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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-25

Fhs Chcrubs return to Richmond II
Shout the Same position as they wert
IN when they !eit they have now :
good chance. to forge ahead
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-25

Il the lErooms don't get n winning
streak on them with the first Of the
EoRo games thoreNl< be no ono to see
sncin play before they ngain 80 away.
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FAILED TO WIN THE THIRD.
sETArOUR's WILDNBsS A FhOT0R nv
THE BALT1MOREg, VICTORY.


Tho southpaVv sends Eleven Mcn 60 First nase
on Hnns-Rrsehiyns Again Lose In the Ninth
l~nninE-Other Games won by vvnshinE-
tee, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and louisville.
Contrary TO expectation, the Now Yorks did
not win three straight games from the Balti-
tnores, and the crippled champions are satisfied
with their showing in the series. There was
hope that the New Yorks would win yesterdays
game, but Seymour couldn't find the plato. and
N the Baltimores also landed on his curves in
two innings, the visitors won by a score Of 8 to 8.
Tho Bostons again boat tho Brooklyns in the
ninth inning. This defeat OF BARNES men en-
ablod the Clevolands, who downed the Pitts
burgs, TO advance from seventh to fifth place,
the Brooklyns dropping back TO tho head OF the
second division. The st. Louis players failed to
send n man across tho plate, and Cincinnati In.
creased its lead over the New Yorks to thirty
seven points. At Chicago the Louisvilles turned
the tables on Anson's aggregation. while the
washingtons beat the Philadelphia. The
results:
Baltimore. 81 New York. ..
Boston, o; brooklyn. 8.
Washington, o, Philadelphia. 1.
Cincinnati, 81 ST. Louis, o.
Louisville. Q, Chicago. a.
9T Cleveland. Is; Ptttsburg. o.
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THE RECORD.
bALTIMoRE, 8; NEW YORK,

~
Crippled almost beyond recognition as the
team which landed the League championship
three spcesssiyS times. tho Baltimore team
Polo Grounds yesterday. That spirit Of lighting
which has made the champions famous was in
was no end to tie kicking, both teams taking
matter how the umpires decided the balls and
strikes, there was wild clamor, and it was only
when the sphere wasn't within a foot Of the
vas expected that the, players, seeing how
lambs. McGrnw had a run-in with o'Day a few
minutes after tho game, hogan, and as the former
s ssSai on PSt s sssP t %odfS h Me Sss fns s.t sl9; i, Tho sSs
siSssl k. MlIsSd ,I.l hsS % 6p SS. got the hid i Of MSGf SsS
% teii O'Day how poor an umpirehe was. oDsy
Aned Kelley BPS. The latter was obstinate. and
Homer Was sent out to left held, and the Bal
timores hadn't another available man to play in
S sfs0 a 81 f Hsni faFf sSd nc s% oSsssioG 10 S pIsy l ons "
with Seymour and Corbett in the box, tho
would have proven such had not Seymour tried
70 strike out too many men. With any kind of
lssd In the early innings. ICY" would be as
S Tad . as . o naFo; ;bs only Ee,t 70 s.t rssoveT h MorSsa
all right in the early innings. but the
dAmper ON the crowd. Seynlour's best work
WA In the. third inning. Jim Corbett, who was
Peatcd in the grand stand behind the Baltimore
bench, WAS one Of the few who cheered when
tren's head. Van in quick time sent the ball to
Gleason. whs passed it to Joyce. a moment too
late, however, to catch Corbett.
hctiraw, who was next to the bat, got to first
on called balls when he should have been called
out on strikes. Then Seymour gave q hitch to
his knickerbockers and put on extra steam.
Hotter waited. and three wide ones went by
then followed two balls which cut the plate and
were called strikes and the next Hofer struck at
and 1t seemed as IL the roof of the grand stand
would come down when Stencil was also called
cut on strikes without one ball going TO waste. To
cap the climax McGraw started to steal second.
and, in order to draw Corbett OF third, 'Cy"
made q feint as IL to throw to second. Joe did
just as Seymour wanted him to. and it was no
difficult matter to catch Corbett at the plate.
Seymour and Davis were TO blame for the four
runs scored by the champions in the fifth inning.
After Bowerman had struck out, Corbett hit TO
Davis. who fumbled. Then Seymour lost track
OF the plate, and before he overcame his Wild
nRos two more men were on the bases A force.
another base on balls. and Ciarke's high H.,
which was almost caught by Gleason. tallied the
four runs.
Until the ninth inning the visitors only found
Seymour for four hits, but to mako the victory
mour contributed another base on balls in addi.
tion to Davis's wild throw. the champions piled
up their second batch Of four runs. There was
eome cause to feel alarmed when Davis was hit
In the groin by a SWIFT inshoot In the eighth
inning. The game was delayed for over ten
minutes, Davis, in the mean time, lying prone
on his back. The score:
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YACHTING ON THE SOUND.
Aorota Rams Into the Keneu and Cuta ne.
Down TO the water Mark.


