THE AMERICAN’S DIFFICULTY.

Southland Times, Issue 22999, 19 September 1936, Page 20

THE AMERICAN’S DIFFICULTY.

A story going around Australian clubs concerns an American touring Australia, accompanied by a daughter, his only child. Recently, when . surfing at Manly, she got into difficulties, and but for a prompt rescue by a youth, a member of the Life Saving Club, she would certainly have drowned. The father’s gratitude was boundless. He declared that his daughter was the only thing he lived for, and drawing out his cheque book, he attached his signature to a form, and said to the young man, “Fill it in yourself, and whatever amount you decide upon I will still be your debtor.” The youth said that he would not take a reward, and added that it was nothing at all, and that hundreds of others would have done what he had done, if the opportunity had come their way. But the father was insistent, and finally the young rescuer said to him, “Well, if you are determined about it, I will accept a couple of golf clubs.” “All right,” said the American, “I’ll get you the best two money can buy.” A few days later he rang the young man up. “Say,” he said, “I haven’t forgotten about those clubs. I’ve bought Kensington, but I am having a little difficulty about Rose Bay.”