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Show but ki was preooeupled, and Griswold, ting ready to discharge me, said Ardwant fastening bis collar at tba mirror, more, plaintively, "and I dont to lose my Job." bummed softly the couplet: "Ton ought to have something to With the winking eye At . do," said Jerry, thoughtfully, For my he near as I can make out you have "Qriaay!" shouted Ardmore. never done anything but study about never did It!" Oh blest my tout, what was I pirates and collect pernicious books Baying! Why, of course she wasnt on the sinful life of Capt. Kidd. - You should bsve some larger aim la Ufa the " one! Not Miss Dangerfleld than that and I think I know of a never!" "Well, you like her, dont youT de- good position that la now open, or will bo as soon aa papa baa cleared oat manded Ardmore, petulantly. Of course I like her, you Idiot! the peanut sheila we left In hie desk. I think you would make an excellest Shes wonderful. She He frowned upon the scarf be bad adjutant general with full charge 8f chosen with much care, snapped It to the state militia." But you hare to get rid of Gllling hake the wrinkles out, humming water first," suggested Ardmore, bis aoftly, while Ardmore gared at him. Shes wise, Griswold resumed, heart beating fast. If you mesa tbst be bss to bo re"with the wisdom of laughter accept not moved from office, I will tell you now, with my compliments. Its that, often I do so well before breakfast. Mr. Ardmore, that Rutherford Gllling water will no longer alga himself And now If you're to be congratulated before I go back to the groves of adjutant general of North Carolina Academe pray bestir yourself. At this I removed him myself In a general very moment I have an engagement order 1 wrote yesterday afternoon Juit to walk with a lady before breakfast before I told papa that you and I thanks, yea, that my coat Good- - could not act as governor any longer, but that he must resume the yoke." by!" But that must have been a matter Breakfast was a lingering .affair at Ardsley that morning. Tbq two gov- of considerable delicacy, Mlsa Danger' ernors and the National Guard officers field, when you consider that you art who had apent the night In the bouse engaged to marry Mr. GUlingwater." Not In the least, said Jerry. "1 were not In the slightest huvry to break up the party, for such, a com- broke our engagement the moment pany, they all knew, could hardly be saw that he came here the other assembled again. The governors were night all dressed up to eat and not tfl a trifle nervous as to the attitude of fight, and he la now free to engage the press. In spite of Colling efforts himself to that thin blonde at Golds to dictate what history 'should say of boro whom he thinks so highly Intelthe affair on the Raccoon; but before lectual. Jerry held up' her left hand and they left the table the Raleigh morn- SERIAL STORY T1ATI ,i KILDARE v MESEDITH NICHOLSON UlivtnnMa Bit fclfilttl " 11 m kf Tk WA1TEKS Bobbs-Merri- ll tioapur- - SYNOPSIS. Thomu Ardmore and Henry Main Qrtewold stumble upon Intrtgus when the Carolina (over nore of North and South Griswold are reported to have quarreled. alllee himaelf with Barbara ( borne, South Carodaughter of the governor of the rauaa of lina. while Ardmore eapoueee the govterry Ilangerfleld, daughter of two ladles ernor of North Carolina. These ara trying to fill the shoes of their faare while the latter thers. jnlsalng. Botht. states are la a turmoil over one an outlaw with great political Influence. Unaware of each others position. both Griswold and Ardmore set out Both have to make the other prosecute forces scouting the border. Qrlswnld captures Applrwelght. but Jerry Anils him and takes him to Ardsley. her own prisoner. Ardmore arrests a man on Ida property who says ha la Oov. Osborne. Meanwhile another man la arrested as Applewelght by the South Carolina militia Tha North Carolina militia la sailed Into action. When Col. Ollllngwa-te- r, Jerry's flame, finds that real war Is afoot, ha flees. Applewelght Is taken by Ardmore and lodged In a Jail In louta Carolina Returning to Ardsley, Ardmore finds that Billings, tha banker, sad Foster, treasurer of North Carolina have been arrested. Barbara Osborne arrives at Ardsley. Dispute as to who has tha real Applewelght results