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Hair Loss (Alopecia)
Alopecia is simply the the medical term for hair loss.
What is the Difference Between a Dermatologist and a Trichologist?
Dermatologists are the only doctors specifically trained in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions of the scalp and hair and in the UK as such should be listed as dermatologists on the specialist register of the General Medical Council. The terms trichologist and trichology are increasingly used commercially, however unlike dermatologists, trichologists have usually not completed GMC-recognised specialist training in dermatology and may not even be medically qualified or legally able to prescribe treatments. It is best to check an individual's qualifications before making an appointment.
What are the Causes of Alopecia?
Alopecia (hair loss) has a wide number of possible causes. Dermatologists divide hair loss into diffuse alopecia and localised alopecia, and also into scarring, or non-scarring alopecia. A good dermatologist will discuss the history of your hair loss, examine the scalp to assess the pattern of hair loss and the health of the scalp skin and then may undertake tests which can include blood investigations and sometimes a biopsy of the scalp when a tiny sample of scalp skin is removed under local anaesthetic and then examined by a specialist under the microscope.
What are the Causes of Diffuse (Generalised) Alopecia?
Diffuse alopecia has a number of common causes including age-related thinning of the scalp hair in response to androgen hormones (androgenetic alopecia), deficiencies of iron or zinc, thyroid gland disorders, recent illness or pregnancy. Androgenetic alopecia (age-related hair loss) occurs very slowly in most people (both men and women) from the age of about thirty, but in some people is much faster. This can be hugely distressing and cause significant loss of confidence. Fortunately diffuse alopecia often responds to treatments, which may include combinations of topical lotions and oral medicines and supplements. Your dermatologist will advise you about these in detail.
What are the Causes of Localised (Patchy) Alopecia?
Localised alopecia means patchy hair loss. The commonest cause of this is alopecia areata, which probably affects about 1 in 50 people at some stage. The condition is thought to be autoimmune, meaning that the body's own immune cells attacks the hair follicles which stop working. Hair loss tends to be complete in affected areas, but patchy with normal hair in between. Men often experience hair loss in the beard area. Fortunately most people's hair will recover naturally with medical treatments also encouraging hair growth. Occasionally alopecia areata can be some generalised and affect the whole scalp (called alopecia totalis), which may not fully recover. Children with localised hair loss may have scalp ringworm (called tinea capitis) and should see a dermatologist for diagnosis and treatment.
Rarer caused of hair loss include alopecia caused by traction or certain hair treatments (such as hot combing), hair pulling and inflammatory conditions of the scalp such as lupus erythematosus or psoriasis, conditions which dermatologists are very used to treating.


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GENEVA (Reuters) - One hundred Bourbon Parma family jewels, including 10 pieces that belonged to French Queen Marie Antoinette, fetched 53.5 million Swiss francs ($53.2 million), setting a world record for a royal collection, Sotheby's said on Wednesday.
"The Marie Antoinette provenance is probably second to none. It's a record for a sale of royal jewels," David Bennett, chairman of Sotheby's international jewelry division who conducted the Geneva auction, told reporters. It had exceeded the total for the historic auction of the jewels of the Duchess of Windsor, in the same Swiss city in 1987, he added.
($1 = 1.0054 Swiss francs)
Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by James Dalgleish
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The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe.
THE GOOD: Benjamin Thomas Zobrist. Ben had a hell of a month yesterday. First he set the Rays team record with 8 RBI in game 1 of the double-header. Then he added another double and home run in the nightcap. He finished 7-10, 3 doubles, 2 home runs and 10 RBI…Jeff Niemann. The Giraffe had given up at least 5 runs in 3 of his first 4 outings this year. But last night he was able to get everything rocking in sync. He allowed only a walk in the first six innings, not giving up a hit until the leadoff batter in the 7th. He left after the 7th after allowing just 1 run on 2 hits.
THE BAD: Jeff Niemann's Last Pitch. It sure looked like Niemann pulled something covering first base to end the 7th inning. Here is a clip. We haven't heard any report of an injury, but Niemann was pulled with just 84 pitches at the time…More Injuries. Sean Rodriguez dislocated his pinky trying to breakup a double-play…Reid Brignac. Briggy Baseball now has 57 at bats without an extra-base hit. Only one other player (Will Rhymes of Detroit has 56) has more than 40 at bats.
THE TELLING: The Rays have now won 5 in a row and 13 of 16…This was just the second time in team history that the Rays won two games in one day…Don't look now, but with 21 runs on the day, the Rays jumped from 11th in the AL in scoring to 5th…Jake Thompson, the Rays 2nd round pick last year, tore his ACL and could miss the rest of the season…The Rays and Red Sox will make up their rainout as part of a double-header on August 16.
- Here is something we haven't seen in a while: Evan Longoria swinging a baseball bat (Video). [Montgomery Advertiser]
- Sean Rodriguez tore a ligament in his pinky, but he plans to keep playing. [TBO.com]
- Here is how the lineup might look once Evan Longoria returns from the DL. [TBO.com]
- Matt Snyder of CBSSports.com writes about what Johnny Damon means for the Rays. [CBS Sports]
- How can you be a national baseball columnist and still refer to the team as the "Devil Rays"? [Fox Sports]
- Rays are no. 13 in the latest Power Rankings from Fox Sports. [Fox Sports]
- Adrian Clayborn from THE University of Iowa, was the Bucs pick in the first round of the NFL Draft. You will love this guy. [Joe Bucs Fan]
- Louisville 3, Durham 2 (game 1): Brian Baker gave up 3 runs on 5 hits (2 home runs) in 3 innings…Cory Wade and Rob Delaney combined for 3 shutout innings of relief with 3 Ks and no walks…CF Desmond Jennings and RF Brandon Guyer each had a single and a walk.
- Louisville 11, DURHAM 5 (game 2): Jeremy Hall, called up to replace Dirk Hayhurst, gave up 8 runs (7 earned) in 3.2 innings…CF Desmond Jennings went 0-4 with 3 Ks…LF Brandon Guyer doubled and homered, his 5th. He also walked in 4 plate appearances. He is hitting .372 in 21 games…DH Robinson Chirinos was 1-4 with a double. He average is at .190.
- MONTGOMERY 4, Jacksonville 3: Evan Longoria made his first rehab start, and he homered in his second at bat. He finished 1-4…Nick Barnese lasted just 3 innings, striking out 4 and giving up 1 run on 2 hits and 2 walks…LF Stephen Vogt had a pair of doubles.
- Jupiter 4, CHARLOTTE 3: JP Howell started the game as his first rehab appearance, striking out 1 in a perfect inning…Kyle Lobstein made his first appearance of the year, giving up 3 runs in 3.2 innnings…SS Hak-Ju Lee had another multi-hit game, going 2-3 with a walk.
- Great Lakes 12, BOWLING GREEN 5: George Jensen gave up 6 runs in 4 innings on 10 hits including 4 home runs…SS Derek Dietrich went 1-5…3B Robi Estrada was 3-4 with a double and his first home run.
Ben Zobrist has a little Sam Fuld-envy
Ben Zobrist after the game (via TampaBay.com)


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CBM International (CBM)
On 13 October, CBM celebrates International Day for Disaster Reduction. Before this date, we are highlighting stories from the DiDRR network's publication 'Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Management'. The following story is about a young man, Rashedul, in Bangladesh, who is an active contributor to the disaster preparedness activities in his village.
Rashedul was born in Boali Village, situated in the Shreepur Union of Sundargonj sub district of Gaibandha, Bangladesh. At an early age he got a fever and the absence of proper health care services in his village and his family's poor economic situation made him lose function in his legs. The struggle his family had to face in the village made him move to Dhaka to try to support the family's income through asking for money in the streets, though his dreams were always on finding another type of profession. He recalled as well the severe flood in his village in 2007 and the inhuman conditions he had to face during the emergency period. Nobody had thought about how to evacuate persons with mobility problems, or how to provide them with adequate latrines and safe drinking water.
Rashedul became one of the persons that participated in the project supported by CBM and CDD, as he joined the invitation from Gana Unnayan Kendra, the local partner implementing the project. Through this opportunity he could return to his village as he took part of the livelihood scheme and obtained a grant for buying a sewing machine, a few animals and tools for doing homestead gardening. He was also trained in disability inclusive disaster management and received a tricycle so that he could easily move around in the village and take part of the preparedness actions being implemented.
Acquisition of an accessible house, and inclusion in income generating activities, has enriched Rashedul's standard of living, and his skills in disaster management have brought him dignity and respect. Members of his family give a lot more importance to his needs and requirements. When asked what the reason behind this is, he answered: "because I am involved in productive activities now, I have a regular income, I have a house where neighbours can take shelter during flood, I have a tricycle, I have knowledge on flood preparedness and as a result I have the ability to help others."
It is imperative that the community, persons with disabilities and local government are meaningfully engaged in all DRR planning and its implementation. It is their support that is a key factor for success of undertaken programmes. Persons with disabilities often need counselling, life skills development, and access to information, positive environment, rehabilitation care and capacity on DRR to enable them to participate effectively and confidently. If such opportunities and services are available and if there are appropriate policies and these are implemented, persons with disabilities can contribute as their neighbours to community development.
