The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-17

mined air Of q mai who is bent upon q sorioua
duty and who means to perform IL. He looked
neither to the right hand nor to tho left. Even
made his tee from tho wet sand and placed his
naI on N. Then assuming the Ipproved posi-.
no uncertainty in his movement or his attit udo
as he nwpng. Up his club went, and down with
the precision. of II machine, ana there was o
sharp click followed by u burst OF applause.
The bal had flown nearly 700 yards and settled
itseli down about twenty yards from the hole.
y zach shot carried him eighteen yards fur thor,
and Their, an easy put and NO was down In three,
my was not often seen upon tho Copalm links.
other payers followed In their several turns
md w.ih their varying fortunes, until at last
Miss Prrscott's name was called.
IhS girl came quickly forward and took her
pSSi she cs aPSn Nth tRS 'SSff s EEsS SSoF fn[l' 81 but ws qu ISHS,
bryce was before her, and with an air OF re-
s%r6otfYl devotion he stopped down and pro-
FASTENED to Improve II. He Joined the pair in
the tecing ground and addressed Bryce with an
You make your tees too high. That is the
reason you got into tho Horse"
to The TS.,S %sh1 ,Sg Snr 't %Sco Nov down par and vas .6 about
nh, rn %P 90 NY I $%$ + 4 t, pt nj. hSi Si",'fSi bog. I nA.
The robuKed champion reluctantly drew
back, murlnurinR 10. himself rs / e did so: just
into the Horse with a great tee like that" And
sure eruukh! Down came the club and the ball
landed in ihc bunker by the side of BrlrN :.
When the scores were compared II was found
that Bryce and Miss Prescott were the first to
he dropped, and the rest Of the g%oI;ors moved
misery loves company. Bryce and Miss PRESCOTT
iingered in The background Judging from the
i IMsnd OF c tme pair II vo, would nd,s seem ,na That b misery ~ +
present instance, and us the Mixed Lone.
snme' moved On. the last that was seen Of
ins behind a hazard.
BLAKE was in his element that day. Ncver
been perfection, OF its. kind, No had driven.
approached, and putted as he had never done
as;afPi Fea Lie nsns n"a j led had & ps sSsry aolf 70 , Re
eighteenth hole the Home. as II was called and
the contest had narrowed itself down to q hand
'elf. He couih hive Rugged Bryce for invcnt-
,,g such noble aport, AZ the winner OF the last
he stGlkcd ma iesticaiiy to the teeing ground,
and started of with such a drive as Is often
heard Of, but rarely seen. A Geek shot brought
him up clo'e TO the putting green, and q lofter
iors Watched t6sy, saw the ball fall q tog fset
had pegun ind ended with ~ three!
His opponent had TO be content with holing
As Blake was receiving the congratulations
OF the spectators Bryce. and Miss Prescott
emerged from ne q h nnCs i'm LOCKING %onIs IT,. o,, as is S sslT.
rant. Bryce fastened forward ~ congratulate
the winner. 49,.
And you must congratulate mo. too, he
said with q smile, FOR 1 have won more than
my match"
And as Blake looked at the blushing girl he
realized with. a sharp regret that there ara
other things in tho world besides golf. Slow:
" shouldering his heavy bag he turned
toward tho clubhouse, while the pair on the
putting green stood watching him.
Hurry. jim she said. there goes my
""IYes,"' replied Bryce. Then pointing with q
golf club at the figure of Blake. he continued
Ana there goes a Mixed Lonesome Thu
disintcrested members Of the party, though
voted the experiment a huge success.