In the Iden-- tl Oration of tha man tailed by Ardmore In South Carolina as tha outlaw and that Ortewold'a prisoner la Oov. Dangerfleld of North Carolina. It develops (hat the two governors are on the ' iermc And likd retired fogether to tlik wilds of the border, for a rest from tha - -- Secretary Horace WDsoa of tha Breeders'! Kentucky Trotting Hors association has announced that ITA weanlings have been kept eligible tat th twenty-firs- t annual rsnewal of that Kentucky Futurity, $1,000, for foalal of aggregates 111, and SI have five weaa-- j lings to thetr credit, or a total of 171 this Dumber representing 56 per cent of the entire list The largest list comes from W. B: D. Stokes farm, thej Patchen Wilkes nursery, at Lexington,, which names 88 entries, 48 of which! are by Peter th Great Walnut Hall farm, owned by L. V. Harknesa, also contributes 6) and for th first time la many years Is second ta th list of entries. Tha majority of the are by Moko, Walnut Hall and Oaone. Other farms represented are K. Newton's place, Callborn farm, William Allen Russell's place, Simp, son'a Empire City farms, Cuba, N. T.; the International 8tock Food farm of Minneapolis, Minn. Peter the Great heads th stallions with 80 weanlings, probably the record number by on sire In any renew al of the Futurity. Thee 8 sire represent the fashionable and popular blood lines of the present day, and all but four have records In standard time. Ten have records from 1:51 Continued. "That," said Oov. Osborne, "meets y approval." Two more prisoners were now . brought In. "Oov. Dangerfleld. continued Ardmore, "here Is your state treasurer, who had sought to Injure you by defaulting the etate bonds due which Is the first of June. And that frowsy person with Mr. Foster Is Secretary BlUIngs of the Bronx Loan Trust Companyrwrho hai treated me at times with the greatest Injustice Whether Treasand condescension. urer Foster has the money with which to meet those bonds 1 do not know; but I do know that I have paid them In full through the Uuckhaw bank of Raleigh." , Col. Daubenspeck leaped to bla feet ' and swung hit cap. He proposed three and cheers for Jerry Dangerfleld; ' three more for Barbara Osborne; and - then the two governors were cheered three timet three; and when the bungalow bad ceased to ring, it was V seen that Ardmore and Griswold were In each. other's arms. Surely, by this time, said Mrs. Atchison, you have adjusted enough of these weighty matters for one day, and I beg that you will all dine with at eight oclock, tut nt Ardsley where my brother and I will endeavor ' to mark In appropriate fashion the signing of peace between your neigh-boring kingdoms." "For Gov, Osborne and myself I accept, madam, replied Gov. Danger field, "providing the -- flowing frock-coatwhich are the vesture and symbol of our respective offices, are still In the log house on the Raccoon ' where I became a prisoner". """ to-ds- Na-tlon- . CHAPTER XX. Good-Bto Jerry Dangerfleld. The next morning Ardmore knocked at Griswold's door as tarly as' he dared, and went In and talked to his friend In their old Intimate fashion The associate professor of admiralty was shaving himself with care. You wont have any hard feelings about that scarlet fever business, will you. GrlssyT It waa downright selfish of mo to want to keep the thing to myself, but I thought It would be fun to go ahead and carry It through and then thow you how well I puUed.lt y . "Dent ever refer to It again. - If you Griswold, amis-blyI. as he washed off the lather. loo, hTefulpd ertmt kingdom, sad 1 have seen history In the miking, quorum pars wagna ful." "But 1 say, Grlssy, there Is such a thing as fate and destiny and all that after all; don't yob believe ItT Don't I believe it! I know' It! thundered Griswold, reaching for a towel. He lifted a white rose from a glass of water where it had spent the sight and regarded it tenderly. The right rose under the right star, and the thing's done; the rose, the star and the girl the combination simply eant be beat, Ardy." Ardmore seised and wrung hts friends band for the twentieth time; love me," spluttered to Pltehev , i you can marry a worthless wretch like me. If oh, Jerry!" She gently freed her hand and stepped to one side, bending her head like a bird that pauses alarmed, 'm uncertain of Its whereabouts, glancing cautiously up and down the. creek. Mr. Ardmore," she said, you may not bb aware that when you asked ms to be your wife and that, 1 take ft, was your Intention you were stand Ing In South Carolina, while I stood with both feet on the sacred soil of the Old North State. 