Two of a Kind 



the signal on the links that you are 

 holding back other players; whereupon 

 I "hike" the ball out onto the fairway 

 again, and on we trudge. 



The twelfth hole at Midlothian is the 

 "water hole." All well-ordered golf 

 links are supposed to have a pool or 

 pond or creek or river for the players 

 to shoot the balls across, under pen- 

 alty of losing the ball (if it be a 

 "sinker") and probably losing the hole 

 to the opposing player. But many of 

 us use a lightweight ball that will 

 float in water when we come to this 

 particular hazard. My caddies are all 

 glad when we reach it. In the first 

 place, all real boys find happiness in 

 the water. Unfortunately a lot of 

 "grown-ups" prefer something else. 

 Boys dearly love to be on it or in it. 

 In the second place, there is a flat- 

 bottomed boat on this particular pond, 

 with two short poles for propelling it 

 about in quest of floating golf balls, 

 when driven into, instead of over, the 



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