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Show GIRL of JOHNSONS )By JBA.fi B.ATB LWDLXM. Vfrt t" d the Ottice of th Etc, of rongrex. in th Yfr UNO bjr Streol & Smith, Libi of Counts, ,1 VV uhmi ton. D C rtn Beside the Stream. "Jim!" "JIM! Jim! Chorus got a bite!" Jlma older brother "Jim, you darned little cuss, can't you gee nutb-InYouve got a bite!" "Aw, g'wan, tain't nuthin but th' wind! Tls too. You never saw th wind make Lookee! Lookee! See 'er Jerk!" Shet up! from Jim. cautiously kneeling In the wet band beside the pole setting In a crotched stick. I tell you It ain't nuthin' but th wind 'er maybe a mlnnle! doggedly, from James, putting his hand cautiously on the pole to connect with the bite current! Sustaining no shock he gently pulls the string an Inch or two to feel of the bite! Chorus Dont! Aw dont! brother t Jims Whajerwant scare 'lm away fer anyway! angrily throwing a stone at the sand bank! Gosh darn it, dont you suppose I know how to fish fer 8plash! There is a violent bending of the pole, a leap Into the air by something gleaming pearl and gold and the line sags ffom a waving rod! With mighty sweep Jim throws the sinker over bis head! Too late! The hook Is bare! The sucker has escaped! Dare you (sob. sob) fellers (sob, sob) anyhow! Cant you let (sob) me )ilone (sob) when Im (sob) a goin t' ketch a fish! Boo hoo hoo!" Ah. the tragedy of boy life! . A Change. Take off your tailored suits, and doU the airy gown. Remove the patent boot, put on low shoes of brown American League Notes. Harry Howell Is showing fine style this season Clark Griffith Is out of shape with a lame wrist, which is proving a handicap to his Highlanders Clark Griffith says that Parent can play rings around Wagner, Is a faster runner, and a better team player. Bobby Lowe is suffering from a split finger and Robinson is back at Detroits second base, hla old position. Pitcher Elmer Bliss, released by the New York club, has rejoined the Alhany club, of the New York League. Sam CrawforS is back In the batting game, and from now on he la due to start his annual tour up the ladder. Manager Mack of the Athletics says he will entertain no proposition for the sale or loan of Outfielder Hoffman. The Washington club to date has made more money than ever before since It has been in the American league. Catcher Lew Drill is hitting the ball so hard that he Is likely to become a regular outfielder on the Washington team. Napoleon Lajole Is hitting them harder than ever before. His average to date is far above .400, and he Is leading all batsmen. Some day when George Millin' use aa a pitcher Is gone, he will blossom out as an outfielder. Mullln is a natural born batter.- Fultz has missed but one ga which he has failed to hit sa his last sixteen games. He h one error In twenty-twgames. Jimmy Williams is playing second base second to none. He plays the for Rockford The Detroiter Is also hitting the ball hard. Daeuport has released Second Baseman Oivtn and Outfielder Cork-hil- l. The has signed with Rock Island Capt. Williams of Davenport haa brought Ruby In from the outfield and placed him on second In place of Gwln, sent to right. Harry Swaclna will remain with Decatur, Ottumwa, which had been awarded him by Secretary Farrell of the national commission, agreeing to relinquish claim to htm for a pitcher. last-name- American Association News. Outfielder Elmer Smith has been released by Kansas City. The Columbus club has sold lnfleld-e- r Benny Bow cock to the Fall River club. The Kansas City club has secured Pitcher Tom Barry from the Philadel- phia club. McKay, the cowboy pitcher with the Milwaukee club, looks so good that Barney Dreyfuss is trying to drive a bargain for him. George Yeager Is hitting like a fiend for Columbus. He always could hit a well, but was never considered heady ballplayer. The Indianapolis club has secured from the Chicago American club Catcher Claude Berry, to take the place of Catcher Harry Grilled. I Central League Gossip. Catcher Brennan, released by Day-- I ton, has signed with Grand Rapids. Manager Jack Grim of Marlon has - X, CHAPTER XVIII, Continued. depafie8l" Ikilores repeated color and gentle slowly.