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Show c a..: been playing ghost In that cabin. I re heard about you.; Your gang has been cutting off my timber about long Enough, and this game of playing .ghost to scare my men wont do. And tbs "Stealing your timber? stranger was clearly surprised. He eld his pipe In bis hand with his mb over the bowl and seemed to a more serious interest in his ta SERIAL STORY THEicimE; continued Ardmore, AdT now, Tm tf red of having this end of the counter run by the Applewelghts, and so Im going their Disreputable BROWN JUjG 3ATI to lot KILDARE OepnlcM u IS bf Tk Bobbt-bUrr- Covptnr. SYNOPSIS. Thomu Ardmore and Henry Maine Griswold stumble upon intrigue when the of North and South Carolina governors are reported to have quarreled. Both t, states are In a turmoil over one an outlaw with political Influence. Orlswold allies himself with Barbara' 'Osborne, daughter of the governor of South the Carolina, while Ardmore espouses cause of Jerry Dangerfleld, daughter of the governor of North Carolina. These two ladles are trying to All the shoes of fathers, while the latter are missthejr Unaware of each others position, ing both Griswold and Ardmore set out to make the other prosecute. Ardmore organises a big hunt. Griswold's men capture Jerry Dangerfleld discoversAppleweight. the captive and leads him to Ards-leGriswold and Barher own bara explore prisoner. the scene of the disappearance and meet Ardmore and Jerry. Griswold refuses to recognise his friend. Jerry reveals the presence of Appleweight at Ardsley. Apple-weigh- CHAPTER XV. Continued. "Theres a line of the South Carolina militia crawling through the woods toward Raccoon creek. They Insist that its a practice skirmish and that theyve come ovfr here because the landscape is naturally hdapted to their purposes. "Its awfully nice of them to like my scenery. Youd better send your best man out to meet Col. Gllllngwa-- ' ter of theNorth "Carolina TnllltTa, and tell him to march all his troops Into the estate by. the north gates, and to be in a hurry. Tell him tell him Gov. Dangerfleld Is anxious to have the staff present In full uniform at a grand ball at Ardsley Ardmore rode off alone toward Raccoon creek to catch a view of .the enemy, - How far would Griswold goj Ardmore could go as far as "'Griswold; yet he was puzzled to know why Griswold wag In the field at all. These reflections carried him far toward Raccoon creek, and when he had reached that tortuous stream he dis- -' mounted and tied his horse, .the more freely to examine the frontier. By jumping from boulderto boulder he crossed the turbulent tide and gained the other, side with a sense of entering the enemys' country. Nowata muttered, 1 am In South Carolina. He drew out his map' and held It a tree the better to study It, against ' reassuring himself that his own property line embraced several sections of the forest on the south side of the state boundary. . .. ."It Grlssy. shoots me,, It will be on my own land, he said aloud. He cautiously followed the stream until, - several- - hundred . yards . farther on, and overhanging the -- creeks be came upon the log cabin in which Big Paul had reported the presence of a ghost Pauls story had not interested him particularly, but now that he was in to visit the fcabia and learn if possible how ghosts amuse themselves by day. He had thrust a revolver into his pocket before leaving the house and while he had no idea that ghosts may be shot he now made sure that the Weapon was in good, order.; As he sat on a log slipping the cylinder through his fingers he heard whistling farther along the creek, followed quickly by the snapping of twigs under a heavy tread, and a moment later" a tall, slender man broke Into view. ' The stranger was dressed like a countryman, hut he wad 'unmistakably not of the Ardsley force of workmen, for these wore a rough sort of uniform. His hands were thrust carelessly into the side pockets of a gray Jeans coat They were thrust in deep, so that the coat sagged at the pockets. His trousers were turned up from a pair of rough shoes and he wore a gray flannel shirt the Collar of a filch was guiltless of a tie. He was smooth shaken, and carried In his mouth a short pipe, which he paused to relight when about a dozen yards from Ard- - ly visible, and shrugged his shoulders. "I have nothing to do with the and I assure you I am not a timber thief. "Then you must be the one who baa lifted a few steers out of my herd. It makes no difference Just what branch of the business you are engaged In. for we're picking up all the gang and you've got to comq along with me. The captive showed signs of anger for the 'first time. His face flushed, and he took a step toward Ardmore, who Immediately threw up the revolver so that It pointed at the mans head. Stop fight there! Weve got old man Appleweight, so youve