The sun., 1904-12-04
A NOVEL HAZARD
a IN A GOLF MATCH,
II Was a Pais Of Psetty Caters That
Made This Player Lose. Bot
He Was Not Sorry. Y

sConfound them, they might have put
of their visit till Monday said Tom, jerk
ing the pipe out OF his mouth. And its
Aunt Jane all over to insist that she should
Ak the day. Here am to entertain her
and her friends, couple Of old maidsI Will
bet, on the very afternoon whom We are
to play of the golf match, and how am
TO meet them In the middle Of the after
noon and play the game beats me hollow.
what time do you .playf' inquired his
friend, who had for an hour been discussing
chances that the latter would get the gold
medal. .
HALF past a.
.Then you can't do II. You'll have 70
give up one or the other
that can svs to say Aunt 5an e sss
George, all my hopes for the future hang
on her. and it's a medal against future ten
thousand year. But, hang II; cent
give Ned a walkoyer. oh, dear; the incon-
sideratehess\ \of woman! Why could ehe
not have waited one week.
As often happens. the beginning OF the
game was very much delayed. 1t was just
possible that if the game was played
promptly Tom might run from the held
and catch the 4:20 train, but any delsy
was dangerous
Tom fretted and grew more and more
annoyed as his adversary delayed
4Is the fellow going to play Or mott
stormed Tom; say, Ned. 90 mako haste;
'I'm awful sorry to delay YOU, but that
little idiot Of cad]e has forgotten one
Of my sticks All. there he comes now.
Now we can begin
They were pretty evenly matched, as the
| first play showed. But Tom was too nervous
to be at his best, and the consequence was
that at the end Of eight points his OPP
| ponent led three When they reached the
thirteenth hole this had been reduced to
| two.
For the next particularly hard play. his
| opponent played to a safe place. Not 90
| Tom Choosing his ground. he stood meas
uring the bank OF sand which rose before
him $50 yards away. 70 Gear 1t was lis
only chance OF winning the game and he
| knew 1t. ..-
Another second and without any ad-
dressing, he caught the ball most beantI-
fully and drove it straight for the centre
OF the bunker just over the top OF the
bank 1t went in a straig 1T line for the hole,,
Everybody acknowledged the neatnee
OF this stroke with cheer. and Tom in his
delight neither saw nor heard the 4:e0 IA,
which passed on the trestle near by. his
blood was up now and his nerve had come
to him again.
At the seventeenth hole he was even,
and both men were ready for the last, which
was an easy drive. Tom. as he took his
club from the caddie, felt all the senss-
tions Of one who had won the game;
Raising his arm to strike, he looked
around him. What prompted him to do
so, he never knew. And there standing
not forty feet away, was of all persons u
the world, his Aunt Jane, and with her
dainty s1Yhng lady shes
Had Ton delayed looking until he had
given the stroke. had his consciencen not have
given hi n twinge. he would have played
better. His club fell and the ball sliced
of at a tangent
A groan escaped him, Another hit. and
he was now on his proper course. Both
| now played the like and another stroke
brought both balls to the green dead, but.
nent had sure thing Of as many inches
1t was Toms play, however, and he knew
could not win. Ee would do his hest. +.
But the crowd pressed in Ee could no!
he would. She would be justly vexed at
the slight, especially with such companion
as he saw accompanying her. And the
fates crossed him here also. -.
As he took his position to play. be. found
that pair of pretty CATERS were hiding bis
mark. What could Re do? He dared not
reco ognize his aunt until he could have time
to make the. proper apologies. he must
not rudely ask, like Diogenes, form ore sun
Slowly the ball rolled along in an exact
line for the hole, straight for the middle Of
a paiter, but not straight for the hole.
The strength was perfect, but the ball came
to a stop Just two inches on one side Of tho
hole and his adversary scored.
1t was many years before Mrs. Tom gnve
over teasing her husband for not being able
to distinguish her foot from q goh hole.
Even Aunt Jane, who professed TO be tre-
mendousy angry. relented when she saw
Toms evident admiration for her young
friend and declared 1t was all her fault
anyway, that he had been beaten. but
indeed she never could see any enjoyment
in golf; other things were 30 much more
worth winning .
What she meant by that she never told,
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