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Show ,Tou cant have two wgi wtth each other this way ithout shaking up the universe,, and If federal troopa come down here to straighten things out it won't" be funny. They had ridden about, a mile, when Cooke checked hla 'torse with morrow night. -- states at SERIAL STORY THE LITTLE BROWN JUG There's somebody coming 11 fee the devil was after him. It muBt be Gill lngaater They drew rein And waited, the l utter of hoofs ringing out sharply In the at ill night. The moonlight gave them a fair sweep of the road, and they at once saw a horse-mai- l galloping rapidly toward them. Lordy, the tnana on fire" gasped Ardmore "By George, youre right' muttered Collins, moving nervously In bis saddle "It's a human sunburst "It's only his gold braid, explained the practical Cooke. 8ee!ng three men dtawn across the road, the horseman began to check YOUNG GIRL IS CHAMPION wakened the sleeping driver ot th wagon with a roar, and himself leaped upon the box and began turning the ' horses. "What do you think ha's doing?" asked .Cooke. He's in a hurry to get backets mothers cooking," replied Ardtnora "Hes seen- Mias Dangerfleld and learned that war is at band, and ha's going to get bis clothes out of danger. Lordy! Listen to him slashing tb mules! Rut you dont think " Thewagon had swung round, and already was In rapid flight Collins howled in glee. "Come on! We can't mlsa a show like this!" "Leave the horses then! There's a hill there that will break hla neck. We'd better atop him If we can!" cried Cooke, dismounting. They threw their reins to the driver of the wagon, who had been brushed from bis seat by the impatient adjutant general, and was chanting weirdly to himself at the roadside. The wagon, plied high with trunks and boxes, was dashing forward, belaboring the mules furithe ahouts of ously, and, hearing strange pursuers, yelling at the team In a voice shrill with fear. Come on, boys! shouted Ardmore, catch the spy thoroughly aroused, ROUBLE SWIMMER IN GETTING START hheckard, Crack Outfielder of Chicago Cube, Overcame Many Difficulties at Beginning. BY JAMEf 8HECKARO. (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowlea.1 Probably no ball player ever had any more trouble getting' started as a professional than 1 did. Partly It was my own fault and partly the Ault of bad luck. In the first place a fellow usually gets hla start at home. But I waa the prophet without honor In 7 I I 1 Columbia, Pa., and had to go away ATI from home to convince tha fellows on our own town team that I could play the game. 1 wrote the manager of a little team telling him bow good I waa and luckily for me he didnt write home to aak about It, hut sent for me. I think I made good there, pitching, catching and playing both tn and outfield, but the trouble waa the team failed juat MEKEDITB NICHOLSON about tha time I waa making good and lllaatrattMa Br I had to start all over again. -his flight. AT WALTERS hla horse as he shouted, "Men' The next team I was with I did not do ao well. In fact I could not play pawed the air wltfi its forefeet, la this the road to Ardsley much ball, because they wouldnt play and Cooke, are." team work the way I had learned It yelled you .Right TIm UW UuprnaM Guatpan. bj In fact I have found In my own exB they were aware of a flash, a glitter SYNOPSIS. that startled and dazzled the eye, and perience and In the experience of Col Rutherford Hilling water thunderI other old players that a man may he Thomaa Ardmore and Henry Maine ed on. great ball player with one club and Oflawold alumble upon Intrigue when the They rode on and saw presently the and traitor!" dub with anothar."T was wtth five (overnore of NorJU and tiuuth Carolina The road dipped down Into the shad-dore reported to have quarreled. Oriawold and a little later of camp-fires- , teams In one season, and the three alllea hlmnolf with Barbara OulKirne. lights road-aidof a deep cut, where the moon's were ceremoniously halted at the Carowtth which I played the heat ball daughter of the governor of Houlhcauaa of ray hut feebly penetrated, and where lina, while Ardmore eapoueoa the an armed guard. by broke up and closed because of finangovJerry iHmgertteld. (laughter of the ladlea It bad been arranged that Collins, the flow of springs bad softened the ernor of North Carolina. Theae two cial losses, while the prosperous one are trying to All the ahoea of their surface; but the pursuers were led on who had once been a second lieutencould not see me. 1 waa learning a Both whllt the latter are mtaalng. ant In the Georgia militia, should be by the rumble of the wagon, which t. eta