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Show THE MIDVALE JOURNAL / s, AGNES Mill .ER YX'OIImM e bJ Tbo C.ntDI'l' C.. CHAPTER X-Continued -18- "111 a few minutes I went back to regular work. Tbeo Mr. Groil' waa fLood uocoosclons. And ne so badly burt I lt made me Ill. Iicht of blood always makes me taint; I have a reflned nature. hla wrist was so badly sl.Jshed I prpeotly I li'Uddenly remembered tlult yellow paper to my pocket been all cut Into slivers, too I I 10 acarct' I absolutely didn't dare It away. I realized It must been slit up during those three four minutes I was away from the because when I laid It on tbe pile of four books, It just as be bad gt ven It to me. was so frightened I didn't know to do, for days and days I lt did terribly exciting that I snoold picked tbe note up; and pres I felt that maybe 1 could solve mystery of the attack with It-" led you to think that?" In ltrrmtt~~ Mr. Almy, Interestedly. you did I" confessed Daisy, "Don't you remember thnt day Interviewed me up In Mr. office? When I told you all Miss Gro~1eoor and Mr. Bur I could see you thought I bad lnformntlon than an> body; l It was useful to you, no mutter much Mr. lloberts tried to me. Aud I dld ba 1•e more In than unybody, so when I-" "Pray, Miss Abbott," Interposed Mr "proceed, In reference to thP note." when," repented Oul~y. In "I read in t11e paper that the used to attack Mr. Gros· must ha 1·e been a smull, thin I felt sure it bad been also to tenr that paper, perhaps to the blade first. But I couldn't 110 the cuts In a pattern on thP ; and Miss Grosvenor wasn't ar ; and, of course, I wns sure 1ro1res:sor Barrington had had notll· to do with the alTair, so I decided Mr. Case must have known Mr lrol;venor anrl done It I" Mr. Roberts and I gaped Mr. Almy said: "Let me bear your please." Monday noon Mr. Ca~e was cross to Ulysses, right In ot me, And you know be's nev· eros~. least of all to a person likr We were both In Mr. Case's be and I; I wns writing n let· blm. Ulysses came in and blm some question about the he was putting up In the tM•kr,roorn. and t!Jro he started to about the arrillent. "He asked Mr. Cuse 1r he knew old gentleman; and Mr. Cnse said though a numher of the stniT relln\ing sePn him hefore from to time In the shop, he bad ne,·er to. Ul;s;;es then asl;ed If old <;entiPman was gr>lng to re and ~Jr. Case said the doctor t not, he lind lo~t so muc·h Ulysses said that wa,s differ· from the old day~. wl1en they bled on purpo~e. He told us his fn· bnd lind pleurisy when be was boy, and bar! been bled by , pcm er fine doctor from the na1·y and got right awny. I snld, 'Your father a sailor, wos hP ?' and he ~nld: the dnctor was visiting his down to Eliot's Crossing. My he used to live there.' He ~uld Crossing was lo VIrginia, and I asked him what It "ns oeur Bald, 'It ain't near notblug 'cept wood1 and the mountains. J was there at midnight 'tween Oc· and November, and my horo· was cast. And the horoscope that folks that's born at mid· 'tween October and November metsages. An' I got a message moroln'. I knowed IOmpp'n bad was go'n happen, and It happen I' And the" Mr. Case blm sharply be was a superstl· old fool I then, naturally, he went ; 1 was sorry for him, but he did me the creeps with his bleeding bls woods and mountains and I didn't understand blm all, but be seared me to deuth. I got scareder and l!'Ca reder that yellow note wltb tbe slits It, until finally I j11st made up my that I woui<Ll't have anything do with lt. So I went and sturk Into the most onllkely looking I could find In the history se(,': I It was so terrible I" shuddered "I finally decided TlJUrsdny ~nru""" thnt I ought to try to find II give It up, after all. And I 't remember whnt book I had It In; ,hat Is, I rouldn't remem· the book by name. I was scared abaolutely stiff, I knew I ftnlo~n't have hidden the i!llp, for It mine, in the !irs! plnce, nod auspeeted It was lmportnnt, I hne told some one In author!