The Worthington advance., 1891-10-08

progress and 81 six naooths W1T11oS.
cradle hatsman. His ola rimt tfy H.
appeared and he began to Sc looked
upon as : .'slugger." /" at the end Of the
two years he returned 70 Halifax with
an excellent record Is . batsman and
with his dentists diploma in his pock-
ct. He wasn't long in calling upon Le-
titia, when he saw with relief that tho
coast wasstill clear. But Letitia gave
him as little satisfaction "a before.
Jack reminded her of her promise that
shc was to give him his answer as soon
as he was the best batsman in the Pal
adins. ''Well, are you?'' said Letitia,
demurely. Jack did not answer this
question but went to the captain Of
tho Paladins aud was reinstated a. q
member of the club.
He then strolled out to the grounds
and watched the club practice, and his
eye quickly detected ip som6 Sf the
players the very faults that Tyn1r had
cured him of. There was q cricket
match soon to come of between the
Paladins and the Of1cers' club, which
latter was then q remarkably strong
one. The clubs were daily out on the
common practicing, but just before the
match was to come off one of the best
batsmen of the Paladins fell sick. Jack
saw bis opportunity and went to the
captain, IN old friend of his ;''Bishop
is on the sick list" he said, land you'd
better take me on in his place" The
captain stared and laughed. .5
what in the name of thunder, Jack,
are you thinking of? Bishop is first
rate man, and you aren't even third
rate. The thing is nonsense"
But Jack laid the case before him.
The captain had a great respect for Ty-
ner's reputation but was 10th to take
Jack on. However. he yielded after
awhile, and said: Nov, Jack, I'm TAX
ing you on your word. For Heavens
sake don't disgrace us As you want
the matter kept mum, why, of course
I'll not say anything about It, but l
warn you the boys will cut up rough
when they hear you are on the team. ~
So the matter was settled But it
turned out as the captain had said, and
there was much grumbting all around,
especially from those who were candi-
dates for Bishops place. Some In dis.
gust predicted q walkover for the on.
GERS club, and many uncomplimentary
remarks were passed about Jack.
The eventful day arrived. All Hall.
fax, civilian and military. was present
to witness the most important match
that for years had been held on the
common. Ladies with gay parasols
and officers in scarlet uniforms were
mixed through the crowd. Letitia was
there and stared in astonishment when
she saw Jack take his place with the
Paladins in the field. The Officers had
their first inning at the bat, aud they
rolled up large score. When the last
wicket fell they had 267 runs to their
credit. A cheer went up from their
sympathizers in the crowd and the
faces of the Paladins looked grave.
''The only chance we had was
Morrison when Bishop caved in,,'
said Peterson, one of tho eleven, ''and
Sugden has put that jackass of Wilk.
ms in his place. He'll get ducks
egg before he knows what he's about.
A fine bat to put up against such bowl.
ers as Jones and Coulthorpe. It's not
particularly my funeral, but I'll venture
to bet we don't see hundred"
The Paladins went to the bat, and
Jack and Sugden, the captain. went to
the wicket A litter ran through the
crowd. for they remembered what q
disgraceful failure Jack had been two
years before. Coulthorpe was bowling
for the military at Jacks wicket The
ball came dead on the wicket and Jack
stopped it cleverly.
'Weli done, Jack" shouted some OF
his friends, encouragingly. But what
was their amazement and joy when
Jack took the second ball with q full
sweep of his bat and drove it to q far