lost your leader, and I tell you the Jigs up. WeU have you all in Jail before another 24 hours has passed. "I Judge from the tone of your remarks that you are Ardmore, the owner of Ardsley. Am I right? "You are quite right. And you are a member of a disreputable gang of outlaws that has been bringing shame upon the state of North Carolina. Now, I want you to march straight ahead of me. Step lively how! And Ardmore flourishedthe pistol menacingly. March! The man hesitated, flung up his bead defiantly, then moved slowly forward. We will cross the creek right here, he ordered; Its a pretty Jump there from that boulder there, that was bully! Now right along there over the log see the trail! Good! It was warm and the captive was perspiring freely. He moved along docilely, and finding that be manifested no inclination, to bolt, Ardmore dropped the revolver to hia aide, but with his fin get; on the trigger. They soon reached a field where some laborers were at work, and Ardmore called them to him for instruc- . ' tions. Boys, this is one of the timber thieves; put him t. mre; fg, you up. The stranger turned toward the cabin, one corner of which was plain- in that corn-cri- b ito- - L hi Oh, pBbaw; thats nothing, plied "Im the governor of North Cn tins! and mounting his horse gravely lifted his bat to the priso and galloped away. Excef-ft- r Speed While Mr. Ardmore was sseurt k corn-criit may his prisoner In the The tour men composing the interesting to return for a moip Lwrslty of Pennsylvanlts back fieldthe haunted log cabin ire Regarded this year the finest quarcreek, the Interior of tke TurromforUbly'furet roughly but all on,7 aleeplng-rooimowere two Above email consider that tor and beside the bed In each stood versallty taey have any suit-eas- e and a four mod n the east outclassed, room hung, oh convenient hooks, , of P. L. a pair of trot Quetta -- competedHutchinson long, black frock-coa- t, Um.dell, Roy Mercer, sers of light cloth, and a broad-krlblack felt hat- - Coat, trousers and batU and Frank Sommer. Ramsdell and American Intercollegiate were exactly alike.- champion .printer. la In the room below sat a man repeatedly run 100 yards In his feet on a cheap al 10, has dash In : 21 and the j6j . . from a cigar. table, blowing rings b i whclJ d head"hr l, a - - - j11 100-yar- d - and Varsatlllty. Ramsdell, and is even better than tbs sprinter as a defensive player. The third man who Is shining for Pennsylvania is Hutchinson Scott, the was the first quarter back. that Scott ever played college football and then he played hut three games. This year is his first at qua ter back. Although handicapped by an Injury, he has run tbe team in all the big games with rare Judgment But his greatest asset Is hts kicking. The Quakers have turned out some Last-yea- r s, 200-yar- d ifSSXJS ' fall-Thi- lnex-bkabl- e d bus-di- e bv Joseph B. Bowlaa) Foreign born boys, and sons of In migrants. It seems to me, are the catchers who are in the majority la 06 th major leagues. 1 thlnk-bo- ys the first generation In America, sons . of immigrants, learn to love the Am lean game even more than the boys of this country. Perhaps that accounts tor the number of them In the ' game today. were My people Polish, although 1 was born In Michigan. They went te Milwaukee when 1 was very young. They were poor and I had little time tor games, although I began to play baseball before 1 was tea years olL, They call It the American game, hot you should have seen our team In MU waukee. Every boy on the team was Polish, so naturally we called ' the team tbe Shamrocks, aad w tackled all the teams composed of Irish and German klda In our end of town. 1 waa manager and chief fighter for the . club, because we had to fight whetbee we won or lost n game. ' I had no Idea of making my Uvtag out of the game. 1 worked at anything 1 eould find to do, ana played ball all tba rest of the time The fights brought me to the notice o! some fellows who began to teach me to box. We needed money, eo 1 started fighting. When 1 started I decided I would keep at It until I became chan plon. 1 fought 14 fights In one year-w- on IS and then was knocked ouLr That convinced me I never could be n champion, eo I quit that game and went to work. Playing baseball gave me time to learn something else.- - 1 carried a lor of side lines andXhustled all the time. In some way a manager down at 'Corsicana,- - Texaa, heard me and offered me a fair sum to eatef ' for his team. I worked hard and tried to learn the game better. 