- - Th expression dlPPred from her face; she drew hr band away from.Doraa clinging finger; she puished back the hair that h slipped down on her forehead. Then the deputies had been searching for ker father That was what those naeB ere there for that morning vhea they stopped and asked of her wher he was. And If those men of the law came for him whe be was not there, when every one kMf that he was not there, and sought for bln over on the opposite mountain among its dangers, would they not come at any time for him to pro their case? Might they upon taking him over not even to the town 1 spits of his condition? Unconsciously ber fingers closed over the flower In ber lap, crushing them The she attempted to rlse.-Johnso- though God were very near In the ah lence of the hills, and "to be aloot with silence Is to lie alone with God; but I think he Is Fomehow nearer the hearts of hi-- humanity. You hav not even a cliurih here, Dolores. Why, n hat do you do with no church, nor schools, nor anything" And Dolores, drhen at last to' speak, asked mechanically. Why should we have a church, and what Is a church? 1 J CHAPTER XIX. " Tlmea Developments. He raised her In hie arms as though Johnson slowly recovered; the days she were lu truth a child, and carried her to the settle between the south passed, and the weeks, while he linwindows. She did not speak until gered weak and complaining. Dolores' Mrs. Allen brought her beef tea and presence annoyed him, and drove him fed her with tender care; then, half to fits of temper, until Dr. Dnnwtddte advised her to remain away from htm rising among the pillow, whiter than as much as possible. a wlstful-nesshe a asked faintly with they, Dr. Dunwiddle regularly drove over tu her eyes that sent an angry to see Johnson once a week, and Mra woman's pang through the heart; Where la Dolores Nurse Alien? Allen remained In the low, unpointed house In the mtust of its desolate gar, I Want Dolores." Mrs. Allen called sharply In a voice den, filling the rooms with her presthat caused Dora to look up at her in ence, but dally growing more hardened toward the quiet girl who was winning wonder: Come In at once, Dolores; Dora Doras affection away from her, ahe wishes you." Dr. Dunwiddle hearing the words and catci.ing sight of the womans fate, crosesd the room and spoke to Dolores, his voice low with kindness. She started when he addressed ber, relentlessly. Two soft bands released the flowers, and turned obediently with one swift, and as Dora wiped away the red stains startled glance up Into hi face, and of the blossoms from her cousin's entered the room half hesitatingly. hands aha mid, with a sweet laugh. Dora put out , ber baud as she Dolores, what Is the matter? Bee crossed the room. what you hive cone to the poor, pretDolores! she said, entreatlngly. Dr. Dunwiddle turned quickly away ty flower you have killed them; their blood is on your hands, and your and entered the inner room where his hands have stained mine friend was waiting for him. The effect of her words on Dolores By and by, when she was better, was startling She drew away her Dora sat up among the pillows, and hands sternly and arose to her feet, drew Dolores down beside her, holdclutching the door post to steady her- ing her bands caressingly between ber self; her face was white, and her eyes own, smoothing the tent,, slender wide and terrified. Young Green, re- fingers now and then wfth pathetic turning from up the mountain, heard tendernecs as though to atone or Dora's last words and turned away soften her careless, wounding words. with a face U pallid as Dolores . She leaned her pure, pule face against Dora arose quickly, and clasped her the gray window cubing that the soft, hands around her cousin's arm,-jLdn-g low wind with its subtle odor of pines her sweet, penitent face to hers. should hlow upon her. Her large gray It Is So Beautiful Therm "Dolores, Dolores, I did not mean eyes, grown black with a half shy told herself, tn excuse for her unthat I was only Joking I coull not love and pleading, rested on her cous- friendly feeling, but the girl herself, have meant It I would not have said ins grave face. And she did not burled In other, thoughts, believed it auch a thing for the world I forgot know that the slender shred of pale was from the kindness of ber heart blue ribbon lay safely htdden in the that ahe talked to her so often during you were not used to me, and The words ended in a vlo.et fit of depths of the doctors pocket as hs the long evenlnga of the Ufa outside that racked the slender rfeentered the sick room beyond. of the quiet settlement and of the mancoughing frame pitifully. Raising her handkerThey talked long there at the cool ners she would there be expected to chief to her Upa she sank upon the south window, she, smaller girl, hold- copy. and