and handed them to
the pleased farmer.

"Mister," the latter said, "that's more than he was worth, and I feel
kinder ashamed ter take all of it. Tell you what I'll do! I've got an
old bull that's no good, but ugly as all get out, and if you'd like ter
tackle him with that ortermobill of yours I'll turn him loose in that
same medder, an' you can have it out with him an' it won't cost you a
cent."

[Illustration: "He was tall, angular, and whiskered"]

"Much obliged," laughed Harding, "but nature evidently did not design me
for a matador."

If Miss Lawrence does not develop into a great player it will not be
because of a lack of assiduity in taking lessons. Since Wallace has
become professional at Woodmere she has taken one and sometimes two
each day. She was starting to take one of these "lessons" when Harding
returned.

"See here, Wallace," he said with mock sternness, "I am becoming curious
to know if you are professional to our charming young friend or to the
club."

"Why, Mr. Harding!" exclaimed Miss Lawrence, blushing furiously. "I have
taken only six lessons, and you have no idea how I have improved."

"Without doubt," observed the remorseless millionaire, "but when do I
get a lesson? My game has steadily deteriorated since I hit my first
ball. As Smith says, I am way off my game."

"I shall be glad to give you a lesson any time to-morrow afternoon, Mr.
Harding," said Wallace.

"All right. You and I will play Smith and Carter, and you put me right
as we go along."

That was satisfactory all around and Wallace turned his attention to his
fair pupil. I wonder if he is as exacting and she as interested at all
times as during the few moments they were under our observation?

"A little nearer the ball," he cautioned her. "Grip firmly but keep the
wrists flexible. Let the club-head come back naturally. Be sure and keep
the weight of your body on the heels and not on the toes. That's better.
Try that back swing again. Do not go so far back. Be sure that at the
top of the swing your entire weight is on the right leg, and that the
knee is not bent. Do not pause at the top of the stroke. Keep the head
perfectly still and your eyes on the ball; not on the top of it, but on
the exact spot where you propose to hit it. Now make a practise swing."

Miss Lawrence did so, and it seemed almost perfect to me, but Wallace's
keen eyes detected faults.

"That right shoulder dropped a little," he said. "That's a bad