· And then, gradually, the more 111n1"'''t about the thing, the more I that Mr. Case hadn't re· at all to Ulysses; In fact, shot him up much too quickly, then, that same Thursday, 1 remembered, wlthoul noy lftl.lni:-Jrou know the way yon do .l.lm1es when you're thinking about very bard1-tbat I had seen walking along the south gn.J. to the door that ll'ads upstairs, morning, just before the struck eleven I" didn't you ever say so bedemar.ded Mr. Roberts, evl· u much ltlmned aa I waamarbe aa Mr. A.lmy was-at tble totai(J onespected eurrnboratloo ot Julia Grosvenor'• atatement that she bad l!€en Mr. Case In the some place at the same time. • "I oe1·er thought ot It again until that minute I" cried Daisy, sharpl)'. "Why should I? And why shouldn't Mr. Case walk along the south gn.l· lery 7 He does, every day, nearly J But I had remembered that the at tack was said to have been ma!le shortly before eleven o'clock, and that made me uneasy, taken In connPctlon with the way &Jr. Case had lost bls bend before Ul)'sses. And then he got me a wonderful position In reroald's; I couldn't help wondering If be bad done It to put me under obligation to him, because I bad benrd blm and Ulysses." "Have you anything further you would like to tell me, Miss Abbott?" Mr. Almy Inquired. "That Is positive. ty all you know about the yellow note?'' "Absolutely I" vowed Daisy, sol· emnly. So she was permitted to depart. CHAPTER XI The Spring-Lancet. When Ernesto's box trees were half a bl<Jck away, Mr. A! my said: "Suppose you take back this key nd the bookplate. If at nny time you think they might get a res(Jflnse from Miss Grosvenor, show them to her 1 give them to you because she n& socrates yt>o, ruther than me, with that book, and you might hn\"e a chance to "In her conHdence more adroitly. Once more, do your best to get her to ta Ik." We pas~ed the box trees; we pared the blue·and·whlte tiled hallway; we mounted the steep staircase to the second ftot>r, and approached the door of the Grosvenor apartment. AndOut of It walked Mr. Cnse I I decided that the ball was too dark for me to see hlm; what Mr. Aim~ did, 1 don't know, for he was behind me, but at all events, he didn't speak The maid admitted us to the living room; and there sat Julia, In th~ same chair where we had left her the previous e\nlng, so still that It seemed as If she bad never mt>v!'d. "~liss GrosYenor, we want to do something for Y<'U, If you will only let us," said Mr. A.lwy. "Nobody can do anything for me," she answered In a dead, le'l'el tone. Mr. Almy glanced at me. "You're mistaken," said I, rather bluntly, to rouse her. "I should not bave dreamed of Intruding here It I could not help you. You see, I wa~ here last night when yt>u nod your cousin bad that discu&sion-you re· member you asked me to stay ?-and I think I hnYe here what you were discussing with him, that object you want" I took the key from my bng, and held It out to her. She looked at It with pe1·fect blankness, her expres· ,(on changing from bewilderment tt> disappointment, then to suspicion. "What Is It?" she demanded wltJ, some nsperity. "I ha'l'en't the faintest m.tion t" 1 flung It down on the table, and drew the hookplate out of my bag "I~ this whnt you want, tben ?" I asked. Her eyes fairly blazed wlth recog nltlonl With trembling fingers she <natched It fr<'m my hnnd hesitated almost Imperceptibly one Instant a~ If screwing her courage up to a su preme effort, then turned the stout paper oblong over and scnnned the blank bnck a1 irlly. Then, with a heartrending cry of hitter di<Rfl" polntment, she flung the hookplute on the floor. ~lr. Alm:v !matched It up. "~!iss Grosl'enor, yeu recognlze•i tl1is !" he announced sharply. "You saw It nt the Ruction gnll€1'ie~ In Hichrnond, a \~Pek ago last Thurs dny." Julin Gro~1 enor caught her breat!J sllartJiy, lmlf in chagnn In havin~ betrayed her!:!elf so utterly, half In consternation at Mr. Almy's lnformn linn. "You \\Unted to buy the book with the bookplate, didn't you? SurPij there was no reason why you should not ha1·e done so If yt>u wished." "Yes," she t)onlly whispered; "but 1 had no money. So 1 rPa lly