Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1925, Page 102

4 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGT( L3 OVEMBER 25—PART 5 A Striking Tale of Golf and a Girl and Grief Galore. young man 1 L club: whole worid. It amounts tolat liberty, I gather. to move it ou have found him trying? the spectacle of a man in a golfcoat house smoking room was in e loser is to leave Manhooset | wherever you darn please. Besides,| “Trying! Why, after I had fallen|and plusfour knickerbockers hacking clined » be bitter E and the winner stays on and | what is all this about moving hazards? | into that ditech and was coming up for | with » niblick at the floor of an auto- | If there’s one thing that marries Amelia Trivett. We have ar-| I have a perfect right to go for a|the third time all the man did was{mobile was not long in collecting a gives me w pain squarely in | ranged all the details. Rupert Bafley | morning. row, haven't 17 If I were|simply to call to we to admire an|crowd of some dimensions. Three enter of the gizzard.” he burst [ will accompany me, acting as the [ to ask my doctor, he would probably | infernal iron shot he had just made.|messenger boys, four stenographers out, “it's a golf-lawyer ey oughtn’t | other judge. actually recommend it. 1 am going| No sympathy, mind you' Wrapped|and a gentleman in full e ning dres 10 be allowed on the links i you want me to go around|to row my hoat across the sound. If | up in himself. Why don’t you make [ who obviously possessed or was friend- | The oldest member raised his ey Jukes? it happens to have 1 ball on board, | your man give up the match? He|ly with:some one who possessed a brows, “Not round,” said Rollo Bingham.|that’s not my affair. I'll play it from | can’t win.” large private stock formed the nucleus “The law,” he said, “is an honorable [ “Alon where it lies. Am T right in saying| “T refuse to admit it. Much may|of it; and they were joined about | profession. Why should its practitior What is the distinction?” that the rules enact that the ball shall | happen between here and Times [the time when Otis addressed the ball ers be restrained from indul e in “We are not going to play a round. | be played from where it lies” | Square.” in order to play his nine hundred and the game of games? Only one hole. Very well, then.” said Rollo, after | * * * fifteenth by six newsboyws 11 char-| “I don’t mean actual lawyers,” said Sudden death, eh?” we admitted that he was. “Don't let [ HAVE seldom known a prophecy laides, and perhaps a dozat mssorted the young man. I mean the blighters | “Not so very sudden. It's a longish | us waste any more time. We will wait more swittly fulfilled. At this|loafers, all speculating witli the live whose best cl ook of rules. | hole. We start on the first tee’ here | for you at Flushing oment the doors of the Flushing |llest interest as to which particular | You know the sort “xcrescences. [and hole out in the doorway of the| He addressed his ball, and drove :| Garage opened and a small car rolled | #8¥lum had had the honor of shelter very 3 th vou've won a ) Hotel Astor in Times Square. A dis-| beauty over the trees. It fHashed out) gut with a grimy young mun in a|ing Otis before he had contrived to hole, the 853, section tance, T imagine, of about 16 miles.” | of sight in the direction of the seven-| sweater at the wheel. He brought the | €lude the vigllance of his custodians. sub-sect that vou've d About that tin | teenth tee. Otis and I made our way | muchine out into the road, and alight. ere was something in the way the qualified yours by having an i idemic veak matches had | down the hill to play our second ed and went back into the garage,|man spoke that I did not like. Iis Erowing toe-nui Well, take | broken out in the club, and I had| It is a curious trait of the human|\here we heard him shouting unin.| mildness seemed to me suspicious my case,” The youns man’s voige was | strongly opposed them from the start. | mind that, however little personal in-| tellizibly to some one in the rear pre-| He had the air of 2 man who has high and plaintive 1 with | My face, I fmagine, betraved my dis- | terest one may have in the result, It | yjses, The car remained puffing and | Something up his sleeve. I was still that man Hemmingway (o play gus Bingham attempted extenu- | is impossible to prevent oneself taking | panting ugainst the curb. musing on this when Otis called to| ordinary friendly round—nothing at | sides in any event of a competitive na Enguged in conversation with Ru-|me impatiently to get in. I did so, and pending on it except a measly ball It's th ¥ way,” he said. “You |ture. I had embarked on this affair in | per( Bailey, T was paying little at.