract Bridge I: Josephine Culbertson A CRY FOR HELP , A correspondent raises a. plain- tive cry for help in the lallow-l iiig letter: I "My regular partner - who isl otherwise quite sane - has suchl a penchant for overcalllng that Ii beg you to say a few words on this subject. For example, he was South in the deal below. Eutdealer. North-South vulnersble.i gqrioo QJ1095 954. 4.743 on . gun .OKQ84 WN (A62 oxoxz E .13 sass S 4.K61 Q86 '73 OAQJIOO QQJ108 Theblddlng: 1 O 2 O Dbie. Flu Pass Pass orcriulliiiu, discudcd a club . and drew South's last trump. FEELING WEARY? '1'? i6HEWlN6 ltall tree from which he could see everything going on in and aroundi ,watching to see what more he East South West North By Thorton YONG BOB WHITE LTCARNS SONIETHING iUse your tongue for find out Matters you would know about. -Old Mother Nature. Redtall the Hawk, one of the biggest of the Hawk cousins, was sitting high on a dead limb of a Farmer Brown's dooryard. From high up in the blue, blue sky where he had been circling Just for the pleasure of riding the up currents of warm air, he had seen one of Bob Whites children in a pen in that dooryard. Now he was on one of his favorite perches. could find out. Like all hawks, Redtail has very wonderful eyes. Little is to be seen that he misses. Presently young "VVc.st iipciiml a spade. rind Eastlll” mil” P119 0! bm5h be"e”h cashed the inn nip cards. He re- turned a low heart, and West took :31wE:'Su;.'"aL.;:ndE::utI,:::l lgd liyeancrkl at. West led a club to his partner's . s . .i . king, and dummy was squeezed! n spade, and south ruffed with thel ti-n of dimunds. West, instead of.” held the quee" of nude and the musk to the nine of diamonds, forc- ing out Southis jack South sawi” we were 5” H00 pom”! '3 CHEERY The lively Huvour refreshes you and the pleasant chewing gives you a happy little lift. Refreshing delicious Wrigley's Spearmint Gum is good to chew- ond good for you. Enioy it every day! Bob White came out from under "Now came the bitterest blow of W. Burgess which he had been hiding. Redtail saw at once that one of young Bob's wings had been hurt, and guessed that it had been done by in terrible gun. "So that's it," said Redtail to himself. For A long time the big hawk sat on the dead limb high up in the big tree. He didn't move a leather After a bit the young quail forgot that Redtail was there. M.;h0- ttx tltur He was carrying something. It J-10 of hearts. If it discarded thepw” dun-hen in the ",3; ch." 0; ispade, East would cash a low spade; "South now tr-nipted the later I further by laying down the ace oft trumps and continuing with the queen. West it as happy in take the trick, and cqiially happy to lead and if dummy parted with a heart, East would return a heart to West's t both feet. g TNow'AtlTat pen iirwlidch Bob was jkzng and West would collect s. lowpnvmg V,-as right beside me hen fhearl. 3150- ;yard. Bob spent much time watch- ”South made only three tricks,i1H8 the hens running about. He I O 0 Very little! If 1 player takes I loss of 1400 points on a hand in which his opponents might not even score I non-vulnerabk game, the case is pretty hopeless. But per- haps other players will profit from this horrible example. South's two- diamond overcall may have looked relatively safe, but it was an ex- ample of sheer neck-stretching. GET YOUR. FREE DIGEST of the Culbertson Point-Count Method. Simply send I stamped, selt-ad- dressed envelops to the J. C. Wins- ton Co., 1010 Arch St., Philadelphia. Pa. J39 M Hiauesr Horst. IN I Jtoato ill-to HOTEL BERGI-IAUS on Mt: r.lur1qfrAu.5WtfZlt'l4Ind IS H.340 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL COSMOS B ,wm4 s riowarzs ortowmr. mom IT AND ONE OF MEN HA5 PUTOUT 2 MORE BUD5 5;4t:mr?TCd by MRS R C.BRiSCOE AIbuqucrqiie,N.M. Mama Sim Mo tmuutuiru small we I47 coivsscurzvr YEAR! fhn rrmnliin:-rl ll'lL'n of lnilitir and sun l;iJrrl an iiiiirtlviiiinlol ,' Makharn Sigh ruled the, years 11703-17787. The ruin nf llis' son and SllI'l'PSE(lr Piazliiiriatli Sinizlil lasterl 72 years (I778-I850) and was only terminated when the 98-ymir-l old ltaghunath was slain in battle. How may SQUARES was runs CONTAIN 7 - father and son - RULED KURAUVAJNDIA ei---u..u..........-.a.-.-4' slate of Kuraiiva. India, (or 75 can thought them very silly. He was cacklirig of the hens, was a sharp squeal. At once the great wings of the big hawk began to belt and lift hlrrfup in the air. Then young Bob saw the reason for the slow- went up. He was carrying some- thing. It was clutched in the great Claws of both feet. up and down. up and down, moved the great wings. Young Bob could see now what it was clutched in those great claws. It was one of those three rats. U-p out of the lienyard Redtail slowly beat his way, and headed for the Green Forest, tak- ing that rat with him. Almost: at once the hens were quiet. The(v' R('1Cd as if nothing unusual or strange had happened. They had been more startled than lrIghten- ed when Redtail had come down in their midst. Redtail could have taken one of them. But he hadn't. The big feathered hunter had proved himself a friend rather than - ; r ' t h" tl '. S dd I l . his danger and shifted to clubs.lR;”tL:,jI:'g,..be done abom ms 50” M1 C mg Wm mm H any W but West came up with the ace,o 3' an CTTPYTLV. Page 10 The Guardian Monday. Nov. 8. 1954 ....a..b..mj?... was reminded of the unpleasant visitor who had tried to get into his pen. A young rat had appeared in the henyard. and almost at once was Joined by another. They drove the hens away from the grain that Fuirmer Brown's Bay had put out for them. It was plain to see that those hens were afraid. They kept their distance lrom the two young robbers. They scolded as they watched the two irats greedtly gobbling up the grain but they made no atem-pt to drive them away. Presently I third young rat joined the other two. A lew minutes later a startling thing happened. Yes. sir, s startl- ing thing happened. It was so un- expected that although young Bob was himself in no danger he was as startled as were the hens, who ran about frantically in all direc- tions. Redtail the Hawk had seem- ed to drop out of the sit in their very midst. Mingiecl with the Ihrieh and with which the big hawk ACROSS H. Strikes I6. Founder 3 1. Three- (5. Become cono of gnu Emma , banded fused Rome ma lggamg armadillo D0tVN T9. Pen- EEEJEE O. Spectacles l. Bow nun; BEBE l (shortened 2. Amazon or t 11. More In- 3 ersrtiisryl Charles BE Emu frequent . e pa in Dickens , 12. The fire Cockatoo IL!-Tporh hooks of I. Made refcr 2!. Air- gmgmm mgnag Moses ence plane ll- 13-510” 5- SR,” puma Snlui-4lny'a Answer V 14. Genus of 6. Step 22.0! the chest ground 7. 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