Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1910-02-10
The OVERRIDING ct.
Towser II
BY EDWIN L. SABlN ....
Copyright. by J. 3. Lippincott Coz


mains Of the hen are still in circu-
lation. e..
When the golf epidemic captured
Wheatley the victims secured the
country far and wide to find grounds
suitable for links. HI HAcock's pas
ture was selected as being the best
site, and negotiations we're entered
into with Mr.. Hacock with view to
leasing and eventually purchasing the
land.
Hi was wary. For some time he
held on. He could not understand
why a crowd of town people wanted to
acquire so much ground 'jes' to play
shinney on" To the most casual read
err It must be evident that Hi never
had INDUCED In golf.
Finally, after he had been talked to
by the mayor, both bankers, and the
school superintendent, and other lead
ing citizens. all golfiacs, he consented
and gave the lease desired.
Immediately the old pasture became
a famous resort. The Wheatley Golf
stub. its friends and friends friends.
hocked there. Business in the town
OF Wheatley was paralyzed, No one
had any time for business. Out Of
this fervor arose a unique incident
which | believe is unprecedented in
the annals of golf Especially is It
unique, because it is true; can prove
il In fact. will prove it at the con.
clusion OF this narrative. But now
will let Hi take up the thread. He
says
Couldn't see as they'd hurt the land
any. tho they plowed 1t an cut It
considerable hittin' it with their sticks
an as they paid my price rented it
to EN-. Then they come out, mornin.
noon an night, men an women, with
red shirts an knee pants tucked into
their socks an short dresses, an every
durn one had about a dozen of them
there goff sticks. My boys an Peters
boys, they made as high as q dollar a
day totin' sticks for parties playin'
an toll EN- to go ahead. an hired
hans to do their chores.
When the players weren't playin',
they an their help-'caddies,' that's
what they call EN-, isn't it?-were
lookin' for lost balls. The way balls
were lost was caution-part of the
game, reckon. l dunno who beat.
Anyway, these women-you never
could tell where their balls was
goin to land-they'd swat at the ball
an b'gcsh, twas as likely to go be.
hind 'em as in front. Some of the men
especially them little dudes with
stuffed calves, was as bad. Quite
often the big fellers would knock =
ball clean out of sight-that is, out
of sight of where anybody was ex
pectin' twould light.
81 begun to think I'd better 60 over
that pasture with hoss.rake an gath
er in few hundred balls jes' for luck
when Towser H. come to the front
You must have heard of Towser II
Pshaw, now! Why, Towser II. was the
famousest settin' hen in the hull coun
ty. Set? She was a setter from
Settersville. Named her Towser afte
a setter dog we used to own. Boil
setters-but she was the setterest
"One day we missed old TowseI
an / says to ma, says I: 'Towser'
a-settin' agin. Johnny'll have to g
out in the mornin' an hunt her UP
So in the mornin Johnny struck out
an he follered the gully down throug
the pasture, while ! s'arched the barr
But where do you reckon we foun
Towser? In the dried-up swami
b'gosh, a-settin' to beat creation, wit
II goff balls under her. Fourteen, b
gum!
WAL, old lady thought, "
don't want on ingy-rubber chickens, q
I'll jes' relieve you of these her
eggs With her a-cluckin' an a.spu
term at me put the balls In my hi
an started of.
Mex time we found her she was In
corner Under the rail fence. settin' G
IL goff balls. Shed elected 'em
less'n an hour. swun. an was please
as a peacock. l begun to see l
struck a real bonanzie. dumped tn
second lot long with the mrs., in
barrel. In about an hour more '
rounded up Towser in the swamp az
on top OF Is balls. All day We les l
her have full swing, an 81 Aig
burned II didn't have . barrel plu
heaped with goff balls Duane he
many dozen. but anyway. cid TOws
had done herself proud.
with EoH balls wuth - ees
Npiece, new. as somebody toll me,
Teckoned this was purity tar d!
work. I counted on twrak2' TOwu
loose every day. . lang a. she liz
Il, an she'd more'n cara eur ke,