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' air c' ore i ..r.-" r ar. ir:crr.:p:ci oo:r. era:io't. j lv - c--c 5 i'.no'Jv no au r?t i'.o :r i er o an' Jef:"son C!;v com- j - ;..-ro' to ine coo:U: :' , a?,.1 ig, .ri::.; a :or.i :r..o :l:e c.::cUv:: ; '; it s.d Dsd n,o-rrf,.:''y. j - it :t :ii7en.e:;t that I .e tfjins r;;.L w c ' 1 ' V 1 1 . 1 9 ' ni ' N - 4 ' ' ' x,v, o. . . . ... . . -..: ,' ?y . BUS 'V; , '-. ,' . . "Grc-t JiiUinc.ty! " i-vc.i D3d Powell. "Boy, looU quic'.i! Vho's iho l'c'Isw lookmg up this way?' I a'vc tc r'-iy c.c:y f...i; wcX. v.v ;x- v.v.'.i:".'- Vorki J v.T'V J r..:. "--.v y w T be'.' Ti:; t ' o' : t i:i I c.n f;vo 1 -1 ;-u 'k- l--t r.h t.:i J ft'fers C:' V ! v ;"1o:" l '..t: o';i v i : ; - 0". t l:r crct of r.erv.-.- r.ro--' : a :i. r.c":: now. All ::;o:.c. bv.v-A up:" "iet avo:-?r fa1 I tc s: - c-". his :. '"-t'.i -.:'.; o: ci". .'Iw n v. "Hj:i!" b.o::'e'i o ii :v.a:.. 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'1 .w-i.'v m.n.ut. hit. e.iu.e -.- k. j t hat n:v;.-'S.':o:.?" i:u I 'ad. "Ore I'u: u.eia: ;"cr e-o.l p'.t ! , c -." ;aal tse r. "i h.LuW wheie ; 1 n tet .? 1 cu I ; ? ou." ! V: o...:" ."o-tcd ia.'-.. -Tcas ain't i 1 f:'.: eh u:h'" ,ii .-"m1.- pcovhe t ' i "Sti-h s -i -nte a .-catveiung of e:-," iomnaated '.':, ttmrcir che r . u!l . , "'i".r; id.o'.v 1 ;n ta'.h.r. out wo:;': war.:, ait..- mou y uci. in? tnai gj.ine. "You Ltct to shu. IV-." saiJ Fai ?tuh- I - an d.- tl too." 1 the vt:-a:-gr. I -"i'.rtnu- ' our citeh- r tirc-ura! to t ; la tel j a" ten c:rv. nru::.. I'h ha-c th.;;- "'""i i; poVo'i." Tr J. 'Tn; ;:: ba-l t: :t .-'.anus a;.d :t ci t do : o harm tu look at t.hs wot dtr. I 11 V e the:e." Stranger Had Done Business. 'iK'U D-.d closed his pij.je of hus;;;:---s he di-orpcd i:i at Thill's place to tell the r.c s. Not an ivory as moving. The s; or ting men, of ; h town i e re gatlv: r. d a, out t ne c - - count l r. ta'.him? exei telly. tel-ly. T'r.o Jetherju i: an w ..s iiq'a here to he -e-n. "":tat do you thtuhn Fad h er'cd "Bud" Brans. or - h. c.u:: dly. "a total : ranger c.mcu in iarc aot-t three-fjuitr-ters of an ho;- a-L. :;d cleaned up evury ; rii titor of t"u?.f J :'t r.-oii Ch ty money. Marty "i:nu:s w , over here swelling a r jund v.'.t .: r h- t wo to on'.1, and this ! ekow e j yu. ; u t up or si u t n ! h"l- or era wi !' Jo" herrt ha r i:'-: t ite money tiira' l-u:ah" '1 :'d tv... t ; y lo cos i:m:die-! aui sixty L--lh. . .ud a phmho clr. jyer, to-.h" ".!tvt-.rh. r.