went to see who would huy It-where It \\ ould be afterward." "Your cousin enrered·a bid for live hundred dollars," resumed Mr. Altny Julia made no sign or mt>vement. "Rut, as you know, he was outbid· den. Mr. flu rton got tbe book. 1t wns In Darrow's shop lnst Monday." She gnzed steadily at the floor, In rlead silence. "l!lss Grosvenor, 1 .must remind Y<'U that the authorities are still waiting for you to explain· yonr presence at that shop on Monrlay morning for an hour and a hair." "I have explained It 1 You won't believe me I You think I followed my graodfaLher there to kill him!" snd denly blazed the girl, frightened and furlc>us. "No," denied Mr. Al!DY. very quiet ly, "I think you went there after that bookplate again. But you alrln't lind It, nod something else hnppenPcl Wbnt, I am going to find out. Miss Grosvenor, when did you learn that Mr. Burton wos Darrow's buyer?" "When I left the auction, directly after the book had been bought, I made lnqulnes,'' she ar."wered reluc. tantly. "Did yC>u tell your cousin that Bur. ton had houl!'ht It?" "No. I dirln't even meet him In Richmond. If he knew, he must have found out from the galleriPs." "IIe did," rejoined Mr. Almy, "Your constant avoidance of your cou«tn while both of you are attempting to ::et P<'Ssession of this dra" ing makes certain only one conclusion, Miss Gros'l'enor: Your motive for wanting It con!llcts with his. Now, your cou~ln went to Darrow's Monday morning nnd bought a brok. Did you see blm there?" ''No." "Did you at any time during that morning know be bad been there?" The question startled her, but she looked at her questioner steadily and answered polnt·blnnk. "Yes I'' "How did ron know?" "That." said Julia to a tone of flnalltr, " I cannot tell you." "Why did your cousin go to Dar· row's Tborsday olgbt ?~ Friday, September 1928 Ml'erhnt~~ for the ~ouk a~;uJu, · :~aid HUGE CROWDS TO Julia, In pstherlc rlesperntlon "You know bet!Pt than •o ~a~ th~t.' SEE IRISH PLAY said Mr. Alrny, with 11 tnurh l'f stern· ness. "What obligntlon are y(tU l!ncler EORGI-:: I~ARNSHA \V, the large rlght·hnnder who pitcher! a Notre Dame Expected to to him?" three·liit coat of white\\aRh for his first victory In the big "lle has often treated 111e w1th con· Play Before 350,000. leagues, Is the one ball player known In history who started [ slderntlon; not too many peurot~ his care!'r in organized baseb.tll us a holdout. That Is something that have," returned Julia, wah dignity. never happened before or since. List~n to his story. That Notre Dame's famous Flghtlu' Mr. Almy looked nt her bard and "When I was In tny sophomore ~ear at S11 artlunore I rec<'i\'ed on Irish foothnll team will play before shrewdly. Sudclenly he shot out: ofl'er to pitch for the Baltimore Ot ioles. At the time I was more 350,000 people during the fall or Ul2S "What did he go to Darn•1v·s to lntNestcd in finishing mv colleg·~ Is the theory of J. Arthur Haley, bus!· get tor you nn Thursday night?" worlt and never thought of !Jinylng 0 ness manager of athletics at the unl· Her eyes dlluteo with sut prl<e and ball professionally. When I was 6 Yersity, following two weeks of In· horror. She shudclered and ga<Jled: graduated they came after me again tensive work acknowledging ft[J[llit•a· "for me? For me? Well, If he wante "But I fought them otT and lions for tickets. to tell you, let him I There are suml' took a job up In Newark. I re· Haley and his statT of assistants IJe. tblngs I can't de 1• gno to receive nppllcatlons for the celved a pretty good salary Rnd HIS AMBITION Her lips snappeo shut just as they pitched a couple of gamC>s a week 10!!8 tickets on August 1, and the In· bad de ne the prevluus evening In that dlcntloos are that e1 ery game In which for semi·pro teams that brought me "Ambition," said Norbert Quinn, "Is very room, when, after all the obu!!<! the Irish nppenr will draw a capacity a runny thing. My friend, Christopher In $50 and $100 at a crack. Still she hnd received ~t the hands of her cro11 d. In add it ion to three home Morley, prince of fantasy and Twen· the Orioles kPpt after me all that CI'USin, when It Wtl!l ort,c;{f r.