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Show that The Shadaw af a Doubt w By 3 THE RETIRED LIST. Rnekr tho Oldool Officer Urlaf, ., Tou see, Jack and I bar decided life would be utterly void and tasteless without our daily battle.; ao ve are going to make a continued ndJanet, dear, you must story of it. forgive me for appropriating your wrap that night. Jat k brought It for mine. Through the meshes of the hammock Rexell's fingers clooed upon Janet's tbtclung 'with answering pressure. kl4A4jl444444444U4jL4id4444L4t446L CURRAN R. GREENLEY n. Jatlonal league statistics show nant of the Canadian League. His 1900. Daily Story Pub Co ) the shadows, not twenty )ardi away. 4e odd And Interesting figures. Anrelease was obtained by Ce Detroit The brown waters were rippled Into glided a panther. LAND OF HUMMING BIRD. al Xte records of the slabmen, ranking club of the Western waves League at the that sang little lullabies, The bruts, had not winded them, but golden T hi t Follows l'lIClf B then on the basis of runs scored to close of that campaign, and during the all thelr-owabout the silvered roots was intent upon its mate, whose Bteady rbinoiDoo TrluiXtU th game and Including only those season of 1899 he developed into such Aphlt Lako. of the sycamore The two were In a strokes were nearing the shore. There The tourist jjiay take passage to the wla have pitched 15 battles, make Cy a promising pitcher that his services little batteau. The beauty of the was a wild scream overhead, and from as Trinland of the humming bird Yng leader by an Immense margin. were In demand The Cincinnati club swamp was an old story not worthy of the brant lies above a third panther to- - be Tin Ohio rail their like idad country people splitter has allowed only of tho major league was the one to comment Indeed, comment was not leaped down nivd after securing accommodaruns this year, has given but 32 get in the first legal claim for his servcurrent coin, as the studied unconTbeu btgan a battle royal. Over and called hotel In the Pes in 31 games, and has fanned 94 ices. During that seasen-h- e sciousness of their faces betrayed. particiover the two great cats rolled, fctrug-gle- d tion at thelfuily decent lake to the by one of BL Pittfebyg's four pitchers I.eever, colony, prtx;em pated in fifty championship contests and fought half In the water, Janet could not forgive that direct steamers are small ghyeVmient Phllppef Tannehlll and Chesbro, plying the with the Detroit team and had a bat"1 saw you. then out of sight In the cuue and unaccusation Coquette." buirhed nea'r the top, and the seci't ting percentage of .282. Throe coastwise tnTecj times weekly, disemtlma You allowed his kisses, and you dare dergrowth bark at the Brighton pier, and proceed at fittsbufg's success Is told by those he made three safe hits to a game. One and fascinated, Janet watched, not deny It. Hugh , Of all the fitces at a glance to the scene of "digging. Fourth in the list of them inr'uded a homes and a triple "Deny?" Her face yet burned with forgetful of danger. The female had crude, rough and ready means of stands Noodles Hahn, and an analysis head the bagger, and another two triple bagheiselt stretched sand, upon memory of his tone. Perhaps it wealth from mother earth, the d his woik makes it painfully plain gers. During the latter part of Auwas not good form, but she tore his Trinidad lake asphalt operations are thk a batting team behind him would gust he Joined the Clnetnnatls, ana ring from her fingee-anflung it at his the most striking, rays a writer In the Jste landed him a top nnteh winner. after practice he was feet. And then she was alone. Slime fanner-ou- t The Visitor arrives New York Post of the lot Is i( given his first opportunity In a major one spoke her name halfway to the c strike-out- s In 17 games and on a fairly- - level plateau, spotted here t.,4 cr and door. She turned, and then Jack An: Cy Toung Is the Mead e.st, with his 32 of water, be; there wjth pools tiny drews entered to claim his dance. tickets In 31 g imea neath whku the soft shiny substance The (strains of that waltz yet linInteresting comparisons with the known as asphalt glitters in the reof sense 's ... pain gered, with a haunting . National League flmires ean be had by flet tion! of a flTce tropical snn. Scat,vand loss. The bright lights, the crowd Tr riutjlng the leeouls of the American tered over the surface of the lake dozand Andrews gay nonsense a dim