tea are In a turmoil over one lot in a 41ttle time, for I bad the an outlaw with great political Inpresented aa an officer of the regular swung from aide to aide perilously, chance to see five different styles of fluence. Unaware of each other'a posiaa special aide to Gov. the boxes swinging about noially and ball playing and to judge for myself tion, both Qriewuld and Ardmore set out army, detailed to make the other prosecute Both have Dangerfleld during the encampment, toppling threateningly at the apex. which was best. forces scouting the border. Orlawold capto Down the sharp declivity the wagon tures Applewelght, but Jerry finds him and that in case GUllngwater failed It waa then I began to succeed. I ahd takes htm to Ardaley, her own pris- return promptly be should take com- plunged like a ship bound for the botumped Into the Eastern league and oner Utiawold and Barbara, while In- mand of the North Carolina forces. tom of the sea. before 1 had time to learn much about Roe Pltonof. vestigating the outlaw's disappearance, The pursuera bent gamely to their An open field had been seized for meet Ardmore and Jerry, the latter rethat organisation and its clubs I was veals the presence of Applewelght at the night's camp, and the tenta al- task In the rough road, with Cooke Ardaley. Ardmore arrests a man on his grabbed up Into the National. I seemIn undilwas Whan Annette the the he favored lead, In far conditions better the moonlight. slightly Kelleraan, Suddenly by properly who nays he Is Oov. Osborne. ready shone white Meanwhile another man la arrested as The three men Introduced themselves shouted warhlngly to the others, as uted champion of the world at the than -- the plucky little Dorchester ed just to bejwnat the Brooklyn team Applewelght by tha Mouth Carolina milto the militia officers, and Collins ex- something rose darkly above them time, attemped to reach Boston Light swimmer, and his course was fully itia. pressed 'their regret that they had like a black cloud, and a trunk fell from Charlestown bridge, In Boaton- two miles shorter than that taken with a mighty crash only a few feet harbor, and failed. It was the uni- by her CHAPTER XVI. missed the adjutant general. Those who followed Rose Pltonof The top had been renal opinion that no other feminine Gov. Dangerfleld wished you to ahead of them. Tha Plight of GUllngwater. move your force on to Ardaley should shaken off In the fall, and Into It head iwtmmer would ever again eseay the through the long, exhaustive grind and "It will be better for me to break we fall to meet Col. GUllngwater; and first plunged Ardmore. marveled at her wonderful exhibition trip. fbe news to Col. GUllngwater," said you had better strike your tenta and of swimming, her determination and Three months ago, however, a "There's another coming!" yelled girl perseverance, her unbounded confiJerry, and you must go and and be In readiness to advance In case be Collins, and a much larger truak stocky, flfteen-year-olmeet the troops yourself, with Mr. doesn't personally return with orders." struck and split upon n rock at-the from Dorchester, Mass., contending dence, enthusiasm and gameneas, at Cooke and that amusing Mr. Collins. Capt. Collins, as be had designated roadside. .Clothing of many kinds igalnat diverse conditions and treach- the manner In which she was able' to There Is no telling what effect my tid- himself, apologised for not being In strewed the highway. A pair of trou- erous tides, succeeded where Annette spurt at tha finish and at har splendid ings will have on Rutherford, or what uniform sers, flung fiercely fnto the air, caught Kelleraan and hundreds of ambitious condition aa she came out of the wa-tehe will decideto do. He baa never "Host my baggage train," he laugh- on the llmb or a tree,' shook free Ilka and expert" swimmer all over the 'are"flnhIyconvlnced that she Is before been so near trouble as he Is ed, and Gov. Dangerfleld la so anxbanner, and hung there somberly world had failed. She established a second to no one as a swimmer. - Little Miss Pltonof la the ow. and I may have to give bJm bis ious not to mlas thia opportunity to etched against the atari. sew record and reached without proud posfirst aid to the Injured when he finds settle the Applewelght case that I hurthe much-priseArdmore crawled out of the trunk, goal which haa sessor of innumerable trophies won ut that the Bouth Carolina troops are ried out to meet you with these gen- screaming with delight The fra- been fruitlessly sought for yean. She In various amateur and professional on Raccoon ereek, all ready to march tlemen." grance of toilet water broke