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London Film Festival 2018 - a quick glance
MY FRIEND HUGH AND I attended four of the LFF films this year:
László Nemes: Sunset (2018)
Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra: Birds of Passage/Pájaros de verano (2018)
Yorgos Lanthimos: The Favourite (2018)
A.B.Shawky: Yomeddine (2018)
All are worth knowing about though they sadly did not live up to expectations. Némes of course is the director of the extraordinary Son Of Saul. It is interesting to observe the similarities of narrative and technique this one has with his first film - and one could enjoy the sheer beauty of this film shot and projected in 35mm. Birds of Passage is also by the makers of a celebrated film, the Colombian Embrace of the Serpent, which was nominated for the Best Foreign Oscar. This one also makes use of indigenous people, but in color and to tell a contemporary drug story. It was chosen to open Directors Fortnight at Cannes this year, but seemed to leave out key elements of the drug culture of the period. The Favourite is Lanthimos' second English-language film and in it he tries to play a satirical, comic game with 17th-century English history but with too little sense of the political complexities. My friend Hugh Coleridge, with whom I watched this and the other three LFF films, wrote of The Favourite, "The rigour required to place in front of such real backdrops something that hints properly at the behaviour of the times is beyond most of us. Therefore, it was, from the very first frame and utterance, that I sensed a lack of any serious attempt to get under the skin of the times. We were presented with something that fell horribly between a 'Carry On' farce and a BBC TV historical drama. It shows how relatively good the adaption of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall was (starring Mark Rylance as Cromwell)." Yomeddine made it into Competition at Cannes, perhaps prematurely. It is a quirky road picture by an Egyptian first-time director. I'm interested in anything Egyptian because I lived there and love the sound of the Egyptian dialect. The Favourite was the NYFF's Opening Night Film. Embrace of the Serpent was a remarkable film and Son of Saul (in my view) even more so. But follow-ups as much as stabs in new directions aren't always a success. As for Yomeddine, it wound up in too feel-good a way, but the use of non-actors was very successful and it is as satisfyingly Egyptian as I could have hoped. Of the four, it was the only one that moved me, and inspired me and my friend to get into an argument.


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Dallas — Dallas Comedy House bills itself as a place for standup, improv, sketch, and storytelling. To that list we can now add "live podcast tapings," as local comics Christie Wallace and Heather McKinney pressed the record button in front of an enthusiastic audience on a Friday night in October.
The podcast, Sinisterhood, takes on a subject from the world of true crime and Forteana, riffs on it, and Wallace and McKinney in the end make individual declarations on their beliefs in the matter.
One of the most pleasant surprises of the taping was the house was probably 95 percent full, but I recognized very few faces, which means not a lot of comedy regulars. Which is to say, Sinisterhood has built their own robust following, independent of the DFW comedy scene.
While their format and subject matter is already tried and true in podcasting, two important distinctions make Sinisterhood a little different, according to Wallace. One is that McKinney is a lawyer, so she can bring some jurisprudent observation into the matters at hand.
The other is that they are improvisers. They support each other. "We are 'yes, and...' comedians," says Wallace. "Yes, and..." is the signature phrase of improv comedy.
The chemistry they have together is obvious from the start, but the same is true for lots of podcasts. Unfortunately, all too many of them take that chemistry to weave an impenetrable spider web of inside jokes that demand listening from episode one.
The women of Sinisterhood deliberately keep their show accessible, whether the listener started listening at episode 1 or episode 25. McKinney explains this in the simplest and sweetest terms.
"We want everyone to feel like our friend."
Episodes drop about once a week at sinisterhood.com.


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From Jodi's blog:
The Bumper Effect
The third graders went bowling today, and oh, what fun it was! The bowling alley had bumpers up in all the lanes, to assist the kids in knocking down the pins. Some balls were thrown with great strength, while others actually stopped in the middle of the lane. Some bounced from bumper to bumper, while others sailed gracefully down the long, slippery lane. And yet again, a little parable for life hit me, this time at the bowling alley.
On hard days, it seems as if our balls will never go straight, as though we are destined to land in the gutter, no matter what we do. But just when all hope seems lost, a "bumper" appears to straighten us out, give us a little bounce and send us on the Right way again.
In my life, these bumpers are a wide variety of things and people. Friends, neighbors, family and loved ones are often the bumpers that help me, guide me, and even correct me when I am off course. Inspirational books and music can also give me a little bounce when I am leaning too far to one side. My dedicated husband daily gives me extra strength to keep going down the lane when it feels I am too slow to ever make it. And for me, the good words of the gospel of Jesus Christ give me constant help when I am too fast, too slow or too crooked. And, on days when I am sailing straight down the line, my bumpers are there to cheer me on my Savior awaits with a warm embrace and encouraging word, whispered through his Spirit.
No matter how many pins we knock down in any given frame, we can always be grateful for the bumpers that helped us get down the lane. Who and what are the bumpers in your life?
My bumpers are the same as Jodi's and I'm so very grateful for each of them! Now if I could just find the parables in life the way my sweet friend does!
Friday, October 1, 2010
The Bumper Effect
From Jodi's blog:
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- Jodi Orgill Brown said...
Wow, what an honor to be on your blog! Thank you, my sweet cyber friend! You just made my day! Love ya!
- October 1, 2010 at 5:05 PM


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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- The active convertible bond market saw two new issues, hitting the shares of Deutsche Telekom and Publicis on Tuesday.
Publicis said it is launching a five-year, 560 million euro convertible bond carrying a coupon between 0.5-1 percent. Hedge fund investors typically short the underlying shares of the convertible bonds they buy.
In DT's case, it is German state bank KfW which is launching a 4.5 billion euro bond deal convertible into shares of Deutsche Telekom, raising the prospect of an increased supply of the telecom's shares. The German government and KfW own 43 percent of DT.
Volume in Deutsche Telekom shares accounted for over half the total trade in the German DAX Xetra 30 index on Tuesday.
Deutsche Post (555200), 18.3 percent owned by KfW, eased 0.6 percent to 12.38 euros per share. Nomura Securities analyst Peter Wyatt said KfW is likely to issue a convertible that converts to Deutsche Post shares if that stock reaches 15 euros per share.
More broadly, the German DAX (1876534) fell 0.1 percent to 3,330 and the French CAC 40 index (1804546) eased 0.1 percent to 3,177.
In the U.S., markets saw a mixed start amid EMC's purchase of a software maker. See story on U.S. markets.
In volatile trade, the euro fell vs. the U.S. dollar to $1.1281.
As in London, market-sensitive media and insurance shares saw strong performances, with insurer Allianz
Oil groups Total
French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen (012150) eased 1.4 percent, in what was seen as profit-taking, after it said it sold 1.69 million vehicles -- 963,000 Peugeots and 726,000 Citroens -- for the first half of the year, a gain of 1.9 percent from the year.
It said that it is on track to meet its 3.35 million vehicles target sales in 2003. In Western Europe, new car registrations rose 0.5 percent to 1.34 million, while outside Western Europe, sales rose 5.5 percent to 362,000 vehicles.
French aluminum group Pechiney
"There is always a margin for maneuver," Gagnier told BFM business radio, asked if Alcan will increase its bid, according to a report on AFX.
Merrill Lynch analysts told clients Tuesday that Alcan's offer for French rival Pechiney has a chance, but at a higher bid. Alcan's willingness to make divestitures to satisfy European Union antitrust regulators "means the bid has a higher chance of eventual success, but in our opinion at a higher price than 41 euro a share." It said Alcan's offer in 60 percent cash and 40 percent stock "may not impress a European investor, and ultimately may create an overhang in Alcan shares."
Steel group Arcelor (005786) declined 1.3 percent amid a Morgan Stanley downgrade to equal-weight from overweight, with the broker citing strike action in Spain, weaker stainless steel prices and lower carbon steel volumes as reasons to downgrade. Morgan Stanley also downgraded its view on the European steel industry to in-line, saying that there are no signs of a sustainable recovery and global steel production to date has outpaced consumption growth.
German May output declines, OECD slashes French forecast
Europe's economic sluggishness was again evident as German industrial production for May declined 0.7 percent month-on-month, and in France, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development cut its growth forecast to less than one percent for the year, from 1.2 percent.
Germany did see a slight improving labor market, with the Bundesbank saying seasonally adjusted unemployment reduced to 10.6 percent in June from 10.7 percent.
German, Italian jibes continue
On the political scene, German and Italians have continued their jibes, with an Italian junior minister calling Germans "hyper-nationalistic blondes that invade Italian beaches" and "ignorant slobs," and the leading German newspaper retorting that said minister has "spaghetti for brains."
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is reportedly considering canceling his Italian vacation over the flap.
The Bild newspaper, responding to Industry Ministry undersecretary Stefano Stefani's criticism, wrote in broken German meant to mock spoken Italian, "Signore Stefano, do you really want us to stay away from your beaches? Then cash till empty, but heart empty too," Reuters reported.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi recently caused an uproar throughout Europe when, upon hearing catcalls from the European Parliament, he likened a German MEP to a Nazi concentration camp guard.


