Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 193, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1929 — Page 11

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THIS H*S HAPPENED ABHTORETH ASHE, a young stenographer from Boston, traveling alone on a west Indian cruise, come* face to face rtlth death. MONA DE MUSSET, her roommate, a mvsterloua Frenchwoman, has had a hemorrhage, and the ship's doctor says she cannot live. Mona is gay and gallant and ready, it seems, to die. But Axhtpreth 1* heartbroken Thj hemorrhage was the result of a furious scene, in which Mona denounced JACK SMYTHE. a young Englishman, for making love to Ashtoreth. Following the doctor's report that Mona is doomed, the captain sends for Ashtoreth. H tells her first that Mona is drlng and outlines the arrangements he has made to have her carried to Guadeloupe, her island home. Mona appears to have been a colorful creature, and something of an enigma. The captain speaks of hearing of her in Paris, where she made a sensation. Mona was an entertainer—with a few counts, and a millionaire from the Argentine. chasing her about. While the captain is telling what he knows of Mona's notorious career. Dr. Saunders, enters the cabin. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXIII T"HE doctor’s unruffled demeanor had vanished. And he seemed curiously shaken. “I couldn't keep her," he said, and there was a tremor behind his brusque tones. “The woman was game! She suffered terribly—and went out smiling. And—can you believe it, captain?—there was a prayer on her lips. She asked me to pray ior her soul!’’ The doctor mopped his forehead with the handkerchief he rolled between his palms. “Yes sir—Mona de Musset believed in God, and she wasn’t afraid to die.’’ a a a THEY carried Mona's body ashore at Guadeloupe. Crowds lined the wharf. And there were numbers of big black policemen to keep order. Only the dead woman’s relatives were allowed on the quay. There were five of them—decorous, decent people. Swarming to the shores, streamed half the island population—laughing and crying! Jostling and fighting. It was like a public celebration, except that some of them chanted w’eird dirges, which were presently taken up by the others. So that the shores rang with their lamentations for the beautiful dead. Ashtoreth snut herself in the suite that had been given her, and put her fingers in her ears. She lay on the bed, with a pillow over her head, and cried as though her heart would break. . . . Mona’s jade was about her neck. And Mona's bracelets on her WTists. That afternoon the boat docked at Dominica. Smythe had left the boat at Antigua. Aid Ashtoreth felt lonelier than she had ever been before. She wondered if anywhere on earth there was such utter loneliness as in her heart. She wandered aimlessly about the streets. The day was fearfully hot. The other passengers had hired cars, and driven away into the mountains, to picnic and see the gorgeous views. There had been a sudden tropical shower, and there were two rainbows. Like moire ribbons in the sky “Oh, it ain't goin’ to rain no moah—no moalv Oh. it ain’t goin’ to moah." whistled a small black boy. trundling a bicycle. Ashtoreth smiled. Somehow the clouds had lifted. a a a DOWN the street strolled a man ill whites, wearing the stiff helmet that Americans and Europeans effect in the tropics. In his buttonhole was a wisp of purple bougainvillea. And he was whistling, too. “Oh, it ain’t goin’ to rain no more. ...” For a moment Ashtoreth thought she would faint. Then, as he turned up an avenue off the main street, she ran toward him with her hands stretched, calling wildly: “Oh, Mr. Hart! Mr. Hart!” Hollis Hart turned in amazement. “Ashtoreth!” he cried. And came and took her hands in his. “Mr. Hart!” she repeated. “Oh, Mr. Hart!” They stood in the middle of the street, oblivious to the stares of the curious natives. And he continued to hold her hands. “I can’t believe it!” he said. “It’s simply incredible.” He smiled slowly. “Did you

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Mrs. Tarver admitted Tony and Sandy, when the girl rang the bell at shortly after 6 o'clock that morning. At sight of the pair, the mother's flaccid, faintly greasy face flushed a sudden dark red. "Well! This is a pretty comeoff!” she cried shrilly, seizing her daughter’s arm and dragging her into the hall, as she tried to shut the door upon Sandy Ross. “What does this mean. I'd like to know? "You told me you were going to f * *,nd the night with Crystal, be- . W she was in some sort of %,le " she paused for an in■MS t, glaring at Sandy, who had lied his way in. T suppose ling in at this hour of the ‘ fining means that you and ” y lease. Peg!” Tony protested, lost meekly. “I have been at ah's, but—not with Crystal. Peg—Mother! I just had to 9vou. even if it did mean wakfvou up! Mother. Crystal's been w?n kidnaped!” hJow—there! Don't get yourself Ijfiorked up," Mrs. Tarver admonfi severely, but her mouth was ting with emotion. "You itfhtn't to have let her set up all ’ Shi Sandy Ross!" she cried. MYeah—'s right,” Sandy agreed. Sid business—all of it- Crystal ifnaped. Hathaways got ransom Iter. Left ransom money in gar--4e can. Crook chap didn't come. Iks bad.” y aVhat in the world are you talki about?” Mrs. Tarver demanded. does he mean, Tony J” Dh, Peg. darling!" Tony laughed £tie and broke away from her Efher's embrace. "You've called Tony at last! You wont call m

