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G. E. HUYGEN · Canton.

CONTRACT BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney

Occasionally

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SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1933.

LOVE OR MONEY?-

(Continued from Page 3.)

"Henven help us!". Lottie inter- rupted here.

Mona continued,

"These are the only de luxe rooms with

of reach of hand arises windows out

the which defies all, conventions. Bid-natives. That seems important, ding methods must be cast aside particularly as we shall stop at in favour of courage and audacity, many islands. All day at some and the final declaration depends of them," more upon the temperament of the players than upon their aetuni card holdings.

Such a hand was played in a recent duplicate frame at the

Cleveland Whist Club.

A

alam could be, and actually was, made in each of the four suits, and the final contract was double in nearly every cane,

The fact that neither side was vulnerable added 10 the sport. Spirited bidding was the rule nt

slide all tables, and the

which Grst gave up its own declaration in favour of a double usually got the short end.

"They let the natives swarm the pince?"

"It seems they do. They depend for 12 fot of upon the natives freight."

•

Locking the stateroom, the little party made its way to the lower deck but one, thence to the deck near the second cabin where the gangplank stood.

"Write now, Min!" cautioned Ma with flowing eyes. It was the first time Min had ever been away from her for periods of more than

few weeks.

going

"An ashore that's Probably most of those who to ashore!" sang the sloward. the small slam did it for a sa- "Goodbye, Kitty. Be good rifice, expecting to be defeated. Kirl."

AQ-J-10-8-5-4

Nono +9-7-6-5-2

10-6

one

2

The slam in spades or clubs could Write to me. Miu, do." Kitty have been defeated by a freak de-ald shyly. "And give my love to fence, but no one was able to find Bud." it and Fate was with the slam- "Help Ma. Don't let her slip on bidders in every ense.

the gangplank," Mona, instructed. Perhaps the most interesting "We can't go down again. We are bidding on this hand was as fol-supposed to stay up here." Jows South opened with

The deck hands were busy with diamond and West overealled with ropes rushed this way and that, Ma and Kitty, among the last, were urged gently off the gang- plank. The crowd surged for. ward to the end of the pier. The plank was drawn in amid much shouting. A dressmaker's mes senger had arrived too Inte up- parently. With excellent him the package he held in his hand was tossed aboard and a name shouted. The tug up forward had come

anel alongside

the suddenly Miranda throbbed and quivered. "Exactly on time," announced a fellow passenger at Lottie's elbow. The clock on the soap factory close at hand struck four.

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WEST

Donler

EAST

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three clubs. North realized that Straw, bottles, the hand

was a frenk and

The strip of water between the Miranda and the pier widened. orange peeling atrose and swayed with the motion tempted to stop the proceedings of the water. The Miranda side- stepped, moving out into the cen- with a hid of five diamoods.

East niso sensed the freakish 'tre of the river instead of forward., distribution and interpolated Then the ship shivered again and bid of five hearts, prepared to bid moved ahead. Past the Battery Rix

Out into the clubs

doubled. South and Bedloe's Island. doubled, and West, thoroughly harbour.

if

a

satisfied with the heart bid, pass- South America Iny ahead! ed.

"I'm going to miss that old North could uut stand the lady." said Lottie, wiping a tear double so he bid five upades, also away. Lottie was in fine fettle. prepared to run back into dine-1

monds if necessary. Enat doubled. South passed, and West took ou with six hearts.

After passes by North and Easi, South hesitated a long time and finally elected to try for six spades. rather than double the heart con- tract.

West was of a slightly pessimistic temperament and finally decided that his upponents could make six spades. He knew that one of them must be void of hearts, that the nee of clubs was against him, and that his only sure trick was the ace of diamonds.

His opponents could surely not! take many tricks against a heart: contract, so he bid seven hearts for a serifice, without even giv ing his partner a chance to double Į the six spades.

If East had any black looks

The Drink

of the

Season

at the

DAIRY FARM

STORE

Queen's Road, Central.

FRESH

COLD

MILK

with

availabic, he probably used them CHOCOLATE

at this point, but he played the

penalty of

trick and the sacrifice proved to VITAVOSE

(be highly profitable. North could have made six spades against any lead but the jack of diamonds, and that lead would have required

both masterful card rending and a lucky guess.

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MEMBER OF US. SENATE FOR 24 YEARS

Washington, May 19. Member of the Senate for 24 years, Mr. Porter James McCum- ber died here to-day. His long term of offied as a Republican was marked by many notable achieve- ments, among which was joint authorship of the Fordncy. McCumbur Tariff Law.

Born in Illinois in 1858, Mr. McCumber studied law at the Michigan University, and became senior member of the law firm of McCumber and Bogart. Follow- ing a year as State, Attorney for Richland County, he became ac tively interested in polities, aud was returned on four occasions to the Senate, holding office from 1890 to 1023,

He was chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and recently had been in private practice.-- Reuter.

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Nothing short of police instruc- ] *Cargo only. Calla Casa Blanca. Itions would have been able to wreat her from the deck of the Miranda just then.

"Do you mean my mother?" queried Mona. "That's a nice way to talk!"

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Lottie shook her head. "I don't TALMA mean your mother, you idiot! TILAWA mean Old Lady Liberty. The | BANTHIA statue! This is the first time in my life I've ever left my country 'tin of thee. Now let's go inside. and fix up pretty for the fellow voyagera."

(To Be Continued.)

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1

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