1 had a hard struggle there, but won out, and Temnext year. ple. Texaa. slgnedme-th- e From there I moved np to Galveston wonderful kickers In past years, hut Scott tops the list He kicks with his left foot and gets the ball away so " quickly that he has not had a punt ease and contentment, as he occasion- bt his him. As blocked this year. He kicks a low, recommend to speed beard, ally stroked his short brown consequence, the coaches did not driving ball, which strikes the ground or threw up his arms and clasped bin krt him In any of the big games, about twenty-f- l vay arda beyond the hands about his head oreaught hip s was line of scrimmage. Seemingly he Is regarded as a football at the smoke rings. On' the tablt7 re-h- t not did able to place the ball within a few Ramsdell year an array of playing cards and poler for the team until the day before feet of any point desired. Because of 5 1 ' chips. Ik his skill, not more than half of bis opened. In some Its too good to last forever, tfia season Ramsdell has manner, leaped punts were captured by tbe op lone occupant reflected aloud, stl&K bh ' as a the limelight posing backs. Considering tbe die with a yawn, and be reached out, bt writes Edward BushnelMn the tance tbe ball usually rolls before becareless Indifference, toward a 81 Louis He seems ing recovered, and the frequency with of newspapers tied together with W faster than ever In recovers the football which Pennsylvania sot one a piece of twine and drewmore outklcked of tQt he has every ophas Scott but, 'value, punts, and spread It across his knees-- , Bs arm ponent ,he has mef by many yaidg the use of straight as the thought though yawned again aM haa, mastered the principles of He la also a good man In handling of a world whose affairs were delsstye football. In avery game the kicks in tbeback field and Is a good stamped In printers Ink bored hlm Q'aiers fiavq played to date he has groundgalnef on end runs and then the bold bead-line- s d( some wonderful running. Sommer won his position by 'his that shouted at him across half Btnsdell onderful work In the Lafayette as his running mate quarter of the sheet caused him to a Bis who has Is quite as wonderful as am. Until that exhibition it had gasp, and hia feet struck the bars hlnsdL This is the been the intention of the coaches to Roy Mercer, He floor of the cabin resoundingly. athlete. Merceri give Harrington the place, ,but on now bent over the paper with the Qusktrs beat account of a wet field they,' started ,mil greatest eagerness, muttering ss he whlcfc iiatancq is, the. 0quarter,, seconds. 1 he has run In Sommer. He .proved such a ftrong read, and some of his muttering! l-well on, line plunges, were, it must be confessed, not with- fiasiho been timed Ip 10 ( aeconfit ground-gaine- r for too yards. .In addition to I Is as end runs, that he has. won the out 'bvfane embellishment. of t2 Aet place. He broke through th4 Ualay-Uhe has a TWO COWARDLY GOVERNORS sprinting and J inches An the pol, veeiVehlch line repeaUMy and R ate MISSING. twv or three ladders t 'Ho cbaoibarfiB ad, it Oaoe he cut' thrt J the broad the down. him Hex Scandsi Affecting Two State Execu until last year, for a 07. J ran tball tenter Lafayette tlves Is the AppleVefght Case Re) I . and n touchdown, t ed .and Pennsylvania, sponsible? Rumors' of Fatal Duel stands six feet ta height with hia Ramidell t three games on State Line. and weighs 10 pounds.) Rsnisdells m, .This fall he did not r for Ihe varsity eleven nntll jtw home is In Txas and fee is known ns port He rad breathlessly, thq startling - , , . games hqA been played. The roaches YTex. , story that followed the head lines, had planked to make an end out of Mercer stands S feet U Inches In rose and then glanced anxiously at his film,-bu- t the disqualification of Full blght and weighs 17S pounds. . watch. . . j Hutchinson Scott stands 6 feeet 9 Beck Hutchinson Induced the coaches U8t flndJto put Mircer In the back field. They Inches in height and weighs 165 .lare congratulating themselves now pounds. Besides playing football he lUrnt they did this, otherwise they is one of Mike Miypby'a best bafdlers. Frank Sommeraitands" 5 feet 10 never have discovered What a might platform that commanded all sides a, Wonderful Mercer la. Since Inches tn height end weighs 175 player the cabin. And there, to his uttet at full back, Mercer has shown pounds. This is his fourth year as amazement, he saw men In khsM starting ' ability the equal of a member of the Pennsylvania squad. grdundgalnlng emerging cautiously from the woods They were' unmistakably soldiers 4 some sort, for an officer was glvlif and this, coupled with the long Jumps is getting to different parts of the country that sharp commands, and the line openti out like fan along the creek. - TF sheen maklng. Is- - making him Wltneesed observer of this maneuver mopped fils' New Orleans Critic Who Cham-plostale. , He showed this plainly against Little . "Recent Says is Fight head with-hhandkerchief as the strong and fresh Conley, who had Is Going Back. watched tbe alert movements of been trained to the very .minute for figures In khakL ' Attell boxed honestly this engagement There waa no snap That Abe He was so absorbed that he