English wit and humor; English wit and humor, Pictorial; Golf -- Humor
Any himprovement in golfers, as a clars, is doo to the 'uge morril
hinfluence of us caddies, 'oom some pretends to look down on. Much can
be done, even wif the most 'ardened (and some of them golfers is
dreadfull 'ardened), by firmness and hexample. "Show 'em from the fust
as you'll stand no nonsense," is allus my words when the yunger caddies
gathers ararn me fer hadvice. Me being older than me years, as the sying
is, and much looked up to. If, as I often 'ears say, there's less of
langwidge and more of golf upon these 'ere links, it's doo in no small
part to 'im 'oo pens these lines. 'Oo's 'onnered nime is 'Enery Wilks.
I seldom demmeans meself to speak to the kulprits, for severil reasons
which I shall not go into, but I 'ave other meffods. There's sniffing,
fer instance. Much can be done by jerdishous sniffing, which can be
chinged to soot all cases. Or there's a short, 'ard, dryish larf, but
that ain't allus sife. As a blooming rule, I rellies upon me sniff, me
smile and me eye. There's few of them as can meet the last when I chuses
to turn it on. Not as I objecs very strongly to a little 'onnest
cussing; it's hinjustice and false haccusashun as I will not stand.
Sich are me meffods to them as needs 'em, but don't think, becos at
times I'm cold like and 'ard and stern, that I cannot be jentle wif them
as call fer jentleness. No blooming errer! 'Enery Wilks is the lad to
'oom old gents in need of keerfull nussing should be hintrusted by their
wives and keepers. I'm not allooding now to old tigers 'oos stiple food
is red pepper in 'uge quantitties, 'oo turn upon yer like blooming
manniacks if yer blows yer nose quite inercent, and 'oo report yer
before yer know if you're standing on yer 'ead or yer 'eels. No, I'm not
allooding to old gentlemen like them! 'Enery Wilks 'as very little use
fer sich unguvverned creetures. In 'is erpinyun they should not be let
abrord without a chine. But I am allooding to them 'oos pashuns age 'as
tamed, insted of blooming well hincreesed, to jentle 'armless old
fellers, 'oo will almost eat out of yer 'and, as the sying is, an sich a
one is Mister Perceval Giggington.
Over sixty 'e is, and allus kind and civvil and respeckfull, but 'e 'as
no more haptitood fer golf than a jeerarf. Sometimes I thinks, musing
kindly like, as 'ow the old cove 'ud be yunger if 'e took the gime less
seerius. But 'Enery Wilks 'as little to reproche 'imself about; 'e, at
least, 'as done what 'e could to 'elp old Giggs. 'Is wife came down to
the Club 'Ouse wif 'im larst Toosday, jest as nice an old lidy as 'e's a
gent. She drew me on one side and spoke konfidenshul like, while the old
man was fussing and bleeting about 'is clubs. It seems as she'd 'eard of
me, and 'eard nuthing but good. Which is only right.
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