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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
july 29, 1941. By Walt Disney
Şaredated by King Tetimea Benchante. See,
GREEN
FLE $120
CLEARANCE SALE
PROCEEDING
BARGAINS
IN
ALL DEPARTMENT
LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.
TEL. 28151
CONTRACT
BRIDGE How
JOSEPHINE CULBERTSO
A Silly Play
"LOCKING the stable after the horse is gone" is not any more fogical at the bridge table than in other fields of activity. Unfortunate. 19, West in the following deal didn't know how to apply an old adage to a new (to him) situation.
North dealer,
Rubber bridge,
Neither side vulnerable.
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that even one defensive heart trick would be available. He compromised by leading the club jack. This lead seemed highly favourable to the decturer, who won with the king and inmediately played two
murc rounds of clubs in order to get rid West count- of his singleton heart. cred this by ruffing with his worth- less trump, but unfortunately hla side, his next action conceded the contract. Probably with the do- termined but chaotic thought that he would not let declarer get rid another heart, West banged down the heart Jack! Declarer ruffed, knocked out the space ace, and took the balance of the tricks with the greatest of case,
West's lead of the heart after de- clarer had discarded a heart was an illustration of pure absurdity, With
What was
the singleton heart staring him the face in duming, it was reason- able to suppose that declarer would not have risked three club plays in order to get rid of one heart it he had held more than one! Thus, de Pass
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clubs and one heart. The bidding requires little com-more likely than that he held four ment. East, with six clubs and Aveiamonds, which meant that
East hearts, might well have overcalled would be void in diamonds? It goes originally in the longer suit, pre- without saying that West should paratory to bidding the hearts later, have shifted to a diamond In the but in view of the great disparity certain knowledge that the shift in top strength, his netlon cannot could not cost a trick but that it be criticised. After West jumped all might gain the vital trick. the way to four hearts (in n desper- ata but futile attempt to shut out the app
appanchis)
was of course no need for East to mention his clubs. Ho rebid hearts to drive the opponents to the five level, but then Rubsided, feeling that he would have an excellent chance to defeat a five
nade contract. spade
What East really hoped for, of
diamond course,
opening which he would be able to guff. West, however, could not quite visu alize that altuation. He did conclude that there was no great future in the heart lead, since his extreme! length in the suit made It unlikely
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SYNOPSIS:
Running true
to form Dulcy Ward (Ann Sothern) has meased things up at the house party she UT* ranged to sell Gordon Dali's
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DULCY
Adapted by
RANDALL. M. WHITE
From the stage success by
GEORGE S. KAUFMAN
and
MARC CONNELLY
Ian Hunter) acroplane motor to C. Roger Forbes (Roland Young) and also win Mr Forbes' consent to a marriage between his daughter Angela Lynn
Carver) and her brother Bill (Dan Dalley, Jr). An accidental guest who represented himself as Schuyler Van Dyke (Reginald Gardiner)--but is really the
deranged brother of flomer Patterson, a Van Dyke associate- has bought an option on the motor with a worthless cheque. Forbes, enraged at mishaps of which he hai been the victim, Is about to take his family home. He's a bit wor- ried about the motor deal,
CHAPTER SIX
"Ro
DOGER, there are times when. I suspect that you're out of your mind. And there are other limes-like now when I'm sure of it!" Mrs Forbes was making the most of 0 wonderful op- portunity. "Why did you let Mr Van Dyke steal that motor "[rom"right"out"under" your nose?" She'd heard Van Dyke make his dire prediction of ruin for the entire Forbes family and she may have been thinking, too, of the night before when her hus- band had had some biting things to say to her.
In the living room the grandiloquent purchaser of Gordon Daly's brain child had just left him and Dulcy, with another of his strange re- marks.
Dulcy was clasped in Gor- don's 'arms when Homer Pat- terson entered the room,
"Er-please forgive me,” he said. I'm Homer Patter- son, I'm looking for Miss Ward."
"That's me," said Duley.
"Oh, I see. Tell me, Miss Ward, do you have a guest by the name of Schuyler Van Dyke?" the newcomer asked.
"Yes," Duley answered, "Thank heavens" Patter- son said with a sigh of relief. "Permit me to explain. My story may be a bit startling. The man you know "aa Schuyler Van Dyke is my brother, Horace Patterson. Unfortunately," ho suffers from delusions of grandeur- thinks he's a millionaire.
goes, around forming big companies. Of course he's perfectly harmless. I'm glad I arrived before he got him- self involved.”:
Dulcy and. Gordon stared hopelessly at each other. They had tumbled out of the clouda!
Skilful wheedling on Homer Patterson's part won his brother's promise to leave the Ward lodge quietly and return at once to New York. Ho was reluctant to go, ho Bald, because of the big deal ho had pending.
was just a few minutes after
"This thing's worth mile tana" salt 'an Dyke,
by Dulpy that Dyke"
"Von
was "loony- bug" that the aeroplane man- ufacturer en- countered
Patter
Homer
.son as he left
room. "Why, Mr Patterson! What are you doing here?" he cried, "You remember me, of course-C, Roger Forbes Forbes Aircraft, you know."
"Oh, yes, Mr Forbes. Glad to see you again," Patterson replied with his mind quite obviously on other things.
The Van Dyke interests seem to keep you pretty busy must be Important for him to send you up here at this hour," Forbes sald knowingly.
"Well-ah-just a little matter of business we simply had to clear up to-day," Patterson answered with the some air of preoccupation. "If you'll excuse me, Mr Forbes-I have a phone call to make."
THE minute Homer Patterson was
out of sight C. Roger Forbes walked to the door of Van Dyke's room with the air of a man who had thought long and hard and arrived at a very defnite conclu- alon.
