The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-16
obstruction in the ditch hazard of the
home hole. He should have been dis

obstruction in the ditch hazard of the
home hole. He should have been dis
quaiifed''
Neither the words nor the look that &C.
companied them disturbed Sunbar. 4
charge SO patiently ridiculous could only
Ie the outgrowth Of jealousy and malice
He smiled serenely into his accuser's
countenancc and cast reassuring glance
at MS partner. What he saw made him
look again more closely: for. instead of
the indignant contempt he expected to
see. her face was full of alarm. In
stantly the tolerant pity he mad felt to-
ward his defeated rival gave place to re-
his eyes, and he stepped quickly forward
with a flood of angry words at his lips
But. CHECKING him with stately gesture,
Judge Ten \ier turned to his accuser
This is serious charge. Mr.. Van
-Altred.' said he. ''Of course, you hav:
anpl, lroof"
y sight rustlins sound broke the still
forward to hear Van lAltreds reply
L repeat he answered firmly. that
this man removed an obstruction behind
his lal1. thereby enabling him to play out
with his mashie, and as some of you
may remember. reach the ninth green.
It was a lie which should have cost at
!e:,s: one stroke with heavy club to get
out Of the ditch at all. His caddie here
:riis NE that there was hummock Ct
dried mud just behind his ball. and Mr..
Sunbar crushed it down with his foOt.''
The audacity, Of the charge 50 hewil
dered Sunbar that, to- moment he ,e-
manned speechless.
ball in the ditch.'' continued Van Alfred,
rapidly. land admired what seemed like
his brilliancy in getting out Of chancery
l did. and thought no more about it un-
til this caddy showed me what had hap
pened. Then l examined the spot and
found the mark Of the shoe that removed
the hummock. You can see it for your
self now: every hobnail is plainly marked
in the dried mud
Few could help noticing how Sunbar
started at the word ''hobnail;" but only
one other besides himself understood the
reason. Van Altred's description brought
back in minute detail the view of the ball
membrance of that nail-dented footprint
came the recollection of others just like
it. He had seen them in several patches
OF damp sand that day as he followed
Julia Ten. Nier over the course. His
first Impulse. which had been a natural
one, to. refute Van Altred's SANDER in
the easiest way by displaying his own
smooth soles, was checked by the realiza-
ton. In the memory flash that reviewed
the situation he recalled how his partner
had reached the ball first. while he was
delayed by loose shoestring. and how
closely she was examining it's position as
ne reached the dltch; She was standing
skirts of the crowd: all the vivid coloring
had left her face. and her dark eyes We're
fixed en- him with look of terror and
appeal. Suddenly he realized that Van
Alfred had stopped speaking. and that
they were waiting for his answer
We'll. Mr.. Sunbar. what have You to
say: came in the presidents judicial
tones.
He turned from daughter to father.
and looked the old man steadily in the
1T is true" he said. in calm, even
voice: the obstruction was removed just
as Mr.. Van Alfred describes. l should
long to him and Miss Minturn.'' "'> '
ihen. without glancing to the right or
lett. ne wheeled and walked rapidly
across the lawn and down the road
leading back to the hotel. In silence the
crowd watched him until he turned a
The following morning. Sunbar, senior.
arriving late at his office, was surprised
20 find the Son, who, month before,
had begged vacation and followed the
Ten Niers to NouCi!le, on the plea of in
cipient breakdown-from overwork-in
his accustomed place and up to his ears
in . 2 volume pe+ Of law reports:
gentleman, after they had exchanged
greetings. there was no need of your
coming back; there isn't enough litiga-
ton in the whole city to keep a police
magistrate busy. | wanted you to stay
and recuperate. Have you quite recov-
ered?"
Eyes, sir" RESPONDED Peter; ''it was one
Of the most sudden and thorough recov-
cries man ever midtown and
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