| we drove off. | and on the seventh he pulls me up|know how Jukes and I are on the|a purely neutral spirit, not caring|iention to this evidence of an awaken Otis had prepared for some such| and claims the hole simply because I|links. We are as level as two men |which of the two won, and only £orry | ine world, when suddenly I heard a | contingency. He suspended his activ- | happened to drop my niblick in the [can he. This, of course, is due to his | that both could not lose. Yet as the | hoarse, triumphant cry from Otis{iU€§ With® the niblick, and calmly | Lunker extraordinary luck. Everybody knows|morning wore on T found myself al-| jykes. and turning. 1 preceived his| proceeded to draw from his pocket a | The sage shock his head that he is the world's champion fluker. | most unconsclously becoming distinct- | hyll dropping neatly into the car's|large poster which he proceeded n.i | | “Rules are rules. mv boy, and must | I, on the other hand, invariably have |ly pro-Jukes. I did not like the man. | {nterfor. Otix himself, brandishing a | hang over the side of the car. It read be kept. Tt is curlons that You should | the worst luck. The consequence is (I objected to his face, his manners | piiick was dancing about the faf COME have brought up this subject, for only | that in an ordinary round it is always|and the color of his tie. Yet there | gy e & moment before you came In 1 was{a tossup which of us wins. The test | was something in the dogged wayv in A thinking of a somewhat curious mateh | we propose will eliminate luck. After | which he struggled against adversity | . qes ho cried MeCLUNG which itely turned upon @ ques- [ 16 miles of giveand-take play, T am | which touched nd won my grude- | Pha poment the man in the sweat nd MACDONALD tor ot It is true certain—that is to say, the better man | ing support. Many men. I felt, having: 5 as far i . s certain to be ahead. That is what I|been so out-muneuvered at the start cerned, it | meant when I said that Otis Jukes |would have ziven up the contest in E 4 : lollars t v for But perhaps [ had better tell you would shortly be leaving Munhooset. | despair: but Otis Jukes, for all his de to Ti ; ALL GOLFING whole story from the beginning Well, may Tt take it that you will con-|fects, had the soul of a true golfer ou're of the vouth SUPPLIES he young man shifted uneasily in|sent to acy us one of the judges?” He declined to give up. In silence he | «iood suid Otis Jukes bis chair After all, the match was likely to be | backed his ball through the rough till| . : e cloves His knowledge of psychology had “Well, you know, I'v 1 a pretty | historic, and one always feels tempted | he reached the highroad: and then not misled ¥ Directly they gather rotten 1 this afternoon dy | to hand one’s name down to posterity ll::l\inl_’ played 27, set himself resolute. B “Very well,” I said. Iy to propel it to New York B id Rollo. “perhaps GEowa dscltned ta16ak St 1t said the Sage| “Excellent. You will have to keep| = And so we passed through Bayside ol s v | 2towa declined to Ioolt st THeY Long Hole,” for it in harp eye on Jukes, I need scarcely |in silence and started to cover that » ball out of the car when you | his worlt in solitude. ) laying of what ind you. You will, of course,|long stretch of road which ends in the | Times Square “| e wida takiig & well earned restd think must 1 carry @ book of the rules in your|railway bridge and the gentle descen; o renlisa. OMS: “Touswil - g e 2 history of pocket and refer to them when you |into Flushing. e Gh e e e s T e promised sed wish to refresh your memory. We * ¥ o X . i ith « esh your { conventent handle which, when turned. | wrist bhehind it, when out of Forty e = start daybreak, f " if we put }‘ "f: Osz was not doing badly. He was pens the door. The door thus opened. | ifth street there trickled a weary But T will be tll Jater, the course at the other end 3 I shall chip