of swarthy negroes are plying pick league. These figures show that the ens Rex-ellft one fate Hugh background for lookIhiSalo league leads the country In the extra, and hoe, ting dark, and restntful. She had labt sit eftw basts and in double plavs 770 of One earth. from stuff may the ing seen it the night of the club dance. shrub or tie Iormer and 117 of the latter. The In the shade of a near-b- y She had avoided h.m until today when, Chicago champions are near the bot-ta- n under tho proto ling shelter of an umon reaching the camp, Mrs Ashford In heavy hitting w itch the negroes pile heap and brella Detroit was the had smilingly be Uoned to Rexell and club of the whole after heap of the asphalt Into the end bk for him her appointed special knight oo Hit. of the emlltss bain of tubs that hurry the week's outing. The Individual has one which to from tu pler, sluggers, compared alonjt I always plan to have lhosepnly with the big h are a poor lot. so as who are perfectly congenial, Warden ranking hrt wl'h 131 extras, of twenty or more feet sugexcavation much depends upon one's companion gests to the super vising darky thatae Seybold second Still poorer compared And with a in these gypsy affairs has come to move a hit furiher with the National League figures are time Ashford Mrs knowing littm laugh, In on. the cour-- e of a few hours the the records of The base runne-s- , not moved on a man Handing over .400 In this parexcavation resulting from the mornThere was an awful silence. Janet ticular. Dnk ltarlcy leads and Hart-tn- ,l look less deep, to diggings begins ings traced divers snd strange images in from and Magoon are well up near the the the and spot by evening the sand withLer parasol and Rexell Janet felt ec'y the lunge cl the heavy J, C. F1U SIC which moie than five or ten tons have summit,. ad di game on Sept. 2, at Cincinnati, hi body league at , puffed away cigar. surThe a level with the iln been dug is pitching records, taking games They could hear Mrs. AslHord ar- down upon the paws, lazily eyeing the rounding on tli and ready to be dug woe as the basis, give the palm to against the heavy batting Philadelphia ' a team, and all things considered made bril moon shoue with but left The her lorn combat. ranging Nothing over the gar g of noisy blacks. Reidy, Goar and Patterson. Gear's per- a. favorable Impression. It was no easy that little butte an' Where are tho liant whitcnres that hi ought out every From bytho to Is formance of for the the best, as he worked pier digging point task for him on his first major league Of coiuse not. other boats They detail of the scene. n endless-chnlPat-ters losing team, wh'le Reidy and Is about a mile or less of Rexell moved never are m conditun. Mr. Rexell." appearance to be compelled to face the Instantly the pandes- eat; moored to the pier are were with the two leaders Milgreatest aggregation of hard hitters In There was no escipe, and Janet felt an ther lifted her head and sniffed suspsometimes have vessels and ler, Fischer, Denser and Yeager the country, an,l that, too, after a lay icion-!. She had scented them. As big sailing insane desiie to laugh when a few moholds fine records. As In the big league, the off of more than two week. It was ments later she found her face to she slowly crept toward them Rexell steamers, into whose rapacious the pitch at the southpaws have fallen to the rear, and tubs a greater handicap than an face with Mr Rexell. bent forward. When only a few feet the of discharge certainly 138. now tons have won 113 games, losing 'er rate two or three hundred ordinary youngster could get away Janet wa- determined that the ad- distant he hied, hut the panther had day. The analytic figures of tho piUhng but ho had even more to conwith, vance, if any, should come trom him. crouched for its spring, and the bullet will afford a valuable guide to big tend with than this. He was Rexell siaied 'st'uilght ahead with a f.ew harmless, esvee its head. ... hagae managers looking for woRders PERIL. of the JACKSONS to stand up and pitch' with' a the Janet felt only fixed smile, exquisitely provoking. It lunge On tbe fact of the returns young Roy Us worst behind him, team playjpg may be irritating when false accusa- heavy body, a blinding pain and Almost Forgotten Attempt on tho Patterson Is the best pitcher In the errors that gave the Phillies making tions are leveled at one's head, but to nothing. of Life, country. He has won .692 per cent runs