The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-09-09
PETIR ncGOuRoCK AND THE
ONLY GAME.

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Ha,us. ~a scot loag salts, Ne vcat lsl
.ng aad .ast ls,eiy Aa cor ladies' -twentl
cine q them had sIuultaaeeusIy e.
laue1 bicycles and vere engaged daily
80 aluag % them We Isb rel undrt
ielufnu th,t We we're really strong ia th,
games hse and tia. We kuew something
Il most ssues worth playing.
Bai oue DAY lbander bolt tell auonl
&C. The thuudetboit which isIl vas the
revelation lhsi there is bot one game,
that ito name is Coli and that those tryi
aE,ies o witch We so yainly iHduIsed
we're uotLiag absolutely nothing rot
games 81 slil
II wss The MeG0urock VITO let this
hight 10 upon US and practically saved Us.
There had been house 10 let in our
road syIila uamed Slielloes, With = ten
oil. lawn and one day McGourock moved
/ ia and those OF 0s Who went ont after
breakfast neIt morning observed painter
psiuliag ont Slielines and substituting
The B1ukers. Those among US whose
gardens adI0ined that Of The SIdelInes
aud who happened 10 20 into them before
breakfast Oh thst morning ioll9wing the
ARRIVAL Of The McGourook some half
hour before thst painter came to paint out
The Slleines and substitute The Bunkers
saw him 10 his garden engaged With
golf sticks aud little white ball stamped
with cross pattern, Ii hsd made lt
tie hole 10 the tennis lawn and was trying
10 knock the little bsil into it,
That day Mrs. B,nung called upon
Mrs, McGOurock to ask whether she could |
be Of any service to her IN the confusion |
Of move 10, She iou3d furniture piled |
up 10 the front hall and on the stairs and |
from the drawing room window she could |
see more iuruitute 10 the garden sgslnst
tbs house wall but no furniture bad invsd
ed the drawing room itself, which was 90
cnpIed solely by golf bags, boxes Of balls,
l.. III uhhtUu u !
brushes, pots Of white paint and books
aud periodicals devoted TO golf, ell ar
ranged conveniently around the hoor
ready 80 the hand,
thank ye, said Mrs McGJnrock, bnt
u thinking the furniture and things will
J1st settle down into their places by de
grees; aud we've had oil the golf things
mt in here so that We can fnd them nina
Iy. Ye play golf, OF course2
And when Mrs. Banting replied No,
Mrs, McGourock looked at her --only one
look but sufficient.
Mrs Banning had received the first
shock OF that thundetbolt, She had acted
As oar buffer and she went forth from the {
Bankers paraIyz9i by the revelation that
she knew nothing OF The Oaly Game,
That evening while Wilkinson was smok :
log pipe in his garden and trying to
wsler great oak with half inch hose, \
uniting a quarter OF q pint 10 FIVE min
ltes, Peter McGourock looked over the :
I.nce and passed the time o day.
Yell have a club here, OF course2 asked y
Peter. !
Oh rather replied Wilkinson; 10 end Of t
,lubf We've q capital tennis club, and t
,rl juet club aud a river club and bcy c
lie club and e
But Wilkinson draws up suddenly, i
brown on his launches, for the grey eye c
# Peter McGourock. which shonld have ]
1een abltz3 with eutbuslsstic iut rest, was a
,sle with 8 strong contempt t
But how about The Club? be asked, .
Club2 said Wilkinson; why well, we've il
III those clubs what more? k
vas not asking about these treevial 2
hinge, said McGourock, Where's your b
iolf CIub2
E42 Oh why we hsyeu't-er-1 d
city any golf club -that is, not jet
ct. Is Isitsgood sort Of gamer said poor /
Wilkinson, i
Peter looked him oil over, very slowly 0
hea looked the hose sll over very slow
y, then Wilkinsous garden; then WiIkiD II
ons house, night up to the top OF the new @
.ouvre pot, then rpesting very slowly, P
.s-et-s-g good SORT Of gamer be turn II
q away and disappeared into bis drawing a
CON. o
For DAYS after thst poor wilkinson, 81
,hile watering the big oak With the ball II
pch hose, would cast iurtiye sIsnces At II
Tue McGourock tapping the little white b
,.ll into the little hole 10 the lsWn; aud
/ times be could perceive, With the tail t!
+ bi, eve. Peter McGourock eyeing him p
yer, or portions Of his property; aud at 't
INES be could hear the muttered words, il
.s ct . good sort Of game: II
Atleugth wilkinson made heroic Ell 81
OF, to put mstters 90 less psioiuI loot b
NJ be looked over the ieaee at Peter, g.
llo sss doiug something to golf iron II
nth adle aud said cheeri1lIy, bot With u
res3iul Eetv9usuess uilhlu. CT
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