my ball out!” looking golf ball. followed in the order said the Sage ou 11| mizht be somewhat congested when t loast keeping them SUBIEt] " iy oecoruait Rollo.. “Fes, I mever| namea by Rollo Bingham; resoluts biit impatient to hear the full de we reached it. We want to avold|And in the circumstances straightness | (ponght of that giving a trifle at the knees, and Ru o Bingham and Otis Jukes (said f publicity as far as possible. It T took | (g 1, pe preferred to distance. Soon| Otis was great spirits. He had[pert Builey, on a bieycle. The latter. {he Oldes on bap)ihan e 3 been | full iron down ym;-;i\n:“\ ,"(,i,\l{;;{f‘ after leaving Little Neck he had be.|ascertained f the voung man at|on whose face and limbs the mud | o come ambitious and had used his|the wheel thut there was no chance [ had dried, made an arresting spec-| N i admit of that—but was not til It would. T can tell you the exact |y e, MECHA OG0 Gl o “results, slic.|of the opposition being able to hire | tacle, |~ & EReat R0 WITH HIS BACK _AGAINST THE DOOR OF THE FLUSHING GARAGE. e Tyl A at Man-fremark which &t would exclte.” = ling his fifty-third into the rough on [another car at the garage. “What are vou playving?” T inquired LOOKING RATHER USED UP. P : distaste for| “We shall take bicycles with us 12| the right of the road. It had taken| I. however. shook my head when he| “Lleven hundred.” said Rupert. “We | — == o bl e SR hebde st i Mt e O e s e [ him 10 with the niblick to ge back to| pointed out the advantages of his posi | got fnto a casual dog the car?” said Rollo Bingham er than his caddie shall I sald Rollo Bingham eamity, It is ever so lv\x the weeks | distance. e e | the car tracks, and ¢ ad taught | tion. 1 was stll wondering about | “A cusual dog”" "hat's all right. Didn't I tell you ever are you all doing e e I R e r o0 T B ie ck) Mo M ol ¥ vk o his | Rollo. “Yes, fust before the bridge » | about that? T bought {t just now and absur ’ 1 with 1 cl > asked the dropning in on a reunton of Capulets | forget to bring vour rules book Billpr@onaesyianlion except| T don't like it.” T safd were coming along nicely, whe igaged the driver as my chauffeur. 1 1 1 and Montagues | ow what about your moving haz | er returned. carrving a spanner. Otis 1018 West 45th | ed that he was advertising something, | when he got trapped in tk | “Don’t like wi st v dog grab our nine hundred | I've been meaning to bt a car for a i J 1 T explaine: at the top of the hill just be reach.- | “Rollo Bingham's manner and ninety e, h and took it nearly | et “We sustain the appeal,” I said T ¥ e n E atch, and a I atmosphere brooding over the|ing Bayside, he had been in no serious| “Of course not,” said Otis No-| back to Flust nd we had to start | Where is 1t?" said Otis blankly. | brief consultation with R t fser B 1 the fudge first tee, when I reached it on the | difficulties. hody e here have been com-|ull over ugain. How are you making | The man seemed dazed | Bailey. “The rule is perfectly 3 in azreemer lowing morning, somewhat resem At the top of the slope that drops | plaints on all sides But? I' couldn't you to a mile orj “But you had lost the match already | i tide opini bled that of a duel ground in the |down into Flusing Main street he I mean. when vou told him how “We have just played our eleven|two,” replied Ro ‘I told the man|by not playing within 5 minutes,* 1d ke it up to one ther | days when these affairs were settled | paused. ¥ | you intended to get the ball out of| hundred and fifth. A nice even game.” | to drive to Boston. Why? Had vou|said Rollo vehemently. t e as follows.” T with rapiers or pistols. Rupert Bailey.| “I think I might try my brassey | the car |1 looked at Rollo’s ball, which was|any message for him?" ‘It was not my turn to play. You listened attentivel It Rollo won the May me in old friend of mine, was the only |again here,” he said. I have a nice{ “\What was the matter with him? ing close to the curb. “You are But my ball was instde 1t were away.” fintshed, she shook stroke. Otis would be Chec i iesber ofi einacts lie. “He was too—h way, I think. Your shoi, Bingham." Now that” said Rollo, “is really| “Well, play now. Go on' Let's see the Jun 3 v They tossed for the honor; and Otis it wise?" I said “Iow do you mean he was too ha? Rupert Bailey suggested breakfast fortunate! Do you mean to tell| you make your shot ¢ i know enoug’ out again in July E < having won, drove off with a| “What T was thinking,” he said.