when they should have been rebe Ignored is maddening. Janet fell On March 30, 1833, Gen. Jackson was hla games, has allowed but 2 9G runs Mrs. Ashford's face was the first she tired without scoring, and receiving that the limit was reached, when he attending the funeral of Warren R. to the game, has given 53 bases on none of that encouragement from his laid down the paddle and calmly pro- saw an animate interrogation point. from a member of out In 27 games, and has struck balls Davis, congress catcher that a young pitcher, or an old ceeded to Joint his fishing rod. The They had been missed, but there was South Carolina, at the capltol, and 9! men. Yeager and Reidy rank next one, for that matter, la entitled to. In boat drifted with the current, and the no uneasiness felt until dark. After while walking in procession to take a to Patterson. Old Billy Hart of Bond of these discouragements Frisk situation was fast becoming desperate waiting a' reasonable time. Col. Ash- carriage on the east spite capi-tof front the Hill shows up well, as does young on pitching the ball over, and it when s third power put a swift period ford decided to search for them. They he was approached by a man Lee, the Kansas City The kept had not gone far before the shots la really no dlacredlt to him that the to "armed neutrality. named Richard who be too preto who seem Lawrence, was good help. They had drifted under, the boughs guided them to where Rexell game waa lost. He ahowed up well at sented a within a few feet of by the big league managers are bat, hitting out two clean singlea. He of a large cypress from which into the lessly endeavoring to bind up Janets him. Thejpistol l, but did not ig- Patterson, Yeager, Reidy, Gear, boat dropped that most repulsive of shoulder and arm where the panthers nite the cap exploded, participated in nine championship Lee and Miller. charge. Lawrence threw the As It claws had ripped their way through snakes, a water moccasin. games wlthrClnclnnatl that season and , drew and which pistol away another, landed between them Janet sprang up. the soft white flesh. wound up with a victory over the Half In the water lay two panthers, also missed fire. Gen. Jackson was on BOSTONS CRACK PITCHER. whom he held down to two The next Instant the batteau had caLoulsvlUea, the arm of Mr. Woodbury, secretary of runs. He was reserved by the Cincinreened, and with a startled cry she torn and gashed by tooth and claw into the the one of H. but pitchWa Dlnneen, treasury, mere masses of bleeding rags. One of pursued tbe assassin went down deep into the dark water. nati club for this season, but waa with raised cane. Lieut Gedney of the ers of the Boston club of 1900, was over to the Detroit team of the She knew liothingTnore until she them was still alive, but a bullet from turned He made navy knocked Lawrence down, and the horn at Syracuse in 1876. the colonel's rifle ended Its agony. American League, appearing for the opened her eyes to find Hexell's face reToronwith friends of the president tried to tbe his professional debut firat time with the latter on April 25, very near hern There was a sense As the camp invalid, Janet wanted strain him, but he said: Let me go, to club of the Eastern League late In with Cleveland, at Detroit. In a of something that had touched her not for company. It was marvelous, gentlemen; I am not afraid. They cant the season of 1895, remaining with On game 26, at Minneapolis, be allowed lips certainly not water. July an how little LawSo absorbed me. can I kill angler, that team until tbe close of the season the home team one run, although they protect myself." Janet, darling, forgive me. There for Rexell showed In the fishing. rence was arrested and arraigned be- of 1897, when his services were securhas Jeen beastly mistake somewhere. Interest made seven safe hlta. He can be called In her element. fore Judge Cranch and committed. At ed by the Washington club of the NaI could have sworn to that pink wrap; Mrs. Ashford was a good batsman for a pitcher, and dewas woman one that There the trial he behaved much aa.Gulteau tional league. He twirled there in 1898 bevery pursuit there Isnt another like It In the counalso a good outfielder, for ha If la In with a gamblers thirst did, interrupting tbe proceedings and and 1899 and since the close of last ty. But mistake It was I am sure of lighted utilized In that way. frequently matchmaking; and a chance like the talking all the time, until