Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 181, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 December 1928 — Page 15

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THIS HAS HAPPENED ASHTORETH ASHE, fair stenographer, is convalescing from a serious illness. Just before she was taker; ill she had been taken Into the confidence of her employer—the million dire. HOLLIS HART, old enough to be her father, but handsome still. Mr. Hart reveals the surprising details of a little episode with one "‘MAE DE MARR,” to whom he had given, gratis, the sum of SIO,OOO. After recounting the story he discovers, to his amazement, that “Mae’s” real name is SADIE MORTON, and that she and Ashtoreth are old friends. Sarlie descends upon the office aad makes a little scene. Then Mr. Hart goes suddenly away. At the same time MONTY ENGLISH, who loves Ashtoreth. is transferred from Boston to New York. Ashtoreth's adoring mother. MAIZIE, and Sadie (who insists upon being friendly) try to persuade Ashtoreth to go away for a rest. She is lonely and unhappy. Distressed, though she does no taamit it. by Monty’s absence. And not admit it.by Monty's absence. And NOW GO ON WITH THE STOY CHAPTER XI A PEW days later Maizie went ■C\ down town for a brief hour Her arms, when she returned, were full of envelopes that bulged with a hundred booklets. She shook their contents on Ashtoreth’s bed, smothering the soft pink blankets in a drift of gay colored pamphlets. Little books with green covers and red covers. And covers of sky blue and flaming orange. “Cruise lit-rachur!” said Maizie "My dear, it’s more thrilling than Edgar Wallace!” Ashtoreth considered her mother Sternly. “Cruise literature! Mother Maizie, are you crazy?” Maizie settled herself comfortably and began to sort her treasures. "You can go to Bermuda,” she an • flounced triumphantly, “round trip for $65!” "Not really!” Ashtoreth’s eyes sparkled. “Os course, that doesn’t include hotels,” admitted her mother. “But only $65 —just think, dear! Four days on the ocean—that’s—how much is it a day, honey?” "Sixteen dollars and a quarter. But that’s only the beginning, mother,” protested Ashtoreth. "And I’m not going to spend all that money, so you can just gather up all your pretty little books, darling, and stop your blessed scheming.” But Maizie was not so easily disheartened. "Well, here’s a trip to Havana and Panama,” she offered. “Or perhaps you'd like to go just to Havana, dear. Maybe that wouldn’t cost so much.” “Havana’s fearfully expensive,” instructed Ashtoreth. “That’s where all the rich Americans go to get drunk.” # tt tt MAIZIE shuffled her booklets "Havana’s out, then,” she agreed amiably. “Oh, here’s a lovely one, though! _,isten—it’s a brand-new cruise. Never made before. Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba Twelve days—sl2o; “That’s only $lO a day, Ashtoreth My, that’s cheap, it ays the boat is your hotel all the time. You go to four ports, and you never have a hotel bill. That sounds grand!’’ “Haiti’s a Black Republic,” said Ashtoreth. “The people were all slaves once, but they rose up and killed their white masters. And made a kingdom of their own.” Maizie looked at her admiringly. “It’s certainly wonderful,” she declared, “the things you know, Ashtoreth! Well, we won’t send you off to any black island, to get eaten alive by cannibals, honey!” Ashtoreth laughed. “Oh, they’re not cannibals,” she explained. “They're perfectly respectable black people, and their new president is a mulatto. It was ages ago they killed the whites. And you couldn’t really blame them, either.” Maizie looked skeptical. “Well, Haiti sounds sort of dangerous to me,” she declared. “We’ll find some white folks’ places.” Big rain drops flew against the window pane. And a shrill little wind whistled mournfully around the corner. It was turning cold. Maizie had turned on the gas

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“Don’t cry, kid!” Sandy said gruffly, as Tony sped back toward Stanton, her face averted, her little white hands gripping the steering wheel hard. “I’m not crying!” she denied fiercely. “You know that, Sandy Ross? I hope Crys had the nerve to go through with it and marry this Mexicon boy! I should have, if I’d been as much in love as she was. “And from what those men said, he adored her. Think of the darling naive youngster sending clear to Mexico to get a toreador costume just to please Crys! I’ll bet he was ‘just sweet.’ “Not even that burly, hard-bit-ten old Jones had a word to say against Pablo —” But the tears which she denied choked her voice. “Good kid” Sandy applauded succinctly, laying his hand for an instant upon hers, a caress which was so unusual from the matter-of-fact Sandy that Tony almost lost control of the car for a moment. But the blue-diamond eyes smiled at him shyly and mistily—the eyes of the little-girl Tony whom Sandy had occasionally made ecstatic by his approval when he was a lordly 13 and she an adorable 10-year-old. When Tony and Sandy arrived at the Hathaway home they found Cherry and Faith in the living room. “Ahy news, Faith?” Tony asked eagerly from the doorway. ‘This is Sandy Ross, girls—my Sandy, the aviator who’s going to make Lindbergh look like a kiddie-car chauffeur. Mrs. Hathaway and Mrs. Johnson, Sandy. Now, Faith Faith shook her head. “Only negative news. The ticket agent and the station master, and every one else that Bob questioned at each railroad station swears that no such girl bought a ticket or took a train out of here yesterday afternoon or last night. Bob called up all the marriage