freshly can justly claim to be the greatest aquatic events. She has loving cups, 7 ' woman swimmer of the age. upon our aacred aoll." gold and silver medals, blue ribbons, "Applewelght!" exclalmed the group upon the air. But suppose your adjutant general of officer in amazement. Alolse Andere, the only other living diamond-studdeJeweU and, Indeed, It's hla ammunition!" bawled Ardshouldn't go back to bit troops aftdt None other than the great Apple- more, rubbing hla head where he had contestant who reached the light, and enough of the precious metals tn tha be sees you, then what Am I to dor 'The struck the edge of a tray. Hla sceit whoae accomplishment of this ex- fora of prlzee to stock a flrstlass welght!" responded Collins. If you dont see him by ten o'clock governor has him In hla own hands bottles are smashed, and Ita only by traordinary feat haa been disputed. jewelry store. Jimmy Bheckard. you will take personal command and at last, and ta going to carry him the grace of Providence that I haven't exercise year ewa discretion as to tbo acroaa the border and Into a Bouth cut myself on broken glass." needed. I ha), found team I fitte- dbeat method of landing Applewelght Carolina bastlle, aa a little pleasantry but when the war came on with the stui went down the road, They KING COLE SURE OF JOB PLAN MERGER OF ALL SPORTS American league the fit waa too tight In a South Carolina jatl. After that on the governor of Bouth Carolina." bling now and then over n hit , wo must find papa, and It will be up I Jumped to Baltimore, found I didnt The militia officers gave the neces- debris from the vanished wagon. J Elected Member of College Coaches Will Discuss Forme fit at all In that crowd and jumped Coach Nebraska to him to satisfy the newspapers and sary orders for breaking the half- "Its like walking on carpet" obtlon ef National Body at MeetFaculty and Retention as Foothis constituents with some excuse for back. Then Chance made a trade for served Cooke, picking up n feathered ball Mentor Assured. ing' in New York. hla strange disappearance." me and I found a team with which 1 1 were didnt know there chapeau. Collins had come from Raleigh on could play my best It played my kind ao many clothe In all the world." : New football, summer baseball fot of ball and I King" Cole probably will be rethe evening train, and he had solemnplayed Its kind of balL Idea of farther tained as head coach at the Univer- collegians and the advisability of formthe . They abandoned saw as soon as I joined ths I ly assured Ardmore that the present Also pursuit on reaching n trunk standing sity of Nebraska, being made a mem- ing athletic leagues among the colleget team that In tats of affairs could not be maintainspite of my long experion end, from which n uniform dress-coa- t ber of the faculty tn order to comply and universities In certain He had exed another 14 hours. ' parts of ths ence I still had a lot to learn. . drooped sadly. with the new Missouri valley confer- country are amodg the Important sub hausted all his professional resources, me and started me again.- - 1 This la not our trouble; Its- hla ence rule which alms to do away with jects which will come for discus found I had slipped back and rathet and the North Carolina newspapers of up trouble. I guess bea struck n smoothelon at the fifth annual convention ol all shades of opinion were clamoring coaching. fallen Into a rut and the Cube kicked er road down there. Wed hettei go professional Cole returned to Nebraska this fall the Intercollegiate Athletic association me out of the rut in a few days and for the truth, and were Instating that, back, said Cooke. with a decided prejudice against him of the United States, to be held la never gave me a chance to fall hack for the honor and dignity of the state. In a moment they had climbed the because he had failed to turn out a New York December A proposttioz Gov. Dangerfleld should ahow himself in. I count my start from the day 1 hill and were in hot pursuit of the ad"In Raleigh.""'""" winning eleven last season. By win- - to change the name of the body tc came to Chicago and am going to the National Collegiate Athletic aaao jutant general's abandoned army. , We've got to find Dangerfleld or date my birthdays from that time (TO BE CONTINUED.) ciation will also be considered. buat. Now, where la that eminent t so I can always be a youngster. Seventy-twuniversities and ool 'statesman, 'rdmore? You cant tell tj --me you dont knowrhut If you don't. leges, representing more' than 100, 00C Southern "Gotf'and ' Southern' Cotton, Mias Dangerfleld does, and she's got students, are members of the Intercol