Down 10 the Water Mark.
Tho yacht racing circuit of the Long leland
Sound Union has produced some lively ~oontests,
and yesterdays events. conducted by the CORN.
THAN fleet OF New Rochelle. proved the most
nerve ~tingling Of the series thus far. The glori.
Gus breeze sont fieecy clouds scudding across the
azure. and far out on the Sound tho pillows
came tumbling one on another. each one sur
mounted by a snowy crest,
ID. b. Burnham's Eorota ran into the 20
footer Kenou during the race and injured tho
smaller craft TO such an extent that she may not
be able to compete again during tho year. The
accident occurred at the striped buoy that
Ksneu, sailed by Lon" Huntington had gybed
around when Norota. Just ready to Kybe.
GRAINED srsin. ad niS her ne Ti DOWN the to- sptSSs s S Sf 'Fai eSs..
Norota's bowsprit carried away the port shrouds
Of the little yacht, and In an Instant tho mast
Stephen Roach's steamer Emeline went to tho
rescue, and after taking the trio Of yaohtsmen
sailed down to City Island to repair her broken
headgear.
COURSE MrS'1 double ro Stea't the s,Srt bs Tsa' @ade '% at
% siarboard to The Exseatio nun Rect ssfI spar Sei"f saoy'
Point, and a beat to The home ssS mark. AaNA'A
@. II; Cranes new 20-footer Al-Anka, made
very bad start, lost tho remainder Of the yachts
in her class. She is q mahogany boat and ro-
sombles a saucer moro than anything else. Her
beam 10 normous and her bow shoyels up from
water line to deck something like a sneak box.
The Regatta Committee. Consisting OF Il. Han
ford Sturgis. w. r. Corwine, and DR.. Hollings-
worth, conducted tho regatta In an able manner.
while Charles Chamberlain attended to the
house. A musical entertainment ended tho
days festivities.
The following. table tells the story of the races
In tho various classes:
s-oHooNrRa.
Elapsed Corrtsd
Ra0tMg TtmS. Time.
Yacht. Otcnsr. Length. 4. n. {. u. \. ..
VII .........h y. CiaFkS....S9.7o 0 10 81 y W ~
sLooPs-61-FooT GLASS.
NiryAnA. .... Guy Standing. 1881 bS 10 90 10
EorotA ......D. b. BurnhAm. .41.69 Disabled.
sLooPs-48-Foor GLASS.
EurybiA. -. Charles Fryer. .40.O2 3 IA 80 3 IL 30
sLooPs-86-KooT GLASS.
surprise. -. D. Baird ......96.76 40 SO 80 90
Twilight ..,.E. LAmbdep, $1,000 . ~ " . 80 "
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Enide Again shows speed.

