The record-union., 1896-04-12


Gone on by the first train," said Nc
Quharity TO me.
lie simply ignored poor Kenneth. who
wore a look of utter bewilderment.
AT InVeresk i looked out aud saw
f1ery get into the train, and 1 noticed,
with delight, that he was carrying n
small army of clubs
L could scarcely restrain a srcile of
Pleasure as drew ny head in again.
When We got to Aberlady and McQu-
harity found that Addison was not
there, he said:
How shall we playo You and I to-
gether?' addressing me.
suppose you play against me and
Mcintosh, Mr.. McQuharity; that will
make good game
Very we'll, it's all the same to me"
10 Kenneth L said on the way to tie
links:
He is to win the fist round. remem-
Der, and let him get two or three ND on
the second"
But what is it all about, Beayer?"
Wait"
To Fiery whispered:
Are you quite sure you understand,
Flery?"
Certainly" said Fiery, with a grin.
McQuharity won the first round, and
| was in a good humor when he went in
| to luncheon in the tiny clubhouse
He would not speak to Kenneth
however. The remembrance of how
| with heavy eyes and aching head he
had stood beside the plate in church.
! only twenty-four hours before, was still
very vivid. The Established Kirk was
in great force in him to-day.
After luncheon we played as before,
and McQuharity was zone up at the
| turn.
looked at Fiery, whose face bore a
stolid, Indifferent expression.
| We turned, and McQuharity won the
first hole home.
| Two up and eight to play" NUT
tered Fiery, and teed his masters ball,
A half. Two up and seven to play"
said Fiery.
| l looked at him; still the same ex-
preston Of stolid indifference on his
face
We halved the next, and McQuharity
won the following hole
| Three up and five to play" said
Fiery. and I wondered if he was going
to play me false. If he did, 1 would
brain him with my niblick.
| We halved the hole.
Three up and four to play" said
Fiery.
I got behind him and logged him in
the ribs with my "mashie."
do you understand, Fiery?' 1 whis-
pered hoarsely
| He did not answer, but looked at me
with a panied expression and handed
McQuharity a driver
! Whizz! went the head away to the
left and I breathed again.
| 'Loosened the head" said McQu-
harity, and walked on.
| Il hae two mair by me-" said Fiery.
Fiery let him off with his next shot,
but gave him an iron with which to ap-
proach the hole, that any one but Nc
Quharity must have seen was a
| "deader."
He swung the club, and as the head
touched the turf the shaft smashed in
half
Il haven't done that for twenty
years." said McQuharity shortly.
Two up and three to play" said
Fiery.
He gave his master his usual driver
| this time. but handed him a brassey
for the next stroke, the head of which
| snapped in half on touching the ball.
McQuharity said nothing, but one
could see that he was not pleased. Fiery
muttered something about "the clubs
havin' got a bit dry" and the game
proceeded. Fiery managed it to per-
| lection, and as we came on to the put
| ting green Of the last hole his pockets
were quite full Of stray driver, brassey
| and iron heads, while McQuharity' S
| face got redder and redder.
We were all even and one to p ay, and
McQuharity was going to play the
odd" on the green.
Fiery handed him a putte- and
glanced at me.
1t was a longish putt, requiring a
sharp stroke, and as the putter head
touched the ball, the head sletwed slowly
round and looked as silly as m;cht be-
T he ball went away off the line to the
right.
1t was then that the pent-up bad Ian
guage of thirty years found egress. Nc
Quharity's face got very white, and he
| let most men and most things have a
turn. 1t lasted for full two minutes
| his youth his vo .abulary must have
been extensive. There never was a man
SO miscalled as the unfortunate Fiery
and he consigned poor Forgan. who al
ways made his clubs, to every possirte
kind of perdition. He snapped tic put-
ter shaft into tiny pieces and hurled the
head at an unoffen6ing cur wao had
come to see what all the noise was
about, and with Burn every one Of
those - clubs,' to Fiery, he stalked
off over the wooden bridge to thu main
road.
Golf is great game-but trying to
the temper.
Kenneth could NOT quite understand 1t
yet, but I told him could not explain
just now.
After allowing McQuharity about
three-Quarters of an hour to SC, slider
himself" we strolled up into Aberlady
Master McQuharity's upstairs
said Clark, as we went into the golf
hotel
| McQuharity came to meet us on The
landing; he wasn't looking very happy,
but he smiled as he went up to Kenneth
and, offering him his hand, said:
| "The best of us are but human. McIn-
tosh"; and then, turning to me, he said ::
Let me introduce you, sir tc the
junior partner in McQuharity, Auchter-
Ionic & Mcintosh
Kenneth took my arm on our vav
downstairs, and whispered in NV ear.
| "You are good soul. Beaver. but I'll
be hanged if I ever play golf with Won
again. Magazine.
|