oven for a little extra heat. And made some tea to warm them. Now she threw a little bed jacket over Ashtoreth’s shoulders, and a scarf about her own. “It’s a good day for it, mother,” admitted Ashtoreth, picking up a booklet. “This is great weather for the tourist agencies. But you’re absolutely crazy, dear, to think that we can afford a rip. You know perfectly well it’s absolutely impossible.” Maizie dropped three lumps of sugar in her tea and stirred it midly. “ ‘We’?” she said. “Who said anything about ‘we,’ I’d like to know?” “Mother! You don’t think I’d go without you? In addition to being the most selfish thing in the world it would be dreadfully poor form. Nice girls don’t take trips alone. And anyhow, dear, I wouldn’t leave you to shiver in Boston while I went off hunting warmth and sunshine —not for the world! Besides, we simply haven’t the money.”

Radio Bridge Game No. 6

TWO of Ohio’s noted bridge players, Eugene R. Buss and C. J. McDiarmid of Cincinnati, were the opponents of Milton C. Work and Wilbur M. Whitehead in the sixth of this season’s radio bridge games, broadcast from WFBM Tuesday afternoon. The hands were: Whitehead, dealer, South; Spades, 10, 6. 2; hearts, A, 5 diamonds, 4,3; clubs, K. Q. J, 9,7, 3. Buss, West: Spades, A, Q, J, 5; hearts, K. Q, 10, 6,2; diamonds, K, J, 10; clubs, 4. Work, North: Spades, 9,8, 7,4; hearts, 7; diamonds, A, Q, 7. 5,2; clubs, A, 8, 2. McDiarmid, East; Spades, K, 3; hearts, J, 9, 8. 4,3; diamonds, 9, 8,6; clubs, 10, 6, 5. Whitehead began the auction with one Club, which Buss, West, double informatively, thus inviting a major bid from his partner on four or more cards of a major suit, in preference to a stronger four or five-card minor. This seemed the best way to find out which of the major suits, both of them strong in Busses’ own hand, suited his partner better. To prevent, if possible, a response to this double from East, Work, North, at once bid four clubs, giving in one jump bid the full three-assist strength of his hand. His bid accomplishes its purpose, as McDiarmid, East, passed. He felt that his hand was too weak for a four-heart bid, although he would have declared three hearts had Work’s * bid been only three clubs He would have bid one heart if Work had passed. Whitehead, South, passed on the second round, and Buss, West, bid four hearts. Though inclined to double. Buss believed that with normal help from his partner he could go game in hearts, and he preferred game to the small penalty he might make by doubling* and defeating the four club bid. Work, North, and Mel Yrmind, East, both passed, and Whitehead bid five clubs. His partner’s jump assist guaranteed great help for the club bid, and as he himself counted six tricks in his own hand, he did not consider the five clubs an overbid. Buss doubled the five clubs for business, and all passed, giving Mr. Whitehead, South, the contract at five clubs doubled. u tt u BUSS, West, opened the king of hearts, the correct lead from a king, queen, ten. Work spread his hand for Dummy, and Whitehead, Declarer, played from it the singleton 7 of hearts, McDiarmid played the 3, and Declarer won with the ace. Before leading to the next trick

license bureaus within a radius of fifty miles. Nothing so far. It looks as if they didn’t marry,” she added, her lips trembling. “What did you find out about the Mexican sheik at Grayson’s?” Cherry asked. Tony gave her news briefly. “I hope Crystal did marry him, and run away to Mexico with him. Jones, the foreman, said he understood Pablo’s people were pretty high-class, and not at all hard up.” Cherry laughed. “The important thing to Crystal was that he was a wow of a sheik. I saw him once or twice and I admit my susceptible heart gave a decided lunge. If 1 hadn’t been so busy—“Oh here you are, Alan!” she broke off and ran to lay a beauti ful, tiny hand on Alan Beardsley’s arms. “I was just telling the watch ful waiters that if I hadn’t been so busy with an even more attractive heartbreaker, I’d have smiled—oh, in a nice way!—at this Pablo boy myself. . . . Any news?” The tall, dis>'iguished-looking man smiled dor.n upon Cherry then turned an instantly sobered face toward Faith. “I’m fairly sur* your cousin hasn’t applied for a marriage license yet, Mis. Hathaway. There are one or two of the more distant county seats to be heard from, but—” “Wasn’t that the postman’s whistle?” Tony interrupted. "She may have written, you know. I’ll run out and wait for him. Coming with me, Sandy? Gosh! Funny, but I‘ve got the creeps. Don’t want to be alone a minute. Goose-fleshy all over, too. Wonder if I’m having a premonition and don’t know it? “Oh, don’t mind me, Faith, I’n an idiot.” When she had drawn Sandy out of the door and to the front porch, she gripped his arm fiercely; “Cherry Jonson makes me sick—a happily married woman flirting like that! “Any mail, Mr. Postman?” Thanks!. Why—why, Sandy! Look! What in the world?” (To Be Continued)