ahe accepted la alienee the ; step. ing her cousin's hands closely in hers, many words of advice as to her lack Young Green entered the house un- telling her of the world beyond tbq of prldo In allowing young Green to noticed and spoke to Mrs. Allen, who chained mountains, of the life that see so clearly her feelings toward him, came out at mce and sat down beside throbbed and pulsed out of her alghL and tha cautioning uttered with a Dora, placing her arm around her with Dolores listened in silence, wonder- kindly smile or soft touch on her arm. low, tend words of comfort, ing more and more how this girl could against allowing herself to be so ln Young 'Greet came out with a cup care to love her, could care to have her fluenced by almost an utter stranger of water, and Mr Allen thanked htm for her cousin. who was kind to her only out of pity, with a gratefql glance, but aa she took We will paint together, Dolores,' and who could never care, for her, It and pleck, it to Doraa lips she ah said, .and sew and play. Von other than as the merest acquaintance, glanced at Doldies, and her glance shall sing and I will accompany you she, the daughter of the blacksmith waa full of hate; while young Green on my guitar, and you shall sing and who was waited for to prove the malice himself lor the moment dared not accompany youraelf, for the guitar tn tha laming of bis mar. meet her eyes for fear of betraying will Just suit your voice; and how you The woman knew well the stories what was In his mind and heart would look in an old gold gown with adrift In the settlement that had Will she lie down and rest? asked warm colored rosea about you, play- somehow com to her ahe scarcely Dolores, presently, still standing' at a ing a guitar, lta broad ribbon across knew how herself, and of the from as distance her, speaking though your shoulders, your eyes Just as dread of what might follow the gtrll provher Ups were stilt they are now. Oh, such a soul as ing of the case waiting in the town At sound of her voice Dora opened thert la In them at this minute, Do- for her fathers That the her eyes slowly sad looked up at ber lores Johnson! The men will love you, girl had never donepreience. her harm to cause with a faint smile; but Mrs. Allen, and the women musL Dolores, Do- this feeling of hatred ehe would not without replying, motioned to Charlie, lores, I cannot walL I wish 1 might believe. Had ahe not won Doras heart who, understanding her wish, crossed take you right now. in a fashion ahe could never do? Could over to the bedroom and tapped lightShe paused, breathless, smiling, sit- ahe accept this unmurmurtngly? Wae ly on the door. Dr. Dunwiddle opened ting erect, holding Dolores by her. two there nothing she could do to hurt the tt at once, and after a whispered word young arms, her sweet face flushed girl In Doras eyes? And If that were or two he went out to the girl, while with exeltemenL Impossible and she soon learned that young Green entered the quiet room, At that moment Dr. Dunwiddle It was waa it impossible for her to Johnson lay In a stupor among the opened the bedroom door and spoke wound the girl herself In every way pillows, his snnkea eyes closed, L to Mra Allen, and ahe entered with conoeivable to a narrow mind. cruel Ups apart allowing the discol- him, young Green coming ouL . (To be continued.) ored teeth within; hla short white Dora flushed as she saw. him, and heard was conns and thin, and lent she arouaed from the settle, shaking PHOTOGRAPHY IN THC DARK, additional repulslvenesa to the. narrow her head sunnily. fact. The yonng man stood at the Mr. Green, 1 beg yonr pardon for Qtrman Professor Says Light Is Net bedside looking long and earnestly at detaining you I do. Indeed. Truly, I Needed for Making Pleturee, the face of th other, nntil the expres- did not think. "Tjie light Is not needed tor the sion of wonder and horror slowly He smiled reassuringly at her. printing of photographs la a discovone of to gave place pity. It has been pleasant to me, Mlsa ery which has been made by Dr. WilPoor fellow, "he said to himself; Johnson so pleasant that I had fore helm Oiwald, professor of chemistry tn . poor fellow! Sorely he haa suffered gotten the case on at eleven at horn. the University of Lelpslc. He produces It la now ten minutes of that hour, the required changes tn the sensitized and If you will pardon my leaving yon paper by the use of allver oa nega1 will send the carriage for yoo at tives treated with a solution of peroxide of hydrogen. , The presence of any time you name. Dolores did not move or speak. The silver causes- - the elements of the solucase on hand. Her ears seemed sharp tion to react against each other. Ia to catch end hold such sentences. a very short time in those places These words only were clear, the rest where there la allver ill the negative were distant and jumbled. .Even when the solution will disappear; in the invisible piche spoke to ber ahe seemed Incapable other spots remain.