•"·'""S games, the Notre Dnme squad will tletb century Elizabethan, confided summer aod pestered me the fol· to try to wlthsltlnd t~ M!lll <11 1\"' lowing spring. l<'inally, thnt year, journey to enemy stadiums for six that he wished thnt be could drow and him, she would d•• oothln.lf to hetrny Jack Dunn himself came up to contests. also that be could write successful him. Her loyalty was a~-:nln mnklng see me. SpeciHI interest Is being shown In plays. folthtul return ff'T tren<'hery Equlv· the Na1•y &arne, which will be played "I t'Jid him what I wns making "Quite In contrast Is my little friend, ocal as her posltlnn wns, she was hy ju~t pitching on the Rille nnd at Seoldler field, Chicago, on October William, who Is saving up money to so admirable that, forgetting all at)Ctut holrling down a re~ulur job. We 13. Last year Notre Dame plnyed buy on airplane. 'It's quite a worthy Mr. A! my, I broke nut uncnntrt>llnbly: talked for quite n whlll' nnrl I Southern ..:alifornia at Soldier field on motll'e,' I told blm. 'You are quite au "I heard your cousin ln~t nl10tht. thou).!'ht ·to myself. 'I'll fix this the IGst Suturday iu 1\oYember and ambitious boy.' yeo know. lie offered you a 'liberal fRli fellow.' lle llnd told me to n.une 117,000 people witnessed the game. "'You bet I am I' William agreed, settlement' In exrhnnge fnr something • ·' my salary. ::io I figured out a sum Three thousand additional sents have and added, 'You see, I want to !ly over1 he wanted. He treuted yon with grent George Earnshaw. that I thou;_:ht wonl<l send !tim been Installed nt the stadium and Bobby Willet's ynrd and drop dowtf cuntempt, In such contrast to . hac!, to Rallimore talldng to hltn· Haley su~·s that 1:!0,000 sents will be bricks on him.' "-Los Angeles Times. others, alm!'St strangers to you! They self. I told him I'd join the Orioles for a salary of $!JOO a month. sold. Tlie Notre Dame athletic olflre proll'er yon thl'lr aid freely; why do "'Holy smokes!' he roared In that fulsetto ,·olce of his. 'that's has .>een besieged with requests for Got Him, A9yway you spurn It just as you have spurned more than I pny an; horly on the team. You're asking for a major tickets to this game, und lt Is likely The Accused-Judge, It ain't no hls on'er1'' league salary nnd you haYen't pitched a game yet!' I did ha1·e him that the Navy·ll·lsh tilt Will be the crime to be poor. Beside, I work "I'm not ungrateful I I'm not I" talking to him~elf. most colm ful of the W28 season. mighty hard sometimes ftndio' jobs cried Julia, clenching her hands "But "Dunnie thought It oYer for a while nnd then he g111 e me a ~lemori~>s of the 1U:!6 season, when for my wife. . . you see, It's different. What jolt that knocked me otT my pins. Lie suld: •All rq;ht! I'll go broke Cnrnegie Teth unexpectedly defeated The Judge-You're right. It Is no Charles oiTerPd me was a bribe out paying you that dough, but l've bren trying to hook you for two the llish team, "hieh was then head· crime to be poor, hut It Is to run an of my own money, for all I know I" years, and now J'ye got you. I'll ray you ~m10 a month nnll we'll fill ed for another national title, hu ''e employment agPncy without a license. She had started to talk, at last I the contract out right now. Then I'll go witb you 11hile lOU tell seJ"Ved to step up the interest In the Twenty·five and costs. And n<'l because of my appeal, hut those people you nre quitting work to play.•" ScotdJ:!rish gume, which "Ill be because I hRrl unwittingly hit on a The ftrst seml·professional gnme that Gemge Bamshaw ever played on Curlier field, Nol'ember 17. FOUND SHE'D BEEN SOLD grle,·nnce. Bnt Mr. Almy was quite pitched was for the Strawbridge & Clothier tenm of l'hilatlelpiJia It Is the l!lst home game of the seu Indifferent to cause. bPing Interested and wns against no all·slar collection of big leaguers managed b~ son. IInley tJrediC"ts that this game or!) In pfTect: Bar! IIJack. It \\as during the daj s following the "Work or Fight!" \\ill IJe soltl out befnre :\oYember 1. "You think you have a tegnl claim edict !