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By Thornton THE FRIENDLY WATER

W. Burgess

sldei Young Too-Smart. Reddy was grinning. "He hates to give up, but he'll have to," whispered Roddy.

Friendship la a thing to trees ure,

Without price, and none ay Now the young Fox knew noth- int-asure ing about Dogs and how they hunt -Raddy Fox. Foxes, nor of the ways Foxes can

fool the Dogs. He was getting his first lesson now. "Why did he stop at the water's edge?" he asked. ”Why didn't he follow you?" Reildy's grin broadened. "He couldn't," said he. "Water is one of the best friends we Foxes have. Running water holds no scent at all. When that Dog reached the edge of the water, the scent ended right there. Did you notice that I

Young Too-Smart lay in the grass at the edge of a small hill where he could look down on Laughing Brook. He had seen his father. Raddy Fox, running ahead of a" Dog, reach Laughing Brook while stiiil out of sight of the Dog. Roddy had run in the shallow water a short distance, then left the water by Jumping from one big stone to another and so crossing the brook to the other side. There he had disappeared in the brush. Now that Dog no longer was barking. He was whining as he ran back and forth

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'1'.:c young Fox nodded. He had wondered why his father had kept in the water when it would have been easier running on shore. trying to find the lost trail of; "When I left the water, I did it Raddy. by jumping from one big stone to

There was no trail. The scvnt another until I could Jump ashore he had been following ended ritzhtioii the other side," said Raddy. there at the edge of the water. "That Dog didn't know whether I The Dog ran up Laughing Brnok'had gone up or down or across. a little way with his nose to the If he had waded out and smelled ground trying to find that scent. one of those big stones I used, he

He went for quite a distance. He might have found my scent and

was a smart Dog, and he wasn't guessed which way I had gone. satisfied to sniff carefully along Don't ever forget that water is close to the water. He circled out friendly; and if you are chased by around some distance from the Dogs, you can always break the water, Just in case that Fox had trail if you can get to water and managed to make a long juntp. aiidfknow how to make use of it. Soirc so leave no irail where, he had leitlnogs are smarter than other Dogs. the water. Still whining, the Dog That Dog that was chasing me ii came back to his starting point. young Dog, I couldn't have fooled Then hewent down Laiigliing Brook,IBowsei- the Hound as easily as working just as carefully as he hsid ' that. Bowser lives over at that worked up Lauglriig Brook. HPili8nr05L house. His master never couldn't find the trail. Ho crosscilihunts with a dreadful gun, but Lauizhiniz Brook and worked up and Bow-ser chases me just for fun some down the other shore, but he inissed itimes. He knows most of our tricks, the place where Reddy had leaped but 1 always manage to fool him, from In his: stone to the bank. He It I didn't, I wouldn't be here returned and crossed back to the now. Never forget. that water is point where the trail had endrd. friendly. It has saved the lives or

contract Bridge

By Josephine Culbertson

I No HAND ron 'ri:uMP-nnaw- mo

The sort of player whose first ythought is to "get out the trumps" Ishtlllld try to avoid becoming de-

iclarar in this type of hand:

Ifsaiiiraiurrtt , I Er-.stM'est vulntrlble.

ktpt in the water for quite a dis-l

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Considering the part-score situa- tion, East-West might have offered more competitive bidding, but, as it happened, this u as not necessary!

West opened a low heart, south captured East's queen and promptly laid down the ace and king of trumps. He then led the queen of diamonds. West won and cashed the trump queen, then led the king and jack of hearts. Dcciarer ruffed with his last trump and confidently led the jack of diamonds, making a gesture of concession.

East, however, was in no hurry to take his diamond kl.ng; he let the Jack hold. Now South awake to the fact that he was in very deep water e but there was noth- ing he could dn about it. His next lead of the diamond tcn was taken by East, who returned I. club. Declarer put up the queen. only to have it smothered by West's king. Since South could not return to his own hand to cash his est-

Just then Raddy Fox crept in be- many many Foxes!

ablished diamonds, he had to con-

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