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Show an liMiif mwiWiii,l,iaKWwfcM limning irr-i nmiir m li i wmMtni CASEY AT THE BAT " It looked extremely rocky for the llneton nlnr that day; j The score .(toori two In four, with but uerS an inning l.-ft In play. Bo when 'avney died at second, and Borrows did the same. A pallor wreathed I In- features of thu put rum of the game A straggling few not up in go, leaving thcie the rest. 9 With thnl hop. whirl, springs eternal within the huniHii brenat; For they thought. "If only Casey could get a wbiivk at that." They'd put up even money now with Casey at I he bat. ' Five thousand tnnrura applauded whn he wiped thi'm un hla all I rt : Then when the writhing: pitcher j ground the bill Into hla hip Defiance glanced In Casey's eye, a sheer curled Casey's lip. j And now the leather-covered sphere i came hurtling through the air, j An' Casey Mood a-watchlng It In I haughty grandeur there; ! Close by the sturdy betsxnsn the ball unheeded sped; ! "That ain't my style,'' said Casey. I "Strike oue," the uniplia said. ears a ". -,: r Jsv, r'or "THE 8NEFR I, ONE FROM CASEY'S FACE. HI8 TEETH ARB wto CLENCHED IN HATE." But Flynn preceded Casey, and llke-0'o' llke-0'o' wise so did Blake, And the former waa a puddln', and the latter waa a fake; So on that stricken multitude a death-'" death-'" like alienee aat. si, an for there seemed but little chance of Casey's getting to the bat. mint, ulon, But Flynn lot drive a "single," to the wonderment of all, . H u- Aad the niurb-desplsed Blakey "tore VUlt the cover off the bnll;" And when the dust had lifted, and e they aaw what had occurred. There waa Wakey aafe at second, and Flynn a-huggln' third! TE,N THOI'SAND EYr.S WERE ON HIM AS HE RUIJ1IKD HIS HANDS WITH 1)1 KT." Then from the gladdened multitude j went up a Joyous yell, It rumbled In the mountain tops, It rattled In the didl; In It atruck u pan the blllslde, and re bounded on the flat: rk. For Casey, mighty Casey, was ad- ' vanclng to the bat! There waa ease In Casey'a manner as he atepped Into hla place, tv. There was pride In Casey'a bearing, and a amlle on Casey's face; 1 And when responding to the cheers, be lightly doffed hla hat. No stranger In the crowd could doubt I i 'twas Casey at the bat. ' ; "AND NOW raB PITCH HAS r-v THE BALL." v ( Ten thousand eyea were on him aa he s. rubbed his hands with dirt, I from the benches, black with people, there went up a muffled roar. Like the beating of storm-waves on I the stern and distant shore; i "Kill him! kill the umpire!" shouted j some one In the stand. And It's likely they'd have killed him had not Casey raised hla band. "ND NOW THE A TEREI) WITH THE FORCH OF CASEY'8 BI.OW." With a smile of Christian charity great Casey'a visage shone; He stilled the rising tumult, he made the game go on; He signaled to the pitcher, and once more the spheroid flew, But Casey still Ignored It, and tlie umpire said, "Strike two." llut one scornful look from Casey aa the audience was awed; They saw his face grow stern nnd cold, they saw his muscles strain. Aud they knew thnl Casey wouldn't let the bill go by again. The sneer la gone from Casey'! Hps, his teeth aro clenched In hate, He pounds wllh cruel vengeance kls bat iiihiii the plate: .lid now the pitcher holds the hall, and now he lids It go. And now the air la shattered by ths force of Casey's blow. Oh, somewhere In this fnvored land the sun Is shining bright. The- band Is playing somewhere, snd somewhere hearts lira light; And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout. But there Is no Joy In Boston; mlglitr Casey has struck out. "I'hlnney" Thayer. The lllver llifurd. . i The river, undoubtedly, stands facile fa-cile prlnrepa nt the bend of all resources re-sources In the way of out-door amusement amuse-ment at Oxford: nor Is the reason fr to seek, when one takes Into cnnRld-erallon cnnRld-erallon the almost endless variety of Ita charms. For those who seek cool shade or the peace which a pipe and a yellow-back alone can procure, ths narrow Cherwell steals softly under Its arch of green trees. The broad shal-Iowa shal-Iowa of the upper river afford boundless bound-less scope for the ecrentrlrll!! of the tyro, whether he disport himself In t skiff, a punt, or a sailing bout; while grim slaughter may be perpetrated by the wary saloon gunner among the water rata which abound In any of the numorous backwaters. Little won der, then, that rendlngman, cricketer, footballer and all the other "era" at tlmea forsake their household goods to pay their homage to the great presiding presid-ing dlety of Oxford. To the boating man proper who seeks fume In Us broad reach from Salter's boathouae to llfley lock, they may. Indeed, appear as so many trilling Interlopers, to be assailed with fierce shouts of "Ixmk ahead!" "Confound you. sir!" etc Oood Words. The Moaolstn llevll. During his explorations In the mountains of East Africa, Sir Henry Johnston, with 100 Zanslbara, was attacked at-tacked by a very much larger body of Masai. The enemy made ( riespertts chargea and wore beaten back with great difficulty. "Toward evening"; said Johnston-, telling the stut-y, V-r1 men were losing heart, and It looked very black for us, when I had a brilliant bril-liant Idea. I remembered I bad A box of 'Tom' Smith's crackers and fireworks. fire-works. I really don't know what made me buy them, but I added tbem to my other stores In london. I told my fellows fel-lows to go on fighting and all would be well, and when night fell I climbed up the mountain side, unseen by tbe Masai, with a Zaniaharl to carry the box, and half way up I let off the various squibs; and when the enemy, who are very superstitious, saw the streams of blue ami red light blau Into In-to the black sky ftvun tho mountains they Instantly fled. It wns. they said, the mountain devil fighting on our f J?r --, ti-1) v f n n rftCurM 'THERE WAS Bl.AKEY SAFE ON SECOND, AND FLYNN A-Ill'OOIN THIRD." "Fraud!" cried tbe maddened thousands, thou-sands, and the echo answered "Fraud!" I side, and they didn't stop to ariue with him, you can be sure." Ixindon Truth. |