Before 1849 the south7 furnished the to tell." chief gold fields of the country, but legiate association. It la expected that "V this number will he greatly Increased She hasn't the slightest idea, but since that date the south haa not been -V at the December convention. If the newspaper! find out that he's In the running. This section haa been P&lmer E. Pierce, president of outclassed by California, by Colorado, really and truly mtaalng, he will have v,5 theCapt. -- to association, In his call for the ahovMip hut first we've got to take by Nevada, and last hut' not least by Alaska. In the last fiscal year Alabama Applewelght off that case of Chateau meeting, a peaks of the new football rules thus: Blxet and lodge him In the jail at produced gold to the value of $4100 Belabortng ths Mults Furiously. The new rules are undergoing Turner Court House, and let Gov. Osand allver to the value of $200. This borne have the odium of Incarcerating formed camp, and then turned their elate was outranked In gold produccrucial teat on the grldlrona of our col the big chief of the border, to whom attention to the entertainment of their tion , In order by North Carolina, lege playgrounds. It Is too early to be Is under the greatest political ob- guests. Ardmore kept track of the Georgia, and South Carolina, hut i. aay, perhaps, whether they succeed Pittsburg la after the 1911 U. 8. O. time, and promptly at ten oclock Col- no one of them turned out ed. It is urged upon all that the rules ligations. enough A. the roadside rose the from lins golf tourney. Aa most golfers are log by "But Its all' over the country now be given a fair trial. This can be so gold to make the round figure of $100,-000not averse to smoke, the home of that Osborne hasn't heed seen In Co- where they had been sitting. oured The entire production of gold in only by the students being re,N j Fownes should land the We must obey the governor's or lumbia since he and Dangerfleld had J a-- quired to play under them strictly and Champion south In the last year waa 2S8. the courtethat row in New Orleans. Cranka are ders, gentlemen," said Collins the officials to enforce them Impartial prise. 400 and $273,000 In silver. Nearly all A. That Boer grappler, Paul Nogert, is turning up everywhere, pretending to ously, and march at once to Ardaley. the silver waa mined In Texas. ly In contests... The governing bodies r r 'i , one of the biggest mat products Ima am courier, of and I, be governor various states, only you understand, of academic Institutions should preIt is pretty plain that Alabama and ported for some time. Mahmout says and your guest for the present. old Dangerfleld la seen on all the outvent any evasions." all the rest of the south can get more the taller they are the farther they when asked If been ateamera. Cooe, There's you please," nothing Another subject mentioned In the cirgoing gold out of the soil via the cotton boll to fall. have move to the line had forward, . like It since the kidnaping of Charley begun cular include the following: than It can dig out In the gold mine Grahams-White- , the English aviaRosa. what la that wagon over there?" f s summer The climate and the soil tan baseball question It proper. The cleaned $85,000 In the last haa up tor, He pointed to a mule team hitched in that way be coined Into Ardmore drew on hla riding glove still with us. la any practical progresa gold. The wonder No months. six Ilbq many are a a to a sjuarlermastera wagon that reflectively, and delighted grin toward the proper solution of this method Is a trifle more circuitous, hut In the cause which lives their A ' luminated hla countenance. risking negro waa driving into position across it yields In cotton alone more money problem being made? la now only In Its Infancy." "I caught a lunatic- - down on the the rough field. It was piled high nine times over than do all the gbld Ted Easterly, the Cleveland outfieldI rose Raccoon this afternoon who said he wUhJuggage. a pyramid th?t 4n v. the - a"lti?' governor "of SouthCaroTlna black against the' heavens. One of gelds of gold country, ALL-STA- R bought hla first overcoat the other er, Y0STlCKS In TEAM the last fiscal yeal yield Ted, who lives In southern Caliday. and 1 locked him up." militia the officers, evidently greatly In this country was but $94,560,0081 never enjoyed the luxury befornia, be Osborne," re- annoyed, baa led to the driver to get Birmingham Well, he may and Minnesota Gat Big MaMichigan He will pass the winter in fore. marked Collins, wtth journalistic sus- - back out of the way. jority of Players Selected by Cleveland, where the garment will Pardon me," said