| T bave ii Ha wanw Hika wilis was aitagetben) ou hadn't managed to get it out ‘There ix no necessity,” said Otis it th atila tolaed of affairs which, had they been men | fine I that landed well down the |“was that with luck I might wir at | “What?" too fond of creature comforts. He had|Yet? Yes, that is a little awkward for | frigidly. “Why sho: T play when of 2 more generous stamp. would have | ¢ Rollo Bingham, having teed | man Bingham. I see he is standing| “I se trap he was laving for | not the true gol you. It means that you lose the|you have already bred a mutual respect. estcem and|up, turned to Rupert Bailey right_out in the middle of the fair fyor has just dawned on me “Breakfast match. | seig2” even love. But I am sorry t that “Go down on to the fairway of the|way.” vonder he didn't object to your op I was surprised when Rollo Bing Lose the match?’ I claim a dra apart from their golf. which w seventeenth.” he said. “I want vou to| I followed his gaze. It was perfect-|ing the door and chipping the ball out. | han, supp g the suggestion. He Certain! Theirules ars perfectly] -1 dény: (h6'c e class « own as far as mark my bal {1y true. Rollo Bingham was leaning | By doing so you would forfeit the|was so near holing out that 1 should | definite on that point. A period of five| .1 appeal to the neighborhood wus concerned tolle Rupert stared on his bicycle in the roadway, smok- | match B have supposed that nothing would | minutes is allowed for each stroke. “Very well We Bingham and Otis Jukes were nothing| *The seven ing a cigarette. kven at his distunce| ‘“Nonsense. “Why have kept him from finishing the |The player who fails to make his| the judges. less than a couple of unfortunate “I am going to take that dire one could detect the man's disgusting “Because,” T said, “it is against the | juatch. But he agreed heartdly stroke wit that time 1:5-\- the hole . s . as tncidents. A sorry ind vet, mark | said Rollo, pointing C¥er the tre Iy complacent exprossion. ~Rupert|rules to tamper with a hazard. If| " cheakfast o 4, “is an ex-| Unfortunately, but there it is™ | J CONSULTED with Rupert B e ha t come bac: you, far from lacking in mere super ‘Hm‘(l t “)11 Lmdd_‘u.ur second or ]hrilleyl “-.;‘.w S‘lulng '\xn‘n h‘l‘fll 1.'.,.1\ ; ).”.‘1 h- :\:.m .‘lh:u-li'lyr‘.'l'p, I‘(‘ b : cellent idea. You go along in. T want| Otis Jukes sank down on the side- T e nad o P“"m;ip(,'v = ; f I why I'm in fictal good looks, they were handsome | third shot in the sound.” against the door of the Flushing |vou smooth away sand il t5:boY & Diber: N oA Btaisd b e fe Jukes | ¢ ' > been down to fellows, both of them. and well aware | “I have provided for that. I have a|garage, looking rather used up. He|had put your shot under a tree. could L N L hanses LN bandy was entitled to the verdict. Rupert, |y it : L e of the fact and, when Amelin Trivett | flat-bottomed beat moored close by the | was a man who liked to keep him-|your caddle hold up the branches to $ihe avan Miitdbel watic e x"Tn(:»'.,x‘nho"F}‘ n: a!nxla!r_.g and deligt at ¢ H redal at came to stay, they simply straightened | sixtcenth green. I shall use a mashie- | selt clean and tidy. and it was plain | zive you a clear shot? ';lhr\'\nu\l\' You | WWE went into the hotel, and a few | sa Rollo Bingham. He laughed Jo-| Nature's tathesds “.{‘“”fi“ ";i“":\.’;wv - oldithe dagibe their ties, twirled, their mustuches and | niblick and chip my ball aboard, row | that the crosscountry };m |]v n(;dnm:f:\'n:':l' ;".‘\‘.'.’,"m'\ vourself if you touch s et . A miossnger Toy had massel| Wa Bea tF peads, could ot aes§ - expected t he rest icross to the other side, ship it ashore, | him no good. He seemed to be scrap- | A T : e A waa watching: (he. Vew | aus o Be, TaCk to) n 1 %ok el RBut he disar ted. | ut rv on. 1 propose to go across|ing mud off his face. 1 learned lat s* jaw dropped Then we filed out of the hotel, Otis | ceedings gravely. Rollo Bingham pat-|to acres hat we had been unat T € Rollo or Perfectly frie thou vas to| country as Flushing. T think (that he had had tho mistortune to full | at! Then how the deuce am I|Jukes leading. When I had passed|ted him on the head, O e sk G 1 lence was broke woth of them, the lovelizht was con- | it will save me a stroke or two.” into a ditch just heyonc vside. 