-Thi- s of hearing or replying. That her'ki-lenc- e ture is then transferred to gelatine was caused by anything he said paper and finally developed by Iron he did not Imagine, but he waa grow- sulphate In solution. Gallic acid la then applied and the result is a genuing accustomed to her silence. 1 wish I could stay with you aline Ink picture. Dr. Oswald declares that in this method the sensitized ways, Dora said softly when th young man had gone, "but I cannot paper will keep Indefinitely and the You silver can be used over any number of leave father. Dolores, you know. do not blame me, I am sure. And I times He says the process la' far will come over every day or whenever cheaper and quicker than any now la I can. Father Would have come over nse, besides requiring no llghL By it with me this morning, but Judge any design or drawing can be quickly Green wished him to be in court. They copied. have a strange case on hand, and I am One At a Time. so Interested in It; arent you, DoA fond father was giving advice to lores? About the laming of young Mr. Greens beautiful mare, you know? I hla young eon, the other day. Among Dolores, I Did Not Mean ThL" If yon try to believe they have some new evidence other things be said: enough already; by not leave him in to be beard this morning. Young Mr. dd more than one thing at a time peace to God and hla conscience; Green waa to have been there early to you cant do anything well" Oh, yea, I can, said the yonng 'Forgive as ye would be forgiven.' attend to some important matter, beIve tried. I did three Friend, go In peeca Truly, ! bav fore court opened, and bere I have hopeful. ned of forgiveness, and should not detained him. things the other day, all at one time, Still Dolores did not move or apeak. and did em all well. pull down th bridge over which 1 How was that? asked the father. myself must p- - But how such a In a vague manner the thought preWell, you see, 1 swung on the gate woman aa she could have come from sented Itself to her that one of the snch a nature a his is a problem. marble gods Dora had been telling her and .whistled and threw a stone at My poor, tender-heartegirl, how eh about could scarcely be more Ha Tommy Brown and hit him, too. offered just now and I could do noth- stone than she, and ahe wondered, too. Had Often Been Kicked. In that strange half sense If thee ing! "Jqhn Jones, the patient who came Dr. Dunwiddle meanwhile went out marble men and women were capable to the group In the sunny doorway. of suffering as human men and wom- la e little while ago, said the attendHis grave, dark fw was full of kind- en? And Dora continued In her low ant In the department, didnt give hla occupation. ness as hs bent over the frail girl, voice, rising and pulling Dolores b? What was the nature of his trouand spoke to Mrs Allen. the hand for her to follow. "Let us go out of doors, coualn ble? asked the resident physician. "She must lie down at once," he said, Injury at the base of the spina. and be kept perfectly quiet for a mine; It la so beautiful there with th Put him down as a book agenL while. No, you bust, not .walk," aa' plnea and the mountains. 1 feel as Am -- tf THB BUMMER GIRL. Boll up your sleeves so high! The sun will give its tan. A sailor hat I'd buy, and dont forget a fan! Inclose socks your ankles slim In screen-doo- r of pearl Then, you, right In the swim, will be a summer girl. 4-- It is considered very "keslosh In fashionable circles Just now to have present at social gatherings a psychic reader, a gazabo who tells fortunes and dips Into the future at about fifty oenta a dip, the host paying for the plunge. Just to give the poor people a chance at a good thing and also to prove that men are born free and equal, this same devotee of the art of divination may be found, during bus!