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""ii.i''H 'v-': e-vrT.. I',- ; ;, ' r.'-ttfr oft' M ! we:!, n-'.-r r.-iivi 'hat. H-liv, I'-.e '.ar-vi t I : f . t ' r . s 1 i l ; ; t .is ) o y . lie's j 1 !'ko a to r;'o: an'i ; ot r ir.-r.f 1 K .! .v. .--r-o 1 f;i do'-. 'fn-j.-t h.-- jio:T:np l.?c- in.-".: iia e b-.-cn but 'I'1".1 f-tt nwn r.r-' l I;'-- c!hse ar.d c-.r;-'-d if at a u'j r. a ;u'.'y. "I":') p'A i 'i," s-;it i i!. "I'll r.pvcr b .if." U.'.r.-; ;t-y p.i-y,-, n:,d k'"r".v 1'. T i'-:-':t ; r t mr. ar.d '-- "' tot me --"'f'"-l lf--n'.'.. T!:(.'V y.;iH me O'.it into l I'm some l:- t'lr-re, B" iy: ''::t tnv t:'.c" 'M't a;.' i! at I ci-'i'i t . i p i'yr ; r L,-ocd bt'.;ir.d me. Th y c.im ; v I 'Ht." ' Th n ..(".H-.'-r noddeJ his gray luai over "V'HiAp f-'ijaro1' ir. Soliy." V sa;d C'1!.!'. "It's H.I riu'lit now. Come on. I i'rt's out in;o t :ie a:r. We've IiL.d J (0..;:. r::, i-.i?. Tlie Boll S-nd!ca:e. I !1C. I ' I rn:,f ,a p .-( -.M.msr hUf t!--- v v v. u fi. Int.t winter H.i-i M-n- ' 1 ,J .niu'l ' l' mi - f li-p-r !.. knows. I' m'.i.i.- of t'i-,r 1-;, 1 io -,r"! t'U' V '-I'.T ' 'if ' -r I -1 -.-. j,,,.,. ,1 ., t I id wo-K;i, I .an ... r!.j Sm!'v 1.. in t-.. v He- R"i evoj 'tltll-K ot-r IliuJ, 1 I- il 'Jll"' -f-i!i:" '...d irlii'idln. "I-! fc a bo..-?..: f!t-v, f(ri ..,,-' "''p'r l.!i--.v v.-i;.t 1 im 1 lik" n -1 1 s-rnth u-i,;,t do .! wain fv-r limr." a?kcd F.:liHdiii arf t.--.-!v "N'M a rfii t-f.it." sn.ipr'd S'mih. -U Nat'.' ' "Ni'f a cmt ! vo irv.ii-rl thl 1-id f-itfT f-itfT on i' t'nrff -1" v n ;t n-iuinnt fnr Bll'v l?-c.:..-.v. H ' C-U)5 f'lat rluh. 'jr ti v.i'ti'f 1:0 '.ifr Ii.i'.Iy v :t up. not:i. ar'Mr.id tr t iio Rt-d-. . r nd i-t -ter . of th" Tink Sr, v is h.-re -t nifnili. I .f (.ftt-'?d 'en I' -t pi .vMv, I'm ST ' 1 n to make jut 011-3 hi imj.t : 1 -n. No. iwo." "Nai" , " raid S 1 ;i dd 1 n, "In tl;.- Tirst pl,'!, ;."i!t'' pot to t'! Billy B:kH.v anytnum' nbout wi.at I ui"uf iiamin t h 1 ? kid v lum. f-i Hi" I'rcorui place. T want you to tak'- tin hov at tit? nd of our ea-n that's far!'-- in N,ptei:.v"T .ti-.d pfumi -e that ou ; 1 1 5.0 that he i-'-ts a try-oijr try-oijr ti.-fof. the h:; an "H'm-ru-m." aid Satddit:. "i"U think he n t;ood V" '" d n t think. T know." "Look neM-:' f-aid Sladdui abruptly. "Vi'U x:y y-.-.l t rained th'? kid 'oi taui;rit him ail this M'.if'. Now. rmw onU id you d'- that If he's an.ot Imr S o I tT ; n I e " "Never mind hrv I dtd it." fa id ?n-.ith. 'T vti made ou ; bu-ine.s propo-kioii. P's i' go or r,c?" "And w,i ..t biiii for no tiling V" "Ah-o-luti' -I !" "Yoti'ic oil!"' .-.-.id th" 5cnut. "Vrd I don't nii:al fdii: you that "a n skituiod iv.'--l-1i' out rf a r.i-.e ohur.li o( nionoy. I wih K"ir.i? 10 r.'.'u him. way, take no t hanre on thi- draft." "You bet J O.i "i! fc-m:':,' to take lutn'." ta;d s Tilth w j rm! " If 1 had to j...!,i him d'i n J our tnroat. i :--iu-J linn on yoi:'." 11 . iii1;ii'''i-MV;r , -f.t!;o:t ts a V ' .. ,-.vcn L c. vho .' 1 4.M "cv hf '"e ! A 1 ..:.?:.Mi -'. 'l v '' - '.i'.:al s- w I" '.m ' l ' ! to .''.v. t' r P".at.i s.. i ' - l w.ui h"- i''"sr r so !'"t N 1 , i hfrc 1 1 1 1 " .-. .;.funa h .i- i' -iS .1 s won ver:orn-. ' c: rc".'