2 t e i e el wdnig.” Al “what ol e ulous,” said Rc N E 1 2gh = D e e o o easren. Wl dhieveibatore mesiaen i N sl RIA RO “On That,” T sald gravely, “is a gues. |{NTOUSh the swingdoors, I found him el e e milwnsticlub ham. “We ought to have had a thi T . e s ARaE At st the man's cunning. His tacties gave | thought, the safe game is the t n between vou and vour Maker azing perplexedly up and down the| " WP RO U mateh! cried Otis “‘,& P iirection whera Oti e ndepender him flving start. Otis, who had |play. I'll stick to the putte was here that Otis Jukes forfeited | street C Al Eie: A ) ris moment, who should co t e ik each had cor independent e = A : ) { Jukes, springing up. Rollo Bingham | out of the hotel but Amelia Trivet Seregan Solition or.this mystery. | It driven straight down the course, had| We dropped down the hill, and pres. symp which T had begun 10| «\what is the matter? T asked ToRaraea Rl cial a melia Trivett. |mumeq e in thab Ahe ohole as his objectlve the highroad, which |ently came up with the opposition. 1|feel A crafty sinister look| i col By seems to me.” 1 sald to them that the whole v : King | cagie tato. 1 = It's gone eg vour pardon would both be well advised to lenve in the fact that each meutrulized the | adjoins the waste ground bevond the|had not been mistaken in thinking|came into his eyes £ i “I claim the match!" repeated Otis| ihe. aeciais s to leave first green. Once there, he would |that Rollo looked complacent. The| “Say, listen.” he said. “It'll take What has gone T Tl ey | Tepeated Of e decision to Miss Trivett. You| play the orthodox game by driving his' man was smirking them an hour to catch up Wwith us.| “The car:’ bl A s Uiat & playee| colidlwvel moiattan eree n <0 ne.”” s s Jukes. You see, Rollo and Otls were so ex actly equal in their skill on the T that life for them had. for some tin past, resolved ftself into a silent, bitte struggle, in which first other gained some sli ‘ | | i at you sald Amel said Rollo Binghan t matter,” said Otis Jukes Covyrizhe.’ 103 other's attractions JT had not occurred to me at the outset that my position in the affa would be anything closer than “ . Kollo came in his hour of need | Manhooset,” he said, “is too small | { e ; i To the Boys of This Local Institution and decided to move?” T said, delight- | ed. “I think you are o Lol oo b e en ke By FRANCIS V. THOMSON. | §. D, and, Drinting some of the to learn all the mysteries of an auto- e feo and Jukes need a lot HE time is any night after | (JuD'S stationery or notices. Last vear | mobile motor, how to tear it down | : = 8 egpiad b = o vou think of goir | dinner amd the phece is. the | the whole of the club's printing, with |and put It together again, and wht : e sI'm not woing Boys' Club at Third and ¢ |tN€ exception of the annual report, |is wromg when there is an unfamiliar g tep But I thought 3 = — streets. There can be found | ¥aS done by the boys in this class, [knock or creak or groan in the motor. 0 = s £0od a show as 1s put on in |4Pd they won the third award in the | This, it is expected, will be one of the e annual competition of the Boys' Clubs | mos: tlar of all the r ‘Washington, for it is the drama of Fatton e e y 178 | most popular of all the classes are 1 A game of the Amertesn Boy. at play, lotiing off | Of the United States last May. Un.| & = 1% Bonel o > As you go back up the stairs per. ket hall is g and because X a day at school or work. There is|presq will soon be holding jobs as | SOMetimes happens in the best reg- |10 have been put on each side. “That's il action a-plenty and there are plots | reoiar rintars, for the club makes | Uated clubs. Two of the members wsket ball,” you will 4 i sufficlent for a hundred plaswrights | 1" 00 10 piace boys when they |2Fe in an argument, loud words and 1 instru il agree \ in the badly crowded and ramshackle |, o thyouch their schooling. | threats are being employed, and the you ire. no way to play, quarters where the club is now hous- P | bystanders are crowding eagerly for.