JIM BISHOP, farmer near Woodvale, who knew Harding when the two were boys in Buckfield, Maine WILLIAM WALLACE, Bishop's hired man, later golf professional in Woodvale, and later something else OLIVE LAWRENCE, pupil to William Wallace PERCY LAHUME, in love with Miss Lawrence JAMES CARTER, wealthy member of Woodvale, who knows how to keep a secret MISS DANGERFIELD, who makes a collection of golf balls MISS ROSS, who is very pretty MR. and MRS. CHILVERS, and MR. and MRS. MARSHALL, estimable young people, who enter into this narrative BOYD, LAWSON, DUFF, BELL, MONAHAN, ETC., members in good standing in the Woodvale Golf and Country Club LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "... and I got it" _Frontispiece_ "How do I look?" _Title Page_ PAGE. "... 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