~sued hy Washington during the war. Genrge Barnshaw was Me~sa~t>s from l.ns An;;eles stnte on prnperty your cousin calls his. only se\entecn years old, but he easily l'anquished the big, leaguers that the Southern California :\otre do you. Mi~s Gros1·ennr?" he deOame ga::ne \\ill be the biggest draw· mnnded swiftly. ing card the f'acilic coast has ever "I do I" she cried, Intent on ller hall. 'l'he 'I'I'CJjans nnd their retiuue Big Mistake Dismissing wrong. "Otherwl~e why should I are still stiuging under their 7·6 de· have been Ignored and rebuffed S<' feat of last fall and will pack the stu· Pitcher Walter Ruether pointedly all my life? If I had rPnlly dium to see the old m als fight It out .1een of Illeg-Itimate hlrth, If 1 had 00 Not mt has been written about agaiu. clnlm on the estnte-whlrh was all Yankee mistakes in the last fe." ; ears, New York ranl:ces hole! eYery at· my grandfather carecl about, excent but tlwy cert~inly made a serto~~ one tendnnce record in e1 ery American ('harleR nncl "verything In the world \'·hen tl ey d1snusse,J Pitcher \ nlt.er league baseball Jln 1·1:. Field Goal Seems to Be that c'hnrlps hln;<Pif cares aho•tt- 1 Ruether, comments Jam s·C. Isnm,m· Passing on in Grid Game why should those t 11 0 men have spomt ger In 'h~ !'hi! adelphia Inqmrer. 'I he The Red Sox have t·eleasccl Dunn.' That unc1ent lll•litutwn of the gild their time trying to safeguard them· latter won pll'otul battles for the Williams, outfielder, on option to the iron, the held goal, ~eems to be (l:t•S· selves by repudiating me?" 1 Yanks In l!l:!7, bt•t ne,·ertheless he Baltimore Internationals. ing on. Only on rare occa~iuno has "Did you ever do anything to try I was not reengaged for this j'ear. "She was gJH'fi away a~ usual at • it been re>OJ"ted to, this year, although to prove your clnlm ?" But the soason was not very old her wedding, I suppose?" T:obe1t Quinn, presir!Pnt of the Rerl "Not until the last fortnight. You when Manager llug~ins was t~ ~·enll7..e Sox, nnnounces that Bill Cai'J'Igan has it Is one of the most clramatir, often "Oh, yes, but recently found she'd know I've beeo home from abrosd less that he I nd erred 10 so pre<'ll)ltate 1 Y signed to manage the club for the 10~0 Lhrilling plaj s of the college football been sold." repel'toit e. than a year; nnd 1 came to the <'On Jischarglng a reliable plteher an~ hnrd season. Th<'C'e cii'<·umstunces hal'e combined elusion l'l'e just explained, only 8 hitter ns :"uether. Self-Perfecting • to nulltfy the 1il'ld goal. 'l'he must few months ago, and gradually." The latter bccum a ft·ee agent nnd Arndt JprgNJ•, catcher of the Okla· "Pr1ct1ce maketh perrect,'' "And hC'w did you try to pro'l'e .vonr Connie ~lack made him n good offer homa City cluiJ of the \VeRtern impnrtaut one nntl the most recent, is The. proverb so doth teachEspecially if we prart1re claim within this last fortnight?" to join the Athletirs' staff, but the league, l1as been sold to the .\'ew York that exanJJole ot I'Uie·makJng wisdom The ftne things that \\e preach wht<"h en u'erl the goal bar to be set With a groan, Julia cried: veteran, disgusted over his tn•atment, Yanl,ees. hack ten yardH behincl !lie goal line. "I went to Richmond I" and thl'o decided to join the San Fmncisco Gooseflesh Barred This compels the go,JI kicker to boot fell upon a despairing silence. The elub whpre he had his stn1·t tnny The Cubs ha' e obtained Plteher the ball ten yards further on each An old Southern plnnter wns dis· grievance had cut deeper. In a min· rears ngo. llmre Cunningham of the Los An::eles kkk. than formerly. cussing the hereafter with one of the ute, Mr. AI my asked gently: With the Seal.; tbls year, Ruether club. llis sale price was reported at Another rea~on is the fact thnt a colored sen aut~. ''Sum." he suid, "If "Why did yon go there?" ~itched them to the pennant In tl1e ~:!0,000. field goal nets only you half die lir>t, the score I \IUDt that