The Lamar register., 1912-03-13
No Relief
in Sight

heaved his first relieved breath Ioi
two weeks. which was the length of
their visit
One would not brutally say that
Ledeson hated women-merely that no
particular woman had impressed him
with the marvellous charms of the sex
as whole. The effervescine kind were
a particular trial to him. and these
two had been especially effervescent
The two weeks had indeed been "a
nightmare.
Just as a reward of merit and a
bracer Ledeson decided to take the
day of and go out to his golf club.
A whole day tramping the sod. entirely
free from the blight of woman's
presence. appealed to him as the ulti
mate Joy.
Then just as he tried to walk
through the first car to the smoker
Mrs. Wicketts called him.
oh, Are you going out to the club,
too?" she chortled How perfectly
lovely So are we, Stella. dear: lei
me present Mr.. Ledeson My cousin.
Miss Geddit. Mr.. Ledeson 81 liza has
never played golf and | was bound she
should have a chance to learn even "
the club is deserted at this season.
That's why I'm 5000 glad we met
you-you know all about golf, ! can
sit on the veranda and crochet while
you and Stella roam the links'"
Mrs Wicketts beamed upon her
victim. Cousin Stella. too. beamed
upon him. She was young thing
and Ledeson saw in his first Mortified
glance that she was even more effer.
vescent than the two who had just
been removed from the scene by a
Pullman car
How perfectly lovely," echoed cou-
sin Stella. I'm simply crazy to play
golf, Can | learn in one afternoon?
] learned a perfectly dreadful EN-
broidery stitch In only two hours the
other day-and I'm a splendid croquet
player down home,"
Ledeson violently twisted his coun
tenance into the polite smile that had
been SO badly overworked OF late
What he really wanted TO do was to
seize Cousin Stella by the yellow
curls on the back of her head and
give her neck one swift. comprehen
sive twist Centuries of conventional
ancestors, however. enabled him to
say hoarsely that he would be delight
ed to teach Miss Geddit.
II was worse. much worse. than he
could have dreamed. He had never
known that girl could be quite so
lN f.0I l.
was SO firmly glued to his face that
II would have staid even had an old
college chum tried to borrow money
from him In a daIe of misery Lede-
son walked from the station to the
club with Cousin Stella trotting along
beside him chattering every inch of
the way. and Mrs. wicketts beaming
placidly. Bitterness surged In his
heart as he secured clubs and Joined
his tormentors. Cousin Stella clapped
her hands babyishly.
"Oh. are these what you play with ?''
she burbled. How much does It count
when you hit the ball? Why dom
they make them bigger? My goodnessi
Isni there a net to play over or any
thingf"
Like a man going to execution. Led.
eson stalked to the first tee. With a
sigh he turned to give his first in.
structions. Then he stopped.
Cousin Stella was making a neat
little mound of sand and placing her
ball upon 1t. Then in a calm. cool
businesslike way she stepped back
screwed up her eyes and swung her
club twice. There was a crack which
sent the white sphere hurtling a mar
velous 200 yards. She turned her in
nocent blue eyes upon Ledeson and
there was deep silence. Then In
q strangled way he seemed to be try
ing to say something
Cousin Stella crumpled over her
stick in a spasm of hysterical laugh
ter. 81 couldn't help IT," she gasped
No human girl could If shed seer
that look of rage and horror on youI
face when Mrs. Wicketts thrust me
upon you, She didn't know that we've
a golf club. down home and that I've
won six cupsl Now I'll go and crochet
with Mrs. wicketts and leave you in
peace!
Indeed you WON'T" Ledeson explod
ed. IL had dawned upon him that
Cousin Stella was really wonderful
exception to all other girls You're
going to play golf with me all after
noon for your sinsl"