+. Burgess Warren's fast steam yacht Ellide
over the measured mile on the Hudson. There
was q strong breeze from tho northwest, and its
sea. The Ellide was lined under these unfayor-
able conditions In l minute 43 seconds. This
performance was nearly as good as the record.
Mosher was not satisfied and sent the yacht
over the course again. This time all three
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Hallman, Grady, Beck,sy. Burke. Hoy o. Brsiten'
enstein. l. Hit by pitched bsil-Irwin. Struck out
By Donahue. 1; by Breitenstein. l. Passed ball
Murphy. Time-l hour and 40 minutes. Umpire
Hunt.
LouBvnLE. g; CHICAGO. 2.
CHICAGO. juno 3o.-The Colonies turned the tables
on the Colts today by batting out . victory IN the
ninth inning. Pred Pfener. the veteran second base.
man. was Internationally released by the Chicago
club to-day. The score:
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Totah.. ....p 10 81 ~ . Totals .... b v'26 v 8
/. Winning run made with two out.
npetoh .''''"... v y = ID " " S-B
brooklyn. U U / / 0 o 2 O-S
Earned ~runS-Boston. 4; Brooklyn, l.. Thrce-baso
hit-CanAvAn. Two.baSe h~Its-HamlltOn, StAhl ~,
Long. Collins. Grimm, Lachance. sacrifice hits-La.
eaAnGr, punn' stolen baSes-Stahl, Dur.y, Collins.
bAse on errors-Boston 9; BROOKLYN, 3. Passed ball
Grim. Struck out-By Payne, =; by Lewis, /. Double
piay-SmiIh and Lachsncr. Left on bases-Boston,
o. Brooklyn. 4. Umpire-Lynch. Ttmc-2 hours and
ID minutes. Attendance-3.5O 800.
WASHINGTON. 8; PHILADELPHIA l..
PHILADELPHIA. June 80.-PhilaleIphia was beaten
In an Interesting game to-day by Washington. The
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PHILADELPHIA. June Smith and Tote,
who have since 1894 held the championship OF Penn
sylyAnia In tennis doubles, again won the contest 30,
day, easily defeating Joseph r. Carpenter and George
r. Deacon. who have the right to challenge for the
honor. The match vas well played, but the champions
were never worried. They won StFaight ssts. "a.
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'Batted for Gillen IN the ninth inning.

Slated for Gillen In the ninth inning.
Philadelphia. .......1 o 0 o o OIL
Washington. 0 Q 0 , 0 Q Ia
Earned run-Philadelphia. Twobass hits-Dele-
hApty, LaJoie. Farrell. stolen bases-Selbach Abbey.
Left on oases-PhilGdelphia. II Washington. .. Struck
ogt-Geier ~, Cross. Delehanty. Hit by pitched ball
--LaJoie. First base on balls-Dowd, Abbey, German,
belbarh. First base On errOnS-WAAhinRton. a.
U~npire-Ennlie, Time--2 hours.
CINCINNATI, 3; sT. LouIs, o.
ST. LOUIS. June O.-Breitenstein shut out his
former co-wOrkers this afternoon, the Browns secur.
ing Uut three safe hits, His support was ~faultless.
Attendance, 5000. The score:
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Earned runS-CleyeiAnd. o. IrSt base by errorV-
Cleveland, Il Ptttsburg. 3. Laft on bAses-Clsveiand
IL; PtttsburE. o. Tnt base on bails-o6 Powell, /;
on TannehiiI. Z. Struck out-By Powell. 1. Two baas
hits-W allace, Mexican, oConnor, Donovan. suEden.
Sacrifice hits-Poweu- sockAleXfs. Stolen bases-
TebeAu (2). Childs. SOCK alexis. Crtger. Double piaJs
Mex and Tebeau; Sock alexis and Tebeau; Wal.
lace, Mexican. and Tebeau; Pad ten, Ely, and DaytA
VIVA piteh-rannehnL Umpire-heGinty. Timo-a
hours and 20 minutes.
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Crieh0L

