The Washington herald., 1922-06-19
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CONTINUED from Yesterday.

II don't object to the knieker-
bockers." said Mrs. Agnes Parsons
Jopp. but when he foolishly comes
out in quite a strong east wind
without his liver pad
Little Tinky-Ting don't need no
liver pad, he don't" said Mrs. Luella
Mainprice Jopp. addressing the AMI
NAL in her arms, because he was
his muzzer's pet, he was"
was standing quite near to
Vincent Jopp. and at this moment
I saw a bead Of perspiration spring
out on his forehead. and into his
steely eyes there came a positively
hunted look. / could understand and
sympathize. Napoleon himself would
have wilted II he had found him
self in the midst of a trio OF fe-
males. one talking baby talk. an
other fussing about his health, and
the third making derogatory OBJ
servatIons on his lower limbs. VIM
cent Jopp was becoming unstrung.
MAY as well be starting, shall
weY'
II was Jopp's opponent who spoke.
There was a strange. set look on
his face, the look of a man whose
back is against the wall Ten down
on the mornings round. he had
drawn on his reserves Of courage
and was determined to meet the
Inevitable bravely.
Vincent Jopp nodded absently'
then turned to me.
Keep those women away from
me-" he whispered, tensely. They'll
Put you off your strokeE i
exclaimed. incredulously.
Yes. me! How the deuce can I
concentrate with people babbl!ng
about liver pads snd-and knick
erbockers-all round me? Keep
them away"
He started to address his ball,
and there was a weak uncertainty
in the way he did 1t that prepared
me for what was to come. His
club rose. wavered. fell; and the
ball. badly topped. trickled two feet
and sank into a cupy lie.
"Is that good or bad:" inquired
Mrs Luella Mainprice Jopp.
A desperate sort of hope cleaned
in the eye OF the other competitor
in the final. He swung with re-
newed vigor. His ball sang through
the air and lay within chip shot
distance of the green.
AT the very least" said Mrs.
Agnes Parsons Jopp. Il hope, Vim
cent, that you are wearing flannel
next your skin"
heard Jopp give a stified groan
as he took his spoon from the bag.
He made a gallant effort to re-
trieve the lost ground, but the
ball struck a stone and bounded
away into the long grass to the
side of the green. His opponent
won the hole.
He moved to the second tee.
Now. that young man." said
Mrs. Jane Jukes Jopp. indicating
her late husbands blushing antag-
onist. "is quite right to wear
knickerbockers- He can carry them
of. But a glance in the mirror
must have shown you that you"
I'm sure you're feverish. VIM
cent" said Mrs. Agnes Parsons
Jopp. solicitously. You're quite
flushed. There is a wild CLEAN in
your eyes
''Muzzer's pets got little buttons
Of eyes. that don't never have no
wild Gleam in zem. because he's
muzzer's own darling. he was" said
Mrs. Luella Mainprice Jopp.
A hollow groan escaped Vincent
Jopp's ashen lips.
need not recount the play hole
by hole. I think. There are some
subjects that are too painful. 1t
was pitiful to watch Vincent Jopp
in his downfall. BY the end of the
first nine his lead had been re-
duced to one. and his antagonist,
rendered a new man by success,
was playing magnificent golf. On
the next hole he drew level. Then
with a superhuman effort Jopp con-
trived to halve the eleventh. twelfth
and thirteenth. 1t seemed as
though his iron will might still as
sort itself. but on the fourteenth
the end came.
He had driven a superb ball, leav-
ing his opponent away by a full
fifty yards The latter played a