.,,-'1-. r.v. K v.","-' tn n uwomT.-n ' .: ; p"..-sr , ', t.-s' ;e.--L-.-ir ::iJivau.iiu .';'.'-:." ' "r"," '"",..'-. i'l:d r.rve f.'r,-o ...c, T.'f M-utlcr of ;,vT-'r -.0 to fO'ofiOM I .; .. . :- s;::- t:-. "iivr.. : 5wa".oo1 the ' ..j: n'-'.oh t!tv "S s ov.:nn l.ft as r.-t'.l:'S li:.t ' -.cci 'VT.; t -ose ho . 10 s'.no i.'.o n'A'.c 1 1 ; 11 cv.id &t ro:h f;fi r.'i ve.-y ;o is -. i.-.-.s b;::-. :uk'.: s at .... vf;1 10 fice dur "? ' i" f.ufffci 0.'.: n;:r y .: ... v i "i e-"i'. t'.-.t 't-Orsa:-. cur.d t't.u It?. Te 0:100 gre-Al e.?looed s!:yrooko: .J.:: No:ccv v.iied l::rrt at ai:y ."i- V?j;:.on s i U-. U-. 1-: rs r-.A-or v.iit.ts tr.t .'V-iirV'tVe 'y.":or:':':;s cf -.h ' .. rj.:d attention r :-j":-r..r? pukej up h.s ' ' "'rlzc.'a the r.rst pa-a-- a.--! h:s eye s.ur.j .tiro rir: ir.io h.s neck: di: through, as a b: : :-. w. co to the rr-tt'.ors r o: " ?iiy to say it. cut .. ;; e Tr-fseo. He hs been an f on te teart1. ard ha? re-. re-. ; t.te !.;. ona'. pamc. :; e? a reproach to a" 1"3 C ii'.pat-C'.lS ha'-e T:.-!--:': -i'.i. ss a rfs j!t. o o-t-.; - r; 't I.ave cc".f.ru?d c' 1 for ; ears to co'ie. ts :- :. -te s't? be bCs'ttnn.g his -:-:ry which. Uaes be-i be-i -r. the r.ture o' & warnirg , La iii Eothiivs to th.e st?-- jri "ca'-'e ".oth nj .re :e't:r.i the:r. when they, :.""a! on the srorttr.? 20 coti id the c':' a '.co the w:.o : .f :. W::h that Idea in 'A w item ;-o-i the pa-: pa-: r: tt h.s poekfT'ok. T'"at "? jrttl. ho r'eiveti no !e?s ::.-5. all ir.lcs.pg th.e sarr.s '-:- rrcrr.irig -Darr. Two . :' ve -'.-.: :rs. :".-.e".Js of the -1. it-::"-. ur?eJ tlomon to 1 -:::.r-:r r-?.p.: tut a" the rest ;: er cf the fence. i i:cs Turn. ! . f-:-5 fin wrote: , i. ark ar.d a burn, ard i :":r you we'd have had , "i".: y;5r j crt t ; """ " "so l-h: ouhi r.cvcr ; -' stl.T Were get-; "ia rot stro-3 lo-c. ' ".::::-. --e jj--, -w ith th.e -" --z :ii-z-:-i his mini about, ' He reid the art.':, -i.irt. ard some of the :?:rh to !;ive a sea:-. "" ?:.:t..?h Le h:-r.ve , 1 -ate behind th-"-. s N::.".: -g hut a tai r:-,r'e: j Lcck it tain! Ho Uilcs it as aliy a& if he was stepping lato a sdy parlor. u; old Tru 'k. and it"l he a iiiifl the w.'.v v. -o ivovh ids bunc::." Sj the i'orsalr icoilts we at q u--s ' ai ' :g I 'V'st, west, n.T:h ai.d ?"Ui.h. canl'ii' the tad gras.-- ot many siatts t..r iiiiutiter p t.hf !'. Other turns were scout li;; for p;r.ciu-:s. to.i. iVro has prir bom a tuny when good pitcher.- wero pU-imiul. I and tbrre n: cr' wdl le, fitch-TS, likt- g.:,i. Htv v here you find th.e.n. There :s :.-. t-'ll'iig whor the next Krt-at p:tclu:- star 1 uiy como from. '1 'r.ey T't-: out of the mist. You look up, und thtM-e they arc. I ud -ldvda ed. born over nat. Scouts knuw and that is . I.;' M;u:a Sladdm. dropptiti; into Tacoma oil his e 1 1 r n 1 r . p did 1 . o l s c . n 1 the private t t hat a man name I timith. at l-'i'eiv.op.tvitlc. i:i tho 'i'ilhi:a ok h-ag'ae. had ; t .rn'ucr w oil !io w .a setting the fort ui're, "Id-.s name is "Bud Mar.