-.v him"" aked dad. when he could m-iko ai" t-:if h- ard. Nooodv knew him. hut "Li.ie Holkday h.ad teen lain at the Transatlantic ho:l tint t at te rnoou. "Wr.at dO'-s tt look lhe to you?" asked Joe I'-aih "T,t? ay I've, got this fellow fel-low nut up, he's .uist a sport that !o'. es to g.Lr.j';e. Wi t'ied to steer him away fiom th.e bet told h.im about our pitcher be.in sick, and all that, but ho said h.e ni;cr &aw the hail game yet thai was a two to one shot, and dug up h.s money. Then lie just kJd led this Jefferson City hov into betting every centaN'o he had on J him." "Hold on!" sa'd Fad suddenly. "Did this fellow have on a gieen tie?" "Th.at's th.e boyl" ch.orused the audience. audi-ence. I Pa .1 r u b b d his m m 1 over his ch hi a few times, an i then looked at ins watch.. j "I gutss I'll .iust s'ep up isnd take a look at the hotel register." said he. Fa:t tbe rc-:hter to' t h.im nothing. ",h Smitli" v as ;h u.inv y. en. by the red-I'rc-ed rif.n, and t ho.iuh Pud fuuti'l many smiths in the ihuid.;." lie could arrhe t no comuu.-iou whatever. Fad Powell and Kmmett Perk ins. ihn eatcher. v. ero baiting at the hot el at Vi'.o. The str:"i;:or was finishing his breakfast in the hotel dining room, addressing ad-dressing his a t ; cut :mi to a large rla tt or of ham and e-'-:s. O i t!ie dot he strcdh'd out lo the sine wall-, a tocu'.mick hi his mooth. "Weil." said Pad rhortly, "have you. fomwt th it ma The stranger tapped himself on th.e i chest and rimmd. Ph-hub.!" said iv-.h "f nustnist-'d it was yO i v,-h.cn I heard wliat happened at (tail's ias: mght. Any man tiutthl bet-his bet-his own nuuicy on has game is good enough for me. Come on out to the ha il park and Pnm. see how you shape up. This -.s Kmmett. Perkins, our catcher. Mister Mister " "Snrtit," sail the stranger. , "J. nil ri'-rht," said Pad. "Texas is fn" of Smiths. It's a handy name." die..- hide the i.-nce at the hail park', thi- st'-.mer removed bus eolhir and lie. coa.t and vest, mid v.alP-d to the s'ah. "Any narticuh'.-- bail that these other fellows don't hhe v" he asked eareh sly. jo-- tbru'y. iat's our reeular pitcher, us'-d t ") fool 'em a lot on a h.iu'h, straight r.-n vnh- the ehiu,'' said th.e catchyr. '"e droi i'. d tnto j ohtii'H, cuddled the :ill a few si-"onds, uv-Med his shoulders into a knot, and uncoiled with a p.etikar whio-lash motion. The hail flew straight as an ar'-ow over th.e his'-de corner of th.e plate. lour Pet from the g--ound. "Jee-t-usa'ieml" grunted Perkins, "what I d r..T : i op t -.at one'.' U like to rothh'g but a littlo speed. '' a!d " iht! r.'' sa'd pad FoPl O" - ! dr. p "-.-;. v n a- a o'.'re pop;g to ! l :oa a r.g..t f.ct .j-.e. Kt me know, will j -,I 'c.(-.' e"' '-no mcft- in tve n;.inc th:? . i " : . i.-ioM ::' v -ot to .r.ia one over,'' l. ' s;i-,:.t. "T:"" a btlle curve, now." j ''" ,- t:.e.- -hae call saihd er a grace. I fa! a: c. I.i'.h: i nwax- reMlv nb it r.ca'" d 1 th.' -.1 - te. are! M'o-ntu off P n ti -p of a xx odt-rm; d'.n k. i-'frlu:.-- whs Pt v cateha;. hut i-hort of 'stur.kte v ! t ce c to e . 'U.' !