|he wi it'’s better than no ed, and where more than 600 of the i | ward. i t al 4 city youngsters daily and nightly HEN v wor At this juncture one of the e o week the a y there is the woodworking | J i = i 18, QIIROLY get their recreation, much after the | L Shop. At this time of the.veas | torS comes forward and inquires what | made available through the courtesy fashion of the man about town who the hmn‘nrp most bu = YI\:-rv '1:“;‘,\:«\] the shootin's for. He ascertains Stephan and others, has the money to keep up member- | M st b E . tHat one ‘or Bath of. the combatants . & 2 2 Higeiplace ship in an exclusive men’s club. are making presents, this Einiad ey P with B , average s 1 | vance of Christmas, for fathers, moth. | bave been badly insulted and there is 1son T (o The " average person " fairly well | oryiSitlory "and hrathers. | Thelr in. | no redress save that of physical action. | & 1 n firstca Bt Rnow what the bays do. eq |Structor, William Robertson, will tell Very well.” he says, “if vou chaps sket b faued only & oW Why not fake & trip through this|YOU that some of the work they turn | must fight, let's do t out 150 boys unusual place and see for vourself | out is nothing short of remarkable for | 5o back to the boxing and wrestling room for all how the boy conducts himself at his | ough beginners, theugh the principal idea|room they go. The gloves are I . : club? seems to be that of the average boy | forward, a referee and. simers are am | B Rishi e JuiniGy e On the second floor you will find the | [0, 82W something or hammer some- | pointed, and the boys go to it. When |, S YO C. A for & library and reading room, the only | "PiNE: this scrap has gone on a certain time | gy “hut cver here are about really quiet place in the club, where | In the new club, to tip vou off that or when one of the contestants has g i M TUT0 B0, FIRE BTSSR twenty or thirty boys will be found, |there is to be one, there will also|had enough, the instructor stops the | % Vo7 "0 it is & hard task to either reading the hooks in the club'y b & motor mechanics division con-|show, the late antagonists shake | GOS8 WG B0 (8 S OEE SRR G extensive collection of works dear to | ributed by Raphael Semmes, an auto- | hands and vow they will never do it | ciaiing iy ool that the boy, or the current hoy magazines, | nobile dealer. Three nights a week l)ll,dln. and the affalr is over. No one| = 0 7T i i Tt will be surprising to note the de. | the class in this work will assemble | is ever permitted to take a grudge out Il across the n." Its size haps 60 boys { oy [~y 'y \.,'fi) mand for the technical magazines \-,)\_/, i) dealing with scientific propositions and 2! with the radio. It seems that these 2 g [ boys. most of them from the poorer L) sections of the city, are eager to learn everything they can of such subjects and they almost wait in line to get { Dossession of the pamphlets, books 1unu papers written in the language | they understand. | Downstairs is the zames room, where a shouting and rollicking crowd may be found engaged in just about QTIS CALMLY PROCEEDED TO DRAW FROM HIS POCKET A LARGE POSTER, WHICH HE PROCEEDED TO HANG OVER THE SIDE OF THE CAR. |every game that may be played in a OGNS CATN Ll > S 2= st —— = - = | smail space indoors. There is a pool “What 1 meant was that the time | ball along till he reached the Fifty-| “Playing 396" he sald, as we drew | Suppose, during that time, that door | tablet-murh worn, it le true, but stil has come when one of us must leave.” | ninth Street Bridge. While Otls was |near. “How are you?" happened to open accidentally, as it |® P Ble " Them thereiarelcheckers “Oh, only one of vou?" winding along the highroad Rollo| I consulted my scorecard. were, and close again? You wouldn’t ?‘50“"“ jEX "*l SO d° “"d oes of the Surely you wouldn't mind Jukes|would have cut off practically two “We have shot a snappy 711,” I|think it necessary to mention the fact, ”‘h‘""‘ ,‘*'w“ }'n?:‘ Oflma"fi‘" ‘tlf hw 1g?" he said. sides of a_triangle. And it was hope- | said. eh? You would be a good fellow and | other games. “he popwarity of this Why, certainly not. He really is|less for Otis to imitate his enemy’s| Rollo exulted openly. keep your moyth shut, yes? Youroom ® T 5 o1 Slotlnd i going, 1S he?” tactics now. From where his ball lay | Rupert Balley made no comment. ( might even see your way to go so far | 216 @ Wes neee FOXOCR FhiM Eames, “He is. Ha thinks he isn’t, but he | he would have to cross a wide tract|He was too busy with the alluvial{as to back me up in a statement to &nd Lot Wt = SCPRIERIY B0 combet is.” of marsh in order to reach the seven- | deposits on his person. the effect ! Tihookeditfoabimtth e O ey Fave e chanos I failed to understand him, and said | teenth fairway, an impossible feat.