Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12

tinguished pitcher at last appeared Law
renee made II the first business Of the en-
istence which had been restored TO him To
20 ana call upon the young lady.
She received him in an entirely new vav
she had appeared TO take an unusual inter.
est IN MIN when he had first met her but n
mao been tempered by the shadow of her
eispieasure. She had argued with him
teIely on the question Of his duty to the
university. She believed that her ars1,-
lIenls had given TO Yale the greatest Pitch
er that the shade of old Ell had ever looked
I'M Iaminn Upon with approval. And she received
nI 1Ience as one whom she had saved from
0 Un ana set up on the pinnacle of fame
inere was no concealfnent about IL she
ASKED TOT his gratitude and he gave il. Be
wiloered by the light OF her eyes he told hsr
that he had no other ambition IN uss arca,.
20 smut Harvard out without a base hit ana
sne replied that he was her knight ana rsust
,sISs. Ier hsvor IN every contest. They
TAXED base ball for three delightful hour
ana Lawrence, who had committed 10 rnem-
oIy on ner account the newspaper Account.
OF an fale's games, acquitted himself az
done II. Noeiu nav
This meeting was but the her1nn,n.
florence was making a long visit In Nsw
alaEen Iheir conversation glowed with the
sacIeo nre or hostility TO Harvard Law
renee described the feelings which insniras
MN when he went upon the field. He swors
t mar ne thought of nothing and nobody hut
ana t ho me instant when a game opened,
an anu ne declared that II by any possibility
ne should neglect TO think OF her Al such .
ume, II, In short, her Influence shonS y.
, Mlenurswn Tor single moment Yale would
inevitably lose the game. Whereunon shs
implored him to be very careful moi n caa ~
70 think OF her. because she could neysr
forgive herself II Yale should lose a rams
IN IN .nat way. And especially she conjured
MIN TO think OF her much harder than ever
before In the game with Harvard which
would be played on the following day. Then
10 "a renee ned some more. and promised to
for, ona' when only Paddy o'Toole could per-
FORM. indeed, the exigencies of the case
nau mace Lawrence so expert a liar that A
Is no wonder his love suit prosoered n
was by the best accounts, In this interytew
On tne evening before the Harvard rama
that Florence promised to give hin, . $500
square Kiss. with all lodging squirmine and
unnecessary haste strictly barred out under
t tne tues e IN case Harvards colors were
AS lawrence had great confidence IN
rsouy ~ Toole. this promise made him feel
E E nice. But there was one remark OF
rlorences which was not so agreeable
''Oh. Lawrence" she said looking thop,4,,.
1ully INTO his face, II wish you could wear
your pase ball uniform all the time You
i Hoh !, , Know how much handsomer you are
That hurt a little, but lawrence st,sea
his jealousy OF Paddy. remembering how
m1eh the lad had done for him.
Patrick he said. solemnly when he had
rejoined that phenomenal youth al HON. -
wish you to exercise all possible caution TO-
morrow. I have much at stake on the
game '"s
Well. the mon is as good as your own
stuff right now" said PADDY. stretcs,ne
out his right hand perfectly fat with The
PAIN down. and about on a level with his
~s asS .dhey amt goin' to be in II. eeer'
ana then came the first Harvard rama
On, II was slaughter Three hits. ana one
or these scratch. Only one re6-leore6
man on third base in the whole game. and
ne died there. Fifteen men struck ONT snd
Padoy brought in the first two runs Tor
yale with three-bagger IN right neld IN
the third inning. and scored himself a Few
seconds later amid cheers that rent the sky.
Lawrence. absorbed in study, sat IN his
room. The time passed more quickly than
ne knew. Suddenly he heard a sound as n
pandemonium had slipped its cable ana was
drifting down on him. He peered ont r.
tween the blinds The street was flling u-ith
people. street band. which had been
picked up by the way, came marching
s si lts seven members playing every one
best eo MN
And behind the band came Paddy. born.
upon the shoulders OF yelling mob OF en-
thusiasts. He escaped from them some -
and ran into the house
I'VE DID 'em up" he said to Lawrence.
And you distinguished yourself. no
Il guess did. Hear those gillies bou,,,.
outside. i like II all right but I'm dead
ured now Go out and take your turn at IT."
~oN tllCS went 10 the door after A
suncient interval. and stood on the stem.
on the street
Now. all together" yelled some one
"a triple round for Larry Bangsr'
Inc cheers ratified the winsows Then q
score OF students swept down on Lawrence
ana carried him away. He was like a man
IN dream The Illusion overpowered him
he tasted the sweet SAVIOR OF ropularffy
and forgot that IL was not really hts II.
waved his hat to the crowd with the air 90
a conqueror, and all the fellows cried win
one voice: I'm
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CTo be continuedD