-''." said Slad-I Slad-I dm s m.for.nant. "and Sm.th has had hltil j thrve years. He's a r.p-roar rl" 1 1.1 iiiin went u 1 10 Kreiitont vide on the f 1 rat trail1, and t repeated hunaelf at Sir.'th's billiard parlor. "r'roin B:L;e:ow. eh'." aktd Smith. "L.enune sjc lite cridentia!?" j ilacidm wondered at tais. but produced hid eardease. 1 "I pue-s it's all right." sa d the fat nan, Miorth . "I've -t a pitcher here. I want ou to s.-e lr:n work. 1 11 tend ! him m th.s. aftc rn"Oii " T 'at i-.ftenioon the b'f league tcout sat in the t my grand stand and chew ed up two e.gars while he watched the timber wv:f br.ut out tiiiie husky young men from South Yakima. Sladdtn had teen hundreds hun-dreds of bu -h pitchers at work, a nd he behr'. ed ti at he knew t hj breed, but th- f rst move Marsh mane in the- box r.-i 'ed the scout's attcn.tion, and he held it throughout the same. "hAorv move a picture." thought Sad-dln. Sad-dln. - :f(.st of f.e;) k:ds work too hard tear dicntolvcs to pieces; but th'-- fel-I fel-I low just t.oats tiiem up there a? If there I wan't a thing to :t. Lord;. 1 But il at's la sw ed change, of p ce 1 M ain't cry old. Now, wl-.w-re d;d he learn all th.at sttif"?" After the game. S'add n walked aek to th.e town with Smith, expressing him- I" self guardedly, aa men do when they pr-pare to buy. "Ho'.' fair, uist fair," said Skid Jin. "Of course, he U ha e to be farmed out '' "Lay off of that stuitl" growled Smith. "You can't put any of that over on me. Where do you think X was raised? In the iwoods here? Now. I'm going to tell you 1 something. I've seen all the great pitch-I pitch-I ers of the past fifteen years. Knew some i of eni we'l May berry. Harris. F'otter. Kir.ka'd ail that bunch.' I.emme tell you that here's h boy that's as good today to-day as May berry tver was. Yes. better. You saw the way he handled bin-self. Ycu saw the wny ho used that quick return re-turn bail. Is there any n:a n in the big league today who cun whip a return strike back i'ke that? Is there? No, I guess not. You're whistling there am i. 1 I know." "That return ball ain't ueed much any . more." said S!addin. "There was only ! on" man eve- had that down fine, and 1 .that was a fellow rained Solomon I.ee. If lie hadn't been a booze hound, he'd have been the greatest pitcher in th.e world. I saw h:m once over in Chicago. I and sop-ehow 'this kid's style reminds me 1 of him." Smith Springs a Surprise. "Now. I'M ted you something else." said Smith quietly. "I knew this fellow-Lee fellow-Lee knew him bet ter than most 0 ny-body. ny-body. I know all his stuff. I ve seen 1 him work when he was good. I ll tell you. ?- sure as you 1 : e. this kid is Solomon Lee right over again Solomon Lee at his bett. He's got every tr.ek th.at Lee used to have." "YVhere'd he get 'em?" asked Sladdin. "T taught hire." said Smith. "I took that k'd when lie walked into this town looking for a job. and I saw r.ght away I T -at was tr.o phrase which hurt the Solly k'e-v th: he wa- go. re aw a v. I He knew he was going to the nv.nor. r-e realced teat h:s effect 'verei-s had de-sorted de-sorted him. but he had h!an ed his losing I g-ine upon h.:d luk, the convenient ci:-! j of the p-'iyc". Tt-ri'l had warnt i I h-m. trreatr.ed him. and rined b'm times wi;hout rvj'v.btT. Lee had made himse.t b e ' 1 e e That t h s was b e c a j s, o the mar.