Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-19

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young Lido vese e ~ houss Al oue
Of thslr nuobsS vhsa the subject vas
brought up. Ths pssaisss are cana
Gloss, and inclsae quite piscs al tsrf,
hidden from the street BY several droop-
ing, luxuriant old-lsshiosed apple trees.
The young Iady Of The hoase hes q broth.
er Who 10 fond Of hose ball, and has the
necessary machine , for game. This
Vas taken out On the turf under the
trees. The ladies sssemjled and divided
themselves into mines Of three each.
The hrst three took Ne bat, and the SEC
ond three vent 10 the bases Que as catch
er one - pitcher. and the OF her - chaser
or, more technically. fielder. The
pitcher vss . lovely brunette. With eyes
full of dead eaxpessne<s. the catcher
and batter we're blondes. With faces
afiame with expectation. The pitcher
took the hall, branei herself, put her
arm straight out from the shoulder,
then moving it around to her back
without modifying in the least its de-
lightful frigidity. ani then threw il.
The batter did not catch it. This
was owing to the pitcher looking di-
recrly 1t the batter when she aimed il.
The fielder got long pole and sue.
ceeded in poking the hall from an sp-
ple tree back of the pitcher, where it
had lodged. Business was then re-
sumed again. although with = faint
semblance of uneasiness generally
visible.
The pitcher WAS very red in tie face,
and said II declsrew sew, raj times.
This time she took more decided aim,
but still neglected to look in some
other direction than toward the batter,
and the ball was presently poked out OF
another tree.
"Why, this is dreadful" said the
batter, whose nerves had been kept at
a pretty stiff tension.
Perfectly dreadful" chimed in the
catcher, with long sigh.
II think that You had better get up
in one OF the trees" mildly suggested
the fielder TO the batter.
These observations somewhat nettled
the pitcher, and she declared that she
would not try again. Whereupon
change was made with the fielder. She
was certainly more sensible. just as
soon as she was ready to let drive she
shut her eyes 30 tight as to loosen two
of her puffs and pull out her back
comb, and madly fred away. Tho ball
ilew directly at the batter, which SO
startled that lady, Who had the bat
clinched in both hands with desperate
grip, that she involuntarily cried: ooh,
myr' and let it drop, and ran. This
movement uncovered the catcher, who
had both hands extended about three
feet apart, in readiness for the catch,
but being intently absorbed in study
ing the coil on the back Of the batter's
head. she was not able to recover in
time. and the ball caught her in the
Tsrlioo Win suAivient force 70 deprive
her Of all her breath, which left her
lips with ear.piercing shrillness. There
was lull in the proceedings for ten
minutes to enable the catcher to take
some camphor and the other members
of the club to arrange their hair.
The batter again took position, when
one of the party, discovering that she
was holding the bat very much as q
woman carries broom when she is
after COW in the garden, showed her
that the tip must rest on the ground,
and at her side, with her body trifle
inclined in that direction. The sug-
gester took the bat and showed just
how it was done, and brought around
the bat " it'll such vehemence as to al
most carry her from her feet, and to
nearly brain the catcher. That party
shiyered and moved back some fifteen
feet.
The batter took her place, and laid
the tin of the bat on the ground, and
the pitcher shut her eyes again as tight
" as before, and let drive. The fielder
had taken precaution to get back Of q
tree, or otherwise she must have been
disfigured for life. The hall was re-
covered. The pitcher looked heated
and vexed. She didn't throw it this
time. She just give it pitching mo
ton, but, not letting go of it Ia time,
it went over her head, and caused her
to sit down with considerable unex-
pectedness. Thereupon, she declared
She would never throw another ball as
long as she lived, and changed of with
the catcher. This young lady was
somewhat determined, which argued
success. Then she looked in an alto
gether different direction from that to
the batter.
And this did the business. The bat
ter was ready. She had tight hold OF
the bat. Just as soon as she saw the
ball start, she made tremendous
lunge with the bat, and let go OF it. and
turned around in time to catch it in
the small of her back, while the bat.
being on its own hook, and seeing
stone figure holding q vase of flo wers,
neatly clipped of its arms at the elbow,
and let the flowers to the ground.
There was chorus Of screams, and
some confusion of skirts, and then the
following dialogue took place:
No. Lets give mp the thing.
No. 2-Let's.
No. $50 l say.