Collins politely, plclun Wolvarina Coach. come In handy. Woodpecker's Foresight. "And he may he a Swiss admiral nr but is that your personal baggage, In California the woodpecker stores George Huff, scout of the Chlcage the king of Man. 1 guesa I'm a gov- gentlemen?" Coach Yost of Michigan university thinks the University of Illiacorns he Cube, Col. never away, to a although I ernor myself, and know what goveata "That belongs GUllngwater. football team has picked an football team Is the claas of ths nois The them. He bore several bole, differ ernor looks like and acts like you remarked the quartermaster. western team, consisting of men whe Since George has had a chance lng slightly In size, at the fall of the apiece.? ean't fool me. 1 put this Impoa'or rest of us have a suit-cas- e he considers have complied with ths west a to look each player over at close in had tree. aa year. Invariably pine The pyramidal baggage wagon where he'll have a chance to study Then In force at the eligibility requirements range he ought to know whether they tronomy gained the road behind them, and lin- he finds an acorn, which he adjusts majority of the large colleges and are of the major league kind. one holes of to the the with of driver case Cha on for that prepared lt gered uncertainly, Jbenhe isn't whose work he has followed: Packey McFarland has gone on the teau Bizet with Applewelght?" asleep and welting for orders. The reception. Michigan and Minnesota get the road with a burlesque show and Is But he does not eat the acorn, for aa un conspirators were atihjiMo gallop for "No; f locked him in a corn-cribulk of 'the honors, Michigan getting packey declining offers to box. ward to the head f the movlng col- a rule, he, la not avegetarlaa. un ULLget Umo towtudy his credentials Coach King" Cals. five place. Uke show work, because ft In across the object doesn't Come along now!" umn, when Collins pointed storing away the acorns exThe team follows: to where a hibits foresight and a knowledge of takes him away' from Chicago, 'and Ardmore, Colllne and Cooke rode abandoned camp-grounof the issouri Positions. Player, College. championship the nine a more made to results akin he would box much, he aaya, if he had reason wide who the evidently gates horseman, rapidly away through than to Left end valjey "King" established him Dein, Wisconsin of the estate along the Sapphire road wide detour of the advancing column, Instinct The succeeding wlnterjh only could remain jn. Chlcago alLthji stu- Walker. Minnesota . r? rrrLefrf ot time. rode mad ly toward the baggage wagon acornv" remaln"1ntact,Thur"hecnmng telf in the favor demand that he be re- Benbrook. Michigan .Left guard g will be observSpring The gentleman trying to kill hla saturated are predisposed to decay dents. asThecoach general of North Carolina been haa Cornwall, Michigan growing Center ed aa never before In a baseball team, tained Ardwaa marching his troops. They had horse, I should Judge," murpiured when they are attacked by maggots, Butter, Illinois Right guard which seem to delight In this special since be won the last conference teft Oooke'a men with Paul's foresters more. By Jove!! lays Owner Hedges of the ,8t Louie Amee $4 to 0. But Edmunds. Michigan Right tackle defeating by The dead weights that have game , chorused to guard the bouse and to picket the the food. Browns. "Ita GUllngwater!" ef the Haskell In- Wells. Michigan Right end kept the team at the bottom of the , banka of Raccoon in the immediate trio. it la then that the woodpecker reaps with the slaughter a hold on the McGovern. Minnesota.... Quarter-baclist for a long time now are to be The rider In hla haste had over- the harvest hla wisdom has provided, dians Cole secured aeighborhood of the" camp of the and faculty that Magldaohn, Michigan,.. Left half-bacstudents Cornhusker - South Carolinians, In dashmen He . asked the Question, and If they cannot road. when the a the looked time at the , ground, being cow Exelhy, M. A. C.,.. .Right half answer It right off" the reel they will T guesa those fellows can hold em ed through the wide opening in the ered with enow, he would experience undoubtedly will make bis election al- Johnson. Minnesota......... Full-bache told to seek Jobs on other teams till morning," aatd Cooke. "We've got fence, left by the militiamen, took the difficulty otherwise In obtaining suit- most unanimous. . at a leap. able or Dilatable food. to clean up the whole business by to-- ditch by KILDARE quh k Bobba-Mani- e Apple-weigh- - fair-haire- -- d r, dla-pu- te d ' d That-arous- , - J. o - &v iL . 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