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Although South's hand was nor- mal enough. with the most ire- qusnt distribution (4-4-3-2), the other hands were decidedly unbal- mood, and, as is usually the case. trouble was in store ior the player who ended up declarer.

This does not mean, however. that the six-club contract should not have been reached - quite to the contrary. Any expert looking at only the North-South cards would probably be willing to wager B0 to 1 that six clubs could be made, with a fair play for seven. Actually, however, South went down - and through no iault or his own.

West opened the heart king. Dum- ny ruiied. but a tentative trump lead by south disclosed the sad state oi afiairs, and there was no salvation. Even ii South had not drawn that one trump he could not hve shut out the setting trick. At first glance it appears that dum- my's low diamonds can be ruiied out while south retains iull con- trol. but that is an illusion.

It is a strange and significant fact. however. that so small a transposition as the six and seven afolubs between the East and North hands allows the contract to be made! with that change, South can ruii two low diamonds and still keep East irom getting a trump trick. so that only one diamond or me heart need iinaliy be conced-

HOPELEBS AND HELPLESB

Ii helpless, nothing you can do, Then hope alone may bring you through

-Old Mother Nature.

Dipper the Grebe. so tired that it seemed to him he couldn't liit his wings for another stroke. was flying low over the snow-covered ice oi the Big River. Far ahead he could see open water. If he could get to that open water all would be well. The sight oi it.seem- ed to give him new strength. It certainly gave him new hope. And then, almost without warn- ing, those short stubby wings of his iailed him. Yes sir, they fail- ed him completely. They couldn't carry him a stroke farther. I-le fell on the snow-covered ice. Fortun- ately he was flying low, so the tall did not hurt him.

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Dipper was helpless.

For a little while he lay without moving right where he tell. He was too tired to move. But at last he got to his feet. Now Dipper's

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ieet are uluerent irons the ieet oi most other birds. They are diner- em. lrom the ice: in land birds. They are dlreicnt train the lee. or uuck xolkk. They are not webbed like the ieet ol Ducks and Geese. You know the toes or these iolk are joined by what is called a web of skin between the toes. The toes oi Dipper the Grebe are not joined, but they have between them what are called lobes oi skin; and with these Dipper can swim Just as well as a -Duck, even better than some Ducks. He can walk on shore. or on the ice, but not well. His legs are too short.

Now as he got to his ieet. he knew that water was too faraway ior him to have a chance in the world oi walking to it. Even had he not been so tired and weak he could at least go only a short distance. As it was, he was help- less. No matter how rested he be- came his wings were useless. They couldn't li.it him into the air from the snow on which he had fallen. It was only when he was on water. and could use those lobed ieet of his to get him going along the surface of the water, that his wings could liit him.

Dipper was helpless. Never in all his liie had he felt quite so help- less. And because he was helpless he was now hopeless. He had been almost hopeless beiore he had sighted the open water. Then hope had revived. Now it was gone com- pletely. How could he hope? There just wasn't anything at all that he could do to help himself, and there was no one around to help him. Do you wonder that he was hopeless? He couldn't live long without iood, and he couldn't get any iood. He would starve to death. or perhaps freeze to death. for without food, there would be less heat. in his body.

He wondered if anybody had seen

ed. It was certainly had luck for North-South that such a logical slam contract should have ialled by so narrow a margin.

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eyes only lot that open water ahead. As a matter oi iact several pairs oi sharp eyes a long distance away had seen him come down. He would not have ielt any better had he known this. Probably he would have felt worse. ii it is possible to have

and helplessness. It was a beautiful day but there was no beauty in it ior Dipper the

in it. It was a dreadful day. Help- lessness with hope is bad enough, but helplessness without hope. is a very very dreadful feeling. Dip- per was helpless, and without hope.

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