VERY SIMILAR.
He was an old farmer on a to town, and he saw two younp: fellows playing chess. game was long, and lie ventured at length to iutcrrupt it.
"Excuse me," he said, "but the object of both of you is to get thsm bits of wood from where they are over to where they ain't ?"
"That partly expresses-it," replied one of the players. '''And you have to be continually on the lookout for surprises and difficulties ?" "Constantly." "And if you aia't mighty careful you're going to lose some on 'em ?" "Yes." "An' then there's that other gam« that I see some of you dress up odd for, and play with long sticks an' a little ball?" "You mean golf ?" "'That's what I mean. Is that game amusin' ? " "It's interesting, and the exercise is beneficial."
"Well, I reckon it's a mighty good joke." "To what do you refer?" "The way I've been having fun without knowing anything about it. If you young gentlemen want to really enjoy yourselves, you come over to my farm an* get mo to let you drive pigs. You'll get all the walking yon want, an' the way you have to watch for surprises, an' slip about so's not to lose 'cm, would tickle you nearly to death."
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 569, 21 May 1913, Page 6
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213VERY SIMILAR. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 569, 21 May 1913, Page 6
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