| Show THE END OF THE GAME In a direct line with tho seven eenth hole of this particular golf links thero Is a most alluring patch of shade under a group of hardy old naples The grass grows rank and angled Tiny crickets are apt to take Hying leaps from tall spears of It and land on your face If you have tho hardihood to stretch out nt length on ho ground an this man was doing He was tanned and woro scotch checks and he was scowling Anyone would have understood why lie man scowled If ho had glanced at ho young person sitting against tho biggest maple She too was tanned but the crimson ot her cheeks shone through tho brown and her eyes woro the kind that danced Also she had n particularly heavenly expression expres-sion which showed that she had been enjoying herself tormenting tho man Anyone could see that fellow Ste yens was crazy about you persisted tho man Indignantly ItIt was con spicuous1 Was It asked tho girl meekly You see I wasnt far enough ro movod from tho center of tho situation situa-tion to enable me to get tho general effect Ono loses the perspective being be-ing right on the spot dont you think I dont know what youre trying to say said the man a lIttlo sulkily Only I dont see why you lot Stevens make such a donkey of hlmsolfl Tho girl let tho light of her oyea shine upon the speaker It Is not always so easy she said meditatively meditative-ly to prevent a man doing that Meaning InI retorted her companion com-panion holly Id like to know It Im not Justified In objecting toto such little episodes illavent I aright a-right = rightN7ot Not the slightest In tho world broko in the girl inn smooth llttlo voice Clio man hit at an inquiring grass I hopper with a golf stick and looked miserable Well It Isnt my I fault If I havent he went on I think so much of you that I forget the feeling isnt reciprocated And I cant stand seeing other fellows Interfering Why do you do It Letty Your remarks are so complicated objected the girl 1 thought It was Mr Stevens to whom yon wero object Ingaul now It seems that Ive dono something too When maz come up to talk to me at parties do you want mo to put out a protesting hand and Bay Away with you dock Hack or something like that IV do almost anything for such an old friend as you Sam Ho aimed another blow at tho II grasshopper Oh enjoy yourself he said grimly I know I am furnish ing the material but I cant help It I cant hide my feelings Now with youwhy nobody on earth can tell what you really think for feel Isnt it wonderful of me Bald tho girl admiringly But persisted tho man you acted act-ed as though you didnt mind Stevens hanging around Why anyone would havo said you liked It I did asserted tho girl The man sat up abruptly ma hair stood on end from tho effects of tho grass and ho sat looking at her whllo varying emotions swept across his face I think its time for me to quit ho remarked rather sternly Im going away I can transfer to Denver Just as well as stay here In Chicago and Im going to do It Ill try to forget you The girl looked a little alarmed for he spoke as though ho meant it but she laughed again You wont like it she cald And you cant forget meAt me-At least 1 can give an Imitation of a man forgetting you ho said Tile young person against the tree put on an elaborate expression of sorrow sor-row How wo all shall miss you she said In a society tone of voice But ho did not fight back as he had dono for the last two years whenshe teased him Therell bo Stevens ho reminded her picking up his clubs She raised her eyebrows I dont know that Mr Stevens represents time sum total of human happiness to me Silo remarked Arent you going to play the eighteenth hole Why arc you putting up your clubs You arent going to start for Denver on the next train are you See here Do you want mo to stay In Chicago ho asked her thun derously Yes this Is tho eleventh time Ive proposed to you Letty And Ive done it differently each time too Its my inventive genius that tho president of our company especial ly commends in me You neednt shout sho objected Do you want 010 to stay In Chicago Chi-cago he persisted In a now or never tone Tho young person under tho maple looked rather desperate at tho horizon ho-rizon at the last bunker at thc brown cow across the fence Npne of these offered any help Do ho began again but she throw out her hands protestlngly and gave a hysterical little cry Dont say that again sho wailed For the first time In their acquaintanceship acquaint-anceship ho had scared her with his sternness but it was hard to give in Yes she Bald almost Inaudibly and then brightened For weve got to play tho eighteenth hole sho ro roludod him nnd stalled off briskly |