"About this motor of Daly's Van Dyke," he said as he entered the room. "I wonder if I might look it over. Purely, professional inter- est, you know."
"Certainly No troubles at all!" answered Van Dyke heartily. I'd like to look it over again myself— it makes a wonder breeze!"
Forbes gave a start-but he had made up his mind.
The aeroplane manufacturer knew his busĺness. It was his ex- pert hands that put Gordon's model through its paces, down in the bonibouse again.
what
"Remarkable! I can't understand Remarkable!" he kept saying more to himself than to his companion who stood by, interest- ed mainly in the breeze."
"Look here. Van Dyke," Forbes said finally. "You're In no position It to manufacture these motors. menns equipping a plant, costly ex- periments, and lots of things. With all your other Interests, this probably Isn't of any great Im portance to you. I'll give you a profit of five thousand dollars on your option."
"Do I look like a foel?" exclaim- · ed Van Dyke Indignantly. "This thing's worth millions." As he remembered it, these were the exact words Duley had used:
"Oh!" gasped Forbes as his feathers fell-but he needn't have worried,
"Make it ten thousand and It's a deal," cohtinued the master -show- man playing the game he loved so well. Forbes reached for his cheque book and pen.
E was writing frantically when Homer Patterson came through
the door in frantic search of his ward.
"Wait a minute! "What's going rn here?" he shouted as Forbes Urust one paper into Van Dyke's hand and accepted, another one
from him.
"You're too late, Mr Patterson,”. Forbes cried exultantly, “I've just bought your principal's interest in the Gordon Daly motor!"
"But you don't understand, there's something I'd like to ex- plain, continued Patterson..
"There's nothing to explain, Mr Patterson," Forbes rejoined short-
· Forbes had tried to redeem his...ly, "You're a pretty ährewd law- buzinot judgment: in the eyes of — yer but you can't putʼaround this."- his erlitai wife and had been told The paper ho”. Waved was the
transfer of option he had written for Van Dyke to nign.
Palterson shrugged his shoulders. "Let me see that cheque," he said, turning to his brother,
I duly and legally transferred ten thousand dollars from C. Roger Forbes to Schuyler Von Dyke.
"You're perfectly satisfied with your deal, Forbent. This motor is a good thing?' he said.
"I'm perfectly satisflec—and I guess you know how good a thing this motor in." Forbes answered triumphantly,
"Well, Schuyler," said Patterson addressing his brother. "This check will pay for your plane. Come along."
THE aircraft manufacturer had n
tle more crowing to, do, "My dear Miss Ward," he said when he met Dulcy and Gordon a few minutes Inter. "I just want you to know that all your trickery has been of-no avall. I've just bought Mr Van Dyke's option on Mr Daly's motor. You ought to know better than to match wits with a man who has been in busi- ness all his life. How in the world did
you expect me to swallow the story that Mr. Van Dyke was In- sano? I happen to know Homer Patterson and I know he doesn't go 'round chasing lunatics."
Once more both Duley and Gor- don, stood aghast. Dulcy was the first to speak.
"But Mr Van Dyke must have been crazy." she said. "He pald Gordon ten thousand dollars and besides gave him a twenty-one per- cent royalty."
"Twenty-one percent! That's Im- possible!" exclaimed. Forbes wide- eyed.
"Oh, no, it isn't I remember— because twenty-one is my lucky number." Duley repiled with a sin- cerity that made Gordon marvel.
That's all right, Mr Forbes," he Interjected. "You don't have to--"
"Oh, no you don't, You can't squeeze me out now!" Forbes fum- ed. "If Van Dyke's crazy - then I'm crazy too. I'll pay the twenty- one percent."*
Gordon continued to look like a man in a trance as Forbes left him and Duley on a garden sent near the dock.
He saw Henry come up from the lake leading Sneezy by the hand. "Don't tell nobody we been rowin' 'round in circles they'll think we're nuts," he heard Henry sny. "But I guess we did all right by keepin outta the way" This mys- terlous speech didn't help to clear fils mind.
Finally, the light seemed break. He took Dulcy's 'hand, see it all now, darling," he said. "After everything else failed you told Forbes Van Dyke was crazy so that when he saw Patterson here he'd think we were trying to put something over on him-which is exactly what happened. That was a great bit of thinking, dear."
Dulcy's completely befuddled uns- "But, Gordon. I didn't!" was
wer.
"No need to side step to make way for me," Gordon laughed. "You put the whole doal over-and nobody else."
"I don't know what you're talk- ing about-I don't know what any- body's talking about," Little Miss Fix-it cried in impotent dental,
PROTHER BILL was with the Forbes family when they came down from the jodge to thele walt- ing boat,
"Goodbye, Angela!" Dulcy called, M... and Bill, are you going too?*** "Yeah I'm in the family again," Bill answered. “I don't know what you said or did-I don't oven want to know, All I'm sure of is-it must have been unconscious”.
A...
As the guests and Bill slid out on the quiet waters of the lake, Gor- don's took Dulcy in his arms.
"Listen, darling," he said ten- derly. "From now on, I wish you'd let me in on your plans."
"Oh, Gordon,” she answered na she clung close, to revel in the protection of his strength. "From now on I have no more plans. I'll never interfere in anything again as long as I live."
"Fine, darling, that's perfect," wald Gordon-but he wondered at the sparkle he saw growing in his bride-to-be's eyes as sho looked out after the departing launch.
· “Oh, Gordon!., I've just thought of the most marvellous Idea." sho exploded. You know Eleanor Forbes isn't really very happy with Mr Forbes and I thought that next week-end...
THE END.
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