faih Frankie or dash to AtteUa work, and, even tf to hear stealthy steps at the rear of enough the other day against that be Is be had had the brakes on. and .was the platform, but he waa now rudriy Conley tn New Orleans, and to a pull he would have shown go back under and beginning aroused by two uniformed youngsters getting stale flashes of brilliancy at times. here made with 8. C. N. O. on their caps, ffit seriously, is the statement ' s ?But he didnt and I came to the of the witnesses' scrap. sprang upon him and bore him" with by conclusion at once that he had better One of these is Will R. Hamilton, a a crash to the puncheon floor. and promoter lay off for a time and rest np. Youre shouted oM prominent sport writer "Unless he does this he Is in immisouthern in city. the bouts of boxing of them, rising when be found tbs) nent danger of defeat and decisive deat student careful was Hamilton the prisoner yielded without resist at tbe hands of some of the fresh feat the ringside when the featherweight men that he Is ance. taking on constantly. clashKenosha the boy and "What for? blurted the captive, champion "In addition to this Attells hands both on as is figuring using not sitting up and rubbing his elbow, f ed, and In be and the little fel-loother bouts within the next are As of the best For being Bill Appleweight 'bs of them to look a bit pinched beginning to s wanted good he get Poteet Get up, now, and come with three months, and drawn. on them. us to headquarters, or my Instructions line Good judges of the fighting game whole of " thing truth "The plain are to break youy iiead. , were marveling about AttelPs wondertoo g ground "Who In the devil are you? panted Is that Attell is Irav ful endurance and stamina when the f ,, r the prisoner, featherweight champion was fighting Well If its anything to you, wre two and three times a week with long the South Carolina militia, so youd llroad jumps and Imperfect rests tn better get up and climb." betfeen the battlea. The predictions (TO BE CONTINUED.) were made then that Attell would be t brought upwlth af sharp Jerk before Constable's Dilemma.) Georgia and he forfced to take a !6ng rest long ot one the lota Jon Cap. Carroll, was spokeff ip about this and Atlell stables, by direction levied on a negro merely laughed at thdfeara of his womaaa aged horse aad buggy which friends countered wlththe1 rehad been driven Into town. The burse mark that none of tbe men be, was was blind and so old that it eould boxing with could 'feurt him In thv But to cap itaS anscarcely walk. ' with their punches' and tliat bis least claimed iwo woman of other negro case was vastly different from that tfce wheels of the buggy and s hegro of the fighter bho'tvas gettlng'some man the ethers. - Bo you con taagine . punishment In hts battles. the officers feeling standing liere la "These bouts ere little more than the street wondering how to Jet the LjEH good, stiff gymnasium tryouts for me vehicle with only one wheel ' remarked. he It Is simply like trainAttell. Abe &nheven the strong be touched by J qf the !a, away, as the woman was re- much and payiuB too little attention 1ing ttj work against the class of men bout Serves only to keep But at tuck turning home SLfoot the critic memejFt. Ope for the next shape would have It, Bill Anderson' came to Test and recuperation, showlng. said in telling ftbout'Atteirs along" and proposed ' to 'sfgQ so spl "It is tru4.hat Abe did not fight the pearance bond for the property. The Reliance A. C. Falla. he la capable of,' but L believe battle called was the back, words papers Wlrifhe llatilltiea .placed at $11,. along "best ffld hts he that were signed end Cap, Carroll was the or nine rounds, with the evi- 000 and besetsof at $2,600, the Reliance happiest man In town, for he had fof eight Oakland, Cal., through a hurricane Athletic cljb sever driven a blind horse hitched to dent Intention of making Walter B Fawcett, prw off his Us presldei and Conley sweeping finish a baggy with but one wheel Dshione-g- a sented s pe tlon in bankruptcy the feet. That part of It was all right, as , Nugget he liabilities ' consist other day.) started Attell when for at it went; hut he chiefly of nu eroua small accounts verdict ; bid the for his make to Literature. firms. Tbe Reliance be with Oaklan aad er Liferature gives life to the ideas found he wgsnA-th- could do to hold the club waa fo many years one of the he of the moment, and poetry cryatalltes vould have all eves. foremost at etic organizations on the man ideas into forma that can be remem- WiscOnsla too much, pacific coast Bgbdng rbe feaa "Attell bered.' t , . shirt-sleeve- Globe-Democra- t. lnd , d 2 You're My Prisoner!" til I come back for him. The nights warm; the sky Is perfectly clear. and you will kindly see thqf he does not lack for food. Two of the men Jumped forward and seized Ardmores