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Show THE GRANTSVILLE He received a letter from James Darrow asking him to visit him and Inclosing a handsome cash bonus for his able The letter was kindly, grateful, almost affectionate. It frankly attributed to the efforts of Hills the solid establishment of a waHills vering business enterprise. evaded making the visit The second there came a most urgent second letter. It hinted at a possible partnership arrangement Again Hills made some excuse for not meeting with the wishes of his employer. And then, one By Florence L. Henderaon bright wintry day, a hungry longing MMNNNNNNmNNMNMml came to Hills to visit the town where the factory was located, and where he (Copyright. fcy W. G. Chapman.) con"The board of pardons has acted la was not known, as his trial and viction had taken place in the city. your behalf, spoke the warden of the MNMWMMMNNMNMMMNM84 n NEWS, GRANT8VILLE, UTAH TWO YOUNG HURLERS GIVE MUCH PROMISE RUSSELL ytr serious-face- erect d, It was nearly dusk and after a stroll all about the little town he was crossyoung man In convict stripes. I am deeply grateful, came the ing a bridge spanning a swiftly rolling calm reply, but there was a certain stream. The Ice was breaking up and was coming down with the current In quaver to the accents. across The warden made an entry In the huge, rushing cakes. Half-wa- y the his broke a upon book cry bridge out him before ringing and handed prison an envelope. Ton will find la this hearing and scanning the river surface the usual cash to carry you to your he saw floating down the stream a young girl on a great cake of ice. She home, he said. 1 have no home, spoke the man In had attempted to cross the stream on the disintegrating Ice further up the stripes. You cease to he No. 8294, went on stream and the cake she was on had the warden. "You are once again Har- become separated from the pack. What Harvey Hills did within the vey Hills ; you have been the best prisoner we have ever had. In recognition ensuing five minutes was all Impulse of that and the fact of your preventing and heroic. From the bridge he leaped a wholesale stampede when the lire to the cake of Ice on which wavered broke out in the cell house, the board the frenzied young girl. He seized her has granted you a commutation of tq steady her, for she was almost sentence, after serving fainting. He made a leap Into the wayour five-yeter and fairly flung her ashore In safetwo. I hope you will reform." I reformed the hour I came within ty,. Just as two wavering cakes of Ice these walls, pronounced Harvey Hills caught him In a cruel embrace, and, saw my error and Intend but for her seizing his arm and pullsolemnly. to retrieve myself. You have been ing him ashore he would have been kind to me here; you have made me submerged. As he sank back. Inert and Insenforget my wretchedness by making me a trusty. Sir, I shall follow the straight sible, hi last vision was of the anxand narrow. path after this, do not ious, beautiful face bending over him. He awoke, little dreaming that It was doubt And so within the hour convict No. two days later, to- find himself In bed 8294 that was, left the dreary penal In a warm, comfortable room, half He listened to voices In Institution a free man. He took his darkened. freedom calmly, for he had forestalled the next room. It In his thoughts for many months. "Oh, father 1 spoke the voice of the Clearly his course was marked out and young girl whom Hills had rescued, ' he proceeded to follow It without dis- be kind, be very kind, to the man who trust or deviation. He took the first train from the penitentiary town for the city. It was at five oclock that afternoon that he entered the office of The latter John Briscoe, broker. ' ar 1 it , stared hard at his unexpected visitor. Then, recognising him, he scowled. "You!" be uttered, as If the other were pestilential. "Yes, it Is I, came the steady response. "Sit down, John Briscoe; for you have got to listen to me and help me. '"Convict disgrace to the family half fluttered the broker. "It was you, pursued Hills In an even and serious tone, "who lured me to speculate with the money of. my employer. You lost It all for me and the five thousand dollars crippled my us-hearted employer and landed me In JatL I understand he- is continuing the business In an Indifferent way and suffering financially on account of my delinquency. I wish to make restitution. "HowT challenged Briscoe skeptically. By giving him five years, ten years, all the years of my life In his behalf, If necessary, answered Hills steadily. "There has not been a waking hour since X became a prisoner that the thought has not been with me. Day after day I have planned out all I can do and "hull do. I had a brilliant future before me, which my reckless faith la your honesty wrecked. You must take your share In this atone-- meat by securing for me the opportunity of becoming the traveling agent of James Darrow. Briscoe uttered a harsh, derisive laugh. "I fancy that wont be a very easy task, he sneered. ' Easy or difficult, it must be done, declared Hills firmly. "No man knows the line of goods James Darrow carries better than L During my Imprisonment I have studied over every phase of salesmanship, I have trained myself to meet men, to Impress them. I shall be tireless, I