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He traveled with {{npc||Arthas Menethil||Arthas}} to Northrend to hunt {{npc||Mal'Ganis}}. When Arthas and {{npc||Falric}} went missing, he went to search for them alone. He discovered [[Frostmourne Cavern]], where he found Falric. Falric, already converted to a Death Knight by Arthas, slew Thassarian, and thus began his unlife as a death knight.<ref name="WDK" /> Thassarian returned to Lordaeron with Arthas and assisted in the massacre of its citizens. Arthas forced him to slay his mother, {{npc||Vivian}}, to prove his loyalty. This horrific event continued to haunt him, and it remained perhaps his last scrap of humanity for some time.<ref name="WDK" /> Arthas' assault on [[Quel'thalas]] introduced Thassarian to the high elves {{npc||Koltira Deathweaver||Koltira}} and his brother, {{npc||Faltora}}, at [[An'owyn]], where he pursued the mooncrystal to open the second moongate and proceed with their attack. Thassarian nearly killed Faltora, but, upon remembering his mother, he decided to show a moment of mercy. He returned to Arthas with the mooncrystal that he recovered. Koltira later confronted Thassarian and questioned why he didn't murder his brother, hoping to convince him to regain his humanity. This attempt failed, and Thassarian killed Koltira, who was returned to unlife as another death knight. Koltira and Thassarian developed a significant friendship that lasts to this day.<ref name="WDK" /> Years later, the {{npc||Lich King}} ordered his death knights under the leadership of {{npc||Darion Mograine}} to attack [[Light's Hope Chapel]] using the necropolis [[Acherus: The Ebon Hold|Acherus]] with the goal of raising the thousand or so Alliance soldiers buried beneath it to bolster the ranks of the Scourge. The attack on Light's Hope Chapel ended with a defeat for the Death Knights. Many of the family of the Death Knights were buried at Light's Hope Chapel, and the spirits of their relatives rose to convince them to lay down their weapons. Thassarian was convinced by his father, {{npc||Killoren}}, to stand down. Mograine declared the independence of the [[Knights of the Ebon Blade]]. Thassarian confronted {{npc||Varian Wrynn||King Varian Wrynn}} to accept the Knights of Ebon Blade as allies and to readmit its members as members of the Alliance.<ref name="WDK" /> ==World of Warcraft== {{wotlk-section}} He is first encountered in [[Acherus: The Ebon Hold]] as a level 55 standing next to {{npc||Orbaz Bloodbane}} and {{npc||Koltira Deathweaver}}. In phase two after completing {{questlong|Neutral|55|Victory At Death's Breach!}}, he relocates to the [[Scarlet Tavern]] with Bloodbane, where he is involved in the following quests: #{{queststart}}{{questlong|Neutral|55|Brothers In Death}} #{{questfinish}}{{questlong|Neutral|55|Bloody Breakout}} #{{queststart}}{{questlong|Neutral|55|A Cry For Vengeance!}} #{{questfinish}}{{questlong|Neutral|55|A Sort Of Homecoming}} He shows up at the [[Battle for Light's Hope Chapel]] as a level 60 elite taking part in {{questlong|Neutral|55|The Light of Dawn}}. He next appears for all classes at [[the Wailing Ziggurat]] in [[Borean Tundra]], where he is involved in the following quests: #{{questfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|72|Thassarian, the Death Knight}} #{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|71|Finding the Phylactery}} #{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|72|Buying Some Time}} #{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|72|Words of Power}} #{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|72G3|Last Rites}} Thassarian can later be found aboard the Alliance airship the ''[[Skybreaker]]'' above the skies of [[Icecrown]]. He is involved in quests that unfold [[The Shadow Vault]] among others. He also plays a part in the unfolding storyline of ''Wrath of The Lich King''. *{{questfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|77|...All the Help We Can Get.}} *{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|77|Poke and Prod (Alliance)|Poke and Prod}} **{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|78|That's Abominable! (Alliance)|That's Abominable!}} *{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|80 G3|Against the Giants (Alliance)|Against the Giants}} **{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|80 G5|Coprous the Defiled (Alliance)|Coprous the Defiled}} *{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|80 G5|Basic Chemistry (Alliance)|Basic Chemistry}} **{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|77 G5|Neutralizing the Plague (Alliance)|Neutralizing the Plague}} *{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|80|Sneak Preview (Alliance)|Sneak Preview}} *{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|77|Drag and Drop (Alliance)|Drag and Drop}} **{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|77|Not a Bug (Alliance)|Not a Bug}} **{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|77 G3|Need More Info (Alliance)|Need More Info}} ***{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|77 G5|No Rest For The Wicked (Alliance)|No Rest For The Wicked}} ***{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|77 G5|The Ironwall Rampart (Alliance)|The Ironwall Rampart}} ***{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|77 G5|Before the Gate of Horror (Alliance)|Before the Gate of Horror}} ****{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|77 G5|Shatter the Shards (Alliance)|Shatter the Shards}} ****{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|79 G5|The Guardians of Corp'rethar (Alliance)|The Guardians of Corp'rethar}} *{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|80|Chain of Command (Alliance)|Chain of Command}} *{{queststart}}{{questlong|Alliance|80|Cannot Reproduce (Alliance)|Cannot Reproduce}} *{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|80|Raise the Barricades (Alliance)|Raise the Barricades}} *{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|80|Bloodspattered Banners (Alliance)|Bloodspattered Banners}} *{{queststart}}{{questlong|Alliance|80|Exploiting an Opening}} *{{questfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|80|Return to the Surface (Alliance)|Return to the Surface}} *{{queststart}}{{questlong|Alliance|80|Field Repairs (Alliance)|Field Repairs}} *{{questfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|80|Futility (Alliance)|Futility}} *{{queststartfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|80|Sindragosa's Fall}} *{{queststart}}{{questlong|Alliance|80|It's All Fun and Games (Alliance)|It's All Fun and Games}} *{{questfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|80|If He Cannot Be Turned (Alliance)|If He Cannot Be Turned}} *{{queststart}}{{questlong|Alliance|80|The Shadow Vault (Alliance)|The Shadow Vault}} *{{questfinish}}{{questlong|Alliance|80|Knowledge is a Terrible Burden (Alliance)|Knowledge is a Terrible Burden}} *{{queststart}}{{questlong|Alliance|80|Tirion's Help}} ==Cataclysm== {{Cata-section}} [[File:WoWScrnShot_042314_001555.jpg|thumb|250px|At the Battle for Andorhal Thassarian]] The Alliance and Forsaken are fighting over control of Andorhal and the remaining Scourge presence there. The Alliance, led by Thassarian, have taken control of the western portion of the town while the Forsaken, led by Koltira Deathweaver, have taken control of the eastern portion.<ref>[http://www.worldofraids.com/topic/17178-cataclysm-lore-details/ Cataclysm Lore Details - World of Raids Forums]</ref> Over the course of the [[Battle for Andorhal]] Thassarian sends Alliance heroes to deal with the remaining scourge forces and after defeating the leaders, Thassarian and Koltira enter a truce. Some time afterwards Alliance forces launched a failed assault on the Forsaken. During the Forsaken counter attack Thassarian flees and his minion Lurid is killed. <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsw78wHlhrE&feature=channel </ref> With the Battle of Andorhal over, Thassarian heads off to [[Tirisfal Glades]] to hunt Sylvanas in an attempt to find out what happened to Koltira. <ref> http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25968750004&postId=262602230514&sid=2000#39 </ref> ==Gallery== <gallery captionalign="left"> File:Thassarian-ebonhold.jpg|Thassarian in [[Acherus: The Ebon Hold]]. File:Thassarian.jpg|Thassarian at the [[Wailing Ziggurat]] in [[Borean Tundra]]. File:Thassarian and Lurid - The Skybreaker.jpg|Thassarian and Lurid onboard the ''[[Skybreaker]]''. File:DeathKnightCoverArtwork.jpg|Thassarian as he appears on the cover of [[Death Knight (manga)|Death Knight]]. </gallery> ==Trivia== Even while he was in service of the Lich King, Thassarian seemed to be a noble person. After sending the player to rescue Koltira Deathweaver — against the code of the Scourge death knight — {{npc||Orbaz Bloodbane}} asked why he cared. Thassarian replied that, though they may have been hated enemies in life, "In death, we are brothers." *His blades use the same model as the two-handed sword {{item|Endbringer}}. ==Manga== ''[[Death Knight (manga)|Death Knight]]'', a manga from TokyoPop, tells the story of Thassarian. The manga was released in December 2009.<ref>http://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/warcraft_death_knight_front_cover</ref> ==Quotes== :"All I ever wished was to serve {{npc||Varian Wrynn||my king}} once again. For [[human]]ity, against a {{npc||Lich King||common enemy}}. :Instead, I find that [[Valiance Expedition|our numbers]] have been infiltrated by [[Cult of the Damned|cultist]] scum.... and all of the signs point to [[Naxxanar]] as the origin of this rot." ;The quest {{quest|Last Rites}} :''See [[Quest:Last Rites#Notes|Dialog]] between Thassarian and various others atop [[Naxxanar]]. ;To {{npc||Tanathal}} Speak, [[Lich]]! [[Undead|Undeath]] won't save you from what I'll put you through! :"With the death of the [[The Lich King]], all I have left is my duty. There is no family, there are no friends... there is only this. War." ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {| class=darktable |- !Ebon Hold !! Scarlet Tavern !! Light's Hope !!Wailing Ziggurat !! The Skybreaker !! 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Anyone who knows me well knows that I LOVE goat cheese. If there is something on a menu that has this deliciously smooth and tangy delicacy, I will probably order it. So, it is much to my excitement that I introduce the Cheetah Conservation Fund's newest program to help in the efforts to curb carnivore-human conflict, the grand opening of the cheese shop The Dancing Goat Creamery!
