The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-28

run for either side. At the end OF the
eigth inning the score stood o TO Q. The
ninth inning began. The grand stand was
tense and nervous. while the rude bleach
crs fairly sObbed with pent-up excite
ment- Gertrude O'Brien sat ia the grand
stand where she could confront the batter
Tier face was pale and set ike marble
she needed not what transpired about
her. When fowl tip struck Boru % Bricn
IN the abdomen, and he was borne gasp
ing from the grand stand by the ushers
Gertrude % Brien did not even turn her
head. Her heart, her soul. her very life
hung on the issue Of the contest being
fought out before her.
III they lose she whispered. I shall
pass the short balance Of my wretched
Gays IN the sombre shadows of a clOister.'
Gertrude % Brien leaned back. while two
tears starting from her eyes rolled pite-
ously down her white checks and fell
upon Meyersham as ne sat on the players
bench below. His own eyes filled as he
looked up and saw her sweet face.
Nothing TO nothing In the eighthr'
hoWied the official scorer, as he chalkcd
up the sixteenth goose egg.
The home retired the foe In one-two-
three order in the first half of the ninth.
Then the home team went TO the bat.
Gertrude O'Brien's heart almost ceased
TO beat The first man struck out The
second hunted feeble BAH to short.
Run" yelled the grand stand. Make
him trow it,! hOwled the hleachers lie
was thrown out easy at first.
The great Meyesham stepped to home
plate. TIE club mascot had rubbed his bat
with rabbits foot
Il Will give him a look Of encourage
ment' said Gertrude O'Brien. 1T will
not rattle him, and may do him good"
As Meyersham advanced to the plate he
glanced up at the beautiful creature he
adored. She was on the lookout and gave
him tho gay face. He replied with a look
of intelligence, the first that had shone
in his eyes since that cruel evening months
before
With the first ball pitched came the end,
and with the end came triumph for the
home team. The mighty Mayerhasm
basted the ball with the force OF some
dreadful engine. The shock shivered the
bat to his very grasp. The ball scared
away over the center-helder. that wretch
ed official not being in reach Of II by
fifty feet. Meyerhasm ran the bases In
one grand circuit of success. II was a
home run. and the home team was victor
and leader of the League. The bleachers
roared like the ocean, while the grand
stand stormed the very sky with its
plaudits. As Meyerhasm crossed the home
plate Gertrude OBrien. pale and lifeless,
drfted from her chair in a swoon.
CHAPTER TX.
1t was the evening of the great day at
the villa de OBrien. The happy shadows
again wrapped the reunited lovers in their
sweet gloom.
Play nearer your base, darling" muir
INJURED Gertrude O'Brien, coyly, and, Mey-
erhasm. accepting her gentle coaching,
drew the lovely girl closer to his side.
For one blissful hour they sat in silence
At last she spoke again. and her voice
had in 1t a drop curve full of tenderness
What preacher shall we agree on to
umpire our nuptuals. love?" she asked.
Il care not sweetheart, so 1t ends in a
tie" he replied. And then, as II moved
| by the same impulse, they fastened their
faces together in one long, luscious three
Dagger.