Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-16

| \ OAas the
crow n
E&Ee@- sensation of
the women-s tournament there last
month.
None of the great gallery to follow
the final match, augmented by many
hundreds because Mrs. Clara Winly
was in the contest, will ever forget the
shrieks of the baby just as its mother
essayed the put that meant = victory If
she holed out The baby was in a
paroxysm of screams, but anger rather
than pain seemed to he the predomi-
mating note
| II has been by no means an easy
matter to induce Mrs. Winly to play in
the tournament The winner of every
| championship before her marriage and
of one or two afterward, she had then
announced her retirement from the
links and now for two years or more
| had devoted all her energies to the
care of the gift brought by the stork
to bless the marriage.
The little tot kicked up ais heels,
/ Ci leu 1OC SUI anu lllGbAC dn dbJCNb
slave of his mother, in serene ignor-
ance that he was keeping away from
golf the very best woman player in
America. The thought was madden
| ing to the committee of the Environ
Golf club, which had put up handsome
| trophies for the tournament and who
believed that only Mrs. Winly could
keep the visiting English champion
from capturing the richest of the
prizes.
As a forlorn hope the committee
called in body on Tom Wlnly to see
if lie would help them out.
The Winly villa tangle of angles,
aJrmer windows and oddly project
ing verandas, was only partially
screened by a hedge OF box from the
sight of players holding out on the
home green: otherwise it would have
| been as much part Of the golf course
as the sand box at the first tee. 1t was
the nearest to the course of any of
| the group of houses built to be handy
for golf by members Of the Environ
Golf club, settlement in which the
revised St Andrews rules nstead of
the family Bible, rested the cen
ter tables and boxes Of gpl .alls were
the ordinary mantel ornau IS
The committee found Tom Winly
practising un mashie approaches by
playing the sails from lack of the
hedge To .'asktt in position on the
front veranda.
I've been hoping she would play
myself" was the reply of tho husband
to the committees plea for the pres
ence of the wife But I'm mum.
That's the bargain between us as to
| golfng-when we took each other for
better or for worse, we barred golfing,
p, y'understand-and each of us is fancy
free as to when or where We golf. So
I'm dumb, d'you see?
Mrs. Winly is off golfing today, |
don't mini telling You, over at Willow
Brook and she has been playing now
and then for month. she goes to
Willow Brook because it's quiet fo.'
the baby. The girl wheels the aid
along after her as she plays, d'you
seer"
The head of the house led the com.
mittee in procession back to the club
house and they elected Mr.. Winly a
member of that body before they had
a second round. At dinner time, when
| the session dispersed, Mr.. Winly had
promised to break lie agreement and
try to influence the golfing plans of
his wife.
Everything depends on which is
running the strongest in her mind
row, the maternal instinct or the golf
| fever" was Mr.. Why's parting
speech. Il think rs time Col Bogey
Put the nose of our household emperor
out of joint for spell, anyhow"
20 Jupiter. How happy are my
spirits" exclaimed Mrs. Winly as she
entered the dining room that evening.
"Pm back on my game, dear, wneu ]
expected to play like a duffer. as a
me. 2 nurse should, for many day
yet"
Then she gave to him the "details of
her round at Willow Brook. a jargon
of terms such as slice, pull, sclaff,
SOCI nltS, lucky TSCoNeIlSS fuu AOhS
puts. somewhat incomprehensible save
to such an ardent player as her hus-
band. Tom, too. had his tale of a
winning match to relate, but he did
not break their pact then by asking
her to play in the tournament. This
theme he let rest until Mrs. Wfnly had
put the baby 90 sleep AMI had gone
from the nursery to her den for the
quiet half hour before her own bed
time
Come in to ask why you don't en-.
ter for the tournament" began Tom
bluRtly as he broke through the cur
tanned doorway. u don't butt in as a
-uie, you know. yet it seems rather
nonsensieal TO Ignore tournament
right at ones doorsteps. don't you
Think"
Tom, I'm glad YOU have spoken.
for want to play, but not unless you
are willing. quite. that I should do so.
Our pact about goling has kept me