'Under the clp cumstanceg I do not think your pro posal Is legal. Moreover, unless ypu are quite positive which eye It wai tbat so far forgot Itself as to lnk, J do not think the matter can go fur- Ctf Catching runners off first base la aa art few pitchers have developed. Jimmy Collins, at one time the greatest third baseman In tha game, la aa authority on baseball. He says la discussing the art of nailing runners: Ed Walsh of the Chloago White Is the hardeat Sox, says Collins. pitcher I have ever played against when It cornea to getting a lead off first. Let me tell you right now that Walsh has the most homing motion of any pltchar In the oountry, bar none. I, myself, think It la a clear case of balk whan Walsh winds up and then slaps the ball over to first But no umpires have called him for It except In one or two cases, where the offense was palpable Thera are only a few runners, men like Eddie Collins and Ty Cobb; who dart to take more than a couple of feet lead off first when Walsh la In the box. They depend on excessive speed to best the hall to first tat sometimes even they are fooled. Ton never can tell what Walsh fa going to do until you actually aee the batsman swing at ths ball. Then yon know that Walsh has pitched to tho plate. "Next to Walsh I place that crafty Indian, Bender of the champion Athletics Yon almply have to keep jour yes on Bender all the time while you are loafing around first base or he will outguess you. For that matter, he often outwits yon svsn when yon arc watching him. I thlnk that's one of the reasons Bender has developed Into a leading pitcher. Walsh. ASCOT PARK UNDER THE BAN Track Where Barney Oldfield and Others Promoted Meet, le Disqualified for On Year. Ascot park automobile track, Los Angelas, Cal, U disqualified for ono year as a pines for sanctioned motor racing meets ta a circular Issued by DAD GOSSIP OF SPORTDOM No major league magnkte wishes to part with his stars. Hughle Jennings denies that Ty Cobb will be traded for Walter Johnson. . Wld Conroy, veteran Washington inflelder, may play with Montreal next season. Billy Papke may have helped hla wallop him that la sdme consolation. Eddie Grant, former Phillies- - third baseman, still Is faltering about go ;iog .to Cincinnati.e Jimmie Collln-wtlHretained next season as manager of the Providence ah-'u- s the list by states, Kentucky leads, furnishing about 40 per cent la this connection It Is of Interest to nots that Kentucky breeders named about 40 per eenL of the marea entered last March. New York holds second place, with 123 weanlings kept La. Both of these states show a liberal lucre a4 over last year, and over one-ha- lf tha total list of weanlings have been on tered by the breeders of these twd states. Massachusetts, as usual, comae third, being represented by 69, and this year Pennsylvania advances ta fourth place1 with 41. Than there la Addis Joss or Cleveland a regular pitching fox. Clark Griffith never had anything on Addle when It cornea to being a pitching fox. Why, I've stood up by the bag and thought that Joss had thrown to ths plate when really I waa being tagged out at first You have to keep your eyes peeled on Addle. Johnson of the Nationals and Donovan of tha Tigers are two pitchers hard to take a lead on. In the National league I consider Mathewson of the Giants, Brown of the Cuba and possibly Phllllppl of tho Pirates Isaders In this particular phase of the game. Of course Phil-llpp- l is growing old and has slowed up some, but when be was at his best nobody had anything on him. I have played against hlm and know pretty well what Ta talking about "While we are on this subject let me say that the third baseman baa a lot to do In catching runner off first It la generally hla part to give the signal to th pitcher when th man la far enough off first to shoot the bail over. There are some teams where th catcher gives tha signal, tat the third baseman can do it heat Nsxt time you are at a gam when' Walsh. Is pitching and there la a runner on first Just watch Harry Lords actions. Walsh will be standing moistening th ball and keeping one eye glued on Lord. Suddenly Lord will shift one of his hands or will reach up to grab at his hat. At that second you will aee Walsh whip the ball over to first and frequently theres a dead runner." ther The slightest suggestion ofjtjmij ptayetf ibouFTief' lips, but he! Wa very deeply troubled, and. seeing this, her eyes grew grave with kindness. "Mr. Ardmore, if your muscles of locomotion have not been utterly paralyzed, .and If you will leave that particular- - $late of the union which, next to Massachusetts. 