By Thornton W. Burgess

'.l'00-SMART FIGHTS FOR H15 some tax too much. Anyway. that own its how Too-smart ten about the

1... lnvitter. Who (ears to battle for his own 3 More and more the handwme Deserve; to go his nay alone. lstranger hung about the neighbor- -Old Mother Nntulelhood of their home. It was clear linat he was trying to win Soft- Eycs away from Too-Smart. It was very clear that Soft.-Eyes admired

These were troubied days and nights for the two young foxes uho

hld Itarted 3. new limnc ll harl the handsome strzmlzcr. Too-Smart been bad enough when a ?':.ilid-i.L:rew more and more jealous. He some stranger had amwzizovl, a watched uior a chance to pick R stranger in a silvery bin wont ixhu l quarrel with Silver Fox, and filial-

y the chance came.

A terrific light followed. Salt- Eyes Stood a llLtle way of! watch- ing it. Such a snarling and growl- ing! Such angry yclps! Locked to- uoiher, they rolled over and over on the ;:muud.. Now Too-Smart would b(' on lop, and :1 moment :-.ilcr it would be Silver Fox. The black stranger was big and young and strong. So was Too-Smart. Tlivy were eicnly nmtchei. But Too-Sm:.i't had one :irii'.'uilagc. he nus lighting ior his own. He, was i!'.:li'.ii;: tor hi5 irate and his home.

which one (lid Soft-Eyes want to win? She hardly knew herself.

said his name has S.li'P1' Fox, Thc hunting was none too gourt al l)0F'.. and now this had to he slmi-(-d with him. But something uorsc had followed. The pl'e:-Pure of Slim-r Pox in the nerrzlibm-hor-d had brought it hunter and ll'1lm)i:t intro wanted that loi'el:.' sllrnry hlnuc wet. Those dreadful traps wad in be watched for and nrozrlwl by Too-Smart. and Soil-Eyes. jilsl a: uuch as by Silver Fox Thom hurl been no such trnubln l)Pl(il'P he name: he had brought ll. .inrl Ton- Bmart hated him llricnusi hi this Also,.he hated him bnr. vim n: geni- uusy Bolt-Eyes admzrert Inc hand-

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NOT A ”CRIME''

1b the uninitiated. "trumpinl partner's trick" is s bridge crime. and it hu even been the subject of jokes and cartoons. Actually, however, it may be an excellent idea to trump a trick that partner can obviously win. Observe this case:

south dealer. .. - Norm-south vulnerable.

salt-Eyes stood I little my on

watching it. J4 Q Q J 8 ozl QK13

Perhaps down deep in her heart i353

she knew. but there were moments ..... i .9163 when she wasn't sure oi this. That .Ax1(" N Q4 Vat:-anger with the silvery black coat 915:! W E Q J 985 was handsome. Yes indeed, he was Qqmq q .pQ972 yhandsome. He was the hnndsom- ." "J28 i

pest fox she ever had seen. Perhaps -QAKQIOSF "

Lil he had come along first she 0-:

yli'0Uld have gone away with him. QA62,

It was a bitter light while it uQAKl

lasted. Finally the two se arated. .

Both were torn and too rplred to The bmdmb lconttnue the light without a 5"". W": "or"! H” lbreathing spell. Suddenly Silver 2. 3. Dmgi 15'” lFox turned and limped away. He 3. ll?" gNT P: had had enough. His beautiiul coat C. "' P. P

was mm in several places. He 6. PE" 3" us jlimped quite badly. Too-Smart West opened the heart, king. uas not much better off. His coat Declarer ruffed, laid down the was torn too. and he held one spade ace. then led low to the

,paw up. It had been hurt by thelspade jack. Next. he led the heart !sharp teeth at the beaten stran- queen -- and at this point East .ger. made a bad mistake; he discarded l sort-Eyes watched Silver Fox a low club.

vlllllp away. He was no longer hand- Needless to say. South was de- ,snme. HIS torn coat was covered lighted at this developnxeiit. ba- ywith dirt. He no longer curled cause he was now as good as home, yhimscli proudly. As he disappear- I-is discarded 9. diamond from his ed among the trees she walked own handfglad to let West win yover to Too-Smart and gently lick- the trick with the heart ace. West ed his wounds. made a desperate effort to kill . "I don't think he'll come back. dummyis heart jack by returning and I'm glad." said she. the ten, but South naturally play- l "I! he does, I'll give him worse ed low from dummy and mired in ithan he got this time,” growled his own hand. There was nothing IToo-Smart. to the rest. of the play - declarer . Silver Fox didn't come back. Invsimply drew trumps and discard- ?! Wcek 0F 1W0 "13 humkr Clive ed his low club on the established up his daily visits to the neigh- jack of hearts.

,borhood. and also took up his It is diiiicult to guess what went -traps. Silver Fox had brought on in East's mind when he tailed tI'0ub19- Ind had taken "5 "V!!! to wit dummy's heart queen. sure- with him. ly, he could assume that declarer

honor from dummy in order to trump the trick in his hand. Thus. it should have been quite apparent that South was attempting to eat- sbllsh one heart trick, and since East's trumps were quite worthless for any other purpose. he certainly might have nscd.one of them to scotch declarerts plan.

b had not carefully selected a heart

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