-nea- t t malaon hours, In iome de Jole reading palms or conjuring mediums to stand and deliver good fortune to tuckers who need It! fly consulting the occult gentleman you - can learn, for a quarter, that your line la tagging In the Stygian '' life Past and a live wire la liable at any time to fall upon your clothesline and I put you out of business. The broken f e ml circle on the end of your thumb inion ffortells an early death through the have agency of a pet goat! The little do-- ' ireek fanny that appears In the Valley of and of the Slapacus in the hollow of xked your hand suggests a rocky road to oner travel for your cousins little boy by hie first wife. A lump three-quartelpple e, men, of a digit, fronj the pinnacle. of ly be however, denotes you a warm r next and amorous lover and a friend of ifflclal bomelesa cats. If there is crepe unGael der your finger nails, you should beAlii-ware of bull dogs during dogdays and -cultivate a more aesthetic temperr-men- t A scar across the Plains of means someone has cross Memmon er he In a game of craps! Go in fired you t the win! Granny and her tea cup la ud ild not til undone! restern off the red-ligh- batters well, and his work on pick- ups haa been exceptionally clean. Manager Donovan haa telegraphed Bill Clarke, who is coaching at Annapolis, offering him $2,600 to Join the team and finish the season with the Senators. Fred Parent 'suffered a severe wrench of the leg in a collision with Billy Lush of the Clevelands and will be out of the game for some time. -- 1 -- rs Del-phu- express jn ' con-- d labor ive not tion stand do i among ade. I WHY MAGGIE LEFT HOME. man In Decatur, Ala with a p family of seven, learning tat the local undertaker wanted to dl out, hustled to the establishment id bought at reduced prices, seven dfins, one for each member of his may be called coffin i with m vengeance, says a Georgia ltor who is now biding under his Ice stoop and waiting for the out ged populace to calm their anger d put away the rope. rown-u- mllyi-i-TTh- la National League News. bln great . McGlniilty keeps pitching. Mike Grady of the SL Louis team has hit over .400. Joe Kelley never strikes at the first ball pitched to him. Charley Nichols continues to" win his games and handle the SL Louis team In fine style. Matthewson attributes his poor work in the box to adhering too closely to the balk rule. Phil Geler Is at last making good in major company. He Is playing grand ball for Boston. Manager McGraw thinks he can develop hla third baseman, Devlin, into a star of the first water. Mathewsons defeat at Pittsburg on May 16 was his first at the hands of the Pirates in two years. The Reds have never had a more useful utility man than Orville Woodruff, says the Commercial Tribune. Johnny Dobbs considers Dillon the greatest batter in the business with whom to work the hit and run game. Wagner Is the best shortstop In ihe business, says Deacon PhllUpl, and cares less for an error than any of the others. Pittsburg still has a chance, says We are behind Barney Dreyfuss. some now, but will come out when the others stand stUL on-wi- th The Three-I- . League. Catcher Jack Thlery has signed by Dubuque. The Rock Island club has released Catcher Pruitt and Pitchers Clarke and McCafferty.' Claude Stark Is catching great ball One of the Last of the Present son's Crop of Players. Sea- given Red Herbert and Pitcher Frye their releases. ' Pitcher Silver Jordan has been released by Grand Rapids, and Billy Pearson secured from Toronto to take his place. Pitchers Farrell and Miller, Shortstop Burg and. Left Fielder Qeyer are the only members of the Grand Rapids team who were with the team last year. Western Winnowing. Pitcher Pflester, the Pittsburg castoff, Is pitching fine and winning ball for Omaha. President Sexton writes that all of the clubs In this league are In excellent financial and physical condition. President Sexton announces that the following players have been fined for rowdyism: J. Clark of Des Moines, $50, and Hurlburt of Skrax City, $1$, for their conduct at Sioux City; and Pitcher McNeely of Denver, for a similar offense at SL Joseph. George Vllleman, the pitcher who was suspended by Colorado Springs, has pat his case Into the hands of Secretory Farrell, and the Indication nre that the matter will be compromised in some way and Vllleman return to the WesL where he la anxious to go. d . Ames Defeats Iowa. Ames defeated Iowa In a remarkable baseball game of 1 to 0, thus winning the allver bat donated for the Iowa intercollegiate league champion ship. Batteries were: Ames, Brown nd Cotton; Iowa, Vos. Y easier and Erekke. Base hits Ames, ; Iowa, 5. Errors Ames, 2; Iowa, S. r out-patie- , - |