The creamery is located at CCF's Research & Education Centre just outside of Otjiwarongo, Namibia, Africa. Visitors of the Centre will be able to watch the cheese-making process through large windows located by the café where the cheese, as well as ice cream and fudge, will be served daily. Head cheesemaker, Sherien Garoes, makes various varieties of cheese with the goat's milk – feta, chèvre and ricotta, to name a few. While you can only get the ice cream and fudge at CCF, the cheese will be sold in stores around Namibia.*
The cheese is made from Saanen and French Alphine dairy goats which are raised at CCF using carnivore-friendly farming practices. The cheese, along with being delicious and nutritious, will act as an educational tool, displaying the success of CCF's Model Farm and proving that livestock and cheetahs can live together. CCF offers hands-on seminars and symposiums throughout the year and the Model Farm is open to the public, encouraging local farmers to learn non-lethal predator management strategies. By having products on the market that are a direct result of these strategies CCF believes it will not only encourage local farmers to jump on the carnivore-friendly bandwagon but will help to contribute to local food production and the economy through the support of local farming.
*Creamery products are available for purchase at the Namibian businesses Maerua Superspar, Fruit & Veg City, Geocarta Namibia, and Pure & Simple in Windhoek; Desert Hill in Swakopmund; Spar in Omaruru; and Theo's Spar in Otjiwarongo.
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Sugru is silicone rubber, not polymer clay. It is fast-curing and super useful, though.
Also, I know you guys need to squeeze your Amazon referral link in there, but couldn't you have linked the actual product website as well? Sugru's history and applications should be of great interest to happy mutants.
Thanks. Sugru looks interesting.
It does look like a great idea! I'm not going to be a nay-sayer, but just remember:
BE CAREFUL. Please.
yeah, I thought the maxim was never put anything into your ear smaller than your elbow
This looks like the kind of thing that looks easy to do and most people would have no problem but would end up with me in the emergency room.
When I was six, my uncle showed me a magic trick where it looks like you're sticking a cherry pit up your nose. Sure enough, an ER doctor had to remove the cherry pit from my nose.
I'll stick with holding a transistor radio up to my ear.
Sugru is the best. I bought my wife a little sampler pack and she's doing all sorts of stuff with it. I even fixed a cable for my headphones.
Or you could just buy a set of in-ear headphones (personally I would recomend some from my favorite german audio equipment manufacturer) which are both designed to mould themselves to your ear and made in a way so as to not leak half the bass in a direction away from your ear.
Unless you are one of those people (like the human I love the most) who has a terrible habit of losing earbuds or washing them. Or you are like me and occasionally smash earbuds in car doors or step on them. Or you have a cat that likes to dig them out of your purse and drag them around the house. That gets expensive really fast. We buy earbuds from monoprice.com. http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=108&cp_id=10823&cs_id=1082303&p_id=8321&seq=1&format=2
inexpensive, minimal packaging, work well, sound good, and no big deal if a pair is destroyed.
I love sugru. I've used it to fix and improve everything from a pair of boots, chips in the case of my computer, to a wiggling shelf. I used it to create a loop on a laundrymat smartcard, so I could attach the card to a badge reel and the reel to my jeans. Never lost the smartcard after that. When we no longer needed the card, I decided to test how tough that loop was… very tough! I couldn't get it off the card without the use of a very sharp knife. The surgru had bonded really well to the card.
What could possibly go wrong?
I always thought that was just something you say so you can laugh while watching people trying to put their elbow in their ear, like telling people that "you can't kick yourself in the nuts".
For those of you who have not heard of Sugru before and are skeptical, it is amazing stuff. Lots and lots of examples of really ingenious uses are posted everywhere online. Great history behind its development too. I always keep some packets stored in my refrigerator, there's just too many things Sugru can be used to make annoying things function a little better.
Here's somebody who took it one step further (which is what I thought the OP would be, actually): http://www.instructables.com/id/Custom-full-ear-silicone-earpieces-via-the-magic-o/
I bought some of this stuff and smooshed it around my earbuds and let it set. Light, perfect fit.
Annoyingly, Amazon.com doesn't ship that stuff to Canada. Have to buy it from Amazon.ca, where it is significantly more expensive. Booo Amazon! But apparently Bass Pro Shops sells it too - I guess if you're a hunter, ear protection is a good thing.
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With SharePoint Workspace Mobile, you can open, edit, and save Microsoft Office documents that are on a SharePoint 2013 site or on SharePoint Online sites, which are available with Microsoft Office 365. Just go to the Office Hub to get started.
- Unless your organization uses a Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) server, you can only access a SharePoint 2013 site if you're in the office and connected to your organization's Wi-Fi network. For more info, see Connect to a Wi-Fi network.
- You can access documents that are on a SharePoint Online site at any time and from any location by using your phone's cellular data connection or any Wi-Fi connection that lets you connect to the Internet.
To open a SharePoint site for the first time on your phone
- On Start, flick left to the App list, and then tap Office .
- Flick to Locations, and then tap SharePoint.
If you already signed in on your phone with an email account that you have as part of Microsoft Office 365 and your plan includes SharePoint Online, your SharePoint team site will already appear in Locations. Just tap the team site to open it.
- Next to https://, type the address for a SharePoint site, document library, list, or folder, and then tap Go .
If you have an Exchange email account set up on your phone, SharePoint will try to use that user name and password information to sign in to the SharePoint site. If you don't have one set up on your phone, you'll be prompted to enter your user name and password.
- If you're prompted to sign in, do one of the following:
- If the Microsoft Office 365 sign-in page appears, type your user ID in the corresponding box, type your password in the Password box, and then tap Sign in.
- If the Site screen displays, tap the User name box, and type your user name. Type your password in the Password box, tap Domain, and then type the domain for your account. For example, if you log on as "domainName/user" at work, you'd type domainName. Tap Done.
- Tap More > Bookmark this link > OK in the Link added screen to bookmark the link for later.
To open another SharePoint site or location later on, flick to Locations in the Office Hub, and then tap New . On the Open URL screen, type the SharePoint site address, and then tap Go .
To browse a SharePoint site
- In the Office Hub, flick to Locations.
- Tap the SharePoint site, document library, list, or folder that you want to browse.
- Tap Up to go up one level in the SharePoint site.
- To open the SharePoint site in your phone's web browser, tap More > Open in browser.
To search the SharePoint site for a document
- In the Office Hub, flick to Locations.
- Tap the SharePoint site, document library, list, or folder that you want to search.
- To search the current view for a document, tap Search . In the Search box, start typing the document name, and then tap the document when you see it.
- If no matches are found in the current view, tap Search for documents on to search for the document on the SharePoint site.
- Tap the document to open it on your phone.
To open, edit, and save changes to an Office document on a SharePoint site
From your phone, you can open and edit any Office file stored on a SharePoint site.
- In the Office Hub, flick to Locations.
- Tap the SharePoint site, document library, list, or folder that has the document that you want to open and edit.
- Tap the document that you want to open.
A copy is downloaded to your phone.
- Make and save your changes as you normally would.
The changes you make will be saved on the SharePoint site. Other people in your company or organization can then open the same version of the document that you modified.
- Press the Back button to return to SharePoint Workspace Mobile.
To connect to a SharePoint 2013 site from outside your company's network
If your organization uses a UAG server, you can connect to a SharePoint 2013 site when you're away from the office by using either Wi-Fi or your phone's cellular data connection. To do this, you'll first need to configure the UAG server settings on your phone.
- On Start, flick left to the App list, tap Settings > Applications > Office.
- Tap UAG server.
- On the UAG server screen, do the following, and then tap Done:
- In the UAG server address box, type the server address, beginning with https://.
- In the User name box, type your domain and user name. For example, if you log on to your computer using domainName\user, you would type domainName\user in the box.
- In the Password box, type your password.
To resolve a conflict
A conflict can occur if you're editing a document from your phone, make some changes, and then try to save your changes to the SharePoint site after someone else has also made changes to the same document. When this occurs, you need to resolve the conflict before you can save the document back to the SharePoint site.
- If the Can't upload message box is still displayed, tap OK.
- In the Office Hub, flick to Locations, tap the SharePoint site, tap and hold the document that has the upload error underneath it, and then tap View status.
- Tap Resolve on the Upload status screen.
- On the Conflict resolution screen, do one of the following, depending on what you want to do:
- To update the document on your phone with the latest copy from the SharePoint site, tap Replace item on phone, and then tap Refresh copy. Warning: The changes you made to the document on your phone will be lost.
- To save a copy of the document that's on your phone to the SharePoint site, tap Replace item on server, and then tap Refresh copy. Your copy will be saved to the SharePoint site and will overwrite the current version that's on it.
- To keep both versions of the document, rename your copy of the document on your phone. Tap Save as, type a file name in the File name box, and then tap Save. Sync your phone with the server so that you also have the newer version of the document from the server, and you'll have both copies to compare on your phone.
To keep an offline copy of a document on your phone
You can make sure a copy of a document always remains on your phone by keeping it offline. When you do this, a partnership is set up between the copy on the SharePoint site and the one on your phone. If the copy on the SharePoint site is updated and you open the copy of the document that's on your phone, you'll be notified and can open the newer version on your phone. Likewise, you can make changes to the document on your phone and save them back to the SharePoint site.
- In the Office Hub, flick to Locations.
- Tap the SharePoint site, document library, list, or folder that contains the document that you want to keep offline on your phone.