-: ug hli t eclmii s. ' 1.' w! a- ie! loeg ami low aril gla:i- 'd at I 1 . )r.v 'i ,-t. cm'hfI man wa all out of ej:rdi's:!.!o;i. He wa-tdcd h's h.ead j I .mt h no: .' .! hint 'y x er.t t ' .ro'JL-ii n jxv.: re ; , , ;,e j-,. ; ; c hid curx'p t. 11. j I .inn u 1 T s. drop I sh's :.pd U l o . :i m i I hi.-1 V ! e t h t i ::v " ot o ton-. .'.ft.-r f t o 1 1 minutes, he I 1 1 ami w... J o"t of the ro, "lh. th- ;P-0' t euo-tg .." ra:d he. ''Now-j Ptd P'-ae.;; t.an.l ahp.c be'v.ud. 1 t-r t-r u : : i: . t : r p-; n n -t !i. J i e kne .v th ".t ' thouL-.i o-'t nurm.-d i;:m i:ke a ii' e j I Tne btra-.K r e.rap: -ed ins.de the j h te', and hhr.tr..- 't T'Thtr,? turned to fa.-c the :;,anag.-r of t e te: m. '"Vhh a do you think. Perk.'' asked the Old man. "Wnat do T think!" rh'iculatei that x on i.g man; "T ch-n't tiink at all. 1 1, p.r.w : Ted? fe' low's a world beater, that's xv .... re i . i wor d h-atei l ' I Pad Fov ell millei ot;t a rra;.'ed cigar. ;r.d. a'ter u critnaii h.s'ot-tiou. ard some I u!''-'!-a...! r"pa:r. - nar.fd U to burn. 1 "Tuai .ie;':'-uon City btmeh will go; in ; on th-" . '- n-txx er. ;." : aid he. I re 'kon P1 Juft step dov.n ;o P'C i!or-i" an' make 'cm k.vd to catch c:i that tw'o-to- j one pi opositten I" ,SniaIl Town Baseball. P ; s.-1 . 11. a s p I a : e d by a small town team, is a very intimate and persona! fcf-f.iP. fcf-f.iP. T-.e butcher box- who del'.x-ers xonr nvut max' he ,.-- sh.ortstop oi tee (earn:, "Oii speak wiiii mm tvery da'. Tht lert fie ri-r P your eouplr. ; hoxx can this help! out ;. rd a ee rtaiu warmth to vour o- pro! a'ior. of h;s tii ree-sa ckcr" Th.e p'.tcn-i cr "tos xvitli" vour s!-ter, lifting you to I a plaxe of cordial reb-uionship verclng ' upoa tandlifrity. Flveryhody tn the town knoxxs ex-cryhody else, speaks to everybody every-body eh r ; every my 1 R eon.rno:i loy. -mf eo'iimon "propertx-. Tlte i cr: '. of the hat wbicu dr;rs t he ha h ( "auiinrr to t:e fenc.' th:'h'-5 everv local 1 lnwrt. Pig league ha--eoad is r x order f c 1 in st it ut ion. hut to s-o-1 the gretit Ar- rica v game i:i its most interesting phase, follow th.d small town team. A !?t ranger on t ho bench before the came meant nothing to the Clark pvi lie contingent. Strange players were alxvays turning up at the ball games, for it was wideby known that a your.tr man who could play baseball cpuhl get a job In Caiksxille. and be a" bigger man than, the town marshal. Put w hen the red -faced stranger walked into the box just before the game started there was an tm media to bw.z of speculation, all th.e more pronounced he-cause he-cause lie had not been seen "warmiufr up" beferch.and. "T adies and geivlernon '. barked Billy Pratt, the umpire, "tho bat'ries for t'day. for Jefferson i"it', "'ror and TTalo!" A mighty roar from the visitors in the sta-.dc-. ,,ror Clarksvihc, trm.it h and Fcr-kinsl Fcr-kinsl P'ay ball I" .