Were both sopassionately fond of the open air.
Under such circumstances I should have little to teach to anybodyabout golf.
Meantime a similar observation of her husband convinced me that hewas a
lawyer.
Just let him take one look at his papers, he said,
to see which itwas and he was all for it. I answer very simply that Icould not and
did not KNOW it.
He always said that he was all for his country. And
for a long, long time, nearly a year, John Smithremained unmarried.
Still, after all, it amounted to but
little.
Ransome, will youplease pass me that ash-tray from
across the table?
It got tremendously exciting toward the
end.
I argued it only as a fairinference from their
appearance. Reality only came to John Smith in this respect after he leftcollege and
went out into the world. Reality only came to John Smith in this respect after he
leftcollege and went out into the world.
By keeping my ears open, instead of my mind, I
wassoon able to educe that the mans name was Henry.
He went toCornell University, which became for him
for the rest of his lifehis dear old Alma Mater. Why, nowadays you canhardly
understand it. In fact, I thinkthat one of the little boys, I forgot which, is my
godson.
But it has occurred to me that from a certain angle
myopinions may be of value.
No doubt it sounds brutal, but really whenyou are
there you get so excited that you forget. And for a long, long time, nearly a year,
John Smithremained unmarried. But the two teams wore bright-coloredsweaters. Of
course, it took a good deal of work to get the dinner, a lot ofspade work and team
work.
Butthe fact was that we werent getting together.
Meantime in the merely worldly sense Smith had accumulated a veryfair competence.
Why should a woman say to a man, Have you got thechildrens hold-all?
I must tell you all about the perfectly wonderful
football gamelast Saturday. In fact, I thinkthat one of the little boys, I forgot
which, is my godson. Mutation Smith thus became a typical college man of to-day. It
was here, right out in theworld, that he married Abigail Price.
You see, William knows all about fish, as he comes
fromNewfoundland, do you not, William?
The reader sees already how encouraging the
calculation is.
Certain things, heused to say, seem only to come
once in life; and a first marriageis one of them.
The thing is a simple instance of what is called
the mathematicaltheory of probability.
They seemed to be looking at the game all the time.
The college had done that to him, whether it liked it or not. Reality only came to
John Smith in this respect after he leftcollege and went out into the
world.
Of course, it took a good deal of work to get the
dinner, a lot ofspade work and team work.
The mans answer, Yes, could be construed as an
admission thathis name was Henry.
They seemed to be looking at the game all the time.
I must tell you all about the perfectly wonderful football gamelast Saturday.