| Show BRIDGE ME MES S ANOTHER By w. w W W. Wentworth V Abbreviations ace A-ace king K-king queen Q-queen jack J-jack any X-any card I lower than 10 V V I. I Declarer bids VV initially OnE spade How y trick tricks I should partner hold to raise the bid 2 Is it ad advisable isable to bid on K J 10 X X X without aside a side trick V r V V 3 P hot t ha having bid what ho ld you lead a a. suit when YOU hold Q X X- X V THE ANSWERS RS r I. I At least fou four tricks Raise once for forach each ach trick ver three V V V 2 2 Xo No V 3 3 Q V Copyright 1027 by the Ready Reference Publishing Co continued to pour out the tragic de- de V tails taBs of her misfortune V VI I didn't swipe aU all the things they found In the room I 1 only copped copped one piece of junk a Hudson sea seal I coat I swear to God I I else An they're goin tr to I Itry try fry to hang R It all aH me rae She t burst Into a fresh torr torrent nt of tears Why don dont don't t you plead guilty and and m rcy I sUJ i Ask for mercy rl k d al f Mercy MY G lido c com come that green S Say y ho bo S Y you U think this Is-a Is helpin hand society By the time yOU been around this this' joint as much as 1 I ha have ve you'll get wised up SI She and and I felt mighty ignorant X s of the world B But t I 1 hop d for enlightenment enlighten enlighten- ment and was not disappointed l If if you returned you you took It would help some I 1 sug- sug V VV V. V Return It she she snapped V A A i hell heU of ofa a fat chance I got to return it That's the reason 1 Ill I'll get the limit this time V The job I done Is the on nJ they're hollerin s so much about an andant cant dant return it IU V Why What did you do with It Ya dumbbell you suppose sup sup- suppose pose I done with It put it-put It back backon I on the seal I sold sold It-sold It to a big StiffS stiff off at the St. St Anthony An- An Anthony thony hotel V The st story ry was getting warm I took a long breath V V was the the the-the the stIffs stIff's name just it I aint got his name The only line I 1 got on him is his room room number But that wont won't 40 me no go good d hes he's checked out The birds bird's gone the coats coat's gone with him so so its it's good night for me V Perhaps I 1 can find lm for You I offered V V V Youre welcome I Go to It V It was No Go to it It old dear You act just as happys happy's If YO you was Was sane She was led away and our chat ended Room room I 1 kept repeating re- re It to m myself a all the way back to the hotel Im I'm sure I spoke It aloud as I 1 hurried down V the street and that I must have seem d nutty to passersby Then I reached tIre the h tel and went vent to the desk I asked see th register I. At Atthe the the pa saw it V I J 3 Harrlson H Here re was another link It It might aught V be practically valueless but It gave me satisfaction to see how well I could piece out shreds of information tion to form a story I 1 was ashamed that I had been loa oo green to get tine the I time I 1 look looked d dat at the register V r V Veli Vel I sighed we lIve and andl l learn arn If we l live ve iong long enough nough V VI I I could not see how the very of Of Stetsons Stetson's I was as convinced that Harrison was was Stetson Stetson by the same sort of tool fool hunch that ca car car- tied me through many other ther dark purchase places of f the stolen coat C Uld materially help me in In finding him him or in strengthening my case against him The Incident was only Interesting More than a a year year V later after heartbreaking searches and the ext of oC thousands ot of this slender link became the strongest strong strong- est In the reached across America It It led me to definite Information information In- In formation regarding Stetson and his home or perhaps I 1 sho should say homes V V I left San Antonio for fOI Corpus Christi that night Next mornIng r I looked los los' Cathey No one in town seemed to know where he had gone except that he had been out ot of the city cily for several dayS s I 1 spotted one timer old settin on on a soap box a The sidewalk about him was nas slippery with tobacco juice and nd a arI 1 alJ d up he seemed about t tp choke for his mouth was parsed praed and held grimy grimly shut A little yellow yellow yel- yel low stream trIckled out one corner of his mouth and dropped on hIs tattered coat I could see that he took great pride In hIs knife for tor it Was sharp razor and it sent the flying I walked up and spoKe to him lie He looked up from under hIs tattered hat and squinted at me very reluctant to give up his juice before answering But there no other way Squirt and the splat splat- V I or covered a square foot of of side Walk valk Then Tilen he grunted g and asked me what I wanted Know many folks about here I asked many man Know Kno a man named Cath Cathay y Continued tomorrow |
