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Show DAILY ment. "No." he said. that?" Golden Gate Ceylon Tea The best tea on J. A. FOLGER & CO. Su Francisco 1850 THE LAST PUTT A LUCKY ONE j eeaMMi tt ttftt ttttT ; Thera are still people who maintain that the age of miracles Is past. Every man of course Is free to hold his own am bound upon no opinions, and I of making converts In telling this story. I merely tell it as a story, seems to hold pure and simple, for it Indeed, to elements of Interest was painIt heard I first me. when Is only natural unas absorbing, fully it strolled around, as I waa sometimes guilty of doing, to see Dolly. To my astonishment, she no sooner caught sight of me than she burst Into tears. "My dear girl, I said, with as much absence of Irritation aa I could muster, whatever Is the matter?" Oh, I dont know, Frank," she said, through her teara; "somehow, I am feeling so miserable." "You are going the right way to make me miserable," I said with some sternness. "I can't think what haa come over you lately." "Hare you noticed a difference, then? she asked, looking up for a der the drcumatancea For It la my story, and yet not mine; I was an all unconscious actor In the drama, and knew nothing of the sequel until after moment. "Hare ward. The first act began pleasantly enough. I became engaged to Doliy Not knowing Dolly, you Ravenhlll. may be at a disadvantage In realising how pleasant this was, but you must We met on the take my word for since the links, enough, fittingly golf drama was eventually played out there; and three afternoons of mixed When foursome, decided my fate. she put me In the bunker at the last hole and looked piteously Into my face with a glance of silent despair X could have taken her Into my arms ana kissed her. (I did at a subsequent period of the day, but that is neither here nor there.) Instead, I laid a niblick shot dead and won the hole, and it also, as I discovered afterward, her undying affection. It waa therefore, the niblick shot that began It. The serpent soon entered my Eden in the shape of Captain Holchester. Not that I knew him for a serpent at the time. I merely name him In the light of subsequent events. No one, apparently, knew where he came from, who he was, or anything about him. He had dropped from the clouds, as It were. But he had all the attributes that make for popularity with women, and very few of those which apell unpopularity with men. He waa. In fact, g, extremely with bonnle (I am quoting Dolly) blue eyes of the deepest hue, a martial bearing, and a ready tongue. Added to this, he was a good sportsman . and an excellent golfer, and he appeared to have plenty of money. So he speedily became good-lookin- popular. Dolly seemed quite Indiffe: him at first She admired 1 course no woman of any spirl help doing that; but she i openly, which was balm to m For in many ways man, an c man more especially, has nevi jrown his primitive Innocence, it. therefore, quite happy tt admired him openly to me. I .,c?ure' he ndmlred Dolly; friends i "jjmn to commotls"" .in "ome myaterloi lfh Captain Holche re how I divtm r"ner. 10 her qulle "Vhould h! hut the ? me' nevertheless, nveterate hatred t, iJV" Buhh.Uklnr formerty 1 7 ,or me three the I have tc actor in It h- - th fr,endly placrAndVltaI ns an ".""Urns due of thTt-S- hat ah j1 Brdame nrlth Ho! and after brea TEA dear Dolly, I protested, so absurd. I can't go and put a off for no reason whatever." silent earnest. precisely what moment It dawned on me that this was no ordinary game we were playing. We had had many an encounter before sometimes he won, sometimes I. but we always finished In quite a friendly manner. But today, somehow, It was different Every stroke was played aa a matter of life and death; the very caddies held their breath when either of us made a putt and once or twice I felt my hand trembling. It was Just as though we were playing for some enormous stake. I racked my brains to think of any Insignificant bet I might in a moment of have made on this match a pair of gloves with Dolly or some other triviality. But I couldn't remember of having laid n bet of any sort Then It truck me that perhaps TIolchesler had something on It and that hlfl seriousness had unconsciously bommunl-rate- d Itself to me. It must be something mther heavy, I thought, lo have this effect. At last I could stand It self-confide- is the way to sell good tea. It isnt the way Por or dear tea. 'si yuw to re- peated. Iam unaware at "ever ,howed notice , d,fference. and 1 PhyM as usual. ,, "elghboriiiJls ? 1,6 had been thatth.d plied, Inconsequently. I don't want you to play," she desperate, 1 him I looked at her in amaxement. She was undoubtedly in earnest. My dear little girl, I said, what is the matter?" I dont want you to play," she re- fore now. I met Holchester In quite a pleasant spirit. He. on the othlr band, was not so unruffled as usual. Little things When he seemed to put him out. missed his drive at the first tee, for Instance, and got Into the bunker, he swore quite audibly. But after that he settled down to his game in grim, j8 her lnBteL Grad dawn n me'that her lion suddenly. Of course, Frank. I was only jokGo along and play, you silly, solemn, serious old boy! She threw her arms around my neck and kissed me. "Shall we have much of this sort I of thing after we are married? asked her. What the kisses?" she questioned innocently. She looked so Irresistible that I kissed her again, not once, but well, after all. we were engaged, and other neopie have done the same thing be- Sv' Wile ly near again. "Are you playing with Captain Holchester this afternoon, Frank? Yes," I Bald, curtly, and I have every Intention of beating him. Don't play, Frank, she pleaded ing. PPy as she used cfme less bright and ver nt A. a rule. Do vi ayL f0r herself. Sh mother (dear soul!) ,after 8tand tea an the mnuect ai to ZL?'0 to, . waa Existence flowed on In a p! "reamUke way, with never a ri disturb Its calm. Then, quite 1 S' hoticed that Dolly was am It Is a matter of common knowledge," I said, with great deliberation, that when a man Is Intoxicated, he thinks that every one else Is In that condition except himself. This is news to me,' said Dolly, with a great show of spirit. "I had no Idea. Frank, that you were given that way." "On the lines of this argument," 1 went on, unheedlngly, it