SHEFFIELD. England. June 30.-The crieke OF
match began here on Monday between York
shire and the Gentlemen Of Philadelphia
must 90 on record as q draw. When
play ceased on Monday night the Ameri.
cans had scored 225 and Yorkshire had
lost four wickets for II runs. No play was pos
day the elements were again unfayorable, and
little work was done.
Hawke and Moorhouse, both Of WHOM were mot
out on Monday, and they carried tho totals to
10A. A thunderstorm, then broke over the
game had 10 DO forthwith abandoned. The
Americans left tonight for Bournemouth.
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Baseball. Orange Oval, To-Day. STsO ?. NJ.
Orange A. @. VI. Australians (champions OF Austria,
lia,. Trains D., l. W, H. H., $3.50, 800, sivo, 400.
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BoSToN, June 30. Boston made 1t three
straight to-day In still another ninth inning
finish. Although outbatted and outfelded.
brooklyn had a winning chance after TWO were
ont An error by Smith on the easiest kind OF a
erounder from Dufly allowed Stahl TO score the
lying run. Duffy came in on a slashing single
by Stivetts. One OF the greatest catches OF the
season was that OF Grim from Hamilton's stick
IN the ninth inning. The big catcher gathered
tho hardest kind OF q Anrint. The sCora:
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Totals-....f Is 81 10 " Totais......s ea7le 8
Cunningham batted for Pickering In the ninth Inn
ing.
Louisville. ................0 0 0 / o 90
Earned runs-Chicago. g; Louisville, 4. Firat base
by errorS-ChicaEo. q Louisville, l. Left on bases-
Chicago. Isl Louisville, 9. Flrst base on bails-On
Friend, 4; OF Fraser. :. Struck out-By Friend. ..
Three base hits-Clarke. Dexter. Two-bass hits
Friend. Ryan. Sacrifice hits.Kittridge. Mccreery.
stolen hases-McCreery, Kittrtdge. Lango 90. Thorn.
ton. Arson. Common. Double ~piay-Frasef. STAFFORD
and werdeu. Hit by pitcher-By Friend, 8. Passed
ball-Butler. U~mpire-Shertdan. Time houra and
20 minutes. AttendAnce-7b0.
cLKvELANp. Is; rTrTspuRo. o.
CLEvEI AND. June 8o.-Cleveiand defeated Ptttsburg
again to-day. Powell pitched superb ball. and received
nns support ct critical stages Only four hits were
made on him until the ninth, when he eased up, and
four hits and three erroS let Ptttsburg scoro her only
runs. The scoro:
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Baseball. Polo GrsundA. Ts-DAz . p. N.
New York VI. Boston.-1dv
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Baseball Canes To-day.

Baseball Cameo To-Day.
NATIONAL LEAGUE AND AMERICAN ARTICULATION.
Boston ut New York; Brooklyn at PhiladelphiAl
Washington AZ Baltimore; 1t. Louis At Cleveland;
Cincinnati ut Louisville; Pittsburz &c Chicago.
EAsTERN LEAGUE.
wilkesbArre At Providence; Scranton at sprin9aeld,
Rochester at Syracuse; Buffalo ut Toronto. A. II. and
j. N.
ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
New ark At Norfolk; Paterson at Richmond, Lam
caster 81 Hartford; Athletics At Reading.
oTHER DANES.
Derby vs.. Bristol. at Derby.
Bridgeport vs.. Waterbury, at Bridgeport
Orange A. G. w. Australians, at Orange Oval
Baseball Notes.
At Jasper Field Yesterday afternoon two teams
representing Post Ohioe Stations II and b played 4
game, which resulted In favor OF station Il by q score
OF II to 10.
BOSTON. June 30.-In the fourth inning OF to-day's
game Dunn ran into YeAgor at the plate. bFsAkfns q
lone In the iAtter's hand. He will not be able 10 play
for three weeks.
Jennings had so far recovered that he was able 10
leave for baltimore yesterday. but he may not play
for ~ least two weeks. Doyle. who had one OF hia
Dyes closed by SSwift bounder In thu same game, ex.
poets to take his place on the team in q day or two.
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BALTIMORE.
sEw YORK.
.Dayis deelared que tor not .ouchIng thLrd ea.s:

'Davts declared out for not touching third base.
Sew 1ork""."."."..0 ! 9 I %
Earned runs-Balumore. 2. First base on errors-
New York. ]; Baltimore. l. Left on oases-Sew York.
2; baltimore, IL. Three-base hIt-Corhett. Two-base
~hife-ciark, Clarke. o'BriGn. Stolen bases Van
Haitren. Herman ~. Joyce, Gleason t2l, McGrAw.
Btenzel, Seymour. FIRST base on baIls-OR Seymour,
II; OF Corbett. 3. struck Out-By sey InouT. ": by
cOrbett. q. balk-SeymOur. Double play-StenLel
and Quinn. Hit by pitcher-DAyis. Passed balls
Bowefman. T. wild -pitches-Corbett. 2. Umplres-
O,Day and Mcdonald. Time nours and 81 minutes.
AEtandnnee-7O Ou.
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Totals.....f Is 81 10 " Totals .....s ea7le
Cunningham battsd for Pickering In the ninth inn
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Few Enslana League.
At Pawtucket-Pawtpoket, 9; Newport. IL.
AZ characterization. Al New Bedford. o.
At Brockton-Brockton, 10; Fall River, q.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-28