-udth'.' Smith? "VVh.at Smith was this? Where did he come from? Where did Pad ,t him? Was he a good man ? And then from the Jrfferson City eontin- i gent came tiie long-drawn howl of the to' n hu morist : "Yhx-, sure! That's old man Smith's lltt'e son.'" Then the red -m.ee 1 man began to piteh baseball. Pad Powell, on the bench, eh owed his e:g; to tatter? and grinueel as he w.uohed the "Fence Fhreaket's," as t h.p J'M"frson Ci; y men 11 ked to call themselves, marchin in regular order up I to Fie ph. to, and then marching back Th.e man named Smith cave t hem an exfiiiutioii tho pke 0f which they had never seen before, and mMy neve; sec again. Ho dallied with tho formidable hitters of the :siting team as i: they had been so many children, and between, whiles he talked eneourac-incly, sooth- ingh' to thoce puzzled athletes. xSo you're Pre fellow who got three home runs tu one game" lie would in-emire. in-emire. "W hat was you using, a board?'' To quote Jo- l":'ili. bo made the Pence Prcakcrs "xxear a l ath from the heneh . to t lie phi to and back again." Yiy t he end of the f.fth inning he had fanned ten nun and nothing resembling a hit had been made from hts delivery. The ( 'la rksxulle root crs we-e delir'mus wPi.ii joy ; the Jefferson City men had their hats pul'e.I doxxn over their eyes, and they were si. cat. but venomous. tlvery time the Strang- r xx-liipp-d a Strike over the phite, s-une Clarksx illo man was sure to yed: ""hat did yon ray IPs name was?" And the a nswer would come like a thnndor'lur: "Smith!" Pisoourasred, disheartened. ail their snap and dash knoci;cd out of hum, the 1 ' - " n By Charles E. Van Loan l ("""" Vl.,il..'1 Im '.111 lO I.") !' .S IT '". t .-)! pil. .1. r. .Ill l'i, I., t t Ii" Km. -iv )."'. l.ul w'1, ,1 ii im.n'i. ! in i i'i a. 1' "! ' " ' Inn, I 1 1 : m. iv .,v ,-ii.u,. . ., : ,, f..r ' In' in i.l lli, l! 1 . 1 1 . I- I', I,,, i :; 111 X l:im 1 '' run. i:;,, l l.,i li,i i'i., 1, ;u. i I ! !. w 1:,, In c f, "" i :, 'I'L : I :.m !! Ii ' I'I t,,i ,.,l :li II," I .. .i I'.illv t.ii I. V nil'iru ;, u.l iM '.rl I,,--ii'it li,.i llx, v.ii, inVhlliK.I. .N..!-r w.tt.l:-( w.tt.l:-( mi- ll'.. n. iiian r. rr-i MriT, .in f..r '-f-r.il 1 1 1 1 1 1 r . u- . Ii.. ii un: ki .1 with .i 'ivil il. ,1 ... l : i ; i 1 1 1 ;. ' .i -. 1 1 1 r ".V. m. I il'.n't Uii.n... - .i i f-mii -V.l.ni'.'n o:T iiv. lint 11' t!r I: -.iiir r.':"i,i' rut, on;:lic i,j l-i- in t.,.' - li iic-u. ' ' Who Vim Sinilh. After the -j, .i nn was over tho s ore w.ib eht to not aliig there was an im-nw-diat.. rui.h to the diamond, ihuitii hud to fight h'.i' x a y t iiioic.;!i a who. h ng. howling, dancing band of funtJfles as he. l.-t t i !-,.. fie'd, i hoi Fow. II at his elbow. KvM-vufnlv w .in led to shahe h,i udu wlai Smith. I.x-u x Iv v. nteci to t--ll Sndth li-.w K"od hu w.i.-. The Jeff, i.-on man sneer, d. I "Smith "' hiii ! t!if v h;,.trly. "P'h t'-n to one that there ain't an ':" in hi name!" The p.