the Judge season was sold along with Freeman It" be to was not lightly regarded. ordered him to be removed from the and Barry to the Boston club. His Rexell's voice sounded faint and far present DIAMOND GLINTS. court room. A commission appointed 1899 record was remarkable when the sway; but, too .dazed to question, she The week wore on to its close. Janet lay in the hammock. Idly to examine Into bis condition reported inferior support he received Is taken nestled her cheek against his coat. The Bostons are fourth In battle flicker and him of unsound mind. He was com- into consideration. He won half the that watching the camp-fire- s What followed in that half-ton- e Fred Tenney baa fallen tiff In hla fits Itself to but one theme Is interestkeeping up a disjointed chat with mitted to an Insane asylum, where he games be pitched for tbe Senatorial tor Boston until puck FreeRexell. lived for many years. There was an Misfits. His most clever feat last year playing ing to the victims alone. man go in at first baae. may folwere on to break the realcamp was sunset when They It past they attempt made to involve some political of Ed Hanlons has been team No rea chorus of ized their distance from camp, and lowing day, and general adversaries of Gen. Jackson !n this atbeaten In eleven years In games with with no ideaof Its direction. - Behind gret went up Trent the scattered groups tempt on hla life, but the examination minor league teams, A credltabla recthem were the green reaches of the about the tents. fid trial revealed nothing but that It scene a linord that was no before that and .well lake the It might swamp, and was the act of a madman. Gen. JackUnder McGrows .tutelage every Bt boat As the twilight deepened Into ger. Just enough breeze to ruffle the sons escape from death was providenLouis player has grown Into a perlake. There was a drowsy,1 far-o-ff ' tial:1 "Thd fclstols were ' loaded very murmur, the night voices of the heavily, and after the arrest of Lawpetual chatterbCt; it present there Is swamp. The naked arms of the sycaprobably more gab to tha square Jnch rence were fired, the caps explodim more flung long, black bars of shadow and In the SL Louis branch than in any the powder readily in ih over the" moon-l- it outfit In the country. Ex. glory of the tawny pistollgnjtlng similar and the balls through sending water. Below the tents, a ewlrl of While Pittsburg will quit the season several Inches of It was stated laughter, that centered around Ger- that Gen. Jackson plank. with a good record on the right side said that at time the trude Allen, varied by the "plunkity-piun- k of the ledger, Boston and Philadelphia of the 'Banjo;' ahd Jack An- be knew where the, attempt piginatfdj will more than break even, , but the Post. Washington drews deep baritone, proclaiming: other five clubs will lose from 110,000 "Theres only one girl for me. to $20,000 on the season. Cincinnati, Model Tenement Honnee. Hugh, what led you to accuse me on account of losing a majority of the Three hundred, plans were submitof of flirting games at home In the heat of the we "Little woman, wont go Into ted in an architects competition in will be one of the heaviest season, that. Call it an optical Illusion or New York for model tenement houses losers of the season. These facts do what you will. We agreed that night and the first prize plan Is to be used not offer much encouragement for an over the lake to let the matter rest. at once. Jhe new buildings wIJL opposition league In 1901. "I did not. She turned a white, an- fire proof throughout, and will occupy W. H. DINNEEN. the decline of baseball from tha gry face to his. "Possibly you do not 70 per. cent of the ground space, leav- Naa holding down the Phlladelphlas position of the leading American sport, in your ing 30 per cent for light and air. In realize the Implied doub average was which It once occupied, has been very words. You are willing to condone, each room a window will open into to two hlta. Hla batting " but you have never, for one instant, be- the outer air and each apartment will .296. marked In the last few years. Varilieved yourself mistaken." ous reasons have been assigned for Its be connected with private hall and have MAY MOVE UP. Rexell, staggered by the direct decadence, and many efforts baths, play grounds, clothes drying was utterly at a loss as to what chambers and been made by those financially interstorage rooms. It Is e to say. popucalculated