DO you drop the jingle business. or don't
your
I'll just do as I please 1 answered.
Yes Of course. II never does any good
TO call a young man u fool. ON the con-
trary. the more he realizes that he is 4
fool the harder he sticks 10 il to spite
himself. You may take a turn and amount
10 scmething-Or you may keep right on
and die pOet-and a donkey. 1 shall
hose for the best. Please enter that
clos B.,
Wat for?"
Il must lock you up 70 make myself
safe. Como now, no foOling.'
But il may be a week before any
one comes 10 release me-" | protested.
Yes, IL may be. But III leave you a
knife 10 cut a panel out Of the door You
can do it IN twenty-four hours If you
don't hunt for too many rhymes A good
rhyme for door is soar, but you won {
soar very heh-nOt for a day or so"
l entered the closet from which he
had removed the family silver, and he
flung me the carving knife, turned the
key. and five minutes later had left the
house with his plumber. / began on a
panel Of the Oaken door almost at once
but il was a matter of ten hours before
/ CraWled out into the dinng-room. / az
once went off TO Allenville and gave the
alarm. but the officers never even struck
n hot trail. The rObber not only got clear
away. but his wishes for my future we,-
fare came TO pass almost at once. At
least. / tore up my poems 10 Margaret.
the moon and all other things and have
never made a rhyme since except by ac-
cident
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have you entered upon. may aaA.
/ repHed that j had not YET mddC UP
nv mind what profession 10 ADOPT anu
was dabbling "a little IN literary mat
"Ah. 7 see. Any Of your literary work
on hand? II would help ont the enter
taiument you know. Indeed, tnihh 1
saw some some verses on the library
table / will bring them in and you VIII
read them 10 me
poems living about the library, and
he gathered them all up and brought theh-
TO the table and said:
II am something Of I. poet myself Here
seems to be an ode 10 somebody named
Margaret. Just read 10, viii you!
L demurred and he insisted. and / felt
like a fool as / began 10 read. Margaret
was the girl l was IN love with, ana l
had written sixteen verses on her eyes,
hair. mouth hands. and feet. When l
rad finished the first verse the roober
laughed heartily and said:
well. YOU are about the softest thing
If your age l ever struck. You speak
oe Margarets golden locks. You don't
mean brick-colOr. eh?'
~ mean what l say l replied with a
show of dignity.
"Oh. you do? Well. go on. Perhaps
you describe the motions of Margaret
jaws as she chews her quid OF gum, and
make gum rhyme with with hum or
'drum'?'
laid down the manuscript and told him
that | would not read another line OF it
not to please the biggest rObber in the
land. He reached over and took IL up.
and after hearty laugh he read the
second verse. The rhymes were hair,
dear" sweet" and neat" but he
made them stare" swear" beat"
and feet" and he laughed in a con-
temptuous way and said:
my dear boy you come about as near
being an idiot asylum as anybody 1 ever
met. The idea Of grown-up man with
Whiskers on his chin writing such b0sh
as that, You'd better so out and hoe
cabbage at a shilling a day"
His words hurt me. and likewise made
me mad. and / blurted out that n poet
was looked upon as grade or two above
That's so-thats'so." he laughed. but
you are not n poet. YOU see. You are
simply a love-siCk. moon-struck callOw
calf. IL that girl Margaret has got any
sense in her head she'll have no use for
you until you drop this business If you
must write poetry or die, then write OF
pork and beans and other solid things. q"
81 haven't asked you for advice" I
rarned back.
But YOU need advlce-lots OF IT, Let's
see this ode 10 the moon. Well, Ia, Ia Ia.
You sigh 10 walk in moonlight paths
with the idol OF your heart. do you? Bet
ter sit right down in a comfortable room
and eat peanuts with Margaret than TO
be wandering around over the wet grass
and get the snufilcs. Poets do have the
snufiics now and then I SUPPOSE"
None 81 your b0sincss.'
and this next poem-;his ode 10 e.
silent night-ha! ha, bai In the silence
Of thu nisht you hear the whispers OF
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-28