- Tap and hold the document, and then tap Always keep offline.
To email a link to a SharePoint site
- In the Office Hub, flick to Locations.
- Tap and hold the SharePoint site, and then tap Send link.
- Tap an email account name.
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You can also tap and hold on a document library, list, folder, or document, and then tap Send link to send a link to one of these items.


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Cowboy Golf
In the whirl of the succeeding days it was a mooted question whether
Madeline's guests or her cowboys or herself got the keenest enjoyment
out of the flying time. Considering the sameness of the cowboys'
ordinary life, she was inclined to think they made the most of the
present. Stillwell and Stewart, however, had found the situation trying.
The work of the ranch had to go on, and some of it got sadly neglected.
Stillwell could not resist the ladies any more than he could resist the
fun in the extraordinary goings-on of the cowboys. Stewart alone kept
the business of cattle-raising from a serious setback. Early and late
he was in the saddle, driving the lazy Mexicans whom he had hired to
relieve the cowboys.
One morning in June Madeline was sitting on the porch with her merry
friends when Stillwell appeared on the corral path. He had not come
to consult Madeline for several days--an omission so unusual as to be
"Here comes Bill--in trouble," laughed Florence.
Indeed, he bore some faint resemblance to a thundercloud as he
approached the porch; but the greetings he got from Madeline's party,
especially from Helen and Dorothy, chased away the blackness from his
face and brought the wonderful wrinkling smile.
"Miss Majesty, sure I'm a sad demoralized old cattleman," he said,
presently. "An' I'm in need of a heap of help."
"What's wrong now?" asked Madeline, with her encouraging smile.
"Wal, it's so amazin' strange what cowboys will do. I jest am about to
give up. Why, you might say my cowboys were all on strike for vacations.
What do you think of that? We've changed the shifts, shortened hours,
let one an' another off duty, hired Greasers, an', in fact, done
everythin' that could be thought of. But this vacation idee growed
worse. When Stewart set his foot down, then the boys begin to get sick.
Never in my born days as a cattleman have I heerd of so many diseases.
An' you ought to see how lame an' crippled an' weak many of the boys
have got all of a sudden. The idee of a cowboy comin' to me with a
sore finger an' askin' to be let off for a day! There's Booly. Now I've
knowed a hoss to fall all over him, an' onct he rolled down a canyon.
Never bothered him at all. He's got a blister on his heel, a ridin'
blister, an' he says it's goin' to blood-poisonin' if he doesn't rest.
There's Jim Bell. He's developed what he says is spinal mengalootis,
or some such like. There's Frankie Slade. He swore he had scarlet fever
because his face burnt so red, I guess, an' when I hollered that scarlet
fever was contagious an' he must be put away somewhere, he up an' says
he guessed it wasn't that. But he was sure awful sick an' needed to loaf
around an' be amused. Why, even Nels doesn't want to work these days. If
it wasn't for Stewart, who's had Greasers with the cattle, I don't know
what I'd do."
"Why all this sudden illness and idleness?" asked Madeline.
"Wal, you see, the truth is every blamed cowboy on the range except
Stewart thinks it's his bounden duty to entertain the ladies."
"I think that is just fine!" exclaimed Dorothy Coombs; and she joined in
the general laugh.
"Stewart, then, doesn't care to help entertain us?" inquired Helen, in
curious interest. "Wal, Miss Helen, Stewart is sure different from the
other cowboys," replied Stillwell. "Yet he used to be like them. There
never was a cowboy fuller of the devil than Gene. But he's changed. He's
foreman here, an' that must be it. All the responsibility rests on him.
He sure has no time for amusin' the ladies."
"I imagine that is our loss," said Edith Wayne, in her earnest way. "I
admire him."
"Stillwell, you need not be so distressed with what is only gallantry in
the boys, even if it does make a temporary confusion in the work," said
"Miss Majesty, all I said is not the half, nor the quarter, nor nuthin'
of what's troublin' me," answered he, sadly.
"Very well; unburden yourself."
"Wal, the cowboys, exceptin' Gene, have gone plumb batty, jest plain
crazy over this heah game of gol-lof."
A merry peal of mirth greeted Stillwell's solemn assertion.
"Oh, Stillwell, you are in fun," replied Madeline.
"I hope to die if I'm not in daid earnest," declared the cattleman.
"It's an amazin' strange fact. Ask Flo. She'll tell you. She knows
cowboys, an' how if they ever start on somethin' they ride it as they
ride a hoss."
Florence being appealed to, and evidently feeling all eyes upon her,
modestly replied that Stillwell had scarcely misstated the situation.
"Cowboys play like they work or fight," she added. "They give their
whole souls to it. They are great big simple boys."
"Indeed they are," said Madeline. "Oh, I'm glad if they like the game of
golf. They have so little play."
"Wal, somethin's got to be did if we're to go on raisin' cattle at Her
Majesty's Rancho," replied Stillwell. He appeared both deliberate and
Madeline remembered that despite Stillwell's simplicity he was as deep
as any of his cowboys, and there was absolutely no gaging him where
possibilities of fun were concerned. Madeline fancied that his
exaggerated talk about the cowboys' sudden craze for golf was in line
with certain other remarkable tales that had lately emanated from him.
Some very strange things had occurred of late, and it was impossible to
tell whether or not they were accidents, mere coincidents, or deep-laid,
skilfully worked-out designs of the fun-loving cowboys. Certainly there
had been great fun, and at the expense of her guests, particularly
Castleton. So Madeline was at a loss to know what to think about
Stillwell's latest elaboration. From mere force of habit she sympathized
with him and found difficulty in doubting his apparent sincerity.
"To go back a ways," went on Stillwell, as Madeline looked up
expectantly, "you recollect what pride the boys took in fixin' up that
gol-lof course out on the mesa? Wal, they worked on that job, an' though
I never seen any other course, I'll gamble yours can't be beat. The boys
was sure curious about that game. You recollect also how they all wanted
to see you an' your brother play, an' be caddies for you? Wal, whenever
you'd quit they'd go to work tryin' to play the game. Monty Price, he
was the leadin' spirit. Old as I am, Miss Majesty, an' used as I am to
cowboy excentrikities, I nearly dropped daid when I heered that little
hobble-footed, burned-up Montana cow-puncher say there wasn't any
game too swell for him, an' gol-lof was just his speed. Serious as a
preacher, mind you, he was. An' he was always practisin'. When Stewart
gave him charge of the course an' the club-house an' all them funny
sticks, why, Monty was tickled to death. You see, Monty is sensitive
that he ain't much good any more for cowboy work. He was glad to have a
job that he didn't feel he was hangin' to by kindness. Wal, he practised
the game, an' he read the books in the club-house, an' he got the boys
to doin' the same. That wasn't very hard, I reckon. They played early
an' late an' in the moonlight. For a while Monty was coach, an' the boys
stood it. But pretty soon Frankie Slade got puffed on his game, an' he
had to have it out with Monty. Wal, Monty beat him bad. Then one after
another the other boys tackled Monty. He beat them all. After that they
split up an' begin to play matches, two on a side. For a spell this
worked fine. But cowboys can't never be satisfied long onless they win
all the time. Monty an' Link Stevens, both cripples, you might say,
joined forces an' elected to beat all comers. Wal, they did, an' that's
the trouble. Long an' patient the other cowboys tried to beat them two
game legs, an' hevn't done it. Mebbe if Monty an' Link was perfectly
sound in their legs like the other cowboys there wouldn't hev been such
a holler. But no sound cowboys'll ever stand for a disgrace like that.
Why, down at the bunks in the evenin's it's some mortifyin' the way
Monty an' Link crow over the rest of the outfit. They've taken on
superior airs. You couldn't reach up to Monty with a trimmed spruce
pole. An' Link--wal, he's just amazin' scornful.
"'It's a swell game, ain't it?' says Link, powerful sarcastic. 'Wal,
what's hurtin' you low-down common cowmen? You keep harpin' on Monty's
game leg an' on my game leg. If we hed good legs we'd beat you all the
wuss. It's brains that wins in gol-lof. Brains an' airstoocratik blood,
which of the same you fellers sure hev little.'
"An' then Monty he blows smoke powerful careless an' superior, an' he
"'Sure it's a swell game. You cow-headed gents think beef an' brawn
ought to hev the call over skill an' gray matter. You'll all hev to back
up an' get down. Go out an' learn the game. You don't know a baffy from
a Chinee sandwich. All you can do is waggle with a club an' fozzle the
"Whenever Monty gets to usin' them queer names the boys go round kind of
dotty. Monty an' Link hev got the books an' directions of the game, an'
they won't let the other boys see them. They show the rules, but
that's all. An', of course, every game ends in a row almost before it's
started. The boys are all turrible in earnest about this gol-lof. An' I
want to say, for the good of ranchin', not to mention a possible fight,
that Monty an' Link hev got to be beat. There'll be no peace round this
ranch till that's done."
Madeline's guests were much amused. As for herself, in spite of her
scarcely considered doubt, Stillwell's tale of woe occasioned her
anxiety. However, she could hardly control her mirth.
"What in the world can I do?"
"Wal, I reckon I couldn't say. I only come to you for advice. It seems
that a queer kind of game has locoed my cowboys, an' for the time bein'
ranchin' is at a standstill. Sounds ridiculous, I know, but cowboys are
as strange as wild cattle. All I'm sure of is that the conceit has got
to be taken out of Monty an' Link. Onct, just onct, will square it, an'
then we can resoome our work."
