THE CHARACTERS JOHN HENRY SMITH, who tells the story. Heir of his father, lives in Woodvale club house, devoted to golf, becomes interested in Wall Street, and falls in love with Grace Harding GRACE HARDING, only daughter of Robert L. Harding, visitor in Woodvale ROBERT L. HARDING, millionaire railway magnate, who first despises golf and then becomes infatuated with it MRS. HARDING, the matter-of-fact wife of the above 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