Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-26

to face and finding the shave hicks still raw.
crammed safety razor. as well as sleeve guide,
along with the carved pipe and the Golfers
own into an unused library closet and upon
them profanely turned a vigorous key.
Came the morrow, and an unturning OF the
key. The razor viewed in the light OF a new
day, didn't seem so bad. The pipe seemed
somehow - have lost its original flavor OF
furniture store. The leather sleeve, when worn
in the yard with plenty OF swinging ROOM gave
hint of new golf horizons.
G. Wetherby placed the new little razor In
his shaving compartment alongside the time
valued. open-faced one Into VarfouS pockets
he put the pipe and q double handful OF Coli
er's Own and the open-knuckle gloves and the
leather sleeve and, the parcel post having
arrived. he donned a crinkly new linen cap: q
cap with q ventilated top congratulatory
letter accompanied it. This was the second
congratulatory letter that Mr.. Wetherby had
received.
Maybe there is something to this hole-in-
one stuff. after ALL" he said.
At the FIRST tee that afternoon Golfer Weth-
erby cap over eye and sleeve equipped. with
gloves on and pipe in mouth, hit ball such
only professionals are supposed TO hit. Fol-
lowed it up by hitting another. And then
Well. what does 1t matter II he did miss the
next five? II he did blow up like o barge
corker on the seventeenth, and how about that
last putt? He in with q score OF @
hundred and fifty and the memory Of four
perfect shots. and he found awaiting him on
his library table . sweater that Pawnee
Indian would have SHE'D at
No shying for Gilead Wetherby. He put the
sweater on. He loaded up the hole in-one pipe.
He seated himself before three golf magazines
purchased within the hour and, humming
what might have passed for q jazzy tune. he
fad fha maj Z
the article entitled How the Professional Goes
Around in Par"
DUT the full blooming Of Gilead Wetherby
- did not occur until the next week. Then
there arrived q thin book, the Year Book Of
the One-Shotters of America. and there.
thanks to the speedy work Of the young man
of statistics, crowded in at the last moment
among the WIS, stood the name Of Gilead
Wetherby. There 1t was, sandwiched for all
time between the names Of Westonby, Claude,
and WettenStein, Julius.
Wetherby Gilead. The one-time manufac-
turer of stoves took a deeply satisfied breath
And somewhere down within him o button
seemed to have been pressed starting q strange
new motor, making q strange new man.
From then on Giead Wetherby put in all
his spare time at the club. Within the week
the club climbing to the top Of the mantel
and fuzzing out its tail and splitting ut Gilead
wetherby whenever he appeared. Which made
it a rather continual performance.
Something's got to be done about this!"
cried the club. "A hole-in-one . crazy bull
luck and nothing else but . and the old fool
thinks he's done something important Talk,
talk talk. morning, noon and night And we
got to handle him with gloves!"
That was the worst Of it. Emphatically
they would have to handle him with gloves
For within the week Gilead Wetherby had be-
come the rich uncle Of the club. Did 1t need
anything? Redecorating. something new in
lockers. improvements here and there? just
let Gilesd Wetherby know and he would write
the check.
Wonderful wonderful" thankfully muir
INJURED the club, and writhed Ooh! There
he went again fastening himself on another
victim. this time club guest.
Did you ever make q hole-in-one? Well,
never had until the other day. I was playing
with jenkins Do you know jenkins? Mighty
pleasant little chap even If he isns much Of q
golfer, and we came up to the fourteenth hole
It's lanyard one and tough? Say! III have
to take you out and show you that hole. But
I just stepped right up and let the bali have
one on the nose. and she gave one bounce on
the green and fell smack in. Yes sir, just
stepped up to that ball :"
stop him!" howled the club. whats it
going to be like when the Ockepockee Club
comes to play US for the annual city champion
ship' Think Of hi9 loose among an those
strangers!"