Morris tribune., 1896-11-18
GOLF.
'Azcess J9st q Gran Game; Et's just the
Only Came"

% half inoh hose, emitting quarter
nj . pfnt In five minutes Peter Mo
8onrOOk looked over the fence anC
waaned the time of day.
A'Y0M have club here, of oourse2'
maAUnl Peter.
oh. rather" replied Wilkinson.
MD end of clubs. We've capital
qAaanis club, and croquet club, and
. river club, and bicycle club,
sud-
Bat Wilkinson drew up suddenly,
,s1arown on his launches, for the
gray sye of Peter MoGourook, which
Should have been ablaze with enthu-
aHiastie interest, was pale with a
STRONG contempt.
But how about the olub?" he
asked.
A'Club?" said Wilkinson. why
waIl-we've all those clubs. What
xsone''-
II was not asking about these
fraevial things, said McGourock.
where's yer golf olub?"
''Eh2 Oh-why-we haven ter
exactly any golf olub-that is, not
Just yet. Is it a good sort of game"
said poor Wilkinson.
Peter looked him all over very
slowly, then looked the hose all over
vary slowly, then Wilkinson's gar
I7cn, then Wilkinson's house, right
mp 30 the top of the new Louvre pot,
then, repeating very slowly, Els
observation-disclosures" he
turned away and disappeared into
his drawing room.
For days after that poor Wilkin-
SOB, while watering the big oak
With the half inch hose, would cast
Eurtiye chances at the MoGourock
sapping the little white ball into the
little hole in the lawn, and at times
Ae could perceive, with the tail of
his eye, Peter MoGourock eying him
over, or portions of his property, and
NJ times he could hear the muttered
wards, ''Es ct a good SORT of game?"
AT length Wilkinson made hero
&c afort to put matters on less
painful footing. He looked over the
fence at Peter, who was doing some
thing to golf iron with file, and
aaaid cheerfully, but with dreadful
NERVOUSNESS within:
If it-er-when you could spare
tan minutes, should take it as IA
var if you would teach me to play
golf. -
Ten minutes, ye say?" said Pc
hhr. using that horrid eye of his.
Well. we'll, of course I don't
saean to say could learn in ten
minutes - ha, ha ridiculous, of
sBKrse. said poor Wilkinson. But
II you'd kindly teach me the
stroke
'sirr." said Peter, "a man can
not he taught golf.
Well-of course I don't mean to
gay-that is-but a fellow might try
Sd learn
Gulf, " said Peter, ''es not a thing
hat man can learn.
Well, but-hang it all-how do
peOple ever play? People do play
gsif. don t they?"
P9ay!'' said Peter. "And what
night ye mean by 'play?'"
Nv hy-well, confound it. Don't
gsau SEQ people knocking COMPOUNDED
Ex&ale white balls over COMPOUNDED
abstaeles with things like that you re
IIEBg at?"
Peer Wilkinson was turning. Even
" alkinsons will turn.
An, . replied Peter, ''ye see peo-
pie do that, and many's the numb Der
af them, hut ye talked of playing.
saEr, ef man begins golf when he's
Pzt into short clothes and devotes
his life to ct excepting the Sabbath
sGniys that was specially ordained for
2axzn to repaint balls and see to
Hh3ngs), and eff ct s granted to that
Ga8an at the close of a long life to ar
rive at the knowledge that he knows
aUfbing of golf, that man can die
happy man, and when he's finally
a8lsd he will not have lived in vain.
Aye, " continued Peter suddenly, let
sas a good SORT of game It's Just
gran game. It's just the only game. -
NEWS OF A LEGAL NATURE.
The w G. T. U. of South Dakota will
kaIng suit to test the constitutionality
OF the resUbmission act.
The attorney general has appointed
Michael Savage of GAINESVILLE, Tenn,
special assistant United States attorney
Ensthe United States court of claims.
1t is understood that Justice Cox Of
Ehe Supreme court Of the District of
Rs0lnnbia, is about to retire, and that
Secretary Herbert will be given the
place. Justice Cox is 80 years old
LABOR NEWS.
The Knights of Labor threaten to
start a new political Darty if one of the