No. 8. q. o. a. d.. viii join the Juniors
at Monroe Hall opposite the park. We
Main street az l0.50 sharp and attend
church with the Junior Council wearing
badges.
Rev J. r. Masun. having been return
ed by the Conference to Trinity Mctho-
dist church will occupy h.s pulpit tH-
day both morning and evening
Rev. W So. Moore. of Union ThcoiocI-
cal seminary, Will preach GO the Flrt
Presbyterian church this morning 40
- o'c.cl|.
Al the First Presbyterian church ilst
night a brilliant fcte was given to tlo
congregation by tho ladies OF Dr kcrr s.
church. The lecure-room and par.0r
were gayiy decorated with cycrsreeu5
and flowers
Rev. Dr.. w. W. Mo)-o viii preach at thu
First Presbyterian church ODDS ulrIlu-.
Rev DIR. Kerr VIII preach Tonight
The Rry So Kusehfl DID, D. pastor
Of Tab5-Strect Presbyterian church.
Petersburg viii occupy tle pulpit Of
Grace Street Presbyterian church to-day-
morning and night. Dr. Eose0ro viii be
the guest OF Mr. b. C.. Wherry during his
stay In the city.
Al the Second Presbyterian church Dr.
Hoge will preach az ID a. NJ. and tho Pew.
W. w. Moore. of Union Theological cml-
nary. nc 4 =. 81
Rev. 4. n. Sweeney. Of Columbus. Ind.
and former consul OF the United states
az Cons,antnoplo. who has been prcach-
ing such powerful sermons ar the seventh
Street Christian church recently. will mn
the pulpit OF that sacred edinca this morn
ing and night Hissermon az n A. " Will
be on 1.-THE Church or Cod" and al ~
NJ. he VIII preach. by request. on TIE
subject. 1.-THE New Birth"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-28
A POETS ESCAPE.
By Charles B. Lewis.


10 bind ard gag you and leave you where
you are" .,-s
con nor he replied, with a smile. ~
thief robs clothes-lines and hcn-roosts.
am a robber and burglar. thleI may
get three or six months IN JAR Dul lor
such a Job as this I'd get from seven
10 ten vears. There would be TWO charges
hers-breaklng and entering In the night
time and robbery from a dwelling. Dld
you say you'd lunch with me?"
II prefer that to being bound and
gagged" -
fore you woke up. Don't be fool now
and attempt any tricks on me. Just be-
have yourself ana III try 20 entertain
you"
He sat down on char and looked
around while / got into my clothes. His
face was naturally frank and open, ana
he smiled at me Us IL we were the best
of friends. When ready 10 go down stdlrs
he motioned for me TO precede him, ana
| walked through the hail ana SITTING
room into the dining-room TO ma the
table spread for t@.. There were the re-
mains OF cold harl, bread and butter
q bottle OF wine. a tumbler OF Jelly, some
cheese, and a bit of cake, and the intrud-
or waved his hand over the table ana
said:
Just sit right down and make your
self at home / had prepared lunch for
one only, but after discovering your
f. presence in the house l put on an extra
plate 1t is early in the night yet, ana l
,do not care to leave for couple OF
hours"
| was not afraid OF the man. He had
broken his way into the house. ana had
said that ne was n robber and burglar,
but ne was not a ruftian in speech or
appearances AS looked him over made
IN INV mind that he was a man OF nerve,
and In case OF resistance would be des-
perate fellow. but l did not intend TO
resist him.
What do you intend 10 steal here?'
| asked as be poured out the wine.
please don't use the word steal" he
replied with a frown. ANY one-even
a child-can steal and it's very low bust
ness. intend 10 rob this house of It's
silyer-ware. IL Is all packed up In that
,undle over there II | had couple Of
men with me should take away some
OF tho naDttnsg and rugs Tho silver will
be fair haul, however. What profession