"Stillwell, listen," said Madeline, brightly. "We'll arrange a match
game, a foursome, between Monty and Link and your best picked team.
Castleton, who is an expert golfer, will umpire. My sister, and friends,
and I will take turns as caddies for your team. That will be fair,
considering yours is the weaker. Caddies may coach, and perhaps expert
advice is all that is necessary for your team to defeat Monty's."
"A grand idee," declared Stillwell, with instant decision. "When can we
have this match game?"
"Why, to-day--this afternoon. We'll all ride out to the links."
"Wal, I reckon I'll be some indebted to you, Miss Majesty, an' all your
guests," replied Stillwell, warmly. He rose with sombrero in hand, and a
twinkle in his eye that again prompted Madeline to wonder. "An' now I'll
be goin' to fix up for the game of cowboy gol-lof. Adios."
The idea was as enthusiastically received by Madeline's guests as it had
been by Stillwell. They were highly amused and speculative to the
point of taking sides and making wagers on their choice. Moreover, this
situation so frankly revealed by Stillwell had completed their deep
mystification. They were now absolutely nonplussed by the singular
character of American cowboys. Madeline was pleased to note how
seriously they had taken the old cattleman's story. She had a little
throb of wild expectancy that made her both fear and delight in the
afternoon's prospect.
The June days had set in warm; in fact, hot during the noon hours: and
this had inculcated in her insatiable visitors a tendency to profit
by the experience of those used to the Southwest. They indulged in the
restful siesta during the heated term of the day.
Madeline was awakened by Majesty's well-known whistle and pounding on
the gravel. Then she heard the other horses. When she went out she found
her party assembled in gala golf attire, and with spirits to match their
costumes. Castleton, especially, appeared resplendent in a golf coat
that beggared description. Madeline had faint misgivings when she
reflected on what Monty and Nels and Nick might do under the influence
of that blazing garment.
"Oh. Majesty," cried Helen, as Madeline went up to her horse, "don't
make him kneel! Try that flying mount. We all want to see it. It's so
"But that way, too, I must have him kneel," said Madeline, "or I can't
reach the stirrup. He's so tremendously high."
Madeline had to yield to the laughing insistence of her friends, and
after all of them except Florence were up she made Majesty go down on
one knee. Then she stood on his left side, facing back, and took a good
firm grip on the bridle and pommel and his mane. After she had slipped
the toe of her boot firmly into the stirrup she called to Majesty. He
jumped and swung her up into the saddle.
"Now just to see how it ought to be done watch Florence," said Madeline.
The Western girl was at her best in riding-habit and with her horse. It
was beautiful to see the ease and grace with which she accomplished the
cowboys' flying mount. Then she led the party down the slope and across
the flat to climb the mesa.
Madeline never saw a group of her cowboys without looking them over,
almost unconsciously, for her foreman, Gene Stewart. This afternoon, as
usual, he was not present. However, she now had a sense--of which she
was wholly conscious--that she was both disappointed and irritated. He
had really not been attentive to her guests, and he, of all her
cowboys, was the one of whom they wanted most to see something. Helen,
particularly, had asked to have him attend the match. But Stewart was
with the cattle. Madeline thought of his faithfulness, and was ashamed
of her momentary lapse into that old imperious habit of desiring things
irrespective of reason.
Stewart, however, immediately slipped out of her mind as she surveyed
the group of cowboys on the links. By actual count there were sixteen,
not including Stillwell. And the same number of splendid horses, all
shiny and clean, grazed on the rim in the care of Mexican lads. The
cowboys were on dress-parade, looking very different in Madeline's eyes,
at least, from the way cowboys usually appeared. But they were real and
natural to her guests; and they were so picturesque that they might have
been stage cowboys instead of real ones. Sombreros with silver
buckles and horsehair bands were in evidence; and bright silk scarfs,
embroidered vests, fringed and ornamented chaps, huge swinging guns, and
clinking silver spurs lent a festive appearance.
Madeline and her party were at once eagerly surrounded by the cowboys,
and she found it difficult to repress a smile. If these cowboys were
still remarkable to her, what must they be to her guests?
"Wal, you-all raced over, I seen," said Stillwell, taking Madeline's
bridle. "Get down--get down. We're sure amazin' glad an' proud. An',
Miss Majesty, I'm offerin' to beg pawdin for the way the boys are
packin' guns. Mebbe it ain't polite. But it's Stewart's orders."
"Stewart's orders!" echoed Madeline. Her friends were suddenly silent.
"I reckon he won't take no chances on the boys bein' surprised sudden
by raiders. An' there's raiders operatin' in from the Guadalupes. That's
all. Nothin' to worry over. I was just explainin'."
Madeline, with several of her party, expressed relief, but Helen showed
excitement and then disappointment.
"Oh, I want something to happen!" she cried.
Sixteen pairs of keen cowboy eyes fastened intently upon her pretty,
petulant face; and Madeline divined, if Helen did not, that the desired
consummation was not far off.
"So do I," said Dot Coombs. "It would be perfectly lovely to have a real
The gaze of the sixteen cowboys shifted and sought the demure face of
this other discontented girl. Madeline laughed, and Stillwell wore his
strange, moving smile.
"Wal, I reckon you ladies sure won't have to go home unhappy," he said.
"Why, as boss of this heah outfit I'd feel myself disgraced forever if
you didn't have your wish. Just wait. An' now, ladies, the matter on
hand may not be amusin' or excitin' to you; but to this heah cowboy
outfit it's powerful important. An' all the help you can give us will
sure be thankfully received. Take a look across the links. Do you-all
see them two apologies for human bein's prancin' like a couple of
hobbled broncs? Wal, you're gazin' at Monty Price an' Link Stevens,
who have of a sudden got too swell to associate with their old bunkies.
They're practisin' for the toornament. They don't want my boys to see
how they handle them crooked clubs."
"Have you picked your team?" inquired Madeline.
Stillwell mopped his red face with an immense bandana, and showed
something of confusion and perplexity.
"I've sixteen boys, an' they all want to play," he replied. "Pickin' the
team ain't goin' to be an easy job. Mebbe it won't be healthy, either.
There's Nels and Nick. They just stated cheerful-like that if they
didn't play we won't have any game at all. Nick never tried before, an'
Nels, all he wants is to get a crack at Monty with one of them crooked
"I suggest you let all your boys drive from the tee and choose the two
who drive the farthest," said Madeline.
Stillwell's perplexed face lighted up.
"Wal, that's a plumb good idee. The boys'll stand for that."
Wherewith he broke up the admiring circle of cowboys round the ladies.
"Grap a rope--I mean a club--all you cow-punchers, an' march over hyar
an' take a swipe at this little white bean."
The cowboys obeyed with alacrity. There was considerable difficulty over
the choice of clubs and who should try first. The latter question had
to be adjusted by lot. However, after Frankie Slade made several
ineffectual attempts to hit the ball from the teeing-ground, at last to
send it only a few yards, the other players were not so eager to follow.
Stillwell had to push Booly forward, and Booly executed a most miserable
shot and retired to the laughing comments of his comrades. The efforts
of several succeeding cowboys attested to the extreme difficulty of
making a good drive.
"Wal, Nick, it's your turn," said Stillwell.
"Bill, I ain't so all-fired particular about playin'," replied Nick.
"Why? You was roarin' about it a little while ago. Afraid to show how
bad you'll play?"
"Nope, jest plain consideration for my feller cow-punchers," answered
Nick, with spirit. "I'm appreciatin' how bad they play, an' I'm not mean
enough to show them up."
"Wal, you've got to show me," said Stillwell. "I know you never seen
a gol-lof stick in your life. What's more, I'll bet you can't hit that
little ball square--not in a dozen cracks at it."
"Bill, I'm also too much of a gent to take your money. But you know I'm
from Missouri. Gimme a club."
Nick's angry confidence seemed to evaporate as one after another he took
up and handled the clubs. It was plain that he had never before wielded
one. But, also, it was plain that he was not the kind of a man to give
in. Finally he selected a driver, looked doubtfully at the small knob,
and then stepped into position on the teeing-ground.
Nick Steele stood six feet four inches in height. He had the rider's
wiry slenderness, yet he was broad of shoulder. His arms were long.
Manifestly he was an exceedingly powerful man. He swung the driver
aloft and whirled it down with a tremendous swing. Crack! The white ball
disappeared, and from where it had been rose a tiny cloud of dust.
Madeline's quick sight caught the ball as it lined somewhat to the
right. It was shooting low and level with the speed of a bullet. It went
up and up in swift, beautiful flight, then lost its speed and began to
sail, to curve, to drop; and it fell out of sight beyond the rim of the
mesa. Madeline had never seen a drive that approached this one. It was
magnificent, beyond belief except for actual evidence of her own eyes.
The yelling of the cowboys probably brought Nick Steele out of the
astounding spell with which he beheld his shot. Then Nick, suddenly
alive to the situation, recovered from his trance and, resting
nonchalantly upon his club, he surveyed Stillwell and the boys. After
their first surprised outburst they were dumb.
"You-all seen thet?" Nick grandly waved his hand. "Thaught I was
joshin', didn't you? Why, I used to go to St. Louis an' Kansas City to
play this here game. There was some talk of the golf clubs takin' me
down East to play the champions. But I never cared fer the game. Too
easy fer me! Them fellers back in Missouri were a lot of cheap dubs,
anyhow, always kickin' because whenever I hit a ball hard I always lost
it. Why, I hed to hit sort of left-handed to let 'em stay in my class.
