Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-09-15

have come from down the state. What
his name IS the Wayfarer does not
know, but his friends called him
Fritz. He is a great coacher. A man
with his gift Of CAB ought to make
his fortune as an. auctioneer. run
her down, nowl" "There, you're do
ing IL" STEADY your arm there
you're all right" You're one CT the
finest, old mani" They're cffl they're
off they're off" That's only two
strikesl 1t only takes onel Now, Sam,
pull out, even If you do get your
pretty suit solled!" "sllde, Kelley,
slide!" Fritz rattles the pitcher; rat
ties the batter and rattles the dishes
in the asylum cupboard. lie ought to
be gagged and muzzlcd, for his mouth
is his misfortune.
A MIx-UP ON ADAMS STREET.
Two does. a yellow cat and girl
on a wheel created come excitement at
Eighth and Adams streets laat even
ing" remarked a man who lives on
the West Side TO the Wayfarer this
morning. Shortly after o'clock ]
CHANGED to be standing near the High
School. From an alley nearby lank
and lean yellow cat emerged and took
her station in the middle Of the street
A short distance below me there was a
Young woman riding leisureE up the
street on her wheel. Below her were
stout man and a stout woman accom-
panied by two large dogs. The dogs
espied the yellow cat and made breah
for her. The young woman on tht
wheel heard them coming and seemed
TO think that she was the subject o.
their attack. She lost her head and
her wheel began to wobble. The dog
burst by her just as she made her land
ing. She thought they were after her
they thought she was after them, ant
the manner in which the cat RAJ
for an alley indicated that she though
that the whole world was after her
The bicycle girl landed on her feet al
right. but her lantern went out and tn
handle bars Of her wheel were slight,
twisted. Her temper was hurt NOR
than anything else. Two women VIII
we're sitting on a nearby porch at tn
, tire Of the scramble walked out t
, he
/, care you hurt?' one Of them in
quired
mo she said, and just then tn
q man and woman who owned the dog
passed. But | think it's a shame t
, permit such dogs as those to be G
the street
THE man, who doubtless could nc
lose sight OF the yellow cat and tn
:, general mix-up which followed its III
I timely appearance, laughed softly. On
Of the women heard him.
"I wouldn't laugh, If l were you
= she said. she might have killed hel
u self
j. This exaggerated idea OF the poss
. bic outcome Of an unexpected dismouI
D., from a wheel on a wide and smoothly
paved tnoroughfare was so absurd tia
I had to join with the other fellow
l. laughing. The girl on the wheel appa
emily wanted but two things. One W.
a match to re,ight her lantern and II
other was lot OF feminine sympath
She got both, for the two women hf
~ sympathy to spare. She enjoyed it ar
= fingered with them, drinking 1t in ar
u growing madden all the time. didn
70 stay to zee the conclusion OF the eyn
n patty meeting, but presume that wht
the girl reached home she told the foil
heart-rending tale OF how she ha
= been attacked by two big dogs
= Adams street and thrown from h
,r wheel and what dear old souls the tv
N women were who came out and pour'
bQ.m Of Gilead on her wounded epirit
ID TOM M'GdILIN, NIMROD.
% Tom lIcGillin, of Eighth and Gram
e5 street. is a jolly good fellow II
N heart is built in proportion to his boz
a. which must weigh about $50 pOunt
Hearing the boys tell OF their succe
"' in slaughtering reed and rail birds,
decided to shoot some himself. W
y terday he drove out 20 the marsh
r. along the cHuseway, and it was the
ne that the Wayfarer saw him hitch
= horse and take up arms. While wal
- ing UP the W. & n. railroad to s
~ within shot Of the gastronimic tidb
a. he lost his footing and went into
g- ditch. HIS next encounter was with
Ics barbed-wire fence, through which
~. endeavored to crowd his corpu,en'