-m-e bivul,..!') iralherd up thir b-iis and depa. ted. Th- y tain, d among t!oni-e!,-:. "Vx'hut are x on comg to do x. Uh a fr-N lo.v wlio ko'tii 'em ui n round y our m d all the w bio :" thrv ash., d. Nobody s- ena-d to U.'iw. In tin- room at the Transa' 'a;itP iot'd. T'l'd I'owtll took tea his x'.aiht a r d -v- j t facte i some el h. x - b:o-k. 1 Moi'-h whi'h he 1 hun d U! 'on the ta hie. "Vint I ; r for".'" a.h. r d Snnl'r., v. no was unhich-tf hP neked t-.iovs. "Th.a t's t lie h u 1 1 d i f d for v. inni i.g the gnme," raid Pad, "and believe me, boy, It was w o :; h it ." "Put It back in vie i r T oeh e t !" sa id Smith sliorth.-. "1 mud a pretty uPe ch-a n-un mi the b. 1 1 m And tha.uh Pad imuatcd, the stranger was firm. ".see h.e"e," s 1 11 the old man finally, "are you doing a ; i ct '.nr. g Pus wint- r?" ! "."o!"h" '"id Mnini. "Just kind of look-, ing around, tint's alb" "h-eau:e If you ain't." said I;ol. "I can git on a i:ood )) .,-vo In town an'j you can :aa' and pitch b.i'l for ll . Sav. Pvenfx--f;ve didlar:: a x e. k"' That's prit-j ty gon.J innnov- f,,r "'l,n-k-x-hh" Smith gri mied an ho bu tt on-"'d his eo' - "Not thin w-'uter." he sail. "I'm yr't pi.---lng t :rou-h. a"d I don't f;'e:I to . Might auywh. re in Tevu " Dad Has a Job to Offer. I Next .Fi-e f'ad Pox'e'l had Imrinr-s 1 whi.-h took h;m tib far "east" as t. Louis. "b ad, you'd get to s, tho.-e' i bants , '-lav o hi." mri : ie .1. r x- ihch ae- ' eomp;inu d him to !.,e d-pot in C!a"k. vill'u "If ye.a yea :'.: g..d rv --n mi thu " N e Vot -: tea i. n'fi-r h ui a ' m e thin:::" -.a d 1 jd xe 'l. a eh-mklo ! r" '-is f rt at c rn -'oii m St. T.ou. -. r-ad ! P'n.-.te ) I im.-.-h' l.eh'p.l the n-it...--' , I b.-neh in the National bugae r-:ir.. I b- ' jxxafl as er.g:r and as e-.eh'd as a -uiad' v at Ms (:oi e:,-,. ;. I hough: n-a - : 'nr. xx :ih a I . x i s ' i !id. nnd d :-t r: ; t:t.-d 1 1 t 'en ;ar."-a: th.- x-. or l-i Iv-x . y.-mg m.eu 1 xx 'o : near aim. and tnc:r talk about , uip.r ; i i a re." and pereeri t;igt-s and oth.-r iutieiti- io;,tts of the great cam. wa s nmsic to h s t a i s. i I:l time tii. -ay-eho! Giat.ts h;;m to 1 ky,M r fi t ), liviiii:-'. ! Or.p i;ih. bror.7-d athle'e ree.'ed a tre. ;n.-n.iois i'Ih r he co--'-i t'.m f'Md 'o ; I he h -.h . h ,g .: - g a g -.: c !n ids ii.cisi-. He arp.-i.-e i .,y h,.-. d In.ii'f en.t ;i deeturn e in an of'-m Pox", hut jut a.--1 arr.xed i' tee e.u.'h hp looked up. i :.: d bus e inxe l ox er t.:c Lrowd j "Ore it Jhmnettv!" gas-...! p-,,I T"n..v-I T"n..v-I ell. ''ray. P'oy yui-h! Wao's that fellow I loop m7 'i'i t Ins x -,- ? j " T ha t '.' ; a : d t h y u u r. g ? t r p : t y 1 n -! y . 1 "I ihoeeht ev. rx ' .mIv in th.- xvo--'. v him 1 T mi I -; M Fine n x Inm M u M -' -linn- rl W'li'.'. irn-t ..' ' v on t..at pelijC: t.t f, ,r t .. 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