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months after birth, at a period of life when the nervous system is not completely developed, and it is impossible for the infant to coordinate its movements, mothers wasted several half-hours of the day teaching baby to walk. Holding the little creature by the body, they watched the aimless movements of the tiny feet, and deluded themselves with the belief that the child was already making an effort to walk; and because it does actually by degrees begin to arch its feet and move its legs more

miled slowly, showing a row of very white, strong teeth.I know, auntie, she said. No; I shouldn't think Laurie'll mind much. Perhaps he'll go back to town in the morning, too. No, my dear, he's staying till Thursday. * * * * * There fell again one of those pleasant silences that are possible in the country. Outside the garden, with the meadows beyond the village road, lay in that sweet September hush of sunlight and mellow color that seemed to embalm the house in peace. From the farm beyond the

--Partners and each other--Fitting in their different games--The man to oblige--The policy of the long-handicap man--How he drove and missed in the good old days--On laying your partner a stymie--A preliminary consideration of the round--Handicapping in foursomes--A too delicate reckoning of strokes given and received--A good foursome and the excitement thereof--A caddie killed and a hole lost--A compliment to a golfer. CHAPTER XVIII GOLF FOR LADIES 198 As to its being a ladies' game--A sport

self as if I was cruel in going to be married and not helping you. It ain't kind. Now, is it kind, Poor Thing?Sally! Hear me, my dear. My entreaty is for no help in the future. It applies to what is past. It is only to be told in two words. There! This is worse and worse, cries Sally, supposing that I understand what two words you mean. You do understand. What are the names they have given my poor baby? I ask no more than that. I have read of the customs of the place. He has been christened in

crop upagain wherever the hair grew thin, lending him the appearance of abadly-singed pup.His pet superstition was that, as long as he refrained from practisinghis profession in Paris, Paris would remain his impregnable Tower ofRefuge. The world owed Bourke a living, or he so considered; and it mustbe allowed that he made collections on account with tolerable regularityand success; but Paris was tax-exempt as long as Paris offered himimmunity from molestation. Not only did Paris suit his tastes

of the trouble, the invalidgets well only to drag out a miserable existence or to get veryill again.Although any nervous suffering is worth while if it is the means ofteaching us how to avoid nervous strain, it certainly is farpreferable to avoid the strain without the extreme pain of a nervousbreakdown. To point out many of these pernicious habits and to suggest apractical remedy for each and all of them is the aim of this book,and for that reason common examples in various phases of