Show r PERSEYERANCECLUBG 0 o 1 l E s I J BY JAMES ALBERT WALES t > i t iThe Perseverance club the P The boys oC < had voted to hold a fair to help raise clubhouse and in carry funds for a InS out this pi oject they were well assisted mothers sisters and girlfrIends sisted by their the was ready by friends Everything week before Christmas and the fair All house Gladvvlns was given In 3Irs kinds oC fancy articles useful as well as ornamental had been sewed in together and put pasted painted hands and various ways by willing sympathizing these found a ready sale among pathizing frIends or the boys Wilbur Wheatley had painted some clever pos tersadvertising the event and as all the village had heard of the new club attend by this time there was a large served wereserv ance Lemonade and cake were tby the girls who were dressed fetchingly fetch-ingly as waitresses in neat aprons and caps One hundred and fiftyone dollars and seventyfive cents was realized deducting all expenses from this fair for handsome beginning which made the clubhouse fund The boys passed resolutions thanking those who had enerously fivon the fair for their SU g CIIUI uutitj Co Interest acknowledged the kind benefit and a < The who had attended terest of those resolutions were published in the Rlv ervlew Recoid the local paper discussed at The new clubhouse was the meeting A committee of live with chairman reported on Tom Dairy as plans Toms father was architect and had helped the boys in preparing their drawings Treasurer Charley Olmsted reported report-ed that he had seen Mr Jenks owner of a very suitable lot on the rlverfiont and he had said that the boys could have It for 100 although ha would have asked at least 150 of any other parties It was proposed that the members build the clubhouse themselves The materials was figured at 250 cost of This meant that 5200 must be raised before operations could begin Joe Stein suggested Issuing 230 6 per cent t n in 10 vnnrft liavlntT a DOnClB lu mature in jw j n value of 1 per share and to buy par these bonds back as fast as sums of Y money were raised from gate receipts This plan was accepted and Treasurer Charley spent his spare time during the next week collecting subscriptions i to the clubs bond list Several people took five and ten bonds and it was not hard to find subscribers to all Aleck McGregor printed the bond certificates on his press using a form adapted from the bond of a corporation It was staled that the club could at any time buy back the bond at its par value of 51 per share Charley now had 400 on hand and with S100 of this he bought the lot The boys now studied the plans carefully The clubhouse was to be a onestory building 25x50 feet on the ground 15 feet high at the sides and 21 feet high from floor to ridgepole Inside measurements meas-urements I The executive committee was given power to proceed at once Terry r father was a lumber dealer OBiIens accepted S kind offer and the boys to sell them lumber at coat They ordered or-dered the following materials foro beginning thousand and sixty feet ot Iwo0 inches for frame of spruce beams 2x3 building feet of hundred Six thousand one for sides and ends weathoiboarding we Four thousand feet of Georgia pine d and grooved 1x4 Inches tongued dressed for flooring feet board One thousand six hundred undressed planks for roofing of Shingles for 1GOO square feet of roofIng roof-Ing They also purchased at a hardware store Ten pounds 5lnch wire spikes for frame One keg light wire nails for weatherboarding weather-boarding One keg shingle nails of This made a total expenditure aJI215 for first materials ill was nqnrly till the materials arrived There dons material than too little Fortunately the boys would be able to get bricks for their foundation from the foundation founda-tion oC a barn which had been burned down upon the site they had chosen with and as the barn had been fitted water connection for the horses l which ld had been kept In it tno boys i uum have water at hand for their shower I baths The fact that they could work after school between 330 and 6 only Saturdays was felt to oclock and on be a great inconvenience I would not Mr O3i en found hat he the lumber inside of bo able to 101v01the ten days As the football season was voted to organize a it was now over could bethought no work basketball team as much thought better to get a little too available for no Indoor space was practice so the boys constructed bask Smiths lot and bought n pac ots on made goal baskets were tlce balk The by tying cord netting to stout wooden IS Inches In diameter