jOu to come hack "It's such R long story 1" lir~t h.clf of the spl.t sC>ason ·nd seems • • I a fo1 "a rei pn~s ) ield<, wllen a touch· nnd tell me what It's like 01 er there. "Take your time. Just begin at the to be doing the same in the P~cond ,Tack ~lilli!!an, fonner Conl<'ll and dcm 11 Is ~l'CH'Pcl. If I dte first, I'll come baPk and tell beginning, and go on." half. Symcuse pi!cher, is "ith the:> PhilliPs And the final you argument what tt's like." is that thP ''Well,'' began Julia, wearily, yet nad he bePn "ith the ranks this now. The Giants beat him in his major IO'S of the hall imuriably "Dnt suits me..lla~-sa," replied tt.e fo!IO\\S the with a sort of relief, "a wePk vgo last season, Miller Huggins would not league dehut. f,tilut·e of n II' lei goal, whereas a tr.v old negro, "but if ~ ou <J,es !irst, A.h Tuesclay evening I was rending the hnve bepn mover! ,o lnmet.t o~er his • wants yc>u for to prOJni,e llle d.tt you'll a S(()ring fonV1rd pa<s is u~unlly paper to my ~:rarulfather, ns I some- shortoge of pitcher~ Guy Stun!), ~t. Louis BroiiiJS' ut'l prnniJzc•cJ hy the loss of one down, come back in de rhll time." times did. He lil,erl especially to if)' fi~'>'t hnsemun, has licl'n sent to the mel rl\', hear a II the news pf boolt sa IPs nnd ~lilwmJI,ee Ametitan assol'ialicHJ cluh Unl~· wlil'U a tean 's fonv.trcl pass That'• Essential auctions. And I read the notice of the Keeping in Shape under option. ing u't1a('k l!.Jo !wen oullifted ll,\' an auction of Judge Lea\itt's llhrnry In "YestPrdny J ou \\ere not at the Of. • • • 1 oppotwnt or "hen the point after a Richmond, the coming Thursdav. Of flee, saying yon wC>re Ill, ond I saw Jess .\ltenhur~t, ,·eternn, has quit a< tourh clown Is to he .<cored, do teams course the sale of a VIrginia lihrHry j ou on the ~treet." mnnag-rr of the lltncner tluh of the toclav fall lme!, on the placement or 11 as of ~peclnl Interest to him. par· "Y<'> I was going for the doctor." Blue Hicl.;e league. George llammc>n tJ 1e drop k.clr. ticularly as this notlre namPd mnny -Buen Humor. \Ia li'JCI. sucreecled him Important books." • "Among them, no rluuht, Clarihew's KNEW FOOL'S GOLD Ehh and Boh .lames, twin<, are mem ':-l<'tes?'" Inquired ~Jr. Almy. br1·s of the ::;Pima dub in tile Sotllh· "Yes; It was the laM on the ll•t. en<tprn le:t~ne 1:1,11 Is n catd1er and and It seemed to Interest him e>pe· Bob a fir:st hast.lrnan. cially." • \ ae!Jts iu l~uglo~ncl a·e using slotted ''Did he say anything?" Spn1 ts "rJtPr!'i nrouPd the P!!Sif•rn <,JilS tu S('C Ill C JnCrC[>ed ~peed. "Not until 1 had tiru~herl readinA IP:1gue l'onsiflt>r ~am B,\ I'd. O\\llcd hv • the rlesrription of the book, or rather t11e \ ani-c'<'~. as I liP he~t nutfiPI·k~ m !all·, Athclllc as~ol'iatioro has 1 of the boJol,plute, for the book was that circuit !hi< 1·rar. -·u ·plus of :;;:;ti,OOO in Its tnasur~·. brie1ly d"Sr'l'ihed a~ a c!Pan cony In • • good conJlitic•n But of the hoot; I:alph StC'\\'al t. J'Jght h.Jn,Jecl pit< h~r AIIJCJ'tcon :;nlfers liu1e won the Brtt· plate the notice snicl: 'Pktorlal book· of the ~(un(grtliiPI,\ C'luh S"utheastt'l'll bl! oprn tl le f11 e times In the la'l plate inside tir<t co1er. No Cl\\ ner's league, liaR hee1 solei to the HintPng name. Unrlated.' And I saw he was ham (~nutliem n<<OC"intion) cluh. • • 'ery murh lntere~ted In the whole ' t:n,.land l!,ts a womeu's h1wl,ey team dPscription, so I salrl, In perfect fn. As n rPsult of f(1d('t al in\e.,.ri;.::alions thl!t h:J> ne1er !wen lie.t!en or tied in nocenre then, I ~ught to mention: it Js fnuncl tlmt . ·,o.I~HJ IHHI Is rollel'l the LiS! ~0 .l<'aJ s of cmnpeti'ion. 'You kn<'w I'm going to IJe In \\'u<h 1 ed annuall~· thre>uJhonl the l'niled H<•ggle-1 lmve no trouble, Misb ington anyway for tte sturlio on 1 Stales In bas .. ltall aucl spnr1~ pew!~ ~huoring competition for womPn Sharpe, In telling fonl's gold Wednesday-' I wns tnldug C'lown 1 • onlv· "ill he one nf the innovations Miss :5.