Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-11

Won. you help NET Do shout Jee'' u hin
when 10 u starting he down swins'"
shock my head.
syt would take moro than sinsis bes 70 put
yinesnt Jopp OF bis stroke"
"Dut wont you ~ nr'
~ cannot Ny duty u 70 NJ smplevsFs
20. dol"
mo- no. Duty 10 duty. ssl psssmeuas With
me- Dessdss have bst Of sioe aevs % him
70 cop"
The stricken s.ri uttered . saias nesa sss
tottsrsd away. ID.
Wa in our suite shortly sstsr dinner that
night. going ovss. some Of the notes had made
that day. when tAs telephone ysnS. Jopp vas
out st the time. taking . short stroll With his
sfter-dinnsr cigar. unlocked the receiver.
an female voice spoke.
els that Mr.. Joppf''
out"
20. ivs nothing important Will you say that
Mrs Lusila Mainpsics Jopp called up 70 wish
him iuckf ! shall b on the course tomorrow
70 see him win the final"
! returned TO my notes Soon aftsrward the
telephone rang again.
Vincent. dsas7"
"Mr. Jopp's, secretary speaking"
"o viii you ssy that Mra Jane Jukss Jopp
called up to wish him luck. ! shall be there
tomorrow 70 see him play"
resumed BY work. hsd hardly started
when the telephone rang for the third timA
"Mr Joppf"
"Mr. Jopp's secretary speaking"
This 10 Ars Agnes Parsons Jopp. rust
called up to Wish him luck I shall Be looking
on tomorrow" ".
! shifted my work nearer to the telephone
table, 90 a. 70 b ready for the next call.
had heard Vincent Jopp had only been married
three times. but you never know.
Presently Jopp came IN.
Anybody called up?" he asked.
Nobody on business An assortment Of your
wives were on the wire wishing you luck. They
asked me to say that they viii bs on the course
tomorrow"
For . moment It seemed to me that the mans
Iron 1sposs was shaken.
'Lusllaf" he asked.
"shs was the first''
"Jane?"
"And Jane"
"And Agnesf'
Agnes" I said. "1s right"
"Hm!" said Vincent Jopp. And for the first
time since had known him I thought he was
III at ease.
The day Of the final dawned bright and clear.
At least. was not awake at the time to ~. but
I suppose It did. for at o'clock, when came
down to breakfast, the sun was shining brigAtly.
The first IS holes were to be played before
lunch. starting At II. Until 30 minutes before
tu0 uOuI VAuCSut Jopp kept mO UVUy I&A1u8
dictation. partly on matters connected with his
wheat deal ana partly on signed article deal
Ing with the final entitled How Won" At
II sharp We were out on the first tee.
Jopp's. opponent was . nice looking young
man. but obviously nervous. He gigglsd In .
distraYsht sort Of way ~ he shook hands with
my employer.
'ewell. may the best man win." he said.
II have arranged to do so," replied Jopp.
curtly. and started to address his ball
There sWHG . large crowd at the tee, and
somewhere On the outslrirts of this crowd came
suddenly . musical ''Boo!" It rang out in the
clear morning air like bugls.
I had been right in my estimate Of Vincent
Jopp. His forceful stroke never wavsrsd.
squarely on the meat the head Of his club
struck the ball. dispatching it good 200 yards
down the middle Of the fairway Al We left
the tee saw Amelia Meryidew being led away
with bowed head by two members Of the green's
committee. Poor girl! My heart blsd for her.
And yet, after aM Fate had been kind In re.
moving her from the scene. even in custody. for
she could hardly have borne to watch the pro-
csedings Vincent Jopp made rings round his
antagonist. Hole after hole he won Ia his re-
TnorselesS. Inachineltks way. untn whsn lunch
time came at the end Of the 18th, he was 10 up.
All the other holes had been halvsd.
It was after lunch. ~ we made our way to
the first tee. that the advance guard Of the
Mrs. Jopps appeared, in the person Of Luella
Mainprics Jopp. kittenish little woman with
blonde hair end . Pekingsss dog. yrsrnen.
bered reading In the papers that she had di-
vorced my employer tor persistent and agra
waited mental cruelty, calling witnesses to bear
out her statement that he had said he did not
Hike her in pink. and that on two separate occa-
sions he had insisted on her dog eating the leg
Of = chicken instead Of the breast; but Time,
the greet healer. seemed to have removed all
bitterness. and she greeted him affectionatAly.
'Wassums going to win great big champion
ship against nasty. rough. strong mani" she
said. .iE
i "such." said Vincent Jopp "is my intention
It was kind Of you, Luella, to trouble to come
and watch me. I wonder II you know MrA
Agnes Parscns Jopp7" he said. courteously In
dtcating kind-looking. motherly woman who
had Just come up. "How are you. Agnss?"
"If you had asked me that question this
morning. Vincent" replied Mrs Agnes Parsons
Jopp. II should have been obliged to say that