braced to hoops a framework ten feet from the ground cord was attached to the bottom of A the netting < = o as to pull the ball out of the basket after ngonlhnd The wooden screen back been thrown l of the basket was 4xG feet and u the I marked out with ground space was lime 25x50 feet They practiced diligently and soon their choice of a team narrowed down five substi to five regular players and LTanford was whom Harry tut soC captain arid Alex McGiegor manager Tho boys had trained well and as a full of fast and result their team was nerve and endurance Ten players including in-cluding the manager Journeyed to the city Thursday evening and found their way to the gymnasium of the Golden Knights After getting Into their uniforms uni-forms consisting of bathing Jerseys football trousers stockings and tennis shoes which looked rather shabby beside be-side the neat uniforms of the Golden Knights the visiting players tried thi owing orthe strange goals and passing the ball They lined up In this order Right forward HnnfBrd captain left forward TJcknor center McGrcg 1 I 1 > I I rrp F cCr r1 yt X I cr j i 4I I t r I 1 t IB i I qtr r 1 Ii r r1tl 1 r 11 II n L s f j ti + S y I f mfr 1 r d tRs y J ° r i I 0 II I I i I 1I 1I 1 I 1I I I l r > I 1I 1 1 r I 1 1 1I I 1i i i i a r ii ii i i i 1 J a G f r Jl < r iT i Xo Struck George in tho Facer t e < 1z I j NONSENSE VERSElli IUuTrQed RIddle r Relextioi l the Frt o wonderful c tort o Q r of Would you noV i think if WOTJ Bulldlng under Tfze Boys Bull I ie Head a 2o a Dogs on o see liOht foot to the Ffcot 11r lei < 13 Left lot a L 27GY7fl G v r VlfiRml f < 4 t t V f I 0 I And Iherrihe other vyay around R j3zJUS Head on a Beagle Hoarzd I ¼ J i i 1 L t 4r r et 1 I f c I r 744 Yet BtiJ3o sure so Farr f ramrrare a Z hat you bay see Ibcro anywhere i J 7 d t j < r s i I 1 trTI tttllt t l Dr right guard Graham and left guard Saylcs The space around the sides of the hall was occupied by the spectators Including many welldressed boys and girls and their patents The game soon began and the floor became a bewildering bewil-dering scene of moving llguics The Knights had an advantage on their home floor and for a while they swept the visitors off their feet throwing six goals quickly Score 12 to 0 Perseverance soon rallied and threw three goals making the score 12G The score at the end of tho half was 1111 One of the Golden Knights se mcd disposed to slug and disobey the rules whenever the umpires wore not looking Toward the end of the half this fellow Saulkln by name gave Harry Hanford a sharp Jabln tho ribs causing the latter to lose his wind for a moment Harry protested to one of the umpires who happened to be a substitute player of the Knights The umpire loked at his wellworn uniform with a scornful glance then raised his eyes and said slowly Indeed So you believe in Helling tales do you Nothing of the kind Harry replied controlling his ans rItlsyour business bus-iness as an official to look for foul playIng play-ing and when you fall to see it I the rules provide that the captain may protest Protest now allowed answered the umpire winking at Saulkin Harry said nothing and went on with the game for which spirit ho was applauded ap-plauded by several lovers oC fair play in the audience In the second half neither side gained any great advantage and time was called with the score 20 20rt wag necessary to play overtime to decide the game The ball was tossed up for the centers cen-ters and Aleck slapped It to Rex Rex fumbled It and the opposing guard threw It down the hall Saulkin caught it but George Graham blocked his try for goal Saulkln lost his temper at this and deliberately struck George In the face with < his left elbow at the same time tossing the ball Into the basket from his right hand Thcro was a cheer aKthls as It meant that the Knights had won 22 to 20 but Captain Harry protested at once Ih view of Saulkins rough play ing The umpires dish g r c c d as to whether the foul had been committed and the referee to whom the decision had been left said that as he had nqt seen the play In question he saw no reason to interfere and the score would stand 22 to 20 This was clear casoof unfair dealing deal-ing and many of the spectators Joined In protesting The referee who by the way was a brother of one of the Knights refused change his decision However the manager of the Knights who seemed to be a square sort of fed low agreed to play another game In the Perseverance clubhouse when It I should be completed 1 iw f V a AS 1 I S s t 1 f I a r f 1 f r I and 01 rl Friends Helped their Sisters 0 I I I |