-a mar.-a g r "had it in f r him." N e c r o : c had he h..ked tha s.tjat:on fairly in the t'ace an j now, at : ent -s:x, just witen r.e should ha e :ee:i on tve crest of the wave of popula-::y. lie found himself ::i j the breakers w;t.-". the rocks re on.d. :.;fo-e h- v,ft awav he had a Ion talk with Billy Fieiow. Pihy was the I clever shortstop c- ti-.e elub. the brairs J of tee Cor;-..- in:le'd. and the only rei Ifrierd Lre l. i un the team. ! "The;-- say I'm a", dene." sid Lc bitterly. bit-terly. -'It's a dirty -e. S.l'y. Prn't you i belie-e i:. I'm ri c -vi I e er was n I my life, rut t':ngs haven't been breaking 1 right for me this season. Y'ou know that, j T : -rill r -.'er ha u any use for me, and i th.e stiff- o- the b'?ach ers ha ve been I a 'ten me a'! season. I'm gcrc Zhllv. b:rt I I .1 be back again.. Be; yo'lr i.r'rx. on j t'-at. And I'm go:ng to come bac-k I stror.g-n and better than ever. 1: woj'd . ser e Terriii ril.t -f some of th.-tre other I managers me. and what I'd cio to t.'is j team would be a sham-1 Oh, I h L'e I back 1" j "I'm pulling for ou," said Ei:re!ow. "Get in slate as early as you can in the I so-mg. cut out the boo: this -"ir.ter, and s cw t'-em t'-at you' re still tbe-e. Ter-I Ter-I rill hasn't got it in for you, Solly. You k -,ot ou"'. e been stepping -or.it- p-ett ; j f.ere htats: and that row ou hud in St. ; Lc-;is d.dn't l elo ma.tt-jrs any " i "Yes," said Solomon Lce. "Gi-"e a dog a bad ranie. and then everybody takes l a kick at him. l'n1 down now. tut T 1 won't stay down. I'll make Terri'l send ' "That's tho stuff"' said Fisolo"". j 5oion:on Lee re a 1 1 y mean: it at the time; but he found th.e mi --or league a I little faster than ho had expected. Ah The Wolf Goes In. Towa.rd lite middle of September. The timber w olf from the Ti'la.nok league dropped in in hhl'y Kig-.-iow. The manager man-ager iiad ht a-d just e r' - ug,h at" - ut Itnn to be interested, a.nd he proc eced to look the gift wolf in th.e mouth. "And voj've tlie f- How who !-.oks so mtich l'k j Sohmmn Lee. are you '." he ra id. "I'd give a nice piece c f ! . m n e y to know- that you could pitch like that old horse." M.Ue Mulrooney. tic old-time catcher, who wa m h'.s tnme whtti Sohy Lee was burning up the big h'-agu-y an.d who now devoted his time to working out with th.e recruit pitches, was instructed to put the hov thromm his pa. cos and report. Ma-th had las first tr-.a! at the park in tie nvjrning; ard. when C'dly B'se'ow arr'. ed at tb.c clubhouso in i)ie afternoon, he found Mik '.tt;ng on th ' P"-ch :n th.e tun and talking to hsm- 60 f "Go away. Billy 1 ' said Lke. " 1 1-3 a pr. oat I A e seen today. This kid this Mars1: d'vo- know w jp. he is? What he is? None but owld Sd.y Lee come back to life. It's the truth Pm tc-ihi.sr :. B-.llv. Wait till ye see: htm go. Lvery little wij.e In that b:-. every no e of l;u hands, foe funny winoun; cve-yt'nins, oven to t:e return strike. Sohy L,ec, to th lifer'' "t'e'i good, i he." -Oh. man. but lie s a i-.eet pitencr. I A f;w et p:t- h" r 1" 1 -Rut where d d he get