ASHTORETH was very serious. “Let's not talk about it,” she implored. “What’s the sense of crying for the moon?” Maizie smiled mysteriously. “I’ve a surprise for you,” she announced. “Doctor Henderson wants me to take a case for him! A nice old lady, Ashtoreth. She don’t need a trained nurse, he says. And I suspect she don’t want to pay for one anyhow. ‘A good capable woman,’ the doctor said. “Someone who’d fix her nice and comfortable and fix up tasty little things to tempt her appetite. He’s anxious I should take the position. Thirty dollars a week, Ashtoreth! And board and laundry, besides.” Ashtoreth’s face clouded. “But, mother, you know I don’t want you to work!” Maizie reassured her hastily. ‘lt isn't accommodating, Lamb. It’s nursing. And sort of housekeeping. too, I suppose. The old lady has help besides. (To Be Continued)

the Declarer counted his possible losers. His trump suit was solid. He need lose no hearts, as he could trump his sole remaining heart in Dummy. As to diamonds, the king was almost marked in Buss’, West’s, strong hand, so that a finesse of the queen probably would win; in which case Declarer would lose no diamond trick. There remained three losing spades in his own hand. If he lost these, his contract would be set one trick. The only way he could obtain a discard of one or two of his losing spades would be to establish Dummy’s diamonds. This he saw he could do, if the adverse diamonds were divided 3-3, by a successful finesse of the queen, followed by the play of Dummy’s ace and then by the lead of a third diamond, which he would trump, making the rest of Dummy’s diamonds good. But to bring in Dummy’s established diamonds, three trumps must be left in Dummy’s hand to provide for the very possible holding of three trumps by one of the adversaries. Declarer then could win the third round of trumps with Dummy's ace, and secure two spade discards on Dummy’s last two diamonds, thus limiting his loss to one spade and one heart trick. If the adverse trumps were divided 2-2, only two rounds of trumps would be necessary; in which case Dummy's third trump could be utilized in ruffing a heart, thus giving Declarer a small slam. tt tt tt SINCE the diamonds were the key to the success of his plan, Whitehead at once led his 4 of diamonds. Buss played the 10, Dummy the queen and McDiarmid the 6. Dummy led the ace of diamonds, McDiarmid played the 8, Declarer the 3, and Buss the jack. Dummy continued with the 2 of diamonds; McDiarmid played the 9; Declarer trumped with the 3 of clubs, and Buss dropped the king, setting up the two diamonds in Dummy. Now Declarer saw he could make game if the adverse clubs were not all in one hand. He led the king of clubs; Buss played the 4; Dummy the 2; McDiarmid the 5. Whitehead continued with the Queen of clubs; Buss discarded the 2 of hearts; Dummy played the 8 of clubs; McDiarmid the 6. Since McDiarmid still held a club, Declarer was obliged to lead trumps again, instead of using Dummy’s last trump to ruff his losing heart. Declarer therefore led the 7 of clubs; Buss discarded the 6 of hearts; Dummy played the ace of clubs, and McDiarmid played the 10. Dummy then led the 7 and 5 of diamonds, permitting declarer to discard the 2 and 6 of spades. McDiarmid discarded the 4and 8 of hearts; Buss the 5 and jack of spades. Dummy led the 4 of spades; McDiarmid played the 3; declarer the 10, and Buss, West, won with the queen. Buss led the queen of hearts; dummy discarded the 7 of spades; McDairmid played the 9 of hearts; declarer the 5. The last twp tricks were won by declarer’s two remaining trumps, giving Whitehead his contract, five clubs doubled, for which he scored 60 points in the trick score, with 50 points in the honor score for making his doubled contract, and 40 points for four honors divided. As these radio games are bid and played as the first hand of a rubber, no bonus for game is allowed. tt tt tt IN discussing the handling of this deal at contract bridge, Work said the bidding would not differ greatly from the auction bidding. The first round would be exactly the same in both games (a rather unusual occurrence.) South’s club, West’s informatory double, and North’s jump to four clubs would be justified in contract for the same reasons that made them sound in auction. There would be even more reason for East’s passing in contract than in auction, because of the severe penalties that attend sets in contract. The first contract difference likely to occur in the bidding would be when South’s second turn to declare arrived. Knowing that his partner had made a triple jump, and that he had six clubs (one more than his initial bid had shown), he doubtless would risk a bid of five clubs—a game-going jump. He would however, make his bid with some trepidation because its success, viewing only his own hand plus the strength his partner must have for the triple jump, would be far from assured; but the result could not be very disastrous and the possibility of game would be too great to cast ruthlessly aside. West’s double would be as sound in contract as his similar double in auction bridge, and the play in the two games would be identical. In contract South would score 200 below the line, and above the line 50 if not vulnerable, 100 if vulnerable.

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