that a rental of $1 a week In Among young candidates for a place ested to bring back Its the major league ranks is tbe subBefore he could rally his scattered per room will been but have These slightly profit larity. give satisfactory ject of this sketch, Emil Frisk, al- successful because the causes of Its forces, Gertrude Allen and Jack AnJudge Need Not Be Lawyer. though he has already bad some exdrews bad rounded the tent, believing are natural ones, arising from In Colorado It is not necessary that perience there. He was born OcL 15. decline themselves alone In the white quiet. As It landed between them Janet and enlargement of the development In blissful security they bore down on judges of county courts shall be law 1874, at Kalkaska, Mich., and learned the field of sports in America, and It .sprang up. decto play ball at Marquette. He Is five tbe sheltered nook that held the ham- yers. The result has been that doubtful if baseball, great a game as night, Rexell halloed again and again, mock. isions of such tribunals, feet eleven Inches In height and weighs la when apcame. answer the echoes no It Only Is, will ever regain the hold It once put ihout 175 pounds. He started on his pealed, are reversed in almost hal-i- h A little scream from Gertrude. Somehad. rang back with mocking disturbance. all cases. is found that In nearly It not exactly a blessing from Anprofessional career with the Port HuThey argued that Col. Ashford would thing cases county courts get at the equity ron club, of the Internationa! League, drews, and then a most embarrassed look to someone them up. surely In 1898. Hla pitching was of such a all right, but err as to technicalities, Dcpradfl on Keo silence. Suddenly s new sound broke the Unless James R. Keene soon returns and It Is suspected that more or less high order with the Michigan team led off the Rexell a with laugh, low - stillness long, and efe,. the panunscrupulous lawyers lay traps to Jhat within a few hours after the col-o- f to this country, the prospects of a hearty second from Andrews. ther's call to bis mate. It Isnt the After first the Hurona Frlaks signature meeting between hla Tommy Atkina all. time, as bring about Just such results. Rexell drew hla pistol. The cartFaa placcd at the bottom of a Hamiland Whltneya Ballyhoo Bey are very to khow. Rexell, dont you happen were ) Intact. Mlik nn1 Cadercr1aftt ridges remote. Tbe elder Keene, according to ton the remember the corner (OnL) clubs you contract, through turning Oxford has among Its undergrade From the far shore came an answer!d of Manager Collins of that club, friends on this side of the water, Ja hla th"51uthouse veranda suddenrather ates a married Lancashire millhand, ing cry, then of a sudden a heavy which waa one of the four from the recuperating and resting In England. w ly? 23 y 9f forked bis who agfe. years splash! one knows when he will return.and "It was you, Gertrude? Into the university by studying after late disbanded International to form No Breathless, they watched until far out of his Intimates remarked Tuesone the was as a of ' In There world Canadian finish In relief that Janets factory hours, with the help of freo League and the center the water rippled away he season. probably does not know himFrisks clever work In the day, from a smooth, round head. Rexell's exclamation. libraries and university extension lecFoxhal! Keene refuses to discuss self. Pitcher's answered aided the Yes, that s when woman, was worth on young position the greatly tures. He has won a scholarship trigger, finger Hamilton team In winning the pen- - the matter at all. 80 a year, rustling noise, attracted him. Out from totally unabashed. Copyrighted, te V d r 's tar y Wad-dett9- G h i' tar-coa- ly g ag-.e- rs, - com-pt.Tlt- 'd Fro-iden- tii ol left-hand- jm orer-WvKd- ty Ka-tol- , -- r k, old-tim- sei . The retired list of the regular army Includes 764 officers Of this total, there are S27 officers who are 65 yeara of aga and upwards to 88, which Is th age of Brig.