shall laugh at disappointments,' I shall succeed, for a man who has patiently ' endured two years In a lonely prison cell Is able to face whirlwinds. I ask very little of your time and I will pay you for that James Darrow never heard of you. You will go. and see him and arrange to. act as traveling salesman. All your reports my reports, rather under an assumed name, will be made by mall. You need not meet him personally after the first Interview, as all remit be sent tnw for goods ordered will to the factory direct and I shall not disgrace you by troubling you again. And the plan was put through. Briscoe, under an assumed name, visited James Darrow In his home town ani left it the accredited agent of the Once a struggling manufacturer. month the latter was tb send a check for Briscoe to a city address, covering ;the commlsribns earned by bis traveling salesman. During the next year Harvey Hills throve. He worked day and night He was, indeed, tireless and diligent His mental training during his incarceration had fitted him marvelously rail for the business line he followed. genero- Former New York Yankee Was Supposed to Be Spitball Artist, Bbt Ho Never Used It Sweeney Gave Secret Away. Russell Ford, former major league pitcher, announced the other day that he had quit organized baseball because he could not get Into form. He will become a draughtsman, hls former employment Ford .originated the emery bait which has since been legislated from the game. The delivery was so called because emery paper was used t) roughen part of the surface. The rough part of course, heightened the effect of air friction so that with practice a clever pitcher could make the ball break In all sorts of freakish ways. ' ll Ford, for Instance, supposedly a pitcher, never used a spitter. It was the emery ball, Instead, which at will he could break In either direction. When Ford jumped to the Buffalo EARNING THEIR CAKE8 IN BIG LEAGUE8. club of the Federal league and' was Induced to stay In New; (By JACK VEIOCK, ard, the famous Boston port aiders, and Sweeney International News Sports Editor.) from the pitching he has done so far Two young pitchers who are earnthis season there Is no argument ing their cakes in the big leagues this that can be advanced togreat offset Schupp's season show promise of putting up recranks. ords before they outlive their useful- standing In Schupp has a formidable young rival ness on the rubber that will give them fame In 8tanley Coveles-kie-, a place in that select set which in- for pitching e Cleveland the cludes only the greatest slabmen of Like Is twenty-siold. years the game. Coveleskle has youth One of these two youngsters Is Schupp, young on his side, and today he stands out Ferdinand "Stubblefield Schupp, the as a pitching phenoni who Is Just bebrilliant young southpaw of the to come Into his. own as a ginning Giants. The other Is Stanley winner. the sensation of the Cleveland Coveleskles work with the CleveIndians. land Indians has been one of the bigSchupp Is perhaps the most remark- gest features of the season in so far able of the pair, because he Is a as pitching goes. He has pitched southpaw, and as a rule the south- against every club in the league, and paws have a tough time when they has come through on the long end of turn their steps toward the pitching a of his games. He Is big majority hall of fame. one of the most effective pitchers In HcGraw has kept hlfc weather eye the big leagues this year, for he has on the work of young Hr. Schupp for started already to pile up a string of five years. He has always maintained shutouts. Last year he allowed an that Schupp had the makings of a average of 8.41 runs per nine Innings wonderful pitcher, but though Ferdle pitched, but his 1917 record will show failed to show him anything sensation- a smaller percentage. al In the pitching line until last fall Compared' to his southpaw brother he clung to him, and the season of on the Detroit club, Stanley Coveles1917 has so far proved that HcGraw kle promises to do the most to plaster knew what he was about fame on the .family moniker, for alSchupp Is In his twenty-fift- h year, though the older Coveleskle is a wonRussell Ford. and he Is without a doubt the best derful performer, his kid brother Is southpaw pitcher In the National coming on so fast that he bids fair to York at $9,000, Big Ed got another pal league. He Is considered by many to pass him as a winning pitcher, and at In Ray Keating. mate and battery be equally as good as Butb and Leon that he has his work cut out for him. Sweeney taught Keating the emery ball trick. The secret was too good for Keating to keep ull to himself. They HUMOROUS DOAK IS PITCHER do say Ray told every pitcher he met It wasnt a secret at all very long, and Makes Retort to Old Acquaintance the first victim exposed was none other That Offspring Is Not a Spitter, than Keating himself. Eddie Collins But a Stenographer. had Keating unmasked before a Saturday crowd at the Polo grounds. Bill Doak, the Cardinal spltbnll speThe emery ball Is barred in the maug WBUUI IU piICJ cialist, may not be the greatest pitcher three leagues. .Anyone using it will be jor games a week In the majors, but Bill has a rich fund to severe discipline. Alert subjected at natural humor in his makeup. While as all ball players are, no trace