-0h. I'm sure you can tell some designs tor a <'hurrh window Out!:elder Aclam t 'onJOro~ky, "ho at the 1 eur·~ iiii[Jerial nlle meeting ar bow much money you hu•e, Mr Snpp. there- •and I can enslly go o,·er to was ffil'lnccl h,v the l'ittshurgh 1'\ntion Btsler. l:nglatlll. Rlchmonil, and buy that hool; for you als to the lnrlmnapniiR Amerlran a•so I on Thursday, If yr•u wnnt lt.' To my Obscure Contributor ·cia lion tenm PnJiy thi~ ~ear, has IJeen ~largarN .Jenktns, l~tta Cartwt ight utter surpri~e. he was much startled; The fi"h that's landed as a prize, rera II ell. nnrl ('.Jtllf'l ine ~la;;uire, memhers of For admiration comes to view; for a second he ~eemed suspicious But has no C'hance to realize the UnitP<I !'tales Olympic tenm. are and nngr)'; then I ssw him glance at The honors lhat to him are due, Art Fox has hef'n <ign<>d to cnnf'h s-chool teut'hers. l'harles-" Les~ons u keC>ping fit: what foot· the \\'illinms basehall <qoacl again "Oh, your cousin was present, was ball heroes do in the summer lime A Lesson in Geography The 01) mplc " inlet sports. as l'l'ell he?" put In Mr. AI my. might IJe a good caption for this J!PU· next Hpring. It will be his thiJ'd ~ea· "'I' he wod<l Is round, isn't it?" "Yes, we were nil In this roum nine shot of Jess Hibbs, captain <'iect ~on lle also assists In football 1111rl us trucl; and fic•ld. <winnnlng und nil "SuptJO>ed to he, ~es.'' bnsl,et bull. other 01; mpind conJpetitinns, will be Charles was studying at th~ ot~er of the C'ntYerslty of Southern Cali "Well, if I "anted to go east • neld in the Unitecl StatPs in 1:1:1:1. end of it. And then my grnndfatiJPr forniu grid sqund nnd AII·Ameril~tn could e1·entuully get there bs going Gemld lla,\ es, "ho has hePn nm· suddenly chnnged his attlturle nnd I tackle, ns he keeps fit for the fall's • • Dil)h GJ'a\l'S, gcnernnr or Al:1hnmn. 11 est. couldn't II" said, 1·ery pleasantly, that he was activity by working for a construct ion pil·iug for 21 ~ears, boasts of service "Sa)·, 11hnt are )<lu, a taxi dli\'er?" much ohllged to me, but I had het· 1 company. Hibh~ pinos to build himself 1n the lnternntlcmal league, Ameriran lla8 niJ'eaclv U<'Cl'JH!'cl nn lndration to -Succe,sful llnrming. ter simply attend to my employers' up to 200 pounds to start the season. as~ociatlon, l'acl1ic ('oast le.Jgue nncl ~l'e Alaliumu. lib alma mntt•r, fll:ly 'l'exns league. business, he thou::ht; anyhow, he \\ i"<.On.sin at ~Iar)ison, \\'is., in :\o The Aftermath rlldn't know how sultnhle It wt>uld be • 'em her. F.aJ·Ir t 'omlls, Yan!;ee outfiel1ler. rlne' ":\Irs. Smith seems to ha1 e got OYer for me to go and bid alone at a nuh· St. Louis Infielder Was • not drink, smol,e, cuss or plav cards IIC' auction In a southern clt,v. But \\'alter lloett"er, St. I.oni< ('nr~fnul the de:llh of her llr~l l111shnnd" Unable to Tell Colors for money ancl tnkrs mm·e I han n pass <tar. will ugain coach !Ja,k~t loniJ HI "Yes, but her S<'<'Oncl bu,band he admitted, frankly, th3t the sale Here Is one they tell on a certain lng iutere<t In thf' Biltle. In fac·t. he !llinoi~ \\'esle;11n uniH•rsitv tH'\l 11in hasn't "-;\'n~el's Lu•llg-e Welt. Berlin. did interest him; and turning to Infielder of tlie St. Louis n1·owns: startNI out to become a college pro tet·. He l!ns turnPcl out three C<HJ~et Charles he nsked him If he could ar· . . t~ 0 fo him h h d d Sam Gray was pJtclung and Lu Blue fe~sor. util'e state champion~hi~ tram~. The Great Inducement ag onr a nu' ahs ef 31h u!l!l • pial ing first base. A IJull wus hit I•> brangtle y te w y, m er o o er oc· 1 . • Blandoe-Sacl uboul ~!1·s. S,1nford · my gra nrlf a tl ter cou IIc n ,1 thiS Infielder; Blue went 0\Cr to buck 1'hp Cubs hold the unicrue distlnr. cas1ens wb"n c The Illinois State Athletlr C<HtHnls biting her tongue off, \\':J~n t it? leave home." him up, nnd Gmy made ha~te to CO\· !ion Of \\inning IJIOJ'l, !hun 100 galiJPS stun lins clt-<·1 ned to join the 11101e Flm·ence- Yes. but thl'l'e 1\IJS com· (TO BE CONTINUED ) er first base. In a sra~on. yet failing to "in 1he pen tu<"nt to ret•ognlze Tommy I.onghrnn petJsation even in thb mi,fortune. The infielder got the ball, then made o,mt. In