i ,,,,,anre play"-l.0.. .By Itiornton sour. oriians nissoaaa a a state of being. gggndgpbhr who has done the sum!- ..Old Nature. 1; jg queer. but true. that a mug may be as you In it. yet not be that way at all. it all de- pends on who see it. and how they see it. Peter Rabbit declar- ed that the winter had been one Contract Bridge ii, Jo-opatne cuaezuna A no auai ii is all very fine to "place Lox cards where they figure to be hccause at an oppouins bid." but that is never a sound alibi when the declarer could have used a galcty P1833 North dealer. . Both sides vulncnlk guts pxme paxs asima 0-00 9 2225s The bidding" North East 1 ; Pass 1 9 I Q 2 9 Pass 4 Q idnalhidl llcsl opened the queen of dia- nionils, and when South saw the dummy he announced his regret that he hadn't bid a slam. Taking tho lirst trick. he drew the out- glgimiing trumps and then confi- iii-iiliy finessed the queen of clubs iinnngh the West. He was horrified when East took the trick and re- turned the nine of spades-and mmn South. went. It was highly superficial analy- ii- on South's part that 1113094 tips! so" surely with e club king berause of his vulnerable spade hurl West's overcall was perfectly rnrrect without the club king. and in any case it was up to South in protect himself if he could. Full protection in this hand consisted of letting West hold the iirsl trick with the diamond qncvn. Observe the effect. West can do no better than continue tlldlllollds. Now South draws two rounds of trump, discards a club on dummy's " diamond hoiior, cashes the club ace and lll('ll leads the club jack through l-Iiisi for the sale ruffing-finesse. ill l-last covers the club jack. South rufts. goes back to the table with a trump. and discards two spades on the 10-0 of clubs. ll l-last plays low on the club jack. South discards a spade then ami more. and continues with the club ten. This method of handling ihc club suit'ia called an "avoid- it avoids the tpossibility that the dangerous hand. East in this ease, will gain the lead.) it the contract had been Ix hearts. or even if the hand had nrrurred at match-point play. South Well Snulh'a club finesse through West uuuhi have been sound. but at ruhh:-r hririge. with overtrlcks ia- tnnwiuential. the described sale- ti "lax was a must. .. in a better cup of" tea! MURSFS Omhsolizmiiakos TEA in BAGS W. Burgess of the worst he had ever known. His small neighbor. Danny Mea- dow Mouse. declared it had been one of the best winter he had ever known. Now. if it had been "Hell. Vraiiiiyz" exclaimed Lightfoot. "I haven't seen you all winter." ' tough for Peter, it should have been much tougher for Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse. for they are so much smaller than Peter. So, while one said it was a bad winter the other said it was a good winter; and both were right. That was because snow had come early. a crust had formed over it. and down in the snow under that crust, Danny and Nanny Mea- dow Mouse had lived all winter where no one could see them. So no one could catch them, or even try to. They and the other Mouse folk had dug little tunnels through the snow. and along these they had been able to go and come as they pleased. 0n the other hand Peter Rab- bit had had a hard time. as had all the other people living above the snow. There had been one storm after another. Rough Broth- er Northwind had been his rough- est. Jack Frost had pinched his hardest. So, for a lot of folks, the winter had been just what Peter had said. Over in the Green Forest the pond of Paddy the Beaver had been frozen over au winter. Near one end where Laughing Brook entered it there was where the water ran too fast to freeze. spring hole Beaver had gone over there. swim- a place Also. there was a there. Paddy the ming under the ice. When he pped his head out of water. who should be standing at the edge but Lightfoot the Deer whl had come there for a drink. ' "Hello. Paddy l " exclaimed 1' htfoot. "I haven't seen you all winter. it has been a tough one. hasn't it?" "Not for me," replied Paddy. "I've never -spent a more com- ortable winter." Llghtfoot stared at Paddy as if he didn't know Just what to make of him. "it has been the worst winter I've ever known. The snow has been that we early. and couldn't get out of it until recently. That meant um food has been scarce. and we have had to go hungry at times. too deep. so were shut in our yard we and eaten an the twists and buds and bark we could re';"h. And if we hadn't been able to. get out of our yard when we did. we would have starved to death. Even then. the icy crust cut our legs. I don't know how. anyone can say that it has been a good winter." said Lightfoot. Paddy shook his head. "You don't say." said be. "That is too bad. As for Mrs. Paddy and myself, it has been the best wint- a' we've ever known. We haven't had a thing in' the world to worry about. in some winters there have been leaks in our dam that have made us a lot of worry and troub- le. But not this winter. As for Bfmlfy SOAP SALE C Bfor ' storms and mid, we know noth ing aouut tlia..e. l so-i.i;..iiie.-. think we tie:-.'.'er folk are the only ones in all the Green Forest who have learned how to live comfortably in winter." - It was true that Paddy and Mrs. Paddy had known nothing about the winter storms and the cold. They never had had to come out of their comfortable house ex- cept to set food at their food pile; and then they were under the ice where neither wind nor cold could be felt. Franz Hals, 17th century Dutch painter. was twice married. had 10 children and lived to be 86. 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