of the Larry Sutton, former scout for th walking down the street In St. Louis evil has been disclosed. It does seem Dodgers, Is now scouting for the Cla With his baby daughter, Doak encoun In these days of slow games that the clnnatl Reds. players are allowed too great leeway In looking for the emery ball. They Kansas City, Ho., has 119 basebal often try to alibi themselves with Just dubs In its municipal amateur bas such tricks as these. ball . spit-ba- fork-hande- d right-hande- r. x Cove-leskl- . Cove-leskl- e, DIAMOND - - QUITS nventor of Emery Ball Cannot Get Into Condition. Atonement penitentiary to the FORD NOTES "Yes, It Is L has saved my life. Do not his papers, your sure knowledge of bis Identity prove that he was never a willing criminal. "Do not fear," answered the tones of James Darrow. "Never bos a man made nobler restitution." "I hear him moving about, fluttered Ethel Darrow, and her father hastened to the bedside of Hills. His face was beaming. He held out his hands, both welcoming hands to the patient, and two words he spoke cleared all the past, and were hopeful tokens for the future to worn, weary Harvey Hills Hy son 1 Fraternity Men Maks Quilts. By making 25 quilts the men at. Acacia fraternity In die University of! irnn have replenished their house's supply of bed clothing and saved the chapter $5825. The cold nights found the bed clothing supply of the Acada uncomfortably scarce. The lowest bid on supplying the house with 25 quilts was $100. A senior suggested a quilting bee, and 80 men spent all day Saturday In a quilting bee directed by their house mother. Except a small part of the work done by the bouse mother, the men did the work. The 25 quilts cost them $48.75. Kansas tered an old acquaintance who was not aware of the fact that Bill has been City Star. a proud father for some little time. "Whose kid Is that. Bill? was the Cardinal Caught In some New York suburban public first question the player's friend asked, llne," proudly replied Bill. After schools the teachers give readings from works of fiction. To stimulate the friend had got over his surprise Interest, the pupils are required to he queried, Is It another spitter?" nominate members of the class to Im- "No, retorted Doak, It's a stenogpersonate the characters In the book. rapher. At such a reading recently In a Long Then Loses HIs Job. Island school, one of the boys was Bed John Hurray got his release Cardinal Richelieu of France, in a the from Toronto on the excuse that he story by Dumas. When Interest InPen-rod had a chance to become manager of tale was at Its height, a perfect of a lad his school name Is "Odd the New York State league team at an Even, his real name Avery Eden Ilmira, his home town. Then he joined called ont: Hey, teacher, the card- the New York Giants. Now be Is out a Job. iac's got his hand In my pocket" Red-Hande- d. association. Fred Hitchell spends much of th time on the coaching lines, keeping th Cubs od their toes, Johnny Bassler continues to clout the ball in the Coast league and hold his lead over Buddy Ryan. PLAYERS NOT GIVEN PASSES Customary Little Bits of Pasteboard Conspicuous This 8eason by Their, Woeful Absence. In years gone by, it has been each American leaghe play- er to get two passes good for all games Cicotte still is the winning pitcher of the White Sox. Manager Rowland may both at home and on the road. Seldom were these pasteboards Idle, as overwork him In the East friends of the ball tossers took advantage of the opportunity, .it the AmerAll of the New York American league last Winter, it was clubs players except Frank nirer ican league meeting owners that these club decided the by come within the conscription age. passes should be cut out, and nothing was said about It When the players The Phillies refuse to be counted out a few days after the start of of the race, and are going stronger asked, for the little bits of pastethe race, right now than they have for two board, heard, the sad news, and they years. their 'friends have been hearing It since, whenever they asked for one of Art Wilson of the Cubs Is catching the tickets. great ball, showing a vast Improvement over his work when he caught for the CLUBS CLAIMING JOE DUGAN Giants. a Clark Griffith Insists that the Senators are going to finish In the first division. There Is nothing like being hopeful. Eddie Burns, the Phils catcher, says there Is no pitcher In the National league who deliberately attempts to bean a batter. A1 Uamaux has been showing signs of returning to hls last years form of late and the Fi rates have been aning much better work. Bridgeport claims to be drawing the best attendance In the Eastern league. Sunday crowds help and are running around the 5,000 figure. Jesse Burkett Is 8ald to Have Induced Holy Cross Player to Sign With Boston Sox. Joe Dugan, inflelder of the Holy Cross College baseball team, coached by Jesse Burkett, Is likely to be the Connie cause of some controversy. Hack was supposed to have an agreement with him that If he took up professional ball he would Join the Athletics, but Burkett, according to report, has Induced him to pledge himself to the Red Sox. NoW both clubs, are claiming him. Dugan hns temporarily solved the issue by deriding to postpone hls debut as a professional, but sooner or later the storm will break over hls head. |