t!lil() the tluh won 10 I gatm·s uf l'hila<lclphi,J a~ Gene Tnune~··· "uc Blanche- !low so? Making Tidal Prediction• n. seosele>s throw in the gcnernl direc· ancl lost 4!1, hut finished six games rr'-~·H· to thr world's heu1ywelght flo rene('- ller hnslmntl ~t.J) s home behind the Pirates The machine used for prechrting twn of no\\ here. rhampionshlp thJ"One. cYening~ now. • • tides Is termed "a mechanical prophet "Wl1y in the name of G.1wd," ~aid Jad; Onslow, Cardinals' coaeh, has Cy Lung1·cn and llm·o!d 11:lllgerflel'l with brains of brass.'' This machine. Mnnager Dan llowley, "didn't you Great Day lor Them figu1 ed in tweh e minor nnd major two n•emltl't's of the l'enn State hack which weighs about 2,500 pounds, Is make the throw to Gray nt first?" league jll'nnant championships rluJ·in~ field for tile past three 1ems, ha1·e • "Bills u IHJ of uu e,;otlst I:;Jt t he?'' nhout 11 feet long, 2 feet wide and 6 "Well, manager," nlihied the infield "l:gotist! Sus. wlu·n lhnr rellc•w feet high. It was conceh·ed, designed er, "I gue~ I nm color hlinrl. I his ~areer of sel'enteen jears in hnse· bern !'n~nge<l as a'<sl~tant cnnrhr• for has u hiJ'lhllny he 11 is lies hi' friends and constructed In the otnce of the couldn't tell Gray from mue; and so 1 ball. This ~enr he hope< to "cut him the Nittany team. Doth "ill uc :n ro•u1y b.lJ!Il.l' returns of the rlay." self another piece of cake." coust and geodetic survey and put In just shut my el cs and threw.'' colkge to cuntJiliH' their studies. operation about 1910 and hns heen • Cheat The sale of Matt Donohue, Om.1ha U1'Cd continuously tor tidal prediction~ CniYersib of Kansn~. nt I.nwrenre, Use Distance Markers "So your h ushand has hren rleceiv· \\'estern league outfielder, to the Kan by the government. This machine Is has n ~t:.!llum now thnt will sent ::G.· The New York Yankees haYe sas City Ulues of the American asso· UOO. Two golf courses and lG han I lng yvu, eh ?" designed to calculate simultaneously "Ye~. the wretch! l ut-ed to give the 37 factors that go to make up the started something In the! r ball Jln 11: elation is announced. bn:l .·n rts ha'e been n<lrlrd to the him tiYe cents for his carfare every a tlllet lc aud tide. These factors depend upon the by puttlllg distance marl;prs nil over sport~ equi pmcn t. • dny, nnd I found out that he's been relathe position of the sun, moon and the outHkil t~ of .the field nnl! fans Byrne Fl. James, for the last two earth and also upon the shape and may jnrlg-e approximately the distance years a member of the O.naha cluh of Tommy ~lurphy, former dril er of walking to work and spencliog the size of the harbor through which the of hits. But what can lhl'y do uiJ,,ut the We!<tern league, hns been sold to hat ne~s hon'es nu<l now trainer ot UJ011ey." Ilabe Huth who does not confine m~.:ny the noston Natiotmls. predictions are made. ra<'ers, Is a mllllonnit·e ns a result ot of his clril·ps to the field? Hud Ren· wise Investments of the money he won Close to Wo ../t nie, In WJ'iling an account of the first George Bums, one time New York with his pacers. Fir•t Bea.t ol Burden Visitor-Who Is thnt poor!~ dressed !!'<1111~ 11ith the signs says "ComiJ~ hit Giants star, who resigned as mao· From all existing records the tern· man 01er near the telephone? The mnn·el of tl1e hoxlng world I~ peramentnl camel Is believed to be the a 42:i foot triple nnd scored on Koe· nger of the Willinmsport Graj·s, has r;;ditor-Qh, lle's the editor ot our nig's ZJQ.foot sacrifice fly " Fouls cnn signed to manage the Hanover (Pa.) Jack Britton. After 24 years of fight· first animal used by man as a beaat o1 men's fashion dep11rtment. he counted the same 11·ny, Raiders of the Blue Ridge lea~:ue. lntl tlie "old master'' Is still at it, burden. Broke Into Game as Holdout G 1 I.IFE'S UTILE JESTS • .- •• • BASEBALL~ NOTES 0 • • • I • • I • • • • • • • • • • • • • • I • • • • • • . . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • , I • • • • • • • • • I r • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • I . ' |