English wit and humor; English wit and humor, Pictorial; Golf -- Humor
There's some as takes their golf too seerius fer their strength, like
that pore old Mister Giggington, of 'oom I've told yer, and there's some
as don't take it seerius enuff. Under this 'eading I places Mister
'Erminius Brellett. 'E's what they call a litterry cove in privit life,
and, wifout wishing to be undoolly 'arsh, I must say as I beleeves it of
'im. Strike me pink, if I didn't know as 'e was litterry, I should go
away sometimes after 'earing 'im talk, and swear a hinfer-mashun of
loonacy agin 'im! But Chawley Martin, one of our caddies, 'oo once spoke
quite hintermate and friendly like wif a reporter feller, in connecshun
wif a biking accerdent caused by Chawley's unforchernate pashun fer
trick riding, ses as 'ow all these pore riters is alike. So you and me
should only pitty them. As fer 'is golf, exsentrick ain't the word fer
it. 'E stands wif both 'is feet quite klose together, springs 'igh into
the air wif a tremenjus swing, and strikes the ball afore 'e comes to
earth agin. The erstonishing thing is that 'e does strike it abart once
in three, and when 'e does it goes like old Gewillikins. It just shows
as there ain't no rules abart some peeple's golf. But the sad part is as
'e's quite proud of 'is stile, insted of laberring to kerrect it under
my tewishun.
[Illustration:
"Keep your head still" is the first rule in golf, and Binks means
to do so.]
"I'm a mishonnery, a pyoneer of golf, 'Enery," 'e ses to me quite
recent. "'Ow I plays it to-day, the rest of the silly 'ide-bound
creetures will play it to-morrow," 'e ses.
"Let's 'ope not, sir," I ses, quite respeckfull and reely meaning the
words; fer, if yer think of it, a course full of Mister 'Erminius
Brelletts would be an 'iddeous sight. 'E glared at me fer a moment quite
dangerous, and then 'e began to larf. What wif 'is livver, at which 'e's
allus cussing, and 'is kurious 'arf-irriterble, 'arf-manniackal temper,
I can tell yer 'e takes some 'andling. But 'Enery Wilks knows 'is
'Erminius Brellett by this time.
"Your one chawnce of fime, you retched child," 'e ses, and I found 'is
stile of speaking jest a little gorling, "will rest on the fact that you
karried the clubs of 'Erminius Brellett, pyoneer of golf and
unerpreshiated riter of himmortal books," 'e ses. Well, yer can't argue
wif a man like that. Yer can only yumour 'im by respeckful silence, and
be reddy all the time to dodge if 'is manyer turns 'ommersidal all of a
sudden.
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