Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-23

any means or pressure that might
come to hand.
OF course she should refuse him
even under stress of this pressure. But |
then the dire results! Carruthers
tell her mother the truth about the |
caddies, and matters would be far, |
far worse than IL Mrs. Arson hau |
discovered it herself in the first in
stance.
1t was an appalling, humiliating,
situation. Nothing but dire, awful
disaster either way. Did any poor
girl ever find herself more hopelessly
betweent he devil and the deep sea?
AS thy played the last hole, Cutlish
Pinkerton, who had kept his eyes
wide open, whispered to Minnie, un-
der cover of handing her her cleek:
"Carruthers sees through it-eh?"
Minnie nodded
What's his game?" whispered Cut
fish. will he split?"
mot now said Minnie hurriedly.
Il think he means to-to-hold it as
a threat over my head"
Pinkerton waited until she had to
exchange her cleek for an iron, to
play the approach to the green.
Then he murmured:
81 say. Does Mrs. Arson take the
Morning Post?"
YES" said Minnie, wondering why
he asked this extraordinary question.
But there was no chance then of
asking him to explain So she took
her iron and played the shot 1t was
a beauty, landing just over the small
crescent bunker which fences the home
green and running on toward the hole
till it stopped nearly dead.
Gran gowf!-gran' govt! Teddy"
exclaimed Cutlish, enthusiastically.
AS pratty shot DER a bunker as
ever saw
Minnie brought off the put and won
the hole-thus finishing the match
She was relieved that it was over, for
the strain of the last ten minutes had
simply taken years off her life. Yet
she dreaded the journey back to
town, and the unpleasant interview
with Claud Carruthers, which she
knew was in store for her, more than
she could say. In her nervousness
and agitation she forgot a certain lit
tie matter; of which, however, Cut
fish Pinkerton, true to his part, re-
; minded her with respectful touch of
his cap.
Its shilling, please, leddy," he
said. And twa bawbees for clean
ing the irons. Wull l leave your
gowfsticks down wi the profess
sional?"
Eyes, please. Here's your one and
two-pence."
Thank you, Teddy"
Then he added in a meaning whis-
, per: Put him off with excuses for to-
day, and-read the golf news in to-
morrow's POST
Minnies conjecture anent Claud
Carruthers little game was soon veri-
fed. On the return journey he found
an opportunity Of reiterating his suit,
at the same time limiting at distressing
consequences In event Of her answer
still being negative.
Remembering Pinkerton's last In
junction, she hurriedly excused her.
self from giving an immediate answer.
Il must h-h-have time, Mr.. Carru-
theirs" she faltered. ''I-I-must think
about it,
Very WELL" he said Il will come
tomorrow afternoon for my final an
swer. l hope-I do sincerely hope,
Miss Arson, that, on all accounts CHS
tone was distinctly menacing) it will
be favorable"
The two girls, Minnie particularly,
passed a miserable and anxious night
Next morning she was down very
early, and at once caught up the
Morning Post, turning to the golf in
telligence with great curiosity and
excitement. When Dora came down a
few minutes later she found her sister
quite radiant and smiling.
"Oh, Dora!" she exclaimed isn't
this clever and considerate of Mr..
Pinkerton? He-he-has furnished us
with a-a-complete defense. lust
listen
Amusing Incidental curious bet,
made some time since, between
Messrs. Cutlish Pinkerton and Charles
Tredgold, the well-known Garrulity
actorS, On the one part, anu certain
fellow comedians of theirs on the
other part, was decided on the Big
ham golf links yesterday in favor of
the former. Messrs. Pinkerton and
Tredgold backed themselves, we I'M
derstand, to masquerade as caddies on
the Bigham links, and to carry for
whole round without being detected
1 nv their emplovarc VaStardov thov
succeeded in their design, their SER
vices being innocently requisitioned
by two young ladies, for whom they
carried in an eighteen-hole match,
and from whom they duly received
their shillings that they were not
genuine caddies.'
"0h, say! How artful! How splen-
did" cried Dora. Whatever happens,
we need only to stick to that version,
| and we shall he all right /"