it? ' "God knows." said Mulrooney sMi-nm'.y. "He sas a man named S:n!h taught it to 1 him out m the bu-hes somew oercs. I ! teli e. he 11 give o a chill the first ' im.c " x e sec h:m come back v ith that i return ball. It's like catenmg a fchost." J "You think he cotild po m some day I th's week'.' " asked Bigelow. j " Ann y d a y . An ay ua y at ail, at all." 1 said Mike earnest::-. . Fridav was the day Bigcow sc.ected. I and Bud Marsh walked out into the cia-! cia-! mend, as cool and collected as if he had j been pitching against big-league teams i"'-TnJv led; at him!" sa'd M'ke Mul-ntnev' Mul-ntnev' to Bietp'ow. as the two olri-timcrs ! t on the bench, their eh:ns m them I ft-ts. "Look at h.iml He takes it as I aisy as if he was but steppin' into a 1 sudv parlor." Then the boy began to pitch, ard the ! tw o men watched him nrcathlesiy. ! "Where did he get it?" said Bigeiow. "Look at thai wir.d-up: If it wasn t lor j tins gray l air of mino. I'd think I ou&ht to be out there behind him at short." "And me behind the bat." said Mike soffv "L'A e nnnd the vc.-.y lie kind of , chucks the ball out from his chest before j he winds up? Solly used to do that. Don't it give ye a chill to see him? V;. I fr'ousrht so. Could it be a ghost be is?" The "Reds found th.e recruit pitcher -no chost; and. after ho had farmed five cf them and sneak-: d '-he return strike over on th.e canorous "P.us" Kenneoy. they I began to take notice. However, it ?s rot wiih the game that we have to do. but (with something which happened after it I w 3 s over. 1 Marsh won by a score of 4 to 0: and 1 Billy Bigelow. "still under the spell of memory, started across the field toward the clubhouse. A fat man with a stuoby mustache hurried after the manager of th.e Corsairs. "That's a great kid. that Marsh," said the stransrer as he ranged alongside. "You tet he is'." said Bigelow heartily. "Sort of reminded me of a man who used to pitch for this club a long time ago." sa'd th.e strar;er. "Did he make you third; of anybody you eer aw before?" be-fore?" Billy Finds Out. Tt was the tone more than the wori.-that wori.-that made Bil;y Bigelow turn hi? yes. "Think of aiyybodv." said he. "Why, he's Solomon Lee a!! over again." "Yes." said the fat man nuiet' y. "I thought you d get the old stuff. FhMv.-; Bigelow stopped in his tracks; and then, wiil-fa wild yell, he launched himrelf at the fat man. "Solly:"' he cried. "Where on earth did you come from?" "From the bnsh.es." said Solomon Lee. "And that's where I trained this kid." That night th.e old friends had dinner together: a-d Solomon be?, rimmrg true to his old-time fomi, took more than was good for him. B'.My Bigelow also, alleging alleg-ing that the occasion warranted if stepped tiow n from th.e waterwagon. but w t no in ore than the sol es of h i s : t " Y'ou've got to 1 ?t me pav try price for this kid." said the manager. "! won't take him unless 1 ean pay what I thmk he's worth." "You'll take h;m ? a -'t," said Solo, mon l.'