-GeRucker. , Four officers are 65, two 84, two 82, three 81, two 80, four 79, twelve 78, nine 77, sixteen 76. .fourteen 75, fourteen 74, ten 73' twenty 72, fifteen 71, twenty-six 70, forty-on- e 67, thirty-thre- 69, thirty 68, twD-ty-nl- ne and forty 65. The uldcst officer In the army now living. Prig --Gen. Daniel H. Rucker, was appointed tooths army trom civil life lu 1837. He waa brev-ette- d for gallant and merttirloua conduct at the battle of Buena Ylata. Tba next oldest officer of the army and tha oldest Uvl g graduate of West Point, la MaJ. William Auxtlne, of tha class of 1838, who was brevetted for gallantry at the battles of Contreras and Cherubusco. Among the other officers f the retired list who are veterans of the Mexican war are Gens. Wilcox and T. J. Wood, Cola. Getty, L, P. Grahaih, John P Hatch, Fits John Porter, 1. N. Palmer, M. D, Simpson, James Oakes, and Fant. N. J T. Dana. Among the surviving Mexican war veteran outside hi the regular army are Gen. William B. Franklin of the Union army, who Is, 77, and Gen. James Longstrectof the Confederate army, who Is nearly 81. Among tha distinguished generals of tho Union army-upothe retired list are LieuL-Ge- n. e 66, n Schofield, who la 69; Gens. D. E. Elck les, 77; Howard, 70; McCook, 69; Roger, 67; Wheaton. 67; Forsyth, 66; Merritt, 64, Halid, 76; D. S. Stanley, 72; Tarke. 73; Bradley, 78; Carr, 69; Long, 63. Col. John Green is 75, and 1daJ. T. I. Eckcrson la 79. Only 25 per cent total number of officers e of-th- upon the retired list are graduates of West Point; 12 per cent were appointed from the army, and 63 per cent were appointed from civil Ilf a Portland Oregonian. PRINCE ALFREDS REVENGE. U Ueu Fully Even with Haughty tilrL Many of the newspper biographer of the late Prince Alfred, duke of overlook the fact that he was one of America's small list of royal guests. Several yeara ago, whllA a midshipman In the British navy, he made a brief stop at Vancouvers Isball land, and was entertained at given by the governor. 11a waa very much struck by the appearance of a girl who seemed to be the belle of the assemblage when he entered the room, end learned by inquiry that aha waa the daughter of the governor, whose Indian. The wife waa a prince asked the honor of a dance; but the girl, having been educated at a finishing school in Portland, Ore., held her head very high, and not knowing the prince's social station, responded that the governor's daughter was entitled to dance with officers of higher rank than midshipmen. The prince took the rebuff Hla time for revenge came when one of the governors suits, not knowing of what had happened, begged hla royal highness' permission to present the governor' daughter as a partner for the next waltx. Tbe prince politely declined, remarking that "hla mother would be deeply mortified to hear that Baa he had danced with a "squaw Francisco Argonaut , y. Primitive eprlekliag lu 8wltrln4. j While Bern bouts of a lumbering sprinkling cart that would do justice to the middle ages, the ordinary method of laying the dust Is very primi- tlve. Men are employed who first fill with water an elongated metal arrangement shaped like the baskets used for carrying wood and open at the top. One aide of this ean la flat so that It ran be strapped to the op eratora back. At tha bottom Is a stopcock and a rubber hose which haa a sprinkling nozzle at the end amt when ready the watering mkh mar Che down tbe street swinging tha rubber hose to right and left. Impartially sprinkling tha dodging pedestrians a well aa the street In hla wild, flapping energy. The supply generally lasta until a fountain is reached, when th can la nnstrappd. aM refilled tor th k next course. Leo J. Frankentbal In Chicago Record. Lightning mum Panic. . During a severe storm lightning struck a telephone pole at the little hamlet of Bateeyville, In tbe southern part of Louisiana, - wrecking a. telephone box in the store of A. Gaut-reaand exploding both barrels of a shotgun which wu standing near tha telephone. The gun was loaded with buckshot and tha charges tore a big hole In the aide of the little building, narrowly missing a crowd of men who had taken refuge from the itorm there. Tbe flub so startled Prudent Ayer, a workman in a shingle mill nea rth Gautreaux store, that he seized a rapidly revolving circular saw, losing two fingers and otherwise badly mangling hla hand. ux Ttlot of Fcttberii In Berlin a manufacturer received In one shipment four truckloads of thicken feathers from Russia. Turkey feathers came from America In great quantities. - Chicken plumag brings from $1.50 to $3.50 a pound.) Turkey la worth about the same. Fin wing and tail feathers bring a llttl more. Peacock tIumae sella for from; $4.10 to $7.50 a pound. The most ex- -i pensive of all this is the soft egret; plumage. Paradise birds are also cost-- J ly. They sell always by the whaiM bird and oost from $5 to $10. |