In the late 1800s, because of low literacy and rising immigration and migration, over 7,000,000 letters a year ended up in the Dead Letter Office, their last hope of delivery. Patti Lyle Collins was the uncontested Super Sleuth, solving almost 1000 puzzles every day. Her astounding knowledge of languages, geography, miscellaneous facts and intuition enabled her to make the most amazing leaps of logic.

For example, a letter addressed to "Rev. Wells, Johnstown TN" had the office stumped, as there was no such town in TN. Well, our Heroine Patti remembered reading that President Andrew Johnson once worked in a tailor shop in Greenville TN. Sure enough, that's where Rev. Wells lived and the letter arrived safely.

SO! Where is Patti when we need her? I would imagine she would have no trouble whatsoever interpreting the bids we see around the table, no?

Let's see if we can make Patti proud today as we work on our bidding.