Contract Bridge Dy Josephine Culbertson A DIFFICULT GAME TO BID It was not easy for North-South to reach the proper contract in the following case. but perfect partner- ship understanding would have been very heipzul. ssiittfae-iei-. E North-South vulnerable. tut-went 60 an score. QANSI '3 Q .7108 4.109354 Q K! 8 N .10 7 3 . K10 9 B Q 7 5 4 I Q A as W E 9 K7 4 dKQJ S 4.75: QQ62 Q AQJIF g KQ9 2' QA3 The bidding: South west North East 1 9 1 NT 24. Pass INT Pass Pass Pass West opened the club king - - not .,' that the lead in-itiezetl -- and '5 South ciidcd up Will) two over- Ll'l1"I(5. VVMNP did the Ntlllll-Siilllll biti- tiing Hi! nri)iig.l Who has to titanic. fnr mlS5.llg tlic tmiiiv? . Well. South cvrtaiiily coultlii'tj afford SlI'(lll:F: i("l' than he gain the, hiiiitl, p. 1. arly siixce llf'v :litlu'i have a stir stopper :ii spades and since No. '5 tun-t-ltib rail had been iso tar as South could tplli ptizcly rmipi't.liti- iizziiiist the opposing part-Stine, so ue'll havel to look to North for an explaiia-i HOH. North should have re:il..I.e(l that. his partner's old of tho notriinip. in the face, of Wt-st's one notrump, was an exrt-pt:oiix.. strmig call.l Thus North shotilil have put a h 2..- rr valiiatzon on his own h lo'i"': Granted, his hand was not strong. but his spade holding was con... his minor honois :n the diamond suit might be -and werei of great pot-.-titial value. and his clubs W910 I. O. 4 Friday, Dec. 3r dat 9 p.m. speaker. Refreshments. All Oddfellows, Rebekahs and their friends, are invited to a joint entertainment at the Oddfellows Hail. Wildey Lodge No. 27-Warren Henderson, Sec'y. St. Lawrence Lodge No. 8-5. A. Webster. By Thorton W. Burgess PETER TH UMPS Who helps a neighbor sows a seed That may bear fruit in time of need. -Old Mother Nature. It is as very peaceful in the Green Forest at the pond of Pad- dy the Beaver. The water was as smooth as glass. Like 1 looking glass it reflected the trees of the share. some of them had red leaves. some yellow leaves. One or two were all gieen. and a few were quite bare. Out in the water was a great mound of sticks and mud and grass. But mostly sticks. It was the house or Paddy the Beaver. Over on the far shore Peter Rabbit sat be- nt-ath the broad green low-growing boiigh of a young hemlock tree. He was quite hidden, but it was a place from which he could peep out and see all over and around that little pond. He saw Mrs. Parl- or come out. She had been inside the house resting. Now she was .”.oat:ng, nith Just her head and a d,, by no means hopeless. Finally. the SlilulPl0n heart. though a defect. was not ion bad considering that Smith had bid the suit oi'ig;nalh'. In the filial analysis. then. and in particular View of the vulner- :ib:Eity inhich nirde South's second bid even more zinpressivet, North might hell have thouzht twice about ”haiiging" 5 tiick short: of game. GET YOUR FREE DIGEST of the Culbertson Point-Count Method. Simply send ti stamped, sclf-ad- drassed envelope to the J. C. Wins- ton Co.. 1010 Arch St, Philadelphia. Pit. 06 F0 Dr. George Fisher, guest H5 D 5 T Bhrfault India GIVEN To THE POOR IN I866 HAS PRODUCED LUSH CROPS leggy-seiseveit army 1 Wm nzovsaa noes ans REPRESENT LIKE SUCC 55 f . Answer Tomorrow AOELBER-To RIENA YET WE PESTOF 7FtE WLLAGE HAS REQUIRED EX7'EN5lVE, t?A?I6A7'10iV F0? 7345 Z'N7U?E 88 YEARS little of her back showing. In ii moment or two she would go over to join Paddy on the shore near Petcr, where Paddy was cutting down a tree. There was soineonc else over on the shore of the pond. Peter knew it. but he doubted it Paddy knew it. Paddy was too busy to be look- ing around. Peter was sure that Mrs. Paddy didn't know of the st.rang'.-r, for she had been in the house when first the stranger ap- peared. Peter d.dn't know who the stratig- er was, and he wanted to know. For some unknown reason he had it feeling that he better not show himself. that it would be beat it the stranger did not know he was there. That sharp face reminded him of Reddy Fox, and of Gray Fox. both of whom Peter had to watch out for all during his life. Those l)('fll'Pl' iolk were so big, and they had such great cutting teeth. that it didn't seem to Peter that anyone smaller than Buster Bear uould even think of trying to catch one of them. Yet. this stronger with thn sharp gray face t-ertainly was creeping lip. YIPRIFY and ITCRTDT I0 the busy tree cutter. C.iuld it pos- sibly be that Paddy was in any real daiiyzcr? "It :s none of my business, any- way." thought Peter. "I don't want to do anything to lot that strangt-r I am around. I don't like I don't like his i iknow lhzs looks. No. sir. Page 10 The Guardian Friday, December 3. 1954 looks. I almost know that he would like to catch me it he could. As lung as I sit Still he won't: know I am h':i'c. I wonder if Mrs. Paddy out there on the water doesn't see him. If she does. and doesn't warn Paddy. there's nothing for me to worry about." So Peter sat still and kept his c.v'.-s rnstciied on the sharp-faced stranger. Was the latter" really creeping along the shore. keeping under cover? If so it was done so slowly that Peter couldn't be sure for awhile. But pxcsently the stranger made a quick move to get behind an old log. Tlteti Peter was sure that he was going to try to catch Paddy. Without really stop- ping to think. Pctcr thumped on the ground hard with his long hind feet. It was his dztnger signal. Things happened fast then. Mrs. Paddy otit in the water slapped it so hard with her big flat tall as she dived that it made 3 report like a gun. 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