The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10

The thing can happen. Ten days went
'"Teddy toId me that the
western man had bet him one hum
dred dollars to fifty that he would
propose to me before leaving g.,, T Ie5ldy
of appreciation that he could buy with
ten dollars of the hundred and present
to Aunt Maria.
"The afternoon Of the twelfth day,
we were all sitting on the terrace and
one, of the. gardeners killed a garter
Sahs turned Hn ed Somebody ran FOR
water, and somebody else offered smell
ing salts, and patted her on the back.
She revived, after a while. and apollo
gized- said she was dreadfully ashamed,
but that she had always felt that way
anything else in the world, but the very
sight, Of a snake. terrified her beyond
words. and robbed her Of every vestige
Of self-control.
"Then we talked Of other things, but
Aunt Maria was still pale, and I noticed
thoughtful: After a while he got up
and st;.olled off toward the golf grounds,
and, when we went for drive, little
later, saw him sitting on bunker and
talking to Jimmy, my fayorite caddy.
":The next morning, Jimmy WASH It
waiting for me as usual. 1 didn It see
him all day, andI missed him; adoredl
| more freckles to square inch Of face
than any other mortal I've ever seen.
There WASH It room for many of them on
his nose, for it was small and turned up
in the most impertinent fashion, but
they, spread over his forehead and
| Y over his chest, where the two top
shirt buttons were always missing. He
had a shock of red hair, home-cut, and
he wore a scarlet golf cap with a big
hole in the crown thru which a tuft Of
red hair waved wildly.
WHis eyelashes and eyebrows were
perfectly white. He was thin beyond
all belief, and his bare legs! and arms
looked like pipestems, but his mouth
turned up at the corners, in a most: de-
lightful way, end his eyes were the fun
NEST, frankest. sauciest eyes ever put
Jimmy. If Aunt Maria had, for a mo-
ment, suspected my real feeling for him,
she wCuldn It have had restful mo-
1rent.
"That was long day without jim
my -: 49,, ..s 1907, .,,.,
Nancy looked hurt.
81 It interested in him. Still,
one couldn't help wondering what had
become Of him, and why he had
thrown up the fight just before the fin
ish. Teddy said he had decided to send
to Boston for fruit for Aunt Maria,
seemed prejudiced against it.
cat dinner the western man ap-
peared, immaculate and in beaming
good-humor. never saw a man less
depressed by defeat. He did look a
trifle, tired, but he explained that he
had been off for long tramp. Jimmy
didn't try very hard to be with me-
Evidently he had given in to the drag.
on and intended accepting defeat like
a gentleman. Aunt Maria was SO graf
flied that. she thawed to him. I saw
her offer him her throat lozenges twice
and she smiled all evening.
"Just before we went upstairs, he
asked me quite cheerfully if I would
golf with him the next morning. Il
have to go at noon,' he said. Aunt
Maria almost looked sorry for him. -:
| "Aunt Maria should read more his
tory.' commented Bobby.
mshe has big steel engraving, Of
hangng oTer Ihr er begd 'ne SAID Nanc2
:'but she wasn't expecting a surprise
in this siege. She was down stairs
with her green umbrella when I went
to breakfast the next morning. She
and the western man and l. trippeo
merrily to the links. Jimmy joined us
there. Three buttons were gone from
his shirt, instead Of the usual two. His
legs had a few extra scratches and one
trousers n;a pI+ Leg was dam damaged beyond re-
time: 1 wish you knew Jimmy. He's
"Ill look him up and study his
methods,' said the man who came
often.
cit ism u method. It's personality
explained Nancy, discouragingly. "We
started out for the first hole-the mar
and in front, Aunt Maria a close sec
ond, and Jimmy ranging far afeld. The
man was the most cheerful. I fell
=. rather hurt by it. The occasion was
melancholy one-last day, last game
:. parting at noon. No man with taste
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