know.’’ he asked, "that I called you Ashtoreth? It is the way I always think of you. It’s such" a lovely name, and it suits you so. Do you mind?” “I love to hear you say it,” she told him simply. He released her hands. “CoiTe," he proposed. “Well have to ge\ you out of the sun, you know. You'll be having a stroke.” He took her arm, and drew her into a little shop. “We can have a lime squash here, or an ice. Something cool. You must tell me where you came from, and how you got here. This is the most delightful surprise. “You're not—” he glanced at her sharply—“you're not by any chance on a wedding trip?” Ashtoreth laughed. “Oh, my goodness—no. What did you think I'd done with my husband? No—l’m quite alone. In fact, I’ve never been so terribly, awfully, lonesomely all alone in my life.” “I suppose you came in on the cruise boat? They told me one was

Radio Bridge Game No. 8

MRS. GUY U. PURDY of Omaha, Neb., nationally known teacher and lecturer on bridge, was the bright particular star of this week’s radio bridge game, broadcast from station WFBM. Mrs. Purdy’s partner, against Milton C. Work and Wilbur M. Whitehead, was L. D. Hinman of Enid, Okla., prominent in bridge circles in the southwest. The hands in this game were: Work, dealer, South: Spades 10, 8, 5,3; hearts, A. K, Q, 9; diamonds, 6,5, 4; clubs, A, J. Mrs. Purdy, West: Spades, Q. 4; hearts, 8,7, 5, 3; diamonds, Q, 10, 9; clubs, 9,5, 4, 2. Whitehead, North: Spades, K, 7, 6. 2: hearts, J, 6,4; diamonds, K. 7,3, 2; clubs, 8,3. Hinman, East: Spades. A, J, 9; hearts, 10, 2; diamonds, A, J, 8: clubs, K. Q. 10, 7, 6. Work, dealer, opened the bidding with one heart, a sound four-card suit bid. even had his hand not contained additional strength in the ace of clubs. Mrs. Purdy. West, passed. Whitehead, North, having normal support for his partner’s heart, also passed. Hinman. East, doubled informatorily. With strength in the three suits other than the heart suit adversely bid, Hinman was prepared to leave in and possibly to assist any response that his partner might make. Work passed, and Mrs. Purdy answered her partner’s double with two clubs, which, under the circumstances, was her only bid. Holding four cards in hearts and four in clubs, she naturally would have responded with a heart bid had not the opponents already bid that suit. All passed the two-club bid; therefore Mrs. Purdy became the Declarer. Whitehead, North, opened the play with the jack of hearts, the highest of his three cards of his partner’s suit. Hinman, East, spread his hand for Dummy, and Mrs. Purdy played from it the 2 of hearts. Work, South, played the 9; Mrs. Purdy, West, the 3. Whitehead continued with the 6 of hearts, his next best rather than the lowest of the three held originally. Dummy played the 10; Work the queen; Declarer the 5. Work led the ace of hearts: Mrs. Purdy followed with the 7; Whitehead with the 4, and Dummy trumped with the 6 of clubs. a a a DUMMY at once opened the trump suit, leading the king of clubs, which Work won with the ace, Declarer playing the 2 and Whitehead the 3. Work’s next lead was the king of hearts, to continue forcing the strong trump hand. Declarer played the 8 of hearts; Whitehead the 2 of diamonds, and Dummy trumped with the 10 of clubs. Declarer retained the 7 of club s in Dummy to give a posible entry to her own hand with her 9. Dummy then led the queen of clubs; Work played the jack; Mrs. Purdy, Declarer, the 4; Whitehead the 8.

‘Nomy’ again, will you? Is Pat awake? Oh, Pat!” she called up the stairs. “House afire?” Pat appeared on the landing above, his handsome black head tousled, little sleeppouches beneath his twinkling black eyes. “Oh. hello, Sandy! You and Tony eloped?” “Nut!” Tony sang out, almost gaily. “Hurry, Pat! Crystal Hathaway has been kidnaped and you may be needed over at Bob’s. No. I’m not joking. “I never felt like kidding in my life," she added forlornly. “And I’m ashamed to admit it, but I’m hungry. Do you suppose Annabel would evaporate like a black cloud if I asked her to cook breakfast this time of the morning?” Mrs. Tarver bridled. “I reckon I haven’t forgot how to make coffee and scramble eggs. You might as well wait to tell your story till your father coipes down.” Half an hour later both breakfas, and Tony's story had been completely finished. Pat Tarver pushed back his plate, instinctively using an old Myrtle street gesture, for, curiously enough, Crystal's tragedy, the presence of Sandy Ross, breakfast in the kitchen, and Mrs. Tarver’s unusual tenderness toward Tony had brought an atmosphere of home into the Serenity boulevard house for the first time since the newly wealthy Tarvers had moved into it. “I suppose the reporters will be down on us before long. Better hunt up that picture of Crystal that you used to keep on your dresser,” Pat told his daughter. {To Be Cantaoed)