Now you-all can go ahead an' play Monty an' Link. I could beat 'em both,
playin' with one hand, if I wanted to. But I ain't interested. I jest
hit thet ball off the mesa to show you. I sure wouldn't be seen playin'
on your team."
With that Nick sauntered away toward the horses. Stillwell appeared
crushed. And not a scornful word was hurled after Nick, which fact
proved the nature of his victory. Then Nels strode into the limelight.
As far as it was possible for this iron-faced cowboy to be so, he was
bland and suave. He remarked to Stillwell and the other cowboys that
sometimes it was painful for them to judge of the gifts of superior
cowboys such as belonged to Nick and himself. He picked up the club
Nick had used and called for a new ball. Stillwell carefully built up
a little mound of sand and, placing the ball upon it, squared away to
watch. He looked grim and expectant.
Nels was not so large a man as Nick, and did not look so formidable
as he waved his club at the gaping cowboys. Still he was lithe,
tough, strong. Briskly, with a debonair manner, he stepped up and then
delivered a mighty swing at the ball. He missed. The power and momentum
of his swing flung him off his feet, and he actually turned upside down
and spun round on his head. The cowboys howled. Stillwell's stentorian
laugh rolled across the mesa. Madeline and her guests found it
impossible to restrain their mirth. And when Nels got up he cast a
reproachful glance at Madeline. His feelings were hurt.
His second attempt, not by any means so violent, resulted in as clean a
miss as the first, and brought jeers from the cowboys. Nels's red face
flamed redder. Angrily he swung again. The mound of sand spread over the
teeing-ground and the exasperating little ball rolled a few inches. This
time he had to build up the sand mound and replace the ball himself.
Stillwell stood scornfully by, and the boys addressed remarks to Nels.
"Take off them blinders," said one.
"Nels, your eyes are shore bad," said another.
"You don't hit where you look."
"Nels, your left eye has sprung a limp."
"Why, you dog-goned old fule, you cain't hit thet bawl."
Nels essayed again, only to meet ignominious failure. Then carefully
he gathered himself together, gaged distance, balanced the club, swung
cautiously. And the head of the club made a beautiful curve round the
"Shore it's jest thet crooked club," he declared.
He changed clubs and made another signal failure. Rage suddenly
possessing him, he began to swing wildly. Always, it appeared, the
illusive little ball was not where he aimed. Stillwell hunched his huge
bulk, leaned hands on knees, and roared his riotous mirth. The cowboys
leaped up and down in glee.
"You cain't hit thet bawl," sang out one of the noisiest. A few more
whirling, desperate lunges on the part of Nels, all as futile as if
the ball had been thin air, finally brought to the dogged cowboy a
realization that golf was beyond him.
Stillwell bawled: "Oh, haw, haw, haw! Nels, you're--too old--eyes no
Nels slammed down the club, and when he straightened up with the red
leaving his face, then the real pride and fire of the man showed.
Deliberately he stepped off ten paces and turned toward the little mound
upon which rested the ball. His arm shot down, elbow crooked, hand like
a claw.
"Aw, Nels, this is fun!" yelled Stillwell.
But swift as a gleam of light Nels flashed his gun, and the report came
with the action. Chips flew from the golf-ball as it tumbled from the
mound. Nels had hit it without raising the dust. Then he dropped the
gun back in its sheath and faced the cowboys.
"Mebbe my eyes ain't so orful bad," he said, coolly, and started to walk
"But look ah-heah, Nels," yelled Stillwell, "we come out to play
gol-lof! We can't let you knock the ball around with your gun. What'd
you want to get mad for? It's only fun. Now you an' Nick hang round
heah an' be sociable. We ain't depreciatin' your company none, nor your
usefulness on occasions. An' if you just hain't got inborn politeness
sufficient to do the gallant before the ladies, why, remember Stewart's
"Stewart's orders?" queried Nels, coming to a sudden halt.
"That's what I said," replied Stillwell, with asperity. "His orders.
Are you forgettin' orders? Wal, you're a fine cowboy. You an' Nick an'
Monty, 'specially, are to obey orders."
Nels took off his sombrero and scratched his head. "Bill, I reckon I'm
some forgetful. But I was mad. I'd 'a' remembered pretty soon, an' mebbe
my manners."
"Sure you would," replied Stillwell. "Wal, now, we don't seem to be
proceedin' much with my gol-lof team. Next ambitious player step up."
In Ambrose, who showed some skill in driving, Stillwell found one of
his team. The succeeding players, however, were so poor and so evenly
matched that the earnest Stillwell was in despair. He lost his temper
just as speedily as Nels had. Finally Ed Linton's wife appeared riding
up with Ambrose's wife, and perhaps this helped, for Ed suddenly
disclosed ability that made Stillwell single him out.
"Let me coach you a little," said Bill.
"Sure, if you like," replied Ed. "But I know more about this game than
you do."
"Wal, then, let's see you hit a ball straight. Seems to me you got
good all-fired quick. It's amazin' strange." ere Bill looked around to
discover the two young wives modestly casting eyes of admiration upon
their husbands. "Haw, haw! It ain't so darned strange. Mebbe that'll
help some. Now, Ed, stand up and don't sling your club as if you was
ropin' a steer. Come round easy-like an' hit straight."
Ed made several attempts which, although better than those of his
predecessors, were rather discouraging to the exacting coach. Presently,
after a particularly atrocious shot, Stillwell strode in distress here
and there, and finally stopped a dozen paces or more in front of the
teeing-ground. Ed, who for a cowboy was somewhat phlegmatic, calmly made
ready for another attempt.
"Fore!" he called.
Stillwell stared.
"Fore!" yelled Ed.
"Why're you hollerin' that way at me?" demanded Bill.
"I mean for you to lope off the horizon. Get back from in front."
"Oh, that was one of them durned crazy words Monty is always hollerin'.
Wal, I reckon I'm safe enough hyar. You couldn't hit me in a million
"Bill, ooze away," urged Ed.
"Didn't I say you couldn't hit me? What am I coachin' you for? It's
because you hit crooked, ain't it? Wal, go ahaid an' break your back."
Ed Linton was a short, heavy man, and his stocky build gave evidence
of considerable strength. His former strokes had not been made at the
expense of exertion, but now he got ready for a supreme effort. A sudden
silence clamped down upon the exuberant cowboys. It was one of those
fateful moments when the air was charged with disaster. As Ed swung the
club it fairly whistled.
Crack! Instantly came a thump. But no one saw the ball until it dropped
from Stillwell's shrinking body. His big hands went spasmodically to the
place that hurt, and a terrible groan rumbled from him.
Then the cowboys broke into a frenzy of mirth that seemed to find
adequate expression only in dancing and rolling accompaniment to their
howls. Stillwell recovered his dignity as soon as he caught his breath,
and he advanced with a rueful face.
"Wal, boys, it's on Bill," he said. "I'm a livin' proof of the
pig-headedness of mankind. Ed, you win. You're captain of the team. You
hit straight, an' if I hadn't been obstructin' the general atmosphere
that ball would sure have gone clear to the Chiricahuas."
Then making a megaphone of his huge hands, he yelled a loud blast of
defiance at Monty and Link.
"Hey, you swell gol-lofers! We're waitin'. Come on if you ain't scared."
Instantly Monty and Link quit practising, and like two emperors came
stalking across the links.
"Guess my bluff didn't work much," said Stillwell. Then he turned to
Madeline and her friends. "Sure I hope, Miss Majesty, that you-all won't
weaken an' go over to the enemy. Monty is some eloquent, an', besides,
he has a way of gettin' people to agree with him. He'll be plumb wild
when he heahs what he an' Link are up against. But it's a square deal,
because he wouldn't help us or lend the book that shows how to play.
An', besides, it's policy for us to beat him. Now, if you'll elect who's
to be caddies an' umpire I'll be powerful obliged."
Madeline's friends were hugely amused over the prospective match; but,
except for Dorothy and Castleton, they disclaimed any ambition for
active participation. Accordingly, Madeline appointed Castleton to judge
the play, Dorothy to act as caddie for Ed Linton, and she herself to be
caddie for Ambrose. While Stillwell beamingly announced this momentous
news to his team and supporters Monty and Link were striding up.
Both were diminutive in size, bow-legged, lame in one foot, and
altogether unprepossessing. Link was young, and Monty's years, more than
twice Link's, had left their mark. But it would have been impossible to
tell Monty's age. As Stillwell said, Monty was burned to the color and
hardness of a cinder. He never minded the heat, and always wore heavy
sheepskin chaps with the wool outside. This made him look broader than
he was long. Link, partial to leather, had, since he became Madeline's
chauffeur, taken to leather altogether. He carried no weapon, but Monty
wore a huge gun-sheath and gun. Link smoked a cigarette and looked
coolly impudent. Monty was dark-faced, swaggering, for all the world
like a barbarian chief.
"That Monty makes my flesh creep," said Helen, low-voiced. "Really,
Mr. Stillwell, is he so bad--desperate--as I've heard? Did he ever kill
"Sure. 'Most as many as Nels," replied Stillwell, cheerfully.
"Oh! And is that nice Mr. Nels a desperado, too? I wouldn't have thought
so. He's so kind and old-fashioned and soft-voiced."