1 most deeply abhor, I will dowhat I can in my poor weak way asvfather says in beginning his .best speeches to assist you to the answer. Then for many aeons, when pag t his arms her. a kiss, which h had Intended for the lips that were an near, some bow j faTTed'of its dealing tlon, and felluflon what seemed tc him a roepK&t gone to Heaven, bat which ytts. In fact, Jerry Dangol--field'left eye. His being tingled with themost delicious of intoxications tc which the clasp of her arms about his neck added unnecessary though not unwelcome delight.. Then shf drew back and held him away wta her finger-tip- s for an instant Mr. Thomas Ardmore 8h gay with maddening deliberation, 'it might not be Impbrtant, but I must tell yot In all candor that. It was th othe eya." ' THE END. - :0K-I- n aand dollars In teaching Pal the game. 1 It said De Forest plunged into Youngster le Adopted by Manager debt to give his protege the chance Jimmy De Forest, in Ordar to Clr- at the big purse In the prix ring. eumvnt. Envious Ones. Now that Pal may be a comer, Jimmy Barney Oldfield. Is taking no wild chances on another Jimmy De Forest, mansger of Pal the contest board of tho American AuMoore, the pugilist, legally adopt- manager getting hold of him. Pal was unnoticed when a prelim tomobile association. ed hts protege In order to cirThis-acti- on follow the holding of cumvent ambitious fight managers; Inary performer in his n atl ve town, but when he becameastatvafewof a . roeet at Jbe track on December-ll,- the managers tried tile old game which was promoted by Barney Oldstealing him from the man who made field and others. Oldfield waa nnder him. Moore bas been looked on aa suspension by the board at the time, one of th moet promising light and th disqualification la extended to weights In the country. Hs msds s all licensed drivers who took part in great record unUI recently, when h the Ascot meet. They Include Georg stood for a number of beatings. Sport H. Clark, who la Is alleged, drove uncritics-sai- d th youngster wag being der an assumed name; E. Rogers crowded too hard and that he needed 8tarna, Ben Korscher and nine local a long rest to get back Into ths eondl drivers at Los Angeles- .- The cars tlon he was a few months ago. driven by the Los Angeles men also are disqualified for two yeara. Tha suspension of Oldfield, It waa, reported, shall be brought to the attention of th International Assocla- -' tlon oL Recognized Autumobil Clubs and by that body promulgated to the respective automobile governing bodies In every part of th world. PAL MOORE GETS NEW to-da- noon he waa chagrined to find that she had gone for a ride over the estate with her father. Gov.' Osborne, Barbara and Griswold. He went in pursuit,- and to his delight found her presently sitting alone ou a log by the Raccoon, having dismounted, It appeared, to rescue a fledgling robin whose cries had led her away from her companions.. She pointed out the nest and directed him to climb the tree and restore the bird. This done he sat down beside her at a point where the Raccoon curved sweeplngly and swung off abruptly into a new course. I hope your father didn't scold you he began, for anything we did. meekly. No; he took It all pretty well, And promised that if I wouldn't tell mamma wh&t he had bcendotng About coming down here with Gov. Osborne Just to settle an old score at poker mamma doesnt approve of cards, you know that be would make me a present of a better riding horse than the one 1 now have, and he might even consider a trip abroad next summer." Oh, you mustn't go'abroad! It's It's so lonesotne Abroad! Has It "How perfectly ridiculous! never occurred to you that 1 am never lorn some, not even w hen I'm alone." Well," said Ardmore, who saw that be was hoaded for a bitnda'W, "I Hi glad your father was uot displeased with our work. It's a good thing all this fuss about the Applewelght people la over or I should be worse than silly. My mind "was not intended for such heavy work," T think yoahave a good mind, Mr. Ardmore," said Jerry, with the air of You one who makes concessions. really" did well In all these troubles, aud you did much better than I thought you would the day I hired you for private secretary. 