The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31

not a mere fiuke, Jack showed by COM
piling useful 80 against the M. c. c. at
Lords helping to put on so for the last
wicket, and knocking off Mead and
Rawlin. SO that, after all, his chance
of making so against Cambridge was
hardly SO extravagantly improbable as
! had supposed. 1t was not likely in
deed. But it was possible. Would he
succeed in ringing it off? | confess
/ hoped not.
Now that sounds an unkind thing to
say. But circumstances had happened
in the meantime which placed Lucy
| Cleverly's feelings toward Jack on
totally different footing. Ten days be-
fore the varsity match his cousin. the
heir to the earldom, who was stationed
with his regiment at York, met with a
fatal accident while tent-pegging: and
thus Jacks position underwent IA com
plete and sudden change. His lordship
was childless widower of IS; his
health was bad his life precarious. To
| be his heir presumptive was the same
thing as being his heir apparent. Jack
a
Of succeeding to the title and the set
| tied estates. OF course, in this altered
state of his fortunes, Lucy would
| jump at marrying him; and, therefore,
| (you will tell mel my uncharitable
| hopes about Jack so were out of place.
because now, so or no So that design
/ ing young woman would unquestion-
ably accept him.
! That is true. But--but-it seemed to
me, the last few times | had seen him,
there was something in Jacks manner
suggestive Ct may have been my fancy
that his ardor for Lucy was a trihe
cooled. Perhaps he had heard some-
thing. Perhaps-but there! | would
not indulge in specuIations.
| We were in town, of course, for the
varsity match. Jack dined with us
on the preceding evening.
II had an invite from the Clever.
lys," he told me, contidentially. "But
thought would rather come here
"Why?' inquired, smiling."l should
have thought that Lucy's magnetic at
/ traction"
Now, don't laugh at a fellow,
Maudie, l say? A chaps bound to dc
J his best for his side in a varsity match
/ isn't hep"
4 "Of course"
4 And bargains bargain-isn'ti it?''
THAT depends" | replied. catching
what | believed to be his meaning,
"where there has been genuine good
faith on both sides"
"Ah," he said, shaking his head grave
ly, "a man of honor is always bound
by his word. Well, well, very likely
shall put up Trundletop's first ball in
the slips. buff runs are want
ed shall do my level best to make 'em.
Maudie. a gentleman must play the
game, you know, old girl"
At that moment papa, who had been
snoozing. woke up, and began to discuss
Herbert Spencer's latest publication.
So that was ali end of confidential talk
with Jack. | did hope, however, that
the possibility he had mentioned would
come to pass. and that he would put up
Trundletop's first ball in the slips.
Now, | am not going to give you a
full account of that varsity match. For
one thing, | don't think | could if
would-cricket reporting being out of
my line. For another, it would be su-
pertiuous; all that is material is con-
tainedin the extract given below, which
l have lifted" from the following
Thursdays Telegraph
wanting psi to win. Oxford entered
/ on their second innings punctualiy at
1 three O'Clock. From the start runs
come rapidly, and when at the end of
an hour and half $50 went up, without
loss, the match looked as good as over.
/ At this point, however, the Oxford cap
tain s'lccumbed to very fast one from
/ Trundletop, and after his departure
wickets fell with startling rapidity.
With 1G5 on the board and six
! men out it now looked like good thing
for Cambridge. 1t was at this point that
| TanshaweandA A. y. Other came togeth-
4 er. Both batsmen resisted the attack
with unexpected determination; the
/ dark-blue wicket-keeper, in particular
/ who recently seems to have developed a
latent talent for batting, stopped sew
eral balls that might have bowled any.
body. Slowly. but surely, the score
mounted The second century was
| hoisted, amid cheers, when the innings
had been in progress for two hours and
a half. Then the rate of scoring in
creased; 210, 220, 230, 240 went up in
] rapid succession. 1t seems now as il
/ the runs would be hit off without fur.
ther loss. but with $50 on the board
the match being then a tie--Fanshawe
was out to a very tame stroke in the
slips, off long hop from Trundletop
! The retiring batsman had scored 40. II
cannot be said that his style was par
ticularly taking; but he deserves the
/ highest praise for the nerve and deter
1 nination which he had displayed at q
critical juncture. BY helping Other to
/ put on SIS for the seventh wicket, he un
doubtedly won the match for his side
The single wanted was quickly OBJ
tanned, and Oxford remained victors OF