The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-03
u sThe End Of the Game

direct line with the seventeenth hole Of this
Assof4 shade under group Of hardy old naples. The
grass grows rank and tangled. Tiny crckets apt
to leaps from tall spears Of it and land
length on the ground, as this man doing He was
tanned and wore Scotch checks and he was scowlng
Any one would have understood why the man
TIE biggest maple She, TOO, was tanned, but
the crimson Of her cheeks shone thru the brown and
her eyes were the kind that danced Also she had T.
she had been enjoying herself tormenting the
. ssAnys one could that fellow Stevens crazy
about you'll persisted the an Indignantly Cit
"Was it," asked the girl, sneekIy "You see, I
wasn't far enough removed from the center of tho
situation to enable me to get the general effect Ono
loses the perspective being right on the spot don't
you thinki'' r.,
81 don't know what you are trying to say said
the man, little sulkily. ftonly don Why you
let Stevens make such donkey of himself!'',,'.
-, The girl let the light of her eyes shine upon the
speaker: 1T il not always so easy she said med
tatively,2'.to prevent man. doing thatl'' II
Ell like to know if I'm not justified in objecting to
to such little episodesl Haven 'fI aright-'' '>
~ t:Not the slightest in the world broke in the girl
The man hit at: an inqurins grasshopper with
golf stick and looked miserable. Jewell, It isn't my
of you that forget the feeling isn't recprocated.
And can't stand seeing other fellows interfering
Why do you do it, Letty7'' {
:~t'Your remarks complicated objected the
Il thought it Mr.. Stevens to whom you
were objectingand it that I've done some
thing, too When men come up to talk to at
parties do you want to put out protesting hand
= and say, Away with you! Backl Back' something
like that9 I'd do almost anything for such an old
friend as you, Saml" 49,. ~. -'-. - :
He aimed another blow at the grasshopper. *tOh
enjoy yourself' he said grim1y. 81 know am fur
nishing the material but can t help it, can't hide
=" my feelings. Now with you-why, nobody on earth
can tell what you really think or feel.'' 80.
- Ism t. 1t wonderful Of me!'' said the girl, admir-
ingly: ~ :: 49, .s>9"
Z. But" persisted the man. you acted as tho you
didn mind Stevens hanging around. Why, any one
would have said you liked itt'' -~.-, ..
81 did, - asserted the girl, -. -
The man sat up abruptly His hair stood on end
from the effects of the grass and he sat looking at
her while varying emotions swept his face. 'I
think it's time for to quit he remarked, rather
sternly: "1'm going away I can transfer to Denver
do it, I'll try to forget you''
The girl looked little alarmed, for he spoke as
tho he meant it, but she laughed again. You won It
like it, she said. :""And you can't forget me-"
AT least I can give an imitation of forget
ting you,'' he said. II
The young person against the tree put an elabo.
rate expression of sorrow. ''How we all shall miss
you,' she said in a society tone Of voice. a
But he did not fight back as he had done for the
last two years when she leased him. T. r.
There III be Stevens,' he reminded her, picking
$ up his clubs. e. ~
H. She raised her eyebrows. IT don't know that Mr.
Stevens represents the total of human happiness
to me,' she remarked. "Aren't you going to play