1 think I could safely recommend you to any governor in need of assistance." You talk aa though you were get- - 1110. The list comes from 7 states, and from Canada and England. Ths list; Us ringless fingers Judicially, while Ardmore, his heart racing hotly against all recorda, watched her, and hit with a particular covetousness eyes studied that trifle of a hand. Then with a quick gesture he seised her hand and raised her gently to her feet. From the moJerry! he cried. ment you winked at me I have loved you. 1 should have followed yon round, the world until I found yon. II ing papers were brought in and It was clear that the newspaper men were keeping their contract Both governors had decided upon an Inspection of such portions of their militia as were assembled on the Raccoon, and a Joint dress parade was appointed for six o'clock. Ardmore, anxious to make every one at home, saw the morning ..pass without a chance to speak to Jerry; and when he was free shortly before FUTURITY efFesla of 1910 Named for Ka tueky Classic Shews 871 Many From Blue Grass State. We shall do No!" cried Jerry. nothing of the kind I I met Mr. Applewelght under peculiar circumstances, but I must say that-- l formed a high opinion of his chivalry and I beg that we allow blm to take a little trip eomewhere until the Womans Civic League of Raleigh and the carping Massachusetts press have found other business, and he can return In off." ELIGIBLE FOR BIG S 1 Apple-weigh- of State CHAPTER XIX CATCHIN6BASE-RUNNER- A BROWN JUG KAY IN battle-cry- TpE LITTLE I TRICKS Pal who have been making all kinds of to PsL The litwild propositions tle fighter, who has been In the public eye lately aa a real comer. Is but The adoption , was with 19 years old. It the consent of Moore's mother. Forest will have means that D absolute control of the youngster for at leat two years, and while Pal and a row and Pal may Jimmy may-hav- e refute to fight for hla new dad." th new dad Is la a position to prevent from fighting .for any other per In the last two years, before gon. Jim-n- y asking a real fighter of the boy. thou- De Forest has snefit several pl -- - " ' one-of Tigers te Meet Harvard f A definite movement has beea start- ed by recognized authorities for a Har football game in 1911, probably .at Princeton. Gossip re-- , gardtng such an event has been very persistent for more than a year, and It was announced recently that tentative plans have been drawn up by William F. Garcelon and J. W. Lartey of Harvard, the former the athletic manager and th latter one of the athletic advisers, and William J. Roper, head coach of the Princeton team.' nr u: admitted tbst no definite understanding has le n reached, princlub- - iniihe-fisste- ra cipally because of absence In Europe 'league. Pitcher Upp Is now with the Scran-team- of Head Coach P. W. Haughton of th He Is not own, but may Harvard team. if a game la arranged it la expectup emong the majors before ed that it will be playedat Princeton tyisg.Before retiring and while waiting either on November 4 or 11. for a better day to renounce ths ring, Abe Attell Is to uks on Just on more Harvard' L cross Schedule. match. The Harvard lacrosse team schedFrom New York comes ths story ule has been announced as follows: that John T. Brush Is eager to have 8, Springfield Training school at ths Giants and the Highlanders play April 15, Johns Hopkins at Bal- -, Cambridge; same In the park this summer. 19, Navy at Annapolis; tlmore; II, A big butcher is amid to be one of st West Point; 29. Carlisle at the British fight fans' hopes."' Moet Army Cambridge; May-5- , Columbia at Can of the hopes that we have had in this bridge; 13, Hobart at Geneva," oountry aren't even good bucbers. 15, Cornel! et Cambridge. . - vard-Prlnceto- n |