prisoner, who now broke forth 'in a torrent of wrath, . struggled vigorously., "That's right, boys; thats right; easy there! Now In he goes. A series of fringed the field, and Into on df 1 these; from which half the corn had been removed, the prisoner ' twas thrust, sprawling upon the yelfow ears, and when he rose and flung himself round, the slammed In his door of the corn-cri-b face. He bellowed with rage now, seeing that hia imprisonment was a serious matter, and that it seemed likely to be prolonged indefinitely. They always told me you were a corn-crib- s fool, be howled, .but I didnt know that anything as crazy fit you are was loose In the world. "Thank you. The head of your gang is much more polite. He's sitting on his case of Chateau Bizet In my wine cellar, playing solitaire. "Appleweight fn yqnr urine cellar! bawled the captive In astonishment Certainly. I Was 'alrhld,' to lock him In a room' with bath for fear It might give him hydrophobia; but hes perfectly content In the wine cellar." What are 'you going to do with - 'ft -- -- -- J ri All a t V V f JIMMY BLOCK. re-Irw- , re-eal- I BY Toovrluhr. . . - a hand-satche- HIS STAR! Catcher for Chicago American League Team, Tells of Struggle In v Getting Hia Start. tqrd 1 k ' OF n 'fU -- BLOCK TELLS -- match above the pipe bowl for an In- few I havent decided yet Just what to stant to make sure his tobacco was do with film, but the scoundrel unburning, Ardmore jumped up and cov- doubtedly belongs In South Carolina, ered him with the pistol. and 1 hate every intention of making I beg your pardon, said the mas- - bls.ewnftate punhth him. but youre The fanner leaiM beavi! agatost wtgfA Ardsley . oner! . - .. hrB'jJHiCrfdoor andglared-Ou- t upon , The stranger shook the 'flame out his Jaiklx with- - a new, fierce Interest to do with of the match-sticcarefully a nd threw Jtelpyou, iVepothlng J jjonfewant to tl'awaybefuro turning toward bis A the Anplnarlsfitef- to. identity, you, you young captor. f'n t I demand my legal "Young man, he bald with perfect food wlch.that MiTdear air' retorted Ardmore, gun. It might go off. ' ou have no legal rights, for'thb Writ His drawl, was characteristic of the -egion; his tone was one, of amused cJiabeaa porpu doesnt go a hre. eem for barn m rather Intelligent tolerance. Ardmore . was Short" of tlmbe thief. Come now, stature, and his knickerbockers, 1 ner'and u to leggings and Norfolk Jacket were . at your name?" The down upon the gazed prisoner rehot wholly consonant with the , 'perturbable figur- e- of hia captor volver, which, howdvhr, he terele A ough the slats of the corn-criArd-- t Terr steadily at the strangers head. re returned his gaxb with his most You are an intruder on my proper- d nd chUd ,lke. ,lr- - Man7 Pople ty," said the master of Ardsley, amfej bi Xb3iJat-JllslJLbeDgMe!- bail been driven to the ness by Ardmores 'apint The prisoner realised, the am launch a thunderbolt 4 k 0tm a turb a tranquillity .as sweet afternoon. Mr. Axdmor,T dkliktb your amazing conduct jrakes essary for me to disclose nf and, the mans manner, ibov4 embarrassment.' ' I knew itpl knew more, folding his arfJT chest Youre either thd or the prince of Petosks salute you!" , No!" roared the lmpotently against the cage with his hands. "No! - ? governor of South Carolina!Tbla statement failed, however, produce the slightest effect on $ Ardmore, who only smiled slight! smile less Incredulous, than disdain J V' stale Attell t he-ha- n " Jimmy Block. r -x t Texas league and after alow, progress tor nearly three years worked my way np Into tbe major leagues, In tbe landing at Washington!. I bad not the natural speed to be n great" Catcher and lacked a lot of other things, but those things I tried to overcome by bard work and atuy. Minneapolis got me from Washington end there I had a good year, to good that the Chicago team secured my services. It has been herd work all the time and ( have been handicapped, but I have not been sorry. 1 .still love the game as touch' as I did when n kid on the lots. When they will not pay me a salatry any longer 1 am going te catch for nothing. r e ld v He-stalle- d - -- - Jqhn T. Brush has been president of the New York Giants. Walteramp acknowledges that brains beat ifeipceton, even If some ol -It came from James E. Sullivan secretary of the National A. A. U.. says all teams of nines the union must play registers or be dropped. Football by artificial light somehow or other, doesnt seem to appeal to the true gridiron fan- - Reliability runs are not so exciting sa football, but they are as prolific of; the element of danger, It seems. Hunting sedms to be the favorite pastime of major league baseball players when they are not working at their profession.' Doc White, the White $ox southpaw, las made such a success in vaudeville that his auditors are wonderlr why he'dldgt think of It before. the-weeL- t Vi, 4 |