due today. You don’t mean you’ie really traveling by yourself?" He leaned toward her across the little table. “Yes." she said. “I suppose you think that's terrible." “Why. no,” he assured her. "I think it's very nice." “Well, mother couldn't possibly get away," she told him. . . . Not that there wasn't money enough for them both. Or that Maizie had found a job in order to pay her daughter's expenses. Oh no—nothing of the kind! Only that mother "couldn’t possibly get away”—social obligations, or something like that. At least, that was what Ashtoreth hoped Mr. would think. “After you went.” she continued, T had a sort of a breakdown, and mother simply insisted that I take a sea trip. Mother has such faith in the ocean—my goodness, I believe she thinks it cure just about everything.” (To Be Continued I

The adverse trumps were now all taken, and Mrs. Purdy had nothing to worry about so far as her contract was concerned, although game was impossible, since the opponents already had three tricks. However, Mrs. Purdy determined to take as many tricks as she could, which always is the practice of the expert player. She saw she need Jose no more tricks if she could finesse successful against the king of spades and the king of diamonds. To try these finesses, the lead must come from Mrs. Purdy’s own hand. As the lead was then in Dummy, she led Dummy’s 7 of clubs, overtaking it with the 9 in her own hand. Work, South, discarded the 4 of diamonds, and Whitehead, North, the 2 of spades. Mrs. Purdy then led the queen of diamonds for the finesse. Whitehead. North, played the 3. Ordinarily he would have covered the honor led in the hope of establishing a card of the suit in his partner’s hand. But he ducked in this instance, expecting Dummy also to duck with the 8 of diamonds, in which case, if Mrs. Purdy continued with diamonds, Whitehead would duck again, forcing Dummy to win. Then dummy, after taking the third diamond trick, would be compelled to lead up to Whitehead’s king of spades for the loss of a trick. a a a MRS. PURDY, however, was alert to the situation. Instead of ducking -with the 8, she ducked with the jack, which was of the same value as the 8, since she held the 9 and 10 in her own hand. Work played the 5 of diamonds. Mrs. Purdy continued with the 10 of diamonds. Whitehead again ducked, playing the 7. He realized he could accomplish nothing by playing his king, as declarer would not have played Dummy’s jack on the first round of diamonds unless she had held the 10 and 9 in her hand. His only hope was that Declarer would lead diamonds a third time, in which case Dummy must win and lead a spade. Dummy played the 8 of diamonds; Work the 6. Mrs. Purv, however, was through with the diamond suit temporarily. She next led her queen of spades for a finesse in that suit. Whitehead at this point could read Mrs. Purdy’s remaining cards as being the 9 of diamonds, the thirteenth trump and one more spade. He saw that whether or not he covered the spade he could take no more tricks. He played the 6 of spades; Dummy the 9; Work the 3. Mrs. Purdy continued with the 4 of spades; Whitehead played the 7; Dummy the ace. since the finesse was not needed; Work the 5. Dummy then led the ace of diamonds; Work discarded the 8 of spades; Declarer played the 9 of diamonds; Wbtehead the king. For the last trick Dummy led the jack of spades which Mrs. Purdy trumped with the 5 of clubs, thus winning four odd at clubs, with a score of 24 for tricks and 30 for simple honors. ana THE play in this hand illustrates a situation which often arises in auction bridge; that is, when a declarer finds himself in a position in which his contract is assured, but game is impossible. Tricks made under such conditions are spoken of frequently as “tricks immaterial.” While they do not affect the making of contract, game or slam, each one counts its mite in the grand total, and it is bad practice for players to become careless about winning even the immaterial tricks. In contract, however, the value of these so-called immaterial tricks is much greater than in auction, as there is a bonus of fifty points for each trick made over the amount bid. At contract the bidding of the hand. also, would be much the same as at auction, according to Work. South would open with one heart, although four-card suits are scrutinized with more care before they are bid in contract. After South's pass, West of course would pass. So would North, as his hand lacks the strength to justify a jump of a one-heart bid. If South had wished for a light jump from partner, he would have started by bidding two. East, after one heart and two passes, would be in position to pass South’s one heart with perfect safety, as South could not make game from a love score with a bid of one; but East also would appreciate that with his strength there would be little chance that North and South, if given the opportunity, would make a game-going bid in any declaration, and still less chance of their succeeding if they made it. On the other hand, East has a good opportunity of making a partial score—very valuable in contract —and consequently he should try for it—either with the informatory double, as in auction; or with two clubs. The latter probably is the better bid; in which case East would be the declarac. _

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