"Nels is sure an example of the dooplicity of men, Miss Helen. Don't
you listen to his soft voice. He's really as bad as a side-winder
At this juncture Monty and Link reached the teeing-ground, and Stillwell
went out to meet them. The other cowboys pressed forward to surround the
trio. Madeline heard Stillwell's voice, and evidently he was explaining
that his team was to have skilled advice during the play. Suddenly there
came from the center of the group a loud, angry roar that broke off as
suddenly. Then followed excited voices all mingled together. Presently
Monty appeared, breaking away from restraining hands, and he strode
toward Madeline.
Monty Price was a type of cowboy who had never been known to speak to
a woman unless he was first addressed, and then he answered in blunt,
awkward shyness. Upon this great occasion, however, it appeared that
he meant to protest or plead with Madeline, for he showed stress of
emotion. Madeline had never gotten acquainted with Monty. She was a
little in awe, if not in fear, of him, and now she found it imperative
for her to keep in mind that more than any other of the wild fellows on
her ranch this one should be dealt with as if he were a big boy.
Monty removed his sombrero--something he had never done before--and the
single instant when it was off was long enough to show his head entirely
bald. This was one of the hall-marks of that terrible Montana prairie
fire through which he had fought to save the life of a child. Madeline
did not forget it, and all at once she wanted to take Monty's side.
Remembering Stillwell's wisdom, however, she forebore yielding to
sentiment, and called upon her wits.
"Miss--Miss Hammond," began Monty, stammering, "I'm extendin' admirin'
greetin's to you an' your friends. Link an' me are right down proud to
play the match game with you watchin'. But Bill says you're goin' to
caddie for his team an' coach 'em on the fine points. An' I want to ask,
all respectful, if thet's fair an' square?"
"Monty, that is for you to say," replied Madeline. "It was my
suggestion. But if you object in the least, of course we shall withdraw.
It seems fair to me, because you have learned the game; you are expert,
and I understand the other boys have no chance with you. Then you have
coached Link. I think it would be sportsmanlike of you to accept the
"Aw, a handicap! Thet was what Bill was drivin' at. Why didn't he say
so? Every time Bill comes to a word thet's pie to us old golfers he jest
stumbles. Miss Majesty, you've made it all clear as print. An' I may
say with becomin' modesty thet you wasn't mistaken none about me
bein' sportsmanlike. Me an' Link was born thet way. An' we accept the
handicap. Lackin' thet handicap, I reckon Link an' me would have no
ambish to play our most be-ootiful game. An' thankin' you, Miss Majesty,
an' all your friends, I want to add thet if Bill's outfit couldn't beat
us before, they've got a swell chanct now, with you ladies a-watchin' me
an' Link."
Monty had seemed to expand with pride as he delivered this speech,
and at the end he bowed low and turned away. He joined the group round
Stillwell. Once more there was animated discussion and argument and
expostulation. One of the cowboys came for Castleton and led him away to
exploit upon ground rules.
It seemed to Madeline that the game never would begin. She strolled on
the rim of the mesa, arm in arm with Edith Wayne, and while Edith
talked she looked out over the gray valley leading to the rugged black
mountains and the vast red wastes. In the foreground on the gray slope
she saw cattle in movement and cowboys riding to and fro. She thought
of Stewart. Then Boyd Harvey came for them, saying all details had
been arranged. Stillwell met them half-way, and this cool, dry, old
cattleman, whose face and manner scarcely changed at the announcement of
a cattle-raid, now showed extreme agitation.
"Wal, Miss Majesty, we've gone an' made a foozle right at the start," he
said, dejectedly.
"A foozle? But the game has not yet begun," replied Madeline.
"A bad start, I mean. It's amazin' bad, an' we're licked already."
"What in the world is wrong?"
She wanted to laugh, but Stillwell's distress restrained her.
"Wal, it's this way. That darn Monty is as cute an' slick as a fox.
After he got done declaimin' about the handicap he an' Link was so happy
to take, he got Castleton over hyar an' drove us all dotty with his
crazy gol-lof names. Then he borrowed Castleton's gol-lof coat. I reckon
borrowed is some kind word. He just about took that blazin' coat off the
Englishman. Though I ain't sayin' but that Casleton was agreeable
when he tumbled to Monty's meanin'. Which was nothin' more 'n to break
Ambrose's heart. That coat dazzles Ambrose. You know how vain Ambrose
is. Why, he'd die to get to wear that Englishman's gol-lof coat. An'
Monty forestalled him. It's plumb pitiful to see the look in Ambrose's
eyes. He won't be able to play much. Then what do you think? Monty fixed
Ed Linton, all right. Usually Ed is easy-goin' an' cool. But now he's
on the rampage. Wal, mebbe it's news to you to learn that Ed's wife is
powerful, turrible jealous of him. Ed was somethin' of a devil with the
wimmen. Monty goes over an' tells Beulah--that's Ed's wife--that Ed is
goin' to have for caddie the lovely Miss Dorothy with the goo-goo eyes.
I reckon this was some disrespectful, but with all doo respect to Miss
Dorothy she has got a pair of unbridled eyes. Mebbe it's just natural
for her to look at a feller like that. Oh, it's all right; I'm not
sayin' any-thin'! I know it's all proper an' regular for girls back East
to use their eyes. But out hyar it's bound to result disastrous. All the
boys talk about among themselves is Miss Dot's eyes, an' all they brag
about is which feller is the luckiest. Anyway, sure Ed's wife knows it.
An' Monty up an' told her that it was fine for her to come out an' see
how swell Ed was prancin' round under the light of Miss Dot's brown
eyes. Beulah calls over Ed, figgertively speakin', ropes him for a
minnit. Ed comes back huggin' a grouch as big as a hill. Oh, it was
funny! He was goin' to punch Monty's haid off. An' Monty stands there
an' laughs. Says Monty, sarcastic as alkali water: 'Ed, we-all knowed
you was a heap married man, but you're some locoed to give yourself
away.' That settled Ed. He's some touchy about the way Beulah henpecks
him. He lost his spirit. An' now he couldn't play marbles, let alone
gol-lof. Nope, Monty was too smart. An' I reckon he was right about
brains bein' what wins."
The game began. At first Madeline and Dorothy essayed to direct the
endeavors of their respective players. But all they said and did only
made their team play the worse. At the third hole they were far behind
and hopelessly bewildered. What with Monty's borrowed coat, with its
dazzling effect upon Ambrose, and Link's oft-repeated allusion to
Ed's matrimonial state, and Stillwell's vociferated disgust, and the
clamoring good intention and pursuit of the cowboy supporters, and the
embarrassing presence of the ladies, Ambrose and Ed wore through all
manner of strange play until it became ridiculous.
"Hey, Link," came Monty's voice booming over the links, "our esteemed
rivals are playin' shinny."
Madeline and Dorothy gave up, presently, when the game became a rout,
and they sat down with their followers to watch the fun. Whether by hook
or crook, Ed and Ambrose forged ahead to come close upon Monty and Link.
Castleton disappeared in a mass of gesticulating, shouting cowboys. When
that compact mass disintegrated Castleton came forth rather hurriedly,
it appeared, to stalk back toward his hostess and friends.
"Look!" exclaimed Helen, in delight. "Castleton is actually excited.
Whatever did they do to him? Oh, this is immense!"
Castleton was excited, indeed, and also somewhat disheveled.
"By Jove! that was a rum go," he said, as he came up. "Never saw such
blooming golf! I resigned my office as umpire."
Only upon considerable pressure did he reveal the reason. "It was like
this, don't you know. They were all together over there, watching each
other. Monty Price's ball dropped into a hazard, and he moved it to
improve the lie. By Jove! they've all been doing that. But over there
the game was waxing hot. Stillwell and his cowboys saw Monty move the
ball, and there was a row. They appealed to me. I corrected the play,
showed the rules. Monty agreed he was in the wrong. However, when it
came to moving his ball back to its former lie in the hazard there was
more blooming trouble. Monty placed the ball to suit him, and then he
transfixed me with an evil eye.
"'Dook,' he said. I wish the bloody cowboy would not call me that.
'Dook, mebbe this game ain't as important as international politics or
some other things relatin', but there's some health an' peace dependin'
on it. Savvy? For some space our opponents have been dead to honor an'
sportsmanlike conduct. I calculate the game depends on my next drive.
I'm placin' my ball as near to where it was as human eyesight could.
You seen where it was same as I seen it. You're the umpire, an', Dook, I
take you as a honorable man. Moreover, never in my born days has my word
been doubted without sorrow. So I'm askin' you, wasn't my ball layin'
just about here?'
"The bloody little desperado smiled cheerfully, and he dropped his right
hand down to the butt of his gun. By Jove, he did! Then I had to tell a
blooming lie!"
Castleton even caught the tone of Monty's voice, but it was plain that
he had not the least conception that Monty had been fooling. Madeline
and her friends divined it, however; and, there being no need of
reserve, they let loose the fountains of mirth.
Counterplot Crawford's Basin


text: Do you feel that your colleague at work could do with a bit of cheering up? Why not set them an orange peel challenge? You could provide the oranges or get people to bring their own and have a competition at lunch time. See who can peel their orange so that the skin comes off in one long continuous spiral. You could have a winner for the longest spiral or a winner for who finishes first. A great way to get your colleagues to eat one of their 5-a-day too. Let us know how you get on.