round noon! 3 . are better. much better than E”. Ready and Mrs. Roddy are t ' though their child- game other way of breaking your trail "Ext what other way is there?" she the Young Fox. "There are several ways for I you may need to make use of some time." replied Reddyn "ii. I '. l I l "There is nothing to be afraid Fl." said he. Roddy led the way to sooth (l pastured. It was the first time Young Reddy had seen sheep. There were so many of ii: that he was inclined to he I little alraid. Raddy noticed this. "There is nothing to be afraid of." said is. "Those wooly folks are rather stupid. and they are perfectly larmless if you keep out from under their feet when they are inghtened. Then they run all emwded togethe. and you. If! ikely to get steppedion if you don't watch out. triends but they don't know it." The young Fox looked them ver. "They don't look like friends ox who is being chased by a i said Young Reddy. Roddy chuckled. "You would be urpriscd." said be. ''If ever Dogs re chasing you and you are over is way and can't fool the Dogs, ust run in among these stupid olks. They won't be afraid of you, 4 t they will be afraid of the Dogs . "What good would at do?” he asked. Reddy's eyes iwlnkled. "Think I inute." said he. Young Reddy tried to think. but he couldn't imagine any way in Ihlch those sheep could help him. lie shook his head. "I don't see what poselb good they would be in me." sai he. nouns ' KID N EY 1 z For Reduces no Soot Outs leatisg costs can llo Kore UEANGIIIHTI "Pioneer Days In P. E. I. eyr.a.ssua:a-r "By the time you could get to the other side of this field with those sheep behind you. there would be no scent of yours left. They would have trampled it an this? out. But, if you ever try it, don't getting late. and I must get up at let them trample you," said Roddy. once-' .3 an .'rz.:'.i.:" D-r sprang on to the kitchens he raked the ashes from the fire!!! : but horror of horrors it had gone out. The boy was utterly dismayed. lib mother called to him from her bed- room. where three younger. child- ren were with her in bed. "How's the fire coming, ,Dannie'l' ".I'm afraid it's gone out. moth- ? . ....""....':.i'.;'"...'2.”--i "'” un 's . "How could you start a fire with the glass on a sunleea i ' questioned his mother. "It's i . iitm hrm where a flock of sheep were r South's method of playing the following hand left him with a sheer guess in a key suit. where- as better planning would have , insured the slam contract. Northdealer. Neither aide vulnerable. Q0109! Q3 QQJ53 gases Q4 52 QKQIO N 01910 6 w E .43 910884 S QA QQ873 QKJISI aaxrlos CA8 QK971 10 Thebiddlng: North East South West Pass Pass 15 PIII IQ Pass INT Pass in Pass 6. Pass Pass Pass In view of partner's original pass. it was rather optimistic of South to get slam-minded simply because North doulbe-raise the spade bid. However. as it happen- ed, North turned up with precise- ly the right cards. West chose the natural lead from his holding, the king of hearts. South won and laid down '.COiNTRACT BRIDGE p.”B.y”;i.osmeplline Culbertson . Barren PLANNING Nnnnlrn the ace and king of tnunps. Then. pects, he led the diamond deuce to dummy's jack. East won with the blank ace. and, rather than lead away from his club holding into an unknown position. re turned a heart. Dummy ruffed. of couse. but declarer soon found that he was doomed to lose an- other diamond trick. It goes without saying that South could have made the con- tract easily by leading a low dia- mond from dummy, thus knock- ing out East's blank ace without sacrificing an honor, but this par- ticular matter was a sheer guess! -there was as much chance that the diamond ace lay blank in West's hand as in Eastis. The correct line of play was to elimi- nate all the clubs and hearts in the North-South hands by cross- ruffing with high trumps, then to draw the outstanding trumps, and finally to lead the diamond. Under this plan. a blank ace in either East or West would not matter, because the defender would have to return a side suit. and this would let South discard a di- mond while he ruffed in the op- posite hand. Players will find that it is I good idea to "strip" such hands as this before touching the key si suit. merely as a matter of Hood general technique. Out Our Way By J R Williams e rveaurr ad . d THE DIE ”' WILL BE CA6 FAl2Icvte:.l. ungaan-cu obviously pleased with his pros-i At that moment the youth's eyes hurried restedonhlsfathersi1lnt-lockmus- nie," aha warned. "You know your father doesn't want you meddling with his gun. It might be loaded like and go off." Dannie now recalled the lirebrand he'd picked the night before was not a hemlock knot. That's why it had gone out. "You've been downright care- less. son," scolded Mrs. Stewart after she'd heard her boy's con- iession. Then noting the look of dis- appointment on the child's face, she added in a more kindly voice. "Well, you couldn't help it, I sup- pose. If it's out, it's out. I ought to have attended to it myself- Put on your clothes and run over to in year before that. ll I'll IN! rocky. with a few 31"" 't'""P' lifting their heads three feet above the soil. Dannie casually 0lMl'V0d therocksandstumpsaailesped along his mlttenlesa hands blue with cold. On and on he ran. and then i a second clearlns- It looked much like their own except that it was much larger but more even under his feet. Donnie knew this was part of the MacDonald homestead hacked out of the for- est four years after he was born. The door of the log house was slung wide and a thin column of smoke struggled from the chimney and ascended towards the clouds.- The odor of pancakes filled the morning air. Oh how good they smelt! Pancakes were Dannie's favorite morning meal-pancakes andmush and milk. Before he reach ed the house Mrs. MacDonald tram ed herself in the doorway. She was a kindly soul and her presence rad- iated unshine- "How is your mother this morn- ing, Dannie?" she called out in a voice that was tender and full of genuine affection. ”Mother's better, thank you, Mrs. MacDonald, but our fire went out last night; it was my fault." "Well, well. It might be a lot ' Up Father lrinqlnq Tiilv The Taller Mrs. MacDonald's place and bor- row some fire. Do hurry child; it's getting late and the children will be up and waiting for their break- fast." worse, Dannie. Now suppose your mother was real sick, that would be bad news indeed. Very bad news. But come in child. we've plenty of fire to lend. Besides, Dannie slipped into hlsihome here's a warm pancake to eat spun trousers, pulled on his heavy;Wl1ile you're Waiting-" Havinl dcr cowhide glmes, and with cap milivered this pleasant little speech hand rushed out into the cold morn- Ml'S- M80 got the M1183 and drew ing air. 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