Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-04-06
WEEDS
ay LOUISE OLIVER.

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Gary Gsworth, fifty feet or 80 away
ON the links seemingly intent upon
addressing q minute sphere Of hard
rubber with silly-toaking stick Eav.
ing an iron end. may have been Just
as absorbed as he looked, but then IT
la just likely that tts wasn't.
Crack The ball went Ear~-and-~-
vide Of the green, landing in q bunker
which spelled disaster. Gary stood
and watched its descent, compressed
mis- lips and picked up his bag.
Eldred, on her diminutive porch
giggled She couldn't help IL in spite
Of her "reminiscences.
She was pretty, twenty-five, and
drawing teacher In enough big brick
city schools to scare her to death
Gary was homely. thirty and superin'
tendent of those same schools More
over, it was the superintendent, not
the schools, that scared Eldred. Not
his ugiinesss dear me, no!
But he ridicuiad art and laughed al
Eidreds pictures on the hlackboards
which stiff little fingers tried 50 hard
to reproduce.
Then. the last day in June, when the
thermometer was ninety-five near the
water cooler and his desk was stacked
head high with papers to be disposed
Of Chat day and the two telephones
we're ringing fiendishiy every other
minute and his neuralgia started to
dig out his right eye and everything
went wrong and everybody was a tor
tllra, then Eidred Reamore had
brae7ed In and asked about some cray
on snppliea for the coming year
Saints could have endured less-~and
Gary went to church only every other
Sunday. He told her several thingf
ne thought Of Ffer art was siliy-~~he1
work useless, her aim purpose'eas and
her ambition not worthy Of her. He
spoke OF digly birds, frog ponds, and
had mentioned something about the
damned weeds she made the kids
draw
Eldred drew a sharp breath. What
could be more FOOLISH she asked her
self, than for a full-grown man Il
chase little bail around for miles
every day? And yet he says that my
work ia Silly Her eyes flashed.
Through tiny Esingiass window aht
could sea her enemy In the distance
trying TO dig his ball out Of a SAND
. ditch, The next shot landed him IL
the water moat around the green,
"0h, how very. very ftmny." shs
cried. i've heard him talk golf Ia the
most aWesome terms, II come OF those
people In town could only see him
now" She stopped. struck with .
sudden idea,
fsillg HAWKINS, cartoonist for the
Daily News, mad made this remark be-
fore he went away an his vacation
Tn of for two weeks. Il you see any
thtng good, send IT in, particularly Il
you can get anything on anyone
Somebody prominent, you know.
| Eidred put the tea things away ane
got aut her sketch book
I week later Gary 0swarth opened
| his mail on the porch Of the CLUB
house before going out tn play. Or
| the front page OF the Daily News ~
! spied sin sketches. and this legend In
| large type Our Superintendent a
| Golf"
I There he was, ridiculous ia ali sorti
| OF contortions
| The line below the cartoon read
/ Nsas4eNs4eh dtssI, 3sss
that Is frivolous and useless and tha
| does rot strengthen The mind
He threw the psper down saTagsay
/ Then no went out Co his game ana
vented his wFoth on the tart, tae aif
/ and The ball when he could htt it,
/ Aud the bail, going Wild upon ont
occasion. swerved to the left. on
through the leaves of An oak tree an
htt a young lady who had stepped GA
OF her cottage 20 gather xaldearad
Gary 0sworth didn't see the bali Mi
Eldrsd, bur he went In search ct il aht
found her lying unconscious on eh,
ground. hew aFFn sGitt around Aug,
mass Of yellow goldenrad The bal
that had dome the damage was Fvtna
near fits heart stood stillt
Hs carried aer inside, laid Mer apoI
a couch and auntea for water, tsu
sfsa started 20 breathe, when was Al
saat was necessary 20 start his owl
heart to aanaping again. Aa tarne,
and AIs eye eaagat the oper page II
sketch hook~~a cartoon 6f RSa42el
playing gai&t And E1aFea opened ne
eyes TO see her enemy gazing h3anSh
Vt II, How petty asr revenge was
What mean tainx she bad doaa q
tats big. wholesome naant
She sat ae Instantly. Tn sorry
she said simply,
He turned and smiled. Ven needn'
be, I'm glad yoa did IL feet bette
soEaa way 6usht Ia be sglas for Say
ing what did that day and them try
ing 10 faNe3er you now
HI Yen assAt ger nay 9ofdenrod"
II He came i'm With mis- araas full
/ THANK soa II seems fanny to se
your carrying 'weeds't,'
He Redeemed, Won't yea try 10 fos
i GET what saias IL you Only knev
aow I adore II now ~-siaee saw yo1