| ‘‘Perhaps you would ljke to give 5 so 3 y ance. 0. e looked cautiously about the| And, even if it had been feasible, he [ up the match?” said Rollo to Otis. If you happen to go on the right room. had no boat to take him across the| “Tchah!" said Otls “I am a golfer,” T said coldly, “and|nivht you will find the drama class “I suppose you've noticed.” he said, | water. “Might just as well.” | I obey the rules.” n(l} ;\‘:::‘;e:xm:er }"I‘:’ g:;‘;’:‘n‘:“m‘f.: ?a“ | “the disgusting way that man Jukes % o i mitlent est. He| “Pah!" said Otis. “¥eq, BUt . 0. 3 3. Harper, sr. Th s class has boop Dangig ound Miss TrVELt, | wa i wascasant yount was clmos| “You can't win now. “Those rules were drawn up by"—I |ali have visions of heing great actors boring her to death?” it seems absurd to say so, but almost | “Pshaw!" said Otis. tared my Siasd vevatemily—¢ the |t Suie Ume OF ofner S They Mees I have scen them together some unpleasant as Rollo Bingham; vet | Iam aware that Otis’ dialogue might | committee of the royal and anclent at | thely work very seriously, Thev have times." it the moment T am bound to say|have been brighter, but he had been | St- Andrew’s. "I have always respect. | produce 2 2 number of one “i Jove Amelia Trivett!” said Rollo. |] sympathized with him. through & trying time. ed them, and I shall not deviate on|"Grumpy" and pumbest bt on “Poor girl!” 1 sighed. “\Where do you get that stuff?” he pert Baliey sidled up to me. this occasion from’ the policy of a life- | act plays in the past, and this year . pardon?” | YYou can' : " 4 Q0 they plan to put on at least one full- T beg vour pardon demanded. “You can't play fast and 'm going home,” he said. time. et Piay and pevers] of the Mhnrter e ihe | os=iwiinitho culseRl ke HEn “Nonsense,” 1 replied. *You must s variety. But though they labor dill- mvl:”. u“s:\j”r’:’"?“_)"'” O hink. saia| “To what rules do you refer?” said|stick to your post. Besides, what TIS JUKES relapsed into a moody | gently over thelr parts and study with Rollo Binghim. “And that why | Rello coldly. could be nicer than a pleasant morning silence. He broke it once, cross- | concentration the various theorles of e oblay Ehisumaton “Well, that boat of yours is a|remble? 5 ing the Fifty-ninth Street Bridge, to| the theater, it is all play to them, Moo Eolnk to s e hazard, isn't it? And you can't row| “Pleasant morning ramble my num-| ohserve that he would like to khow |inasmuch as they like it, and no At o v decided to play. |4 hazard about all over the place?”. |ber nine foot! I want to get backlif'I called myself a friend of his—a |matter how hard one works at some- ‘This mateh we've decided o PlaY-1 " The simple question seemed to take| to civilization and set an excavating | question which I was able to answer | thing he likes. it is play. et Yong with Jukes ana see that | Otis Jukes aback. £ | party with pickaxes to work on me.” | with a whole-hearted negative. After| 1In the basement you will find an Lo B s ey anv of his tricks, | __“Why not?" he repeated. “Why not?| " “You take too gloomy a view of the | that he did not speak till the car drew [ extremely busy group of players, not You know what he is! And in a vital| Well, you can't. That's why. matter. You are a little dusty. Noth-|up In front of the Astor Hotel in|at all like the men of leisure spend- atch like this. . . .” | “There is nothing in the rules,” said | ing more.” | Times Square. fng an evening with thelr fellows at ; B How much are vou plaving for?” | Rollo Bingham, “against moving a| “And it's not only the being burled | arly as the hour was, a certain| the club. In one place will be a group & S w orid? 3 sard. If a hazard can be moved|allve that I mind. cannot stick [ bustle and animation already prevail-|of boys working - D s yardin Wifhod disturbing the ball, you are Rollo Bingham much longer. €8 In'that canter of the great ey, and | Ralph Lord as director, perhapa set SCENE IN THE. GAMES ROOM OF THE BOYS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 5 A A