-o. a bit thickly. "Kor a gift, B:l- 1 Understand?" "No. I doyt u-dc:tard. Why would ou want to tOLS that mca.ry off?" "Now. T'm Eoin to tell -ou something." some-thing." said Solomon t,ce. "Do yru re-t'--mh?r wl-at the1-" r id ahnv t i- c before be-fore 1 " tTt ;ii'-.iy" They said I'd beer a bid mflrenee ard I hnd. Tiiev n 1 I left nothing I tit a bad nr.mc behind e. It was true. T di i n. ' t tee it then, but I hr. ve fTiv. E r ever forgot w r- . r that ' 'llcw wrote abo'jt me. I eoulcm't get rid of it. It sot on n 1 " nerve. ' thouE'-.t iiia'.ie. if I could .-end no a m;-n as ood as I used to be. I e:'d -arc ny--ei:'. Kind of play evy o---e I1 v,v. "Lister! 1 f?und this km" nut : .-re m th.e w cods. an. 1 I saw that he . cu'd le tr'.-ght. He had the makings cf a j nit.:-;?-. After I zol to working w.y: iy n 1 and s?.' how easy he learned a-d r..:.;ni it was fc- him todo t' e same j one day t'-a: T mic'y make h m n"nt',--r j S?:?mon I.ee. You s-y "shl; . I k-"w and Tih.ke and a fe-. c' o.d; -.-y--.- ruld know v.'ip-p h-- g- tl'e r;-.:7":". wanted voii to ro-oc-' -o -r. yo I ' hi to n ak :im wck n-- v a- . t v.,- -let ih.m make 3 mo-.-1 m e hov ,:rhe-- leagues are a trifle fast for th.e bal! p'.aer w h o d es r.ot Like care of bimse'f. 'I o btgin with, Soliy did 1 oi taka the trouble to .set into good condition. lie ha i no money, so he sougr.t work in a bow-krg a.y where dr.nks w ei c seived. Hich ivgh-ball 'average was a itign o:u : a : ,d w'.y n he w as pa ri :eular;y w e II o:' ed tin he u.d to say t.iat. m the miaor !ea: ue. 1 e n c .i d "ge; b '' on his ch-ts. fie had ah a li g ieagi.er 3 loft y d isdatn for f 0;-.' who i.a'.e n-.er been in "tae Solomon f.ee d d rot get bv on his I chtss. He u d not get by at all. T.C 1 whd v o u : . g men front t ' - e busr.es c u 1 -p.tchei him, and tie ouoosirg eluns fell on the bi-'-Uasue c.ist-.iri without pro;.1" r -t-ect for ins fe ii ngs, and hammered his pe uli..!- delivery forty-two was frcrn the home p'ate. He did rot eun iin;-.i the season wrm the c!ass A cl ib. Next c.r there was a Lee p.tehing In an outlaw league on the 1 'aerie coast; but not for long. It is many nilts from the S '. e rra s to the b r: g 1 : t lights, but wo rd . drifted back had r.e -a s w ill a'.w a 3 rind ;t 3 own m essmgers that th.: s I ,ee w-a s the onea celebrated Solo. -.on. all in, dov r, 1 and out, ti.d drinking like a fish. A :"ter the out la. w s d.s missed him. he dropped ou: of sigh: ent rely. Solomon Lte reearre no more than a memory, w inch s: lived sightly in th.e .snrir.imie w hen t..e papers were fud of t:to doings I 01 t'e new- m.en at th.e training camps. 1 "T'nis recruit," the c 1 s pa : c h. e a m i g h t 1 say. "is another Soloi-on Lee," or "The ; new p.tch.er reminds one strongly of Solomon Solo-mon Le- He has many' of t'-e manner-i isms of that unfortunate athlete " j Lee Was Forgotten. The last remark, of course, might have been taken tor a Kno:K or a boost. Managers Man-agers did not want any more Solomon Lees; nor did they get them. Not one of the recruits carr-e j the fancied re-sernb.ance re-sernb.ance far oeyor.d tlie openmg day 01 ti.e season. A new generation cf far. 3 was growlr.c up w yeh had never seyt Lee. The man was forgotien, as he deserved to be; and by hie conduct he had rohbed