Is probable you are getting tired of me." Uut she had gone off at anotner tanget, and the tears were dangerous- man "I knew you must be tired of me," sho retorted, or you would at least do what I asked you." I shrugged my shoulders In despair. Then to crown it all she laughed. I was too exasperated at the time to notice how hysterical her laughter n,ce,y that even thi Thus we became t f1 lence. But. my Pleased me. of I noticed a difference ? "Really, Dolly, you are very uncomplimentary to yourstlf. No one else would ever accuse you of being llkel to become engaged to a fool." "I had no Idea," she said, "that U waa so apparent as that." "Then you admit that you haven't been yourself? said L No, she said, womanlike, I don't admit anything of the sort. Perhaps, " she added, with a change of front, you are getting tired of me." I looked at her for a moment in siI cried. "Its sell .my if jtmi don't like la JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, HARSH CURE FOR LIOH "Why do you ask "Oh." 1 answered, "we seem to have got so serious, thats nil. He looked at me again. "It Is serious." he said. Somehow his answer chilled me, uml I said no no ne. The game went oil in absolute silence. It was a ding-don- g struggle. In all the nose fights wo hud had together, anil they were many, tlieie had never lieeu anything ,ap-0- 1 ii.uliiiig this. We were both playing line golf, though, perhaps, it U h. iviily propel fur me to say It. But I hope that I had never played better. And he hung to me like a leech. If he got Into trouble and I imagined that 1 had him safely, he would make a anil halve the hole, brilliant occasionally even win it. And I very otten dlil the same when the positions, were reversed. And thus, at length. In ciileiiin silence, we got to the last tee. all square and one to play. 1 don't mind admitting that by this time I was feeling pretty queer. Tlii strain was beginning to tell, and 1 could only utter a silent prayer that my nerve would not give way at this critical Juncture. No doubt it was telling on him. too. But he showed no signs of it, except, perhaps, for an almost Imperceptible tightening of his Up and a little wrinkle that kept coming and going on his forehead. The man had nerve like Iron, I knew, and of the two It was I who was mosv And all the likely to break down. time I hadn't the slightest Idea why we were both taking the thing so seriously. Only an instinct warned me that I must win at all costs. In a breathless moment of time the matters got whittled down to a question of putts. We both lay at the edge ot that green in a like number of strokes. Holchester It was a putted first. beautiful putt, straight and true, and from the moment it started it looked like going down. About a foot from the hole it faltered, went on, faltered again, and finally stopped on the very Holchester muttered a curse. I lip. believe. Whether It waa this or the knowledge that unless I laid myself dead the match was lost I don't know; but I putted wildly. It was the merest apology for a putt; weak, uncertain, the ball strolled off in an alien direction In the most unconcerned manner, as though nothing waa so far from Its Intention as to seek the hole. I looked round at Holchester and saw that he was smiling. Then, In a twinkling his face changed. I turned to look at my ball once more. It was then that the miracle happened. (Oh, call It the slope of the ground. If you will, or the effect ot the wind, or any other natural phenomenon that you like. Anyhow, it happened.) Just when it seemed to be In Its last gasp the ball took a new lease of life. With one irresistible, relentless swoop. It altered Its direction and swept triumphantly Into the hole. I was too choked with emotion to smile. No one spoke for several moments. Then one of the caddies whistled. I burst Into shrieks of uncontrollable laughter. Holclieater. I believe, carried me home and sent for a doctor. And for three weeks I lay on my back with violent brain fever. It was a very subdued and penitent Dolly that came to see me when I had become convalescent and all fear of danger was over. I hardly knew her. but in a trice she had her arms around my neck, and had told me her story. My part of the drama was finished. nd the story hence forth becomes hers. Oh. I was mud mad! she sobbed. 'Frank, will you evft-- forgive ine?" "Is it anything very dreadful? 1 asked in a somewhat weak voice. My nerves were not quite In first rate order yet. "It Is perfectly horrible!" she answered shuddering!)'. I saw that alienee waa my beat, chance of hearing the atory, so I contented myself with an affectionate pressure of her hand. I was going to elope with him." she blurted out. after an interval. Then, when I still said nothing, she added. "If he had won, that la. After that the Interval became an long that I felt compelled to aay something. Who Is 'him.' and If he had won what?" I asked with some confusion of detail and personal pronouns. Captain Holchester," said Dolly, hiding her face. We .were both silent then. It never occurred to me to doubt the truth ol It, yet It seemed Incredible. But I remembered many things Dolly's curious behavior on the morning of that match, my own feelings with regard lo Holchester, and the solemnity which had so unintelligibly descended upm, u that afternoon. And then suddenly remembered my putt. I turned to Dolly and took her in my arms, holding her very close. Everything was understood and forgotten In that lon-embrace. It was sometime before 1 spoke. "I have had my last putt" I said. She looked at me interrogatively. So I told her of that miracle (I still lnsisr upon It, you aee). I shall never play golf again," I said. Oh, Frank," cried Dolly, In genuine do you really mean it?" distress; I will caddie for you, I said. Nothing would Induce me ever lo play again." ahe burst out Indignantly. There," I said; you see how I feel about It We will neither of us ever piny golf again." I felt It was the very least I owed io the spirit of that putt We have since heard thnt Captain Holchester was shortly arterward arrested for bigamy, having been found In simultaneous possession of at leant three wives. But, then, the ladlea always did admire him. Poor little Dolly bless her. London Sketch. PAGE THREE. 1905. HABIT VO - LIQUOR VICTIMS MADE INSANE. 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