. The book of months . ■Xti .^ THE BOOK OF MONTHS he went into the sand-pan guarding the green,across which I had jumped in my outward jour-ney and walked through on my return. Istopped on the edge of the barrier, for I hadwarned him he could not be up, having myselftaken a full shot, landing just over it. Uponwhich the accursed man took his niblick, and,amid a shower of sand, lay nearly dead. Curious, says he. Meantime I had been examining the bunker,and saw there the trace of a bare foot. Theres something much more curious thanany shot of yours close by you, said I. Look,do you see the trace
. The book of months . ■Xti .^ THE BOOK OF MONTHS he went into the sand-pan guarding the green,across which I had jumped in my outward jour-ney and walked through on my return. Istopped on the edge of the barrier, for I hadwarned him he could not be up, having myselftaken a full shot, landing just over it. Uponwhich the accursed man took his niblick, and,amid a shower of sand, lay nearly dead. Curious, says he. Meantime I had been examining the bunker,and saw there the trace of a bare foot. Theres something much more curious thanany shot of yours close by you, said I. Look,do you see the trace of a naked foot close byyou on the sand. He looked. By God! he said. Let me putt first. He missed it. So I had two for the hole and SMSSfc: l^^P. MARCH I WONDER if any of those who perchance readthis know of any formula, Christian, pagan,even Christian-Scientist, which insures, or hasany chance of insuring, decent habit of bodyor mind during an attack of lumbago? I havebeen trying my best in all three—that is to say,as a Christian I have tried to be cheerful, to weara helpful sort of smile, and have said to myself: Think of the early Christian martyrs, the boil-ing oil, and the lions, and those horrors. Butmyself has said to me: That was for a goodcause; besides, they soon died. Now lumbagodoes not kill anybody, and, as far as I am aware,it is an invention of the devil. Thus Christi-anity failed to help me. Then I tried paganism. In other words, Iswore. It did not do the slightest ^.
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