The Washington herald., 1922-06-18
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shaken.
"Luela?" he asked.
she was the first."
"Jane?'
And Jane"
And Agnes"
Agnes" / said. is right"
"H'm!" said Vincent Jopp. And
for the first time since l had known
him / thought he was Ill at ease.
The day of the Anal dawned-
bright and clear. At least, 1 was
not awake at the time to see, but
suppose It did; for at o'clock.
when came down TO breakfast. the
man was shining brightly. The first
eighteen holes were to be played
before lunch. starting at IL. Until
twenty minutes before the hour
Vincent Jopp kept me busy TAX
ing dictat on. partly on matters con-
nected with his wheat deal and
partly on a signed article dealing
with the hnal. entitled How /
Won" At IL sharp we were out
on the first tee.
Jopp's opponent was a nice look
ing young man, but obviously ner-
Noub ne IN uishA aug
sort OF way as he shook hands with
my employer.
well. may the best man win"
he said.
Il have arranged to do So" re-
piled Jopp, curtly, and started to
address his ball.
There was a large crowd at the
tee. and somewhere on the out
skirts of this crowd there came
suddenly a musical Boot" 1t rang
out in the clear morning air like a
bugle.
had been right in my estimate
of Vincent Jopp. His forceful stroke
never wavered Squarely on the
meat the head of his club struck
the ball. dispatching 1t a good 200
yards down the middle OF the fair
way. As we left the tee ] saw
Amelia Merridew being led away
with bowed head by two members
of the greens committee. Poor girl!
My heart bled for her. And yet,
after all. Fate had been kind in
removing her from the scene. even
in custody, for she could hardly
have borne to watch the proceed
ings. Vincent Jopp mlde rings
around his antagonist. Hole after
hole he won in his remorseless. ma
chine-like way. until when lunch
time came at the end of the eigh-
teenth he was ten up. All the other
holes had been halved.
II was after lunch, as we made
our way to the first tee, that the
advance guard of the Mrs. Jopps
appeared, in the person Of Luella
Mainprice Jopp. a kittenish little
woman with blonde hair and a Pc
kinese dog. remembered resid-
ing in the papers that she had di-
vorced my employer for persisten mt
and aggravated mental cruelty.
calling witnesses to bear out her
statement that he had said he did
not like her in pink, and that on
two separate occasions he had In
sisted on her dog eating the leg Of
a chicken instead of the breast; but
Time. the great healer. seemed to
have removed all bitterness, and
she greeted him affectionately.
"wsssums going to win great big
championship against nasty. rough.
strong man." she said.
Such. said Vincent Jopp, is my
intention. 1t was kind Of you.
Luella, to trouble to come and
watch me. wonder II you know
Mrs. Agnes Parsons Jopp?" he said,
courteously. Indicating a kind look
ing. motherly woman who had just
come up. How are you. AgnesT"
IF you had asked me that ques-
tion this morning. Vincent" re-
piled Mrs. Agnes Parsons Jopp. Il
should have been obliged to say
that felt far from well. / had an
odd throbbing feeling In the left
elbow. and I am sure my tempera-
ture was above the normal. But
this afternoon I am a little better.
How are you. VincentT"
Although she had. as I recalled
from the reports of the case. been
compelled some years earlier to re-
quest the court to sever her mari
tai relations with Vincent Jopp on
the ground of calculated and inhu-
man brutality. in that he had cal
lously refused. in spite of her
pleadings. to take Old Doctor Ben
nett's Tonic Swamp Juice three
times a day, her voice. as she spoke,
was kind and even anxious. Badly
as this man had treated her-and I
remember that several of the Jury
had been unable to restrain their
tears when she was on the witness
stand giving her evidence-there
still seemed TO linger some rem
nants Of the old affection.
ct am quite well. thank you,
Agnes" said Vincent Jopp.
Are you wearing your liver
pad?'
A frown fitted across my en-
ployer's strong face.
IT am not wearing my liver pad"
he replied, brusuuely.
20, Vincent! How rash of you"
He was about to sneak. when a
sudden exclamation from his rear
checked him. A genial looking
/ woman in a shorts coat was stand
Ing there. eyeing him with a sort
of humorous terror.
We'll. Jane" he said.
gathered that this was Mrs.
Jane Jukes Popp. the wife who had
divorced him for systematic and in
growing fiendishness on the ground
that he had repeatedly outraged
her feelings by wearing white
waistcoat with dinner Jacket.
She continued to look at him dumb
ly, and then uttered sort or