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 Perry Graham returned to consciousness after being hit by Charlotte's golf ball, the first thing he saw was a pair of deeply tender eyes looking straight into his. The next thing he discovered was the less romantic fact that he was lying flat on the grass with Mr. Ogilvie slapping his palms.

"What—what's the matter?" he weakly asked.

"Oh, I'm so glad!" gasped Charlotte, because for one horrible moment she really believed she had killed him. Then realizing that her gladness must seem out of place to the prostrate Mr. Graham, she hurriedly corrected herself, saying: "I'm so sorry!"

"What—what was it?" he further inquired.

"I hit you on the head with a ball," 118