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  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  "... and I got it" _Frontispiece_

  "How do I look?" _Title Page_

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  "... and threw it in the pond" 9

  "Fore there! hay there!!" 15

  "It makes an ideal hazard" 25

  "... but there was blood in his eye" 37

  "Fore" 49

  "There is no law to compel a man to play golf" 57

  "We rested on top of the hill" 73

  "Did it hit you?" 87

  "... and missed the ball by three inches" 95

  "It is not necessary to caution me" 105

  The dream 113

  "At the gate waiting for us" 121

  "We're not fighting, my dear!" 131

  "It must be tough to have to wear skirts all the time" 135

  "What do you think of me?" 137

  "Jack ... never stopped a second" 145

  "Mr. Harding ... executed a clog dance" 153

  "We ran the auto into the sheep pasture" 159

  "I have never seen a more perfect shot" 163

  "It struck on the rear edge of the green" 181

  "LaHume ... stalking toward the club house" 185

  "Miss Harding ... smiled and looked innocent as could be" 193

  "It was not much of a drive" 207

  "Run! Run, boys!" 211

  "Then I struck the bull" 213

  Diagram, "The auto and the bull" 218

  "What are you looking for?" 221

  "Had ignited the matches" 225

  "He was tall, angular, and whiskered" 237

  "LaHume was shot back several yards" 245

  "Grasping her by the arm I dragged her" 267

  "She left for the South" 282

  "Business is business" 291

  "Ten up and eight to play" 297

  "She rose to her feet" 307

  "I cannot turn back if I would" 315

  "He looked doubtfully at me" 318

  "This takes the cake!" 329

  "And then I saw her!" 335

  "I believe I could carry it" 345

  JOHN HENRY SMITH

  JOHN HENRY SMITH