The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-11

AXA the lOuQGT HIS G4SCTdL4OnS- JoS- |
 per Titus was one of the worst
 players I've ever seen, but he l was the personifcation of gentility even under the most provoking circum- stances. For instance, at the famous Crater it was my good fortune to pitch a ball fairly on the green from the tee His mashie shot landed his ball about twenty feet up the steep hill which guards the green. It rolled half way back Without word of disgust or so much as scowl he climbed up and blazed away at it again, not once, but fourteen times by actual count. On the seventeenth stroke he triumph antly laid his ball on the green. Most men would have lifted and conceded the hole to me. He played 1t out
 A man never gets anywhere, MT. Smart" said he, unruf1ed by his mis- erable exhibition, unless he keeps plugging away at thing That's my principle in life. Keep at it. There is satisfaction in putting the blamed ball in the hole, even If it does require twenty strokes. You did it in three, Isut you'll soon forget the feat. I'm not likely to forget the troubles had go- ing down in twenty, and there lies the secret of success. If success comes GaSV comes hard we grit our teeth and re member the ways and means You may not believe it, but I took thirty three strokes for that hole one day last week. Day before yesterday did 1t in four Perhaps it wouldn't occur to you to think that it's darned sight easier to do it in four than it is in thirty three. Get the ideaT'
 sI think I do, MT. Titus" said |. ssThe things that come easy are never appreciated"
 Right, my boy. It's what we have to work for like nailers that. we lie awake thinking about. .'' i We came out. upon the eminence overlooking the next hole, which lay far below us. As stopped to tee up my ball gleefuI shout came up the hillside.
 Hello, John BeIlamyr
 Glancing down, saw Jasper junior at the edge of the wagon road. He was waving his cap, and even at that dis tance I could see the radiance in his good looking young face. A young and attractively dressed woman stood be side him. waved my hand and shout ed greeting
 q thought you said he,d gone tt Covington to see her off, said, turn ing to the young mans father, with { grin.
 ssNot the same girl," said he succinct ly, sQuinting his eyes. That's the lit tie Parsons girl from Richmond. H' was to meet her at Covington. Jaspe is a. scientific butterfly He makes both ends meet-nearly always. Now no one but a genius could have fixed 1 up to see one girl off and meet anothe on the same train"
 Later on Jasper junior and strollet over to the casino veanda, the chatt. Miss Parsons between us, but leanini shade nearer to young Titus than t me, although she appeared to be some what overwhelmed at meeting req five author. MT. Titus, as was hi habit, hurried on ahead of us. after ward discovered he had dread pneumonia.
 ssAIine never said a word about you coming, John," said Jasper junior. H called me John with considerable gus b. She's learning how to hold he tongue"
 .It happens that she didn't know was coming.s said I dryIy. He whis tied
 t'She'S off somewhere with Amber dale. Ever meet him? He's one c the finest chaps I know. You'n hk him, Miss Parsons. He's not at all lilz 6 Britisher.''
 'But I like the British said she.
 "Then I'll tell him to spread it on bit," said Happy ob1igingly. 'Gres i horseman he is. Got some rippin nags in the New York show next weel 1 and he rides like dream. Watch hiI pull down a few ribbons and rosette Sure thing
 3EYour father told me that the coun ess was off riding with him and al other cnap-off to Fassifern, believe
 s.For luncheon. They do it three ( four times a week. Not for me. I lik
 walters with shirt fronts and nick tags"
 Alone with me in the casino half a | hour later, he announced that it real i looked serious, this affair betwee | Aline and his lordship. tried to appear indinerent-a ratht pale effort, fear.
 "I think I am in on the secret, Ja] py," said I soberly.
 He stared. Has she ever said an, thing to you, old chap, that would lea you to believe she's keen about him p I temporized. 'tShe's keen abol