himself everything even a decent epltap.i. Solom.on Lee was gone; and h.e iiad left nothing but a bad name behind him. Years wheeled alore. teams changed from bat boy to manager, stars of the diamond rose, shone, an.d flickered av ay into minor-league gloom. In time, Lid ) Terrill said good-by to public life, and ' went out on the western s!ore o the Rockies, there to raise apples and medi-j tate upon ins glorious past. j ' The owners of the Corsair f ranch is . casting about for a map. to til' Terri'"s s hoes, went no farther than their own in held, where they !rt upon the aging Bill v Bigelow. Ti e great shortstop as arching ""them over to nrst. his "whip" was dead, and he was no longer :i shadow-on shadow-on the bass: hue hie still had his base-bail base-bail brain ; and it would have teen a thousand P'ties to waste that gray matter unon a m'nor-leasue tayre'h Bihv F.chow made good as a man-azer; man-azer; "and." out In a tim'cer league in the northwest, a fat man v ith a stubby mustache mus-tache read the news of Bigelow' s promotion promo-tion in a Seattle paper: and the date line irre I 't thousand bitter memories into nfo.' Tie took re- and paper, and sat down to w-itp a letter: "Dear O'd Friend Bhl: I'm glad to ee-3 tb?t -'1 got what was coram z to -ou "'Then b ?" sat still for a lorn? time with h pen tn his fin-crs. after which he tore the heet Into i-irs. end vent out to get a 'drink, and stayed to get several more. The fat man s name was Smith, and e was manaeir.ar the Frmontvjhe tf.vn in a verv' bush leagtie on a salary limit wh'ch w-ould have made a real ball olayer grin. Sn'ith had an o'niect in paying as 1 Ptti1 as poselhle. for he was fc owner fV'w;'l as le manager of the rrerr.ont-vilie rrerr.ont-vilie club. In tlie w!nfrt'me he gave b:- ateyon to hir billiard rarlor and cow'.ing' allv : and. when pr-ct!v sobo-, was rsrarded as a keen bus-ness man. H!s p;avers had to respe:t him. for he -,-ore bas'r-'ll than any nnn in the I Ti"T'k 'egue h.-d &vy right to know; bvTth- did rot lone him. to7 he was ? bHrd taskmaster. He wou'd not have a '!-iPk;;i?r man on his team, and his T'o as I say. and no. as I do. Smith Never Wrote. Vpr E;z'.ow wan w.Vl in ht? s'r-de as ana-'T. f1 far man subso-iopd to sey-"cv sey-"cv strn papa's and w ate ted t i?e p'r'-re of the C"-satrs with a-i itye-e-t ;vHi,:i v..-1 a'mot pai-uh Several times tomr-ted to w r-tc --At hvter. but alwavs stuck r,rst r:irivn' T--e f-u m-n had. bimifd a past, ana was not anxious to dig it nm . Tw v;:rs late'". t:-V B'.r-now wa. J,;.,i:n;1wav in the H'-st d'mnon a-d M'v'ne fo- o- more rood rite'emr. Tn ! 'T-i'ok" C-nmin he h-.d th greatest I t.f.'-hanrv-r "of ihe Pe : but even p 1 .,,.t, r',, Trtmk coul 1 not r :! ciiovjm j ;-i;n:s -ams to .-:rch h pe-n.yU. mc ' -r o:'- the pitrhers were cn.y ordinar;. r'-.'4,'r-,;r--i.r outfield was as fast end , 'v-iTri; a tr;o as mi ht have bn oinVi: h month's march. T.e Held , was a stonp wall at de' .-e and a wasn s nAtSt a:m-k. T-o rat--.r.gs ..a, uuua'lv ,-ro-. bi: t.m vi.: n-''d r--;;' -ZT . j ,. psalrw. "81 I'll m a'ay V. rn-l v.-,.-. r v ho can "in t?r.ty ssm-.cs a.-.d rat. |