PAGE TEN THIE GUARDIAN. CHA RLOTTETUWN -....u,. l l i i ;...g&; :4-9?:-Erm Contract Briilge By Josephine (Jlubertaon COOPERATIVE VICTORY A fancy opening bid by South in the following deal led to a. surpris- the victory-but only because a slender was extremclx cooperative. By Thornton riii: sarr. one The secret in a longer life Is simple living (rec from strife. wltfiiier the Mole. Old Man Winter really had taken the Green Meadows. the Smiling Brook. the Old Pasture and (lie Old Orchard. He had set Jack Frost at work early and h I .1. He had locked the Smiling Pool under hard,black ice. then covered this with snow He had done the same thing to much of the Big River and ran too fast to be caught and held by his pinching fingers. Snow had south dealer. Both sides vulnerable . A 7 2 O K B 7 6 2 Q 5 .1. Q J 9 3 g 103 4 3 , O K J 9 5 9 -L ix v Q 10 i 3 QAIOZ W C 6866 4. A10 7 S 4 K 3 65 2 A Q 6 Q A J 0 .'.. Q R Q J 9 7 S 4.4 'l1ie oidding: Bout! H'eat North Eut i 9 2 4. 3 9 Pass 4 9 Pass Pass Dble. Pass Pass Pass It goes without. saying that the aorrect opening bid on South's hand was one diamond. However. South was one of those rare experts who loves to.experiment w largely to see whether he can get out of trouble! When North showed strong support for hearts. South decided - wisely. now -- that he could well "sup- pram" the diamond suit. and even when East doubled four hearts, South stood fast. West. after considerable hesit- ation, opened the ace of clubs and. reading his partner's eight as a singleton. continued the suit. It was not the best defense! The club Jack was put 'up and South ruffed away East's king. Declarer then led :the diamond jack. East wasn't fooled - he played the ace e- but his following shift to spades wasfutile. The ace was played and the good club queen led. It did not matter whether East ruffed this trick or dicardcd a diamond: in either case south would have no trouble holding his losses to three tricks. Actuaity. East ruffed, and South simply discarded his spade could RUDOLPH THE RED NOSE? REINDEER queen. After that South " Ir: nounslwaomrwairron RUDOLHI moms: SECOND! wE'u. JUST reports, At other times Brother North Wind weak. and fear are with them mond suit. a club ruff was East had something in East might hold. possession of the Green Forest and Pool and the Big River. Laughing to Laughing Brook excepting where it turned white the Old Pasture. the Green Meadows and much ot the 'Green Forest. On still-nights Jack Frost made trees crack with loud rough roared and shrleked through them. tearing of: branches and breaking downithe With Old Man Winter come hard times. dangerous times, for many ot the folk in fur and feathers. Danger every moment they are awake. It takes courage to live. Food is scarce and hard to find. yet they must find it or starve to death. Because it is so. they must take greater chances 01 control any return. pick up East's trumps. and run the entire dia- West's desire to give his partner liighlv lllogicaiu Since East had doubled tour hearts. and since West was void of the suit, the presumption was that East had some good hearts. Why force him to waste them on ruffing? it diamonds and nothing in spades. it would be just too bad. but an immediate spade shift by West was vital to Dreaene the spade strength which W. Burgess being caught by equally enemies. A few there are for whom Old Man Winter holds no terror. In- deed. for just a very few there is no other time in all the year when they are eater. In his snug bedroom down deep in the ground Johnny Chuck knows neither hunger nor fear. He sleeps. and not even Jack Frost. thouoh he try his hardest. c:in pliich him or wake him un. it is the same way with Nlmblehecls the Jumpim Mouse. the only member or the Mouse family who has learned hmv to forget all troubles by sleeping through the cold weather. All the Squirrel folk have snug homes in which in their extra warm coat: they are verv comfortable. Tliey are smart enough to have stored away food in plentv. and if they are also wise enough not to take chances. thev are quite safe from crcrv one but rough Brother North Wind. He does sometimes blow over and break open a Squirrel home. 1 Paddy the Beaver and .1en'y Muskrat have less to worry about than at any other time of year. They live under the ice in perfect comfort. In the same way the Meadow Mouse folk live under the hl1'l1gl')' stay there at all times they have little to worry about. At other times for no other folk have more hungry enemies looking for them than have the Mouse folk. 'snow. If they have the wisdom to of year they are in constant danger. aw: - orfxsxsrl s” I ..Fx - ox My x . ho the ground Johnny Chuck knows neither hunger nor'fear. great-grandfather. way back when the world was young. who learned that he who lives the safest lives the longest. and that he was safest when underground. So Miner. the Mole seldom comes above ground. He knows ho.v to get his food in the ground, and he does get it there even Old Mali Winter does his utmost to make life hard for folk in fur and feathers. Miner has tunnels, that go this way and that way just under the grass roots. Even when the ground is frozen he 'can travel along these tunnels if he wants to. His favorite food consists of Eartliwcrnis. When Jack Frost begins to freeze the ground the Earthwornis go deeper and deeper. keeping out of his reach. Miner the Mole just digs his tunnels deeper and deeper after them, And all the time he has pratlcaily no one to be afraid of. He prefers to be alone. If you are alone you do not have to share things with others. That sounds selfish. doesn't it? But at this time or year there really isn't enough food to share with any one else. and Minor has to work hard for that little. Probably he sleeps a little when the weather is coldest, but there is little chance down But Winter and summer. spring and fall. the really safe Miner the Mole. In these davs oi dreadful wars we hear much of liv- ing underground because it is saicst there. If you are underground no elieniv above can see voii. no matter learned this long ago. Perhaps I shouldn't say tint he learned it: he was born with the knowledge that this was the safest way to live. It was his grezit-great-evrr-so- how sharn his eyes. Miner the Molcl where he is, and he has to keep one 18' bus... i Aciilitiil JOINTS? l lAre your jvlillfilllti niuscleii stiff and in "ariir. all over." painful? Do you seem p i'iCCHii'4P. of Riieiimatir. Arthritic or Ni-iiiiiic pain? 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